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My original pattern for the issue is a quilt that I decided to name "Confetti". I was itching to make something with my friend Aneela's Sherbet Pips line for Moda, and was thrilled to discover that the colors coordinate beautifully with some of the prints from Basic Grey's Blush line. (Some of these prints are getting hard to find -- trust me, I'm trying! -- so try to score some if you like the way they look with the Pips, like I do.)
Why "confetti"? Well, the design that emerged as I cut up charm squares into alternating sizes of rectangles and squares reminded me of confetti falling down against the backdrop of the Blush prints. Plus, it's just a really fun quilt, and there aren't many words more fun to say or spell than confetti!
As you can see in the picture above, I backed the quilt in a solid charcoal Kona fabric, my first time making a quilt with a solid backing. I quite like it. I also quilted this large throw quilt myself, keeping it simple with some straight horizontal lines.
I'm SO happy to report that this quilt is already getting lots of love and use in our home, jumping from one kid's bed to another!


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In a move that I have predicted from almost the opening of training camp, Quincy Acy has been assigned to the NBDL Bakersfield Jam.
Acy was not getting any time on the floor with the Raptors at all so this seemed enviable. Acy has played in just 3 of the Raptors 18 games and has averaged just 2.3 points and 2 rebounds in a total of just 21 minutes on the floor.
Acy becomes the 6th Raptor to be assigned to the D-League. The others are as follows:
Solomon Alabi 2010, 2011,2012
Ed Davis 2010
Nathan Jawai 2008-2009
P.J Tucker 2006-2007
Pape Sow 2005-2006
Ed Davis upon a return from the D-League in 2010 said what it taught him was he never wanted to go back there. In the case of Acy it might not be the case as Bakersfield is likely nicer than Erie as a place to be. It also will give him playing time that was clearly not coming his way if he remained with the Raptors.
Acy assigned to Bakersfield Jam
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Be sure to check out the other posts in the How To Homeschool For Free series too!
As any parent knows, the economics of keeping and managing a home isn't something you can learn overnight. The balance of saving, giving, and spending without borrowing unnecessarily does not come naturally in this generation of "get it now" and "instant download" accessibility. Starting young with the basics of "what is money?" and "what is a job?" is a priceless beginning that will build a foundation for the rest of the life lessons of how to be a wise consumer. My hope is that somewhere in these links you will find resources to help yourself and your children develop good habits for being a responsible consumer and manager of the home.
What is a Job?
Five J's shows us how to discuss what a job means, how a person gets a job, and the kind of question one might get in an interview. If you have kids who want to practice filling out forms, Joy also has one link with a downloadable forms for practice.
Practical Money Skills for Life
Practical Money Skills for Life offers lesson plans about money for all ages. These lesson plans start with the basics of "What is Money?" to more complex budgeting & bill-paying lessons. The lecture guides, worksheets and even quizzes and tests are free to download and ready to use. There is a section of lessons specifically for students with special needs. You do have to register to use the lesson plans & play the games, but there is no fee involved at all.
Center for Economic Education
The Center for Economic Education has resources to promote economic literacy. The free lesson plans here are numerous, and many of them use books you could get at your local library. You can download all of them, or just pick choose the ones that fit your needs.
Hands-On Banking
Hands-On Banking has a plethora of resources for teaching money management. It has lesson plans for all grades, even for adults! There are some fun interactive areas for all ages as well. It is well worth clicking the link to see what is offered. I enjoyed exploring the kids area myself!
The U.S. Mint
The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change™ web site is all about coins and learning basic economic understanding! Lesson plans and games make for a fun exploration of money and it's importance in personal finance. The lessons are for grades K-12.
Money Math: Lessons for Life
Money Math is a four-lesson curriculum supplement for middle school math classes, teaching grade 7-9 math concepts using real-life examples from personal finance. The teacher's guide with lesson plans, reproducible activity pages, and teaching tips is free to download.
Legacy Educational Resources
Legacy Educational Resources has more lessons that just about money. The lessons here are for developing good character in every area of life. The money section doesn't just speak of how to earn and save, but also why it's important to give back to your community.
Council for Economic Education
Council for Economic Education offers comprehensive, K-12 economic and personal finance education programs, including the basics of entrepreneurship. Not only do they have resources for kids, but also for teachers to help prepare for the lessons.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Have your kids ever asked what the letters on the bank window means? The FDIC has a mission to maintain the stability of the nation's banking system. They also have a Start Smart: Money Management for Teens, which is a series of helpful information about saving and spending money. There is also a section about Identity Theft and how it can happen to kids, too. That section is worth reading for the parents as well!
Money Instructor
Money Instructor is a collection of Money lessons, lesson plans, worksheets, interactive lessons, and informative articles. They have printable budget worksheets and budgeting lessons to teach real life basic personal finance concepts and important fundamental money skills.
What is a kid's job?
This lesson uses a chore chart with monetary rewards for teaching your child the value of a job. I like this one because the directions state that the job must be completed without reminders or prompting. Even if you only paid the children for a month, I think it would be good practice for kids to realize that jobs take dedication and diligence. We do not give allowances for daily chores in our house, but it would be a fun way for the kids to earn a paycheck for a month. I had an idea that kids could use the chart to see how long they would have to work and wait to earn enough for a certain toy or item they have been wanting.


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Happy Groundhog Day, all! Punxsutawney Phil has spoken: here's to an early spring!
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Things that happened with Open and Webmaker badges: week of 1/20
Two weeks ago (Jan 24-25) the Open Badges team attended the final face to face meeting for the Digital Media and Learning (DML) competition's funded winners. What a fantastic event: thanks to UCHRI for hosting and all of HASTAC for helping to make it happen. The funded winners presented to one of three expert panels, and if they chose to, each other. The panels were comprised of a learning content expert, a design expert and a marketing and communications expert. We coordinated this combination so that the grantees would have an opportunity to think through their badge systems in new ways since the last face to face meeting at Duke. Charles Perry from MentorMob (a DML funded winner working with the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago) has written up a terrific recap of the event. And our own Jess Klein, who acted as a design expert on one of the panels wrote up a list of her top 5 feedback points for badge design. They are both definitely worth reading.
That week also saw most of the team participating in a Future of Badges meeting with a variety of advisors, thinkers, and luminaries during which we talked about our hopes and plans for Badges. A primary point of interest and discussion was Erin Knight's presentation of her thinking and writing on where Open Badges is headed with validation. (Hang tight, we're still working on this document but will share as soon as it's ready. It's safe to say that we want to reimagine validation in a way similar to the way Open Badges reimagines the possibilities inherent in learning.)
Two folks of note who were invited to this meeting were Ann Pendleton-Julian and John Seely Brown. Ms. Pendleton-Julian was unfamiliar with the scope and breadth of our Open Badges plan but found herself convinced during our discussion of Endorsement. Having them share their thoughts was both rewarding and helpful in orienting where our talking points are effective and where they still need some work. But, onto endorsement. I have written about endorsement on my blog quite some time ago, but never fully dived into what it is and how it will work. I have long felt that endorsement is a key aspect of a fully functioning Open Badge ecosystem and therefore it deserves its own post—and I will write that post soon—but suffice it to say that endorsement will begin to knit together the trust networks that I wrote about in previous posts. Endorsement will begin to answer the long-asked question, how can we guarantee that a badge represents the learning, experiences, accomplishments that it's said to do.
That week also saw the launch of some projects (and badges!) that we've been working on and coordinating for a large and dynamic foundation. There will be a more comprehensive announcement about this in the coming weeks.
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Things that happened with Open and Webmaker badges: week of 1/27
Last week was a heavy work week filled with progress on a relatively new effort but one that stems from our validation thinking: developing a web literacy standard. My colleague, Doug Belshaw, has already written about some of this on his blog. That said, we're interested in co-creating with the public a web literacy standard that will support the framework for Open Badges as well as our work on Webmaker Badges (one of my current areas of focus). We will be running an online gathering to kick off this thinking on February 7th 11am EST. You can sign up (or simply attend) here on Lanyrd or here on EventBrite. And if you are interested join our mailing list / google group!
