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It's time for more elementary, middle and high school students to take a walk. Or ride a bike. That's the good intent of the federally funded and locally run Safe Routes to School program, which hopes to lead to a major change of habit for our school-age children.
It's time for more elementary, middle and high school students to take a walk. Or ride a bike. That's the good intent of the federally funded and locally run Safe Routes to School program, which hopes to lead to a major change of habit for our school-age children.
While it seems almost too obvious to talk about the need to encourage walking or bike riding to school, we have become a country that prefers to take the lazy, car-driven route more often than not. Of course, there are cases when children must be driven in a private vehicle or take a bus to school because of geographic or safety concerns.
The reality, as national surveys have shown, is that for a number of reasons, children are not walking or biking to school. The latest report by the National Household Travel Survey os that less than 16 percent of American students between the ages of 5 to 15 walked or biked to and from school. The total in 1969 was 42 percent.
Of course, a decrease in walking or riding to school is but one of many reasons why experts say there is a serious obesity epidemic among school children — who are spending more time playing video games and in front of the television and less outside simply playing and running around. One way to encourage regular activity is to provide safe routes for children to walk and bike to school.
The states of New Hampshire and Maine are accepting applications now to allocate funds to communities seeking to develop such routes. In New Hampshire, more than 35 school areas in 16 cities and towns have submitted application to for example, fix sidewalks or create bike paths.
In New Hampshire, some $926,000 will be awarded to communities. Rye, which held a meeting a last week to educate the community about the important health and educational benefits of the program, requested funds to fix the sidewalk in front of the library and improve a safe route from the junior high to the library. The larger goal, the town said, is to help improve walking conditions throughout the town.
Beginning Monday in Kittery, the town has coordinated a "Walk/Bike to Frisbee Week" which is designed to increase awareness and healthy participation. Event organizers like Sarah Brown, the mother of a daughter who bikes to Frisbee School, said the effort would hopefully lead to identifying more walking and biking areas and then developing them for use.
For deep social and economic reasons, it may be difficult to return to the high percentages of walking and biking school children we saw in previous decades. Though we know more about good health — and are more aware than ever of some of the simplest solutions — such transportation habits of convenience and necessity (due to longer working days and more working two-parent families) are hard to break. Children are also being hurt by a continual reduction in school-based physical education activities.
The Safe Routes to School program, which was created by Congress in 2005 with $612 million designated to encourage efforts across the country, is but a modest proposal to tackle a larger issue. We congratulate those in Rye, Kittery, and Portsmouth and other communities who have taken the first steps to make it easier and safer for children to take their own walks or bike rides.


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El Paso arson suspect Christina Paz, 29, told investigators she set fire to her childhood home because of messages in the heavy-rock music of Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails, a court document stated, the El Paso Times reported. No one was injured in the blaze.
The document stated that Paz told investigators "she was angry at her mom and dad for trying to kill her on Christmas Day, that they had planned to sodomize her and chop her up with the help of a neighbor."
An investigator asked Paz how she knew her parents wanted to kill her "and she said through the music of Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails."
… Paz, according to the affidavit, told investigators she wanted to burn the house to get back at her parents. On Dec. 27, she allegedly poured flammable super glue on a bed, which she then lighted, and then went into another room and set fire to the curtains.
After starting the fires, Paz grabbed her bags, walked outside and waited in the front yard.

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Topic: If Boba were in the U.S. military...
What branch/specialist group would he be in?
I know this might be a bit much with current situations, but this question came to mind as I was reading the "If Boba used Earth weapons" thread.
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This week a lot of Democrats and "liberals" are attacking Chicago teachers for what they tell us are their extravagant and "unreasonable" demands. It's funny: If they think teaching's such a gravy train, why have they all become bankers instead?
These banker/politicians are usually spotted in the plush and well-appointed board rooms of America's richest corporations, not the overheated, overcrowded and poorly maintained class rooms of its public schools. But that doesn't stop them from passing judgment on those who labor there. In fact, to hear these politicians talk, you'd think that public school teachers – not their fellow bankers – are the pampered and privileged parasitical class that's ruining our economy.
It must be satisfying for these politico-financiers to finally have this opportunity to condemn the teaching profession. From the stockyards of Chicago to the storied streets of Philadelphia, it's given them a chance to wash down the fruits of non-productive wealth with the fine wine of moral certitude.
As another ambitious ex-progressive liked to say, "How good it is to be us!"
Bankers' Ed
Consider former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, who said today that the Chicago strike is "an important issue, because Rahm Emanuel is showing again that Democrats can stand up to unions when their demands are unreasonable."
Banker/Democrats always need to show they're tough, since they're not willing to be do it where it's really needed – by prosecuting their colleagues. Who makes a better scapegoat than the teachers who educate our kids? And if teachers don't like the public bashing, hey — it serves 'em right for causing the financial crisis with all those toxic derivatives.
Banker/Democrats are always practicing their "tough" lines in the mirror. I can see them now asking their advisors, How's this for tough? "Hey, kids! Ask your homeroom teacher if she's better off now than she was four years ago!"
Rendell's a folksy sounding guy with a flair for feisty, if nonspecific, leftish rhetoric. He came to the Governor's office by way of a Philadelphia law firm called Ballard Spahr. The firm was first established in 1885, right around the time that the phrase "Philadelphia lawyer" became a synonym for "moneyed elite" – and for good reason. It continues to specialize in real estate, mergers and acquisitions, municipal bonds, and other forms of high-finance law.
