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Not all persons trafficked in the United States are coming in from distant points in Asia, Europe, or Central America. Some U.S. victims of trafficking and involuntary servitude are "made in the U.S.A." In at least one incident in Florida, American citizens were approached at homeless shelters across the Southeast, including New Orleans, Tampa, and Miami, with promises of good jobs and housing. Instead they were transported to agricultural camps, detained incommunicado, plied with alcohol and drugs, and trapped in the same debt and intimidation scheme used to enslave foreign born trafficking victims.
At labor camps in Florida and North Carolina, these domestic trafficking victims were "perpetually indebted" to their labor recruiters who deducted payments for rent, food, crack cocaine and alcohol from workers' pay in what Justice Department called "a form of servitude morally and legally reprehensible."
And American-born girls escaping pockets of poverty or abusive family situations all across the country are just as vulnerable to trafficking agents as fodder for the domestic sex industry. In Middletown, Connecticut, Dennis Paris was sentenced in October to more than 30 years in federal prison for his role in running a prostitution ring. Paris was convicted on multiple counts of commercial sex trafficking through force, fraud, or coercion.
"As this case illustrates, human trafficking can victimize any vulnerable person, including U.S. citizens, and girls as young as 14-years-old," said Grace Chung Becker, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. According to the Department of Justice, all of the victims in this case were U.S. citizens, many of whom were young and vulnerable females, some addicted to drugs, and easily exploited.
In a similar case a former professional wrestler, Harrison "Hardbody" Norris, Jr. earned a life sentence for committing multiple violations of federal sex trafficking and forced labor statutes in connection with a scheme to force women into prostitution in Atlanta.
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Denver, Colo., Aug 4, 2012 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- After record-breaking performances with the Regis Jesuit girls' swim team last season, junior Missy Franklin now has her eyes on the U.S. Swimming Olympic Team Trials to be held this summer in Omaha.
At 16, Missy Franklin, a junior at Regis Jesuit High School Girls Division in Aurora, is the youngest member of the U.S. National Swim Team.
Ranked first in the world in the 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke, first in the country in the 100 freestyle, and second in the 100 backstroke; she's almost sure to compete in the 2012 Olympics in London, which open July 27.
Franklin will join swimming heavyweights such as Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin at the U.S. Swimming Olympic Team Trials June 25-July 2 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb.
Shortly after her record-breaking performances at the girls' 5A state championship swim meet Feb. 10-11 in Fort Collins, the Denver Catholic Register interviewed Franklin about swimming, how she stays grounded, and her spirituality.
Q: When did you start swimming competitively? How did you get started?
A: I started swimming competitively when I was 5 years old. My neighborhood has a summer league team and we competed in the Rocky Mountain Swim League. We had so much fun, practicing and playing every day at the pool. At meets, we set up tents, ate lots of great food, and played games between our events. I started year-round swimming when I was 7 with Colorado Stars. I still swim for Stars with coach Todd Schmitz.
Q: Not only do you represent Regis Jesuit, you also represent the country swimming with the U.S. National Team. How does it feel to consider the prospect of swimming in the Olympics in just a few short weeks?
A: I love swimming with my Regis Jesuit sisters. I'm so proud of each and every one of them. Nick Frasersmith, my high school coach; and Todd Schmitz, my club coach, worked together so I could fit high school swimming into my training.
Right now my focus is on Olympic Trials in Omaha. This is an exciting but very intense meet. All our work comes down to that one week. The top two in each event make the U.S. Olympic Team. Only 26 women and 26 men are selected for the Olympic Team. I love representing the United States and would be thrilled to make the Olympic Team. There is nothing like wearing a cap with my country's flag on it. I always remember, though, that I'm not just representing the U.S. but also my family, friends, team, school and Colorado!
Q: How do you stay grounded?
A: I have the best friends and family in the whole world. I love being with them and having fun. My friends and I do all the usual high school activities including going to dances, out to see movies, and shopping. At home, we don't talk about swimming, but enjoy just being together. We (parents Richard and D.A. Franklin, as well as 8-year-old Alaskan Malamute, Ruger) support each other and enjoy great family moments such as cuddling on the couch, in front of the fire, watching "The Sound of Music." I have the best support system in the world.
Q: How do you like Regis Jesuit?
A: In Colorado we are blessed to have superior high schools. I visited three schools, including Regis Jesuit. All were superb. However, when I walked through the door at Regis Jesuit into Tradition Hall, I immediately knew I was home. Before anyone said one word to me, I knew I belonged. I felt peaceful, happy and safe.
I was not disappointed—there is nothing I would change. I love the sisterhood, the dress code, the classes, teachers and administration. The academics are challenging, but I believe Regis Jesuit is not just preparing me for college, but for life.
Q: I understand your experience at Regis Jesuit has deepened your spiritual life and you are considering converting to Catholicism. What is your faith background? Can you share a bit about how your experiences there have impacted your spirituality?
A: My experiences at Regis Jesuit have absolutely impacted my spiritual life, in so many ways. I am considering converting to Catholicism; I'm currently Protestant.
Going into Regis Jesuit my faith was not a very big aspect of my life. Taking my first theology classes, going to my first Masses, going on my first retreats, I began to realize how important God is in my life and how much I love him and need him. My relationship with (God) grew so much within my first three years at Regis Jesuit and I am very happy with where I am with him right now, although there is a lot of more work to do.
Junior year has really affected me because I have had two of the best experiences of my life. I was on the girls division 26th Kairos (annual retreat for juniors), then we had two weeks of service projects in the beginning of January. Both of these changed my life. I am also hoping to be selected for our winter delegation for the Belize mission trip. I am so thankful for Regis Jesuit, for they have brought God and so much meaning into my life.
Posted with permssion from the Denver Catholic Register. Official newspaper for the Archdiocese of Denver.
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Benton falls to Russellville to end season
There is an old saying that has been around for many, many decades: "You win some, you lose some."
Those words have been muttered by coaches and athletes millions of times. The second part of the quote, "but you live to fight another day," is the part that isn't always the case.
For the Benton Lady Panthers softball team, that "other day" will have to wait until next season. On Monday, following a rained-out state semi-final match scheduled for Saturday, the Lady Panthers fought hard and long, but could not overcome a wild pitch and a late error to beat the Russellville Lady Cyclones.
They lost 2-1.
Starting pitcher Jessica Franklin took the circle for Benton and early on found herself in some unfamiliar territory. Franklin started off the first inning with back-to-back strikeouts, but later was fighting to get out of the inning.
Following the strikeouts, the Lady Cyclones put three straight hitters on base, two via hits and one on a walk. Still with two outs, Franklin released a pitch that ran a little high and got away from catcher Sydnee Goldman, giving Russellville its first run of the game.
