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At 44, Nuzum remains speedy. She had a standout-racing season in 2010, competing well in both trail and road races. At the Vail Hill Climb, a 7.5-mile uphill race, Nuzum finished second woman. At the Taos Up and Over 10K, she finished second female just four seconds behind the 31-year-old Rachel Ciesiewicz. On the road, she finished third woman and first master at last fall's Anthem Turkey Day 10K in Broomfield, Colorado.
In addition to her competitive talent and drive, Nuzum is also motivated by the challenges of running. "I gravitate toward races with big climbs." At the 2008 Pikes Peak Ascent, a 13.3-mile race with more than 7800 feet of elevation gain to the summit of Colorado's Pikes Peak, racers encountered dangerous weather conditions, snow and lightning, on the summit. Race organizers were eventually forced to halt the event mid-race. Nuzum says it was a hard race, indeed, and she had many opportunities to opt out of the deteriorating conditions before the race was canceled. She continued, and says with nonchalance, "I was mentally and physically prepared to go to the top." And that's what she did.
What's next for Nuzum? Besides a full docket of marathon-distance road and trail races, she says that she'd like to try ultradistance racing in the future as well.
Nuzum offers great heartfelt advice to other trail runners. "Do what makes you happy," she urges. "Think about the feeling you have after a long, hard run. Try to recreate that feeling back each time you go out."
Nuzum on Happiness and Running
- Focus on the part or kind of running that makes you happy. Nuzum believes running has become a joyful foundation to her life, because she focuses on the kind of running that she likes best.
- Be prepared for what you might encounter on a mountain run. During bad weather, "having the right jacket can be the difference between a good and dangerous run," she says.
- Take a break from running if you need some bounce to your step. Nuzum unabashedly took two weeks off from structured training at the end of 2010, because she was feeling flat of foot.
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"I have an explorer's mentality. I'm always more excited to go somewhere I haven't been before," says Geoff Roes, the 2010 Western States 100 champion and course-record holder. Indeed, that exploratory inclination is why he's a trail runner. "The biggest reason I'm into running is that I like being outdoors, but, beyond that, I really enjoy going to new places," he says. "I like how much ground running allows you to cover in the mountains and in the wilderness on foot."
During much of his ultrarunning career, Roes lived in Juneau, Alaska. There, trails climb up each of the four main mountain ridges that run east-west away from the coast and toward the Juneau Icefield. Each trail is heavily trodden for its first two or three miles, but beyond that, Roes says the trails "feel like no one's been there before. You see no sign of people and you're far enough back into the mountains that you don't see or hear the city."
He admits that one can soak in some beautiful sights during a half- or full-day backpack from Juneau. However, he's quick to note that, if you can double the distance you're covering by trail running, you can get all the way back onto the Juneau Icefield, where a runner will encounter glacier-filled valleys strung between rocky ridges.
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Among My SouvenirsPosted Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at 6:27 AM
At my home I have a two-car garage, which I keep locked at all times. It's not that I am afraid someone will steal something, but I shudder every time a friend or neighbor comes close to this accumulation of debris. The whole place is an accident waiting to happen, and I don't want some friend to be crippled, if or when this pile of junk decides to swarm.
You see, I just don't seem to have the ability to determine whether a piece of rope is too short to use or too long to throw away, so, I don't take any chances, and for the past forty years I haven't had the courage to dispose of anything that might come in handy some day. It's been twenty years since I have had my car or truck in this garage, and if someone should give me a bicycle today, I would have to leave it set out in the weather.
When the motor burned out of my lawnmower about ten years ago, I knew it was beyond repair, so I went out and bought a new one. I thought I might be able to use the wheels or something off the old mower, so I pushed it back to one side of the garage on a pile of scrap lumber and small pieces of plywood which I had saved, thinking that I may want to build a bench, a table or maybe a dog house, if I ever get a dog. This pile of lumber seems to get larger every time I dig through it, and I have to climb over it every time I need something from the shelves along that side of the wall.
There are some valuable items on these shelves, like a half dozen empty plastic jugs, which will be just what I need if I decide to make some apple cider. Also on these shelves there are at least a dozen cans and buckets of paint, most of which are half empty, or half full, depending on whether you are a pessimist or an optimist. I am sure that some of the paint in these cans is dried out, but I can't know which ones, until I open them, and I don't want to open any of them until I need to paint something. There are about a half dozen large coffee cans full of nails which have gotten so mixed up that there are all sizes of nails in every can. When I start to build something, I spend most of my time looking for the proper size nail, and finally wind up going to the store and buying more nails, and whatever I have left over will be added to the mixture in the coffee cans.
On these shelves there are four pump-up garden sprayers. One of them still works, and I am keeping the other three for spare parts. About ten years ago I brought a bunch of gourds in from the farm. The long neck ones I intend to use to make the old time gourd dipper, and the bottle gourds will make good bird houses. I may be able to get started on this project this winter if it doesn't get too cold. There are six lawn chairs hanging on hooks from the ceiling. The frames of these chairs are in good condition, but three of them need new webbing.
Along the other wall there is a table where I pile an assortment of things, like my fishing rods and tackle boxes, and a 10-inch, black and white TV, which I used in my camper trailer before color was available. There is a case of Pepsi bottles, which I am keeping because they don't put Pepsi in bottles anymore, and I am sure that I can sell these for a hunk of money when they become a collector's item. Then there is a bucket of sea-shells which the wife and I picked up on Sanibel Island in Southern Florida in 1974, a bucket of sand from White Sands New Mexico, and beautiful stones from several of the Western States. I really don't know what all is on and under this table, because I haven't been to the bottom of the pile for quite some time.
Just a few weeks back, the city had a special "Clean-Up" day, and I decided that this was the time for me to get rid of some of this junk. On the day before the pickup date, I spent about six hours going through this pile of junk, and I must have carried a pick-up truck load out to the alley back of my house.
That night I seemed to be having some difficulty going to sleep. I kept thinking about the trash pickup man. I knew he would be by early in the morning and haul away all the valuable stuff I had carried out. That old charcoal barbecue grill did have a few holes in the bottom where the charcoal was inclined to fall through, but otherwise it was all right. That piece of canvas from the awning of my camper trailer that was damaged during a wind storm, just might come in handy to cover plants in the early spring to keep them from getting frost-bit. The two electric motors were burned out and would not run, but they did have a lot of good copper wire in them, and that old coffee table was broke down in the middle, but it still had four good legs, which I could use when I get ready to build that table.