Ballard Spahr received $22 million in legal fees from the state of Pennsylvania while Rendell was Governor. And when he left office, our "Man of the People" went right back to Ballard Spahr. It's nice when things work out, isn't it?
There's no indication that Rendell ever applied for a job with the Philadelphia School District upon leaving the Governor's office. In addition to his post-gubernatorial Ballard Spahr partnership, however, Rendell is now a "Senior Advisor" with the investment banking firm of Greenhill & Co.
He is also a regular commentator for MSNBC – the "liberal" alternative to Fox News.
Teachers in the Chicago School District need a four-year degree in their discipline. They also need a postgraduate teaching certificate, and in some cases are expected to be bilingual or have additional graduate training.
This was Rahm Emanuel's preparation for the mayoralty: He was a fundraiser and then an advisor to Bill Clinton. Then he got hired as a partner in an investment banking firm, where he made $16 million in two and half years despite having no background in banking or finance. Clinton then named him to the Board of Directors of Freddie Mac, where the Chicago Tribune reports he "made at least $320,000 for a 14-month stint … that required little effort." During his tenure Freddie Mac's management practices became so abusive and corrupt that a government agency concluded that the Board which included Emanuel "failed in its duty" because it didn't "follow up on matters brought to its attention."
In Rahm's world teachers are graded for performance – but overpaid board members aren't.
Emanuel was elected to Congress on a strongly pro-Iraq War platform, calling for – we kid you not – a "muscular projection of force" into the region. (Paging Spinal Tap!) Later he culled many progressives from the House as the head of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, fighting Howard Dean's fifty-state strategy and then taking credit for it when it succeeded. He was also the House's top recipient of hedge fund contributions in 2008 – after the financial crisis was well underway. Emanuel became Chief of Staff in the Obama White House and was then granted the Democratic mayoral nomination in baronial, machine-politics fashion.
At no point during the accumulation of his millions did Emanuel apply for a job teaching packed classrooms of lower-income kids in the now-demolished Cabrini-Green projects – or in any other struggling Chicago neighborhood, for that matter.
Friends With Benefits
From the Chicago Sun-Times: "A clout-heavy contractor who made millions from former Mayor Richard M. Daley's affinity for wrought-iron fences has been awarded a $2.7 million airport contract by Mayor Rahm Emanuel for which the company was the lone bidder."
From local news station WGN: "Emanuel ally's client to get speed camera contract."
As the Wall Street Journal reports, Emanuel is privatizing the city's finances by turning to banking firms:
To pay for (new) projects, Mr. Emanuel is turning in part to private firms including Citibank and Citi Infrastructure Investors, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Inc., J.P. Morgan Asset Management Infrastructure Investment Group, and union-held Ullico. These firms say they are ready to provide at least $1.7 billion to help build the "new Chicago." (Though the details are not yet set, the likely arrangement would have the private firms putting up capital and then recouping their investments through user fees over a set period of years or decades.)
Yes, crime-ridden JPMorgan Chase is doing well under Mayor Emanuel. But why not? Bill Daley, son of one Mayor Daley and brother of another, was a JPMorgan Chase executive. That was before he went to the White House – to take Rahm's old job.
Emanuel's been giving waste disposal contracts to private firms like Waste Management Inc. instead of using city employees. And if Waste Management Inc. has been accused of antitrust violations and accounting improprieties, that just makes them appropriate bedfellows for fellow city contractors like JPMorgan Chase. (And like Chase and many other banks, the decidedly non-financial Waste Management Inc. was also allowed to settle that suit without criminal indictments.)
Breaking the Contract
What does all of this have to do with the teacher's strike? This:
Mayor Emanuel unilaterally voided a contract agreement between the teachers' union and the city which would have given teachers a pay increase of 4 percent. How would the politicos and their allies feel if he retroactively broke corporate contracts instead?
The Mayor expresses grave concerns for the fiscal health of the Chicago School District when the teachers' concerns are raised. But when the Mayor's often-abused "TIF" funds are mentioned, that concern seems to disappear. And when it comes to corporations … well, imagine if the situation was reversed:
Think how much money could be saved if Mayor Emanuel told that "clout-heavy" airport contractor, "Thanks for the fence. Now we're cutting your payment by 4 percent." Or if he said, "Thanks for the stoplight cameras, client of my ally, but you're not getting what we promised you." Or "Here's your money, Waste Management – 96 percent of it. Now go trash yourself."
The entire city of Chicago would leap for joy if Emanuel told that parking meter company that there were now new rules in effect, and lower fees too – contract or no contract. And imagine how good it wold be for the city's economy if he wrote a letter like this: "Dear Citibank and Citi Infrastructure Investors, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Inc., and JP Morgan Chase: Shove your contract. The people of Chicago are not paying you nearly as much in user fees as we originally agreed to pay. We don't think it's in the best interests of our kids."
Wouldn't Ed Rendell be thrilled? "It's an important issue," he could say, "because Rahm Emanuel is showing again that Democrats can stand up to bankers when their demands are unreasonable."
Oh, wait …
Reuters reported this week that as a result of the strike, "Emanuel canceled a trip to New York on Friday to speak to a group of bankers."
We're pretty sure it'll be rescheduled.
The Agenda
Emanuel wants to give standardized testing the lion's share of weighting in evaluating teachers. But teachers don't control most of the factors influencing test results. This change would let the city fire teachers at will, whenever they began to gain seniority and earn pay raises, and the union could do nothing to stop it.
That's the point.
