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Here is a brief roundup of some of the coverage we've seen since our launch earlier in the week. Thank you, editors, writers, bloggers, for starting conversations and spreading the good word. (For a comprehensive list of related links please see JD Supra's In the News page.)
– The Wall Street Journal Law Blog: "… JD Supra is a new site that allows lawyers of all stripes to post court docs, filings, articles, client alerts — anything relevant to a case, really — for others who are doing legal research. The homepage has a cool sidebar that keeps track of who's contributing the most docs."
– ABA Law Journal: "… JD Supra also offers a free platform for attorneys and others involved in legal matters to market themselves and identify individuals with useful expertise. A search page allows them to look for relevant material by jurisdiction, subject matter and document type."
– National Post: "JD Supra launches the YouTube of law… Let the posting begin!"
– Justia Law, Technology, and Legal Marketing Blog: "… We are encouraging all of the law firms we work with to participate and share with JDSupra's law library. By working together we can help build a great new legal research library. This is a very nice start of a new free research service!"
– WisBlawg From the UW Law Library: "… It's not only that JD Supra is facilitating the sharing of legal content – there are other sites do that, like DocStoc or Scribd – but what makes it unique is that it is able to lend some authority to those documents by tying them to author profiles. As a librarian, I'm much more likely to rely on a source when I can verify the expertise of its author. [It's] quite ingenious actually."
– MyShingle.com: "… JD Supra gives solo and small firm lawyers a way to strut their stuff. By posting documents, other lawyers can get a sense of what your work product is like. And by uploading a document, you gain a listing in JD Supra , which is another way to gain visibility online."
One mention that generated an interesting conversation around the JD Supra virtual water cooler comes from LawyerKM: Knowledge Management & Technology for Lawyers and Law Firms. The post – titled "Is JD Supra inter-law firm Knowledge Management?" – asks: "are any firms going to share the good stuff — the "intellectual capital" that really gives them the competitive advantage over the other firms out there?"
Two days into our launch and we're thrilled to see a question such as this one. We hope that this is not just the beginning of a worthwhile dialog about Knowledge Management but also the start of a conversation that goes to the very heart of it all: the way we value information today in the face of dramatic technological innovation (ie., web and internet and the technologies they bring forth).
[Finally, taking a page from Tim Stanley's book (actually from the bottom of his Justia Law posting about JD Supra) here's what we're listening to today: Grateful Dead, live at Roscoe Maples Pavilion, Stanford University – Feb 9, 1973. Downloaded from the Internet Archive, streaming directly to our ears.]


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Mobile Banking
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Access your personal Port Washington State Bank accounts anytime/anywhere from your mobile device.
With Port Washington State Bank Mobile Banking, you can:
- Check your Account Balance
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Internet Banking is required to enroll in Mobile Banking.
Mobile Banking, message and data rates may apply. Contact your service provider for additional information.
View our Mobile Banking tutorial or contact Customer Service at (800) 550-9435 for assistance.
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Mobile Deposit is now available through your PWSB Mobile Banking. This service allows you to save yourself a trip to the bank by depositing your checks at home.
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It's Easy:
1) Endorse the back of the check:
"For Mobile Deposit Only at Port Washington State Bank"
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3) Photograph both the front and back of the check
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Ballet review: Jewels at The Royal Opera House
IF ever there was a wide open declaration of love, this is it.
Jewels at The Royal Opera House
Russian ballet master and refugee from the Soviet Union, George Balanchine, created this piece in 1967 for New York City Ballet, as a celebration of his belief and devotion in the art form he loved, classical ballet.
The three acts, Emeralds, Rubies and Diamonds, to music by Faure, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky respectively, are set on an empty stage, ringed only with designer Jean-Marc Puissant's floor to stage curtains and an occasional chandelier.
Nothing is allowed to divert attention from the dance and dancers. And last Wednesday must have been payday because the company looked terrific.
The curtain rises on a corps de ballet of men and women responding to the lush, laid-back music, loosening up the edges of the classical technique. Backs bend and arms ripple but the basic positions remain crystal clear and clean.
It seems as if Yasmine Naghdi simply refuses to stop improving.
The company looked terrific
She captures Balanchine's swooning musical response built all the while on technical purity. But most important of all Naghdi is steadily gaining an onstage authority that is impressive to watch.
Credit also to her partner Matthew Ball, a young talent improving on each performance he does.
In the jazzy, tongue in cheek, and scarlet clad Rubies, Steven McRae turns at such speed he must surely meet himself coming back but luckily Sarah Lamb is there to catch him.
Lamb's legs appear to be constantly whirling around her head but she and McRae have a whale of a time showing off and sending themselves up. But whatever their silliness, they remain classical ballet dancers. Brilliant.
But when it comes to showing off, Vadim Muntagirov has no equal at Covent Garden. His breathtaking talent is both a fitting and glittering climax to the evening in Diamonds but what a let down it is to make Lauren Cuthbertson his partner in glory. She can do all the steps but her suitability for ballerina roles ends there.
Every time Muntagirov leaves her alone on stage, her intrinsic dullness is a bit of a shock. Happily, 50 or so of her colleagues in Jewels make the evening a total delight.


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An independent state oversight board will review California's troubled Denti-Cal program Thursday. That's after a December audit found fewer than half of the program's five million children received care.
The audit pointed to low state payments to Denti-Cal dentists as the primary problem. Payments for the most-used services came in at about a third the national average in 2013, according to the audit. So many dentists won't see Denti-Cal patients.
Still, the Brown administration has been reluctant to raise rates, which gets expensive.
Carole D'Elia, the executive director of the Little Hoover Commission, says raising rates is "the obvious solution, but that's been a challenge."
The commission studies ways to improve government programs. D'Elia says Denti-Cal has other problems, which could be less expensive to fix.
"The paperwork's a nightmare. It's hard to even get to be a Denti-Cal dentist. So there are all these barriers in place, striking against the program," says D'Elia.
The commission expects to produce a report next spring.


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Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer – Rick Riordan
*Warning – may contain spoilers*
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Puffin Books
First published: 2015
Cover: Hardback, signed
Pages: 489
Blurb: My name is Magnus Chase. I'm orphaned and living rough on the streets of Boston. And things are about to get much worse.
My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake and said, 'They're after you.' Next thing I know, I'm reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that my long-lost father is a Norse god.
Nothing normal about that. And it turns out the gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Apparently, if I can't find the sword my father lost two thousand years ago, there will be doom. Doomsday, to be precise.
A fire giant attacking the city?
Immortal warriors hacking each other to pieces?
Unkillable wolves with glowing eyes?
It's all coming up.
But first I'm going to die.
This is the story of how my life goes downhill from there…
History of my copy: This is one of the many books I got for Christmas just gone. (See full list here) I'm a huge fan of mythology, and Norse is one that I've always wanted to get into. When I heard Riordan was releasing Magnus Chase, I knew I had to get it. Waterstones were doing signed editions, so I got one to put back for Christmas.
I've been reading this book on and off since Christmas. That doesn't mean I don't like it (I can take years to read books I love), but Riordan certainly has a unique style that I really have to be in the mood for. Sometimes I just can't put up with the heroics and humour his books contain.
This book also contains my favourite dedication I have ever read. 'To Cassandra Clare, thanks for letting me share the excellent name Magnus'. It's true, when I hear Magnus I instantly think of the wonderful Magnus Bane, and this dedication really made me laugh!
Plot: This book follows the journey of Magnus Chase who has been living on the streets after the death of his mother. It follows him as he dies, then as he embarks on a quest to prevent Ragnarok. One of the things I particularly loved about this book is that Magnus isn't the son of a well-known, popular god, and also isn't your typical hero. He uses his father's powers to his advantage, rather than trying to fight his way out of danger.
Another aspect I enjoyed was the slightly more grown-up tone on the book. Percy Jackson can be rather silly in places, which makes sense as it's written from a 12 year olds perspective. However, as Magnus is a little older, the book takes a more teenaged perspective. Yes, it still has many of those silly jokes and fantastic chapter titles, but I prefer it as it's written more at my age.
Setting: This book takes place in many of the 9 realms, mostly focussing on Midgard (Earth) in Boston, which is a special place linked to Norse mythology. I think perhaps that some of the places would benefit from a little more description, but overall it is certainly descriptive enough to know where they are and what is going on.