It must have been nearly midnight, but since I really wasn't sleepy, I crawled out of bed, still in my pajamas, I put on my house-slippers and went out to this assortments of mementos. I didn't want to disturb my neighbors, so I didn't take any light, and tried to be as quite as possible, and working by the light of the moon, I carried most of these valuable items back in the garage.
I really didn't get rid of very much in this purging process, but the ordeal caused me to make a decision, and I solemnly swear, on a stack of old Zane Grey novels that I will not bring another item into my garage without casting out some other item of equal size. I will put this plan into effect immediately, starting tomorrow, ---- or at least by next week. --- Well, if I don't get started then, I will at least give it first priority on my list of New Year's resolutions.
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I enjoyed your story. My philosophy is much the same as yours. My parents saved everything, as well as the box it came in. Their basement is full of many empty boxes, probably collectible to someone besides them, and the remains of many things. I am sure one would find ten carafes for broken Mr. Coffee machines, as an example. I've never regretted anything I saved; however, I do long for some things I've discarded on cleaning frenzies. It's a good thing I don't have too many of those, I guess! We all have our priorities, and my sentimental possessions are my treasures. I can always find another corner of a closet to preserve a treasure.
-- Posted by GONENOW on Sun, Nov 23, 2008, at 2:36 PM
I just got to read this article,I move alot of people all over the USA and let me tell you that they all have thier fair share of these kinds of memories.They all tell me that every time they move that it"s like Christmas. They find things that they just had to save just in case they might find something to use them for. Usually there is a story to go with each of those odd and end pieces. I am a pack rat also. My family says that if I can think of a use for something I"ll also hang on to it until I might get around to use it. I know that if I get rid of it today that someone will need it tomorrow or next year. Collect on my friend and someday we"ll all get together and see if our odd parts will match each others.Maybe among all of us we might have the parts to put together something amazing.
-- Posted by us traveler on Tue, Nov 18, 2008, at 8:55 PM
Isn't satellite imagery just the coolest thing? They've found old trade routes under the Saraha Desert using satellites. Small wonder they found part of the Oregon Trail. Thanks for the site fjguy.
-- Posted by Ducky on Mon, Sep 8, 2008, at 7:09 PM
"Whomever...."! Ahhhhh, YR, you warm the heart of a decrepit old English teacher! Always did.
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Sep 5, 2008, at 7:00 AM
This link about the new find of the Oregon Trail was an interesting story. I am sure that I missed this particular section through Idaho, as I spent three weeks along this train in 1993.
I do howeverhav a few pictures of the ruts, and cuts of this trail. In some places these cuts were up to 4 feet deep, and in one place I found a roadbed cut about 4 inches deep in soft limestone.
If I could call back a few years I would probably be out there helpong to investigate this newly found section of the Oregon Trail
-- Posted by paulcorbin on Wed, Sep 3, 2008, at 8:02 PM
Paul, I'm glad to see you live by the 'Golden Rule of Stuff' -- If something might be useful save it, and since most everything might be useful, save everything. Youngest apparently hasn't yet learned that inviolate rule of life, but I trust that she will see the light some day.
Paul, I saw that a wildfire near Boise burned sagebrush that revealed part of the Oregon Trail for the first time in perhaps more than a century. They were apparently recognized as wagon tracks from satellite photos. See the story, http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIgik...
-- Posted by FJGuy on Wed, Sep 3, 2008, at 7:14 PM
Great story,as usual. I hope whomever you have selected to be the uhmm,"beneficiary" of your estate souvenirs appreciates them too.
-- Posted by Yellow Rose of Essex on Wed, Sep 3, 2008, at 5:28 PM
Hahaha! Can't you just see Paul Corbin out there at night, recovering all his good JUNK by moonlight??? Good thing a neighbor didn't shoot you for a CAT BURGLAR....!!
Yeah, I know -- who would steal a CAT, right??? Did you ever think that maybe cat burglars actually DROP CATS OFF in the middle of the night??
Anyway, don't listen to Youngest Child! She has no idea of the value of your junk!!! I would come help you get rid of it, but I'm sure I would find it so fascinating that I'd bring it back home with me! Then, your problem would become my problem!
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Sep 3, 2008, at 1:41 PM
Just THINGS???? Youngest Child, your mother didn't raise you to say horrible things like that. That stuff is good junk. Why, I myself have a similar collection - not as extensive as Mr. Corbin's, I'm sure, but I haven't been around quite as long as he has. Give me time.
I've been hoping my favorite neice would come help me organize my house, but now that I think about it, she probably wouldn't appreciate my good junk either. I do have a huge stack in the basement ready for the garage sale I was going to have this Spring which will now have to be this Fall.
Thanks for the chuckles, Mr. Corbin.
-- Posted by Ducky on Wed, Sep 3, 2008, at 12:16 PM
Mr. Corbin, you sound like my mom! I say that unless it's something you use regularly or unless it has a great sentimental value, give it to Goodwill so that someone who acutally needs it and will use it can have it. They're just things!
-- Posted by Youngest Child on Wed, Sep 3, 2008, at 8:44 AM
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The Toughest Race You've Never Heard Of - Page 4
Work on The Mountain Runners began.
Help poured in from all directions. Brian Young, a veteran director and owner of Jet City Films, was enlisted as co-director/producer. He immediately caught Warger's evangelical zeal.
Says Young, "Men pushing their limits—not only to compete, but to survive—in a race that was the first of its kind—you just don't come across a story like that every day. I couldn't pass it up!"
William B. Davis, who lived across the border in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the "smoking man" from the 1990s-era TV show, The X-Files, was cast as Mount Baker Club president Henry Engberg, who had insisted that the race carry on despite the perilous conditions.
Climber and guide Jason Martin, Director of Field Operations for the American Alpine Institute (AAI), was cast as Victor Galbraith. Some of his scenes were filmed in an actual crevasse on the mountain.
Ultrarunners Scott Jurek, Krissy Moehl, Cami Ostman and Doug McKeever all signed on, as did climbers Steve House and Chad Kellogg. Jurek, one of the United States' most well-known ultrarunners, is a seven-time winner of the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. Moehl holds the women's record on the 103-mile Ultra-Trail du Mount-Blanc. Ostman is the celebrated author of Second Wind: Seven Marathons on Seven Continents and McKeever, a Northwest-based ultrarunner, had summited Mount Baker ... 68 times!