In addition to this work, I've also been writing up a Badge System Design etherpad that is chock full of (almost) everything you've ever wanted to know about how to design a badge system (as well as a single badge). It's not finished and I'm coming around to the realization that most likely, it will never be complete, just as most systems are incomplete and continue to evolve. Nevertheless, in a few short days it will begin to transform into a few variations, e.g., a brief bulleted list, a white paper, the long and comprehensive list, and worked examples. I'm super excited about this and am looking forward to getting your feedback in the next few months.
I have another blog post in the offing based on some of what I'll be discussing at Educause ELI where I'm pleased to be presenting and talking about Open and Webmaker badges Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. In a thrilling development, the conference will be issuing badges. No doubt, you'll hear more about that in a future post.
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I was perusing the tests on OkCupid tonight and came across one I hadn't yet seen: The Absolute Language Test.
There are plenty of language tests I've taken before, like The Commonly Confused Words Test and The Could You Win the National Spelling Bee Test. While they're fun, they're also easy.
But this test is crazy.
It not only tests you on the English language, it also moves into French, Japanese, Norwegian, Farsi and even cuneiform and hieroglyphics! It's a great workout for your brain because it gets you out of your comfort zone and makes you think creatively.
You have to try it out.
(For the record, I scored 65% eloquent, 62% well-versed, 26% so-so, 19% amateur and 10% ignoramus.)


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Do you think Germany is better off in the EU or should Germany leave it?
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Houston judge accused of racist remarks
Widely known in the local federal courthouse for his tendency to say what he thinks about some of the cases brought before him, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes has found himself under fire again for remarks that a Texas civil rights group claims are racist.
The Texas Civil Rights Project has gone so far to ask for Hughes' resignation over comments he made during a hearing last November in a lawsuit brought by a state employee who claimed he was discriminated against when he was laid off. The comments came to light when the plaintiff, J.T. Shah, filed a recusal motion against Hughes, asking that the case be reassigned to another judge.
"His personal beliefs, which he has made clear on a number of occasions, are incompatible with his duties and responsibilities, at least in this type of discrimination case," Amin Alehashem, who heads the organization's Houston office, said of Hughes. "And it makes one wonder how such beliefs could bleed into other types of cases as well."
Alehashem said his group, which does pro bono legal work for low-income Texans who believe they have been victimized by illegal discrimination, became aware of Hughes' comments when they recently were cited in a post on a popular legal blog, Above the Law. The group filed a formal complaint against Hughes on Tuesday in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, complaining of his comments in three cases that amounted to "a demonstrated pattern and practice of bias and prejudice against alleged victims of discrimination."
"Regardless of what happens with our complaint, if the only thing that comes from this is some publicity, that will be a good start toward eradicating such remarks in the future from judges, who have such incredible power to affect so many people's lives," Alehashem said. "Judges have such incredible discretion from the bench. It is troubling to see him almost advocating the defense's side and discrediting any sort of counter argument from the other side that is based on national origin and religion and those sorts of things."
Hughes could not be reached for comment. It is a policy of all federal judges not to comment on cases currently pending in their courts.
Joking about diversity
During the November hearing, Hughes at one point veered off on a tangent about diversity, making fun of educational institutions that have hired personnel to broaden the racial diversity of employees.
"And what does a diversity director do," Hughes said, "go around and (paint) students different colors so they think they were mixed?"
Later, Hughes appeared to discount the possibility that the plaintiff in the case could have been discriminated against because of his South Asian ethnic background. Shah's Indian origin did not impress Hughes as special.
"All right," Hughes said. "So he's Caucasian."
"No, he's Indian," replied the attorney for the state.
"They're Caucasian," Hughes said. "That's where we came from. That's why Adolph Hitler used the swastika."
Hughes appeared to confuse Caucasian - a racial classification that was popularized in the 19th century and which used certain Eastern European characteristics as representative of a larger group - with Aryan, which refers to the original speakers of early Indo-European languages and which later was hijacked by 19th-century racial theorists to describe a purportedly "master" root race that represented the human ideal.
Not first criticism
Hughes has been chided in the past for racial comments made from the bench. In another discrimination case brought by an African-American school employee against the Fort Bend Independent School district, Hughes dismissed alleged comments made by the plaintiff's supervisor that if Barack Obama were elected president, the Statue of Liberty would have its torch replaced by a piece of fried chicken. Hughes said that was insignificant political speech.
A 5th Circuit panel of judges disagreed, pointing out that Hughes seemed to fail to grasp the implicit racial slur.
"While FBISD challenged the statement as rank hearsay, the district judge rejected it as political, observing that 'no black individually and no blacks collectively owns [sic] the sensitivity rights to fried chicken or anything else,' " the judges ruled in an opinion that nevertheless upheld Hughes' decision in the case. "The district judge's comment misses the mark, as it overlooks the racial component."
In a footnote, the judges elaborated on Hughes' apparent failure to appreciate the alleged implications, even if they did not find enough merit in the lawsuit to overturn Hughes' decision: "When (Albert) Autry's lawyer tentatively suggested that Johnson's alleged reference to fried chicken was 'a long-standing racial slur,' the district judge rejoined that 'That's really surprising to Colonel Sanders.' "
Upset women's groups
Hughes, 71, was appointed to the bench in 1985 by Ronald Reagan. A native Houstonian, he was a civil attorney before becoming a state district judge in 1979.
Plaintiffs bringing discrimination suits often find tough sledding in Hughes' court. Last year, he ruled against a woman who claimed she was fired from her job with a debt collection company because she asked for time and a private room to pump breast milk for her infant. He said that breast-feeding and related activity is not " … pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition," a decision that infuriated a number of women's groups.
"Even if Venters's claims are true," Hughes wrote in his opinion, "the law does not punish lactation discrimination."
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Recently there was a debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham on creationism. You can find a plethora of commentary out there in blogs, tweets, etc. without a lot of effort, so I won't add any links here. For what it's worth I stand firmly on the side of Nye and science in general. Ham is pushing a false model of the world to anyone who will listen to him. One would think in this day and age of incredible advances in scientific knowledge that it would be obvious that the universe is billions of years old. Unfortunately, there are more than a handful of people who believe that the earth is thousands of years old, and their voice hasn't gone away.
But that's not what I want to dive into with this post. My issue lies somewhere else. As I watched the debate and read other's opinions of the event, the point was raised that trying to debate or reason with creationists is a worthless endeavour. Those who have turned a blind eye to facts and evidence simply cannot be swayed. Spending any time trying to remove their confusion is like trying to push against the ground to make the earth move. It simply won't make any difference.
I beg to differ. You never know what may make a person start to see things differently.
When I was growing up, I developed a huge love for astronomy. I remember finding the book "Our Universe" from National Geographic in the local library, and I was hooked. I checked that book out so much because I loved the pictures, but I also started to discover just how huge the universe really is. Later on I found Asimov's "The Collapsing Universe" and I paged through that book countless times. Neutron stars, black holes ... our universe was a violent, crazy, amazing place to be in! And all through this time the notion that the universe was just created 6000 years ago never dawned on me.
That is, until I became a Christian at the age of 16.
I realize that a fair amount of people who confess to being believers in Christ have no issues with an old earth or evolution. That's not the route I ended up taking. The deeper I got into my faith, the more literal my interpretations became. In a nutshell, it came down to this: if the Bible was the "Word of God", and it was infallible, then one must take it as-is. That means, the world must be young. It embarrasses me now to state that I used to think the same way Ham did, but I did. I bought his book, "Evolution: The Lie" (amongst other creationist literature), and I soaked it all in. I rejected the beauty and wonder that I had as a kid and accepted Genesis as literal truth. And I made sure that people that I met knew that.
By the time I entered graduate school, the world wide web was starting to become a thing. One of the computers in an electrical lab that I had to oversee as a teaching assistant got a network connection with Netscape installed, and I was hooked. Suddenly there was a torrent of information available that didn't exist before, and I dived in. I also found newsgroups to subscribe to, and it wasn't long until I found groups that dealt with creationism and evolution. At some point, I made a post defending the creationism view. I stated things that people like Ham and others spew constantly: plutonium halos, lots of scientists believe in creationism, the speed of light is not a constant, etc. And someone responded. I don't remember who it was or what they specifically stated in response, but ... it stopped me in my tracks.
Not because he was rude.
Not because he called me stupid.