Characters: I adore Magnus' entire group of friends. Magnus himself is a really interesting and well developed character. I was a little apprehensive, worried he might just be another Percy Jackson, but he's not! He's very likable, and his lack of knowledge on the Norse world is entertaining.
His sidekick, so to speak, is the Valkyrie that took him to Valhalla. Sam is an interesting character, as the daughter of Loki, but shows that you can't prejudice people because of their parents. She tries to juggle her secret life with a normal one. Another thing I like about Sam is that it's nice to see other religions and races portrayed in books.
The other two friends are Blitz the dwarf and Hearth the elf. Blitz is a fashionable dwarf, but very loyal and is willing to risk his life. Hearth can use magic runes, which does save their skin a few times.
My favourite God thus far is Loki the tricky trickster! He appears quite a few times (and the epilogue, oooooh!), and seems to have his interests all over the place. I imagine he shall be in the next book too, and I can't wait!
Now I have to mention a very special character that appears in this book… Annabeth (from Percy Jackson)! She is Magnus' cousin, and the book ends with them (hopefully) going off to discover they are both children of a god. It looks like we may see a little more from her in the future.
To read or not to read: Read. This. Book. Is. Amazing. I loved this book, even more so than Percy Jackson. I recommend it for anyone who is a fan of fantasy and mythology. Its humour makes it an enjoyable read, without taking away from the story.


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Diabetes mellitus is subdevided into insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or type I diabetes and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or type II diabetes. The former one is an autoimmune disease, in which the destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans results in a deficiency of insulin.
This is in contrast to the defect in type II diabetes mellitus, in which resistance of target organs to the effects of insulin is present. Seen almost entirely in individuals under the age of 30 years, it has a peak age of onset between 10 and 14 years. It occurs predominantly in whites and has a prevalence of approximately 0.25% in both the USA and Europe (other data: 0,2%). The incidence of this disorder has increased slightly over the past 50 years.


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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Very Merry Tiffany
If you know me (or this blog) then you know that I love Tiffany's, the smell of jewelry in the morning, and the iconic idea of having breakfast at Tiffany & Co. Yesterday morning I received my first blue bag, box, and pouch ever. I opened it up to find a Tiffany ornament and a lovely mixed-media Christmas tag from the fabulous Linda Trenholm. Words can't really express the excitement of opening up such a gift. It's interesting how in some cases, the packaging really does speak louder than words. Thank you Linda for giving my heart a flutter and making my Monday morning. Hope everyone has a good week and remembers to wrap those packages with care : )
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Bill de Blasio was late. This time it wasn't his fault. State legislators lined up to shake hands and pose for photos with New York's newest political star before allowing De Blasio to start his testimony. Then they wanted to share his televised spotlight, quizzing the mayor about his pre-K tax-the-rich plans until his appearance before Albany's budget committees stretched nearly two and a half hours. Finally De Blasio was sent off, to a waiting pack of reporters, with a teasing farewell from Denny Farrell, the rascally octogenarian Democratic assemblyman.
There's a whole bunch of people waiting for you, Farrell said with a sly chuckle.
Are they friendly people? De Blasio replied with a goofy heh heh heh.
In mid-December, in Washington, a group of fellow mayors-elect had let De Blasio take the lead in speaking to the press after a White House meeting with President Barack Obama. Now, in Albany, the mayor's next meeting was an additionalif far more complicatedratification of his soaring political stature. Governor Andrew Cuomo, instead of letting De Blasio come and go from his home turf without comment, had suddenly scheduled a joint press conference, ostensibly to advertise their common desire to save Brooklyn hospitals. The mayor, when he spoke, was careful to defer to the governor. But as the two sat elbow to elbow, grinning and backslapping with sincere affection, it was easy to wonder just whose show this really was.
In some ways it's wildly out of proportion: By virtue of running and winning as the left-most candidate in a Democratic primary in a overwhelmingly Democratic city, Bill de Blasio has become a national figure. But politics is as much hype and art as it is science. And so De Blasio is now a beacon to liberals across the country. Which is why his local skirmish with Cuomo is about much more than how to fund prekindergarten expansion. It's about competing visions of the Democratic Party, and it's a foreshadowing of a tension that could shape the 2016 presidential primaries.
Some of the De Blasio effect is standard political flattery, the kind of thing that happens whenever a candidate wins an upset on a big stage. In New Orleans, two challengers to incumbent Mitch Landrieu peddled a tale of two cities (they lost anyway). Seattle's new mayor, Ed Murray, is assembling an income inequality committee and pushing for a $15 minimum wage. The Newark City Council just passed a bill mandating paid sick leave; similar legislation is gaining ground in California, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Oregon, and Vermont. De Blasio fellow travelers are even turning up in red states: Republican governors in Alabama, Indiana, and New Mexico, in their 2014 State of the State speeches, trumpeted initiatives to spend more money on prekindergarten.
Were they all inspired by De Blasio? No. And De Blasio himself is as much egg as he is chicken, cannily capitalizing on a trend whose roots are in the 2008 financial meltdown, Occupy Wall Street, and the rise of Elizabeth Warren. Something was already happening out there. The question, especially for national Democrats, is how wide and deep the shift is and will be. Certainly the left is investing great hope in its new hero. Bill de Blasio is now seen as the flagship for a potential urban-policy enlightenment, says Adam Green, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, the million-member group that was a key early fund-raiser for Warren. If he is successful at making New York benefit everyday, working-class people, that could have huge ripple effects, very quickly, across the nation.
A significant indicator will come this fall, as Democrats try to hold on to their U.S. Senate majority. John Del Cecato, the De Blasio media strategist who crafted the famous Dante ad, is working on one of the more intriguing races, and his candidate is another populist from BrooklynBrooklyn, Iowa. Bruce Braley, currently a Democratic congressman, is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Tom Harkin, and the race will turn on Iowa-centric issues. But Braley will provide an interesting test of how progressive themes play in the heartland.
Top national Democrats dismiss the idea that De Blasio's priorities are now driving the political agenda. We're still focused on economic fairness and opportunity for the middle class, one strategist says. The executive director of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, Guy Cecil, points out that every contest has its own dynamics, and that the specifics of De Blasio's playbook aren't readily transferable. In most of our races, it's not necessarily about creating balance by raising taxes in the way that De Blasio is doing it, Cecil says. The prescription for the problem isn't the same. Instead, he stresses traditional Democratic political talismans like preserving Medicare and Social Security. Yet Cecil says that De Blasio's message is very much in sync with what's happening nationally. I do think, overall, there is a common theme about people who are at or near the poverty line, and those who are squarely in the middle class, are getting the raw end of the deal, Cecil says. Where De Blasio harped on affordable housing, he says, Senate candidates are highlighting pocketbook issues like college loans that resonate with target constituencies, like Latino voters. I don't know that an election in New York City is having any impact on this conversation, as much as it might be reflecting where the larger country is, Cecil says, which is that we are seeing the stock market rise, and we're seeing business starting to grow, and GDP starting to improveand at the same time there are a lot of Americans who in their daily lives are not seeing the benefit.


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Instructor of Art - Drawing
Job description
Modesto Junior College
Instructor of Art - Drawing
Tenure Track Position
Salary: Placement on the Yosemite Community College District salary schedule dependent upon education and experience. 2015-2016 Salary Schedule – $55,384 to $103,694 per year, plus an annual $2,374 stipend for an earned doctorate. New personnel limited to a maximum tenth step initial placement based on previous experience – maximum equals $80,856.
Deadline: 03/15/2018
Complete job description and application available online at: https://yosemite.peopleadmin.com/postings/3277
Required Quals Summary
Determined by California State Chancellors Office. Click link below for discipline applicable Minimum Qualifications:
Master's in fine arts, art, or art history
Bachelor's in any of the above
Master's in humanities
OR the equivalent.
(NOTE: ''Master's in fine arts" as used here refers to any master's degree in the subject matter of fine arts, which is defined to include visual studio arts such as drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking,
ceramics, textiles, and metal and jewelry art; and also art education and art therapy. It does not refer to the "Master of Fine Arts" (MFA) degree when that degree is based on specialization in performing arts or dance,
film, video, photography, creative writing or other non-plastic arts.)
The District has adopted an equivalency procedure that enables consideration of applications by individuals who may not directly meet the qualifications listed above. If the applicant does not directly meet for minimum qualifications, the equivalency form must be included with application. For more information on equivalency, access the link below: https://www.yosemite.edu/recruitment/equivalency_policy_and_procedures.