Franklin ended the inning with her third strikeout.
For Benton, the bats were not awake for nearly the whole game. After scoring 26 runs in the first two games of the 6A State Tournament, Benton was struggling to get runners on base Monday.
In the first, Benton went down in order. Franklin settled down for the most part over the last six innings, allowing just two hits and striking out six. Unfortunately, Benton could not muster anything either as the bats continued to sleep.
The Lady Panthers squeaked out five hits from the second to the seventh inning. The Lady Panthers did load the bases in the fourth with just one out but could not score, leaving the score in Russellville's favor at 1-0.
The scoreboard remained useless until the top of the seventh inning, when the Lady Cyclones pushed across their second run of the game, this time on a Benton error. With two on and two out, Russellville scored on an error by Bailey LeVart to take a 2-0 lead in the seventh.
Benton, however, did attempt to rally back in the bottom of the inning, scoring one but falling just short of a comeback.
After a leadoff ground out by Jessica Hardig, Drew Melton tallied her second hit of the day, driving the ball to the outfield for a one out triple. Melton later scored after a sacrifice fly off the bat of Stevi Berg. Needing just one run to force extra innings, Daphne Bono struck out swinging to end the game and Benton's chances of making the state finals for the fourth straight season.
"There are a lot of 'what ifs,'" head coach Heidi Cox said. "I sure thought we would hit the ball better and jump on (Russellville's pitcher) a little bit more."
Benton bashed out seven hits in the game and struck out only three times.
"Their pitcher is a good little pitcher," Cox said. "She is only going to get better in the next couple of years. We hit the ball too late and not enough with runners on base."
Franklin gave up just four hits in the game and struck out nine. She also walked three.
As for the offense, Taylor Atkinson led the Lady Panthers at the dish with a 2-2 night. Atkinson was caught stealing in the second with just one out in the inning. Melton followed Atkinson, going 2-3, scoring once.
Goldman, LeVart and Hardig tallied the other three hits for Benton.
Other than the loss to Russellville, Benton also loses four seniors that will not be returning next season. Starting pitcher Lauren White, backup catcher Amanda Jones, outfielder Hailey Durham and LeVart will all be graduating later this month.
"I know this is heartbreaking for them," Cox said. "I wanted to see them get there and win one. It just shows you that you have to get here and finish. It shows that the best team can lose."
The four seniors end their career with three finals appearances and back-to-back runner-ups in 2010 and 2011.
Benton finishes its season with a 30-3 overall record. Though a state championship will not be added to the trophy case, the Lady Panthers did add two pieces of hardware in 2012. Benton won its own tournament in March, the Bootsie Gordon Classic, and also brought home the 6A South conference title with a perfect 14-0 showing.
"I wish the best of luck to the other teams," Cox said. "I told our girls to hold their heads high. Yeah, this is the big stage, but we had a good year. Fourteen and zero in conference is really good."
For Russellville, freshman starting pitcher Andrea Kendrick went 3-3 with three doubles and scored once.


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Although state Rep. Kim Fawcett, D-133, hasn't made an official anouncement about her election plans this year, another local Democrat has indicated he will seek Fawcett's legislative seat.
Matt Waggner, the town's Democratic Registrar of Voters, said this week he is organizing a campaign for state representative in the district.
"We need to do more to make our economy reflect our values, and I'm ready to help deliver that change," Waggner, 33, said in a statement.
Waggner says that the response has been positive to his planned candidacy.
Fawcett said last year that she was exploring her options of seeking election to another state office this November, and while she did not say which one, observers expect she is likely to run for the seat in the 28th state Senate District, now held by Republican John McKinney, who is a declared candidate for the GOP's gubernatorial nomination this year.
Waggner, a Fairfield native who returned to Connecticut in 2006 to join Ned Lamont's campaign for U.S. Senate, became a district leader on the Democratic Town Committee in 2007, and was selected to receive the town committee's Denise Dougiello Young Turk Award in 2009.
Waggner is also a freelance graphic designer and a partner in a small business.
Selectman Cristin McCarthy Vahey, also a Democrat, announced her intention last week to seek Fawcettt's seat.
Waggner and his Republican registrar counterpart, Roger Autuori, were in the news last October when an altercation took place as they were preparing for the November election.
Waggner accused Autuori of trying to choke him and slapping him as they readied vote-scanning devices for the balloting. Autuori was charged with breach of peace.
During Superior Court proceedings on the case last month, Autuori denied the charge and was granted accelerated rehabilitation, a special probation, by a judge.


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Flashback: Old House Tour
I don't have a full set of updated, proper house photos from our new townhouse, but after scrolling through my iPhoto I got a little reminiscent and thought it would be fun to post pictures of our last home. It was our first home as a married couple, and the first place I ever lived since moving out of my parents that really felt like home. And somewhere out there, someone was looking down on us, because I couldn't have dreamed up a better place to start our lives. It was a 1000 square foot 1 bedroom basement suite. Sounds pretty lame, hey? Well, this is what we gazed upon every day.
Ok, sure, it's not the beach. But where we live, this is an awesome view to have. Anything other than the back of another house is an awesome view in my books anyways. To go along with the rolling hills and valley views, we also had a massive 1500ish square foot stone patio right outside our front door. It was spectacular for entertaining. And for cuddling up with a glass of wine to watch the sunset.
Ok, enough of outside. Come on through and take a peek. These glass french doors lead directly to our dining room. To the right was our kitchen, to the left our living room, and behind that our bedroom and bathroom.
Did I mention this basement suite was above ground? And practically loaded with massive windows. It was so bright and airy, and felt nothing like a basement. (Excuse the random piece of cardboard I was using to spray paint things on).
And from the other side looking out the french doors.
Cringe: My paper mache canvas art, and the faux orchids. Oh dear
Love: My white parsons chairs that I've since sold, and my DIY chandy.
And for the dining room in relation to the kitchen.
And the living room with our old couches.
Cringe: That rug. Not there's anything inherently wrong with it, I just got so sick of it. It crinkled up all the time and never lay flat. And I don't like the mocha colour.
Love: The pillows. They really were the first "pretty" pillows I ever purchased.
And the bathroom:
Nothing too exciting there. We didn't get to choose the paint colours, other wise those vanities would have been white and the walls would have been grey. But it was really nice to be renters with granite in the bathroom, and lots of storage, and his and hers sinks, and a MASSIVE bathroom with a separate closet for the toilet and tub/shower (which meant the hubs could do his bidess while I did my makeup).
And the master (okay, only) bedroom:
Cringe: Ummm, a lot. ot any one thing in particular, just how it's all put together.
