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DAYTON, Ohio — The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) named Air Force veteran, engineer, entrepreneur and community volunteer Walter Hoy as the winner of the Ivonette Wright Miller Award at its 2013 annual meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 20. NAHA also awarded its Wick Wright Award to Phillip Parker, president and CEO of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, and its PROPS (Partner Recognition of Outstanding Support) Award to Wright "B" Flyer, Inc.
Hoy received the Ivonette Wright Miller Award, named for the niece of Wilbur and Orville Wright, for a broad range of volunteerism, from cooking and serving meals at heritage organization functions to designing and building one-of-a-kind aircraft and equipment for those same organizations. He is a founding member and current chair of the Wright Image Group Inc. and a trustee for Wright "B" Flyer Inc., both NAHA partners.
Besides his aviation heritage activities, Hoy also serves in leadership positions and does hands-on volunteer work for the Gospel Mission, the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation and the K-12 Gallery for Young People. Hoy's Air Force career, from 1958 to 1978, included combat duty in Vietnam and aeronautical research at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He also founded two local companies that were later merged to form Fox Lite Inc.
"The range and depth of his volunteerism is simply stunning and extends far beyond aviation heritage," said Tim Gaffney, NAHA communications director, who presented the award as chair of the nominating committee.
Parker received the Wick Wright Award, named for the grandnephew of the Wright brothers, for outstanding support of the National Aviation Hall of Fame in early 2012 when the future of its annual enshrinement ceremony in Dayton was in doubt.
"Upon hearing the news, Phil enthusiastically agreed to convene a committee of community leaders to ensure the event did not leave the Birthplace of Aviation. Over the next eight months, Phil personally engaged several individuals, businesses and organizations, obtaining sponsorships and financial support for the event, with the end result another successful enshrinement ceremony in Dayton," said Tony Perfilio, NAHA chair.
Wright "B" Flyer, an all-volunteer organization, received the PROPS award for supporting a number of NAHA partners, including exhibiting a full-size replica of a Wright "B" Flyer at the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in September 2012, which promoted the entire heritage area.
"They were one of the most popular exhibits at the largest manufacturing technology show in North America," Perfilio said.
Also at the annual meeting, NAHA Executive Director Tony Sculimbrene reviewed the organization's execution of its strategic plan since 2007 and briefed partners on the beginning of a new strategic planning process.
The planning process will address the Wright Company factory buildings, which are being preserved at the former Delphi Home Avenue automotive manufacturing plant, a 54-acre site in West Dayton that is being developed for new commercial use. Congress has designated the two buildings for addition to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. NAHA will study what role it should play in the restoration and future use of the buildings and three adjacent, historic factory buildings.
The National Aviation Heritage Alliance (NAHA) is a private, not-for-profit corporation designated by Congress as the management entity of the National Aviation Heritage Area. NAHA's vision is to sustain the legacy of the Wright brothers and make the Dayton region the recognized global center of aviation heritage and premier destination for aviation heritage tourism. The National Aviation Heritage Area is one of 49 National Heritage Areas in a program administered by the National Park Service. For more information: AviationHeritageArea.org


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Justice Department: To Protect Pharma Profits, We'll Just Take Money From Google
from the it's-enough-to-drive-someone-to-drugs... deptSo the big story of the day seems to be about the Justice Department getting Google to "forfeit" $500 million for having ads in the US for Canadian pharmacies. This isn't a huge surprise. News broke of the investigation a few months ago, when Google mentioned in an SEC filing that it had set aside $500 million to settle this particular matter. The Justice Department, in typical fashion, play up how they're protecting Americans from harm blah, blah, blah.
Here's the thing: I can't figure out how this makes any sense at all. First off, why is Google to blame? As we've discussed repeatedly, the US is pretty clear on its liability laws that liability should be applied to the party actually responsible, not third party platforms. Google accepted ads. That should not make it responsible for the content in those ads, let alone transactions that may occur because of those ads. Even worse, Google clearly made quite an effort to make sure such ads only involved legit drugs:
Google changed its policy on pharmacy ads in February 2010, so that it would only take ads from U.S. pharmacies accredited by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, and from online pharmacies in Canada that are accredited by the Canadian International Pharmacy Association.So, now, as a media property that has advertising, do I need to fear that the Justice Department can force me to forfeit money because one of you clicks on an ad and makes a transaction that the government thinks is illegal? That's insane!
On top of this, it's even more ridiculous, because the US government has almost always turned a blind eye to grey market imports of drugs from Canadian pharmacies, because they know that without such affordable drugs, people will die. Here we have the Justice Department not helping to save lives, but helping to kill people off by making it that much more difficult to get approved drugs from Canada at more reasonable prices. In fact, amusingly, Senator Patrick Leahy is pushing legislation that will expand the ability of Americans to import such drugs (at the same time he's sponsoring the PROTECT IP Act, which wold force such sites off the internet -- he's not particularly consistent, that Senator Leahy).
Let's face facts here. This has absolutely nothing to do with public safety. This is a cynical move by the Obama administration to ensure support from the pharma industry. Early on in his administration, President Obama specifically supported allowing re-importation from Canadian pharmacies. In fact, the White House has repeatedly said that it's completely in favor of allowing such reimportation.
And yet now it takes $500 million from Google not for actually doing that, but for allowing ads to appear that promote a program the administration has officially endorsed? It's hard not to take the cynical view and simply see this as the US government taking from Google in an effort to make the US pharma industry (who hate, hate, hate Canadian imports) happy.