• All Applicants must provide a PDF consisting of (15) images documenting their recent work in drawing. This PDF should be uploaded to the application "Required Documents" area.
Knowledge of and ability to appraise the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students. Sensitivity to the needs, problems and challenges associated with the diversity of the community college student population.
Job Description Summary
All full-time faculty are expected to participate actively in their disciplines, department activities, and the general intellectual life and governance of the college. Part of the teaching assignment may be online, in the evening, and/or on Saturdays. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Teaching lower division college courses in Art including Basic Drawing 1 and intermediate drawing courses.
• Oversee operation of drawing studios including purchasing equipment, and supplies, coordinating with division office for facility maintenance.
• Advancing equitable student learning through dedicated, exemplary instruction in accordance with established course outlines.
• Informing students of course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements.
• Preparing and grading class assignments and examinations and informing students of their academic progress.
• Maintaining attendance, scholastic, and other records and submitting them according to published policies and deadlines.
• Attending department, division, and college-wide meetings on a regular basis.
• Posting and holding sufficient and regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy.
• Developing, implementing, and assessing student-learning outcomes for courses and programs and using the results for improvement.
• Collaborating in the development and revision of curriculum and in program review.
• Engaging in department program improvement initiatives.
• Participating in department, division, and college committees.
• Participating in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide, especially in connection to statewide initiatives.
• Engaging in data inquiry and self-assessment to develop strategies for student success, persistence, and equity.
• Maintaining current knowledge in the subject matter area and effective teaching/learning strategies.
• Maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics.
• Engaging in the college's participatory governance processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
• Candidates holding an M.F.A. in a studio arts area are preferred.
• Education and/or experience in teaching art courses including Basic Drawing, Intermediate Drawing, Figure Drawing, and Painting at the community college level.
• Current knowledge of history and trends in art.
• Current understanding of assessment processes for improving student success at the course, program, and degree level.
• Competent in new pedagogies, such as accelerated learning, supplemental instruction, on-line or hybrid teaching, and other pedagogies directed at improving student success and student equity.
• Experience in exhibiting work, publishing, curating or other related activities.
• Experience in, and enthusiasm for, exhibiting student work in a variety of venues.
• Willingness and ability to attract students to the Art program.
Desirable Characteristics
• Ability to develop curriculum or services that stress innovation and improve student equity.
• Enthusiasm for the learning process.
• Commitment to supportive relationships with students and colleagues.
• Commitment to supportive relationships with students and colleagues.
• Capable of instructing using teaching methods that accommodate various student-learning styles.
• Participate in professional growth and remain current in subject area and major state initiatives.
• Ability to operate effectively in an environment of change and ambiguity.
• Vision and energy to plan and organize programs to enhance student success.
• Willingness to participate effectively in shared governance and to work collaboratively.
• Personal qualifications such as effective interpersonal communication skills, participation in community affairs, ability to conduct effective public presentations.
• Experience operating an art gallery including installing, and presenting shows.
• Willingness to work with students in creative endeavors both on campus and in the community including outreach efforts.
YCCD is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.


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Implementing an Abuse/Molestation Risk Management Program for Sports Organizations
(For administrators only) Video link
By John M. Sadler
This training content is directed towards directors, officers, and other administrators of sports organizations who are interested in implementing an effective abuse/molestation risk management program with the least amount of effort and expense.
Sexual abuse and molestation is a huge problem in both youth sports organizations and their General Liability insurance carriers. Almost every community has had instances where child sexual predators have been arrested and successfully prosecuted. The victims often file civil lawsuits against sports organizations and their directors and officers for failure to screen out staff with a past criminal background. Even worse, the administrators, such as directors and officers, may have personal liability, which means that their personal assets are on the chopping block.
Many of our insurance clients want to jump right in and start running criminal background checks on their staff. However, they don't realize that they're setting themselves up for potential lawsuits if they don't first establish the administrative rules and procedures that they're going to follow.
Many also make the mistake of thinking that running background checks is all they need to do to protect their youth. This is a fallacy because it's thought that most child predators don't have a criminal background in the first place. Therefore, you need to take additional steps to protect your youth against the predators who don't have a criminal background.
Throughout the training we've provided links to all the sample forms, articles and instruction videos. You can find them all on the risk management page of our website.
The term staff refers either your employee or volunteer workers including coaches, managers, umpires, referees, concession workers, field maintenance workers, and so forth. Administrators refers to directors, officers, or other personnel who plan, manage, and supervise your overall operations.
5-Step Strategy for Dealing with Abuse/Molestation
- Set up administrative procedures and run background checks: The minimum level of due diligence required by case law and possibly your general liability insurance carrier is to set up your administrative procedures and run background checks on all staff with repeated access to youth.
- Provide awareness training for administrators and staff: Offer training for your administrators and staff on identifying the various types of abuse and molestation and the tactics that are used by child predators.
- Provide awareness training for parents/guardians: See our parent guide.
- Implement policies and procedures to make an incident less likely: For example, prohibit a single adult from being alone with a single, unrelated child.
- Respond to incidents and policy violations of your policies and rules.
Setting Up Administrative Procedures and Running Background Checks
Before running your first criminal background check you'll need to develop your administrative procedures in order to avoid problems and potential liability. You'll want to appoint a "conduct official" who will be responsible for all staff screening to help assure that confidentiality of information is maintained. Release of confidential information can result in a slander lawsuit.
You also need to make sure that you have written disqualification criteria. Our sample child abuse/molestation risk management program includes suggested disqualification criteria for your consideration. This is critical because it will protect against a disqualified staff member filing a lawsuit claiming that they were treated differently than another staff member with a criminal background who was not disqualified.
You'll also need to have a volunteer application form where the applicant grants permission for the criminal background check to be run. Because the law is constantly changing with regard to the types of questions that are legal on application forms, we recommend that you use the form that has been approved by your criminal background check vendor.
It is also essential that your background check vendor assists you in interpreting the adverse results against your disqualification criteria and provides assistance in compliance with Fair Credit Reporting Act and First Offender Act and similar state laws protecting the rights of applicants.
In addition, you should have a written process to handle appeals. Our sample Child Abuse/Molestation Risk Management Program or a similar program may be used to document your administrative policies and procedures.
Case law in most states has established that sports organizations must run background checks on all staff who have access to youth and must disqualify those who may be unfit. The simplest and least expensive way to run a background check is by accessing your state's sexual offender registry on the Internet. This should be supplemented by running a national sexual offender registry check through the National Sex Offender Public Website. The advantages to this approach are that access is free in most states, running the check does not require the permission of the staff member, the results are immediate, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act and related administrative burdens don't apply. However, the disadvantages are that the registry only reveals sex crimes but not other criminal offenses, there is no social security number verification to detect the use of an alias, and the websites may not be frequently updated. We don't recommend this approach as it is not thorough enough.
The better way to protect all parties is to run a criminal background check through a third party vendor. Unlike a sexual offender registry check, a criminal background check will reveal all crimes that a sports organization may want to take into account in the disqualification process.
The costs of a criminal background check can range from $2.00 to $30.00 or even higher depending on the quality of the background check and the services offered by the vendor. Criminal background checks usually include a social security or similar verification to protect against the use of an alias and can cover databases in all states. The more thorough ones include single county courthouse checks by a researcher who visits the courthouse. The disadvantages are that permission must be obtained from the staff member prior to running the check and there can be administrative burdens such as complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act before an adverse action is taken against a staff member. Even though running criminal background checks through third party vendors can create liability if not administered properly, the liability for failure to run criminal background checks is far greater.
We have the following excellent resources in our risk management library that can help in the selection of a criminal background check vendor:
- Types of Criminal Background Checks
- Criminal Background Check Vendors
- Does Your Criminal Background Check Provider Measure Up?
Awareness Training for Administrators/Staff and Parents
You should provide awareness training to all administrators and staff. We provide Child AbuseMolestation Awareness Training for Sports Organizations. This training keys in on the various definitions of abuse and molestation, the warning signs, common grooming tactics of sexual predators, policies and procedures that can make an incident less likely to occur, such as a buddy system and prohibiting overnight sleepovers, as well as how to respond to a suspected incident . Once your administrators and staff are aware of the strategies, it's much easier for them to identify those who are engaging in questionable behavior and to create a hostile environment that will run the predators out of your program.