Besides, why is $71,000 – an average which apparently also includes administrators – considered extravagant pay for a teaching job? It requires four years of college and calls for additional training too. It includes long hours of grading papers and other non-classroom work. The work is sometimes dangerous, often highly stressful, and always demanding.
Some observers have used local-area wage data to suggest that Chicago's teachers are overpaid compared to other college-educated workers. That argument ignores teachers' additional training requirements and their challenging working conditions. And the real message behind that logic is that teachers should be satisfied with the wage stagnation, financial insecurity, and dying way of life which has become the norm for the college-educated middled class.
Why won't these teachers accept the fate that's been decreed for them by their betters? Why aren't they willing to wallow in a mire of stagnant income like the rest of the middle class? They're trying to rise above their station. But then, that's why bankers hate unions. They encourage that sort of thing.
Matt Yglesias argues that the anti-teacher fight is not inherently anti-union or anti-middle class, because teachers work for the government. "if Chicago public school teachers get a better deal for themselves," he writes, "that may well mean a worse deal for Chicago taxpayers."
That argument creates a false zero-sum divide between the interests of "taxpayers" and the interests of teachers. It ignores the social benefit of placing well-paid teachers in safe and hospitable classrooms, where they're likely to produce better-educated and more productive graduates. It ignores the effect of added economic incentive for talented people to enter and stay in the teaching profession. It ignores the stimulus effect on the local economy when middle-class people receive decent wages.
And it ignores the fact that salary demands are not at the heart of the Chicago strike, which is centered around benefits and working conditions. Strikers also want to reinstate the terms of that already agreed-upon contract.
Which gets us back to the question: Why is a union contract considered any less binding in a banker/politician's eyes than a corporate one? That's a rhetorical question, of course: It's because their agenda is union-busting, not corporation-busting.
Both Sides Now
And all of this seems just fine with Rahm Emanuel, Ed Rendell, and all of the other Democratic banker/politicians who learned at the feet of the master – by which we mean President-turned-hedge-fund-millionaire Bill Clinton. When it comes to banking interests, nobody fetches like the Big Dog.
It's certainly fine with Mitt Romney, who was in full Eddie Haskell mode as he slammed the teachers in a bipartisan show of solidarity with his fellow bankers. Romney, who spoke of "the hundreds of thousands of children relying on the city's public schools to provide them a safe place to receive a strong education," is running on a platform which includes drastic cuts to education, child safety, and children's health programs.
"You look lovely today, Mrs. Cleaver," added the Republican Presidential hopeful.
That's how it's done, peons! Drinks in hand, the banker/politicians rise up to attack the strikers and defend their own way of life. On golf courses and in country clubs, their tans glistening in the early autumn sun, they sing out as if with one voice: How good it is to be us!
And if it sucks to be you – to spend your lives on the firing line, to go home each night with hours of homework to grade, to spend overheated fall days or freezing winter days in grim classrooms with a parsimonious nation's struggling schoolchildren, to try to do your job without supplies, support, safety, or respect — well, say the banker/politicians, that's not our problem.
Sure, it's a drag, say the hedge-fund politicos, but c'mon, teachers: it's no reason to be unreasonable. Besides, you're not our end game. You're just the first step in our long-term plan to rescue the nation from a much more dangerous predator class:
Bus drivers.
(There's been some great commentary on the strike from Digby, Doug Henwood, Corey Robin, Mike Elk, and many others.)


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Shenhua, bankrolled by colourful video-game mogul Zhu Jun, signed Drogba's ex-Chelsea team-mate Nicolas Anelka in December and they have been in talks with the Ivory Coast international since at least January.
"As of now, Shenhua's negotiations with Drogba are continuing just as planned," Zhu told the Oriental Sports Daily.
Drogba, 34, revealed he was quitting English Premiership giants Chelsea on Tuesday, just days after his match-winning performance in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.
Drogba scored a late equaliser as well as the decisive spot-kick in the penalty shoot-out. Since joining Chelsea from Marseille in 2004, he has tallied 157 goals in 341 appearances, helping the club win 10 trophies.
"It has been a very difficult decision for me to make and I am very proud of what we have achieved, but the time is right for a new challenge for me," he told Chelsea's website.
Drogba would be the latest star signing for China's increasingly big-spending Super League, after World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi joined Guangzhou Evergrande last week.
But Anelka's move has not been without its problems. Last week he threatened to quit Shenhua over the club's plans to hire a new head coach, according to local media.
"If there is still no one to support me and (they) continue to play little tricks behind my back... then I will quickly decide whether or not to retire," the Frenchman told the Xinmin Evening News.
Club owner Zhu has written to Anelka's agent and lawyer asking for an explanation, the Oriental Sports Daily said.
In April, Shenhua sacked French coach Jean Tigana, then the highest profile manager to work in China, after just a handful of games and replaced him with a makeshift set-up including Anelka as player-coach.
They are now tipped to be targeting Sergio Daniel Batista, who led Argentina to Olympic gold in 2008, as their new manager.
Drogba is one of the Premier League's most successful strikers and he departs Chelsea as their fourth all-time highest scorer. His 34 goals in European competition is a club record by 10 goals.
During his eight seasons at Stamford Bridge he won three Premier League titles, four FA Cups, two League Cups, and the Champions League title.


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Two new projects aimed at helping beach-nesting birds and sea turtles impacted by the 2010 BP oil spill will move forward this year.
Two new projects aimed at helping beach-nesting birds and sea turtles impacted by the 2010 BP oil spill will move forward this year.
Following a 30-day comment period, federal and state officials tasked with doling out $1 billion in early spill fine money for restoration work completed plans for the two projects.
