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Bring the Family Address
Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing
Saturday, May 26, 2012,
"America is broken," says Barry Schwartz. "None of the institutions we rely on –- schools, clinics, courts, banks -– give us what we want and need. Our efforts to repair these institutions rely on two tools: rules and incentives. Neither can do the job. What is also needed is virtue and character, and especially the virtue that Aristotle called "practical wisdom" -- the will to do the right thing and the skill to figure out what the right thing is. Psychological research tells us that whereas people aren't born wise, they are born to become wise, if they have the right experience -- and rules and incentives provide the wrong experience. Too many rules undermine the development of skill, and too much reliance on incentives undermines the needed will. Current institutional practices threaten wisdom. Efforts can and should be made to nurture it instead."
Barry Schwartz will sign copies of his book, Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing, immediately following this program from 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM outside of Chicago Ballroom VI and VII in the Ballroom Promenade.
Barry Schwartz's research investigates the decision-making processes that underlie our choices and examines how our choices make us feel. Schwartz's research has shown that, rather than making us feel better, having more freedom and choice often makes us feel worse. Specifically, the expectation of choice may cause us to question our choices before we make them and can lead us to be disappointed with them afterward. More recently, Schwartz has turned to examine the role of "practical wisdom" -– built on personal experience, ethics, and judgment -– in decision making. Throughout his work, Schwartz blends insights from psychological science and economics to understand how we make decisions, how we come to value some things above others, and how we balance our sense of morality with our own self-interest. Schwartz is the Dorwin P. Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore College and is the author of several best-selling books, including The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less and Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing.
Recovering the Moral Dimension: An Interview with Barry Schwartz (video)
Barry Schwartz in The Faces and Minds of Psychological Science
Barry Schwartz in the news: CBS News (Jan 30, 2012) and The New York Times (Feb 16, 2012).


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Skip to comments.'She didn't affirmatively say no': Silence means consent according to defense...(Steubenville rape)
Posted on 03/12/2013 8:26:48 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: 'She didn't affirmatively say no': Silence means consent according to defense in Ohio high school rape trial where passed out, drunken teenage girl was 'sexually assaulted' by multiple football players
Defense lawyers in the coming trial of two high school football players charged with raping a nearly passed-out-drunk 16-year-old girl are expected to argue on the issue of consent.
In the case that has shocked the nation, prosecutors state that the inebriated girl was taken to a number of parties by a group of drunk teenagers, supporting her to walk when she wasn't physically capable.
The prosecution claims that the group later sexually assaulted the girl while she lay unconscious.
But attorney Walter Madison, who represents one of the accused boys, argues she was drinking voluntarily and left willingly with the group of boys.
As reported by the Cleveland Trader Madison said: 'There's an abundance of evidence here that she was making decisions, cognitive choices.' 'She didn't affirmatively say no,' he stated.
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Not giving the answer you want is not a lack of ability to answer.
Assuming the thing you're trying to prove is "circular reasoning" by definition.
You are assuming she was totally unresponsive for the entire ordeal.
Has that been established?
Bear in mind, even a momentary smile could be construed as "consent" in some circumstances.
You are if you took great pains to associate with the muggers, practiced deception to facilitate the association, and perhaps even provoked said muggers through word or deed.
Then who will your children work for?
I'm not trying to "prove" anything. You can over-think these things, you know...
No, you can't, but thanks for acknowledging your approach to the question.
My children are very successful in their own right and wouldn't work for the likes of yours. I know you think you are clever but boorish is not the same as clever
Actually, yes you can. You can be stupidly wedded to a position that you did not arrive at by means of being on the scene and witnessing first-hand what the hell happened, or you can be like others, who say if it was rape, the boys should be punished; if it was not rape, the boys should be found "not guilty."
Yes, you really CAN over-think these things.
Because your adolescent antipathy is a so much more nuanced approach.....
What do you plan to spring on me next? "I know you are, but what am I?"
I think rather than pontificating on "over think" you should address the plank in your own eye and correct your "under-read."
Find a handful of posters on this thread who've said "if it was rape."
That's right. I forgot about that.
I'm not sending anyone anywhere. Have you heard? There is a trial going on. As far as what evidence is allowed - or not - is something we will soon see.
It's pretty obvious you're too stupid (or crazy) to give rational answers.
I remember that. I was disgusted with some so called FReepers.
[...even a momentary smile could be construed as consent in some circumstances.]
That's a disturbing statement.
I think, you've taken a step too far in the defending these barbarians.
Anyone who would use that statement as a defense should have his own 'circumstances' in life examined.
??? 'two minutes hate' ???
and when you are old and sick and dying and my offspring are caring for you I will laugh
Take a hint from Moira Lasch, the humiliated prosecutor of the William Kennedy Smith rape trial: don't assume your own sex life is a standard.
You'll save yourself much embarrassment.
Orwell's "1984."
I've got to hand it to you; you've demonstrated an even greater level of impotent vindictiveness than even my own jest suggested.
Wow what a contentious thread....i did not know about this case till today and am uninformed
When i grew up in the early 70s i saw girls intoxicated or on quaaludes or even fairly sober indulge in gang bangs or group sex....it was hardly rape...they actually carried on like it was profoundly pleasurable to them....i was not into that being so close to other bare johnsons
I have known girls/women in my life who liked all sorts of exploitative stuff like trains and group or S and M or rough play and so forth
Some pretty startling and frankly unexpected
Before the knitters here go ape i am describing observations...i have enjoyed many gals but always treated even the full blown freaks with affection respect and whatever effort required to please to whatever their satisfaction level was
I'm no prude..pillow biters are boring but abusing women even if requested was not my thing
Now i have also known women assaulted by someone familiar...a bad thing
And women brutalized with fear of being killed by a home invader.... heinous vicious crap....that is very very bad
I do think today we call rape a bit too readily.....fembots seem to like it both ways
In this case....i simply don't know the facts
Being high and having sex you are ashamed of the next morning and being forcibly held down and penetrated or worse are very different things
And there are degrees of that....which is why we have aggravated charges
I will say this sort of thing frequently involves jocks and alcohol
My boys know i will light them up i catch them doing this crap...invited or not
Caligula Barge behavior is bad form....
They peed on her....geez
I would think banging a comatose drunk woman..obviously...no consent i assume is rape or battery or assault
I knew some jocks who crapped on a drunk guys face....the refrain for weeks around school was "pinch off another big one jimbo"
The guy did nothing about it....
