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Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS): Step 'N Out, 2002-2006 [United States] (ICPSR 30221)
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Step 'N Out is a research study designed to examine the potential of a new approach to address the re-entry needs of offenders who have substance abuse issues, one which integrates the systems of supervision and treatment. The study is a randomized clinical trial which enrolls subjects who are new to supervision. Those who are in the treatment arm of the study meet with their probation officer weekly for 12 weeks, with every other meeting including a treatment counselor. The PO and counselor have been trained to use motivational interviewing and collaborative behavioral techniques to explore the client's personal issues and triggers that may hamper his/her successful re-entry into the community. The probation officer and counselor work with the client to establish weekly recovery and social goals in the form of a written contract that enables the client to take responsibility for their own actions and decisions. In addition, the variables in this study generally cover topics on drug use and testing; demographics and criminal background; treatment programs and sessions; and finally, relationships between clients and their parole/probation officers.
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Special Collaborators on this study include the following centers: Connecticut Research Center (Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services), Mid-Atlantic Research Center (University of Delaware, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies), Pacific Coast Research Center (UCLA, Criminal Justice Research Group at Integrated Substance Abuse Programs), and Virginia Commonwealth University.
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There are five main aims of the Collaborative Behavioral Management program. The first aim is to negotiate realistic goals and objectives for the period of supervision/treatment. The second aim is to gain better control over clients' behavior by setting clear expectations at the beginning of the intervention and applying consistent, quick, and appropriate consequences (either positive or negative) for evidence that the client is or is not meeting those expectations. The third aim is to "Catch People Doing Things Right." The fourth aim is to instill a sense of procedural justice and decrease the perception that the system is unfair. The fifth aim is to sustain behavior change beyond the period of reinforcement, that is, after the intervention is complete.
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- Friedmann, Peter. Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS): Step 'N Out, 2002-2006 [United States]. ICPSR30221-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-07-27. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30221.v1
2011-07-27 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
This study is maintained and distributed by the National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP). NAHDAP is supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).


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As Oregon Department of Aviation assists Oregon airports with the process of updating their Master Plans and Final ALP Reports, those updated reports will be made available on this web site. The goal of a master plan is to provide guidelines for future airport development which will satisfy aviation demand in a financially feasible manner, while at the same time resolving the aviation, environmental, and socioeconomic issues existing in a community. Questions? Contact ODA at (800)874-0102 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Current State Owned Airport Master Planning:
Master Plan Definition
According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular 150/5070-6B, Change: 1, an Airport Master Plan is a concept of the long-term development of an airport. The Master Plan displays this concept graphically and documents the data and logic upon which the plan is based.
Master Plan Purpose
The goal of a Master Plan is to provide guidelines for future airport development which will satisfy aviation demand in a financially feasible manner, while at the same time resolving the aviation, environmental and socioeconomic issues existing in a community (source: FAA Advisory Circular 150/5070-6B, Change: 1).
The FAA recommends that a Master Plan be completed or updated approximately every five years or when an airport experiences rapid and unexpected growth in activity. The Airport Master Plan process is guided by the FAA and ultimately results in projections of future growth and an Airport Layout Plan (ALP). An ALP is needed because all development at federally obligated airports must be done in accordance with an FAA-approved ALP.
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A report based on current physical conditions at the airport and provides recommendations for future improvement projects.
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The purpose of the ALP Report is to define the current, short-term and long-term needs of the airport. It provides a schedule for airport improvements, which help maintain the airport category minimum standards and its projected demands. The design of the airport should be guided by the FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5300-13 Change: 7.
Airports must have improvements approved by the FAA by submitting FAA Form 7480-1 "Notice of Landing Area Proposal." Completed improvements must be reflected on the ALP. Per Federal Grant Assurance No. 29 airport owners shall keep the Airport Layout Plan up to date at all times. Generally, ALP's are updated every 2-5 years depending on the type and size of the airport.
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(WENN) - Dwayne Johnson has teased fans with a clip of his new movie, just hours after announcing details of the Netflix feature.
The busiest man in Hollywood has reteamed with his Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle director Jake Kasdan on adventure John Henry and The Statesmen, about African American folk hero John Henry. Henry is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"- a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel.
According to legend, the steel-driver was pitted against steam-powered rock drilling machine in a race that he won, only to die in victory with hammer in hand as his heart gave out from stress.
Johnson shed some light on the film via his social media accounts, including the fact he'll be producing it under his Seven Bucks Productions banner, the company he co-founded with ex-wife Dany Garcia.
"When the man comes around," he began the post, alongside the 24-second clip, set to Johnny Cash's The Man Comes Around. "Inspired to bring to life one of my childhood heroes, John Henry, in JOHN HENRY & THE STATESMEN.
In this movie, I'll lead an ensemble of the most popular folklore figures and legends from different cultures around the world.
John Henry & The Statesmen marks the former wrestler's first feature at Netflix who outbid several major competitors.
The Lego Ninjago Movie writer Tom Wheeler is in charge of the script, and he'll executive produce alongside Dwayne's former colleagues; Jumanji's Melvin Mar and San Andreas, Rampage and Skyscraper producer Wendy Jacobson.
"The legend of JOHN HENRY'S strength, endurance, dignity and cultural pride was instilled in my DNA at a very young age. My dad would sing 'Big John' to me every time he would put me to bed. At bedtime most children get loving nursery rhyme songs – I got this," Dwayne continued.
"Gonna be a lot of fun bringing these legends to life. My childhood hero."


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Tired of that copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops you downloaded on PC? GameStop might buy it back from you someday soon.
The video game industry is in upheaval. Console makers are staring down a future where they're replaced by mobile and streaming devices, while game makers rush to capitalize on growing markets like social gaming. And even as they rush to those markets, that apparent fiscal security seems all too fragile. Just look at Zynga. No player in the broader video game business is as imperiled as GameStop though. This is a retail empire whose entire foundation is based around cutting out the middlemen of game designers and publishers by buying used products and selling them back for massive profits. GameStop isn't huge because people like buying video games like Call of Duty. It's huge because people like buying Call of Duty for $55 instead of $60 and GameStop is willing to sell them a slightly used copy it bought from someone else for just $35.
How does that business survive in the changed game market though? How does it adapt to digital distribution, a model that will see its business turned into the middleman by developers and publishers that can sell their product directly to the customer.
GameStop says that its business will be kept alive by selling consoles and other devices. After all, people need a machine to play video games on. Vouchers for digital downloads and credit at digital retailers like Steam are also increasingly a focus for the company. That won't be enough though. GameStop lives and dies by the sale of its used goods. Paul Reins, GameStop CEO, told people gathered at a refurbishment center in Texas that his company will get in the business of selling used digital games.