Among the climbers, Steve House has established himself as one of the world's greatest alpine climbers, famous in the mountaineering community for his solo ascent of K7 in 2004. Kellogg is a legend in the Pacific Northwest, holding speed records for Mount McKinley and Mount Rainier, among many other iconic peaks.
"When Todd approached me about the project I felt immediately connected with the story," says Moehl. "This amazing event took place right in my backyard, where I grew up. The more I learned about it, the more engaged I became."
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The term "Mild Violence," a PG Rating on a video game box, inspired the title for a 2005 chamber work on Steven Ricks' Bridge recital CD. Performed by the New York New Music Ensemble with characteristic élan, the piece features explosive percussive utterances, juxtaposing moments of pointillism with quirky ostinato and shimmering splashes of harmonic color. While one 'gets' the tongue in cheek humor, the music is anything but mild; Indeed; it's stirring stuff!
Ricks runs the electronic music studio at Brigham Young University in Utah. Two works for chamber groups and electronics are included here. "Boundless Light" is a meditation on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Featuring shakuhachi-styled effects and vigorous electronic interjections; one is reminded of Davidovsky and Krieger here. It's excellently rendered by Carlton Vickers. "American Dreamscapes" features the most thrilling moment on the CD – a swelling crescendo of electronics that introduces an ensemble tutti of considerable fervor. The piece features alto saxophonist John Sampen; who impresses with all manner of playing – including copious bends, microtones, and altissimo notes.
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I believe we are seeing the
I believe we are seeing the unfortunate side of our "understanding" of the September 11 attacks in that the loudest voices are on the far ends of the spectrum. Tea Party members on the far right and liberals on the far left are fighting a battle that makes no sense to much of the population. Yet, as we see with the economy, those few loudest voices seem to have a very large impact.
I believe that we can still learn from well before September 11, 2001, back to our revolutionary forefathers. They obviously did not always see eye to eye, yet they found a way to compromise their way to a Declaration of Independence and Constitution. What would happen today if the folks running our government had to make the decisions that they did? Likely nothing until it was too late.
What we need to focus on, and what we need to pass on to our future generations, is finding a middle path of compromise. We should tone down the vitriolic rhetoric of the far left and right and begin to bring the dialogue to a more compassionate, more controlled, more thoughtful tone. We need to hold all arms of the government accountable and reign them in when they get out of control (i.e. too far off the path that the majority of Americans are on). We need to focus on the most important things that affect the most people and not things that make little sense to the majority, yet take up too much of the government's time.
We need to give our future generations the chance that we have had. We need to look forward with love and compassion and realize that we are on the edge of a deep crevasse that will crumble if we focus on the wrong things. We need to return to compassion, empathy, and love for all humans, not just those who are like us. We need to pass that compassion, that empathy, that love on to our next generation.
How do we help children
How do we help children understand something they do not remember? Most children were not yet born on September 11, 2001, but during the next several weeks they will be reminded of 9/11.
I asked a few of my clergy friends to join me in writing prayers of peaceful remembrance for children. We may not be able to answer all of their questions, but we can share God's gift of prayer. These prayers express hope, love, fear, confusion and the power of God's grace.
9/11 has been the biggest
9/11 has been the biggest thing to hit my generation. I was born in 1992. We were little kids, in third grade. We sat in the classroom and our teacher turned the TV on just as coolly as she'd tell us, "Turn to page x in your textbooks." We saw the second tower get hit. We heard planes scrambling around the nuclear power plant we later learned that could've easily been a target.
I went home and saw it replayed over and over. I was watching in shock, and never really understood how much it affected me until I called a friend from my old school. She was Muslim, and I had no religious beliefs. I asked if she'd been involved, if her family had. A second-grader's scared voice cried back to me, "No, but you're my only white friend who's still talking to me." I want my nephew's generation to know: Love your neighbors, as yourself. Talk things out before you hurt people. I want them to know the wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr. From "Letter from Birmingham Jail":
"Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty."
What are we just
What are we just understanding now about the story of 9/11? I think it's that we are all just stumbling our way through this life without certitude. The "moral clarity" we were supposed to have gleaned that day has given way to a moral fog.
It's true that was one of the worst atrocities ever committed, but when a people reacts heroically at first, but then as despicably as we have (launching wars, raining death and destruction down on people who had no hand in the attack, etc.), it has taught me that the righteousness of the American experiment is not a given and that we must constantly reexamine and re-earn that righteousness.
What wisdom do we want to focus on? I don't know. We all hoped that the event would cement our bonds not just as Americans but as people of the world, but we seem only to grow further apart from one another. Reasons for this go beyond 9/11, and obviously those forces are stronger than the bonding and community that we felt after 9/11.
I suppose politicians will make speeches about coming together and taking care of our neighbors, but they will soon go back, as Rick Perry recently did, to asserting that their opponents don't love their country, thus giving lie to those solemn 9/11 speeches. So the "wisdom" we should focus on is the wisdom ignored, but isn't that always the way? The lessons were obvious after the attacks, but we've chosen not to let them sink in and become tenets of our collective soul.
I understand there's always a gulf between our ideals and our actions. Life is messy, but the lofty rhetoric we're going to hear in the next few weeks about community and neighborliness will give way to narrow parochial concerns, and that's a shame. And I hate to sound like I'm writing a long indictment of our society and political leadership. Ultimately I'm not that discouraged, but that's not because of our collective reaction to 9/11, rather it's despite it.
The terrorists are winning
The terrorists are winning their war against us the same way the U.S. won the cold war against the U.S.S.R. Scare the other guys into foolishness so that they self-destruct.
The wisdom it would be wise to focus on is to not even be afraid of fear.
9/11 was a turning point for
9/11 was a turning point for me — the moment I realized that the gift of life that has been afforded me was being wasted in pursuit of a horribly hollow American dream. I left corporate America and set out on a path to reclaim my artistic gifts and to reclaim my sense of love for life and humanity. What has become clear to me is the profound, simple importance of bringing our most basic convictions to life.
The most basic conviction that I am able to find in historical as well as current spiritual/religious annals is the idea of one, or unity. The religious, spiritual, and scientific mythologies all begin with the idea of one thing. It may be called God, Allah, Yeshuah, Big Bang, Universe, or one of hundreds of other names. And these stories always end with a return to this one thing. In science, the universe contracts back to whatever that thing was that went bang; in religion, we are reunited with the divine one. There are countless variations but the story is basically one thing to many back to one thing.