Teen yearz
The college where things can get really stupid....but i think more consent actually like especially the group stuff
If what u describe is accurate then the prosecution likely has some sort of case
As i said i did not even know about this till now
I do not think gang bangs even if intoxicated are by default rapes nor do i agree with all underage constructs today....some of which are quite new and rather absurd like charging an. 18 year old boy with 17 year old girl
But what you are describing does sound criminal just casually absorbing that synopsis
Most of what we know comes from hackers so it will be interesting to see what is admissable in court.
The victim can't offer much - it appears most of the evidence is self inflicted by the perps and other party-goers. Tweets/FB/cell phone pics/texts.
What does that have to do with what I said?
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Ursula Oppens to Perform Works by Contemporary New York ComposersPosted by sequenza21 in Concert Announcement, tags: chamber music, Charles Neidich, composition, Elliott Carter, Joan Tower, John Corigliano, Tania Leon, Tobias Picker, Ursula Oppens
Ursula Oppens — celebrated pianist and distinguished professor of music at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York — performs works by New York composers John Corigliano, Joan Tower, Tania Leon, Elliott Carter (American premiere), and Tobias Picker (world premiere) at Elebash Recital Hall, 365 Fifth Ave., on Nov. 11 (Wednesday, 7 p.m.). Ms. Oppens will be joined by fellow CUNY faculty member, clarinetist Charles Neidich.
Before the performance, several of these eminent composers will join Oppens for a conversation about composition and performance, and what it means to create and play music in New York today. $25 general admission; $10 for Graduate Center students with I.D. Tickets may be purchased at the Online Box Office. For more information: (212) 817-8215.
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Board denies tax abatement for Frontier Labs
NEW ULM – Brown County commissioners unanimously denied an economic development tax abatement request Tuesday for the Frontier Labs Project proposed in the airport industrial park.
On Dec. 18, 2012, the New Ulm City Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the use of a property tax abatement for the project that includes renovation and expansion of an existing building at 6 Somsen Street.
Estimated to cost $84,871, the project would increase the market value of the property from $257,200 to an estimated $546,400, according to a Jan. 3, 2013 letter to the county board from New Ulm Community Development Director David Schnobrich.
The city's share of the abatement payment would be about $4,114 a year from 2015 through 2028 based on the estimated project market value and 2012 city property tax rates. The county's abatement share would be about $2,655 a year for a $33,291 total county contribution.
Schnobrich told commissioners the airport industrial park building has been empty for several years and that the value difference between the existing building and renovation and expansion project creates the tax abatement.
The letter said the tax abatement program would be done on a "pay-as-you go" basis with Frontier Labs initially paying all project expenses and the city and county reimbursing them as tax abatement revenue is received. If the project does not generate sufficient tax abatement revenue, Frontier Labs would be financially responsible for any deficiencies.
Frontier Labs agreed to provide at least four jobs paying at least $14 an hour plus benefits within two years of building occupancy.
Brad Finstad, representing the project, said plans call for offices and lab space to serve southern Minnesota and Iowa farmers and seed companies with soil and manure testing and related custom work.
Commissioner Scott Windschitl said he had two concerns and cited excerpts from the Brown County Tax Abatement Policy:
(first) C. 6. Business assistance shall not be provided in cases where it would create an unfair competitive advantage for the assisted project; and (second) D. 1. That the project is not financially feasible but – for the use of tax abatement.
"I haven't seen a low-interest loan application with the Brown County Development Corp.," Windschitl said.. "Market competition is good, but I see some direct conflict here with Minnesota Valley Testing Labs."
Finstad said the project building has been empty for six or seven years and the City of New Ulm wants to see it filled.
"We would do services nobody else in this county does. We're a one-stop shop, but there is some overlap (with existing business)," Finstad said.
New Ulm Economic Development Corporation Director Brian Tohal said area competition already exists in the business.
"County policy says I can't create an unfair competitive advantage," Windschitl said.
No public comments were offered.
Commissioners approved:
Adopting a Notice of Intention to Enact a Social Host Ordinance. It will be considered at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5. County Attorney Bob Hinnenthal said such ordinances will become statewide at some point, but right now, there are spots in counties without them.
A market adjustment of Grade XX, Step 26, plus annual increase for the county attorney, to $98,706 effective Jan. 1. Last year's Brown County Attorney salary was $87,972. This amount compares to 2012 county attorney salaries of $95,000 in Nicollet County, $87,500 in Renville County, and $79,024 in Sibley County.
Releasing forfeiture funds for the County Attorney to buy a computer to be used as evidence presentation in court trial proceedings. A state price quote of $1,119.63 for a Dell Latitude E6430 laptop including disk encryption and sales tax was given.
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Skip to comments.'It was the best day of my life': Girl, 19, arrested after boasting about bank robbery on YouTube
Posted on 12/04/2012 11:03:22 AM PST by dennisw
Hannah Sabata from Nebraska posted the video claiming to have stolen more than $6,000 at gun-point Said the alleged crime spree was 'the best day of my life' in clip watched more than 7,000 times
An alleged bank robber was arrested after she posted a video on YouTube claiming to have stolen more than $6,000 at gun-point.
In the bizarre YouTube video Hannah Sabata, 19, is seen fanning herself with a wad of cash that she said was stolen using a 'gun, a pillow case and a note'.
Gawker said Sabata was arrested last week in connection with the robbery of a Cornerstone Bank branch in nearby Waco and the theft of a car in York.
York County Sheriff Dale Radcliff was quoted on the website as saying 'all but $30 of the stolen money' has been recovered.
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Check out the photos. She is showing off her stacks of cash gangsta style. Fanning herself with them
When the sound track of your life is played on a banjo.....
Yes, she Duck Faced the Mugg Shot!
Bonny and Clyde minus Clyde
What a moron. What an absolute dolt. She's got a smile on her face like she's on something.
This is what the dumbing down of American schools is doing to our nation's children. Cater to the lowest common denominator and you get a society of losers.
Was it Brad Pitt or Rob Lowe who said that making a kiddie porn vid with an underage girl was the best thing that ever happened to him??
How much prison time did he get for it??
My guess, is that it really is going to be the best day of her life for several years. Might be topped by the day she gets out of prison.
She won't think it's so funny when that door slams behind her at the iron bar hotel.....it's a real reality check.
Is that the "get away" bike at the lower right?
The good news for her is the Nebr. women's prison is in the same town, so all her friends can still come to visit her.
Oops...no friends. And from the nasty comments on Youtube, not many family members will be coming to visit either.
But maybe her new GF will give her more "best days"...
"the Nebr. womens prison is in the same town, so all her friends can still come to visit her."
I'm thinking most of them are probably there already.
I think Laz would even CTC before taking a shot at that mess!
The tragic effects of a lipline tattoo gone bad.
It affects the brain, I hear.