"It's very interesting. There are some technologies out there in Europe, and we've looked at a couple that are involved," said Raines, "We're interested; it's not a meaningful business yet. Right now we're not seeing that as a huge market, but I think we're on the leading edge. There are a few companies, a few start-ups, out there that we've talked to that are doing this."
Who are these companies that GameStop is watching with a careful eye? It won't say in particular since it doesn't want "competitors rushing in."
Used digital game sales have been rumored on Steam and other services for months now. The trade back business is a key source of revenue in the video game industry and the disappearance of physical goods will leave a void. It has to happen sometime, but how remains a mystery.


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Open source education technology service provider Unicon has launched Test Drive Student Success Plan, an open source case management suite "that supports a holistic coaching and counseling model for improving retention, academic performance, persistence, time to degree, and graduation rates," according to Unicon. Test Drive SSP is a practice environment that lets users try out features of SSP.
The announcement was made at the Educause 2013 conference, taking place this week in Anaheim, CA.
"Test Drive SSP plays an important role for institutions considering implementing student success case management software," said Russ Little, project director for SSP, in a prepared statement. "Giving institutions the chance to evaluate the SSP toolset proves invaluable in their decision-making process."
With Test Drive, users can try out the SSP 2.0 software as a coach, counselor, advisor, or student. The coach, counselor, and advisor roles provide access to case management tools, including a dashboard for viewing information from the student information system, as well as Action Plan, Journal, and My Academic Plan (MAP) academic advising tools. The student role provides access to the MyGPS student interface, which lets students manage their action items, view their MAP, and prepare for interactions with a coach, counsellor, or advisor.
Unicon provides services and support for SSP 2.0, including pre-implementation assessment; installation and technical configuration; integration with student information systems, learning management systems, or other systems; custom development, training, and hosting.
Further information about Test Drive SSP can be found at unicon.net.
Unicon is exhibiting at the Educause conference this week in booth 322.
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When Dwayne Johnson lands in the middle of alien suburbia on Planet 51, he's gotta make haste before the planet's government kidnaps him. Yet another "we're the aliens" switcheroo flick, but in reality the aliens are just Green-Americans.
I know I'm being hard on a kiddie film when I ask for a more inspired look into another world's lifestyle. But I shudder at the thought that on a distant planet aliens are lounging about on their lawn chairs just like me. Even though it was a a terrible film, I still prefer Terra over this - just because its aliens world were so much better than baseball cap-wearing green people. But that's just me. I will admit the Aliens-inspired fido is genius.
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- Children's Hospital Association
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GARFIELD PARK BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL is an 88-bed psychiatric hospital dedicated to providing quality behavioral health services for its diverse population of children and adolescents. Garfield Park Hospital is a state-of-the-art facility offering some of the most advanced technologies and programs found in the behavioral health field. We are dedicated to our teamwork approach and provide a compassionate and therapeutic environment, as well as offering a continuum of specialty programs throughout our inpatient and partial services.
Garfield Park Hospital is owned by Universal Health Services, Inc, one of the largest and most respected hospital management companies in the nation. UHS owns and operates 218 locally-managed facilities, including 25 acute care hospitals, 187 behavioral health facilities and six ambulatory surgery centers in 36 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Hospital is seeking flex Nurses to grow with us as we expand. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a stable and growing behavioral health organization in the Chicago land community. Come be a part of our winning team of professionals and make a difference.
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) knows what it takes to lead, inspire and succeed. One of the nation's largest and most respected hospital companies, UHS owns and operates through its subsidiaries acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom.
UHS built an impressive record of achievement and performance, steadily growing from a startup company with zero revenue into a Fortune 500 corporation with annual revenue that exceeds $9 billion. The company's operating philosophy has proven to be effective: Build or acquire high quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets, then invest in the people and equipment needed to allow each facility to thrive and become a dominant healthcare provider in its community.
Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS ranks on the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations with over 74,000 employees, and is consistently listed among Fortune's "Most Admired Companies" and one of the 30 Most Meaningful Companies To Work For in America by Business Insider.
Registered Nurse (AM Shift) at Garfield Park provides professional nursing care in a manner that is consistent with the philosophy and objectives of the Hospital. Registered Nurses prescribe, coordinate and delegate nursing care by integrating the nursing processes into our multidisciplinary treatment team's plan of care. A Registered Nurse is responsible for assigned nursing care activities, maintaining all required records, and for promoting and enhancing professional nursing practices on the unit. A Registered Nurse may also assume Charge Nurse responsibilities as needed.
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Think you know Tassie? Think again.
Tasmania may be Australia's smallest state, but it's an island rich with stories that always has something vibrant and exciting to offer. With unique guided wilderness experiences, colourful local characters to meet and a haunting convict history to explore, in addition to its burgeoning reputation as a foodie playground, you'll be spoiled for choice with a visit to this curious Isle.
Just an hour's flight from Melbourne, two hours from Sydney and three hours from Brisbane, Tasmania is closer than you think,
Hobart, TAS
Make a long weekend of it and explore Australia's second oldest capital, nestled at the entrance of the Derwent River and the foothills of Mount Wellington,combining heritage charm with a modern lifestyle.
Launceston, TAS
Launceston is a vibrant hub for food, wine and culture amidst Tasmania's stunning natural wilderness.


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By Captain John B. Wenz
A recent writing assignment took me to New York Harbor to cover the annual Poker Run. I expected to see the usual suspects—high-performance deep vees and racing catamarans from all the go-fast builders. As I walked the docks, one boat stood out from all the rest. Smack in the middle of the fleet was what appeared to be a production center console fish boat. As I drew near, I realized that this wasn't just any production boat. The hull looked fast, and she was fitted with four Mercury 300 OptiMax XS motors from Mercury Racing. Yet the deck and cockpit layout left no doubts that this boat is intended for some serious fishing. "What's up with this?"
I realized that I was standing alongside Bob Kolenberg's Fountain 38TE "Corporate Cars.com." I had heard about this boat. She holds the world center console speed record of 87.6 mph. Once I got to talking to Bob, I began to understand the boat, the owner, and why he brought a fishing boat to a Poker Run; an event which is all about speed. He's a lifelong boater, and he and his family use their boat every weekend for lots more besides tournament fishing (which they also participate in, of course). Eventually we negotiated a test ride at a later date. As for that day, I was offered a ride aboard another Fountain; this one a sport boat. I'd be able to watch the center console boat-to-boat first, so that I could get my first impression without being on board. I'd get to bring the test gear aboard at a later date to "run the numbers." This began to sound like the kind of boat testing that I really enjoy.
About the Builder
Although this is a special boat, she's every bit as "production" as most of what Fountain produces. That is to say that the folks at Fountain will work with you to create a boat that's just right for you. But make no mistake, each one of their boats is special. The Fountain team is very customer oriented, from Reggie Fountain himself right on down the line and out the door to the individuals who make up the dealer network. My local dealer, a guy known as "Tuna" at Norwest Marine in Norwalk, Connecticut, is a case in point. He's proud of the product he represents, and his enthusiasm is as contagious as that of the Fountain owners who I've met. It's not unusual for some to be back to Fountain four and five times for a new boat as their needs change. Forget about all the facts I can quote from the builder's brochure. A track record with repeat customers like that says everything I need to know about customer satisfaction.