You should also provide awareness training for parents by requiring them to view the Parents' Guide To Child Abuse/Molestation Risk Management Program. This training explains the definitions and examples of abuse/molestation, policies and procedures that can make an incident less likely to occur, what to do in the event of an allegation, and the importance of background checks. Parental vigilance is of critical importance in the entire process. The training content on this web page can be customized on a separate document to meet the needs of a particular sports organization.
Policies And Procedures to Make an Incident Less Likely to Occur
- Adopt a statement that all forms of physical, mental, verbal, and sexual abuse of any sports program participant are prohibited.
- A staff member should never be alone with a single, unrelated child where they can't be observed by others.
- A buddy system should be used where two adults are required to be present at all activities.
- Staff should avoid inappropriate touch of a child. Touches should be limited to head and shoulders when appropriate unless otherwise required to supervise or demonstrate a sport specific technique or training exercise.
- Staff should avoid socialization with participants outside of official activities.
- Communications involving profanity, vulgarity, or sexual content should be prohibited.
- Specific start and end times for practice should be communicated along with a no tolerance policy for late pick-ups by parents.
- The distribution of personal information should be limited so that predators will be denied the vital information that would assist in tracking the location of a child or in starting a conversation. Examples of personal information, in addition to the name of the child, would be address, phone, and email. You should limit the distribution of this personal information to those in the organization on a need-to-know basis. You should also limit the distribution of rosters and avoid posting this information on websites that are not password protected. Many organizations also prohibit the printing of athlete names on uniforms.
- Prohibit athlete-on-athlete hazing and initiation rituals.
- All administrators and staff should be required to report all suspected cases of abuse or molestation to law enforcement.
Dealing With Incidents And Policy Violations
Instruct all administrators, staff and parents to report all concerns, complaints, allegations, and policy violations to the conduct official. If the conduct official is the alleged abuser, the report should be made to the organization's president. The conduct official should immediately perform an investigation with the results brought to the attention of the board of directors. The investigation should include a gathering of all pertinent facts in a fair, respectful, and confidential manner including an interview with both the accuser and accused.
After the investigation, the conduct official should determine if the alleged acts were appropriate but unappreciated; inappropriate but not illegal, or illegal. If the conduct official has reasonable cause to believe that abuse has occurred, law enforcement must be notified immediately. At that point, the conduct official must immediately cease investigation and let law enforcement do its job. The suspected staff member should be suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. The conduct official and other staff members may be required by state law to report suspected cases of child abuse/molestation and may have criminal and civil liability for failure to do so. All persons reporting suspected cases will be given immunity from civil lawsuits if acting in good faith.
Short of an illegal act, the board must decide the appropriate action and can perform additional follow-up investigation. Depending on the nature of the act, the board may decide to give an oral or written reprimand, suspend, or terminate the staff member. It's important to note that employees have more rights than volunteers under the law and you should consult with your attorney before taking action against an employee.
Our website provides all of the tools that you need to get started and to complete the project including a sample abuse/molestation risk management program, an awareness training program, articles on the pros and cons of the different types of background checks, and suggested background check vendors.
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Fantasy Football Out on a Limb 2009, Volume 17
Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!
Before we get started, check out my Week 17 NFL picks.
Time for another edition of Fantasy Football Out on a Limb. I scour the rosters to select a player who I feel will outperform a higher profile player in that given week. I base my decisions on matchups, how the players are trending, and the ever-important hunch. To mix things up I'll occasionally do some two on one matchups or even pit RB or WR duos against each other. Sometimes I'll spot a player some points.
6 points for rushing or receiving TD
4 points for a passing TD
0.1 points per yard for rushing or receiving
0.05 points per passing yard.
Last Week
Alex Smith over Peyton Manning: Winner Smith 15.2, Peyton 9.6
Beanie Wells over LaDainian Tomlinson: Loser Beanie15.3, LT 18.3
Ryan Grant over Steven Jackson: Incomplete Grant 21.7, S-Jax DNP
Chad Ochocino over Brandon Marshall +2: Ocho 8.9, Marshall (actual +2) 6.2 (4.2 actual +2)
Jermichael Finley over Brent Celek: Loser Finley 8.0, Celek18.1
SS: Jason Snelling over Jamaal Charles: Loser Snelling 7.4, Charles 12.4
Regular Picks: 2-2
Super Stretch Picks: 0-1
Overall: 2-3
Season Record
Regular Picks: 37-39-1
Super Stretch Picks: 6-12
Overall: 43-51-1
Week 17 Picks
Jay Cutler over Tony Romo
Cutler is coming off a big game against the Vikings. He should dominate the Lions and actually make a run at evening his TD to INT ratio. Philadelphia will wake up the echoes of Romo's December struggles.
Knowshon Moreno vs. Thomas Jones
I'm going with the Rookie over the veteran in this Week 17 match-up. Moreno faces Kansas City's 31st ranked run defense (161.3 yards per game). Thomas Jones faces Cincinnati's 2nd ranked run defense (87.7 ypg). The Bengals have allowed half as many rushing TDs as well.
Matt Forte over Ricky Williams
It's been a forgettable year for Matt Forte as he saw a significant drop in his production. Ricky Williams was the exact opposite. This week though, it will look more like everybody anticipated from these two. Forte should destroy the Lions' 24th ranked run defense (125.7 ypg) while Ricky should struggle against the Steelers' 3rd ranked run defense (89.3 ypg). Pittsburgh has allowed 12 fewer rushing TDs.
Nate Washington over Chad Ochocinco
Washington takes on Seattle, who has allowed 27 passing TDs on the year. Washington is a good bet to burn them deep. Meanwhile Ochocinco has to lock horns with Darrelle Revis, who has been shutting WRs down all year.
Steve Breaston over Miles Austin
Breaston faces Green Bay, who despite ranking 12th with 220.7 passing yards per game, have allowed 28 passing TDs. That ranks them 29th in the league in that category. The Eagles held Austin to just one catch the last time they played. I'm expecting Romo to struggle so why not hitch my cart to that prediction.
Jason Snelling over Beanie Wells and Tim Hightower (individually)
I suspect that Michael Turner will be out again this week, which means Snelling would get the bulk of the work. He takes on Tampa Bay, who ranks 30th against the run (156.5 ypg) with 16 rushing TDs allowed. Beanie and Hightower are both capable of putting up solid games, though they will likely struggle against Green Bay's #1 run defense (85.7 ypg, 5 TDs).


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Calcite (Honey) Sphere
A beautiful Honey Calcite Sphere from China
Diameter: 6.8cm (2.7in)
Weight: 453g
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Chakras – All
An excellent stone for removing blocks, helping one to overcome fear of taking action, and overcoming any limiting beliefs in scarcity. Honey Calcite encourages one to be positive about one's ability to change one's life.


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Come Saturday 21 March 2015, I'll be in Narrabri in North-Eastern NSW to keep the good folks of Nosh on the Namoi company. But before Saturday's festivities, on Friday 20 March I'll be out and about visiting the local schools like I did last year. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the ... Read More »
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This is the year that counts.
Last May the TriBeCa Film Festival was new. After the trauma of Sept. 11, the festival was an attempt to rejuvenate Lower Manhattan, and was therefore a heartening sell. It had the glamour of the actor Robert De Niro behind it and the financial backing of American Express.
The festival, which opens tonight, still has those advantages. It continues to attract films from major studios like Fox, Warner Brothers and Paramount. But this year the festival must also prove itself to be an institution with staying power. To do so, some in the film industry say it needs to carve out a clear identity, distinct from festivals like Sundance and Toronto, where movie professionals network and peddle their films.
New York already has an abundance of film festivals -- the New Directors/New Films series, the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, the New York International Documentary Festival, the Brooklyn International Film Festival, the New York International Children's Film Festival, the New York City Independent Horror Film Festival.
Inevitably, the TriBeCa festival's main rival is considered to be the New York Film Festival, a prestigious event that presents public screenings of about 25 films by established and up-and-coming directors each autumn.
''They really have to decide what it is they're going to do,'' said Richard Peña, program director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which produces the New York Film Festival. ''The first year, they traded on Downtown a lot. Will that be enough of a reason to come back? I hope so, but it will be a test.''Continue reading the main story
Last year, the TriBeCa festival was assembled in 120 days by Mr. De Niro and the producer Jane Rosenthal, who created the TriBeCa Productions film development company in 1988, and Craig M. Hatkoff, a former Wall Street executive who is married to Ms. Rosenthal. The first festival screened 150 films during five days and drew 150,000 people. It also presented the premieres of some Hollywood films, including ''Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones.''