Bank robbers sure are wearing ugly masks these days
Not that this has anything to do with her screwed up thinking, but looking at the mug shot, I wonder if this girl is suffering from a condition called Acromegaly. It's a disease that, among other things, results in abnormally exaggerated facial features. Actor Paul Benedict, who played Mr. Bently on The Jeffersons suffered from this condition, but was diagnosed and treated before the disease could progress further.
Doesn't that usually present itself in middle age?
Cheer up; she's so dumb she might forget to breath, although it's apparently too late for her to forget to breed.
I don't know. This is just sheer speculation on my part. I just thought her lips and nose were unusually large.
"What a moron. What an absolute dolt. Shes got a smile on her face like shes on something."
Hopefully someone will take her picture when she gets sentenced to 20 years in the slam.
She looks like a tweaker.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us
Doubt she finished too many years in school.
Then again, your diagnosis could be more accurate than mine.
Sad that this will disrupt her particle physics research.
She is rather unusual in appearance.
I think you may have something there.
Rob Lowe.
To my knowledge he got none.
Wrong movie...
Think more like she is one of the wives of "Manos the Hands of Fate".
She is most likely an anchor baby born to illegals from Mexico. An obvious dye job on the hair. Sabata is a Spanish sir name.
Looking at her pics at the link, she looks like a black girl with very light skin.
Looks like a pretty ordinary tweaker to me...
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I just returned from a visit to three African nations, where I saw encouraging gains in the fight against HIV. In these countries, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is enabling countries to take leadership of the fight against HIV for their people.
In Johannesburg, South Africa, I was part of a U.S. delegation that met with representatives from medical schools from a dozen sub-Saharan African countries participating in the African-led, U.S.-supported Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) inaugural meeting. These schools are part of a collaboration that will lead the way in transforming and enhancing medical education within their countries and building a network across Africa. By doing so, we will be supporting an increase in both the quantity and quality of professional health care workers in the region.
Through PEPFAR, the U.S. will provide about $130 million in MEPI grants that are awarded directly to African institutions, including two in South Africa. By providing grants directly to African institutions and supporting their partnerships with U.S. and international medical schools and universities, we support their leadership in developing programs that will train and retain future health care leaders, and tailoring education to meet the needs of the populations they serve. In some cases, the opportunities for medical faculty to continue their professional development and engage in research are powerful incentives to remain in their countries and promote excellence in medical education and practice. Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), joined me at this MEPI meeting to highlight NIH's contribution through additional linked awards that will help support new professionals and faculty to develop expertise in research.
Dr. Collins and I visited a community site in Durban, South Africa where the CAPRISA trial of a vaginal microbicide for HIV prevention was conducted. The visit highlighted the critical contributions African researchers are making in advancing the science of HIV prevention. Through investments in medical education and local research capacity, African institutions will continue to provide sound leadership in preparing the next generation of clinicians and leaders in public health within Africa.
PEPFAR's support for laboratory systems has also led to tangible results. In Ethiopia, I joined seven African Ministers of Health for the launch of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM). As another organization led by Africans and supported by the U.S. through PEPFAR, ASLM advances professional laboratory medicine practice, science, systems, and networks on the continent. These laboratory services are vital to support quality medical care with correct diagnoses and monitoring, preventive medicine, surveillance and disease control. The ASLM will not only advance the processes for accreditation of laboratories, but also serve as a forum for communication across laboratories, biomedical scientists and clinicians, the medical community, public health officials and policy makers to enhance the effectiveness of laboratory services and science.
To support their efforts, the ASLM is launching an international peer-reviewed journal, the African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, which will highlight advances in the roles of laboratories in clinical care and public health efforts. It will also provide much-needed South-to-South communication in the profession of laboratory medicine. As part of our health systems strengthening work, PEPFAR is committed to supporting African leadership to build strong laboratories that perform to international standards and provide prompt diagnoses and clinical management support for patients.
In Botswana, I met with officials from the Government of Botswana and civil society, and visited programs we jointly support that are making striking progress in addressing the AIDS epidemic and other health challenges. I saw how PEPFAR's impact has been enhanced through the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS), which enhances Botswana's supply chain and distribution for medicines and health commodities, advancing reliable and cost-effective practices.
By strengthening African institutions within countries, we are contributing to long-term, sustainable capacity building that will allow our partner countries to deliver care to their people for years to come. I am inspired by the growing leadership of our African counterparts. I want the American people to know that our efforts to support countries in taking the lead in the fight against global AIDS are bearing fruit today -- and will continue to do so as we move forward.
Eliud N. in Kenya writes:
My name is Eliud N. and we have an organization that seeks to help people from the marginilised araes of Samburu & Marsabit through various programmes. Amoung them is HIV/AIDS that is killing many of the people living in these counties due to lack of information. Our Organization will be very pleased to partner with you and offer any support necessary to fight HIV/AIDS in kenya and Africa.
our website - "www.iyfce.org"
iyfcea stands for international youth for change - east africa.
Eliud N.
country director iyfcea
Eddy O. in Uganda writes:
The selfless PEPFAR initiative is critical for the fight against HIV/AIDS and efforts by PEPFAR can not be over stated,i feel it would be even a greater asset to engage Youth led organizations in underpinning preventive modalities in HIV/AIDS fight,i strongly underline the need for PEPFER to engage more with grassroots National youth led organizations if they truly want to step up efforts in this area. Doors of The Odwar Fund will be open to recieve objective engagement in this area. We can not bury our heads in the sand and pretend everything is ok in Northern Uganda when several people contenue to get infected and die of HIV/AIDS rellated illnesses-There is every need to avert this worring infection rates!!!
Kind regards,
Eddy M. O.
Executive Director,
The Odwar Fund
Webpage: "www.theodwarfund.org"


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Associate professor of social work and program director
First year teaching at Luther: 2003
Civil action: Helped coordinate volunteer cleanup of the 1971 oil spill in San Francisco Bay--and testified before Congress about how civilians got organized long before federal aid arrived.
Weekend project: Finishing the house he lives in north of Decorah.
January Term trip: Recently led a Paideia course to Germany and Denmark to study the ethics of alternative energy sources and environmentally sustainable community.
"It's one thing to teach social work, and it's quite another to do it," Craig says. That's why he spends most of his days in the field, getting to know the face of homelessness and its attendants--substance abuse and mental illness--wherever he goes.
Before arriving at Luther, Craig coordinated services for homeless Americans from Iowa City to Oakland, Cal. He also spent three years lobbying for consistent funding for affordable housing across Iowa.
"It's not OK for a country as rich as ours to have so many people living on the streets," he says matter-of-factly.