In the meantime, as Ryan Singel points out, Google is getting dinged $500 million here, while Goldman Sachs got dinged $550 million for "melting the economy." I guess Wall Street and pharma have much better lobbyists than Google.
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Chair Hicks will call the meeting to order.
Chair Hicks will address the committee and ask for approval of the minutes from the December 10, 2009 meeting.
Proposed Action:
Approval. Motion and second required.
Chair Hicks will address those in attendance and offer opportunity for open comments.
Open Comments
: No motion required.
Pursuant to the Board of Governors regulation 3.006 Accreditation, the university boards of trustees are required to develop policies on accreditation that are consistent with the mission of the institution and Board of Governors' guidelines.
The policy on accreditation has been vetted through the promulgation process currently in place and is being recommended for approval by the full Board.
Vice President Serwatka will address the committee and ask for approval of this policy.
Proposed Action:
Approval. Motion and second required.
The purpose of this item is to present for review and approval a new master's degree in nutrition and dietetics. This program currently exists as a concentration in the master's degree in Health Science (MHS). The proposed program will be 43 hours. The proposed degree will not require additional funding for courses, faculty, or other program resources.
This item was approved by the Faculty Association at its meeting on April 1, 2010 and is being recommended for approval by the Provost Workman and the President Delaney.
Provost Workman will address the committee and discuss approval. Dr. Pam Chally, dean, Brooks College of Health will be available for questions and to make supporting comments.
The purpose of this item is to present the annual report addressing the requirements of the Florida Educational Equity Act (FEEA), Gender Equity in Athletics, and the Equity Accountability Program (EAP) statutes. Each state university is required to maintain an annual equity plan for appropriate representation of women and minorities in senior level administrative positions, within tenure track and non-tenure track faculty and within faculty granted tenure. In addition universities are required to monitor student participation in programs or courses where certain protected classes are underrepresented and to ensure that provisions of non-discrimination laws are adhered to and educational resources are equitably distributed.
is report must be approved by the university President and the university Board of
Trustees and submitted to the Board of Governors, through the Office of the Chancellor, by June 30, 2010.
Ms. Lina Monell, Director of Equal Opportunity Programs, will address the committee and present this report.
An individual can achieve tenure in two distinct ways: 1) tenure through the university's standard tenure review process, and 2) tenure by reason of appointment. The tenure nomination before the committee is being recommended under the tenure by reason of appointment procedures. \\ Under tenure by reason of appointment, senior administrators or distinguished faculty may be granted tenure upon being hired at UNF. The candidate must receive a positive vote from the relevant disciplinary department, even if the appointment is in an administrative capacity. UNF agrees to award tenure as a condition of appointment in order to be competitive in hiring these individuals. The Provost and the President also conduct a thorough review of all candidates for tenure on appointment.
Under these guidelines the administration recommends awarding tenure to Dr. Murat Tiryakioglu, Director, School of Engineering, College of Computing, Engineering and Construction.
Provost Workman will address the committee and discuss this item.
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Fern Leona Boyce
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(November 14, 1921 - April 24, 2011)
Jetmore - Fern Leona Cowles Boyce, 89, died April 24, 2011 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She was born on a farm in Ness County, Kansas on November 14, 1921 to Lydia and Walter Cowles. She attended grade school and 3 years of high school in Ness County. The family moved to Hodgeman County where Fern completed her senior year and graduated from Jetmore High School. Everything changed as World War II began. Fern's sweetheart, Glen Boyce, was drafted and left for service in the United States Army. Fern decided that was what she wanted to do and as soon as she turned 21 (the required age at that time) enlisted in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corp. She completed basic training and Motor Transportation School at Ft. DeMoines, Iowa. After school she was transferred to Ft. Adams, Rhode Island located about a mile from Newport, RI. There she drove an ambulance, mail truck and staff car for several officers. This job took her all over the area and as far as Boston, Massachusetts. After about 6 months, the Women's Auxiliary Army Corp was changed to the Women's Army Corp and staying in required re-enlistment. Fern re-enlisted and served as a Chaplin's assistant at Ft. Wright, New York doing office work and helping with Sunday services. She applied for a discharge in 1945 to come home to help her father care for her mother who was very ill. Glen was discharged in October, 1945. Fern and Glen Boyce were married on November 23, 1945 in Larned, KS. That marriage was blessed with two daughters. Glen and Fern farmed in Hodgeman County. Fern was a hard working farmer's wife and mother. She always had a garden and chickens to help put food on the table. She was a very talented seamstress. Although it wasn't her favorite thing to do, she was a great cook. Fern was a 4-H sewing leader for many years and choir director at the First Baptist Church in Jetmore. She worked part-time during tax season in Jack Dalton's office while the kids were still in school. Years later, Glen and Fern drove a school bus for 8 years and Fern worked in the business office of Hodgeman County Health Center for 11 years, retiring in 1987. Upon retiring from farming, Glen & Fern resided in Jetmore where she was a member of the Jetmore Senior Center, until the early 2000's. Fern has resided in assisted care for the past several years. Fern is preceded in death by her mother and father, one brother, Kenneth Cowles, and one sister Ruby Delaney, her husband Glen and her daughter Sandie. She is survived by one daughter, Pat Ardern of Stillwater, OK, 4 grandchildren, Craig Gustin, Christina Humes, Shannon Layman and Jeff Layman and three great grandchildren, Cooper Humes, Andie Humes and Marcus Layman.
Funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church, Jetmore, with Pastor Dennis Fulton presiding. Visitation will be from 9a.m. to 8p.m. Thursday and Friday at Beckwith Funeral Home, Jetmore. Burial will be in the Fairmount Cemetery, Jetmore.
Memorials may be sent to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in care of the funeral home.


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Once constricted by the crumpled riser pipe, the full flow of the runaway Macondo wellhead in the BP oil spill burst forth last week when BP sawed through the pipe left over from when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and eventually sank on April 20.
BP placed a "top cap" device with a rubberized seal on top of the pipe to siphon away the oil, a move that some marked as a long-awaited breakthrough in the six-week battle against geologic forces, tapped by man, that now threaten the ecology and livelihood of the US Gulf of Mexico.
But judging from recent images from the BP live feed "spill cam," the gusher is still gushing – and hard. And even if BP is capturing 14,800 barrels a day, as Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said it did yesterday, the increased flow at the wellhead itself could, some scientists say, mean the operation is a wash, or may even have worsened the ultimate flow as a result.
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"That is the big unknown that we're trying to hone in and get the exact numbers on," Mr. Allen, President Obama's point man on the spill, told reporters Monday. "And we'll make those numbers known as we get them. We're not trying to low-ball it or high-ball it. It is what it is."
The question of how much oil is leaking has been crucial from Day 1 of the crisis. Since BP is liable for every barrel spilled, its estimates have been viewed with skepticism and even ridicule. A NOAA flow-rate group eventually raised the original BP estimate of 5,000 barrels per day, placing it between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels a day. Others have said it's really more, perhaps as much as 30,000 barrels per day.
Considering the questions about earlier estimates and the increased flow from the cut riser pipe, at least one expert – Ira Leifer, a member of the government's Flow Rate Technical Group (FRTG) – believes the current flow could be greater than before. The group had estimated a 20 percent increase in the flow after the cut of the riser pipe.
"The well pipe clearly is fluxing way more than it did before," Dr. Leifer, a researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara, tells The New York Times. "By way more, I don't mean 20 percent, I mean multiple factors."
The flow rate is difficult to measure, but the new top cap device should make it easier, since the oil flowing onto surface tankers can be measured to the pint. But those tapping into the BP live feed can witness the massive geyser rising from around the top of the lower marine riser package to which BP attached the top-cap device.
Even at the current capture rate of 14,800 barrels, or 621,000 gallons, a day, the containment cap would represent BP's greatest success so far.
At the higher end of government estimates, nearly 40 million gallons of oil have escaped, four times that of the Exxon Valdez. BP could incur fines of up to $4,800 per barrel of oil that's escaped. BP says it simply does not know the true extent of the leaking oil. "How much that is, we'd all love to know," Kent Wells, a BP executive, told reporters Monday. "It's really difficult to tell."
The company has an obligation to come up with a firm flow-rate number, says Rep. Edward Markey (D) of Massachusetts, a sharp critic of BP throughout the spill. "At this time, BP appears to know how much oil is being captured, which is encouraging," he wrote in a letter to BP Tuesday. "Yet BP still does not appear to know precisely how much oil is actually escaping, which is discouraging."
Estimating the size of the spill at the source instead of as it approaches the shore, Representative Markey says, "is critical, not only in terms of the efficacy of the temporary cap solution, but also in terms of the size and extent of the needed spill response and the ultimate effects on the environment."
BP has learned lessons from earlier attempts to capture the oil, and moved cautiously over the weekend in shutting several valves and manifolds to reduce the escaping oil, calibrating so as not to build up pressure that could blow the device off or allow water to enter the siphoned oil, which could lead to the kind of build up of methane crystals that thwarted an earlier attempt to put a larger cofferdam over the wellhead. There are also questions about the availability of enough processing capacity at the surface to hold the siphoned crude.
Concerns about the real effect of the top-cap procedure put into sharp relief the difficult work being done by the FRTG, which was convened to study the extent of the plume.
If some 14,000 barrels per day is being siphoned off the current geyser, it could throw that group's preliminary estimates of up to 19,000 barrels a day into question, as well. The committee expects to issue a new estimate later this week, but it wasn't clear Tuesday whether that estimate would include the post-top-cap situation.
The backdrop is that a subgroup of the FRTG has not been able to determine an upper range for the flow estimate.
The analysis done has used satellite maps and high-definition images of the spurting oil itself to estimate the rate of flow. Leifer, the flow-rate group member, says BP has been stonewalling attempts to get more accurate images of the plume to analyze. Allen said last week that all his requests to BP chief Tony Hayward have been honored quickly.
The lack of a "downhole" sensing device to accurately measure the flow has unduly complicated spill mathematics, says Elgie Holstein, a former Department of Energy chief of staff and currently an oil-spill expert at the Environmental Defense Fund in Washington.
"This is a bit like watching some sort of grainy crime video from a 7-Eleven robbery," he says. "People have been treating this as though it's some exotic science, but the problem is we have to engage in all these mathematical gymnastics when the basic monitoring devices aren't available to us."
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hundredworlds.com needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 328 designs submitted by 76 freelance designers.
Hundred Worlds
Hundred Worlds is a group of web developers providing our services to small businesses, digital agencies, and other freelancers. Our services begin with traditional web development, mobile web & native applications and database integration.
Consisting of former agency employees, our goal is to bring current web technologies to the small businesses which are often overlooked by most agencies.
Currently, the majority of our work is for directors and executives at larger agencies and corporations: technology, marketing, account executives.