It's because he responded with kind, yet forceful, inquiries. He challenged me on every single one of my points. He cut to the chase and demanded hard evidence for my statements. And he did it in a way that was not demeaning or confrontational.
Truth be told ... I was stumped.
I couldn't back up my position beyond the tripe that I had let my mind be spoon-fed with from all the creationist material I had read before. I tried. I really tried to find more details around the evidence I stated. But I didn't have any.
Now, I didn't become a raving evolutionist at that moment in time. It took a little bit for me to start seeing the creationist argument for what it is: a bunch of words that have no weight. But I eventually came around. I started reading books like "Did the Devil Make Darwin Do It?", which I found at a book store within a huge evangelical church in a Chicago suburb. I started reading more on astronomy again. I rediscovered just how beautiful, how terrifying and how amazing our universe it. And, I realized that it was not thousands of years old, but billions.
My point is, we don't know what impact Nye had on some individuals. Maybe he's lightly pushed some people off of their fence to embrace science again. Maybe he's made some people jump off of their creationist turf and get on the fence. We don't really know. But we shouldn't assume his time was wasted. With his displayed passion to get the youth of America to embrace science, maybe he's turned the tide for an individual that will make wondrous contributions in the future.
It's hard to justify debating creationists. Some people, like Dawkins, simply refuse to do it for good reasons. However, there are time where we have to shine light in the darkness. Nye did a great job of not necessarily defending evolution, but rather putting the spotlight directly on Ham's views. I think that light was rather bright, and showed Ham for what he really is. I hope others who may not have seen that before, now have the shadows lifted off of creationism and embrace a better way based on thought and reason.
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I've been offline for about a year now. It wasn't a planned outage by any means. At some point early last year, I tried to do some minor tweaks, which busted a fair amount of things, and other things in life took priority over getting the fixes in. Nothing bad or serious in my life, just ... different priorities :). Like doing family things, becoming a Practice Lead at Magenic, speaking at conferences, and so on. But late last year I finally put some time away to get things back in order, and things are (mostly) back in a normal state.
So what did I do?
There are some things I turned off, like comments and a contact page. I'm not fond of comments, and if you want to contact me, the e-mail link on that page should be sufficient. I also need to get a good content editor in place again. Yes, I write everything on my own on this site. One may think that's crazy, but it's my way to play with things and see what works and what doesn't. Of course then I have to write my own tools, but again, that's the intent.
Hopefully in 2014 I start adding more content to my site again. We'll see how things go!
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This past week has been a hard one. My mom passed away last Saturday.
There are a lot of good memories I have of her, but one quality about her that stands out right now was her quiet strength. She never complained about any aches or pains she was going through, even if she had valid reasons to do so. I think as a child she had some very hard times, and she did not want that carried on to her children or anyone else she knew. She encouraged me to pursue my interests without being overbearing, she comforted me when I was scared without smothering - in short, she helped me when I needed it, and stepped back and let me live my life (and make mistakes along the way). I feel very fortunate to have the parents that I did.
RIP Mom - I love you.
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By Sir Guillaume de la Belgique
There's a story I heard about last year's Pennsic that may or may not be true, but it bears repeating anyway. There was a knight, so the story goes, who was in the thick of the fighting during the last day's battle. As the combat neared it's close, the knight found himself hard pressed on every side, stabbing furiously with his pike. Enemies went down by the dozens, and at last one of the opposing fighters got close enough to strike this knight. Finally defeated, the knight hurled his weapon at the fighter who'd killed him and said, "My lord, I am inspired by your valor! Please take my lance in commemoration of this moment of skill and honor."
Then one of the nearby fighters said, "Sir knight, that was one of the most inspiring things I've ever seen!"
And the knight replied quietly, "Well, I'm flying home, and I can't take the spear with me, so I had to get rid of it. Why not make someone's day in the process?"
By the twilight of the Middle Ages, the knights of Europe, desperately seeking to establish their credentials as divine rulers in the face of a merchant class that was rapidly gaining the ability to buy and sell noble titles like PokŽmon cards, began to look back to a "golden age of chivalry" that might never have really existed. For some, this refurbished version of the knightly code was a license to commit all sorts of atrocities; for others it was an inspiration for truly great and worthy accomplishments.
As we reach the final days of the Pennsic War, we find ourselves in much the same position: Our version of the Middle Ages may be better in re-creation than it was in its original inception. We all admire tales of honor and glory from days past (whether they're real or not). Yet it's what happens when the costumes come off and the pavilions come down that really defines the success of our efforts at Pennsic.
For a week we get the privilege of living in a world where the conflicts are imaginary, where courtesy is applauded and where honor can be measured in coronets and award medallions. If only the real world was so simple - outside the gate of Pennsic is a place where real people may be called upon to put their reputations, fortunes and lives on the line to defend what's right with the firm knowledge that they may never rewarded or even recognized for what they do.
To paraphrase the author C.S. Lewis, what we do here at Pennsic -the make-believe battles and the leisure-time activities -does not require real chivalry, but we may practice real chivalry here if we choose to. We can judge how effective that practice is only by assessing how much of our chivalry remains when the Pennsic-party is over and we all go back to the real world of conflict, strife, grief and complacency.
As the people of Europe turned outward to explore the globe at the end of the Middle Ages, the ideals of chivalry provided a moral compass that they could use to navigate the rough waters ahead. May the golden days of Pennsic do the same for us as we prepare to launch our own voyages of exploration into that world beyond the gates of Cooper's Lake.
The full line of Guillaume's books and audio CDs, including "Here Comes the Reign, Sir Guillaume!" and "Bringing Chivalry to Life" are available in Ceridwen's Closet, space #74 in merchants row. Readers who have enjoyed Guillaume's columns in the Pennsic Independent may also want to visit his websties:


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American administrative law is grounded in a conception of the relationship between reviewing courts and agencies modeled on the relationship between appeals courts and trial courts in civil litigation. This appellate review model was not an inevitable foundation of administrative law, but it has had far-reaching consequences, and its origins are poorly understood. This Article details how the appellate review model emerged after 1906 as an improvised response by the U.S. Supreme Court to a political crisis brought on by aggressive judicial review of decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Once the jerry-built model was in place, Congress signaled its approval, and an academic—John Dickinson—wrote a persuasive book extolling its virtues. As a result, the appellate review model became entrenched by the 1920s and eventually spread to all of administrative law. The early adoption of the appellate review model helps explain why the Supreme Court never seriously grappled with Article III problems created by the widespread use of administrative agencies to adjudicate cases once the New Deal and the expansion of the administrative state arrived. It also helps explain why the judiciary has played such a large role in the development of administrative policy in the United States relative to other legal systems.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Merrill on the Origins of the Appellate Review Model of Administrative Law
Thomas W. Merrill, Columbia Law School, has published Article III, Agency Adjudication, and the Origins of the Appellate Review Model of Administrative Law, in the Columbia Law Review 111 (2011): 939. Here is the abstract :
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President Barack Obama was met with hollering gay rights protesters Monday night at the California Science Center.
Obama left LA Tuesday morning, a day after being interrupted multiple times at a fundraiser by opponents of the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.
The president's motorcade might have prompted some shouts from motorists early Tuesday as it interrupted the morning drive on the 405 Freeway . The president arrived at Los Angeles International Airport at 8:15 p.m.
Local news from across Southern California
Monday night, though, anger centered around the fact that President Obama has not yet repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the policy that prohibits openly gay people from serving in the military.
"Repeal 'Don't ask, don't tell,'" an audience member shouted at the second of two receptions Monday night at the California Science Center benefiting the Democratic National Committee and Sen. Barbara Boxer's re- election campaign.
"We are going to do that," Obama said, repeating a pledge he made at the State of the Union Address Jan. 27. "Hey hold on a second. We are going to do that."
Other members of the audience then broke into shouts of "Yes we can," Obama's slogan during his presidential campaign.
"Let me say this -- when you've got an ally like Barbara Boxer and you've got an ally like me who are standing for the same thing, then you don't know exactly why you've got to holler because we already hear you," Obama said, drawing applause. "I mean, it would have made more sense to holler that at the people who oppose it."
Another protester later yelled, "It's time for equality for all Americans."
Obama responded, "I'm sorry, do you want to come up here?'' drawing applause. "Can I just say again Barbara and I are supportive of repealing `Don't ask, don't tell,' so I don't know why you're hollering.''