That council approved a sea turtle nesting project in Alabama and Florida that aims to retrofit existing lights near beaches with lights that are dimmer or filtered. That's because baby sea turtles hatching on the beach may be drawn to bright lights on homes, parks and piers on their journey from the nest to the water. That can result in their death.
All five species of sea turtles in the Gulf are either endangered or threatened, and many turtles were oiled during the spill.
The second project aims to reduce disturbances to birds nesting on beach habitats in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi by better-protecting nesting grounds and increasing control on predators in the area.
Federal wildlife officials collected 7,258 oiled, injured or dead birds during the spill response. Environmental officials have said that many more birds could have been injured or killed by oil and never found by scientists.
The two projects together will cost $9 million.
The money is a down payment from the Natural Resources Damage Assessment, a years-long process that systematically catalogues damage to the environment from the oil spill and creates a plan BP must pay for to restore the environment to pre-spill conditions. Public meetings have been held around the coast to solicit ideas about how to spend those dollars.
Because that process is expected to take years, if not decades, BP agreed to pay $1 billion quickly and begin environmental-restoration projects along the Gulf Coast.
While none of these projects will take place in Louisiana, environmental officials said they are important because they address habitats for animals that travel a wide area of the Gulf.
"It is encouraging to see (Natural Resource Damage Assessment) projects that address both the coastal and marine restoration resources critical to supporting our Gulf way of life," said Bethany Kraft, director of Ocean Conservancy's Gulf Restoration Program. "It is essential that we continue to advance marine restoration projects, like these sea turtle and bird habitat protection projects, in order to fully recover from the BP oil disaster and address long-standing environmental degradation as well."
This is the second phase of early restoration money approved by the Natural Resources Damage Assessment council, which is made up of representatives of the Gulf states and federal environmental officials.
The first phase of restoration paid for $14.8 million in oyster restoration work in Louisiana, along with a $13.2 million marsh-creation project in Lake Hermitage in Plaquemines Parish.
Louisiana officials have complained in the past that the pace of the early restoration work has been too slow. It has been more than a year since the money was announced, and just $70 million of the $1 billion has been allocated. Members of the Natural Resources Damage Assessment Trustee Council agreed that was a problem.
"These additional projects are important steps in recovering from the oil spill, but they, along with the other phase-one projects, are just first steps," said Trudy Fisher, chairwoman of the council. "Use of the early restoration funding has not moved quickly enough to suit any of us. I want to stress that the NRDA trustees are working hard to see that restoration funding is used in a way that is in the best interest of our natural resources."
Officials said the nesting projects were fast-tracked because they had to get underway before the next nesting season in the spring. Additional early restoration planning is under way, and the Natural Resources Damage Assessment continues.
"We greatly appreciate both the public's engagement in this process and their support for these projects," said Rachel Jacobson, the Department of the Interior's principal deputy assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. "Implementing projects as quickly as possible will benefit our precious natural resources, the uses they support and the local economy to which they are linked."
You can get updates on the early restoration projects at www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov.
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Speaking at a government meeting on January 18, Tajikistan's Defense Minister Sherali Khayrulloyev said India has become one of his ministry's key international partners. This statement reflects deepening defense cooperation between India and Tajikistan. The strong ties between the two militaries date back to the early 2000s, when New Delhi and Dushanbe jointly provided support to the anti-Taliban resistance forces, the Northern Alliance, in Afghanistan. Tajikistan is India's closest neighbor in Central Asia, the region, which strategists in New Delhi view as part of their "extended neighborhood." India's growing engagement with the country has been interpreted by some analysts as signifying New Delhi's intention to use Tajikistan as a potential springboard for its military in the region.
Yet India's role in Tajikistan is more limited than many journalists and experts have suggested. A great deal of speculation about the allegedly growing presence of the Indian military in the country has been fuelled by India's renovation of the Ayni airfield, 25 kilometers west of Dushanbe. The $70 million overhaul was completed in 2010, and included an extension of the runway and the construction of hangars, air traffic control tower, and administrative buildings (www.khovar.tj, September 3, 2010).
The Indian military's role in renovating the airfield provoked speculation that New Delhi intended to establish a military foothold in Tajikistan. Responding to such claims, Tajik authorities have insisted that they do not intend to grant New Delhi basing rights, and that the only country with which they hold talks on the use of the Ayni base is Russia. Indian officials, however, have not explicitly denied their interest in the airfield, suggesting instead that it was up to Dushanbe to decide who would receive permission to use the facility (www.news.tj, November 11, 2010).
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A new endowed chair at Hope College emphasizes the faith tradition of which Hope is a part.
The new "Leonard and Marjorie Maas Endowed Chair in Reformed Theology" has been established to be awarded to a faculty member whose scholarly emphasis is on the historical and philosophical development of Reformed theology through the present day. The professorship has been donated by Leonard and Marjorie Maas of Holland, who are longtime supporters of Hope as well as lifelong members of the Reformed Church in America, the denomination with which the college is affiliated.
The chair's first recipient is theologian Dr. Mark Husbands, who joined the Hope religion faculty this fall and has made Reformed theology a central focus of his scholarship and teaching.
"The generosity of Leonard and Marjorie Maas to HopeCollege and the Reformed Church in America is a manifestation of their commitment to the Christian faith," said Dr. James Bultman, president of Hope College. "This endowed chair is yet another example of their joyful lives of gratitude and their desire to positively influence the Christian dimension of the college."