Love: I did love my Edlund bed from Ikea. Had to ell it when we move because it cut off the windows we now have on either side of the bed. I also loved my Jonathan Adler Kensington bedding. It ended up being a bit too busy for me to want to look at it everyday, but it still holds a special place in my heart.
Anyways, thats pretty much it! Hope you enjoyed that lil tour, and if anyone else has done the same I'd love you to link up so I can check it out as well!


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12th October 2005, 11:43 AM
What is the view here on leads / Harnesses / Choke Chains.....
who prefers what and why?
12th October 2005, 04:05 PM
Definitely harnesses - and never, ever check/choke chains for a Cavalier, they don't need them and they can be dangerous if not used properly.
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7th November 2005, 11:10 PM
Most definitely harnesses - Maxx went through a phase of not wating a harness on - until Nicki sent him a Puppia! Now he carries it round with him and adores it!
I would NEVER put a choke chain on a Cavalier, in fact I totally hate chokes full stop. We had a GSD who would only walk on a choke but that was probably because she was a failed Police dog, she never pulled however.
Fi, not saying you would put a choke on a dog but imagine wearing one yourself and everytime you moved without your 'handler' the damned thing pulled on your throat. Can you see why I hate them so much?
Maxx and Charlie both have matching collars that I insist on my dogs wearing but this is only so I have something to grab hold of if I need to (like when someone leaves a door open and Maxx tries to escape :shock: ) and also so that they can wear an identity tag as well.
The only things I have on their tags is my surname, phone no and 'I AM IDENTICHIPPED' - that way if anyone tries to dognap them they know that they have 'hot property'!
All their other info is in the chip so the dog wardens, vets or police can scan them and find who they belong to :D
7th November 2005, 11:55 PM
Hi, Fi. I know many people have strong opinions on this issue. My personal opinion is that different dogs need different types of training. Having had Cedar and working with her for the short time that I have, it is clear to me that a choke collar isnt necessary with her (and probably most cavs, from what I hear here!). I finally found a halter that fits her, and she is much more comfortable with it than walking on lead with even just her regular collar (not a choke/training collar). She still tries to hold it in her mouth like she did with the regular collar, but she's learning that the halter/lead combo doesnt get wrapped in her legs as easily.
I have used a choke collar in the past, but always with much larger dogs (German shepherd mix & an agressive German Shorthair Pointer). If used properly, I do not believe the choke collar is painful on large dogs. It is more attention-grabbing (like a rattle-can) than painful. A larger dog's neck is build differently than the fragile human neck. I do recommend a trainer teach a handler/owner how to properly use a choke collar, so that it is used correctly and effectively. Once the animal is trained, the training collar isnt necessary.
Again, this is just my opinion. I know many people disagree with my opinion, and they have their own reasons and experiences for believing what they do. Since you asked, I thought I would give my side.
8th November 2005, 08:46 AM
Well i had a normal colllor on my Cloe, then i went to a dog show, and i was told not to put a collor on my Cavalliers as it ruined thier coat, the collar was taken off and they put a choke chain on and they walked cloe for the first time without her pullling, so i thought it was the handler, so she told me what to do and asked me to walk her, i did and for teh first time my shoulder didnt come out of tis socket and to this day she will still try to pull and on the normal lead which i tried again a few weeks back, she actually pulled me on teh road as she took off unexpected like!
but when she is good there is no pulling and due to my bad back i cant risk walking her if she pulls. i do sometimes feel guilty about using it but my friends cavallier has a normal collar plus is put on a choke chain for walks, and her neck is a mess.
its a difficult one. i feel guilty now. would hate to think i am hurting them.
8th November 2005, 12:17 PM
My vets (Anicare, who have three Dublin surgeries) feel strongly that small breeds should be walked on harnesses not collars, and definitely that a choke chain should NEVER be used on a small breed because of the risk of tracheal damage. A collapsed trachea is a constant life risk for the dog. Many dogs will pull hard regardless of whether it is painful to them -- I am sure you've all seen dogs literally choking themselves from pulling hard on a regular collar (and choke chains, for that matter), coughing and wheezing and gasping and still pulling hard. A good obedience class on training a dog to walk to heel is the best method of preventing pulling, or using one of the halter-type collars (TKC on the board fits and advises on these in Ireland, and also runs general obediance and training classes through Dog Training Ireland).
The current recommendation of several international vet neurologists is cavaliers should only ever be walked on harnesses because of the potential of accelerating the development of syringomyelia -- the fluid pockets or syrinxes tend to form in the neck area then spread downwards. Here's my post on the SM website to this effect:
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8th November 2005, 03:48 PM
I never used a harness until everyone started talking about the Puppia harness. I got one for each of mine and just love them. Both of mine are pullers when we walk and I hated Shelby straining her neck against that collar. Now, if she pulls she is pulling against her chest rather than her neck. After a few minutes of walking she settles down and walks pretty well. I highly recommend the harness.
5th December 2005, 05:09 PM
I've always used a harness on my Sasha since she had throat surgery - she can't take any type of restraint on her neck. She doesn't mind it altho' I think I will get her a Puppia Harness... Unfortunately our little Lhasa won't even move when you put a harness on him, so we have to just put the neck collar on him for show so he'll go for a walk! :)
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"With the consistent upward pressure of labor and now raw materials, too, we believe the opportunity for (Nike) to generate margin rate expansion" is slim, he said.
Among other areas to watch is China, where Nike is resetting its strategy, says Nomura analyst Robert Drbul. Sales in the world's second-largest economy had been suffering because of a glut of inventory across the market and price-cutting by rivals, according to analysts.
Marketing spending, meanwhile, is expected to climb ahead of this summer's soccer World Cup in Brazil. Canaccord's Lyon, for instance, expects third-quarter marketing and other promotional spending to jump 22%. "Knowing Nike to not be frugal, this line item could be a source of (per-share profit) pressure," he said.
Analysts expect strong results from North America, the company's biggest market. According to a Cowen & Co. survey, Nike continues to see "solid momentum" in shopper preferences, especially among the key athletic gear buyers: men between 18 and 34 years old. For instance, 42% of consumers it surveyed in January said Nike was their first brand choice when buying athletic apparel, outpacing the 13% each for Adidas and Under Armour.
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Where it all startedIn the early 1990s, some students wanted a break from study - a "gap year," although the term wasn't yet in common use. They approached their geography professor about traveling and working in Eastern Europe. The professor, Dr. Peter Slowe, had difficulty finding any opportunities for this kind of travel combined with work experience, so he set about arranging for his students to go and teach English in Romania where he knew some fellow academics. This was how Projects Abroad began in 1992.