At Luther, Craig creates opportunities for students to discover causes that resonate with their own convictions. In his social policy course, for example, students take carefully researched social issues to the capitol in Des Moines to meet with policy makers.
"It's meaningful that students work on real stuff--such as drug sentencing laws, the death penalty, renewable energy policy, nursing home regulations, and adoption of special-needs children. When they see a bill pass, they know they've had something to do with it."
Turning attention to rural housing issues, Craig also invites students to work with him in Winneshiek County's Habitat for Humanity chapter, which has financed and built 18 homes in 17 years. He's currently helping to replicate the program in neighboring counties.
"As a college of the church, Luther attracts students who know there's a certain spiritual significance to being of help to others," he says. "In our department, we're able to talk about spirituality and its power to affect change--a connection far from natural at other institutions I've taught in. I'm excited that the idea fits really well here."


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About juslivn
Located by the Fox River and Chain of Lakes in Northern Il. We boat, fish, love the outdoors, pets, and enjoy life.
By: juslivn , 5:18 PM GMT on November 04, 2012
Fox Lake Sunset-after the boats of summer have gone
Nov. 4, 2012 - Prayers are really needed as the people out East will have another hit this week from a Nor'Easter. So many are still in desperate need of help.
Not much happening in our part of the country knock on wood. I wonder when we will have our first snow?
Any takers for a contest of our first date for over 2" at O'hare? (official Chicago recording site) Post what date you think it may be and we'll figure out what prize or fun we can have.
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Topic: Any Chance of Making This Easier on the Database?
Well, working from a book called RailsSpace (I'm sure many of you have heard of it), I was a little disappointed to see that they used a double-blind e-mail system, instead of a PM system. So, I set out to create my own private messaging system. I've got it working, but I'm afraid its a little hard on the database.
I'm allowing multiple recipients for each message, which, basically, is the source of all my problems. Any associations (at least, any I could think of to write) between the user model and the messaging model made it so that only the first recipient was recognized (in the database, recipients are separated by a comma). So, I had to remove associations and write my own method for finding recipients (and finding who's deleted the message, and who's read it, but all three suffer the same problems). Now I've ended up loading ALL messages in the database into an array, in order to determine which ones I actually want. There has to be a better way to do this. I don't suppose anyone can point me in the right direction?
The code for my deleted_messages method (pretty much the same as my read messages and received messages methods):
def deleted_messages
@all_messages = Message.find(:all)
@messages_deleted = Array.new
if message.deleted_by !=nil
@deleted_by = message.deleted_by.split(",")
if deleted.to_i == id
@messages_deleted[@messages_deleted.length] = message
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Dear friends,
The Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, founded by human rights activist Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt, is a museum like no other; from its humble beginnings in October 1962 as a two-and-a-half room display about the newly erected Berlin Wall, the museum has evolved into a more than 2000m2 exhibition that explores not only the history of the Berlin Wall and the stories of those affected by it, but also looks at the challenges facing us today as we struggle for worldwide recognition of human rights and freedom.
Here you can discover objects used to escape over, under, and through the Berlin Wall, and read the stories of those escapees who risked their lives to win their freedom. We also remember and thus keep alive the memory of others who died in the attempt – you can be part of this important work.
In the new exhibition you can trace the history of movements promoting human rights from 1800 onwards, and learn about areas of our world today where the struggle continues. As a museum we are unique, being not only a testament to the past, but also a living and evolving reminder of the present. We invite you to become part of that process by visiting us today and sharing with us the concerns you have for our world.
We welcome feedback from our friends and try, where possible, to incorporate it into our new exhibitions.
We look forward to welcoming you to our museum in the year of its 50th birthday,
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text: Trichechus senegalensis is a poorly studied species, and much of the information about their behavior and reproduction has been inferred based on their close similarity to the very well studied Trichechus manatus. They are capable of reproducing throughout the year; however, a peak in calving tends to occur in late spring or early summer (CMC 1997). Females are sexually mature as early as three years of age. A female in estrus is joined by a dozen or more males. Together they form a mating group in which copulation appears to occur at random (Save the Manatee Club 1997). Gestation lasts about 13 months and usually a single calf is born at a time, but twins do occur occasionally. Calves are born tail first, and they can swim on their own (CMC 1997). They feed from a pair of pectoral mammary glands. Trichechus senegalensis are believed to live to about 30 years of age, and females can bear young every three to five years (Sikes 1974 and CMC 1997).


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"It's overwhelming to go to the school, and feel like you have to get down on your hands and knees and beg for services you know your children should have.
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"Our family is in need of caregiver supports. I am a single mom and cannot afford to pay for someone to care for my son. My teenage daughter has been his caregiver. This is not fair to her.
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We All Need Help Sometimes
Being a police officer is a very stressful job.
Being human can be pretty stressful as well.
Combine the two and the effects on the human mind can be frightening.
Local residents saw it firsthand recently when a Jamestown police officer, threatened to harm himself with a gun in his home. Ellicott, Jamestown, Lakewood-Busti, the State Police and the Sheriff's Department responded to the incident. First responders from Celoron also were dispatched. After nearly three hours, the officer came out of the house and was taken to the Lake Shore Health Care Center for treatment.
A 2012 University at Buffalo study of officers in the Buffalo Police Department published by the International Journal of Emergency Mental Health says there are connections between the daily stresses of police work and obesity, suicide, sleeplessness and cancer, as well as general health disparities between police officers and the general population.
Of the 464 officers surveyed, more than 25 percent suffered from metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk for developing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes; female and male officers experiencing the highest level of self-reported stress were four and six times more likely to have poor sleep quality, respectively; and suicide rates were more than eight times higher in working officers than they were in officers who had retired or left the police force.
While Jamestown sees less violent crime than a city like Buffalo or Syracuse, Jamestown police officers are still dealing with unsavory situations every day. Police officers are the ones called when a child is found living in squalid conditions, who see firsthand the effect of drugs on the community and who deal every day with the possibility of a dangerous situation on the job affecting them for the rest of their lives.
The fact that there aren't more situations like the recent standoff in Jamestown is a miracle.
While police officers have access to health care, the potential culture of a police department doesn't make it easy for an officer to admit it when stress is taking its toll. It's especially difficult when the personal problems that affect us all are coupled with the stresses of a demanding job.
The events surrounding the Jamestown officer's entrance into treatment should be a wakeup call for area police officers and police department leaders.
We all need help sometimes. There is nothing wrong, nothing weak, nothing abnormal, about it.
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- five varied fat eights of fabric for blocks - I used Pure Elements from Art Gallery in Burnt Orange, Cozumel Blue, Empire Yellow, Light Citron and Linen White
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I'm pretty sure that Paul adopted Linda's daughter so her name would be Heather McCartney. However, she's most likely married now and has a different last name anyway. I would imagine that for professional reasons, Heather Mills may continue to go by Mills or perhaps due a hyphen thing ie. Mills-McCartney.