This year the festival is bigger and longer. It includes two festivals with several special events, all lasting 10 days and spread across Lower Manhattan. The main festival offers more than 200 films, as well as panel discussions and filmmaker appearances. The family festival has been expanded to two weekends from one.
There are also many films in competition, from shorts like ''Live From Shiva's Dance Floor,'' directed by Richard Linklater, about Lower Manhattan after the terrorist attacks, to documentaries like ''Sumo East and West,'' directed by Ferne Pearlstein, about the insular Japanese tradition of sumo wrestling.
The schedule, available online at www.tribecafilmfestival.org, includes a wide range of films from all over the world. The festival's broader reach this year is a testament to the work of the new executive director, Peter Scarlet. He ran the San Francisco International Film Festival for 19 years and traveled extensively last year to find films to screen in TriBeCa.
Mr. Scarlet tried to include New York and United States premieres. As an example, he cited his choice of two films from Afghanistan that have never been seen in the West. ''The breadth of the program and its eclecticism, I hope, will be exciting and revivifying,'' he said.
He also tried to make amends to New York filmmakers, many of whom felt slighted last year, by including their work. Bill Brand, a TriBeCa-based filmmaker, criticized the festival last year as overly Hollywood. He has a film in the festival this year called ''I'm a Pilot Like You.''
''They're going so far out of their way to relate to the community and to be broad-minded that it's really hard to be the neighborhood curmudgeon,'' Mr. Brand said.
The festival's executives say it is too early for the event to define itself. They dismiss questions about what distinguishes the TriBeCa Film Festival from its older siblings. ''We're still trying to figure out what we are,'' Ms. Rosenthal said. ''It's like asking a child at 2, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' ''
At the moment, the festival appears to be a professionally ambitious event for people in the film industry as well as a populist gathering for casual moviegoers. ''We're a bit schizophrenic because we do want to be perceived as a serious film festival,'' Ms. Rosenthal said. ''But it is also about having an online vote for the best love story ever filmed in New York.''
Mr. Scarlet says he is making a special effort to lure ordinary filmgoers. ''There are too many cookie-cutter festivals,'' he said. ''I wanted this one to be something that reached out beyond people who go to festivals, reached out beyond film buffs, made some effort to connect what is so powerful about movies to a broader audience.''
Despite the multitude of festivals already in New York, the TriBeCa organizers say there is room for one more. ''I've wanted to create this sort of event in TriBeCa for more than a decade,'' Mr. De Niro said at a City Hall news conference announcing this year's festival. ''To have finally done it makes me incredibly proud. This neighborhood is my home, I'm committed to it and that's what this festival is all about.''
Over time it may become increasingly important for the TriBeCa Film Festival to have a raison d'être beyond its location. For now, however, Ms. Rosenthal said, Downtown is enough: ''The reason we started the film festival was really to help the economic redevelopment of Lower Manhattan very specifically, to help give our neighborhood a new memory.''
Last year's festival brought more than $10 million into the area, a spokesman for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said.
''It was really about making sure the hardware store, the pizza man -- everyone -- could get over this hump,'' Ms. Rosenthal said.
Because the city's economy is still weak, she said, building local businesses remains the festival's main motive. Filmgoers attending screenings at TriBeCa theaters are more likely to shop and dine in the neighborhood.
''What we're trying to do is to get the moviegoing public into the community,'' she said.
Given some of this year's events, attention is likely to be paid. There will be a 1950's-style simulated drive-in -- without the driving -- on Pier 25 in Hudson River Park, for example, where 3,000 people can sit on benches to watch an oversize screen. The free three-day event, which requires tickets, will display vintage cars of the era and introduce the new convertibles of its sponsor, General Motors.
The first drive-in screening, on Thursday, is ''When Harry Met Sally . . . ,'' which won the festival's online contest for the most romantic film set in New York City. On May 9 the drive-in will show ''Diner,'' starring Kevin Bacon, Mickey Rourke and Daniel Stern, with Mr. Bacon and the director Barry Levinson expected to attend. It will end on May 10 with a sing-along for the movie ''Grease.''
The main festival opens on Tuesday with the premiere of ''Down With Love,'' a romantic comedy starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor that has good pre-festival buzz. On May 10, ''The In-Laws,'' starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks, will have its premiere. The festival closes on May 11 with the New York premiere of ''The Italian Job,'' about a heist in Venice, starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron and Edward Norton.
This year's family festival opens tonight and includes the premiere of the latest ''Pokémon'' movie, ''Pokémon Heroes,'' as well as a street fair and workshops.
Among the actors, directors and writers scheduled to participate in panel discussions are Nathan Lane, Helen Hunt, Paul Rudd, Patricia Clarkson, Kenneth Lonergan and the ''South Park'' creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
In a disturbing development that brought additional attention to the event, Lyric Benson, the actress featured in an American Express advertisement for the festival, was shot by her ex-fiancé and then died a day later, on April 25. American Express has pulled the print advertisements but is leaving the billboards up, in keeping with her family's wishes.
Prada is collaborating with the festival and will be the host of several screenings and conversations with filmmakers at its SoHo store and at the TriBeCa Performing Arts Center. There will also be an MTV concert -- which this year includes VH1 and Infinity Broadcasting -- featuring Norah Jones and the rap artists Roots.
''I think in your sophomore endeavors, no matter what they are, you've got a lot to learn,'' Ms. Rosenthal said. ''You've got a lot of mistakes to correct from the year before, you've got to try not to be too cocky. You have to grow, but not too fast.''
The Time in TriBeCa: Film O'Clock
The 2003 TriBeCa Film Festival, with more than 200 new and vintage features, documentaries and short films, as well as panel discussions and workshops, will run from Tuesday through May 11 at various locations in TriBeCa. A family festival, with screenings, workshops and other special events, opens tonight with ''The Lizzie McGuire Movie.'' There will also be a street fair on May 10 from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. on Greenwich Street between Duane and Hubert Streets. A free drive-in movie site on Pier 25, at the Hudson River and North Moore Street, will show films from Thursday through May 10 at 8 p.m.; tickets are free and will be available beginning Tuesday at the TriBeCa Film Festival office, 387 Greenwich Street, and at J&R Music on Park Row two days before each screening. On May 9 a free concert with Norah Jones and the Roots, along with other performers, is to take place in Battery Park at 7 p.m.; tickets are required and can be obtained free by calling (212) 846-2596. Screening locations are the United Artists Battery Park Theaters at Embassy Suites, 102 North End Avenue, at Vesey Street; TriBeCa Performing Arts Center, Bureau of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street; Schimmel Center for the Arts, Pace University, 3 Spruce Street, between Park Row and Gold Street; the Screening Room, 54 Varick Street at Canal Street; Prada SoHo, 575 Broadway, at Prince Street; TriBeCa Grand, 2 Avenue of the Americas, at White Street; and Integrated Studios, 449 Washington Street, at Desbrosses Street. Screening tickets are $10; $7 for students; $8 for those living south of Canal Street. Special events like panel discussions range from $12 to $30. A Black Filmmakers Foundation Program will feature nine American films at the United Artists Battery Park Theaters: ''Boomerang,'' ''Boyz N the Hood,'' ''Do the Right Thing,'' ''Eve's Bayou,'' ''Hollywood Shuffle,'' ''House Party,'' ''Menace II Society,'' ''New Jack City'' and ''She's Gotta Have It.'' Festival information is available at (866) 265-8499 or (866) 941-3378; www.tribecafilmfestival.org. A list of some highlights (foreign films are noted by country):
''THE LIZZIE McGUIRE MOVIE'' (2003), directed by Jim Fall. UA Battery Park, 7 and 7:30 p.m.
''SHAOLIN SOCCER'' (Hong Kong, 2002), directed by Stephen Chow, UA Battery Park, 12:45 p.m. Also May 9 at 10 p.m. and May 10 at 2 p.m., same location.
''DADDY DAY CARE'' (2003), directed by Steve Carr, UA Battery Park, 2:30 p.m.
''POKÉMON HEROES'' (Japan, 2003), directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, UA Battery Park, 12:15 p.m. Also May 11 at 1 p.m., same location.
''DO THE RIGHT THING'' (1989), directed by Spike Lee, UA Battery Park, 9 p.m.
''DOWN WITH LOVE'' (2003), directed by Peyton Reed, TriBeCa Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m.; by invitation only.
''SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT'' (1986), directed by Spike Lee, UA Battery Park, 6:30 p.m.
''BALLROOM'' (France, 2002), directed by Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic and Xavier Brillat, UA Battery Park, 6 p.m. Also May 10 at 10 a.m. at Screening Room 2.
''GIRLHOOD'' (2002), directed by Liz Garbus, UA Battery Park, 9 p.m. Also May 9 at 1 p.m., same location.
''HEAVEN'S PATH'' (Iran, 2002), directed by Mahmoud Behraznia , UA Battery Park, 7:30 p.m. Also May 10 at 2 p.m. at Screening Room 1.
''I'M A PILOT LIKE YOU'' (2000), directed by Bill Brand and Ruth Hardinger, Screening Room 2, 9:30 p.m. Also Thursday at 4:30 p.m., same location.
''MC 5: A TRUE TESTIMONIAL'' (2002), directed by David C. Thomas, UA Battery Park, 10:45 p.m. Also May 9 at 3:45 p.m., same location.
''NILOFAR IN THE RAIN'' (Afghanistan/France, 2003), directed by Homayoun Karimpour, UA Battery Park, 10:15 p.m. Also May 9 at 4 p.m. at the TriBeCa Performing Arts Center.
''STEP INTO LIQUID'' (2003), directed by Dana Brown, UA Battery Park, 9 p.m. Also Thursday at 8 p.m. at Prada SoHo and May 9 at 10:30 p.m. at UA Battery Park.
''SUMO EAST AND WEST,'' (2003), directed by Ferne Pearlstein, UA Battery Park, 3:30 p.m. Also May 9 at 7 p.m.
''THIS SO-CALLED DISASTER'' (2003), directed by Michael Almereyda, UA Battery Park, 7:30 p.m. Also May 10 at 10 p.m., same location.
''A NORMAL LIFE'' (United States/Kosovo, 2003), directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Hugo Berkeley, UA Battery Park, 6:15 p.m. Also May 11 at 1 p.m., same location.
''BOOKSTORE'' (Tunisia, 2002), directed by Nawfel Sahed-Ettaba, UA Battery Park, 1:45 p.m. Also May 11 at 2:30 p.m. at Screening Room 1.
''CARLO GIULIANI, A BOY'' (Italy, 2002), directed by Francesca Comencini, UA Battery Park, 4 p.m. Also May 9 at 9:30 p.m., same location.
''CHINESE COFFEE'' (2002), directed by Al Pacino, TriBeCa Performing Arts Center, 6 p.m. ''An Evening of 'Chinese Coffee' and Conversation With Al Pacino.''
''GHOSTLIGHT'' (2002), directed by Christopher Herrmann, UA Battery Park, 6:30 p.m. Also May 9 at 8:15 p.m. and May 11 at 11 a.m., same location; and May 10 at 8 p.m., Prada SoHo.
''HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE'' (1987), directed by Robert Townsend, UA Battery Park, 4:30 p.m.
''HOUSE PARTY'' (1990), directed by Reginald Hudlin, UA Battery Park, 10:45 p.m.
''LIVE FROM SHIVA'S DANCE FLOOR'' (2002), directed by Richard Linklater, Screening Room 2, 12:30 p.m. Also May 9 at 3 p.m., same location.
''MENACE II SOCIETY'' (1993), directed by Allen and Albert Hughes, UA Battery Park, 10:15 p.m.
''PREY FOR ROCK 'N' ROLL'' (2003), directed by Alex Steyermark, UA Battery Park, midnight. Also May 9 at 11 p.m., same location.
''WHEN HARRY MET SALLY . . . '' (1989), directed by Rob Reiner, Pier 25, 8 p.m. Voted most romantic film in the competition ''In Love, In New York.''
''WOMEN'S PRISON'' (Iran, 2002), directed by Manijeh Hekmat, UA Battery Park, 7:45 p.m. Also May 11 at 4 p.m., same location.
May 9
''A BOY'S LIFE'' (2002), directed by Rory Kennedy, UA Battery Park, 8 p.m. Also May 10 at 3:30 p.m., same location.
''BOYZ N THE HOOD'' (1991), directed by John Singleton, UA Battery Park, 9:45 p.m.
''BOOMERANG'' (1992), directed by Reginald Hudlin, UA Battery Park, 10:30 p.m.
''THE CEDAR BAR'' (United States, 2002), directed by Alfred Leslie, TriBeCa Grand, 1 p.m. Also May 10 at 9:30 p.m. at Screening Room 2.
''DINER'' (1982), directed by Barry Levinson, who will introduce the film, Pier 25, 8 p.m.
''EVE'S BAYOU'' (1997), directed by Kasi Lemmons, UA Battery Park, 6:15 p.m.
''FIRE DANCER'' (Afghanistan/United States, 2002), directed by Jawed Wassel, UA Battery Park, 7 p.m. Also May 11 at 9:30 a.m.
''KEEPING TIME: THE LIFE, MUSIC AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF MILT HINTON'' (2002), directed by David G. Berger, Holly Maxson and Kate Hirson, UA Battery Park, 9 p.m. Also May 11 at 4 p.m. at Integrated Studios.
''KILL THE POOR'' (2002), by Alan Taylor, UA Battery Park, 9:30 p.m. Also May 10 at 1 p.m. and May 11 at 12:30 p.m., same location.
''NEW JACK CITY'' (1991), directed by Mario Van Peebles, UA Battery Park, 11 p.m.
''THE SPANISH APARTMENT'' (France, 2002), directed by Cédric Klapisch, UA Battery Park, 6:30 p.m. Also May 11 at 12:15 p.m., same location.
May 10
''AILEEN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER'' (Britain, 2003), directed by Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill, UA Battery Park, 8:30 p.m. Also May 11 at 1 p.m., same location.
''DIRTY PRETTY FRIENDS'' (Britain, 2002), directed by Stephen Frears, UA Battery Park, 7 p.m.
''GREASE'' (1978), directed by Randal Kleiser, Pier 25, 8 p.m.
''LOOKING FOR RICHARD'' (1996), directed by Al Pacino, UA Battery Park, 10 a.m.
''STYLE WARS/STYLE WARS REVISITED'' (1982), directed by Tony Silver, UA Battery Park, 10:30 p.m. Also May 11 at 11:30 a.m., Screening Room 1.
''MONDAYS IN THE SUN'' (Spain/France/Italy, 2002), directed by Fernando Len de Aranoa, Pace University, 6 p.m.
''SWEET SIXTEEN'' (Britain, 2002), directed by Ken Loach, UA Battery Park, 10 p.m. Also May 11, 2:45 p.m., same location.
''THE IN-LAWS'' (2003), directed by Andrew Fleming, TriBeCa Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m. By invitation only.
May 11
''THE ITALIAN JOB'' (2003), directed by F. Gary Gray, TriBeCa Performing Arts Center, 4 p.m.; by invitation only.Continue reading the main story


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I've been in Indonesia for one year now, and I have become pretty good at doing things the "Indonesian way." Indonesian culture can be quite different from American culture so, for the people who don't have a year to figure out how to blend in, here are a few tips on how to act like an Indonesian.
Tag: Ramadan
Idul Fitri
Idul Fitri is the Indonesian name for the Islamic holiday: Eid. Indonesians also frequently refer to Eid as Lebaran. Eid falls on the first day of Shawwal in the Islamic calendar. Shawwal is the month immediately following Ramadan. This holiday is celebrated throughout the Muslim world. Eid festivities and traditions vary by region, but they typically consist of lots of food, praying, reading the Quran, and gatherings of family.
Two years
Ramadan is a torpid affair. Not much happens. For my cohort and me the vacuous schedules of our various schools gives us very little to do for our first month at our permanent site. All this free time is great for picking up new hobbies, exploring the desa, meeting the community, planning for lessons, or considering secondary projects to take on over the next two years. Unfortunately, I have done practically none of these things.
A day of Ramadan
"It seems like Ramadan starts earlier and earlier every year." Well, if it seems that way then it is only because it is true. The Islamic calendar is based on lunar cycles, and one lunar year is about eleven days shorter than its cousin, the solar year. So generally Ramadan occurs eleven days earlier than it did the previous year.


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Goaltending has Wings in prime positionby Brian Compton
What a tandem -- After Dan Cleary and Johan Franzen scored 35 seconds apart in the third period to give Detroit a 4-3 lead over the Anaheim Ducks, the Red Wings put the game in the hands of Chris Osgood.