Projects Abroad todayUntil 1997, Projects Abroad was a small organization with just two part time staff sending university students to teach English in Eastern Europe. But with more and more people taking time out on academic and work-related breaks, and with many developing countries in need of self-funded volunteers, our organized volunteer programs started to mushroom around the world. Our volunteers can still teach English in Eastern Europe, but can also do many other types of work in many other places.
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I have kited half a dozen times in mid 40s-50 mph winds and i would agree with Ramsey that over 50 its not really possible. It gets so insanely gusty that it can go from 15-55 in a split second in weather like that. Kites that small are ridiculously twitchy and i found myself doing double kiteloops and smashing the kite a lot by overreacting.
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Known for pieces with bohemian flair and tribal prints, Mara Hoffman has been designing her own label since 2000 and was inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2011.
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Sometimes I eavesdrop on people.
I could rationalize it—oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing—but it's basically just nosiness. It also helps me gauge where I'm at: Am I normal? Am I doing the correct trendy cardio exercises? Am I reading the right books? Is gluten still lame? It was through eavesdropping that I learned that you could buy fresh peanut butter at Whole Foods from a machine that grinds it in front of you. I had wasted so much of my life eating stupid old already-ground peanut butter. So, yeah, I highly recommend a little nosiness once in a while.
Recently I listened in on two attractive thirtyish women talking over brunch. I heard the following:
Girl #1 (pretty girl, Lululemon yoga pants, great body):Jeremy just finished his creative writing program at Columbia. But now he wants to maybe apply to law school.
Girl #2 (tiny girl, sheet of black hair, strangely huge breasts): Oh, God.
Lululemon: What?
32D: How many grad schools is he going to go to?
Lululemon: I know. But it's not his fault. No publishers are buying short stories from unfamous people. Basically, you have to be Paris Hilton to sell books these days.
32D: For the 10 years that Jeremy has been out of college doing entry-level job after entry-level job and grad school, you've had a job that has turned into a career.Lululemon: Yeah, so?
32D: Jeremy's a boy. You need a man.
Lululemon did not take this well, as I'd anticipated. I felt bad for Lulu because I've been Lulu. It's really hard when you realize the guy you've been dating is basically a high schooler at heart. It makes you feel like Mary Kay Letourneau. It's the worst.
Until I was 30, I dated only boys. I'll tell you why: Men scared the sh*t out of me. Men know what they want. Men own alarm clocks. Men sleep on a mattress that isn't on the floor. Men buy new shampoo instead of adding water to a nearly empty bottle of shampoo. Men make reservations. Men go in for a kiss without giving you some long preamble about how they're thinking of kissing you. Men wear clothes that have never been worn by anyone else before.
OK, maybe men aren't exactly like this. But this is what I've cobbled together from the handful of men I know or know of, ranging from Heathcliff Huxtable to Theodore Roosevelt to my dad. The point: Men know what they want, and that is scary.
What I was used to was boys.
Boys are adorable. Boys trail off their sentences in an appealing way. Boys get haircuts from their roommate, who "totally knows how to cut hair." Boys can pack up their whole life and move to Brooklyn for a gig if they need to. Boys have "gigs." Boys are broke. And when they do have money, they spend it on a trip to Colorado to see a music festival.
Boys can talk for hours with you in a diner at three in the morning because they don't have regular work hours. But they suck to date when you turn 30.
When I was 25, I went on exactly four dates with a much older guy whom I'll call Peter Parker. I'm calling him Peter Parker because, well, it's my story, and I'll name a guy I dated after Spider-Man's alter ego if I want to.
Peter Parker was a comedy writer who was a smidgen more accomplished than I but who talked about everything with the tone of "you've got a lot to learn, kid." He gave me lots of unsolicited advice about how to get a job "if The Office got canceled." After a while, it became clear that he thought The Office would get canceled, and by our fourth and last date, that he clearly thought it should get canceled.
Why am I bringing up Peter Parker? Because he was the first real man I dated. An insufferable yet legit man.
Peter owned a house. It wasn't ritzy or anything, but he'd really made it a home. The walls were painted; there was art in frames. He had installed a flat-screen TV and speakers. There was just so much screwed into the walls, so much that would make you lose your deposit. I marveled at the brazenness of it. Peter's house reminded me more of my house growing up than of a college dorm room. I'd never seen that before.
Owning a house obviously wasn't enough to make me want to keep dating Peter. Like I said, he was kind of a condescending dick. But I observed in Peter a quality that I knew I wanted in the next guy I dated seriously: He wasn't afraid of commitment.
At this point you might want to smack me and say: "Are you seriously just another grown woman talking about how she wants a man who isn't afraid of commitment?" Let me explain! I'm not talking about commitment to romantic relationships. I'm talking about commitment to things—houses, jobs, neighborhoods. Paying a mortgage. When men hear women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anymore. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life. Entrenched is awesome.
So I'm into men now, even though they can be frightening. I want a schedule-keeping, waking-up-early, wallet-carrying, picture-hanging man. I don't care if he takes prescription drugs for cholesterol or hair loss. (I don't want that, but I can handle it. I'm a grown-up too.)
I know I'm only marginally qualified to be giving advice. I'm not married, I frequently use my debit card to buy things that cost less than three dollars, and my bedroom is so untidy it looks like vandals ransacked the Anthropologie sale section. I'm kind of a mess. I did, however, fulfill a childhood dream of writing, producing and acting in television and movies. Armed with that confidence, alongside a lifelong love of the sound of my own voice, I'm giving you this bit of wisdom: When you turn 30—maybe even before—a fun thing to try is dating men. It'll be like freshly ground peanut butter, times a million.
Oh Mindy. You get it.
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Near the downtown-side gate of Lafayette No. 1 Cemetery stands a tomb that, to a father's eyes, resembles a crib. Nestled within, according to the fading inscriptions, are the earthly remains of three siblings who in a matter of days fell victim to one of New Orleans' longest nightmares, yellow fever.
These are but a handful of the tens of thousands of lost souls who crowded the cemeteries as wave after wave of epidemic ravaged the city in the last century, giving New Orleans a reputation as graveyard of the nation.
Bronze John . . . Yellow Jack . . . the Saffron Scourge . . . like today's residents who watch the hurricane tracking maps from June to December, New Orleanians then listened for the first whispers of outbreak. During the plague season, from July to October, as much as a third of the population evacuated the city.
Yellow fever is carried by a mosquito, Aedes aegypti, bearing the virus from human to human. Within three to six days of infection, symptoms begin - fever, headache, vomiting and backache. As the disease worsens, the victim weakens, with fainter pulse. Blood in the urine and bleeding gums ensue. Jaundice also occurs as the disease attacks the liver, giving the victims the yellow color that gave the disease its name.