Just like the entire Fountain fleet, the 38 has got a Super-ventilated Positive Lift hull, a notched transom and pad keel. Reggie Fountain has devoted his career to developing the best boat he can build, based on a formula of "Miles per Hour per Dollar Spent," and this hull shape represents the latest evolution. There's a lot of extra time and effort taken to do things right; for example, the manufacturing team takes the extra step to beef up the hull-to-deck joint with fiberglass after they've fastened it like everybody else does. In addition, the entire Fountain lineup is made up of really complete packages. Option lists are not very extensive, simply because you don't need much in the way of additional equipment- they've thought of everything. And almost every part is made in-house. Once they've built your boat, they test it and tweak it right out on the water. When you take delivery, you've got a boat that's ready to go.
About the Boat
Fountain's center console 38TE is the largest fishing boat in their fleet at 37' 11" long. Her 10'6" beam appeared to be just right in terms of maintaining enough fishing deck space for ride quality. After all, the 38' fishing boat is two feet wider than her 38' sport boat cousin. Somehow the engineers have figured out how to give you the same legendary Fountain ride with slightly different geometry. With a dry weight of 10,600 pounds, the 38TE has a deadrise of 22 degrees and comes factory rigged with your choice of eight different engine packages from Mercury Racing, ranging from 750 horsepower to 1200 horsepower.
The TE, or Tournament Edition, differs from her Open Bow sister in that she's got a cuddy cabin up forward. This boat isn't really designed to be a liveaboard, though, so the accommodations are pretty Spartan. Given the standard air conditioning and heat, you wouldn't exactly be "roughing it" by spending an overnight or two aboard during a weekend outing.
The deck and cockpit layout execution has got what an experienced fisherman would describe as "exactly what he needs." Things like hidden mooring cleats, padded bolsters, and convenient-yet-out-of-the-way washdown hose bibbs indicate attention to detail from a design and engineering team that had both an eye and an ear for all the right input. Rocket launchers and flush-mounted rod holders seem to be everywhere, from the T-top to the leaning post to the gunwales. And storage spots for about a dozen or so rods and reels are located in the cuddy and beneath the bolsters. A sink with pressurized water is on the port side of the transom. To starboard is a relatively small, walk-through transom door. This is about the only obvious compromise I could find on the boat. The diminutive size of this door, along with limited access around the four big outboards hung on the stern makes it appear impossible to boat a big fish without hoisting it over the rail. The upside, though, is uniform, symmetrical strength throughout the hull structure here at the aft end.
The console arrangement is pure Fountain: perfectly laid-out for high speed running. A thoughtful combination of Livorsi analog gauges and Mercury SmartCraft digital instrumentation complements the positive, solid feel of custom throttle and shift levers and a rugged aluminum wheel. A row of toggle switches for pumps, lights and accessories is right at hand, and a full-width electronics locker is all ready for flush installation of a full complement of all the latest in electronics. Our test boat was outfitted with the optional extra fuel tankage, but the standard layout includes a full stand-up head and shower with a Vacuflush toilet under the console. Helm seating is at a rugged leaning post with electrically activated seat pads. Bob Kolenberg described to me an aft-facing seat which the factory is fabricating for him. It will provide his family and guests additional seating for when he's got the whole gang aboard, which he often does.
The Test
I forgot to describe the Poker Run. New York Harbor, with a fleet of about a hundred go-fast boats, commercial traffic and ferries can provide some of the nastiest confused slop you can find within sight of land. I was impressed to watch from alongside as the Kolenbergs and their guests enjoyed the ride on the 38TE in complete comfort. And with less motor noise generated by the outboard package, their conversation was equally as relaxed. Once the pace boat let us go, we soon got left behind by "Corporate Cars" as she flew over the chop at speeds in the low 80s. Bob and his friends were waiting for us at the dock when we got back.
Our test day offered more docile conditions; hot and humid with flat seas. That's not quite right for record-breaking speed, but I did see 85 mph a couple of times on the GPS. I was immediately impressed by the handling when I took the wheel, and as we accelerated we were on plane from a standstill in 6 seconds, and reached 30 mph just three seconds later. We were cruising along at 60 mph before I knew it, and our official top speed for the day was 84.7 mph.
I am totally impressed by how comfortable it was to cruise along effortlessly at nearly 60 mph. I also prefer the throaty sound coming off the quad 300 outboards over the sound of inboards or I/Os that you're accustomed to when you go this fast. The motors purr, and the sound and the feel of the whole package is just right; a perfect match of hull and machinery. Our test gear indicated an optimal cruising speed at 54.5 mph with a range of 515 miles utilizing the optional fuel capacity totaling 420 gallons. The net result was an impressive total of 40 gallons per hour at cruise. Those are the kind of numbers that I like to see for quad engines.
Fountain has every right to be proud of the level of performance, comfort and economy that they bring to the market on this and all their models. If you're considering a quality boat that's capable of more than just serious fishing, you owe it to yourself to go for a ride on the 38TE from Fountain. It's an awesome experience.
For more information, check out www.fountainpower.com
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Fountain 38TE is 84.7 mph (136.3 kph), burning 100.0 gallons per hour (gph) or 378.5 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Fountain 38TE is 54.5 mph (87.7 kph), and the boat gets 1.36 miles per gallon (mpg) or 0.58 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 515 miles (828.81 kilometers).
- Tested power is 4 x 300-hp Mercury OptiMax.
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The Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class debuted in the 1998 model year. The CLK originally came in coupe form, with the convertible becoming available from 1999 to 2003.
The Mercedes CLK is known as a sport coupe that rides more like a grand touring car. The large body of the vehicle goes a long way in creating that effect. The steering remains a bit slow for a sport coupe as well, although overall it offers a pleasant ride. If you want a used Mercedes-Benz, you can't go wrong with the CLK.
Mercedes gave a sneak peek of the 2012 CLK at the 2011 Geneva Auto Show. Aside from the lower roof line, new aluminum hood, restyled headlamps, and LED running lamps down below, the CLK Coupe stays close in form to the C-Class sedan.
It offers three powertrain options, including a 201-horsepower, 1.8-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder engine in the C250 and the direct-injected, 304-horsepower V-6 for the C350.
In addition to new engines, the 2012 CLK-Class sports a restyled interior, and innovations such as Attention Assist, Lane Keeping Assist, Blind Spot Assist, and Parktronic help keep things in check out on the road.
The 2012 CLK-Class made its official debut at the Detroit Auto Show and went on sale in the United States in July 2012.