No problem.
It took a ridiculous glove save on Corey Perry in the final seconds, but Osgood -- who started his second straight game for the first time in almost a month -- and the Wings held on for the nail-biting victory.
''Osgood made a great save there,'' said Cleary, who has eight goals. ''Perry had the game-tying goal in his hands, and that was just a great save.''
One of the many reasons why the Red Wings are one of the League's elite teams and the defending Stanley Cup champs is goaltending. Last season, it was Osgood and Dominik Hasek. This time around, it's Osgood and Ty Conklin. The latter has been splendid for the Wings this season, as he's 15-5-1 with a 2.32 goals-against average and four shutouts, and coach Mike Babcock said he'll play at Los Angeles on Thursday night.
Confidence from the cage out. It's why the Wings are where they are. Anaheim is striving to feel the same way.
''We just found a way to lose,'' Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere said. ''Teams that play with confidence, they find a way to win. I think the Red Wings did that tonight."
'O' baby! -- Alex Ovechkin again made his case that he is the best player in the NHL.
No. 8 scored a pair of goals in the third period, leading the Washington Capitals to a 6-3 win against Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins at Mellon Arena.
Not only did the Caps snap a three-game skid, but Ovechkin -- who now has 29 goals this season -- ended a four-game drought.
''When he gets in a slump and then breaks the slump, he doesn't break it just to break it,'' Washington coach Bruce Boudreau said. ''He gets two or three ... That's what Alex does. He's a real emotional guy and he plays on that passion. And when he gets going, he's pretty hard to stop.''
The Penguins -- who have lost six of seven at home and eight of 10 overall -- found that out the hard way. And not only did Pittsburgh fail to garner any points in the standings, but it also lost Crosby to an undisclosed injury in the third period. His status is unknown.
''Today was very emotional game for us,'' Ovechkin said. ''We lost three in a row and had to go on the road to play against a tough team, and we bounced back.''
The question is, can Pittsburgh bounce back? After a 7-0-1 start to November, the Penguins have dropped 16 of their last 26 games in regulation.
"We can't look in the past and worry about it," Crosby told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review after his team's latest loss. "With the playoff picture, teams are certainly coming together ... We've got to make sure from here on in we're consistent through every game.
"We'll have to use our experience from last year. We've been through a lot together, a lot of the guys in there. It's easy to be a good teammate when things are great, so we'll have a good test here for the group we have. We're confident if we stick together we'll get out of it. We're confident with our chemistry we'll find a way to get things back on track."
How long? -- Though the Chicago Blackhawks got the effort and the result they were hoping for, their 4-1 win against the Buffalo Sabres could prove to be a painful one.
An open-ice hit by Buffalo's Drew Stafford on Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith forced the latter to leave the game. Replays showed that Stafford's elbow made contact with Keith's head -- a hit that will almost certainly be evaluated by League brass.
Keith experienced difficulty getting to his feet after the hit, but may have been dazed and not suffered a more serious injury. Stafford, who has just 10 penalty minutes this season, was remorseful afterwards.
''I hope he's OK. I'm not trying to hurt anybody,'' Stafford said. ''At the same time, you have to keep your head up if you're going to make a play over the blue line like that.''
Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews is hopeful that Keith won't be out an extended period of time.
''As far as I know, he's in good spirits,'' Toews said. ''He's chatting away and is his normal self. I guess we'll wait and see what the doctors say.''
Keep it going, boys -- "We won a game yesterday. We win one today, that's two in a row. We win one tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before." -- Lou Brown
Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson each had a goal and an assist, as the Sens skated away with a 3-2 victory at Philips Arena. Combined with Tuesday's 5-1 home win over Carolina, it marked the first time in more than a month that Ottawa has won back-to-back games.
''The spirits are good,'' Hartsburg said. ''The guys are battling. Our guys showed a lot of character.''
One could make the case that the Senators have had a different feel to them since the arrival of rookie goalie Brian Elliott. The former ninth-round pick made 29 saves on Wednesday night, leading the Sens to just their fifth road win of the season. Elliott is 2-1-0 since arriving on the scene.
''He made some huge saves for us late in the game,'' Hartsburg said. ''I thought he looked a little nervous in the beginning, but he got bigger and bigger in the net as the game went on.''
That's exactly what Elliott needs to continue to do as he attempts to completely wrestle away the No. 1 job in Canada's capital. With the 23-year-old playing well, the Sens have indicated that Martin Gerber will be sent to AHL Binghamton for a two-week conditioning stint.
''I put a lot of pressure on myself,'' Elliott said. ''This is my goal and dream, to play at this level. When you get a shot like this, it doesn't happen this often. You have to make the most of it.''
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Pearl Izumi Champion, Induction Day - Video
You want to launch a new mascara? You get one of those make-up Vloggers, with gazillions of followers, to talk about it on their YouTube channel.
Imagine that but substitute cycling kit for mascara and you're close to what Pearl Izumi are attempting with their 'Champion' programme.
Close, but not quite there.
Because the people Pearl Izumi has chosen to join that team have - and I choke when I say this - inspiring, altruistic motivations for taking part and genuinely interesting stories to tell. If I have a skill it's as a story teller, so that's what I'll be doing in the nine months this team will run. I'll share their stories under the PIChampionTale label. Click that to see them all.
Why am I doing this? Partly because I'm chuffed to be included among such a great group of people who I want to help. But less altruistically, I'm interested in the experts who'll help us.
Our first day, for which we had to travel to Milton Keynes (watch the video below), got off to a roaring start with Tim Lawson who blinded everyone with the science of nutrition. This is the man who started and then sold Science in Sport, started Secret Training (once his 3 year no-compete clause ended), and from whom I learnt so, so, so much about how and what to eat for performance when I was part of the SiS Winter Academy.
I wrote about his advice to me back in December 2012!
Take their Ketone Project. It's a pro and pre-biotic supplement which allows athletes to metabolise fat in races. Big Pharma is trying to grab this as a weight loss treatment. Tim wants it as a sports supplement. He says it really works. Wow. With bells on.
Who else will we meet through this PIChampion connection? As yet I don't know, and that is exactly why this is so exciting.
There's product stuff too. Pearl Izumi is the biggest cycling apparel brand in the world (they tell me). While they grudgingly admit to previously being USA focused, the new UK brand manager Brodie Gardias is changing that. There are some exciting products coming later this year, and I really do mean exciting, that's not marketing hype. Hopefully some will find their way to me in Scotland.
All of this - the experts, the inspiring stories, and the new product stuff - I will share here on my blog and Twitter. I'll be open, honest and slightly sceptical, because after 30 years a journalist I can't be anything else! Stick with me and we'll pick their brains clean...
However, two of the women selected chose not to take part due to the gender-based team colours - blue for boys, pink for girls. It's a very good point made by two quite exceptional cyclists whose posts on our private Facebook group have been great to read. Lucy and Eleanor explain their reasons on their respective blogs.
Oh yes, the video. The rest of us went to Milton Keynes on Saturday for our induction day. I waved around a GoPro session and came back with this video. It's a new YouTube account, so please Subscribe so you don't miss a thing.
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This 4 star hotel is located in the city centre of Copenhagen and was established in 1999. It is close to the Tivoli Garden and the nearest station is Central Station. The Hotel has a restaurant, a bar and a coffee shop. All 400 rooms are equipped with minibar, hairdryer, safe, trouser press, ironing set and air conditioning.


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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Skylanders: Trigger Happy's Dart Blaster
I admit I'm not really up to speed with what Skylanders is (other than a video game that was part of the Spyro the Dragon series and seems to have spawned a bootload of toys since) but I thought this "Trigger Happy's Dart Blaster" they've released does have visual cues from one certain iconic Nerf blaster... :) Cheers JB for the lead!
Trigger Happy's Dart Blaster | Mega Bloks®:
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- AnonymousMarch 19, 2013 at 10:10 AM
Justin bieber? Or am I being stupid...ReplyDelete
any one see a way to prime it? it looks really uglyReplyDelete
I've seen it at Kmart for $14.99. The upper rear portion of the gun pulls back, just like a Maverick, Strongarm, etc. The darts are hidden inside the packaging, so I can't see how they compare in size to Nerf darts.ReplyDelete
It's goofy-looking, but keep in mind that it's not meant for Nerf enthusiasts, but for the Skylanders addicts.