We hope to shift that to providing high quality solutions to local small business owners. Community is important to us and we want our clients to feel the same. Think restaurants, boutique stores, etc.
- Logo with icon & business name. Casing isn't important.
- 3-4 colors
- Logo will be predominately used on website & documents
- Some adjectives: local; youthful; agile
Things we like
- Logo & icon tied together
- Solid background color
- Bold colors
- High contrast
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They pioneered the way for generations of elected officials
By Yussuf J. Simmonds
Sentinel Managing Editor
In February 2007, the California State Assembly adopted a bill referencing Black History Month and it read, "From the earliest days of the United States, the course of its history has been greatly influenced by Black heroes and pioneers in many diverse areas, from science, medicine, business, and education to government, industry, and social leadership. Among those Americans who have enriched our society are the members of the African-American community, individuals who have been steadfast in their commitment to promoting brotherhood, equality, and justice for all."
California African American State Legislators began their journey in the Assembly in 1918, and have led the way for Black elected officials throughout the state, and to Washington, D.C. In fact, except for (former Congress-members) Ron Dellums and Walter Tucker III, all of the Black members of Congress from California, began in the state legislature. And they began with:
In 1918, Roberts was elected to the California State Assembly from the 62nd District as a Republican in a hard-fought campaign, during which his chief rival issued racial slurs against him. While in office, he sponsored legislation to establish the University of California at Los Angeles and improve public education. He also proposed several civil rights and anti-lynching measures during his 16 years in the assembly, becoming known as the Dean of the Assembly.
Roberts had a somewhat extensive background in business before becoming the first Black assemblyman in California. He was also the first African American graduate at Los Angeles High School; majored in pre-law at USC and graduated at Colorado College. His family had a strong tradition of college education and business, and was prominent in the Los Angeles area. His father established the first black-owned mortuary in L.A. and Roberts, in preparing to assume the helm of the family business, attended the Barnes-Worsham School of Embalming and Mortuary Science.
As founder and editor of the New Age Dispatch newspaper and co-owner in a mortuary business, A.J. Roberts & Son, along with his father, Roberts played a prominent role in the growing African-American community of L.A., as Blacks from the South migrated to the City of the Angeles. Roberts understood the need for Blacks to fight for civil rights and to become politically active, and he worked diligently through the NAACP and the Urban League towards that goal. He knew that working for civil and political rights for Blacks would take joint and unified efforts.
In order to lead by example, Roberts ran and was elected in 1918. After Franklin D. Roosevelt's election in 1934, the Republican's mantra as 'the party of Lincoln' faded and a Democrat defeated Roberts. He later ran twice for Congress but was unsuccessful.
Roberts was married to Pearl Hinds and they had a daughter Gloria. He died from a serious automobile accident in Los Angeles at County General Hospital.
When retired Congressman Augustus Hawkins died in 2007, he was eulogized, "A centenarian of immense popularity, Hawkins was a political icon and a legislative pioneer who paved the way in the United States Congress and the California State Assembly for the current generation of legislators." He was the oldest living member of Congress up to that time and since.
Both in the state assembly and as the first African American elected to Congress from California, Hawkins lighted a legislative pathway for others to follow. He was diminutive in physical stature and soft-spoken, but his achievements, particularly in progressive and civil rights legislation, far over-shadowed his physical being. He went to the assembly in 1935, the 62nd district, as a part of the New Deal thrust that swept the country after the Great Depression, and he served there until 1962 when he was elected to the U.S. Congress. While in the assembly, Hawkins was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1940, 1944 and 1960.
During his 28 years in the state assembly, Hawkins authored a multitude of legislative measures in the areas of adult education, apprenticeship training, slum clearance; low cost housing; workmen's compensation for domestics; disability insurance; pensions for senior citizens; and childcare centers. Specifically, Hawkins was responsible for The Fair Employment Practice Act of 1959; and the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962; and The Fair Housing Act of 1963. He served as Chairman of the Rules, Public Utilities, Labor and Capital, Unemployment Committees and the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization.
In 1963, when he went to Congress, not only was he the first African American from California, Hawkins was also the first African American in Congress West of the Mississippi River. And while in Congress, he was as strident in his focus to serve his constituents as he had been in the California State Assembly; he was a prolific author of quality legislation that affected the forgotten of America, especially in the areas of jobs/labor, housing, health, urban redevelopment and education. Hawkins was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus in January 4, 1969, 'the Conscience of Congress' which was then known as the Democratic Select Committee.
In 1976, the Brotherhood Crusade honored Hawkins as a pioneer of Black political leadership. Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., then the executive director of the Brotherhood Crusade, remembered Hawkins as "a scholar and a hard worker who preferred to work behind the scenes, and a formidable infighter; a man of great integrity who had the courage and power to stand by his convictions."
And in 1986, Congressman Hawkins brought together African American educators and organizational leaders to form the National Council on Educating Black Children. The mission of NCEBC is to improve the quality of education for African American youth based on the correlates found in the More Effective Schools Research of noted African American educator Ron Edmonds. Hawkins served in Congress until 1991 – for 28 years as he did in the assembly.
In 1964, Time magazine ran a story beginning with, "Who is W. Byron Rumford? For the record, he is a 56-year old resident of Berkeley, a negro, and a veteran Democratic member of the California state legislature." Back in 1949, when Rumford joined the California Legislature, the only other Black legislator there was Augustus Hawkins; and he was the first from Northern California. He remained in the assembly until 1966.