The protester kept yelling, bringing Obama's remarks to a halt.
The crowd responded by again shouting "Yes we can!"
"Be quiet," someone yelled.
The protesters were members of GetEQUAL, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group that also organized protests near the fundraiser and a protest last month at the White House where Army Lt. Dan Choi and former Army Capt. James Pietrangelo handcuffed themselves to a gate.
Repealing the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy would require congressional approval.
In his first visit to Southern California since May and his third since taking office, Obama also spoke at another reception at the California Science Center and a dinner at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
About 1,400 people paid $250 to $2,500 per person to attend the second reception. Those paying $2,500 were also admitted to the initial smaller reception.
The lower-priced tickets were offered through the Democratic National Committee's Gen44 program, which encourages students and younger professionals to participate in politics.
A ticket to the dinner was $17,600 per person, a figure arrived at by combining half the maximum $30,400 contribution to a national party committee combined with the maximum $2,400 donation to a candidate. All the events sold out.
Obama was scheduled to leave California on Tuesday. On his trip back to Washington, D.C., the president will probably receive briefings, read, call world leaders and watch the latest episode of HBO's "Treme," according to the Washington Post. The Post has a look at what the president does during long flights.


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I was sitting at the bar at Viva Bene Sunday night with some girlfriends when a television news show turned to the David Petraeus affair, and we began to talk about why men cheat, or, more significantly, why the media always poses the question as though it�s some impenetrable mystery.
During a brief lull in our conversation, a picture of the stout and plain-looking Mrs. Petraeus flashed on the screen, along with a voice-over informing us that the Petraeuses have been married for 38 years. Then came a picture of the mistress de jour � tall, stunning, with green eyes and enviable sculpted arms.
On cue, we all laughed. �Mystery solved,� someone said, and we turned to the next topic.
Now, though, as the latest powerful man implodes under the weight of his secret indulgence and desire, we must endure the familiar hand-wringing questions from the media. Why do men cheat? Why do powerful men take such risks? Do successful males possess a self-destructive or reckless streak? Do they feel entitled? Are they sexual addicts or narcissists?
Here are some questions just as pointless: Why do bees sting? Why do children cry? Why do politicians deceive? Answer: because they can.
In the case of Petraeus� sexual affair with his biographer, whose book is unfortunately titled �All In,� it�s a textbook if rather fascinating story of infidelity. I trust we�ll be learning more about Paula Broadwell than we care to know, but we do know this. She�s the co-author of a glowing 400-page biography of the decorated four-star general, who resigned Friday as director of the CIA after acknowledging an affair with a woman later identified as Broadwell. The man who once ran the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was felled not by a weapon of war, but by a secret missile of a different sort, one that�s been getting men into trouble since time immemorial.
Here�s what else we know about Broadwell: She�s whip smart and high-achieving, with a binder of advanced degrees. She�s an avid athlete and so fit that when she appeared on �The Daily Show� in January, she challenged Jon Stewart to a push-up contest and easily won. She clearly adored the older Petraeus, calling him her mentor.
You need not be a sexual anthropologist to realize what an intoxicating temptation Broadwell posed for a middle-aged man married to the same woman for almost four decades. Men cheat because they want to have sex with women other than their wives; in this case, Petraeus cheated with a smart, sexy woman who followed him around and hung on his every word. He likely felt that Broadwell understood him. How irresistible, for a man to be seen through such star-struck eyes. The same scenario unfolded with John Edwards, who fell for a woman assigned to document his presidential campaign.
Of course, the joke going around is that if the director of the CIA can�t hide a sexual affair, he has no business being a spy. But amid the jokes is the very real suffering of a man who realizes he�s responsible for his own stunning demise.
�He�s taking this hard,� his former spokesman, Steve Boylan, reportedly said. �He is aware of the impact this has had on his family, and he knows what a wonderful family he has. On a personal level, he sees this as a failure, and this is a man who has never failed at anything.�
Just last week, ironically, Broadwell outlined Petraeus� �Rules for Living� in Newsweek. No. 5 states, �We will all make mistakes. The key is to recognize them and admit them, to learn from them, and to take off the rearview mirrors � drive on and avoid making them again.�
But as we�ve seen, over and over, the male drive for new sex seems to obliterate all else � family, career, ambition and common sense. Why do men cheat? Because they can. And regardless of the consequences, they can�t seem to help themselves.


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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
West Orange, NJ - There are many ways to protect our brains from injury, such as always wearing seat belt when in a car or a helmet when playing certain sports. It's equally important to protect the health of our brains by staying physically and mentally active, especially as we age.
"Like muscles and bones, our brains need regular exercise and proper nutrition to remain fit and healthy," said Monique Tremaine, Ph.D., director of psychology and neuropsychology at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. "The ability to think, reason, make decisions and recall information stored in our memory decline as we age. And while we cannot prevent aging, we can work to keep our minds sharp and our brains healthy."
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, a leader in the field of medical rehabilitation and part of a national Model System for the treatment and research of brain injuries, offers the following tips to help keep your brain healthy, active and wise.
- Eat a brain healthy diet. Include a variety of brain-friendly foods in your diet, such as fish, lean meats, fruits and whole grains. Antioxidants, found in blueberries and beans, have been shown to help improve memory and problem-solving ability.
- Keep moving. Physical exercise increases blood flow and oxygen to the brain which helps improve the ability to process information, memory and overall cognitive functioning. Aim for 15-30 minutes of exercise daily – whither it's walking, doing housework or yard work, or going to the gym.
- Get a Mental Workout. Crossword puzzles, anagrams and other word games, Sudoku and number games, jigsaw puzzles, board games, card games and even some video games can help build logic, memory and problem-solving skills, as well as thought processes. Reading newspapers, books, and magazines also help with memory, attention and critical thinking abilities.
- Do Something Different. Learn a new language, try your hand at knitting or painting, or take up a new musical instrument or find a class that interests you – all of which will challenge your brain and can foster creativity.
- Stay Connected. While technology helps to connect us to other people, the most important connection is still face-to-face. Being with people – talking, laughing and sharing thoughts and ideas -- is critically important to our brain health.
- Be involved. Get involved in community programs, join a club, volunteer your time or expertise or serve as a mentor. These activities help build social relationships, boost self-confidence, stimulate new learning and enhance one's self-worth.
- Rest up Lack of sleep can impact your brain's ability to function clearly, and can result in reduced productivity, decreased reaction time, difficulty in paying attention, impaired judgment and poor memory. Try to get at least seven to eight hours of sleep each night.
- Reduce Stress Meditation, breathing exercises, even aromatherapy or massage, as well as physical activity has been shown to help improve attention and memory.
- Be safe. Protect your brain from injury. Wear a helmet when biking, rollerblading, skiing or playing contact sports, or even when doing certain work around the house, like cutting down trees. Practice safe driving habits -- wear a seat belt, never text while driving and observe the rules of the road. And finally, prevent falls by using stairs and ladders with care, removing clutter and using assistive devices when needed.
- Take care of yourself. Have an annual physical and work closely with your doctor to manage any health problems, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and smoking to minimize your risk of a stroke and other conditions that can impact brain function.
"Keeping our brains strong and active is essential to living a healthy, productive and enjoyable life," said Dr. Tremaine. "There are many simple things we can do to try to keep our brains fit… we just need to remember to do them."


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Are they ready for their closeup? Seven dogs show up to try out for a supporting role in "Of Mice and Men" production.
Wanted: One good herding dog, medium to large size, preferably old, ragged and slow. Must be able to sit, stay and tolerate loud music.
And so they came Wednesday — straining at their leashes or waddling nonchalantly — to the Sarasota Opera House courtyard, with aspirations of being selected to star in the upcoming March production of "Of Mice and Men."
At least one owner brought a glossy picture portfolio. A few looked more nervous than their charges. Most brought treats as a reward for the good behavior they hoped for.
It was the first animal audition the opera had ever held. And for all but one of the canine thespians — a veteran of an Asolo Repertory Theatre play — it was a first (and perhaps last) shot at stage time and stardom.