In the worst plague years, from 1851 to 1855, up to 10 percent of the people who didn't flee town died in the epidemics - the mortality rate was about 60 percent for those caught not only Bronze John, but also smallpox, maleria and cholera. As thousands died in the brief months of the plague season, New Orleans' already scarce burial space was jammed beyond capacity. Many of the cemeteries that are now tourist attractions are crammed with victims of the plague . . . in some cases buried in mass graves. There was a rapid expansion of cemeteries as they struggled to stay ahead of the growing demand.
The most terrible outbreak came in 1853. The first victim was a newly arrived Irish worker, taken to doctors with black vomit - one of the hallmark signs of yellow fever as it attacks the stomach lining. After a second victim died, officials followed the trail of disease to the emigrant ship Augusta, which arrived from Bremen in mid-May. A third of the city's 150,000 residents evacuted town . . . as the epidemic worsened, more fled town. Many of these were infected, and their flight spread the disease wherever they traveled.
Read "Yellow Fever -- Its Origin," Daily Picayune, Sept. 25, 1853
Reports from the period describe long lines of carriages and wagons in traffic jams, streaming from New Orleans to the Cities of the Dead, carrying the victims to their final rest. City fathers burned smoke pots and fired cannon to drive away the "miasma" they thought carried the epidemic. While the smoke actually killed the mosquitoes (accidentally, as no one knew they carried the disease), the gunshots often sent the victims into convulsions. Corpse-carriers drove wagons through the streets daily, shouting "Bring out your dead."
Because of fear of infection, funerals had been banned for decades at St. Louis Cathedral. The Catholic Church built a little chapel - now known as Our Lady of Guadalupe - beside St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, so that yellow fever victims could be blessed before they were buried.
The sheer mass of corpses often demanded quick and shallow burial. Bodies buried only a foot underground surfaced quickly during the torrential rains, exposing the public to the sight of their decaying neighbors.
On Aug. 11 the New Orleans Daily Crescent reported the scene at one of the cemeteries:
At the gates, the winds brought intimation of the corruption lurking within. Not a puff was not laden with the rank atmosphere from rotting corpses. Inside they were piles by the fifties, exposed to the heat of the sun, swollen with corruption, bursting their coffin lids ... what a feast of horrors. Inside, corpses piled in pyramids and without the gates, old and withered crones and fat huxter women ... dispensing ice creams and confections, and brushing away ... the green bottleflies that hovered on their merchandise and that anon buzzed away to drink dainty inhalations from the green and festering corpses.
Various sources place the total number of deaths from the 1853 epidemic from 7,000 to 12,000.
It was nearly 50 years before scientists identified the virus and tagged the virus as the carrier. New Orleans, with its above-ground sewage gutters, filthy streets, surrounding swamps and stagnant runoff pools was a perfect breeding ground for the mosquitoes that carried yellow fever.
Modern eradication programs, underground sewage and more sophisticated medical and public health expertise has ended the visits of Bronze John.


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Me: If I were to have a title, I guess I could be called an operations and affiliate manager for a well known Internet Marketing Company for some well-known sites. Want to step out and see how many people I can personally help who are coming into this market.
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- Banner Color Scheme: This logo will go on a blue banner - same blue as displayed on BestBuy.com. Notice how their blue fades lighter from top to bottom. I will have it fade from dark to lighter with the darker blue on the bottom. (No need to design the banner. It's just here for reference.)
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This high chest of drawers was owned by Mary Stratton Stebbins (1749-1830) of Belchertown, Massachusetts. It is believed to have been part of the "wedding outfit" when she married Samuel Hinsdale of Greenfield, Massachusetts, in 1772. This maple chest comforms to the style know as Queen Anne or Rococo. A departure from the heavy joined oak chests of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the high chest was made by a cabinet maker rather than the joiner of an earlier period. It was intended to store clothing and household linens. This square-head or flat top case of drawers is constructed of lightweight dovetailed maple boards and has a curvilinear skirt, delicately shaped cabriole legs, and thirteen drawers. It was originally painted red or grain-painted, but is now black. The carved shell on the center drawer of the lower case may be original. The pin-wheel on the upper section was probably added later.
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From The Files Of May 4, 1989 '89 Praise Animal Products Inc., which has operated out of the former Gordon mobile home site along Route 16 east of Mc-
Connellsburg, has recently expanded, according to company owners. The company began operation at the site in September 1987. The company takes ground rawhide from the McConnellsburg Favor Eats plant operation and forms the rawhide into sticks, biscuits, burgers, fries, pretzels, nuggets, etc., for sale in 48 states and Canada. The products are designed for dogs but have also been found to be popular with pet birds, which use the products to help keep their beaks sharp. The company now employs seven women from Fulton County and hopes to further expand their workforce as business dictates.
State police reported Tuesday morning on an unusual call they received for a trucker in need of assistance along Route 484 in Bethel Township. It seems that a Washington, D.C., area truck had ascended a ridge heading west toward Bedford. He stopped his box-type truck at the top of the ridge and was unable to proceed due to an acute fear of heights. Police found the trucker in the cab with his foot glued to the brake pedal. Hancock Rescue Squad personnel were called to get the man out of the truck and he was taken to the hospital. Apparently he had begun experiencing chest pains caused by his acute fear of heights.
A surprise 25th wedding anniversary party was held last Sunday at the C.B. Restaurant and Lounge for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Earley.
Oliver Deshong, 58, Hustontown, bagged a 23-pound gobbler on April 26 after four days of tracking. This was the first gobbler for Deshong which had an 11-inch beard.
Tom Peck, in the Thomas Racing Olds, finished fourth Sunday in the GM Parts 300 at Nazareth, Pa. He was 17th in points in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series before Sunday's race.
An 80th birthday party was held for Willard Wible of Wells Tannery at Hustontown Community Building on April 9.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Curt Lynch of Harrisonville on April 21; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sipes of Harrisonville on April 22; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Miller of Needmore on April 23; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Neuder of Robertsdale on April 24.
A 50th wedding anniversary celebration was held April 2 for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Berkstresser of Hustontown at the Hustontown Community Building.
Deaths: Sylvester Shives, Harrisonville; Gilbert Decker Jr., Hancock; Ronald Cubbage, Hancock; Gladys De- Lancey, Big Cove Tannery; Jobie Smith, Warfordsburg; Walter O'Donnell, Dry Run; Albert Price, Fannettsburg; Frank Calhoun, Breezewood.
Larry and Sue Truax of Needmore have been blessed with a second son, Kevin Andrew, April 19, in Chambersburg Hospital.