The first significant changes for the CLK class came in 1999, when stability control became standard on the CLK430 and optional with the CLK320. This safety feature comes standard across the board in subsequent models, as does Mercedes' Tele-Aid emergency communications system. A manual mode setting also offers an option with the five-speed automatic transmission on all models.
Mercedes-Benz redesigned its midsize luxury coupe for 2003, with new two-door styling that eliminates the middle roof posts. The CLK coupe is based on Mercedes' C-Class sedan, equipped with a V-6 or V-8.
The CLK320 model packs a 3.2-liter V-6, while the CLK500 holds a 5.0-liter V-8, which replaces the previous 4.3-liter V-8. CLK convertibles continue into another season, with 320 and 430 editions using the 1998 design.
All models include a five-speed automatic transmission with a manual shift feature, anti-lock four-wheel disc brakes, an antiskid/traction-control system, and front side airbags. Coupes have standard rear side airbags and full-length curtain side airbags. Styling details differ between the two coupe models, but they share the new hardtop design, which measures slightly longer, wider, and taller than the car it replaces.
The CLK320 comes with 16-inch alloy wheels, with 17-inch wheels available in an Appearance Package that also includes aluminum interior trim. The CLK500 offers standard 17-inch wheels and aluminum cabin accents in a two-tone leather package.
All CLKs offer Mercedes' COMAND video-screen control for audio, navigation, and phone functions. Rear obstacle detection is also available for CLK coupes in addition to a power rear sunshade and a radar cruise control to automatically maintain a pre-set following distance.
Other new technological advancements for the coupe include the optional Keyless Go system, which uses a small transmitter to unlock and start the car simply by touch.
Mercedes then released convertible equivalents to all of the above in the 2004 model year. The CLK500 switched from a five-speed automatic to a seven-speed automatic transmission in 2005, and this year also marks the last for the CLK55 AMG coupe model. The navigation system also switches to a DVD-based unit from a CD-based unit.
For the 2006 model year, the CLK320 became the CLK350. Mercedes-Benz installs a 268-horsepower, 3.5-liter V-6 engine into this one with the seven-speed transmission.
In 2007, the CLK500 and CLK55 converted to the CLK550 and CLK63 AMG, respectively. The CLK500 has a 382-horsepower, 5.4-liter V-8, while the CLK63 contains a 475-horsepower V-8.
The AMG coupe returned in 2008, but only in a limited edition Black Series model, with a 500-horsepower V-8 engine, a racing tuned suspension, and a price tag with a lot of punctuation. Both the CLK63 AMG and the Black Series mysteriously disappeared in 2009.
2009 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
Convertible, Coupe, Luxury
The Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class sports car is a rear wheel drive mid-size grand tourer produced between 1996 and 2009.
2008 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
2007 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
The 2007 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class is a two-door coupe, which is immensely practical.
2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
The 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class falls nicely between the sportier SLK and the larger CL, offering a blend of comfort and performance that any driver will enjoy.
2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
The 2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class is available in various two-door luxury coupe and convertible models.
2004 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
The 2004 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class coupes and convertibles offer an impressive mix of performance, handling, comfort, safety, and luxury.
2003 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
With its sleek new shape and larger body, the 2003 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class gains a slightly more upscale presence.
2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
The 2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class is a line of coupes that is loaded with luxury, technology, performance, and standard features.
2001 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
The 2001 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class is luxurious and fun to drive, and it's available with a powerful V-6 or V-8 engine, features a luxurious, upscale interior, and is available as a coupe or convertible.
2000 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
The 2000 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class is an attractive coupe and convertible.
1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
In 1998, the Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class debuted as a luxury coupe featuring the same engine and similar standard features as the E-Class.
1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
Coupe, Luxury
The 1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class is a midsize, rear-drive coupe.


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Lake Ariel author Cole Alpaugh will read from his latest novel during a book launch event at the Community Library of Lake and Salem Townships in Hamlin.
Lake Ariel author Cole Alpaugh will read from his latest novel during a book launch event at the Community Library of Lake and Salem Townships in Hamlin.
The event will be on Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. Alpaugh's new offering, The Spy's Little Zonbi (Coffeetown Press), is a timely story of international espionage with a twist of dark humor.
His previous works, The Bear in a Muddy Tutu (Camel Press/2011) and The Turtle-Girl from East Pukapuka (Coffeetown Press/2012), are currently available in over 1,500 libraries in eight countries.
Alpaugh's debut novel made bestseller lists in Canada, while his second was a finalist for two national book-of-the-year awards.
"Everyone at Coffeetown Press is very excited about Cole's latest novel, The Spy's Little Zonbi," said Catherine Treadgold, publisher of Coffeetown Press and Camel Press, in Seattle, Wash. "There aren't many writers with the kind of distinctive voice that gives them a shot at the big time. We believe Cole is one of those writers."
The book opens in Haiti, where Chase Allen is a student on a college-sponsored aid program. Chase Allen never intended to be a killer, even for the good guys, but after he is recruited as a secret agent, terminating dictators and jihadists is all in a day's work.
He marries a dark beauty and they have a child, his "Little Zonbi," who means everything to him. Now that his priorities have shifted, Chase strives for normalcy.
But it isn't easy for a spy
to escape his past.
"It was fun story to write because of the people and settings," said Alpaugh, a former journalist who spent the better part of a decade as a war correspondent for Manhattan-based news agencies. "There's a certain measure of satisfaction in turning news assignments into fiction to control the outcome. Most of the places I've worked have been very sad. Haiti, where my story begins, has had generations of brutal dictators, and just when they began to find hope, their country was devastated by an earthquake."
"Alpaugh's characters are flawed but likeable, his dialogue natural and often hilarious, even his villains come in shades of gray," added Treadgold.
"And you never know what anyone is going to do next. I'm not sure what more you can ask for in a novel."
The free event will be held in the library's downstairs community room, and is open to the public.
There will be a random drawing for a free Kindle ereader. Signed books will be available for purchase, with all proceeds from the evening going toward the purchase of soccer balls for a Haitian youth charity Alpaugh has been involved with for several years.
Alpaugh's books are available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and all major retailers. He can be found online at ColeAlpaugh.com.


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AW Speaker Series welcomes Dorothy Redford
The AW Speaker Series is very pleased to welcome
Dorothy Redford, Former Site Manager, Somerset Place State Historic Site
Ms. Redford will discuss "Somerset Plantation and Its Import for Atlantic
World Research and Other Studies."
Ms. Redford is the author of Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage, and Generations of Somerset Place: From Slavery to Freedom. She is also the recipient of numerous honors including an Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from East Carolina University.
This talk is free and open to the public. Join us:
April 24, 2013, at 4:00pm in Bate 1006


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Traces of crude oil that linger on the shores of Alaska's Prince William Sound after the Exxon Valdez oil spill remain highly biodegradable, despite almost 20 years of weathering and decomposition, scientists are reporting in a new study.