"Mark Husbands is an outstanding teacher and scholar with a special interest and expertise in Reformed theology," Bultman said. "Given Hope's historic roots and its affiliation with the Reformed Church in America, it is entirely appropriate that an internationally recognized teacher/scholar with a compelling voice in Reformed theology be a member of our faculty."
Husbands has come to Hope after serving on the theology faculty at Wheaton College since 2001. He had previously held appointments at Tyndale College and Seminary in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto; and Sheridan College in Toronto.
His doctoral dissertation focused on Karl Barth, a Swiss Reformed theologian who lived from 1886 to 1968. The work, titled "Karl Barth's Ethics of Prayer," has been accepted for publication in the prestigious "Columbia Series in Reformed Theology" (Westminster John Knox Press).
Husbands is the editor or co-editor of seven books, including "The Beauty of God: Theology and the Arts" and "Women, Ministry and the Gospel: Exploring New Paradigms." The soon-to-be-published edited volume titled "Ancient Faith for the Church's Future" reflects one of the dominant themes of Husbands' scholarship, that of depicting the relationship between God's redemptive action and the moral life. This work demonstrates the contemporary significance of the patristic period from multiple angles: best practices in reading ancient texts; patristic exegesis and hermeneutics; social justice; early church-catechesis; worship; Christology; and Augustinian political engagement and ethics.
Husbands has presented numerous papers and invited addresses during scholarly meetings and has also published several scholarly articles, essays and book reviews.
In addition to the theology of Barth, Husbands's teaching and scholarly emphases include dogmatic theology, theological ethics, Reformation and contemporary theology, Christology, Ecclesiology, the Doctrine of Reconciliation, historical theology and World Christianity.
A native of Cardiff, Wales, Husbands was raised in Canada; graduated from York University in Toronto with a Bachelor's degree in 1987; completed his M.Rel. at Wycliffe College in 1990; and completed his doctorate at the University of St. Michael's College of the University of Toronto's School of Theology in 2005.
Leonard and Marjorie Maas have been active in the life of the college for many years, and received honorary degrees from the college in 2001. Leonard was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1979 to 1993, serving since as an honorary member of the board. Marjorie was active in the Women's League for Hope College, which raised funds for many years to enhance Hope's residence halls. Their sons Thomas and Steven are both Hope graduates, members of the classes of 1978 and 1981 respectively.
The new chair in Reformed theology marks the second time that the Maases have established a chair at the college that supports Hope's Christian tradition. They also created the Leonard and Marjorie Maas Endowed Chaplaincy, first awarded in 1998, to provide on-going support of the campus ministries program at Hope.
They have also supported a variety of other projects at the college. Together with their sons, they donated the college's Maas Center, which was dedicated in 1986. They have established the Kelder-Maas Scholarship in honor of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kelder and Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Maas. They also recently provided major support for the newly constructed Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse and the A. Paul Schaap Science Center.
Leonard and Marjorie Maas grew up in First Reformed Church in Grandville, and then as youth with their families became charter members of Olivet Reformed Church in Grandville. Leonard served as an elder, and Marjorie was active in Olivet's Reformed Church Women and served as president of the Grand Rapids Classical Union of Reformed Church Women. They have both been Sunday school teachers and choir members.
Leonard is a veteran of World War II, and served with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre. Both before and after the war, he worked for his uncle with Gillisse Construction Company, becoming president when his uncle died in 1964. The firm's projects have included roads, sewers and water mains, and land development including mobile home parks. He purchased Grand Rapids Asphalt Paving Company in 1970, and won the National Environmental Award from the National Asphalt Paving Association in 1980.
In subsequent years he became involved in manufactured housing community projects and other land developments, working with his sons.
He is an honorary member of the Camp Geneva Board; a director of Capitol Bancorp Ltd. in Lansing; a director of Paragon Bank and Trust of Holland; board chairman of Quincy Street Inc. of Holland; director of Michigan Turkey Producers of Wyoming; and a member of the Grandville Rotary club.
Marjorie graduated from Grand Rapids Junior College and Michigan State University, and taught home economics at Hudsonville High School prior to becoming a full-time homemaker. In addition to her involvement with church and family activities, she has consistently served as a "sounding board" for her husband's business ideas.
She was a member of the Holland Home Board of Trustees from 1990 to 1996, and has been on the board of Words of Hope, on which she now serves as an honorary member. The Maases were married in 1952. Their sons are married, and the Maases have nine grandchildren.
Leonard and Marjorie now live in Freedom Village in Holland.


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At the young age of 15, his first summer job was cleaning at a gasoline station. Héctor A. Herrera could not have foreseen that this modest entry into the petroleum industry would eventually lead him to the position he holds today.
The greatest lesson he learned was that if he worked hard at whatever he did, he would succeed. Herrera's no-nonsense approach to success was taught to him by his father, "Get things done, give everything you've got and earn your keep." A positive, "never-quit" attitude was also inspired by his coaches who gave him a passion for every task he undertook.
Herrera takes pride in the fact that he did not know a word of English until sixth grade in elementary school, where the principal continuously supported him in his mastery of the language. Herrera also credits his mastery of his native tongue and understanding of his culture to opening doors for him in both professional and personal endeavors. His determined optimism is evident in his approach to life.
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OCEAN CITY — In January, Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Along with many much-discussed measures that allowed the government to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, the law contains a less publicized provision revising the rules surrounding Roth 401(k) plans.
On the surface, the new rules provide employees with somewhat greater flexibility. But as with all tax provisions of this sort, there are many moving parts and important caveats for savers and employers alike to consider.