As with any audition, there were only a few minutes to make a winning impression. Each dog was led by their owner into a nearby rehearsal hall and made to sit between three singers, who proceeded to burst into the loudest section of the 20-minute scene in which the chosen dog will appear. Then a singer did the leading instead, generally with much less success.
Though the dog in the opera is shot, no simulated death throes were required. That part would happen off stage.
The adjudicators — Artistic Administrator Greg Truppiano and his assistant, Rob Holland — took notes while a cameraman filmed a video that would be sent to Michael Unger, the stage director of the production, in New York. The final selection is not expected for two weeks.
Thirteen-year-old Pede, a border collie mix, took it all in stride, barely perking his ears at the magnificent volume. Wrigley, a 3-year-old Australian Shepard, began to bark wildly in collaboration.
Ben, a giant St. Bernard/Standard poodle mix, cocked his furry head quizzically side to side and raised an eyebrow before standing up and politely walking out.
Four legs or two, not everyone is cut out for show biz.
"Emma": German Shepard, 4, owned by Diane Coles of Bradenton. "Does she sing? Sometimes, if she hears an ambulance."
"Pede": Border collie mix, 13, owned by Jean Smith of Arcadia. "He's done herding, he's been a 4-H dog, he's been shown, he's a therapy dog. He's been around a lot. He's used to a ruckus."
"Cocoa": Boouvier de Flandres, owned by Fonda Giacoia of Sarasota. "Our biggest problem is going to be getting her to look like she's ready to die. She only does that when she's sleeping."
"Roscoe": Chow/Shepard mix, 9, owned by Jim Gillespie. (Roscoe appeared in the Asolo's production of 'Two Gentlemen of Verona two years ago). "Yes, he has a resume. He beat out 45 other dogs for that part. He likes this environment."
"Wrigley": Miniature Australian shepard, 3, owned by Lauren Lee. "Is he calm? In all honesty, no. Not at all."
"Ben": St. Berdoodle (St. Bernard/Standard Poodle mix), 13 months, owned by Jeanine Brawn. "I know he's not a herding dog, but people mistake him for an Old English Sheepdog, which is a herding dog."
"Scot": Border collie, 9, owned by Kathy Allen. "He actually is a sheep herding dog. He hasn't been around singers, but he's been around a whole lot of dogs, sheep and ducks."


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Both of my girls LOVE
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by Eric Carle!
To celebrate the 40th anniversary
of this wonderful
(and Beautifully illustrated!)
children's book
we made our own Hungry Caterpillars
to play with!
We made a big mommy caterpillar
and two mini-baby caterpillars.
I threaded a needle with a double thickness of thread
and the girls helped string on pom-pons
to create caterpillar bodies.
(then I doubled the thread back through the bodies
to make them stronger before knotting them off)
We added button eyes to the bigger mama-pillar,
and left the little ones plain.
(I wonder if elastic thread would have been better?)
Then we went on a hunt in the playroom
to collect all of the food from the story.
I set up both of our copies of the book,
a tray of play food,
and our caterpillars for the girls
and they had a great time
acting out the story for several days.
Mini-Saurus still plays with her mini-caterpillar
at bedtime while we read the book.
I am planning to make a tape recording
of myself reading the book aloud
for our "read aloud" book center
in the family room.
How cute would these be
in a classroom reading center?!
(you can take the teacher out of a school,
but you can't take
the classroom ideas out of the teacher!)
Psst...lean in -- I'll tell you my secret...
(I also have hopes and dreams of making
a felt board set...
it may be one of my homemade
Christmas gifts for the girls this year!)
This bulletin board set
from Amazon.com
would be so much easier!
You could laminate it and add a piece of velcro
(or felt) to the back of each piece
for instant (ADORABLE) felt board pieces!


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|You guys are the greatest idea. If you didn't exist I would have to invent you.
|- Penn Jillette, co-creator of Desert Bus on November 20, 2010
- 1 Background
- 2 Desert Bus for Hope 1
- 3 Desert Bus for Hope 2
- 4 Desert Bus for Hope 3
- 5 Desert Bus for Hope 4
- 6 Desert Bus for Hope 5
- 7 Desert Bus for Hope 6
- 8 Desert Bus for Hope 7
- 9 Desert Bus for Hope 8
- 10 Desert Bus for Hope 9
- 11 Desert Bus for Hope 10
- 12 Desert Bus for Hope 2017
- 13 Desert Bus for Hope 2018
- 14 Desert Bus for Hope 2019
- 15 Torrents
The cast agreed to play Desert Bus for an hour for each increment of money donated - the amount necessary increased by seven percent each time the increment was reached. So the first hour would require one dollar to be donated, the second a dollar seven, and so on. The money earned went to the charity Child's Play which provides video games, toys and books to children's hospitals all over the world. To date (pre-Desert Bus 10), the run has earned $3 119 116.15 USD.
Desert Bus generates a lot of its own tropes and terminology that pass from year to year. You can find explanations and origin stories for many of these in the Desert Bus Lexicon.
Desert Bus for Hope 1
22nd November 2007, 6:00 pm PST
James, Paul, Morgan and Bill played a total of 4 days, 12 hours (108 hours) raising 22 805 USD for Child's Play. Bussing ended at 6:35 am PST, on the 28th of November 2007.
The first annual Desert Bus marathon included several noteworthy events.
- Penn, Teller, and Eddie Gorodetsky (one of the producers of Desert Bus) called the cast during the first evening of playing and donated $500 each.
- Eddie Gorodetsky offered to donate $500 if James (the first player) would "take a dive" seventeen minutes into the first run. James accepted, and let the bus be towed back to Tuscon.
- There were donations of Subway sandwiches, chocolates, and pizza from various general individuals including Teller himself.
- The original donation goal of five thousand dollars was met before the first shift was complete.
- In the "taking a dive" vein, several people made requests of the cast in exchange for a donation of a specified size - for example, Bill drank an entire carton of eggnog, and James played the game while upside down for nearly fifteen minutes. Matt raised $75 by drinking a "Nog Bomb", that being a shot glass of egg nog, dropped into half a pint of Colt 45. Paul offered to shave his beard in exchange for a single donation of $5,000.
- Morgan stated that he would do a single Whatever Thing update for each $200 donation received for that purpose. None were made.
- Three "upside-down girls" bussed a couple times for a grand total of $450 ($100 each the first time and $150 for TWO upside down girls and a PS3 the second)
- James married Dark_Realm in an online wedding.
2007 Trivia
Penn, Teller, and Gorodetsky learned Paul's cellphone number by calling his mother earlier in the day.
During one of the calls, Teller had a brief conversation with a half-asleep Morgan, who told him to "Fuck off". Morgan did not realize that it was Teller.
Desert Bus for Hope 2
Desert Bus for Hope 2008 was formally announced at the gathering of LRR fans at PAX 2008, and to the world in the "'Movie' Movies Movie" podcast. However, it had been mentioned and informally announced on the forum, in the podcast, and on the Desert Bus website for many weeks previously. According to the information in the podcast, Desert Bus 2008 would have taken place in a Seattle hotel and feature several guest appearances and drivers.
On November 18, 2008 Desert Bus for Hope 2: Bus Harder was officially announced. James, Bill, Morgan and Jer started busing on November 28 at 6 pm PST inside their moonbase. They finished at 11:00 pm PST December 3rd, having bused for 5 days, 5 hours, and 5 minutes (125.1 hours), and raised 70 423.79 USD.
Let us repeat that. Seventy thousand, four hundred and twenty-three dollars and seventy nine cents. That's a lot of money.
The LRR Crew failed multiple times during the run. You can view the fails here.
2008 Trivia
Waypoint Challenges
- Past the 2007 total = Paul would shave his beard. This challenge was met at 4 PM December 1st.
- $30 000 = Several chat users stated they would shave their heads. Dogmeat00 met this challenge and posted pictures to the Desert Bus blog.
- $35 000 = Penny Arcade would donate $10,000, as part of "Operation: Infinite Bus"
- $50 000 = Morgan would shave all the hair on his body.
Driver Name Progression
- JOCKO (5 minutes)
- EVILJIM ($500 donation by Evil Jim) (In response this video was made: Eating a hat.)