As assemblyman, Rumford chaired the Public Health Committee, where he completed numerous major studies related to Public Health including the Impact of Air Pollution, Hospitals and Hospital construction, Fluoridation, Radiation Control, Mental Health Drugs, Narcotic Addiction and Rehabilitation, Nursing, Medical Practices, Accident Prevention, and Restaurant Sanitation. In the field of Air Pollution Control, Rumford was instrumental in developing legislation which established the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District. He also authored the bill which required the Department of Public Health to establish standards for the quality of air, and to designate hazardous pollution areas throughout the State.
In his role as chairman, Rumford also conducted Public Health Committee investigations which re-organized the State Division of Narcotics, and introduced legislation which provided for the rehabilitation and treatment of narcotic addicts. Then in 1955, Rumford successfully authored legislation to allocate federal and state funds for the construction of hospitals in the state, and as chairman, provided an appropriation of $3,000,000 to the Department of Public Health for purchase and administration of polio vaccine. This eventually led to an ancillary/companion bill to exempt prescribed medicines and insulin from State sales tax.
But it was in the area of human rights that Rumford made the greatest legislative impact. He introduced bills prohibiting discrimination in the hiring of public school teachers; the establishment of California's Fair Employment Practices Commission; the integration of the National Guard; and legislation prohibiting racial discrimination in the sales and rentals of housing throughout the State. In addition, Rumford was a member of the Government Organization Committee where he participated in legislation designed to re-organize the State Board of Equalization, and to the establishment of the new Alcoholic Beverage Control Department of that agency. Other committees on which Rumford held membership, were Finance and Insurance, and Revenue and Taxation.
The brouhaha that triggered the Time magazine article in 1964 was the Assembly Bill 1240, Rumford authored that became known as the Rumford Act; it began a national debate on discrimination. This important bill prohibited discrimination based on race or creed in the sale or rental of real estate property in California. The California Real Estate Association strongly opposed the bill and successfully petitioned California voters to pass Proposition 14 to nullify the Rumford Act. Ultimately, the California Supreme Court held Proposition 14 unconstitutional under the federal Constitution. The Rumford Act became a landmark piece of legislation and still exerts a strong impact as one of the cornerstones of civil rights in California.
Rumford played a major legislative role in developing two of the most important social service fields related to the quality of life for all Californians: Human Rights and Public Health. Because of his dogged efforts in these fields and his tenure as a legislator, Rumford gained the respect and admiration of his fellow citizens throughout the State of California.
When Mervyn M. Dymally was first elected to the assembly in 1962, Hawkins, his political mentor, was about to leave Sacramento for Washington D.C. In commenting on the death of Hawkins, Dymally said, "Had it not been for Gus, I would not be in politics today. He was my friend and my mentor." As it turned out, Dymally became a powerhouse in mentoring politicians throughout his illustrious career.
When Dymally left Trinidad, the land of his birth, little did the world know what to expect from that young, 19 year-old Black man from the Caribbean. During the next six decades, Dymally did not disappoint his homeland nor his adopted homeland; he exceeded expectations and energized the political landscape in such a way that it would take decades to fully appreciate the impact of Dymally's contributions to the advancement of politics, race, culture and education not only in the United States but also throughout many of the world's developing nations.
Starting his political career as an assemblyman in 1962, Dymally went on to become the first Black State Senator in California in 1966, followed by being the first and only Black lieutenant governor of California in 1974 – often assuming the duties of governor, as the first foreign-born governor whenever the Governor was out of the state. After 11 years as a U. S. Congressman, he "claimed" to have retired only to return to the State Assembly in 2002, as dean of the assembly and where he chaired the Legislative Black Caucus.
While in the assembly where he introduced the first legislation in the U. S. to call for the teaching of "negro" history in California schools. In the Senate, he was elected chairman of the Senate Majority Caucus and introduced legislation calling for equal property rights for women. He remained in the state legislature for 12 years, a period in which he sharpened and honed his skills as master politician. Dymally saw politics as the cutting edge of the Civil Rights Movement because it empowered legislators to solidify the inroads about which the marchers and protesters were rallying in the streets. He not only saw the need, but he also took steps to fulfill them in and out of elective office. Dymally saw the need to focus on education particularly in the Black community and directed his efforts and energy in that direction. His concerns were often reflected in the bills and the causes he supported. When he was asked about the future of education in California he stated, "The future of young Blacks is education. No country offers an opportunity for growth in education as the United States. The key to it all is education."
As lieutenant governor, Dymally was not only the President of the State Senate, but also a Regent of the University of California, and a Trustee of the California State Universities and Colleges. As lieutenant governor, Dymally said, "I believe it is the responsibility of government to assist those citizens in need to become productive members of our society." And the way that is done is through education; it is his personal ethic and it drives him to serve the people, his family and society in general.
He is married to Alice Gueno Dymally, a former schoolteacher and has two children, Mark and Lynn, and three grandchildren, Miya, Christian and Cameron.
In 1962, F. Douglas Ferrell, the pastor of Tabernacle of Faith Baptist Church entered the political arena and unseated an incumbent who was a twenty-five year veteran of the California Legislature. He became the first Black man elected to the California Assembly from the 55th Assembly District. He served from 1963 voluntarily retiring from office in December 1966.
According to his constituents, Pastor Ferrell was deeply concerned about events in the community and responded by becoming involved in the political life of the state and pressing forward to exert his influence to make life better for the Black people of Los Angeles, in general, and the Watts community, in particular. His work as a pastor blended with his legislative duties focusing on the youth and missionary causes.