We even have widespread precedent for the idea that this one thing is the underlying unity that holds the fabric of life together. "We are all one" is perhaps the most popular expression of this idea that not only is one thing the beginning and end, it is also the means. And so perhaps we are not "the many" at all. Perhaps we are still the one, diversified.
But you ask about "we" — honestly, I am never certain what "we" as a society understand about much of anything. It seems to me on the individual level that many of us have learned that now is our opportunity to get along by actually living our most basic spiritual/societal convictions. America's most basic conviction — the one that initially distinguished us from the world as it also united us as a country — was the clear statement by Mr. Thomas Jefferson that "All men are created equal." What I think we have yet to come to understand is that this conviction has been twisted from a statement of present equality into the proclaimed pursuit of future equality. Equality has become the goal, not the basis — the end, not the beginning. And most certainly not the means.
"United we stand, Divided we fall." My co-writer Alice and I wonder if our president actually sees unity, here now. He seems to be advancing a unifying vision, but we wonder if he actually sees unity like most folks see duality/multiplicity. We certainly hope he does, for our leaders have seen their fellow beings divided far too long. Our leaders have long been understood to proclaim life a struggle of the many to attain unity, and have done a fine job of insisting upon and perpetuating the illusion for us. It is a fine time for a leader that actually sees unity as he or she moves about the world. Every faith, including scientific, proclaims underlying unity and suggests fine reasons for seeing it far enough into reality that we can honor it, and feel wonder, awe, responsability and gratitude, for this mystery that is the gift of a lifetime.
How will we pass on the meaning of this event to future generations? By putting down the mythological fruit as was — and continues to be — suggested in the initial mythology so many years ago. This is Christian mythology of course but most every story has precedent for this idea. It is an idea of allowing our faith to come into our lives as a constant presence. It has to do with faith guiding the life of each individual in every moment. Faith will no longer be a set of rules for how others should live.
We as a society are comprised of individuals, and the individuals will be the ones to pass it on to the individuals who follow us in time. It has always been this way, even though there are few arguments alive today for the power of individuals to change their world. By all means, these sort of individuals exist and have existed and are yet to come, but their stories seem to be shared and emphasized less and less in our culture. They seem to come to us as one-off examples of individuality in a world of follow-the-leader. But nothing could be less true. Following the leader is an individual choice in every moment of a lifetime, and our collective identity is the sum total of individual choices. The choices of most folks do not seem to be based in either faith or recognition of equality.
The wisdom of unity — of incorporating this basic idea of one thing as the end, means, and beginning — has to do again with our mythology. To allude to the Christian story, the simplest way to get there is to stop eating fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. This is important, for good and evil represent the larger idea of duality. It is, in effect, the Tree of the Knowledge of Duality, the Tree of the Knowledge of the Illusion That Unity is Duality.
This should clearly explain why one might not be seeing unity. Duh! Put down the fruit. It's hallucinogenic. Eating the fruit brings us into the realm of the relative and results in what Alice calls "relative faith." This is faith underscored by doubt, insecurity, a deep need for ongoing proof of the possibility of unity. The fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Duality keeps one immersed in the hallucination that this here now is duality, struggling to get back to unity. There's no time to live as though this is unity, for we are busy proving that it is not proving that later it will be better, when duality is unified."
How will we then pass it on? Slowly it seems. Very slowly. But perhaps this is what the gift of time is for.
What wisdom do we want to focus on, and grow more deeply into? Engage the human skyline. Let hatred go. In Love stand side by side. The original, enduring wisdom of the ages from around the globe, which is the recognition of the pure equality of all living things in the image of the divine. This is the essence of unity diversified. It is a perspective of seeing the one always walking, breathing, eating, singing, and standing side by side. The attached video is an in-studio presentation of a song called "Side by Side" that Alice and I wrote in the days following 9/11.
"Side by Side"
If the smoke should ever end, I wonder if my head can mend, I've
Never seen an airplane do just that.
Side by side the skyline's changing - The shadows somehow stay the same —
Stop the video — I've had enough!!
Where are they now, what are their names? It's so different, it hasn't changed
love and hatred wake up side by side
paint life and love with a holy touch but it may never matter much
we think its someone else who gods the brush—
Some crowds always sing along, whoever's maddest, sing their song
Hatred underscores the lines — they just follow, follow blind — they
left there and their hearts remained — Disturb the shadows — their hands came—
forth. Angry. Deface the skyline — jet black.
I wish I had some poetry, some well put words, some imagery
He would know the world's a canvas when I was thru
And every brush could dip in love. But it really wouldn't matter much
Cause the sad truth is that art's just not his thing
and my heart goes out to all of you and long before this day was true
we were in each other's lives, I know how you will live in mine - Yes
You will always stay and guide, as I engage the human skyline
let hatred go - in love stand side by side
These wounded hearts are restless still, and young remain and likely will
Cause the happy truth is kindness is our thing—
The eyes and heart - the trilogy. Engage the human scenery
let hatred go - in love stand side by side
and my heart goes out to all of you and long before this day was true
we were in each other's lives, I know how you will live in mine - Yes
You will always stay and guide, as I engage the human skyline
let hatred go - in love stand side by side.
"Brightness Falls from the
"Brightness Falls from the Air"
People falling, falling
from the sky
I cannot see
the color of their skin
I cannot hear
the languages they speak
or tell if they drop
silently, or scream.
To what God, gods or goddess
do they pray
as they drop like stones,
or birds with broken feathers
tumbling through
the astonished morning air?
I hope we can learn that all
I hope we can learn that all people, whatever our cultural background, ethnicity, or nationality, share being human together. Just because Islamic fanatics did this horrendous thing, for example, is not a reason to be suspicious of all Muslims, especially in the United States. And sadly, there are too many cases of intergroup hatred and prejudice all over the world: even after the Holocaust, even after Rwanda, even after 9/11.
I hope present and future generations will understand that we are six billion human beings on a remarkable planet in one solar system in a tiny corner of the universe. We depend on each other; only by recognizing what unites us will we really create a legacy from 9/11.
I cannot speak to the
I cannot speak to the reaction others might or should have to an event like 9/11. Ten years ago I dropped off my two children, then 4 and 6, at school, and came home to a burning building, a spectacle on television, nothing more. Then, the sucker punch — another plane hit the other tower. We were under attack. Dazed, I wondered what we had done to make them so angry at us? And then I watched in horror as we were marshaled by our president toward war, endless war. And we have learned nothing from this. My children, now 14 and 16, don't remember my husband and I taking them to Washington DC to march against going to war. It's a spectacle on television to them, nothing more.