Their findings, which appear in Environmental Science & Technology, suggest a simple approach for further cleaning up remaining traces of the Exxon Valdez spill. To view the full article, click on this title, "Biodegradability of Lingering Crude Oil 19 Years after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill."
Albert D. Venosa, Ph.D., and colleagues note that bacteria, evaporation, sunlight, and other items in Mother's Nature's cleanup kit work together to break down the oil and make it disappear. Scientists have known for years that adding nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer to oil-contaminated soil can speed the growth of bacteria that decompose, or biodegrade, oil. But it has been uncertain whether oil that has lingered in the environment for almost 20 years still is biodegradable, leaving questions on whether further cleanup efforts might be worthwhile.
Venosa is director of the Land Remediation and Pollution Control Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory for The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The scientists collected oil-contaminated soil from different beaches in Prince William Sound and treated the samples with phosphorus and nitrogen fertilizer in the presence of excess oxygen from the air. According to their results, oil in the fertilized samples biodegraded up to twice as fast as oil in the unfertilized control samples, but significant biodegradation occurred even in the unfertilized controls. Oxygen supply was the major bottleneck, or limiting factor, in the field that prevented further oil decomposition.
The scientists used data from the research to postulate a treatment scheme that would involve applying simple nitrate salts to possibly break down the natural organic matter in the sediment. That would cause an increase in sediment porosity that would allow dissolved oxygen in seawater to penetrate to the oiled zone and create oxygen-rich conditions that might stimulate more rapid biodegradation.


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Shocked by meetinghouse vandalism
I read with shock and dismay yours as well as the Inquirer's coverage of the vandalism that occurred at the new Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting House. I am not a Quaker and my exposure to them comes only through my children attending Greene Street Friends as well as Penn Charter, but I feel empathy towards them. We as a community and a city cannot stand by and tolerate this type of behavior. Though the police believe this was done by union types not pleased with the fact they did not get the work for this project, I do not think it is necessary to jump to conclusions. Though the culprits seemed to want people to know who was responsible since they did not hide their expertise in sabotage.
I believe the Local as well as others should call for an intense investigation of this incident. I do believe our police have the resources or skill to do this. I would hope federal authorities, namely the FBI and the US Attorneys Office would conduct this investigation because it is a Hate Crime. I would also hope the local media would put our local elected officials on the spot to denounce this act and call for the federal government to become involved. Namely, Mayor Nutter, Councilpersons Bass and Green, as well as Congressman Bob Brady. Many politicians in our city have won office with the support of the same people who the police believe are responsible for this crime. These elected officials must stand up and say this is not acceptable and ask their political allies to cooperate in any investigation, so as to clear the names of their unions or find the people responsible for this act.
Our politicians must decide whether they are going to condone lawlessness around construction sites or be beacons for civil behavior and process. The choice is theirs to make.
Robert Howell
Chestnut Hill
I'd support 2nd amendment repeal
In the Thursday, December 27 Letters to the Editor, I am in total agreement with Howard Field and Brian Rudnick. When the 18th amendment on prohibition proved to be a mistake, it was repealed. Why not the Second?
Joseph Ferry seems to feel that if Mr. Byers, who was stabbed in the area of the convenience store on Highland Avenue had a gun, he would be alive today. Attackers usually approach from behind. In that case, the victim is surprised and thrown off balance emotionally and possibly physically. By the time the victim can pull out his gun, assuming he can reach it, he is at a disadvantage. If a struggle ensues, the attacker, likely younger and quicker has the advantage. In my vision, I see the attacker getting what he came for with a bonus … a gun making his next encounter easier.
Many years ago, my neighbor, recently widowed was robbed when she was not at home. "They didn't take much but John's gun which he never used." "Well," I replied, "it will get use now."
I pay taxes. I'm perfectly willing to leave security and prevention to the police. They're the professionals.
Maggie Wollman
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday formally granted "permanent normal trade relations" to Russia, following congressional action that cleared the way for him to remove a Cold War-era vestige on trade but also raised tensions with Moscow.
"The Russian Federation has been found to be in full compliance with the freedom of emigration requirement" under the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment, Obama said in a proclamation.
That provision had tied favorable U.S. tariffs rates to the rights of Jews in the former Soviet Union to emigrate freely.
The House of Representatives and the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation allowing Obama to grant permanent normal trade relations, or PNTR, to Russia in order to ensure that U.S. companies share the full benefits of Russia's recent entry in the World Trade Organization.
But Congress tied the PNTR bill to legislation that punishes Russian human rights violators by barring them from visiting the United States and freezing any assets they have in U.S. banks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday harshly criticized the human rights measure, named for Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian anti-corruption lawyer who died in 2009 in a Russian jail.
"This is very bad. This, of course, poisons our relationship," Putin told his annual news conference.
Putin said he backed tit-for-tat legislation approved by Russia's lower house of parliament to prevent Americans from adopting Russian children and bar entry to U.S. citizens accused of abusing Russians' rights.
The chilly atmosphere notwithstanding, Obama's proclamation permits Russia and the United States to establish WTO relations in Geneva. Jackson-Vanik, which was still on the books when Russia joined the WTO in August, had delayed that step.
"We can now move to apply the WTO Agreement between the United States and Russia, giving the United States the benefits of Russia's WTO commitments and the tools to enforce them," U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in a statement.
Assuming WTO relations are set up quickly, the United States and Russia could file complaints against each other in the coming months.
Earlier in December, Russia banned imports of meat containing any trace of ractopamine, a feed additive widely used in the United States to make meat leaner.
Kirk and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have pushed Russia to lift the ban because they say it appears to violate Russia's WTO commitments.
The United Nation's food agency in July said ractopamine "had no impact on human health" if residues stay within recommended levels.
Meanwhile, Edward Verona, president of the U.S.-Russia Business Council, warned in the group's latest newsletter that Russia could file a WTO complaint against U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Russian steel.
Obama on Thursday also established PNTR for Moldova, a former Soviet republic that joined the WTO in 2001. Congress had neglected to pass authorizing legislation for the past decade, but finally attended to the issue in the Russia PNTR bill.