Under the old rules, an employee could convert the vested non-Roth designated account balances in his or her 401(k) plan to a Roth-designated account in the 401(k) plan, only if the plan allowed for Roth-designated contributions as well as in-plan conversions — and only after the occurrence of a "distributable event," such as leaving the company (for whatever reason) or reaching the age of 59½. Under the new rules, however, as long as the plan has Roth-designated accounts and permits in-plan conversion, a retirement plan participant can convert vested non-Roth designated account balances to a Roth-designated 401(k) account even if he or she has not experienced a distributable event.
Currently, however, only a fraction of the total universe of 401(k) plan participants will be able to take advantage of the freedoms accorded by the new rules. That's because very few of the 401(k) plans that offer Roth-designated accounts even allow for in-plan conversions—only about 5%, says Laura Grogan-O'Mara, director, legislative and public policy, Global Wealth & Retirement at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
The reason few plans offer these conversions is that demand from employers and employees has been tepid. Before the American Taxpayer Relief Act, when conversions were allowed only when an employee had a distributable event, the percentage of employees taking advantage of the opportunity, when available, was in the low single digits, according to Aon Hewitt research. Meanwhile, for the plan providers, the recordkeeping involved in facilitating in-plan conversions proved costly.
Additionally, employees who do make a conversion must pay the full tax on the sum being converted in the same tax year. So if you move $10,000 from the pre-tax account in your 401(k) plan into a Roth-designated account in that 401(k) plan in 2013, you'll need to come up with the cash to pay for the income tax on that $10,000 by April 2014. Luckily, Grogan-O'Mara notes, "you can also convert your balance over several years, in small amounts, so it's more digestible from a tax liability standpoint." Another caveat to be aware of is that unlike conversions to Roth IRAs, which may be unwound, or "de-converted," up to October 15 of the year following the year of conversion, in-plan conversions to a Roth-designated account are irrevocable.
Why would Congress expand a provision that hasn't been widely utilized? In large part because the new Roth in-plan conversion rules are projected to raise $12 billion in tax revenue over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
For now, business owners whose company retirement plans don't already offer in-plan conversions may want to consider asking about the option in their next round of requests-for-proposals, Grogan-O'Mara says. As a matter of course, she adds, owners should be making such requests of their 401(k) providers every three years or so "just to make sure the fees they're paying are reasonable and compatible in the industry." That way, business owners can look holistically at the cost-benefit picture and determine whether it's the right time to switch.
(The writer is a senior financial advisor and can be reached at 410-213-8520.)


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MIDDLEBURY — Fifteen months ago, Middlebury's municipal building and recreation facility projects were simply controversial lines on paper. It took a second public vote of 880 to 714 in May of 2014 to affirm the $6.5 million undertaking, which had stirred up more intense debate than the town had seen since a controversial Price Chopper Supermarket proposal two decades earlier.
Fast forward to this past Monday.
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MIDDLEBURY — A group of Middlebury officials will gather at a now-vacant 77 Main St. site at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, to turn the first ceremonial spades of earth, thus beginning what will be a year-long effort to erect the community's new municipal building.
Also this week, work crews will prepare for demolition of the former Middlebury American Legion building on Creek Road, a ramshackle structure that will be replaced by a new 11,500-square-foot recreation facility that will include a team-rooms addition for Middlebury Union high and middle schools.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard learned on Tuesday that costs for the town's new recreation facility and municipal building are projected to come in slightly under budget.
Figures provided by Middlebury Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay indicate the combined costs for the recreation building on Creek Road and the town offices at 77 Main St. are coming in at $7,185,380. Bid results for construction of the two projects have come in at $3,696,391 for the town office building and $3,488,989 for the recreation facility.
LINCOLN — An ad hoc committee of residents appointed by the Lincoln selectboard will meet Wednesday to finalize a recommendation to the board on how to proceed with building a new town office building.
The committee has been working since September on the proposal, and will meet on Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the present town office.
Selectman Bill Finger said the town has had discussions about replacing the 45-year-old town office building since 2009. He said the growth of the town has rendered the structure too small.
No issue in recent Middlebury history proved as polarizing as the proposal to demolish the municipal building/gym complex at 94 Main St. and replace them with new town offices at 77 Main St. and a new recreation facility off Creek Road.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Monday got a look at the first draft of a fiscal year 2016 municipal budget that projects a $430,259 increase over this year, which would translate into a 5.6-cent boost in the town's tax rate.
Board members stressed that the $10,031,448 spending plan under review is just a departure point, and that the final number will likely shrink before being finalized for the voters to decide at the annual town meeting next March.
But officials acknowledged making significant cuts won't be easy.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Development Review Board (DRB) on Monday approved applications for both a new town office building at 77 Main St. and a new recreation facility off Creek Road.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Development Review Board (DRB) on Sept. 22 will begin its evaluation of the community's new town office and recreation facility proposals, a review that could span several weeks as the panel takes testimony on plans that have already generated considerable debate and controversy in Addison County's shire town.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College has agreed to pay up to $287,550 for additional equipment designed to make the town's soon-to-be-built municipal building a "net-zero" project, meaning the total amount of energy to be used by the structure on an annual basis will roughly equal the amount of renewable energy created at the site.
Are you one of the 915 Middlebury residents who voted "yes" on the March town meeting bond vote for the municipal building project?
Would it have influenced your vote at the time if the selectboard (instead of repeatedly assuring voters that the proposed project was compatible with the vision and spirit of the town plan) had revealed instead that altering the town plan to accommodate the project would be part of the process?