Ferrell's passion for the youth helped underscore the need for them to take their rightful places in the political, economic and industrial world, and he founded an organization based on what he called the "5-C Principle"- CHRIST, CHARACTER, CAPABILITY, CAPITAL, AND COOPERATION. It was a program designed to prevent, rather than cure juvenile delinquency. Ferrell mixed politics and pastoring.
Church congregations have always been a captive audience for politicians and as the first Black pastor elected to the Assembly, Ferrell held significant standing, especially among Black legislators – there were only three others – even though most of his members and constituents could not vote outside of his district. Notwithstanding, Tabernacle of Faith church was one of the largest Black churches in Los Angeles, he became a member of the Rumford-led delegation.
Migrating from Texas, Ferrell attended the Los Angeles Theological Seminary. After graduating, he founded his church and later on went into politics, "not out of necessity," he said, "but because my community was not being represented." While in the Assembly, he co-sponsored with Byron Rumford, the landmark legislation, Fair Housing Act, AB 1240, which became known as the Rumford Act.
Though he only served one term, Ferrell followed a tradition established by the Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., the flamboyant pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church, and Rev. S. Howard Woodson, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly. In addition, the 55th Assembly District that Ferrell represented in the mid 1960s is quite different from the present due to re-districting and changing demographics.
Willie L. Brown, Jr. is well known as the longest serving Speaker of the California Assembly. He served 15 years as Speaker and three decades as an assemblyman. Even when the Democrats lost control of the Assembly – and Brown was a Democrat – he was able to retain the speaker-ship by winning over enough Republicans to his side. (As a matter of fact, when Brown first became speaker, he won with 28 Republicans and 23 Democrats). It was reported that term limits was instituted to be able to remove Brown from the speaker's position.
As an attorney who has carved out a niche in American politics in his own way, few have matched Brown in style and political acumen. He has a colorful personality and exudes charm whenever he speaks and is also a skillful politician – a superb legislator and masterful chief executive. Though his political constituency was centered in San Francisco, Brown was known well beyond the boundaries of the city.
It was the landmark "Brown v Board of Education" decision that helped Brown choose his career objective. He enrolled in the University of California (UC), Hastings College of Law and in 1958, he received his law degree and went into private practice. In 1962, he ran for the state assembly but was defeated. Two years later, he tried again and was successful. When Brown arrived in Sacramento, there were three other Black assemblymen: W. Byron Rumford, Mervyn M. Dymally and F. Douglas Ferrell. There were no Black women in the legislature.
As an assemblyman, Brown authored several bills that impacted minorities not only in his district but also throughout the state, and sometimes as a model for other states' legislatures. He focused on the preservation of cultural landmarks; led efforts to have companies divest from doing business with South Africa's apartheid government; secured protective equipment for law enforcement officials; strengthened worker's compensation laws to detect fraud and engineered hundreds of legislative measures designed to improve the quality of life for all Californians.
During his tenure in the assembly, he ascended to becoming the Speaker, which also made him a UC regent, a California State University trustee, the majority leader and the youngest member to chair the powerful Ways and Means committee. He was the target of several federal investigations that often snared numerous state officials, but he always remained above the fray and was very popular among his constituents. He knew how to manage people and always knew what was going on in the state legislatures at all times.
As a result of term limits, Brown left Sacramento and in 1995, he ran for the job as mayor of San Francisco and became the first African American mayor of the city, eventually serving the maximum two terms. A skillful attorney, Brown played by the rules and at the end of his second term, he culminated almost forty years as an elected official. After leaving the mayor's office, he continued his lucrative law practice.
In addition to practicing law, Brown hosted a radio show with Will Durst that blended humor and politics zeroing on San Franciscans' points of view. Some of the city's treasured institutions have been replaced with Brown's name and some new ones have begun including Willie J. Brown Jr. Elementary School and the Willie Brown Institute on Politics and Public Service.
In 2007, Brown released his auto-biography, "Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times."
Brown is separated and is the father of three grown children by his estranged wife: Susan Elizabeth, Robin Elaine and Michael Elliot.
Though WILSON C. RILES, THOMAS BRADLEY and GILBERT LINDSAY were not state legislators, their impact as pioneers of politics in California is unquestionable.
WILSON RILES was the first African-American to be elected to statewide office in California. Nationwide, he was also the first African-American to be elected state superintendent of schools. He was the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of California from 1971 to 1983 and the nation's highest-ranking Black educational administrator. As the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Riles was also a member of the California Board of Regents and served on a national task force at the requests of four U. S. presidents.
THOMAS BRADLEY became the first Black Mayor of Los Angeles in 1973 and went on to be the longest serving mayor in the city's history, serving an unprecedented five terms. Bradley not only pioneered a historical path as the mayor, but he also cleared the way for African Americans as a police officer, an attorney and a city councilman.
GILBERT LINDSAY was the first Black councilman on the Los Angeles City Council. He was a colorful and flamboyant politician who worked his way up from city janitor to become Los Angeles' first Black City Council member and one of its most powerful local elected officials. Along with Mayor Bradley, he is credited with helping revitalize downtown.


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In LispWorks (64-bit) for Solaris:
In LispWorks (64-bit) on ARM64:
The value of the variable
*sg-default-size* is the initial size of a stack group, in 32 bit words (in 32-bit implementations) or in 64 bit words (in 64-bit implementations).
*sg-default-size* can be bound around a call to a process creation function. Note that setting the global value of this variable affects the size of all system processes too, so this is not recommended.