- EVILSAK ($1000 donation by Sakimori_X)
- EVIL_SAK (Bus crashed, name maintained)
- EVILSAKX (Bus crashed)
Desert Bus for Hope 3
Desert Bus for Hope 2009 was officially announced on March 26th, when the first update was posted on Desertbus.org. The countdown to the event began on August 25th 2009 with a challenge from James that if the site reached $10 000 by the event's starting date, November 20th, 2009, he would drive the bus for the first 12 hours of the event. The goal was met, and James did the 12 hours, becoming the only DBfH to do a complete run from Tuscon to Las Vegas. After 5 days, 16 hours (136 hours), and large number of auctions, caramelldansen, surprise guest appearances, and other craziness, the final total was 140 449.68 USD. The crew presented a novelty-size cheque Child's Play Charity Dinner for that approximate amount (the last few donations had yet to be tallied when the cheque had to be printed).
Desert Bus for Hope 2009 is the first Desert Bus event to have a host of official sponsors, who have donated prizes for auction during the event. Some of these sponsors include:
- The Escapist
- Oni Press
- Hothead Games
- Harmonix Games
Confirmed Guests
Desert Bus for Hope 2009 also has revealed a list of guests scheduled to appear via live appearance or call during the event. Some of these special guests include:
- Penn and Teller (Call)
- Wil Wheaton (Call)
- Jonathan Coulton (Call)
- Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw (Call)
- Woody Tondorf (Live Appearance)
- Kristin Lindsay (Live Appearance)
Desert Bus for Hope 4
'Desert Bus for Hope 4: A New Hope started on 19th of November, 2010. The crew bused for five days, twenty-two hours (142 hours), raising 208 250.00 USD, near the total amount raised by all of Child's Play in its first year.
Desert Bus for Hope 5
Desert Bus for Hope 5 (AKA Desert Bus 5, DB5, De5ert Bus) began November 18, 2011 at 6:00PM PST. The event lasted 6 1/4 days (150 hours) ending finally on November, 25th at 12:00AM PST. That equated to 150 hours bussed after 376 167 USD raised for Child's Play Charity. An additional $4168.01 has come in after the bussing ended for a grand total of 383 125.10 USD raised for this year's event, just over one-tenth the amount all of Child's Play raised that year.
Desert Bus for Hope 6
- Started: November 16, 2012 at 21:00 Pacific Standard Time
- Ended: November 23, 2012 at 5:00 Pacific Standard Time
Desert Bus 6 was the most complex and successful installment in the telethon's history. There were 55 Live Auctions, 132 Silent Auctions, and 213 Giveaways. The Bus raised 436 035.71 USD (152 hours) by the time broadcasting stopped, passing all previous years by a wide margin. The final donation total was 443 630.00 USD. This Desert Bus also marks the first collective Million Dollars raised over the series lifetime.
Desert Bus for Hope 7
- Started: November 16, 2013 at 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time
- Ended: November 22, 2013 at 9:54 PM Pacific Standard Time
The Marathon raised 523 520.00 USD (155 hours) and featured four cameras running in full HD and an upgraded sound board.
In addition to returning favorites such as auctions, giveaways, general silliness and the Video Strike Team uploading clips to YouTube, this year the marathon included the .gif team, who uploaded animated .gifs of the funniest moments of the marathon averaging less than 30 seconds after the moments took place.
Jer, Ashton, and Louis also created an app for iOS devices in less than 6 weeks as a "secret project."
Desert Bus for Hope 8
- Started: November 14, 2014, at 10:05 AM Pacific Standard Time
- Ended: November 21, 2014, at 12:49 AM Pacific Standard Time
The marathon, which moved from the Moonbase to the more spacious Lunar Module (in VIATeC's Fort Tectoria), raised 635 415.04 USD while busing (158 hours). The proceeds from photo book and poster sales brought the final total to 643 242.58 USD.[1]
Desert Bus for Hope 9
- Started: November 14, 2015 at 10 AM Pacific Standard Time
- Ended: November 21, 2015 at 2:25 AM Pacific Standard Time
During that time, it raised 677,158.00 USD (158 hours). Including post run donations, a total of 683 720.00 USD was donated.
Desert Bus for Hope 10
- Started: November 12, 2016 at 10 AM Pacific Standard Time.
Raised $695,242.57 total, (159 hours).
Desert Bus for Hope 2017
The eleventh edition of Desert Bus for Hope started at 10 AM Pacific Standard Time on Friday 17th November 2017. Desert Bus 2017 was hosted at the Moonbase Mk. V. At the end of the run, the total raised was $650,215. The team bussed for 158 hours, ending at 12:13am PST on Friday 24th November.
Desert Bus for Hope 2018
- Started: November 9, 2018, at 10 AM Pacific Standard Time
- Ended: November 16, 2018, at 2:31 AM Pacific Standard Time
Including donations before the start of the run, it raised 730,099.90 USD, officially running for 160 hours.
The website was redesigned and the app was abandoned.
Desert Bus for Hope 2019
Desert Bus for Hope 2019 started at 8 AM Pacific Standard Time on Friday, the 8th of November 2019.
Torrents for the past several Desert Buses can be found here:
Desert Bus 5(magnet) - 30 GB
Desert Bus 6(magnet) - 130.1 GB
Desert Bus 7(magnet) - 76.7 GB
Desert Bus 8(magnet) - 145.3 GB
Desert Bus 9 - 209.4 GB
Desert Bus 10 - 252.7 GB
Desert Bus 2017 - 248.5 GB
Desert Bus 2018 - 219.3 GB
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|Year-by-Year: 1 (2007) – 2 (2008) – 3 (2009) – 4 (2010) – 5 (2011) – 6 (2012) – 7 (2013) – 8 (2014) – 9 (2015) – 10 (2016) – (11) 2017 – (12) 2018 — (13) 2019
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Farmers and ranchers have the opportunity to apply for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), which rewards producers for conservation practices on working lands, thanks to passage of legislation that replaces funding for the 2013 CSP that was accidently cut off in the government spending bill that passed last October.
USDA can now proceed with enrolling just over 11 million acres of farm and ranch land in the program this year, bringing the program to a grand total of 62 million acres by year's end.
The Center for Rural Affairs encourages potential applicants to move forward now, before planting season is underway and many become too busy in the field to get away. While CSP is a continuous signup program and producers can apply throughout the year, USDA applies a cut-off date for applications to be considered during a particular fiscal year. Once the cut-off date is past, producers may continue to apply for the program, but will not be considered for entry until the following spring, in this case spring 2014.
While the USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has yet to decide on an application deadline, there is speculation it will be in May. That short timeline should provide further motivation for farmers and ranchers to visit their local NRCS office now and start the application (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1046193.pdf) process right away.
Producers can call (402) 687-2100 and ask for the Farm Bill Helpline or email email@example.com to access assistance from the Center for Rural Affairs in applying to CSP.
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Medicine for Mali
Mali is one of the few democracies in Africa. But it is still a country in desperate need of help– 45 percent of the children are severely malnourished, and one in four dies before the age of five. Only 19 percent of the women in Mali can read.
Medicine for Mali was formed in 2000 after its founders recognized the desperate need of these people. Since then we have conducted some 20 missions to Mali and have supported full time "in country" personnel. We have consistently served more than 8,000 people in an isolated area of the country that has no electric power or clean water. We have implemented several programs that have stabilized the health and wellbeing of this population and strongly promoted a goal of self-sufficiency.
Medicine for Mali's programs include:
- Well drilling and clean water distribution systems.
- Extensive public health education.
- Vaccination programs.
- Bed-net distribution to combat malaria.
- Operation of three clinics.
- Child survival and nutritional education.
- High school scholarships.
- Microfinance loans to 400 people each year, 70 percent of whom are women.
- Job skills education.
- "Keep the Girls in School" programs.
- Optical services to 25,000 individuals.
- Education of American and Malian medical, public health, and engineering students in the developing world's needs.
Contact Information
Medicine for Mali, Inc.
4605 80th Place
Urbandale, IA 50322
E: email@example.com
Financial Information
Medicine for Mali is classified as a 501(c)(3) organization. Click below to view our most recent independent audit and IRS Form 990.
Donate Now to Medicine for Mali
Medicine for Mali is wholly dependent upon your contributions. More than 90 percent of donated funds are spent in Mali, and no member of the U.S. staff receives a salary. Your donation will provide:
- $20 ten treatments of antibiotics for sick children.