I'm angry about 9/11. Not at
I'm angry about 9/11. Not at the few that planned and committed the act, but us and our response. I feel less safe and more intruded upon now than before 9/11. And I'm not happy about that.
Folks have not learned why others would have wanted to do that act to us. They "hate" anything Islamic. (I'm a guy whose first political act many years ago was to campaign for Barry Goldwater and I'll still stump for him over some of the things LBJ did, not your bleeding heart start.) They haven't learned to difference between the many groups that make up Islam, as they have branches, like Christianity. They haven't opened up their homes to visitors from Islamic countries. They fear, over learn. Those who act so among "us" scare me a lot.
I was scheduled to receive an award on 9/11 for building and promoting an organization in Portland, Oregon: Friends of Trees. I was treasurer from essentially a cramped office until the annual budget was $800,000. The organization was a bottom up organization that got folks to pay something for street trees in front of their homes so they would care for was was, in truth, a public asset. That type of perspective has suffered from 9/11, as it pulls us from Walk Kelly's wonderful observation through Pogo: "We've seen the enemy and he is us."
We need to learn how to live, not how to fear. As this context is learn how to "be." I'd add and we need to learn how to be with others.
As time moves us forward and
As time moves us forward and away from September 11th, 2001 I hope we are understanding that 9/11 did not really change us as people, and certainly not as Americans. Sept. 11th gave America a reason to practice retaliatory violence, which has been at the heart of humanly fractured civilization since the beginning of time. Sept. 11th did not change us, it just revealed who we have always been, people of retribution.
I want to focus on learning how to make our world a better place, to extend the good to the all and to grow more deeply into extending forgiveness and extending peace.
The Eleventh of September
The Eleventh of September 2001 will always remain etched in my memories. Even today, pictures of the planes slicing into the World Trade Center brings me to tears. The passenger and crews of the planes. The office workers, the fire fighters, the police officers.
From New Jersey, I watched both towers burn, then one tower, and soon the other slowly collapse into an ever widening cloud of dust and smoke. I recall saying out loud "No…that cannot be happening" and praying for all those people.
I wonder what force can drive persons to such acts of hatred? What can bring people to undertake such brutal an act of killing innocent people in the name of "god"? When you look at photos of the "mastermind" of that day, Mohammed Atta, the cold emptiness in his eyes reflect only one thing — on that day the face of evil was his.
Did we learn anything? Hopefully, the answer is yes. Not with better security screening or no fly lists. Sadly, we learned that in some resides a fire of rage and hatred. It is our purpose to extinguish that fire. The question is how?
What can one do? Many things. We should never, ever forget that day. We should always remember that it took 19 men, in four planes, in a few hours to kill nearly 3,000 people and to change the world forever. Only 19 men…
One day about five years ago
One day about five years ago,I went to Vermont to spend a few days with my cousin. Knowing how much I have always loved poetry, she thought I would enjoy visiting the grave site of Robert Frost. Poetry will touch spaces and places in me and for me that prose cannot and then bring me to that good place, that good space again refreshed or healed or alive. So,I thought it was a great idea.
After quietly ambling our way down through the grave yard we found Frost's grave side where we sat for a while and talked about our families, the arts and life. Before leaving, I decide to make a headstone etching of the inscription that he chose for the stone. When pondered it is a lot to take in. It reads:
As I listened to the podcast I thought and remembered the faces and names of the Iraqi women that I lived in community with, here in the US, during the first Gulf War. Some of them are still living and
continue working in schools and a hospital in Iraq. I remembered the stories the older women told of the time when the Shah and his family hid in Hospital. Iraq has never felt very far away.
I recalled a conversation I had last summer with a classmate of mine, who lived down the street from me growing up. She stopped to talk with me on her way to see her mother in her mid 80's. Jaundice and breathing with great difficulty she was home visiting, while awaiting a liver transplant for herself. Living down wind, close to the Twin Towers NY was as close as the tiny table we sat at drinking coffee.
As I listened, it was her eulogy that I could hear her sharing. How glad I was to have heard it from her then and not later this past spring when her husband eulogized her at a service here in RI.
Who do we want to become? At least from time to time, and in the measure that we can less quarrelsome lovers, that would be good.
After your broadcast two
After your broadcast two weeks ago I had an occasion that demanded to be sent in to your accounts.
I was outside playing frisbee with my nephew after listening to your afternoon show Sunday before last when post-9/11 suddenly aligned with Sept. 11,2001.
Our town is under the southern flight paths from Metro Airport (DWC), and audible, visible, low-flying jetliners are an everyday experience outside. as my nephew and I were playing catch with a frisbee in the backyard, an unusually noticeable murmur from a jet caused me to turn around and look up.
A 747 was banking into a turn unusually low - just several hundred feet. As I did a mental double-take - yes, that was a jumbo jet and yes it was that low - the facts of United Flight 93 unreeled past my thoughts as my eyes tracked the plane.
A wide body airliner with all aboard that suddenly dived from the sky into some acres of rural Pennsylvania. Not from any mechanical crisis or pilot error, but purposefully, as the hijackers who'd committed themselves to a kamikaze mission were losing control to the passengers.
And this was the fourth occurrence that day, most notable insofar as this plane didn't complete it's mission by coming down on a city, major installation, or landmark. Rural Pennsylvania, as the passengers acted while the plane was over the countryside; an empty field not a farmyard by providence or happenstance.
As I watched the plane turning I was suddenly very aware of all the traffic overhead, all the airliners I'd seen while out in the yard or in the field across the street. Had I really never had this train of thought before over all these years, or had I made that connection and than sublimated it as one of the less-likely acts of God I can neither prepare for or prevent? I was left feeling suddenly very raw. That sensation I later remembered as being so characteristic of that afternoon and of the following days.The ground under my feet was that of a decade ago.
Standing in the slanting afternoon sunlight of a calm day in earliest autumn, it was as if all the alterations in thought over the intervening years were highlighted, silhouetted and were clear from the long shadows trailing from them.
More poetic, more literary than I intended, but I've been re-experiencing the minute. It's good to share.