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Mrs. Mary Lou Taylor has purchased the property on the northwest corner of Lincoln Way and Route 522 from D.A. Washabaugh, which now houses Mrs. Taylor's "Olde Apothocary Shoppe," Friday Shimer's Barber Shop and apartments above. For many years, the old Mary Trout Drug Store was located here. Mrs. Taylor says she has long-range plans to remodel and improve the property.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Snyder were in Philadelphia last Thursday to see their son run in the 5,000-meter race at the 85th annual Penn Relay Carnival. Bobby finished in 13:52.5, coming in fourth and only four seconds behind the winner, Alan Scharsu of Penn State. On Saturday, Penn State's relay team came in third, with Bobby coming in with a time of 3.47 in the four-mile race.
Picketing by workers is still going on outside the Waynesboro Knitting Co. plant on Lincoln Way West, with no sign of a contract agreement having been reached.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Reel of Harrisonville have announced the marriage of their daughter, Beth Lorraine, to Eric Dane Souders, son of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Souders, McConnellsburg. They were married April 14 in the Asbury Methodist Church.
The afternoon marriage of Carol E. Slagenweit and Earl J. Hendershot was performed April 14 in Pleasant Ridge Church of the Brethren. Parents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hendershot of Warfordsburg, and Rev. and Mrs. Andrew H. Slagenweit of Hummelstown are the parents of the bride.
The 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd B. Culler, Mercersburg, was celebrated at the Mercersburg Inn on April 22 at a reception hosted by their children and their families.
Specials at the IGA; Campbell's pork and beans, 4 for $1; fresh roasters, 65 cents lb.; iceberg lettuce, 39 cents; Kraft American cheese, 2 for $1.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Bowser of Everett on April 19; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Shoemaker of Hancock on April 21; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Mitchell of Fannettsburg on April 22; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dodson Jr. of James Creek on April 22; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Michael French of Harrisonville on April 22; a son to Mr. and Mrs. David McMullen of Shade Gap on April 24; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Mills of Warfordsburg on April 25; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles True of Hancock on April 26.
Engagement: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Waltz Jr., Hancock, are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Jean, to Brian Lee Deneen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Deneen of Warfordsburg.
Deaths: Beryl Machimer, Hustontown; Ernest R. Mellott, Hopewell; Jesse R. McCusker, Hancock; Frances Simpson, Harrisburg.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of May 15, 1969 '69 The senior class of McConnellsburg High School returned on Monday night from a four-day trip to New York. They were excused from school on Tuesday to "recuperate."
The new highway department building, located along Route 522, two miles north of McConnellsburg, will be dedicated on Friday, May 23, at 4:00 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Knepper, formerly of Center, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on May 25.
Helen Louise Brant, daughter to Mr. and Mrs. M. Dean Brant of McConnellsburg, became the bride of Richard Lyle Duffey, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lyle Duffey of McConnellsburg, on April 12.
Men in Service: Army Specialist Five Richard L. Bernhard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bernhard of Needmore, was named an honor graduate upon completion of the Army's Aviation Refresher Training School near Saigon, Vietnam. ATR2 Jerry L. McKee received honors as the Squadron Sailor of the Month for March. Capt. Jerre K. Mellott, son of Mrs. Elna V. Mellott of Mc- Connellsburg, has arrived for duty at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
Specials at the local IGA: Campbell's soup, 10 cents a can; Waldorf toilet tissue, 33 cents, 4-roll pkg.; bananas 10 cents lb.
Recent births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Deshong, Harrisonville, on May 2; a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Gardner of McConnellsburg on May 4; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Houdersheldt of McConnellsburg on May 5; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Mellott of Greencastle on May 6; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Gallagher of Burnt Cabins on May 9; a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Chesnut of Hustontown on May 10; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sipes of Harrisonville on May 10; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Coons, Mercersburg, on May 11.
United in marriage on Saturday, April 5, were Cindy Sue Secrist, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Secrist of Mc- Connellsburg, and Roger Ellwood Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Black of McConnellsburg.
Deaths: Isaac C. Baumgardner of Marklesburg; Lester Denee Sr., Buck Valley; Preston I. Wilson, McConnellsburg; D. Wallace Wink, Tampa, Fla.; Mabel Harshbarger, McVeytown; Mrs. Ella Mae Harrier, Ravenna, Ohio; Mrs. Gertrude Alice Drake, Orbisona; Miss Reginia Elfreda Speck, Orbisonia.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of May 14, 1959 '59 On Sunday afternoon, Jamie Greathead, in the role of Fearless Fosdick, climbed a tree to rescue a cat which had sought refuge there
to get away from his noisy gang of comrades The cat, however, turned on him, so Dr. McLucas treated the torn fingers and gave him a tetanus sot. The same afternoon, Johnnie Duffey was treated by Dr. McLucas after he climbed into a pen to play with a cocker spaniel at the home of his grandparents at Hustontown and the dog turned on him.
Richard Ott of town was taken to Chambersburg Hospital last Wednesday with a severe back ailment.
Ensign Eddie MacKinlay left Sunday to join his ship, the destroyer USS Turner.
Miss June Cornelius was transferred from the Medical Center to Hagerstown Hospital last week for observation and treatment.
For the second week in a row, local firemen answered no calls.
Unemployment checks last week totalled $228,090, with a monetary value of $6,218,090.
Constance Hunsecker, a student at the local high school, has been nominated for the annual Achievement Awards Program sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fraker of Fort Littleton on April 30; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hawkins of Harrisonville on May 1; a son to Mr. and Mrs. William Briggs of Burnt Cabins on May 2; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. DeWayne Parson of Burnt Cabins on May 3; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Mihalick Jr., Hustontown, on May 4; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brown of Robertsdale on May 8; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Veryl Spade of Needmore on May 10.
Derwood Orr and Joyce Ann Waters were married on April 30.
Deaths: Russell Frank Hoffman of Three Springs; Abner Shives of Big Cove Tannery; Albert S. Kelso of Fort Littleton; Howard P. Barnhart of Plum Run.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of May 19, 1949 '49 Seventy-five seniors will graduate from the high schools this year - Green Hill, 11; Taylor Township, 21; Bethel Township, 21; and
McConnellsburg, 22.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Johnston have announced the engagement of their daughter, Alice, to Howard A. Walker of Saxonburg.
George Stenger of McConnellsburg suffered severe second- and third-degree burns of the face and arms when a plumber's furnace exploded on Tuesday morning.
Charles Clevenger has been unanimously elected as the president of the newly formed Wolves Club of Mc- Connellsburg.
Recent births: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Edwards of Big Cove Tannery on May 12; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Truax of Cito on May 14; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon K. Strait of Needmore on May 12; a son to Mr. and Mrs. George Hollenshead of Harrisonville on May 15; a son to Rev. and Mrs. David R. Hoover of Mc- Connellsburg on May 15.