- $30 a cataract surgery for a blind person.
- $50 a microfinance loan, given primarily to women.
- $300 one year of high school education.
- $5,000 a literacy program for 50 women.
- $10,000 a deep well of clean water with a pumping system, serving 1,000 people.
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To donate to this member charity by check, please print our designation form and mail it with your check to
Aid for Africa
P.O. Box 8734
Topeka, KS 66608
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Family & Adult Karate
September 10, 2019 @ 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm
An event every week that begins at 5:45 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, repeating indefinitely
An event every week that begins at 9:30 am on Saturday, repeating indefinitely
Family and adult karate classes at Overland Park Karate have a reputation for quality instruction and dedicated students. Enjoying a rich heritage, the martial arts program is led by David DiBella. David is the founder of Overland Park Karate and has been training and teaching the martial arts for over 30 years. Based on Chung Do Kwan, the most traditional style of Tae Kwon Do, our curriculum emphasizes discipline, perseverance, technique, self-defense and physical fitness.
Martial arts training is challenging, yet very rewarding. Classes start with "basics", which are the fundamental kicks, strikes and blocks. After basics, class is broken down by belt level and rank appropriate instruction takes place. We maintain a low student to instructor ration as quality instruction is our top priority. Classes usually end with self-defense drills, sparring and real world application of the techniques taught.
Martial arts training can benefit all areas of one's life. In addition to the physical benefits such as self-defense, and fitness, martial arts training is a great stress reliever that can bring balance to a busy and hectic lifestyle. Want to get in shape and shed a few pounds? Our martial arts program is challenging, yet adaptable to all fitness levels.


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Alden Fertig, Product Manager for Broadcasting here at Ustream.
We're very excited to announce today we will be releasing version 2 of our popular Producer broadcasting software.
Learn more and download it here.
Version 2 is packed with new features and improvements to make your broadcasts better than ever.
In addition, we are announcing a new professional-grade option: Ustream Studio.
What's new in Producer 2.0
All Versions: Free, Pro, Studio
- Improved encoding engine.
- Clear on-air / off-air indicator.
- Optimized encoding presets, updated for higher quality.
- Real-time bandwidth monitoring.
- Desktop presenter now features audio capture as well as video capture. Making it easier to incorporate sources such as live Skype video chat calls.
- User defined encoding settings. Make your own custom presets.
- Record to disk. Record to your local hard drive at the same time as your Ustream account.
- Chroma Key and Virtual Sets. Give your broadcasts a professional edge.
- Audio Inspector. Full control over your audio sources including an audio delay to ensure perfect a/v sync.
- Support for IP Cameras. Built-in support for select popular models: Axis 211W, P1344 and M1104, Sony SNC-RZ50, Cisco WVC80N
The basic version of Producer is still Free, Pro is still $199 and the new Studio version is $549. Existing users who have a Pro license can upgrade to Pro version 2 for free. Simply download the update and the license carries over. Pro license holders can upgrade to Studio for $349.


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Thats Cold: Newborn Baby Dead After Drinking Mother's Breast Milk That Was Full Of Drugs!
"A baby died because of drugs that passed to the infant through the mother's breast milk, deputies say, and after a lengthy investigation, that mother has been charged with homicide. Deputies said on Nov. 13, 2010, a 911 call was made about a dead infant at a home on Kimbrell Loop in the Campobello community. After the Spartanburg County Coroner's Office and the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office investigated the death, they determined that lethal amounts of medications, including morphine, had been passed to the infant through the breast milk of the baby's mother. The investigation included toxicology tests. Investigators said after an extensive investigation, they determined the child's mother, Stephanie Irene Greene, was taking prescription painkillers while nursing her 1˝ month old. Greene was arrested on Friday" - WYFF
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Opinion: Auto Manufacturing Is Back In America. Obama Was Right, Romney Was Wrong.Auto manufacturing is back in America – especially in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania because President Obama made the politically risky decision to bailout the auto industry after bailing out the banks. It was a decision that worked. Obama was right, Romney was wrong. So Romney is now in full lying mode. He is trying to retroactively re-write the wrongs in his writings.
CBS Local Presidential Forum: Obama/Romney: Push Back On Opponent's False AccusationsWith the CBS Local Presidential Forum coming to a close Barack Obama and Mitt Romney take their chance to set the record straight, pointing out the false accusations their opponent has leveled and giving their response.


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By Corey Heller
As we all know, studying a language is different from living a language. While learning a new language has been made as easy as getting an online masters degree, there has to be a directed and purposeful process that occurs when we study a language.
This makes sense: as adults, we already understand how language works (grammar, declensions, parts of speech) so we now apply those rules to yet another language. We study the pieces bit by bit and then use them to construct new sentences with these individual pieces. However, our children shouldn't be expected to study our language(s). Talk about boring!
Language living is what we do when we share our language with our children on a daily basis: we surround them with our languages and allow them to absorb these languages over time. We may point out grammar errors now and then but ultimately we are our children's example for how to use languages in every day life and we share it with them without expecting them to understand the underlying constructs.
This doesn't mean that our children won't reach a point where they too will study their languages (e.g. here in the USA we take many years of English classes to learn about our languages – and we still may not understand it), which is in itself a fascinating subject!
Learning a Language as a Family
As most people know, my family and I are learning Spanish as a second language during our Language Challenge 101 adventure. Yes, we are spending a lot of time studying it, not necessarily living it (at least not yet) since it is a brand new language for us. Studying a language is no small task but it can be so much fun to do it as a family. I highly recommend it!
If you are learning a second language as a family, here are some tips that my family would like to pass on from our own experiences:
- Playful. It has been particularly important for my husband and me to just let go of the weight of learning Spanish and instead play with it as much as possible. Our kids have followed our lead and can see that being playful is not only ok, it is the best way to approach it. We act out the language, crawl on the floor to imitate animals, call out colors in the grocery store. It is such a wonderful excuse to spend time together having fun!
- Make Mistakes. Contrary to what comes naturally to us adults, making mistakes in language learning is the best thing that can happen, especially when someone else points them out. The sooner we give ourselves permission to make mistakes (lots and lots of mistakes), the sooner we can move on to the real process of learning a language. Plus, laughing at our own mistakes makes for so much family fun.
- Daily. My family and I have tried to make sure that we are all exposed to some Spanish language every day. We don't have a set amount of time. If the kids watch one Spanish-language DVD, that is fine. Then we try to use some of the words from the DVD for the rest of the day. It isn't our ideal but it definitely helps. And if we don't get to any Spanish for a day or two, we don't beat ourselves up either!
- Incentive. Rather than approaching Spanish language learning as something we must do, we use it as an incentive. If we can get in a half an hour of Spanish, then we treat ourselves to a popsicle outside in the back yard (which means even more bonding time) or to something else fun that we'd all like to do. It isn't used as a punishment! It is an incentive and a way to keep ourselves motivated.
- Speaking. Speak the language as much as possible! My family and I do this all the time without caring whether the words are correctly pronounced or not and whether we know exactly what all of them mean. The language is so very lovely and we love to let it roll off the tongue. Often I will put on a podcast of some random dialog while making dinner, folding the clothes or going for a walk and just repeat the words and sentences whether I recognize them or not.
- Be Inefficient! It can be so hard to get out of our "training" which says that we need to be efficient and moving forward in an accountable way. Throw that out the window if it starts to discourage you! This is not school and we have no one to answer to but ourselves and our own family. I feel how hard this has been for my husband and myself during Language Challenge 101. Old habits (and language training) are hard to break!
- Learn From the One Another. One of the best parts about learning a language together with my family has been the give and take between each of us. Each of us has been in a situation of correcting another family member (including my 5 year old). It is fabulous! Not only does this help each of us feel empowered by our language learning, it puts us all on a level playing field where we can truly share in the experience as equals.
- Learning Styles. We definitely each have different ways of learning. The joy of learning a language with my family has been seeing how each of us responds to language differently. Some of us prefer visual input, others audio and some by writing things down. Sometimes having a translation has been beneficial, other times just listening even when we didn't understand was most enjoyable. My husband realized how much he enjoys writing things on index cards and then taking them with him when he walks to the store! It must be working because his vocabulary is expanding all the time.