When I came online to post this, synchronicity happened: a main news story was the account of then Lt. Heather Penney, wing-woman on the flight scrambled at once out of Andrews AFB to intercept United 93. With no weapons mounted on their F-16s but gun ammo to use against a large jet filled with innocent civilians, she and her leader, Colonel Sass, had independently reached the same conclusion; their surest and quickest course was for one of them to ram the plane to bring it down at once in one place. I'd be interested to know how much time elapsed between take-off and notification that U93 had crashed. News earlier this week of a second living Medal of Honor nominee, American pride, yes but it makes me sad that kind of heroism now gets the chance to happen.
The date has an additional significance here, my younger brother's birthday is on the tenth. I can remember standing in the dining room and telling him that the date would be significant now, "like the day before Pearl Harbor," agreeing that that would be freaky and how lucky it was the day "before," not "on." He would later follow my younger sister's footsteps and join the Air Force for a term and I will have to ask if and how any of the above had to do with that.
My nephew, 8, was born a year and a half later, 6 months after the first Patriot Day. For him, the decade just past is the way thing have always been and the way that was and is.
What we should take from 9/11
What we should take from 9/11 is that hate and violence is still evident in the world.
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A: At first I really didnt want to listen to this broadcast, I am kind of sick of hearing about 9/11. I am not saying that I don't care about what happened to the thousands of innocent Americans who lost their lives. That is not what I'm saying. God bless those people. But I don't think that those we lost would want us to dwell on the past and never learn anything from the tragic event.
On a personal note, my aunt Tammie worked and still works for American Airlines. She lives in Washington D.C. Her normal flight that she flies, was the flight that hit the pentagon. The day before 9/11, her father had been in the hospital, he was dying from cancer. She didn't go to work the next day because her father had died. On 9/11 she lost every coworker that she normally worked with. The only reason her life was spared is because she lost her father the day before.
So when I say I feel compassion for those who lost their lives, I really mean it. But just like those on the broadcast were discussing, we Americans are not looking at the bigger picture. We are not the only victims affected by that day! They also kept discussing repentance and that we should of repented the day before 9/11, in the 1800's, 1900's, and even now. Those who lost their lives God bless, but did we almost do this to ourselves?
When Osama Bin Laden was caught and killed, the young people of America where gathering around the white house celebrating. Me, not being too patriotic, I was disgusted by this. How can we celebrate the death of a man? Just as stated in the broadcast "by hunting down terrorists we are in danger of engaging with our enemies and becoming like them." We were already like this. Do we not remember all the wars prior to this? Do we not remember all the innocent lives that were lost, due to the hands of Americans?
What we should take from 9/11 is that hate and violence is still evident in the world. Who is going to change this? Will we stay mourning all those who lost their lives, or will one of us stand up and make a difference in the world?


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Reese's Cheesecake Brownies
Chunky peanut butter with a salty, satisfying crunch. And for you? Will it be creamy or crunchy?
Hallmark is famous for shining the spotlight on little-known holidays. According to their calendar, National Peanut Butter Lover's Day is celebrated across the country every March first! Who knew?
So go ahead, be a kid again. Pull out a spoon, scoop up some of the sticky stuff, and lick it all off. Or better yet, go buy some Reese's Pieces Candies and Peanut Butter Cups and turn them into this outrageous family dessert.
• 19.5 oz box of chocolate brownie mix
• 8-oz package of cream cheese
• 14-oz can sweet condensed milk
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 12-oz package of Reece's Pieces
• 12-oz bag milk chocolate chips
• 3 tablespoons whipping cream
• 12 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 pan.
2. Prepare a 19.5-oz. box of chocolate fudge brownie mix according to package directions. Spread batter in the pan, and then set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat softened cream cheese until fluffy. Next add condensed milk and peanut butter.
4. Beat all ingredients until smooth. Stir in Reese's Pieces candies.
5. Spread the mixture evenly over the brownie batter.
6. Bake for approximately 40 minutes, until the cheesecake layer is set and the edges are golden brown. Cool for 30 minutes at room temperature. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
7. Melt the chocolate chips and whipping cream in a microwavable bowl on high for 1 minute. Stir until smooth.
8. Spread melted chocolate mixture over the cheesecake layer.
9. Chop up Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and spread over the top. Cover and store in the refrigerator.
It's been said that the average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before he or she graduates from high school ... Other reasons to love peanut butter besides its taste: it's a source of protein and fiber, it can be used to make homemade birdfeeders, and it helps get bubble gum out of hair, sort of.—Hallmark's Ultimate Holiday Site
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"These cards were perfect for my shower thank you's. They are so pretty. The paper thickness was perfect. I have a few left over so I will probably use them for my vendors."
"I ordered these thank you cards in the Chenille color (blush pink). When the cards arrived and we folded them the blush pink is hardly noticeable and looks almost white. Other than this the card is very nice. the color just seems a bit more pink on the computer than in person."
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How long does it take for bomb swabs to ship?
Started by mustangs, Feb 04 2013 01:18 AM
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Posted 04 February 2013 - 01:18 AM
I put my order in for 2 swabs on Friday morning but it still says my order is processing
Posted 04 February 2013 - 01:37 AM
Many businesses don't do a lot of work on weekends. Not to mention we just had the stuper bowl. Don't expect stuff to be at your house two days after ordering. ON A WEEKEND lol.... It'll get to you this week im sure, just give them some time haha
Posted 04 February 2013 - 01:46 AM
I mean I figured ALL of that haha don't get me wrong. I guess I'm use to ordering early and getting it shipped right away like ansgear does. I put the order in at 1am on Friday so it would be ready for them once they got to work in the morning
Posted 04 February 2013 - 07:35 AM
They are a pretty small setup so you can't expect them to keep up with ANS they get a decent amount of orders I'm sure so yours should be out this week.
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Posted 04 February 2013 - 08:31 AM
Somebody has to put the colors you ordered together and package it. Their shipping time may be cut off at 1 pm.
Remember that the item must be assembled.
Remember that the item must be assembled.
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:51 AM
The order will most likely be processed on Monday, and will be ready for the shipping guy to pick up. That may happen same day if you are lucky, or next day. Once it is in the shipping provider's hands, it will take probably 2-3 days to get to your doorstep depending on where you live relative to their location.
My prediction: it will be there Thurdsay.
My prediction: it will be there Thurdsay.
Posted 04 February 2013 - 01:38 PM
I just want to say that last night I was little....gone might be the word lol. I think the spell correction really helped on the iPad for me last night haha I take it back I was just being impatient for some reason. The way I see processing is that the order and payment are being processed but the product hasn't been started yet.