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The Future of Spirituality in Social Work: The Farther Reaches of Human Nurture
This essay discusses the development of the social work profession in relation to the subject of spirituality and proposes future possibilities and recommendations for innovation. It presents historical trends within four phases leading to the present and beyond. Current trends indicate rapidly increasing quantities of publications and other professional activities about spirituality within a pattern of an ever farther reaching integrative approach that encompasses diverse religious and nonreligious perspectives, academic disciplines, international collaborations, and humanity's relationship with the Earth.
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Members of Congress who voted for tax increases approved Jan. 1 apparently thought keeping the nation headed down the slippery slope toward economic collapse was an acceptable alternative to enduring the political heat of allowing it to go over the so-called "fiscal cliff."
Representatives who voted against the measure were right to do so.
Bills approved New Year's Day by both the Senate and the House of Representatives have been touted widely as a compromise to avoid events that have been described for weeks as a "fiscal cliff."
In essence, that meant without action by Congress and President Barack Obama, tax breaks approved during former President George W. Bush's administration would have been rescinded. In addition, automatic federal spending cuts – referred to for some reason as "the sequester" – would have gone into effect.
But the frantic end-of-year rush to kill those two potential changes was needless. Congress could have done both retroactively early this year. As long as it was apparent steady, sure progress was being made to that end, financial markets and individual consumers and investors, along with businesses, would not have felt they had been pushed off a fiscal cliff.
Obama and liberal lawmakers played the late-December panic for all it was worth, however. They managed to get a deal that kept most of the Bush-era tax cuts in effect and eliminated the sequester. But the price they demanded for going along was a $620 billion, 10-year tax increase – and virtually no cuts in government spending. In truth, Obama was able to include some new spending, including more on "green" energy, in the bills.
Again, the package increases taxes, including those on job creators, while expanding, not contracting, the size of government.
That is why some representatives voted against the proposal. Far from being progress in reducing the tax burden on Americans while addressing the staggering $16.4 trillion national debt, the fiscal cliff deal was politics at its absolute worst.
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About the Author: Arturo Valenzuela serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
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The University of Hawaii football team won its only game of the season Saturday night in its final game of the 2013 season against Army 49-42.
The win comes on the same day a UH football player was found dead in waters off Sandy Beach.
The UH Athletics Department says Jack Willis Wilson III was identified as the player who was missing and whose body was found.
The Rainbow Warriors end the season with a 1-11 record. The Black Knights drop to 3-8 on the season.
Hawaii quarterback Sean Schroeder passed for 322 yards with three touchdowns and one interception.
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For the third year in a row I have celebrated Fourth of July as part of a Pacific Partnership mission, many hours before similar celebrations began in the United States. In fact, as I write this, the fireworks are probably just beginning over the Mall in Washington, D.C.
Pacific Partnership 2011 (PP11) is in the city of Kolonia, in the state of Pohnpei, in the independent country of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The Caroline Islands (originally named Islas de Carolina for King Charles II of Spain in the late 1600s) emerged from the battles of World War II as a United Nations Trust Territory, administered by the United States. Two separate island groups within the Carolines, Palau and the FSM, later declared independence, with the FSM signing a Compact of Free Association with the United States in 1986 (amended in 2003), which defines U.S.-FSM relations today. Citizens of both countries can visit, live, and work in the other without visa restrictions, and FSM uses the American dollar and coinage as its official currency.
Since July 4 was a normal work day in the FSM, we held our official opening ceremony at 10 a.m. in the courtyard of the Pohnpei State Administration Complex. FSM President Emanuel Mori and Pohnpei Governor John Ehsa welcomed Pacific Partnership for its third visit and thanked the mission for including projects in all four states of FSM (Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk and Yap). U.S. Ambassador Peter Prahar and PP11 Mission Commander Jesse Wilson reflected on our nations' close ties and expressed our appreciation to join with friends in FSM in celebration of the 235th anniversary of the United States of America.
At 2:00 p.m., the Fourth of July festivities began with softball games at the Spanish Wall Field near the middle of Kolonia, so named because the outfield wall is comprised of the original stone from a Spanish fortification built in the 1800s. This is not an outfield fence that encourages running or diving catches! (Given the way local batters were hitting, we talked about positioning PP11 outfielders on top of the ramparts.) In a large park just beyond the Spanish Wall, U.S. Embassy personnel grilled hot dogs (1,000 in total during the afternoon) and U.S. Peace Corps volunteers offered face-painting and bean-bag toss games for the kids.
The grand finale was the Pacific Fleet Band. Ambassador Prahar opened the concert with some thoughtful commentary on the attainment and preservation of freedom, and the band played "The Star Spangled Banner" and several patriotic pieces. Then Mass Communication Specialist First Class David Valdez offered brief commentary before each selection as the band provided stellar renditions of period pieces, including homage to Sinatra, Presley, Motown, James Brown, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Michael Jackson. Anton Dupreez, the voice of the band during PP11, did an exceptional job reprising some well-known vocals, and the multi-talented band members had the stadium rocking and a great many of the audience dancing all around the Spanish Wall. Although we couldn't find any pyrotechnical fireworks, the band created another memorable Pacific Partnership Fourth of July for all of us fortunate enough to serve.