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Amazon Sisters
A film by Anne-Marie Sweeney
AMAZON SISTERS portrays the vision and strength of women surviving in the hotly contested Amazon rainforests. While international attention has focused on saving the rainforests, considerably less attention has been paid to the plight of the human inhabitants of Amazonia. Women are at the frontline of the struggle to save their environment and to rebuild a region suffering the effects of inappropriate development. �A film which beautifully expresses the strength, humor and ability of the women of the Amazon Region. It sharply reminds us, however, that simply feeling romantic about rainforests isn�t enough. More
Apache 8
A film by Sande Zeig
For 30 years, the all-female Apache 8 unit has protected their reservation from fire and also responded to wildfires around the nation. This group of firefighters, which recently became co-ed, soon earned the reputation of being fierce, loyal and dependable�and tougher than their male colleagues. Facing gender stereotypes and the problems that come with life on the impoverished reservation, the women became known as some of the country�s most elite firefighters. From director Sande Zeig and executive producer Heather Rae (Cherokee), APACHE 8 combines archival footage and present-day interviews and focuses primarily on four women from different generations of Apache 8 crewmembers, who speak tenderly and often humorously of hardship, loss, family, community and pride in being a firefighter. More
Bringing It All Back Home
A Sheffield Film Coop Production
Directed by Chrissie Stansfield
This fascinating documentary analyzes how the patterns of international capital investment and the exploitation of Third World women workers in free trade zones are being brought home to the First World. Issues discussed include: the internationalization of local economies, the growing schism between the rich and poor and the changing nature of women's work. More
DishWomen, Waitressing and the Art of Service
A film by Maya Gallus
Why do women bring your food at local diners, while in high-end establishments waiters are almost always men? DISH, by Maya Gallus, whose acclaimed
A documentary by Hannah Weyer
There are over 800,000 students enrolled in migrant education programs in the United States and, of those, only 45-50% ever finish high school. ESCUELA, the sequel to Hannah Weyer�s critically acclaimed documentary LA BODA, personalizes these glaring statistics through the honest portrait of a teenage Mexican-American farm worker, Liliana Luis.
A film by Ursula Biemann and Angela Sanders
The fourth in Ursula Biemann's critically acclaimed series of video essays that investigates migration across borders, EUROPLEX, a collaboration with Angela Sanders, tracks the daily, sometimes illicit, border crossings between Morocco and Spain- a rare intersection of the first and third worlds. Paying off officials to look the other way, workers smuggle contraband across the border, sometimes crossing up to 11 times a day. In a now common scenario of global economics, Moroccan women work in North Africa to produce goods destined for the European market. More
Everyone Their Grain of Sand
A film by Beth Bird
This award-winning documentary reveals the struggles of the citizens of Maclovio Rojas in Tijuana, Mexico as they battle the state government�s attempts to evict them from their homes to make way for multi-national corporations seeking cheap land and labor. Filmmaker Beth Bird followed the fiercely determined residents for three years as they persistently petitioned the state for basic services like running water, electricity and pay for their teachers, only to be met with bureaucratic stonewalling. Eventually, several community leaders are targeted for persecution, and one is arrested while others are forced into hiding.
Ferry Tales
A film by Katja Esson
Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Short, FERRY TALES exposes a secret world that exists in the powder room of the Staten Island Ferry--a place that brings together suburban moms and urban dwellers, white-collar and blue-collar, sisters and socialites. For 30 minutes every day, they gather around mirrors to put on their makeup � talking not as wives, mothers, or professionals, but just as themselves. Sassy and honest, they dish on everything from sex scandals to stilettos, family problems to September 11th, leaving stereotypes at the door and surprising viewers with their straight-shooting wisdom.
Hammering It Out
A film by Vivian Price
�This spirited documentary spotlights the experience of women in the building trades, specifically those women involved in the Century Freeway Women's Employment Project in Los Angeles. Framed by the story of a community-initiated lawsuit that resulted in hundreds of women getting trained to work on a billion-dollar freeway project, the film evolves into a primer on the feminist issues of equality, identity, and changing gender roles. Powerful testimonials by the women workers tell stories of the often unspoken gendered specifics of discrimination in the building trades: sexual harassment at the jobsite; negotiations about childcare and worker benefits; and the translation of affirmative action policy to the traditional practices of contractors and the historical conventions of the male worksite. More
Hell to Pay
A film by Alexandra Anderson and Anne Cottringer
A moving and politically sophisticated analysis of the international debt situation through the eyes of the women of Bolivia, the poorest country in Latin America. Although most directly affected by government austerity programs, peasant women are assumed not to understand the workings of international capital and foreign policy. HELL TO PAY poignantly contradicts such assumptions as teachers, textile workers and miners� wives speak vividly and with great comprehension of the causes of the debt crisis and the burden they are forced to bear. More
Highway Courtesans
A film by Mystelle Brabbee
This provocative coming-of-age film chronicles the story of a bold young woman born into the Bachara community in Central India � the last hold-out of a tradition that started with India�s ancient palace courtesans and now survives with the sanctioned prostitution of every Bachara family�s oldest girl. Guddi, Shana and their neighbor Sungita serve a daily stream of roadside truckers to support their families. Their work as prostitutes forms the core of the local economy, but their contemporary ideas about freedom of choice, gender and self-determination slowly intrude on the Bachara way of life.
La Boda(The Wedding)
A film by Hannah Weyer
In an intimate portrait of migrant life along the U.S.-Mexican border, Hannah Weyer�s new film LA BODA delves into the challenges faced by a community striving to maintain their roots in Mexico, while pursuing the �American Dream� across the border. Weyer�s camera follows Elizabeth Luis during the weeks before her marriage to Artemio Guerrero, interweaving the anticipation of the upcoming wedding with candid stories that explore the architecture of the Luis family. For 22-year-old Elizabeth, migrant life has meant shouldering responsibilities beyond those of an average young adult. More
Love, Women and Flowers
A film by Marta Rodriguez and Jorge Silva
At any time of year in the U.S., carnations of every color are plentiful and cheap � but the ready availability of these beautiful flowers comes at a global price. Thousands of miles away from the bright displays in U.S. stores, hazardous labor conditions endanger the 90,000 women who work in Colombia�s flower industry.
Made In India: SEWA in Action
A film by Patricia Plattner
This powerful documentary is a portrait of SEWA, the now-famous women's organization in India that holds to the simple yet radical belief that poor women need organizing, not welfare. SEWA, or the Self-Employed Women's Association, corresponds to the Indian word sewa, meaning service. Based in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, a dusty old textile town on the edge of the Gujarati desert, SEWA is at its core a trade union for the self-employed. It offers union membership to the illiterate women who sell vegetables for 50 cents a day in the city markets, or who pick up paper scraps for recycling from the streets--jobs that most Indian men don't consider real work.
Made In Thailand
A film by Eve-Laure Moros and Linzy Emery
In Thailand, women make up 90 percent of the labor force responsible for garments and toys for export by multinational corporations. This powerful, revealing documentary about women factory workers and their struggle to organize unions exposes the human cost behind the production of everyday items that reach our shores. Probing the profound impact of the New World Order on the populations that provide the global economy with cheap labor, MADE IN THAILAND also profiles women newly empowered by their campaign for human and worker's rights. Several of these women are survivors of the 1993 Kader Toy Factory fire, one of the worst industrial fires in history. More
A film by Catherine Murphy
In 1961, over 250,000 Cubans joined their country�s National Literacy Campaign and taught more than 707,000 other Cubans to read and write. Almost half of these volunteer teachers were under 18. More than half were women.
Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night
A film by Sonali Gulati
In this insightful documentary, filmmaker Sonali Gulati explores complex issues of globalization, capitalism and identity through a witty and personal account of her journey into India�s call centers. Gulati, herself an Indian immigrant living in the US, explores the fascinating ramifications of outsourcing telephone service jobs to India�including how native telemarketers take on Western names and accents to take calls from the US, UK and Australia.
Pain, Passion and Profit
A film by Gurinder Chadha
From the director of Bend it Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice, PAIN, PASSION AND PROFIT is an inspirational look at women entrepreneurs through the eyes of the Body Shop founder, Anita Roddick, who has always maintained a strong commitment to the idea of �profits with principles.� Several women in Africa who have successfully developed small-scale business enterprises in their own communities provide a focus for Roddick to pose questions about how the role and status of women affects their enterprises and how those enterprises provide a means of community and economic development for women. More
The Peacekeepers and the Women
A film by Karin Jurschick
Winner of the Arte-Documentary Award for Best German Documentary, this chilling investigation examines the booming sex-trafficking industry in Bosnia and Kosovo, and boldly explores the disturbing role of the UN peacekeeping forces and the local military in perpetuating this tragic situation.
Performing the Border
A film by Ursula Biemann
A video essay set in the Mexican-U.S. border town of Ciudad Juarez, where U.S. multinational corporations assemble electronic and digital equipment just across from El Paso, Texas. This imaginative, experimental work investigates the growing feminization of the global economy and its impact on Mexican women living and working in the area. Looking at the border as both a discursive and material space, the video explores the sexualization of the border region through labor division, prostitution, the expression of female desires in the entertainment industry, and sexual violence in the public sphere. More
The Phantom of the Operator
A film by Caroline Martel
This wry and delightful found-footage film reveals a little-known chapter in labor history: the story of female telephone operators� central place in the development of global communications. With an eye for the quirky and humorous, Caroline Martel assembles a dazzling array of clips � more than one hundred remarkable, rarely seen industrial, advertising and scientific management films produced in North America between 1903 and 1989 by Bell and Western Electric � and transforms them into a dreamlike montage documentary.
Remote Sensing
A film by Ursula Biemann
In Biemann�s latest video, she traces the routes and reasons of women who travel across the globe for work in the sex industry. By using the latest images from NASA satellites, the film investigates the consequences of the U.S. military presence in southeast Asia as well as European migration politics. This video-essay takes an earthly perspective on cross-border circuits, where women have emerged as key actors and expertly links new geographic technologies to the sexualization and displacement of women on a global scale. By revealing how technologies of marginalization affect women in their sexuality, REMOTE SENSING aspires to displace and resignify the feminine within sexual difference and cultural representation. More
Scarlet Road
A film by Catherine Scott, Produced by Pat Fiske
Impassioned about freedom of sexual expression, Australian sex worker Rachel Wotton specializes in a long overlooked clientele� people with disabilities. Working in New South Wales�where prostitution is legal� Rachel�s philosophy is that human touch and sexual intimacy can be the most therapeutic aspects to our existence. Indeed, she is making a dramatic impact on the lives of her customers, many of whom are confined to wheelchairs or cannot speak or move unaided. Through her graduate studies and her nonprofit group Touching Base, Rachel both fights for the rights of sex workers and promotes awareness and access to sexual expression for the disabled through sex work�and brings together these two often marginalized groups. More
Se�orita Extraviada, Missing Young Woman
A film by Lourdes Portillo
SENORITA EXTRAVIADA, MISSING YOUNG WOMAN tells the haunting story of the more than 350 kidnapped, raped and murdered young women of Ju�rez, Mexico. Visually poetic, yet unflinching in its gaze, this compelling investigation unravels the layers of complicity that have allowed for the brutal murders of women living along the Mexico-U.S. border. In the midst of Ju�rez�s international mystique and high profile job market, there exists a murky history of grossly underreported human rights abuses and violence against women. The climate of violence and impunity continues to grow, and the murders of women continue to this day. More
A film by Katja Esson
Renowned for their balance and skill, six generations of Mohawk men have been leaving their families behind on the reservation to travel to New York City, to work on some of the biggest construction jobs in the world. Jerry McDonald Thundercloud and his colleague Sky shuttle between the hard drinking Brooklyn lodging houses they call home during the week and their rural reservation, a gruelling drive six hours north, where a family weekend awaits. Their wives are only too familiar with the sacrifices that their jobs have upon family life. While the men are away working, the women often struggle to keep their children away from the illegal temptations of this economically deprived area. More
Some Real Heat
A film by Stefanie Jordan
SOME REAL HEAT explores the small and relatively new world of female firefighters in San Francisco and their upward climb to gain access to a male-dominated field. Armed with axes, chainsaws, muscle, heart and determination, six daring women demonstrate how they single-handedly turn gender roles upside down by putting their lives on the line everyday in one of the riskiest jobs around. As they passionately talk about the tools of the trade, overcoming their fears and helping others, they reveal the fascinating history of women fire fighters and the gender bias that barred them from officially entering the U. More
Tea & JusticeNYPD's 1st Asian Women Officers
A film by Ermena Vinluan
TEA & JUSTICE chronicles the experiences of three women who joined the New York Police Department during the 1980s�the first Asian women to become members of a force that was largely white and predominantly male. In this award-winning documentary, Officer Trish Ormsby and Detectives Agnes Chan and Christine Leung share their fascinating stories about careers and personal lives, as well as satisfactions and risks on the job, the stereotypes they defied, and how they persevered.
Trade Secrets
A film by Stephanie Antalocy
Perfect as a training tape or as an historical look at labor issues in the 1980s, TRADE SECRETS has been purchased by hundreds of colleges, libraries, community and women's groups. �An ironworker, a sprinkler fitter, and an electrician; all women who describe their jobs and the physical and personal obstacles they overcame to get where they are. In the 1970�s, because of jobs with new equal employment laws, women began to enter the construction trades challenging the traditional male world. Regarded with hostility and suspicion, not all women completed their apprenticeships to be fully qualified as journey women. More
Transnational Tradeswomen
A film by Vivian Price
Inspired by organizers at the Beijing Conference on Women in 1995, former construction worker Vivian Price spent years documenting the current and historical roles of women in the construction industry in Asia � discovering several startling facts. Capturing footage that shatters any stereotypes of delicate, submissive Asian women, Price discovers that women in many parts of Asia have been doing construction labor for centuries. But conversations with these women show that development and the resulting mechanization are pushing them out of the industry. Their stories disturb the notion of �progress� that many people hold and show how globalization, modernization, education and technology don�t always result in gender equality and the alleviation of poverty.