To create a process with a stack of 32000 words:
(let ((sys:*sg-default-size* 32000))
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When Will My Eyes See You Again?• June 25, 2013 Share:
ERIC WETZEL WANTS THE College's Global Health Initiative to disturb his students.
"One common result of an ecological disturbance is that it tends to open up an area, allowing one to see much further," Wetzel told students during a Chapel Talk this semester. "As you look over the field of the education that you have the opportunity to take hold of here, how far can you see? What do you see? A well-paying job at the end? A comfortable life, one with lots of rest and recreation?
"Or do you see, and even desire, a healthy dose of disturbance in your life? I really hope so. I hope you are learning to see past the surface to what it really means to live humanely.
"I tell my students in Global Health, 'Your experience here should knock you off the rails of your life.'"
With the initiative about to enter its third year, Wetzel wanted to know if that was happening. What impact were the Global Health course, immersion experiences and service work in Peru's Pamplona Alta slum and impoverished rural areas having on students and their Wabash education? So he wrote to alumni who had participated in the initiative and asked.
Many told him their lives had been changed by the experience, but Wetzel was especially encouraged by this response from biology major, NCAA champion and postgraduate scholar Kevin McCarthy '12:
THIS TRIP WASN'T ABOUT THE TRAVEL, but the people you allowed us to see. We saw the cutting edge of everything, from the top all the way to the terrible bottom. And there were so many slots to fill—people in need, places to work, and people to aspire to be like. You didn't just show the worst conditions, you showed people actually doing work and having success in combating these problems.
It affects me still today. Here in France where I live there are Romanian and Bulgarian gypsies who cannot work. They beg in the streets, and when I see them and their dirty hands and unwashed faces, I see the people we met at Pamplona Alta. Without that experience in Peru, I might have been able to ignore them, just as everyone else does. But I have to turn and look at them, have to say something to them and recognize them for the human beings they are.
I think back on the days that I actually did something worth my weight for the people we met in Peru, days I was out talking to them, filling out paperwork, explaining problems. I remember the day at the bottom of Pamplona Alta being surrounded by flocks of women and explaining the symptoms of anemia, and why their children were sick, that they needed to be fed better. Or the days in Tarapoto filling out personal histories and interviewing people one by one. That was all I could do, and it wasn't much or enough. But it left me as a future professional hungry and unsatisfied in leaving.
My most lasting memory is of the day a man named Theoberto pulled me aside into a doorway of one of the classrooms and looked me in the eyes and asked me something I could not understand at first. Then he repeated slowly, "With my eyes, I see you now. When will my eyes see you again?"
Looking into those eyes all I could say was, "Yo no sé. [I don't know]." And with that, my purpose in life turned a corner.
I see now I had to go there to be changed. It couldn't happen any other way. You can't really see another human in such a space with a photograph. You can't feel another human in such a space with a presentation. You can't hear another person place confidence in you without first doing something to earn that confidence.
I had never had such an experience as this one before in my life, gone on a trip designed to disturb our places in life, to leave us unsatisfied and showing us both our unfinished work and the bountiful potential to influence many people.
Yes, our lives are changed. I'm very interested to see where all of us from this first group end up. We have a lot of potential there.
If you'd like to help provide for an immersion experience for Wabash students, give Steve Hoffman in the Advancement Office a call at 765-361-6236.


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Southeastern showed it was ready to compete with the nation's best teams as it opened play at the 2013 NFCA Division II Leadoff Classic with wins over No. 8 Augustana and No. 2 California-San Diego.
The Savage Storm came out on top in a pair of pitching duels, downing the Vikings 1-0 in the opener before handing UCSD a come-from-behind 2-1 loss in game two.
The wins lift SE to 10-3 overall on the season heading into a pair of Saturday contests against No. 6 Minnesota State-Mankato at 10 am and Missouri-St. Louis at 12 p.m.
Neither contest was short on drama, as the opener went scoreless into the fourth inning when Jessica Simmons drew a walk and stole second.
She moved to third on a Paige Priest single and came home one batter later on a Darrian Williams single to score the game's only run.
Game two provided even more tension as the teams entered the seventh inning in a scoreless tie.
UCSD struck first with a run in the top of the seventh courtesy of an SE error.
The Storm started its rally with a Whitney Hamilton infield single, with Kaija Morris coming on to run for her.
She moved to second on a Jacee Bennett single and both moved up a base on a Laramie Beal sac bunt.
Morris would knot the game at 1-1 when Lacie Cook laid down a bunt and Morris beat the throw to the plate.
With Cook at first and Bennett on third, SE rolled the dice again with Rachel Jones laying down the second-straight squeeze play and Bennett beating out the throw to the plate for the walk-off win.
Bennett collected both wins on the day, getting the start against Augustana and tossing a complete game shutout with eight strikeouts across from one walk.
Mindy McElroy earned the start in game two and tossed five scoreless innings before handing the ball to Bennett who tossed two innings and allowed one unearned run on one hit.


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What dickery is this
Oh my! i love number 8 and 12!
Best one ever.
I lose the will to try to do anything awesome.
...Augustus x McCain.
My god...
Also, I bet Carson likes the way Mike tastes...
Damn you! You stole my gender-bender turtle idea >:
But still, pretty nice. I like the "it's super effective"
Actually, I would go gay for Augustine.... just sayin.
I'm already gay for Augustus, but I can be flexible and make room for Augustine.