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MONDAY, Dec. 19, 2016 – Long-term use of over-the-counter pain relievers may be associated with increased risk of hearing loss in some women, a new study says. Women who used ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) or acetaminophen (Tylenol) for six years or more were more likely to suffer hearing loss than those who used the pain relievers for a year or less, said researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. They found no significant association between long-term aspirin use and hearing loss. "Although the magnitude of higher risk of hearing loss with analgesic use was modest, given how commonly these medications are used, even a small increase in risk could have important health implications," study senior author Dr. Gary Curhan said in a hospital news release. "Assuming causality, this would mean that approximately 16.2 percent of hearing loss occurring in these women could be due to ... Read more
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-- Your habits just before you slip into bed could be sabotaging your night of sleep. The National Sleep Foundation says do NOT: Take any over-the-counter medications that contain pseudoephedrine, found in common cold medicines, which can keep you awake. Opt for a nighttime formula that may help you feel drowsy. Text, watch TV or spend time on the computer shortly before bed. Take a hot shower or bath just before bed. It's best to do so about an hour before you plan to sleep, as that gives your body temperature time to drop again. Indulge in a greasy, fattening, salty bedtime snack, which can be stimulating and trigger nightmares. Drink caffeine beyond the morning, as it can stay in your system for as long as 12 hours. Read more
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Nanoparticles Ease Aching Joints in Mice
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TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2016 – New research in mice suggests that tiny nanoparticles might one day be a better way to deliver medicine to inflamed joints in humans. The therapy may reduce the risk of osteoarthritis in people who have suffered joint injuries, the study authors said. About 12 percent of osteoarthritis cases stem from previous joint injuries. The experimental treatment may also benefit people who already have osteoarthritis, according to the study team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. While nonprescription painkillers – such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) – help reduce the pain of joint injuries, they don't stop cartilage destruction caused by inflammation. "I see a lot of patients with osteoarthritis, and there's really no treatment," study senior author Dr. Christine Pham, an associate professor of medicine, said in a ... Read more
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Kids With Mild Asthma Can Take Acetaminophen: Study
Posted 17 Aug 2016 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2016 – Acetaminophen does not worsen asthma symptoms in young children, a new study finds. Acetaminophen (Tylenol, Panadol) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) are often used to treat pain and fever. Some previous research has suggested that frequent use of acetaminophen may worsen asthma in kids with the respiratory condition. To investigate, researchers studied 300 children between the ages of 1 and 5 with mild, persistent asthma, which is defined as having symptoms more than two days a week, but not daily. All of the children used daily inhaled treatments to manage their asthma. During the study, they received either acetaminophen or ibuprofen to treat pain or fever. The small percentage of kids whose asthma symptoms worsened was about the same with both medications, according to the study published in the Aug. 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The ... Read more
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Acetaminophen During Pregnancy May Up Risk of ADHD in Kids
Posted 15 Aug 2016 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2016 – Pregnant women who take acetaminophen – best known as Tylenol – might raise the risk that their child will develop behavioral problems such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new study suggests. Acetaminophen is generally considered safe in pregnancy – so safe, in fact, that at least two-thirds of women turn to it while expecting, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. But when pregnant women in Britain used the pain reliever, it appeared to increase the risk of behavior problems cropping up in their children by the time they turned 7, said lead researcher Evie Stergiakouli, a lecturer in genetic epidemiology at the University of Bristol. Still, the study couldn't prove cause-and-effect, and Stergiakouli believes that women should still take the drug if needed. In the study, taking acetaminophen between 18 and 32 weeks in ... Read more
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Tai Chi: Rx for Arthritic Knees
Posted 23 May 2016 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, May 23, 2016 – Legions of arthritis sufferers try physical therapy and anti-inflammatory drugs to no avail. Now, a new study looks East for relief – to the martial art tai chi. Researchers concluded that tai chi offers an alternative to physical therapy for common knee osteoarthritis – and it might also boost well-being. This ancient Chinese exercise may particularly benefit overweight older adults, the researchers said. Heavier people are more likely to develop osteoarthritis than people with a healthy weight, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "This research strengthened the evidence that the effectiveness and durability of both tai chi and physical therapy extend to obese older adults with knee osteoarthritis," said Dr. Chenchen Wang. "Such people typically face limited options due to ineffectiveness of osteoarthritis treatments," Wang said. ... Read more
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Acetaminophen Won't Help Arthritis Pain, Study Finds
Posted 18 Mar 2016 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, March 17, 2016 – Acetaminophen – commonly known as Tylenol in the United States – isn't an effective choice for relieving osteoarthritis pain in the hip or knee, or for improving joint function, a new study finds. Although the drug rated slightly better than placebo in studies, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) or diclofenac are better choices for short-term pain relief, the researchers said. "Regardless of dose, the prescription drug diclofenac is the most effective drug among painkillers in terms of improving pain and function in osteoarthritis," said lead researcher Dr. Sven Trelle. He's co-director of clinical trials at the University of Bern in Switzerland. However, even diclofenac comes with side effects. "If you are thinking of using a painkiller for osteoarthritis, you should consider diclofenac," Trelle said, but also ... Read more
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Health Tip: Managing a Fever at Home
Posted 15 Mar 2016 by Drugs.com
-- While fever is part of the body's defense against illness, it doesn't mean having one is a comfortable experience. To help deal with the symptoms of fever, the University of Portland suggests: Take ibuprofen or acetaminophen. Never give a child aspirin. Soak in a warm or tepid bath to help bring down a fever. Don't take a cool or cold bath. Drink plenty of fluids. Get immediate treatment for complications of fever, such as seizure, difficulty breathing, delirium, severe headache with stiff neck, or fever of 104 degrees or higher. Read more
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Prenatal Acetaminophen Use Tied to Higher Asthma Risk in Kids: Study
Posted 10 Feb 2016 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2016 – Pregnant women who take the painkiller acetaminophen – best known under the brand name Tylenol – may be more likely to have a child with asthma, new research suggests. Although the study wasn't designed to prove cause-and-effect, researchers found that prenatal exposure to the over-the-counter medicine was associated with an increased risk for asthma in children. However, the study authors and a U.S. expert agreed that the effect seen in the study doesn't yet warrant any change in guidelines regarding pain relief during pregnancy. In the study, Norwegian researchers tracked data from a large database – the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. The investigators focused on conditions during pregnancy for which some expectant mothers took acetaminophen, and compared that data against rates of asthma among 114,500 children as they reached the ages of 3 and ... Read more
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Many Chronic Pain Sufferers May Overuse Nonprescription Painkillers
Posted 26 Jan 2016 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Jan. 25, 2016 – Many people with chronic pain ignore dosing instructions on over-the-counter pain medicines and put themselves at risk for an overdose, a new survey suggests. An overdose of these medicines can result in serious side effects, such as stomach bleeding, ulcers, liver damage and even death, according to the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). The AGA-commissioned poll of more than 1,000 U.S. adults aged 30 and older and 251 gastroenterologists found that 43 percent of chronic pain sufferers said they knowingly have taken more than the recommended dose of an over-the-counter (OTC) pain medicine at some point. Common types of OTC pain medicines include acetaminophen (Tylenol) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve) and aspirin. "Pain is incredibly personal, but taking more than the recommended ... Read more