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More than 2 million K-12 students are enrolled in online courses and that's projected to hit 10 million by 2014. Can Digital Learning Transform Education? asks Education Next.
First, We Need a Brand New K-12 System, writes Chester Finn, Jr., president of the Fordham Institute and editor of Education Reform for the Digital Era.
"Local districts and their school boards want to control online learning, Finn writes.
Yet leaving districts and their boards in charge of digital instruction will retard innovation, entrepreneurship, collaboration, and smart competition. It will raise costs; undermine efficiency; block rich instructional options; restrict school choice and parental influence; and strengthen the hand of other interest groups, including but not limited to already too-powerful teachers unions.
Unions are "determined to prevent digital learning from shrinking their ranks or weakening their power bases."
In California, for example, the state teachers union's model contract requires that: "No employee shall be displaced because of distance learning or other educational technology."
. . . Elsewhere, unions have ensured that class-size limits nonsensically apply to online schools.
As Digital Learning Draws New Users, Transformation Will Occur, counters Michael Horn, executive director of education at the Innosight Institute.
. . . moving away from seat-time requirements toward a competency-based system, in which students advance upon mastery of a concept or skill, is critical to unleashing the full power of digital learning. But because today's education system was modeled after a factory, time rather than learning is the primary unit of measure.
"Education regulations for the digital-learning world of tomorrow will almost certainly be implemented piecemeal," Horn concludes. Online learning will be held to a higher standard at first.


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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Lynne (Cook) Osterman, NanoVox managing director. Osterman is a 1986 graduate of St. Cloud State.
Wood may hold the key to humankind's search for strong, lightweight, sustainable materials to support a booming population.
"Wood is tremendous national asset," said Ted Wegner, keynote speaker at St. Cloud State's Feb. 28 NanoTECH conference in Atwood Memorial Center.
Lightweight, microscopic fibers in wood are nearly as strong as carbon fibers and potentially less expensive to produce, according to Wegner, who is assistant director of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wis.
Wegner supervises scientists investigating nanocellulose, a plastic-like fibrous material, derived from wood pulp, which has potential applications in the automobile, aerospace and defense industries. The U.S. has nearly 750 million acres of forest, including more than 190 million acres under Forest Service management.
NanoTECH draws scientists, industry experts and students to St. Cloud State to discuss the manipulation of matter at the atomic and molecular level, typically one to 100 nanometres. A nanometre is one billionth of a metre.
Dan Gregory, associate provost for research and dean of graduate studies, helped welcome NanoTECH guests with an offer of assistance.
"We are really committed to working with our industrial partners. Don't be shy about telling us what you need," Gregory said.
The forest products industry needs more time for basic research, applied research and proof-of-concept work, according to Wegener.
And, Wegner said, universities and industry need to work harder at commercializing nanocellulose uses.
Researchers can purchase nanocellulose. The University of Maine, at Orono, is producing about a ton of nanocelluose fibrils a day. Wegner's lab in Madison is producing about 20 kilograms of nanocellulose crystals every three days.
Fibrils, which are easier to extract from wood, are 10-30 nanometres wide. Crystals, which are harder and more expensive to extract, are 3-5 nanometres wide.
Defense industries are watching nanocellulose research. They're looking for lightweight, less-expensive replacements for Kevlar and ballistic glass. Cellulose body armor could potentially be stronger than Kevlar, Wegner said.
The construction industry is intrigued by research that suggests concrete reinforced by nanocellulose crystals could 20 percent stronger.
Nanocellulose research is part of a National Nanotechnology Initiative funded by the federal government at about $1.8 billion a year, he said.
NanoTECH, known formally as the regional Academic & Industry Nanotechnology Conference, was sponsored by the College of Science & Engineering and NanoVox, a Minneapolis nanotechnology advocacy organization.
Conference organizers were Russ Lidberg, assistant professor of chemistry and physics, and Lynne (Cook) Osterman, NanoVox managing director. Osterman is a 1986 graduate of St. Cloud State.
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NEW YORK—With record-setting temperatures expected to continue on Friday, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) again activated a program to reduce electricity use at public-facility locations in New York City in response to anticipated higher energy demand. Today is the fourth consecutive day that NYPA has activated the reliability program this week, and ties the program record for the most consecutive days activated, which was set in August 2001. Including three days last week, the program has been activated a total of seven times this summer. The Peak Reduction Program, which can be operated for up to 15 days between June 1 and September 1, features voluntary commitments by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the City University of New York to lower electricity use at 20 New York City locations during the highest-demand days of the air-conditioning season to help ensure reliable supplies of electricity. Today's activation coincides with a statewide heat advisory issued by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday and the activation by the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) of similar demand response programs. The NYISO programs, known as the Special Case Resource Program and the Emergency Demand Response Program, also include the participation of several of NYPA's large business and governmental customers located across the state. Through the activation of NYPA's Peak Load Reduction Program and the NYISO programs, NYPA customers have committed to curtail the use of over 54 megawatts (MW) during the activation events. (One megawatt is enough electricity to meet the power needs of 800 to 1,000 typical homes.) Participating customers in NYPA's Peak Load Management programs reduce their electricity demand with conservation measures such as shutting off unnecessary lighting and discretionary equipment, and, in some cases, by operating small, properly permitted backup generators. In return for the power curtailment, NYPA pays participants based on their energy reduction levels. The Power Authority's own comprehensive summer preparedness efforts across the state involve appropriate maintenance of its 16 generating facilities, which have a total combined capacity of approximately 5,450 MW, and over 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines, to ensure full strength for meeting the summer's higher electricity demand. Currently, these facilities are all operating or available for service. For more information on NYPA's Peak Load Management Programs, please visit http://www.nypa.gov/PLM/default.htm About NYPA: The New York Power Authority uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■ NYPA has been designated as the lead entity via Executive Order 88 by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to form a central management and implementation plan to carry out his Build Smart NY plan to reduce energy use by state facilities by 20 percent by 2020. ■ NYPA is the nation's largest state public power organization, through the operation of its 16 generating facilities in various parts of New York State, participation in a unique public/private partnership to contract for power from a clean generating plant in Queens, and its operation of more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. ■ More than 70 percent of the electricity NYPA produces is clean renewable hydropower. Its lower-cost power production and electricity purchases support hundreds of thousands of jobs throughout the state.■ For more information visit www.nypa.gov and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Wordpress and @NYPAenergy on Twitter.