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Peach and Berry Cobbler
(6-8 servings, adapted from The Sonoma Diet Book, with thanks to Farmgirl for sharing the recipe. This recipe is slightly adapated from the original recipe for Peach and Berry Cobbler which has more photos of the process.)
Topping Ingredients:
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 T or more Splenda
1/4 tsp. ground ginger or cinnamon (I used ginger)
1/8 tsp. salt
2 T butter
1/3 cup plain fat-free yogurt (I used 4 oz. low carb vanilla yogurt)
1 egg, slightly beaten
(optional, additional ground ginger or cinnamon to sprinkle over topping)
Filling Ingredients:
1/3 cup cold water
4 tsp. cornstarch (I used arrowroot starch, which is better for South Beach. Arrowroot starch is sold in health food stores, or you can get it at Penzeys.)
2 T Splenda or Agave Nectar
3 cups peeled, sliced peaches
2 cups fresh or frozen unsweetened rasberries or blueberries
(or use 5 cups peaches or 5 cups berries)
For filling: In large saucepan stir together cold water and cornstarch until well combined. Stir in Splenda or Agave, add peaches and/or berries, and cook over low heat until thickened and bubbly. Cover pan and keep filling warm.
To finish topping: In a small bowl stir together yogurt and egg. Add yogurt mixture to flour mixture, stirring until just moistened.
Spray crockery dish or individual ramekins with non-stick spray. Pour in warm filling, then drop topping from a spoon onto hot filling. (I spread it around a bit with my fingers.) Bake about 30 minutes for one large cobbler, or 20 minutes for smaller individual cobblers, until a toothpick inserted into topping comes out clean. Cool slightly and sprinkle with additional ginger or cinnamon if desired. Serve warm.
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South Beach Suggestions:
Made with whole wheat pastry flour, Splenda or Agave nectar, arrowroot starch, and low carb yogurt, this would be acceptable for the South Beach Diet, phase two or three. It does contain a small amount of butter, which you could substitute with margarine, but I wouldn't worry about that much butter in something you're not eating a lot of. Even if you used cornstarch, the amount per serving is very small. For phase two, I would limit serving sizes, since there is fruit in addition to the crust, both of which are high in carbs.
More Desserts that are South Beach Friendly:
Greek Yogurt with Agave Nectar and Pecans
Reduced Sugar Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake
Sugar-Free Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake
Low Carb Cookies with Meringue and Pecans
Strawberries Romanof
Yummy Sounding Cobbler Recipes from Other Blogs:
(Recipes from other blogs may not be South Beach Diet friendly, check ingredients.)
Elise's Dad's Apple Cobbler from Simply Recipes
A Lovely Peach Cobbler from Nami Nami
Apricot and Blueberry Cobbler from Cook and Eat
Berry Cobbler from David Lebovitz
Peach Blackberry Cobbler from Alpineberry


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Jacksonville is receiving $450,000 from the 2012-2013 Florida Defense Support Task Force Grants, Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday.
The grants are part of $2.6 million awarded to 10 project across the state "to protect military installations and grow jobs and opportunities across the state," the governor said
In Jacksonville, the funds will go for the construction of an explosive ordinance disposal bunker at Jacksonville Air National Guard Base and establishing a maritime research center at Mayport Naval Station.
A grant of $100,000 will to the Florida 8 (a) Alliance in Jacksonville to assist veteran-owned and defense industry small business across Florida.
"These investments are critical to supporting military jobs and further establishing Jacksonville as a major hub for aircraft basing," the governor said.
Mayor Alvin Brown thanked the governor, saying, "This is a remarkable opportunity not only to strengthen our part of national security, but promote jobs and economic development at the local and state levels."


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JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson has taken a lot of heat for his performance thus far at the ailing department store chain.
The criticisms just keep coming.
James Covert at The New York Post spoke with a bunch of sources involved with JCPenney and they didn't hesitate to slam Johnson and his team.
They said that Johnson rarely spends a full work week at the JCPenney headquarters.
"He's there four days a week, if that much," a source told The New York Post.
Johnson commutes to JCPenney's Plano, TX headquarters from his home in Palo Alto, CA.
He takes a company jet and stays at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Dallas, according to the Post.
His schedule leaves others wondering what he's doing all week.
"What does [Johnson] do the rest of the time?" a former exec said to the Post. "If he's doing this huge transformation, why isn't he there 12 hours a day helping everybody get things done?"
We're sure that Johnson is working around the clock to bring JCPenney back to its former glory, whether he's inside or outside the office. After all, his job and reputation are on the line, and he's a professional businessperson.
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UN Says Pacific Faces New Wave of HIV, With Papua New Guinea on the Brink of Epidemic
UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot today warned Pacific nations that a new wave of HIV infections is likely, with Papua New Guinea requiring urgent action to avoid going "the African way." "The stage is set for an expanding and widespread HIV epidemic in the region due to a dramatic increase in sexually transmitted infections and risky sexual behavior among young people aged 15 to 25," said Piot, adding that such a development could potentially add to the region's economic woes and increase political instability.
Worst affected are PNG and the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya, with HIV infection rates up to 10 times higher than other Pacific nations. "PNG has everything that's wrong -- lots of migration within the country, family disruption within towns and villages, a lot of sexually transmitted infections and a sexual culture that makes HIV spread very rapidly, despite the influence of various churches advocating abstinence," Piot noted.
This week, UNAIDS is holding AIDS prevention workshops with Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs, bringing together representatives from 16 Pacific nations. Piot said grassroots campaigning that respects local cultures while raising awareness about HIV/AIDS is key to preventing AIDS in the Pacific.