Deaths: David Garfield Shives of McConnellsburg; Ralph Bergstresser of Pittstown, Pa.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of May 18, 1939 '39 Deaths: Frederick Scott Tritle of Mc- Connellsburg; Sharon Ilene Benson of Three Springs; Benjamin Hollenshead of Thompson
Township; Freddie Black of Chambersburg; George B. Finiff of near Mercersburg; Mrs. Rheuanna Lane of near Breezewood; Mrs. Bessie B. Gutshall of Martinsburg.
The children of the late Thomas R. and Maria (Morgret) Palmer attended Mother's Day services in Sideling Hill Baptist Church on Sunday, the first time they had met together in this church in 34 years. Their parents are buried in the adjoining cemetery.
Miss Sadie Michaels, who for many years taught the first grade of Everett Public Schools, was honored with a memorial service last week. The Everett High School Alumni Assoc. and the Everett Parents Teachers Assoc. joined in honoring the memory of this beloved teacher, who was a former resident of McConnellsburg. Among the Fulton countians who attended were Miss Nellie Hays and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duffey.
Izora Deshong will be the salutatorian of the Green Hill graduating class this year; Ralph Strait, the class orator; and Lewis Fix, the valedictorian.
H.E. Chesnut has been appointed to serve as a director of the Chambersburg Motor Club, to replace D.H. McClain, who died in March. The appointment was made by H. Rush Hafer, president of the club.
McConnellsburg seniors will leave for their annual trip to New York City on May 28.
"Calm Yourself" is the name of a thee-act play to be staged by the Warfordsburg juniors on May 12. Taking part are Franklin Sadofsy, Beverly Carnell, Evelyn Palmer, Jessica Covalt, Nhyle Hess, Warren Palmer, Mary Evelyn Fisher, Wilmer Mellott, Robert Schriever and Viola Garland.
Herman Schooley of Harrisonville was admitted to the Everett Hospital this week for an emergency appendicitis operation.
A daughter was born at Everett Hospital on May 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Omar D. Tice of McConnellsburg.
Fully armed squads of local state police guarded the highways on Tuesday night when it was reported that robbers who staged a holdup in Pittsburgh were headed this way. No bandits were encountered, however.
Negotiations having finally been completed, the coal mines at the Broad Top area began full operations this week.
Nelson Kendall was a recent visitor to the World's Fair in New York.
Mrs. William Hopkins entered the Altoona Hospital to undergo an eye operation.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Smith of Northcraft are the proud parents of a new baby girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin and son have moved from Needmore to McConnellsburg.
John Bivens returned to his home in Wells Tannery on Saturday, much improved in health after eight weeks of treatment in the Roaring Springs Hospital.
A double birthday celebration was held in Todd Township on May 10 in honor of the 77th birthday of Jane Berkstresser and the 86th birthday of William McClain. From Days Gone By
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80 Years Ago
From The Files Of May 16, 1929 '29 The Public Service Commission will hold a hearing on
May 22 on a new bus route through McConnellsburg. The new company, the East Broad Top Transit Co., proposes to operate buses from Huntingdon to Hagerstown via Chambersburg.
Deaths: Jacob Winegardner of Clear Ridge; Mrs. Robert E. Ramsey of Maddensville; Pryor Harold Knepper of Shade Valley; John Gordon of Plum Run; James Keith of New Grenada.
Thomas Cromwell of Clear Ridge has gone to Pittsburgh where he will stay indefinitely.
Charles Appleby and Mervin Mort of Clear Ridge have gone to Virginia where they gave found employment.
Herman Keyser has moved from the vicinity of Needmore to the George Morton farm in Todd Township, recently vacated by Calvin Long, who moved to the Magsam house.
Raymond Gracey of Enid was scalded last week when one of the "plugs blew out of a sawmill."
Walter Hudson of Cumberland recently purchased the John Sheetz farm on Huckleberry Ridge near Northcraft.
County Commissioner Isaiah Sipes said he did not accompany the other commissioners on a recent trip to Harrisburg because he thought the taxpayers could not stand the expense.


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The Friday Abstract: The State of the Blogosphere Address 2008
My fellow bloggers, distinguished readers, newcomers and loyalists, mobile readers and RSS feeders, I welcome you all to the State of the Blogosphere Address.
Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I am here to tell you that the State of the Blogosphere is strong.
But, I hasten to add, it requires our constant vigilance.
When I look upon this great blogosphere of ours, I see dark clouds of change on the horizon. I see the status quo in peril; I see business-as-usual facing tremendous turmoil.
For there are those in the blogosphere right now proposing Archives 2.0, an ideology that runs contrary to our way of life.
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We will suppress them.
Furthermore, take a look at The DIGITAL Archive, a front organization that takes readers to the front lines of archives and technology and beyond, and boasts provocatively of making things last longer since 2005. Such obscenity has never been heard of before.
We will suppress them.
The worst offender of them all, however, is Archives*Open, a new cabal so sinister it actively solicites contributions from readers—archivists who want to promote their exciting archival projects—and attempts to form community and collaboration – buzzwords for large-scale, global ideological subversion.
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For Somali girl Halima Mohmoud, 11, a dream came true recently. She is now enrolled in school despite the hardships she and her family go through every day.
"This is my first time in school. My parents are pastoralists and live in the village," said Halima in an interview with UNICEF. "Education is important to me because it will help in future."
However, many other children in Somalia – like Halima's eight siblings – do not go to school.
"The disappearance of formal education systems in Somalia has lowered the national enrollment rate to around 31% (22% for girls as compared with 34% for boys)," according to the World Bank. "Girls, in particular, are less likely to attend school due to domestic responsibilities. Nearly 75% of females between 15-24 years are illiterate, one of the world's highest levels of gender disparity."
But a new campaign strives to reverse the situation. Government officials in Somalia launched the Go 2 School initiative to get one million more children into schools.
The drive to get parents to bring their children to free government schools will be bolstered by plans to build and renovate schools, train and support teachers, increase the capacity of ministries, and provide youth training facilities.
The initiative includes basic education for 6- to 13-year-olds as well as alternative basic education for out-of-school children, including pastoralists and the internally displaced.
The Go 2 School Initiative, which will cost $117 million over three years, is being supported by UNICEF, WFP, and UNESCO, along with a number of international NGOs.
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By Matthew Heimer
EDITOR'S NOTE: I started the day on Friday with some interesting data about the relationship between income and retirement savings. I then turned that data into a confusing chart–one that included a typo, to boot. With valuable help from colleagues and readers, I've replaced the old chart with two clearer ones. Thanks for your interest and your engagement. — M.H.
Earlier this week, Encore asked the rhetorical question: "Do you have to be a bleeding heart to believe that it's hard to save money when you aren't making money?" The occasion was the publication of the annual Retirement Confidence Survey, which yielded the palm-smack-to-the-forehead statistic that 36% of Americans had saved $1,000 or less for retirement.