- Emotion. Learning a language can be very emotional – in fact, I believe it should be to some degree to really have an impact. There is so much more to the whole experience of learning a language than the language itself. Culture, music, food and more all come along with the language by default and have an impact on us. And we should remember that as it is very personal, this means we need to accept the fact that each of us will experience it differently and on our own terms.
Those are my 9 Tips for Successful Language Learning. Can you add a 10th to this list? Or an 11th, 12th…. and more? Please share!
What are your experiences learning a language? Do you have some additional tips? Do you feel an emotional connection to the language(s) that you have learned? Please share your thoughts!
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We Buy Houses in Springville
We Buy Houses in Springville and can close in as little as a couple of days or on your time frame. Based locally, we can move quickly and we're currently looking to buy several more houses in the Springville area this year.
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When we make mistakes and hurt others, anger builds up in the other person and our guilt grows. Most people end up blaming the other person, trying to fend off guilt, seeking physical distance or severing relationships. These are the consequences of having inadequate skills for accepting the reality of others' feelings and humanness. What people should do, when they cause grief to others, is apologize, but that is hard for some, usually because they think apologizing is "losing." Apology is not synonomous with defeat. On the contrary, it reduces the tension and anger of others, and our own guilt. Most of the time the anger the other feels and our own guilt are the result of our unwillingness to admit a mistake.
Does apologizing humiliate us and put us down? Not really. It shows we are big enough to take responsibility. In addition, a sincere apology demonstrates that we care about the other person and the relationship. Apologizing, properly done, can have positive results, building a stronger bond, and increasing mutual respect. Here are the keys, as defined by a Hindu psychologist.
When giving an apology:
* Choose the right time to make your apology. It may be better to wait until the other person has calmed down. Otherwise, your apology may be ignored. On the other hand, an immediate apology may prevent a blowup. Perhaps the best policy is to apologize twice right after your offense, then again when the other person calms down. Just don't wait three months!
* Relax. Look the person directly in the eye. Speak clearly and calmly.
* Take responsibility for your action. Say, "This was my fault and I apologize."
* Consider the other person's point of view. "I understand how this has affected you."
* Explain (but not at length) how the mistake occurred.
* Work for a solution to the problem you caused.
* You may wish to follow the apology with a special gift to demonstrate your sincerity. If you have broken a possession, offer some replacement.
When receiving an apology:
* Listen to the explanation.
* Thank the other person for apologizing.
* Respond positively. Don't harbor anger and resentment.
* Let the person apologizing know how good the apology makes you feel.
* Try to work out a solution that is in everyone's interest
When giving an apology:
* Don't mutter a shame-faced, inaudible apology while gazing away from the person.
* Don't accuse the other of being partly or mostly to blame.
* Don't refer to mistakes the other has made in the past.
* Don't try to apologize indirectly by telling others you are sorry. Speak to the person
* Don't say you're sorry in indirect ways (gifts, etc.) instead of personally apologizing.
* Don't apologize for something you didn't do.
When receiving an apology:
* Don't look away.
* Don't be silent. Don't say, "Forget it," "It's OK" or "It didn't bother me anyway," as if you don't mean it.
* Don't start an argument by bringing in other things the person did as well, or by making nasty comments.
* Don't make unnecessary
demands or make the other person feel guiltier.
* Long after the person has apologized, don't keep reminding him of what he did.
Remember, our relationships are our key to ourselves. How we treat others is how we will ultimately be treated.
By Greesh C. Sharma, PHD,
Institute of Behavior
Modification, Pennsylvania
699 West Trenton Ave.
Morrisville, Pennsylvania 19067
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Attila Jónás-Less Armchair
At Design Interviews
Interview with Attila Jónás : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Attila Jónás : About one year ago I wasn't here, where I'm now (at Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design). Back then I didn't know what the design is ( I don't say , that I know that now what it really means and how it works) and it was characteristic of me that I was thinking very complicated and my teacher, Szilárd Fecsó, always said that : Less is always more. I didn't understand what it really means, so when I was admitted to my university (MOME at Hungary) I started to build my design-philosophy and the first thought was that motto, what my teacher said. I started to philosophize about it and I formulated all my thoughts about this motto in this armchair. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Attila Jónás : Do something very very simple what express my all thoughts. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Attila Jónás : I want to find a company what likes this armchair and brings it to the real life. That would be fantastic... .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Attila Jónás : About one month. Doing its presentation, that was the most difficult. Doing the presentation was anther one month. So it was 2 months. It was difficult, because first I wanted to do a 3D model about it, but the renders wasn't realistic. So I did a 1:5 scale model about it. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Attila Jónás : I wanted to find my own way in design and build up my philosophy about design. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Attila Jónás : I want to sell this design to a company. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Attila Jónás : Desire for creation. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Attila Jónás : Only design philosophies influenced me, other designs not. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Attila Jónás : Everybody who likes simplicity, design and convenience. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Attila Jónás : My design name is Less. It's from the motto : Less is more. With this armchair we can interpret this motto literally. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Attila Jónás : One of my teachers at my university, Cosovan Attila,helped me in this project with giving some advices. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Attila Jónás : I wanted to know that I'm on the right way to become a designer. This award gave me a confirmation that I'm on the right way. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Attila Jónás : Thanks for everybody who helped me to realize this project. .
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5 Websites to Learn GIMP Online
Are you into photo editing and image manipulation? If that's a "˜yes' then I'm sure you've heard of the GNU Image Manipulation Program, codename GIMP. The GIMP photo editor is a free and light alternative to Adobe Photoshop and is very capable of handling all of your image processing needs. If you've mastered MS Paint and don't have deep enough pockets for Photoshop, GIMP is for you.
So you want to learn the GIMP photo editor? You see, that's the thing with image editing programs, they're extensive. You can literally do so much with them that it's hard to figure out what all the buttons and settings actually do.
Luckily there are websites to help you learn Gimp online. We've taught you "˜How To Use Scripts & Plugins in GIMP How To Use Scripts & Plugins in GIMP Read More ' and how to "˜Batch Edit Your Images with GIMP Batch Edit Your Images with GIMP Read More '. Additionally, the following is a list of 5 of the best websites to help you learn the GIMP photo editor.
The self-proclaimed GNU Image Manipulation Portal is your one stop place for all things GIMP. The community that is GimpUsers has a forum, chat, GIMP hotkeys page, written tutorials page, and page for video tutorials. The tutorials cover a lot of information from the basics of the GIMP photo editor to the special effects and techniques. Downloading video requires a BitTorrent client.
GIMP is where you go to download the latest version of GIMP, but did you know they have a tutorials page? The page has links to step-by-step tutorials that will help you with some of the more common tasks you might undergo with the program. They are separated into categories such as beginner, intermediate, expert, photo editing, web, and script authoring.
These tutorials are well-written, very in-depth, and incorporate pictures/screenshots for you to follow along. It's not a bad place to learn GIMP, especially if you're just starting out.
Gimp-Tutorials has tutorials that are similar to those mentioned above, but there are many more of them. You can learn how to do a wide range of things with GIMP on this website. Their categories range from painting, effects, and textures to photo manipulation and website layouts.
Tutorials are broken down into easy-to-follow steps and include many large images to help you.
GIMP-Tutorials is another similarly named website that has a lot of tutorials, nearly 1,000 manually added as of this writing. These tutorials are user-submitted and clicking on one of them takes you to the original user's website/tutorial page. You can find an expansive amount of information there.
Like GIMP-Tutorials, Gimpology is a collection of tutorials from around the web. Submissions are listed in reverse chronological order and viewing them takes you to the creator's page. You can also favorite them, leave comments, and rate them out of 5 stars. Some of the information is going to overlap with that of the sites above, but there are always new tutorials to be discovered.
In conclusion, there are a lot of places out there where you can learn how to use GIMP and all of its vast features. The websites listed above are GIMP-specific, but by no means do they cover all of the resources that are available to you. A lot of sites offering tutorials for Photoshop also have a GIMP page. Remember, Google is your friend.
As always, I hope you found these resources useful. Do you know of any other great sites to learn GIMP? If so, leave them in the form of a comment below, along with your thoughts, ideas, and other insights!
Update: Also see Pxleyes.com gimp video section they have an extensive collection (100+) of cool GIMP video tutorials.
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