Piot added he would ask Australia to lead the regional fight against AIDS in the same way it has on security issues in the Pacific. He praised Australia's efforts to fight AIDS in PNG, where it supports programs worth $60 million (US$44 million). "By any standard, that's a very serious effort but I think more should be done across the region and that's where Australia's expertise and experience could be more extensively used," Piot said.


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Dartmouth alums have only one week left in which to vote in the current round of alumni elections. Voting closes on Wednesday, April 7.
This year, we are electing two Trustees, but only one slot is contested. In that race, our friend Joe Asch is running against John Replogle. For the reasons set forth here, I voted for Joe.
The other race is for the Executive Committee of the Association of Alumni. My friend Mike Murphy leads the Dartmouth United slate. Incumbent John Mathias heads the other group.
If there were a law against false advertising in alumni elections, Mathias would be working on a second life sentence. For example, Mathias campaigns on a platform of promoting civil discourse and unity among alums. Yet, he referred to Joe Asch as "almost pathological" in his criticism of Dartmouth's former administration.
In 2008, Mathias and his slate promised to make a sincere effort to restore parity on the Board of Trustees between appointed and elected members. Mathias stated: "What the Trustees have done yesterday, they can undo tomorrow, if a suitably persuasive case can be made for them."
But according to meeting minutes from the eleven sessions convened by Association Executive Committee during its first term in 2008-2009, the Executive Committee took no action on the issue of parity. In fact, according to the minutes, the issue wasn't even discussed.
Thus far in the Committee's 2009-2010 second term, it has held at least five meetings. The most recent minutes indicate that, conscious that its reelection attempt was around the corner, Mathias and company finally decided to take up the issue of parity with the Board of Trustees. One week before his slate announced that it had nominated itself to run for a third term, Mathias held a meeting with Board Chairman Ed Haldeman on December 15, 2009.
There is no indication that anything has come of the meeting. What's clear is that Mathias and his colleagues are either unwilling or unable convincingly to make the case for parity to the Board. In either event, it is time to change the leadership of the AoA.
Dartmouth Alumni can vote in the election by returning the ballot they should have received or by voting online here.
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Launch of M2 2GBCapacity for Storing More Music, Photos and Video
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, Jan. 8, 2007 - SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced the Memory Stick Micro™ (M2) product line - an ultra-thin, removable storage card for use with Sony Ericsson's latest generation of slim line, multimedia mobile phones like the Cyber-shot™ and the Walkman® series phones. The SanDisk M2 cards are available in 2-gigabyte (GB ) - the market's highest capacity M2, followed by the 1GB and 512-megabyte (MB ). The announcement was made today at the Consumer Electronics Show, where SanDisk is demonstrating products in South Hall 4, booth #36203 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
SanDisk M2 memory cards are ideal for users requiring expandable storage for more music, videos and quality photos. "The M2 is the new memory card form-factor of choice for the latest Sony Ericsson line of mobile phones delivering great music playback and advanced optics for photos and videos," said Jeff Kost, handset business vice-president at SanDisk. The M2 2GB holds up to 500 MP3 songs, 640 minutes of MPEG4 video or up to 4800 photos .
"SanDisk is responding to growing demand from users for more storage for their personal files to carry around in their phone." Kost said "Our high-capacity M2 cards provide more flexibility for users to keep their music with them and still have room for plenty of snapshots and even music videos or video-blogs." The M2 mobile cards are shipping in January to retailers worldwide, with the release in Japan scheduled later in the quarter. Suggested U.S. retail pricing: 2GB - $119.99, 1GB - $54.99, 512MB - $44.99.
The SanDisk M2 card line is designed for use with M2 supported handsets and also includes an adapter for use with Memory Sick PRO Duo devices such as cameras and game modules. The SanDisk M2 will plug into the Sony Ericsson K610, K800, K790, M600/608, V630, W300, W710, W712, Z530, Z550, Z710, and Z712 mobile phones. When coupled with its PRO Duo adapter, the M2 is also compatible with the D750, K750, P910, P990, V800, W700, W800/810, W850, W900, and Z800.
Memory Stick Micro was co-developed by SanDisk Corporation and Sony Corporation to meet the growing storage needs of highly compact, multimedia mobile phones. M2 is designed as an externally removable media with a controlled eject function and side notch to prevent it from accidentally falling out. Its edges are slotted lengthwise to allow for more slim-line designed connectors to reduce space in the host device. M2 operates at dual voltage - 1.8V for Sony Ericsson's new line of mobile phones and 3.3V for Memory Stick PRO Duo compatible products.
M2 measures 0.59" (L) x 0.49" (W) x 0.05" (H), making it the second smallest flash memory media in the world, behind the microSD, which SanDisk pioneered.
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world's largest supplier of flash data storage card products, using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Milpitas, California, and has operations worldwide, with more than half of its sales outside the U.S.
1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes
1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes
Approximations based on 4-minute songs at 128 kbps MP3 (music), 1-minute clips at 384kbps (video), and compressed JPEG images on 2MP camera (photos). Actual numbers may vary.
SanDisk's web site/home page address: www.sandisk.com
SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from www.sandisk.com/corporate/mediakit/
SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. microSD is a trademark. Memory Stick PRO Duo and Memory Stick micro are trademarks of Sony Corporation. All brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective holder(s).
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product introductions, specifications, applications, markets, pricing, customer acceptance and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these products in new markets that we are targeting, and the other risks detailed from time-to-time under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.
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