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Acetaminophen Tops List of Accidental Infant Poisonings
Posted 13 Jan 2016 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13, 2016 – Infants are just as susceptible to accidental poisonings as older children are, especially when it comes to medication errors, new research reports. A decade of poison control center calls in the United States showed that acetaminophen (such as Tylenol) was the most common medication mistake for infants. This was followed by H2-blockers (for acid reflux), gastrointestinal medications, combination cough/cold products, antibiotics and ibuprofen (such as Motrin or Advil). The most common non-medication exposures were diaper care and rash products, plants and creams, lotions and make-up, the investigators found. "I was surprised with the large number of exposures even in this young age group," said lead author Dr. A. Min Kang, a medical toxicology fellow at Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix in Arizona. "Pediatricians typically do not begin poison ... Read more
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X-Rays May Miss Hip Arthritis, Study Finds
Posted 10 Dec 2015 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, Dec. 10, 2015 – X-rays don't detect hip arthritis in many patients, resulting in delayed diagnosis and treatment, researchers report. The researchers looked at information from almost 4,500 Americans taking part in two arthritis studies. In one study, only 16 percent of patients with hip pain had X-ray evidence of osteoarthritis in the hip and only 21 percent of those with X-ray evidence of arthritis had hip pain. In the other study, the rates were 9 percent and 24 percent, respectively, according to the findings reported recently in the journal BMJ. "The majority of older subjects with high suspicion for clinical hip osteoarthritis did not have radiographic hip osteoarthritis, suggesting that many older persons with hip osteoarthritis might be missed if diagnosticians relied on hip radiographs to determine if hip pain was due to osteoarthritis," said study corresponding ... Read more
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Prescription Naproxen as Good as Narcotic Painkillers for Low Back Pain: Study
Posted 20 Oct 2015 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2015 – Naproxen – a drug available over-the-counter and by prescription – appears to provide as much relief for low back pain as a narcotic painkiller or a muscle relaxant, a new study suggests. The study compared the use of prescription-strength naproxen (Naprosyn) alone to the use of naproxen with the narcotic painkiller oxycodone with acetaminophen (Percocet), or the muscle relaxant cyclobenzaprine (Amrix). Patients who took a combination of drugs fared no better than when they took naproxen alone, the researchers said. "Acute low back pain is a frustrating condition," said lead researcher Dr. Benjamin Friedman, an associate professor of emergency medicine at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Many patients have already taken over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as naproxen (Aleve) ... Read more
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Kids' ER Visits for Medicine Overdoses Dropping: Report
Posted 8 Sep 2015 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Sept. 8, 2015 – Fewer children are winding up in emergency rooms for accidental poisonings involving commonly used medications, a new U.S. government study finds. "We think these declines are real," said lead researcher Maribeth Lovegrove, of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's division of healthcare quality promotion. Between 2004 and 2013, approximately 640,000 children aged 5 and younger were seen in emergency rooms for ingesting drugs. Of these, 70 percent were 1- or 2-year-olds, and nearly one in five were hospitalized, according to the report. The number of pediatric emergency room visits rose during the early 2000s, peaking at approximately 76,000 in 2010, but declined to approximately 59,000 visits in 2013, Lovegrove said. While there has been a decline in emergency room visits, 59,000 visits a year for young children is still too many, Lovegrove ... Read more
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Health Tip: Avoid These Things Before Bedtime
Posted 20 Jul 2015 by Drugs.com
-- If you're not getting enough sleep, it could be due to your activities before you hit the hay. The National Sleep Foundation warns against: Taking medications that contain pseudoephedrine, a stimulant. If you need relief from cold or allergy symptoms, opt for an antihistamine designed for night-time use. Don't watch TV, work at a computer or use a tablet or smartphone. Light from these screens can over-stimulate your brain. Opt for a book or music instead. Don't take a hot bath just before bed. Bathe at least an hour before so your body has time to cool off before sleep. Don't go to sleep with a full belly, especially if it's loaded with foods high in fat and salt. Don't drink beverages that contain caffeine after the morning. Caffeine can stay in your system for up to 12 hours. Read more
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New rental markets are popping up all over the place, as detailed by a recent Wall Street Journal article. The trend is beginning to drive a larger movement labeled by some as "collaborative consumption," wherein "sharing" is pushed as a way of "reinventing old market behaviors."
Over at Carpe Diem, Mark J. Perry provides a helpful round-up on the phenomenon, pointing to the already mentioned WSJ article, a new Collaborative Consumption Hub web site, and a host of relevant products and services:
[W]e're increasingly becoming more of a "rental economy," where people can now rent just about anything they need from somebody else: their bathroom, their couch for an overnight stay, designer neckties (and bow ties and cufflinks), their driveway, their private automobiles, their toys, their clothing/costumes/maternity clothing/accessories/jewelry, party/event equipment, fine art, household items and tools (vacuum cleaners, iPads, tents, printers) etc. and the list goes on and on…
Perry also references a review on a leading book on the subject, What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption. In the review, Reason Magazine's Greg Beato helps illuminate some on the broader social and economic implications of such a shift:
Just a few years ago, President George W. Bush was still touting "the ownership society" as the surest path to prosperity and personal autonomy. But that was before we could easily search our cellphones for the nearest power drills, sedans, and spacious Manhattan closets for rent. What we really want, sharing evangelists suggest, is access, not ownership. And when we can use the mobile Web to pinpoint sharable goods, the burdens of ownership—which include maintenance, storage, and eventual disposal—begin to outweigh the benefits in many cases…. (more…)


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The Finance Department provides for and ensures the financial integrity of City resources by monitoring all financial functions and transactions. To provide these services to both our internal and external customers, the Finance Department is divided into the following sections:
The department is led by Monty Hanks who serves as the Finance Director.
The City's Finance Department, Budget Division, produces the budget document that is approved annually by the City Council. This document appropriates resources to meet the direction of the City's mission, vision, values, and goals and the community's priorities. The budget balances the planned expenditures with the projected revenues.
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Saving the Postal Service
Russ Keller, Minot
The U.S. Postal Service has problems and issues, however the problem is not financial, it is congressional. By that I mean, in 2006 Congress passed legislation to force the Postal Service to pre-fund retiree health benefits for future retirees for the next 75 years within a 10 year window. The Postal Service is the only federal agency that is required to do so. I don't know who in Congress, but there are members of Congress who would like nothing better than to privatize and destroy the Postal Service as an institution. That is primarily why the Republican Congress in 2006 passed this legislative mandate.
The Postal Service is currently funding this requirement at $5.5 billion (yes, I said billion) per year. This rate is based on 2006 employee levels, since 2006 employee levels have been reduced by thousands of employees through retirements and attrition, therefore the fund now has to tune of $45 billion to $55 billion more dollars than it will ever need to fund this mandate. They are paying retiree health benefits for employees who will never be hired in the future because of the reduction of employees. The Postal Service also has not received any tax dollars to operate on since 1970.
All of the revenue taken in to the Postal Service's operating budget comes from sale of stamps and services, just like any other private business. The Postal Service is asking Congress to change the pre-funding mandate requirement of 2006 and return all of the overpayments in this fund back to their operating budget. This is not a tax payer bail out, but rather asking Congress to return the overpayments back to the Postal Service's operating budget. If this were the case the Postal Service would not have a financial crisis. The Postmaster General, (who is a former clerk), should understand the system as well as anyone.