We asked Jack VanDerhei, the research director of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (which conducts the confidence survey) to break out some data from the poll that compared savings to household income. He was kind enough to help out, and the data he provided shows just how intensely the problem of scanty retirement savings is concentrated among lower earners.
Among households that earn less than $25,000 a year, around 75% have less than $1,000 saved, and almost 95% have less than $25,000. Once you get to the middle income range, the outlook brightens a little: About half of all households earning between $50,000 and $75,000 have at least $25,000 put away, and around 20% of that group have saved at least $100,000.
Among six-figure earners, as you'd expect, the retirement balances look healthier still: More than 40% have saved at least $250,000, and 10% have saved at least $1 million.
(For perspective: The median U.S. household income is just over $51,000, according to the Census Bureau; an income of $100,000 or more lands you roughly among the top 19% of taxpayers.)
Of course, just because you're earning well doesn't mean you're saving much; about 12% of this high income group has saved less than $25,000 for retirement. For some perspective on why a high earner might be living paycheck to paycheck, see our colleague Steve Goldstein's Capitol Report blog post, Two-thirds of those living paycheck to paycheck aren't poor.
Also on MarketWatch:
Retirement: 36% have saved $1,000 or less
Time to close a Social Security loophole?
Why tapping your IRA early could pay off
Matthew Heimer covers retirement for MarketWatch, and edits the Encore blog. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewHeimer.


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From the power of racing thoroughbreds, to a gentle nudge from a therapy horse, to the open runs of wild horses on the range, to the muscle and skill of working ranch horses, this program takes viewers on an emotional journey on horseback through the American West. It celebrates the remarkable relationship of horses and the humans who love them. Narrated by actress Ali MacGraw, the film offers a broad overview of the many different roles of horses in the American West.
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==See Also==
==See Also==
[http://wiki.gotux.net//PanicLock] -- Lock your screen and close selected programs in background.
Revision as of 14:49, 26 August 2012
- 1 Installing XScreenSaver
- 2 Configuring XScreenSaver
- 3 Starting XScreenSaver
- 4 Lock Screen
- 5 Disabling XScreenSaver for Media Applications
- 6 Using XScreenSaver as animated wallpaper
- 7 Theming
- 8 User switching from the lock screen
- 9 See Also
Installing XScreenSaver
Install the xscreensaver package found in the official repositories.
Alternatively, there is a patched version with the Arch Linux logo in the AUR named xscreensaver-arch-logoAUR. Running this package instead of the one available in the official repositories is advantageous for several reasons:
- Since makepkg is compiling it from source code, the resulting package will contain processor-specific optimizations unique to your specific system -- assuming you set up your
/etc/makepkg.confwith the appropriate CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS.
- This package is Arch-branded (screensavers, lock screen, etc.)
- If running GNOME, this package will provide an icon to enter the XScreenSaver preferences under System>Preferences>Screensaver whereas the package in the official repositories does not.
Configuring XScreenSaver
Global options are defined in
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver. Under a standard setup, there is likely no need to edit this file. Instead most options are configured on a user-by-user basis simply by running xscreensaver-demo
$ xscreensaver-demo
Starting XScreenSaver
Single-User Systems
Simply installing the xscreensaver package is not enough to have it run automatically. The
xscreensaver program has to be started, which is commonly done by the desktop environment via a line in
~/.xinitrc as follows:
/usr/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash &
The ampersand
& argument makes the
xscreensaver program run in the background and is required.
/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc, to ensure it gets executed use
startxfce4 and not
exec startxfce4 --with-ck-launch
Multi-User Systems
If operating with multiple users with a display manager (e.g. SLiM, GDM, KDM) it is best to start XScreenSaver via the desktop manager's native screensaver interface. This allows full management of user switching. For example, if using GNOME, install gnome-screensaver and xscreensaver but only have
gnome-screensaver active. This allows for all the screensavers to be selected, and keep the ability for user switching in the event that one user has the screen locked, and another user wants to "switch users" to he/she can access to the box.
Another option to retain multi-user support, without having to install a second screensaver, is to modify either
~/.xscreensaver for per-user settings, or
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver for global settings, and add the following line.
newLoginCommand: /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver
Lock Screen
You may immediately trigger
xscreensaver, if it is running, and lock the screen with the following command:
$ xscreensaver-command --lock
Disabling XScreenSaver for Media Applications
Add the following to
heartbeat-cmd="xscreensaver-command -deactivate >&- 2>&- &"
There is no native support within XBMC to disable XScreenSaver (although XBMC does come with its own screensaver). A 3rd party application available in the AUR called caffeineAUR does just this. Once running, simply add
xbmc.bin to the list of apps for automatic activation.
Adobe Flash/MPlayer/VLC
There is no native way to disable XScreenSaver for flash, but there is script named lightsOn that works great and has support for Firefox's Flash plugin, Chromium's Flash plugin, MPlayer, and VLC.
Using XScreenSaver as animated wallpaper
You can run
xscreensaver in the background, just like a wallpaper.
First, kill any process that is controlling the background (the root window).
Locate the desired XScreenSaver executable (they are usually on
/usr/lib/xscreensaver/) and run it with the
-root flag, like this
$ /usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow -root &
XScreenSaver as wallpaper under xcompmgr
xcompmgr may cause problems, so you need to use xwinwrap to run it in order to use it as wallpaper. You can find it as shantz-xwinwrap-bzrAUR in the AUR.
Run it with the following command:
$ xwinwrap -b -fs -sp -fs -nf -ov -- /usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow -root -window-id WID &
XScreenSaver's unlock screen can be themed with X resources (see: XScreenSaver resources).
User switching from the lock screen
By default, xscreensaver's "New Login" button in the lock screen will call /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver to allow for user switching. This is fine if using gdm or kdm. Other display managers such as lightdm and lxdm support this functionality as well.
Simply paste the following into
~/.Xresources to use lxdm's switching mode:
*newLoginCommand: lxdm -c USER_SWITCH
Simply paste the following into
~/.Xresources to use lightdm's switching mode:
*newLoginCommand: lightdm
See Also
PanicLock -- Lock your screen and close any selected programs in background.


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Here's my latest script, which adds color highlighting to segments and landmarks according to their status and type. The highlighting of segments is likely to be most useful, for it shows locked and un-named roads.
> WME Color Highlights script at userscripts.org - updated Nov 16
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Firefox users will need the Greasemonkey addon.
Many thanks to Dave2084, AlanOfTheBerg and bgodette, and many other beta testers who gave feedback and added features.


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