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"I figure, it's best to live your life and decorate your house such as if you ever become mega famous and died, people would have a lot of fun touring your crazy house," television star Mindy Kaling wrote in her blog last year. While the multi-hypenate has enough to keep her busy between producing, writing, and starring in "The Mindy Project," Kaling has posted several photos of her cheerful, colorful, and just-the-right-amount-of-crazy Los Angeles home. We think you'll have a lot of fun touring it.
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Orientation & Technical Assistance Guide for State Vocational Rehabilitation Directors
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- Fiscal Management
RSA extends a special welcome to new state vocational rehabilitation (VR) directors. This orientation is provided to support you in the important work of administering federal programs within your state funded under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, including the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program, the Supported Employment Program, the State Independent Living Services Program, and the Independent Living Services for Older Individuals who are Blind Program. RSA developed this guide to provide quick and efficient access to information and technical assistance resources related to the administration of these programs. We hope that you find this information useful and encourage you to contact your RSA state liaison for assistance in locating other resources, or for responses to questions pertaining to the administration of any of these programs.
The RSA web site is a primary source for locating pertinent information described below related to RSA's formula and discretionary grant programs, including current policy guidance, on-line training and technical assistance tools and resources, state and national data, grant-related reporting forms, VR and IL State Plans, and other state-specific information. Links to this information are included below for ready access.
To access the most current information and notifications from RSA, VR directors can subscribe for email updates
Legislation, Regulations and Guidance
Program Specific Regulations
- 34 CFR 361: State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program
- 34 CFR 363: State Supported Employment Services Program
- 34 CFR 364: State Independent Living Services and Centers for Independent Living Program
- 34 CFR 365: State Independent Living Program
- 34 CFR 366: Centers for Independent Living
- 34 CFR 367: Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who are Blind
- 34 CFR 370: Client Assistance Program
- 34 CFR 386: Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training
- 34 CFR 395: Vending Facility Program for the Blind on Federal and Other Property
State Rehabilitation Council
The State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) is a key partner with the VR agency in the administration of the VR program. RSA developed training for State Rehabilitation Council members that may be helpful to you in learning more about the role and function of the SRC. The training is a self-paced on-line tutorial, consisting of a series of topical modules designed to enhance the knowledge of SRCs, thus, enabling them to carry out their functions more effectively.
The modules address the following topics:
- history of the VR program;
- overview of the Rehabilitation Act;
- role and functions of the SRC related to the conduct of the statewide needs assessment;
- development of state goals and priorities;
- analysis of consumer satisfaction; and
- development and operationalization of the VR State Plan.
More recent modules address performance evaluation and quality assurance of the VR program. We invite you to access this on-line training program.
State Independent Living Council
The Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) and the Designated State Unit (DSU) are partners in the joint development of the State Plan for Independent Living, with input from the statewide network of Centers for Independent Living (CILs). The SILC and the DSU, together with the statewide network, work to fulfill the purpose of the Independent Living Program. SILC duties and authorized activities are described in sections 705(c), (d) and (e) of the Rehabilitation Act.
Additional guidance on the role and duties of the SILC can be found in RSA's Responses to NCIL's Questions Regarding SILC Roles and Responsibilities.
RSA, through its Independent Living Training and Technical Assistance center, developed an on-line training resource for SILCs that addresses issues pertinent to the operation and performance of the SILC.
Vocational Rehabilitation / Supported Employment State Plan
An important component of the VR/SE State Plan is Attachment 4.11(a), which includes the results of the Comprehensive Statewide Needs Assessment (CSNA) that describes the needs of individuals with disabilities residing within the state, in accordance with the requirements in section 101(a)(15)(A)(i) of the Rehabilitation Act.
As a resource to VR agencies and SRCs in conducting the CSNA, RSA developed a Vocational Rehabilitation Needs Assessment Guide.
In addition, RSA developed a subsequent module to the SRC on-line training series focused on program evaluation and quality assurance.
State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL)
RSA has provided training and resources to assist states with the development and implementation of the SPIL. In addition, RSA developed an instrument to facilitate the SPIL review process, as well as detailed instructions on completing and submitting the SPIL through the RSA website.
Vocational Rehabilitation and Supported Employment Programs
Section 107 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, requires the commissioner of RSA to conduct annual reviews and periodic on-site monitoring of programs authorized under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act to determine whether a vocational rehabilitation agency is complying substantially with the provisions of its VR State Plan under section 101 of the Rehabilitation Act and with the Evaluation Standards and Performance Indicators established under section 106. To fulfill this requirement, RSA developed the VR Monitoring and Technical Assistance Guide (MTAG) through which it assesses the performance of the VR agencies in the operation of the program and their compliance with pertinent federal programmatic and fiscal requirements.
It is important to note that the VR MTAG may be revised or updated from year-to-year. Therefore, we recommend that you return to this site periodically to access RSA's most current VR MTAG.
During the monitoring process, RSA works closely with the VR agency, the State Rehabilitation Council, and stakeholders to identify emerging practices to help promote communities of practice and increase awareness of a variety of approaches that could provide a foundation for research and lead to the development of evidence-based practices.
State Independent Living Programs
RSA developed the FY 2012 Independent Living Monitoring and Technical Assistance Guide (IL/MTAG) through which it assesses the performance and compliance of the Designated State Agency and/or Designated State Unit with pertinent programmatic and fiscal requirements in the administration of the two IL formula grant programs authorized under Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, including the State Independent Living Services Program and the IL Services for Older Individuals who are Blind Program.
Fiscal Management
To assist states with the fiscal administration of the program, RSA developed a number of fiscal resources including policy directives and training materials on specific areas of fiscal policy and program administration. In addition, RSA posted training materials from the FY 2013 RSA National Fiscal Management Training Conference conducted August 27-29, 2013, as a resource in this area.
The materials address a number of topics including:
- Allowable and Allocable Costs;
- Contract Development and Administration;
- Establishment Projects;
- Indirect Cost and Cost Allocation Plan;
- Integration of Program and Fiscal Info/Data Planning;
- Internal and External Fiscal Control;
- Maintenance of Effort;
- Management of Funding Streams Cash Management & Drawdown;
- Personnel Cost Allocation;
- Sources of Match; Third-Party Cooperative Arrangements; and
- Supporting Documentation.
RSA developed calculators to assist VR agencies in finding the amount of match needed to fulfill the non-federal share of a grant award, and the formula grant process for the basic VR state grants program.
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