However, instead of looking for ways to save the Postal Service, he is hell bent on playing these political games and helping Congress to destroy this vital institution. The Postmaster General is proposing to drop Saturday door-to-door delivery by August, and he claims this will save $2 billion. This is some of the dumbest logic I have ever heard. If that is the case then how about we drop Tuesday and Thursday delivery and save $6 million. Or take it one step further and close all of the post office doors and have a $12 billion profit for doing absolutely nothing? I can tell you already, they will not save $2 billion by shutting down Saturday delivery.
The reason being postal management has never saved the money they estimated no matter what program they introduced in all the time that I have ever been there. Furthermore, they will have to pay overtime every Monday and Tuesday (cutting into the $2 billion savings) just to deal with the additional volume, and on a Monday holiday they will pay overtime Tuesday to Friday to deal with the additional mail volume. If the Postmaster General (who is in charge of running this organization) isn't going to work on and figure out a way to keep the organization in the black without destroying the very institution he is mandated to run, then Congress needs to replace him. He is also proposing to continue to close processing centers and small rural post offices. These are vital to the rural areas they serve; every time this happens mail service deteriorates or is destroyed even further.
When the Postmaster General and his staff announce (after a small town postmaster retires), that they are temporarily closing that office because they have no qualified employees to cover that site, they are flat out lying to you. This is just a quick excuse so the public doesn't call their congressman. They have already made a decision and the closing will not be temporary; it for the most part is permanent. They have qualified employees; they just don't want to fill the position and reopen the facility. The next step is holding a community hearing for "input." What a joke this is; the only reason they are holding an "input" hearing is because they are mandated by law to do so.They have already made a decision and they don't care what your opinions or suggestions are. The managers from the district that are sent out to run the meeting are ill prepared, if at all, and very few of them can answer any question, or plan to take your suggestions back and run them "up the flag pole."
If you want to keep the Postal Service as you know it, intact and want to keep it from being totally destroyed or totally deteriorate services, please call your senators and representatives and ask them to intervene and maintain a vital Postal Service well into the future.


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There are many villages on the island, that harmonically combine the majestic mountain beauty with the intensively cultivated agricultural plains and kilometers of sweeping golden sands.
Apeiranthos (or T'Aperathou) is a pretty village on the slops of Mount Zas at 650 metres altitude and was supposed to have originally been settled by Cretans. The architectural design of the houses in Apeiranthos has remained almost untouched since the time of the Venetian Empire: narrow marble paved mule tracks, often covered by archways.
Koronos (36 Km from Naxos Town) is one of the most beautiful villages in Naxos Island. It is a stepped village, scrabbling up two opposite mountain sides and renowned for its emery mines. As there is no road passing through the village, exploring can be done only on foot.On the square, Platsa is a place where you can rest, have refreshments, local wine or eat grilled food. Anagennisi Restaurant on the entrace to the village is an excllent choice for exclusive receipes and past - pizza.
Filoti is a nice village, settled well up on the flank of Zas mountain and it is surrounded by olive groves There are quite a few cafes and taverns, many of them been shaded by a massive plane tree.
Heimarrou Tower is one of the most important monuments of Naxos. The monument is situated on the southeastern side of the island, half way between Zas, the highest mountain of Naxos, and the sea, on a hill between two ravines, Heimarros to the east and Petronia to the west. The tower stands within an almost square enclosed wall, measuring about 35m. on each side. It is better preserved in the south and most of the western and eastern sides.
Halki (or Tragea), 16 Km from Naxos Town, once administrative centre, is a beautiful village with long history. It is situated in the middle of an olive grove with towers built by Byzantines and Venetians. The beautiful houses provide evidence for the town's earlier prosperity: this is small lordly township, which has its own important market.
Sagri (11 Km from Naxos Town) with its ancient monuments, Byzantine Churches, Venetian castles is one of the interesting places in Naxos Island. The plethora of old Byzantine churches and Monasteries in the area are reminiscent of the famous Byzantine area of Mystra. The village itself with the beautiful island houses, quaint cobblestone alleys's old churches and monasteries, amazing windmills and above all its hospitable inhabitants, gathers the interests of both local sand visitors to the area.


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Power Authority Provides Funding for Stream Stabilization in Gilboa
January 27, 2005
GILBOA - Steven DeCarlo, the New York Power Authority's regional manager for Central New York presented $75,000 to Gilboa Town Supervisor Anthony Van Glad to help fund stabilization of a 3,600-foot segment of the Schoharie Creek shoreline at Old Stryker Road.
"I want to thank Steve DeCarlo, Bill Slade and the Power Authority for the help they've provided for this project,: said Supervisor Van Glad. "Getting a stable shoreline for that stretch of Schoharie Creek could help cut down flooding problems in the future."
The shoreline along Old Stryker Road was severely damaged in a flood on Jan. 19, 1996. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided funds for the town to purchase and remove buildings within a 53-acre parcel along the road. FEMA designated the area as a floodplain and it may not be developed for 99 years.
The project was developed by William Slade, director of environmental programs for the Power Authority in consultation with town leaders. It was designed to stabilize the 3,600-foot section of the stream bank and also create a permanent easement along its length.
The Power Authority had sought a suitable environmental enhancement in the vicinity of the Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project to meet a requirement imposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after remediation of a slide area on the power project's Brown Mountain.
The placement of a "toe berm" in the lower reservoir to help stop the slide caused the loss of open water habitat across the foot print of the stone structure. To compensate for this loss, the Corps of Engineers required the Power Authority to assist the Town of Gilboa in an environmental benefits program.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (12 votes).
In short: Excellent event. Nice route and well organised.In full: Very enjoyable. First time I've run in this event and thought every aspect of it was great. The marshalling, organisation and race route were spot on and will definitely look to come back next year.Date of review: November 30, 2009
In short: Nice end to the seasonIn full: I might seem somewhat bias here but I can assure all that I have no connections with these guys :)This was an "undulating" course with a challenging hill at two miles, repeated at seven, but there was a degree of satisfaction in reaching the top each time. Not every race has to be a PB - I enjoyed the scenery on this one. Marshalling was great and encouraging, though there was little chance of getting lost on the way. Water stations were well positioned.Huge medals were on offer, very different to the usual ones. Not sure to the logic about the goody bags being distributed before the race. It might have been seen as innovative but it proved to be a bit of a nuisance stowing them before hand. I hope that it will be altered for next year.Overall, very well organised and the hosts were hospitable. Looking forward to next year's race already.Date of review: November 30, 2009
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