#9 hahaha
hahaha last one :3
I. S.T.I.L.L. H.A.T.E. S.A.N.D.Y. you know.... Taeshi told that Mike ends up together with Lucy, not Sandy.
starring carson as kermit the frog


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One of our readers recently asked for help making gluten free cornbread so we set out to find some of the best recipes for it, in the gluten-free blogosphere and beyond. This time of year is perfect for making old fashioned cornbread. It goes perfectly with gluten-free chili – also a Fall favorite around our house.
We love the cornbread mix from Gluten-Free Naturals and the new one from Pamela's as well. Both products offer outstanding taste and texture and are super easy to make. And that is all I'm looking for a in a cornbread.
For those that don't like – or can't find – gluten-free cornbread mixes, here are some tasty looking recipes to try when you have a hankering for cornbread:
- Over at Karina's Kitchen, this Yeasted Quinoa-Cornbread Recipe offers a different twist on cornbread – if you include the add-ins like caraway seeds, rosemary or dill.
- The Whole Foods Market Gluten-free Cornbread Recipe calls for soy flour, which I find mimics wheat flour extremely well.
- At the Gluten Free Cooking School, they have a Gluten-free, Casein-free Southern Cornbread Recipe that works great for cornbread dressing.
- Gluten Free Mommy offers a simple Gluten-free Cornbread Recipe. She calls it a "plain jane version" but it's easy and looks delicious!
- Last but not least, this Blueberry Lemon Cornbread Recipe from Hold The Gluten's blog is more of a quick bread – but it sure looks scrumptious!
Whether you use a mix or make cornbread from scratch, a cast iron skillet is the best pan to use if you have it. Not only does it give you extra iron – it yeilds a perfect golden crunch for your cornbread!
I checked The Essential Gluten-Free Grocery Guide and Arrowhead Mills Yellow Corn Meal seems to be the most widely available gluten-free corn meal available in the U.S. The company makes gluten products so remember to look for the gluten-free marking on the package.
Let us know if you have a favorite gluten free cornbread recipe we should know about!


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A man from Westchester has pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal Food Stamp Program in Connecticut.
On Tuesday, Deidre Daly, the United States District Attorney for Connecticut announced that 33-year-old Harrison resident Tahir Shazad has waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to individual counts of unlawful use of food stamp benefits and conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud.
According to Daly, Shazad worked at WB Trade Fair Grocery in Waterbury, where he served as occasional store manager for his uncle's business, supervising no less than four employees at the location. From November 2014 to June 2016, it is alleged that Shazad and others illegally allowed customers to redeem their food stamps for cash benefits and other ineligible items, including cigarettes, glass pipes, bongs and hookahs.
While working at the store, Shazad allegedly charged the customers' food stamp cards approximately double the value for the illegal transactions.
"Given the stock of eligible food items at the store, the number of registers and the customer amenities, it is estimated that WB Trade Fair Grocery could lawfully redeem at most between $120,000 to $240,000 per year in food stamp benefits," Daly alleges. "However, during this approximately 18-month period, food stamp redemptions at the store totaled approximately $3.2 million."
Shazad is due back in court on Thursday, July 13, where he faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine up to twice the gross loss from the offense and restitution. He is currently released on $50,000 bond. Two others who were implicated on the same charges, Raul Carlos Moncara-Gonzalez was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment while Tallat Mahmood pleaded guilty last month and is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday, July 12.
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Indev necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 252 diseños de 52 diseñadores freelance.
Indev Partners
Indev Partners is a comprehensive industrial real estate advisory and development service for multi-national companies operating in China. Indev's services are geared towards serving companies with needs to build new, relocate, expand, or consolidate their manufacturing, logistics, and R&D facilities. As multi-national companies continue to grow and evolve their operations in China, their requirements for facilities become more complex and more spread out across the country.
To meet these needs, Indev is a startup that specializes in projects that require more hands-on management and greater value addition in their execution. We thrive on projects with unique challenges that others can't handle, whether they are in remote locations, are too big or small, or have specialized physical standards. Indev's team consists of a diverse yet specialized group of real estate professionals.
The name "Indev" implies "industrial development" but we aim to eventually expand beyond industrial real estate into other assets such as office, hotel, and retail.
Executives at multinational manufacturing companies, mostly in US and Europe. These can be operations or corporate real estate managers. The problem they face is that they are responsible for large investment projects in China, but often don't have the right resources to handle them because projects there are trickier. They would like to be able to entrust the entire process to an experienced, professional, and reliable team. Such a team would be able to manage the projects in a way that save time, save money, and reduce risks.
We want to provide confidence to these executives that our small, specialized team has the resources and experience to manage their multi-million dollar projects.
The logo should be simple, clean, and professional but also creative and modern to set ourselves apart from our stodgy competitors (Colliers, CBRE, Jones Lang Lasalle, etc.). Overall, we want to project the following image:
- Specialized experience in real estate and China business
- Committed to client's long term objectives not just short term expediency
- Comprehensive service for higher value add projects
We're looking for a simple color scheme that can be easily carried through all the rest of our VI. No tagline necessary. A motif/symbol to go next to, above, or within the text would be nice.
We are a western managed company and want a western image, but a visual reference to China could be interesting to consider if done very subtly (ie no dragons or great wall).
Please provide .ai, .psd, and .jpg file formats with clear background. Thank you.
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Selena Gomez just turned 21 ... and she's already stumbling in NYC.
Don't worry ... this fall doesn't appear to be alcohol-related -- just seems like Selena lost her footing on the way out of her car.
Luckily, a bodyguard was there doing the job he was hired to do -- protect her body -- and kept her from face-planting in the gutter.
Happy belated!