- AnonymousMarch 19, 2013 at 11:33 PM
I watched my little brother play Skylanders a few times, and I always thought that gun resembled a Maverick.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 20, 2013 at 8:03 PM
Was that an Aussie KMart you saw it in? Oh how I want two of those.ReplyDelete
Concerning the "game that spawned a bootload of toys" line.ReplyDelete
You realise that skylanders requires that you buy those toys to place on a Near-Field sensor so that you can play the game as the character on your little toy.
Either way, that blaster says to me, what if Nerf build the maverick in the Bioshock Infinite universe.
Can't see it performing or modding very well lol.


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Paper Roll Mice
Told you I'd be back with another one! This time, I've put together a pair of Christmas mice. Aren't they fun??
Wanna make one?? Or two?
Get your paper rolls ready! Cut them into 1/2 inch strips.
Form one into a circle.
Form another into a teardrop.
Glue the teardrop to the top of the circle.
Make two more circles and glue them on for ears.
Now for the feet. For this step, you're really just trying to make something for the little mouse to stand on. Pinch a couple of tiny mounds into one side of a strip and glue them down. (If you'd like you can make the feet for the second mouse, below.)
Glue the feet to the bottom of the body of the mouse.
Now you need to form the front paws. We did this shape for the paper roll puppy. Invert one of the creases, push it through to the other side and glue it in place.
You can also add a spot of glue to the crease, it you have a stubborn tube.
Place the front paws and glue.
Make a tail by flattening and shaping a strip. Glue down the center.
Attach the tail behind the feet.
I decided that I wanted the ears together, so I just added a spot of glue between them.
And that's it so far. Now it's time to paint him! I decided to make this little guy white.
Just a hint: cheap spray paint is no bargain. It takes too many coats to cover. Plus, this is paper, and you're really just wetting it down when you paint it, so less is more.
Remember the detached face we made for the paper roll Easter bunny? Well it's time to do that again. Just glue two 5mm black poms to a 1/2" pink pom.
When he's dry, glue the poms to his nose and dress him up with a few embellishments.
Now for the second mouse. Same basic principle, just a little different assembly.
These feet are less complicated than the first mouse. Start by offsetting one of the creases.
Glue the center down.
Glue the feet to the bottom of the mouse body and shape as needed.
Make another set of paws, but this time, place it inside the mouse body.
With that, she's looking pretty good, ready for a coat of paint!
I decided to paint her black. After she dried, a few embellishments were in order.
And now you have two sweet little paper roll mice, ready to share the holiday celebration with you!
I'd love to see yours!
Any ideas for other poses?
Recycle and cheer, all at one time!
Let me know how it goes for you!
Thanks for visiting! And be sure to check out the endless list of inspirational ideas at my home page childmade.com.
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- AnonymousJanuary 7, 2012 at 1:42 AM
These are just way too cute :)ReplyDelete
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- Ana LuizaJanuary 13, 2013 at 7:11 PM
Wonderful!!! I will make my students!!!!! Thanks for the idea!ReplyDelete
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harika bir etkinlik olmuş ellerinize aklınıza sağlık :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2014 at 6:03 AM
Made one of these this morning. Needle nose pliers a must. Difficult to make feet just right. Didn't stand very well. Cute as can be. I didn't set the ears high enough, otherwise easy craft.ReplyDelete
Super cute. How did you make the little bow and the gifts?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 15, 2016 at 9:31 PM
Just finished my first set and it was easy and fun to put together. Thanks!ReplyDelete
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SAN FRANCISCO — California must either cough up $250 million for prison health care by Nov. 5 or be ready to explain a week later why two top state officials shouldn't be held in contempt of court, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Senior U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson seemed irate three weeks ago when attorneys for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Controller John Chiang insisted it would be improper to fork over the quarter-billion already appropriated for prison health care improvements under AB900, a $7.8 billion prison-expansion bill Schwarzenegger signed into law in May 2007.
The judge's mood seemed little improved Monday; late Friday afternoon, the state's lawyers had filed a brief arguing receiver J. Clark Kelso — whom Henderson has placed in charge of fixing the constitutionally inadequate system — must provide more detail of his plans for the money before the state will cut the money loose.
Henderson said Monday that argument left him "deeply troubled," particularly because Kelso's motion for the money has been pending for two months. "It appears at this point there's no good cause for defendants' waiting for the eve of this hearing."
Henderson in 2005 found the state — even since a class-action lawsuit's 2002 settlement — hadn't brought prison health care up to constitutional muster, and so he ordered it into receivership. In February 2006, he named Bob Sillen, formerly the Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System's executive director, to take over; Sillen assessed the broken system and made successful reforms in areas such as doctor and nurse staffing and pharmacies, but Henderson replaced Sillen with Kelso in January.
Kelso's plan calls for building seven facilities with 10,000 beds for chronically sick or mentally ill inmates by mid-2013, as well as improving existing facilities at the state's 33 prisons.
Despite Schwarzenegger's support, the plan was repeatedly rejected this year by Legislative Republicans.
Kelso contends he has a team of 300 planners developing criteria and blueprints for the facilities, but he's running out of money and needs the $250 million to continue the work over the next few months.
Deputy Attorney General Dan Powell argued Monday that since Kelso filed his motion a few months ago, the Legislature finally passed a budget containing $1.5 billion for the receiver's operating costs, so he's not really out of money.
And Powell argued that Kelso has submitted only a draft plan of how the quarter-billion would be spent; that's not enough for the state to determine whether the plan falls within the bounds of state and federal laws, he said.
The federal Prison Litigation Reform Act precludes federal judges from ordering prison construction, Powell said, and compelling the state to pay this money out of its general fund could be an unprecedented violation of California's sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment.
But James Brosnahan, representing Kelso, argued the $1.5 billion in the state's annual budget is for the ongoing, constant costs of caring for sick inmates; diverting that to construction would mean less care in an already inadequate system.
Kelso has given the state more than enough information about his plans, he said, and this case has progressed far beyond the Prison Litigation Reform Act's reach.
Brosnahan said California's governor has agreed the state's prison health care is constitutionally inadequate; acquiesced to the court's authority in fixing it; and publicly supported the receiver's plan, but is stonewalling now that the bill is coming due.
"Unless this state gets their act together, some number of prisoners will die," he told Henderson.
Kelso and Brosnahan provided Henderson with a proposed order demanding the state hand over the $250 million by Nov. 5, or else return to court Nov. 12 to show why Schwarzenegger and Chiang shouldn't be held in contempt of court — a finding that could lead to steep fines levied each day the officials continue withholding the money.
Henderson took the matter under submission at the end of Monday's 40-minute hearing, ordering Kelso and Brosnahan to proceed "full speed ahead" while he carefully considered the proposed order. By midafternoon, Henderson had signed the order.
After Monday's hearing, Brosnahan said if the state doesn't pay up and the Nov. 12 contempt hearing becomes necessary, he'll consider calling state officials to the witness stand. He didn't elaborate on whom the witnesses might be.
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Employee Benefits News examines legal developments that impact the employee benefits and executive compensation employers provide, including federal and state legislation, rules from federal...
July 22 — American Airlines Inc. will pay nearly $5 million in cash and company stock to settle claims that it shortchanged the pension benefits of pilots who served in the military ( Allman v. Am. Airlines Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program Variable Income Plan , D. Mass., No. 1:14-cv-10138, motion for preliminary settlement approval filed 7/21/16 ).
The airline will pay $500,000 in cash and $4.45 million in company stock to compensate about 1,150 pilots for pension benefits they allegedly missed out on by serving in the military, according to court papers.
The lawsuit accused the airline of violating the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, which requires employers to maintain certain benefits and re-employment rights for workers who take leaves of absence to serve in the military.
United Airlines Inc. settled similar claims for $6.15 million in 2014.
In 2009, Continental Airlines Inc. was hit with a similar lawsuit by pilots seeking vacation, sick leave and welfare benefits. That lawsuit hit a dead end in 2014, when a federal appeals court found the dispute to be governed by the Railway Labor Act.
The American Airlines settlement papers were filed July 21 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The settlement won't be finalized until it receives approval from a federal judge.
The American Airlines pilots are represented by Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Crotty & Son Law Firm PLLC, Law Office of Thomas G. Jarrard LLC, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Law Office of Robert W. Mitchell and Block & Leviton LLP.
Bello Welsh LLP and O'Melveny & Myers LLP represents the airline defendants.
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