The Trickle Down Theory of Sorrow
A film by Mary Filippo
Veteran experimental filmmaker Mary Filippo tackles issues of work, class and gender roles in this visually captivating and provocative autobiographical piece. At the core of this engaging autobiographical piece is an interview with Filippo�s mother, as she recounts incidents of exploitation and gender discrimination she experienced working in jewelry factories in the 1940�s and 50�s. The filmmaker contrasts her mother�s quiet acquiescence with her own attitudes about social injustices of her culture through a striking montage of images and audio clips�moving the viewer to consider connections between consumerism and global labor practices, motherhood, money and happiness.
Troubled Harvest
A film by Sharon Genasci and Dorothy Velasco
This award-winning documentary examines the lives of women migrant workers from Mexico and Central America as they work in grape, strawberry and cherry harvests in California and the Pacific Northwest. Interviews with women farm workers reveal the dangerous health effects of pesticides on themselves and their children, the problems they encounter as working mothers of young children, and the destructive consequences of U.S. immigration policies on the unity of their families. Featuring an interview with Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union. More
Women of Steel
A film by Mon Valley Media
For women who entered the nation's steel mills in the 1970s, the mill was a ticket out of traditionally low-paying "women's jobs" and in some cases, out of poverty. But any gains for women were short lived. WOMEN OF STEEL looks at a turning point in the history of American industry and the disastrous effects widesweeping layoffs and plant closings had on women and families, affirmative action plans, and the union movement. An important historical documentary which has an eerie relevance to women's place in the American economy today. More
New Directions: Women of Zimbabwe
A film by Joanne Burke
From award-winning documentarian Joanne Burke's series about women's empowerment in developing countries, WOMEN OF ZIMBABWE focuses on a group of five daring women who have taken up the challenge of creating their own future in the traditionally male field of carpentry. At its center is Fatima Shoriwa, an inspiration to many of her countrywomen. Owner of a thriving carpentry business, she also openly advocates education, family planning, safe sex practices, and economic self-sufficiency for women. The group's other four members are Fatima's apprentices, who range in age from seventeen to twenty-three. More
Women Organize!
A film by Joan E. Biren, Union Institute Ctr. for Women & Women and Organizing Documentation Project
WOMEN ORGANIZE! is an inspirational, half hour video that portrays women organizers across the U.S. who are involved in the global struggles for racial, social, and economic justice. In this video, we meet five women organizers of various backgrounds, peek at the campaigns they wage, and watch as they begin to pick up the tools to document their own transformative work. From working with high schools girls in a low-income neighborhood in Oregon to speaking out for Black lesbians and gays against homophobia or working with Asian immigrant women factory workers in California for decent working conditions, WOMEN ORGANIZE is an important video that should be used in women�s and ethnic studies classes and community based organizations. More
Writing Desire
A film by Ursula Biemann
"Ursula Biemann�s WRITING DESIRE is a video essay on the new dream screen of the Internet and how it impacts on the global circulation of women�s bodies from the third world to the first world. Although under-age Philippine 'pen pals' and post-Soviet mail-order brides have been part of the transnational exchange of sex in the post-colonial and post-Cold War marketplace of desire before the digital age, the Internet has accelerated these transactions. Biemann provides her viewers with a thoughtful meditation on the obvious political, economic and gender inequalities of these exchanges by simulating the gaze of the Internet shopper looking for the imagined docile, traditional, pre-feminist, but Web-savvy mate. More
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- 1856
Woodrow Wilson is born
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, who will become the 28th president of the United States, is born on this day in Staunton, Virginia.
A former president of Princeton University and governor of New Jersey, Wilson won election to his first term in the White House as a Democrat in 1912 on a campaign program called The New Freedom, which stressed individualism and states' rights. From the day he took office in March 1913—when a parade organized by the Congressional Union, later to become known as the National Organization for Women, drew crowds away from the inauguration ceremonies—Wilson had to contend with the growing controversy over women's suffrage on the home front. His administration saw the passage of several major acts of legislation, including the Federal Reserve Act and the creation of the Federal Trade Commission, designed to regulate business practices.
As war broke out in Europe in the summer of 1914, Wilson lost his wife of thirty years, Ellen, to liver cancer. Unable to abandon himself to his grief, he instead dedicated himself to his work, winning re-election in 1916 on a strict neutrality platform and the slogan He kept us out of the war. But Wilson soon decided that the U.S. could not remain neutral in the face of German aggression on the high seas and in April 1917 he asked Congress for a Declaration of War.
American participation in World War I helped turn the tide towards the Allies, and Wilson played a crucial role in determining the terms of the resulting peace. His famous Fourteen Points, presented to Congress in January 1918, introduced the idea of an international covenant aimed at resolving conflict, an idea that would come to fruition with the formation of the League of Nations. At Versailles in the month's following Germany's surrender, Wilson struggled to convince his counterparts in Britain and France, David Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau, that in order for peace to endure, Germany must not be punished too harshly.
Wilson faced even tougher resistance at home. In late 1919, the Versailles Treaty was defeated in Congress by steadfast opposition from Henry Cabot Lodge and other Republican legislators. (Because it was not ratified, the U.S. negotiated a separate Treaty of Berlin with Germany that was signed on August 25, 1921.) Despite this failure, Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. His idea of his country as the world's leader in shaping international relations is a vision that, to a certain extent, has continued to inspire U.S. foreign policy to the present day.
Wilson left the White House in 1921 after suffering a physical breakdown and a stroke that left him paralyzed. Nursed by his second wife, Edith, he died on February 3, 1924.


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Another week, another concussion for a big Philadelphia Eagles star.
A four-part series on player health and safety with reporter Andrea Kremer aired Tuesday through Friday on NFL Network:
Tuesday: Football's safety issues
Wednesday: Virginia Tech's helmet technology, The "Hit System"
Thursday: Inside Darrelle Revis' rehab
Friday: The lack of common safety standards in youth football
» For more information on player health and safety, visit NFLEvolution.com.
Eagles coach Andy Reid said Monday that he doesn't believe the concussion suffered by running back LeSean McCoy the previous day is as serious as the one quarterback Michael Vick suffered last week, but only time will tell.
Reid said McCoy and Vick still were in Stage 1 of concussion testing. That means their baseline tests aren't normal. McCoy had a headache Monday. It appears Vick still is suffering serious symptoms.
Rookie quarterback Nick Foles unsurprisingly couldn't turn around the 3-7 Eagles' fortunes Sunday against the Washington Redskins. He wasn't accurate and wasn't protected well, either.
Reid indicated Vick would return to the starter's role when cleared from his concussion.
Reid cited the big plays given up by the Eagles' defense as a problem. That problem has dramatically increased since Reid fired defensive coordinator Juan Castillo.
"I know we're letting the fans down and the city down. I completely understand that," Reid said, via the Eagles' official website. "There are no excuses."
It's almost hard to believe that Reid and Co. have to go through six more weeks of this.
Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.