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Edited by Alice Notley, Anselm Berrigan, and Edmund Berrigan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. 239 pages. $24.95.
Ted Berrigan—the poet best known for catalyzing the so-called second-generation New York School of poetry in the 1960's and 70's—writes more about Pepsi than any poet I've read:
I wake up 11:30 back aching from soft bed Pat
gone to work Ron to class (I never heard a sound)
it's my birthday. 27. I put on birthday
pants birthday shirt go to ADAM's buy a Pepsi for
breakfast come home drink it take a pill
I'm high! ("Personal Poem #2" 14)
Berrigan's Pepsi motif can provide an admittedly strained metaphor for understanding an oeuvre constantly walking the line between the past and the future. Tiptoeing between his interest in Shakespearean sonnets and his commitment to the postmodern aesthetic of the postwar era, Berrigan cultivated both his hero-worship of the previous generation, especially the New York Schoolers John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, and Frank O'Hara, as well as the impulse to, as Ezra Pound famously incited, "make it new."
If in Berrigan's adulation of his New York School forebears we see a certain relishing of his latecomer status, in his love of second-place Pepsi we may see his veering away from his true father figure, O'Hara—who famously wrote of "having a Coke with you." "Frank O'Hara respected love, so do you, & so do we," Berrigan writes in "New Personal Poem"—the title itself a reference to O'Hara—"He was himself & I was me" (138).
Berrigan's lyric "I" is exhibit A in the poet's navigation of old and new. A scrap of Ashbery and a fidget of Koch wrapped up in the cape of O'Hara, at times the "I" is a quotation of Berrigan's own, earlier work, complicating any claim that the poetry is merely imitative of that earlier generation. Rather, through this weaving of self into other, others into self, the poet claims a broader conception of selfhood—as here, in the justly-lauded Sonnets, the early masterpiece that may too often be seen as defining the Berrigan's output:
Dear Margie, hello. It is 5:15 a.m.
dear Berrigan. He died
Back to books. I read
It's 8:30 p.m. in New York and I've been running around all day
old come-all-ye's streel into the streets. Yes, it is now,
How Much Longer Shall I Be Able To Inhabit The Divine
and the day is bright gray turning green (17)
While Berrigan's lyric is still a sounding board for the self-singing "I," that "I" doesn't just contain multitudes, but is constructed—constituted—by them. (In the above case, literally, by the appropriation of earlier Berrigan works and a title of Ashbery's.) If Whitman contained multitudes, and O'Hara mapped their networks, Berrigan shows how the multitudes who contain us are us: I is an other, but I is also others. "After / all," he writes in "Upside Down," "we all have a polymorphous perverse / first person singular, don't we?" (186).
Given this emphasis on the ways that others make up oneself, it's no surprise that through the lens of this Selected Poems we see a strain of elegy in Berrigan's oeuvre, as in these lines from "Things to Do in Providence," which recall Auden's elegy of Yeats. Given the poet's early death in 1983, the somber tone seems prophetic:
I open a beautiful letter. The heart stops briefly when someone dies,
a quick pain as you hear the news, & someone passes
from your outside life to inside. (118)
Against this strain—Freud would be proud—is a clear drive toward life, libidinal in some respects, but in a greater respect intimate and communal. It is a life that is written as much as lived:
From you. When we are both dead,
that letter
will be Part Two
of this poem.
But now we are both alive
& terrific! (104)
If a selected poems has one advantage over individual books, or over a collected volume—and I would submit they are few—it is the ease with which a mind may grasp a life's work, particularly for those who have passed on. The particulars of such a grasp, though, is only one possibility among many. Editorial attention determines frame and content, and makes a certain model of the poet's voice in the same way that the attention of others builds models of oneself, multiplied among others' heads.
The previous edition of Berrigan's Selected Poems (Penguin, 1993), edited by Aram Saroyan, is a more-focused affair, with one poem to a page and the whole of The Sonnets included. While this new volume lacks the earlier one's easy reading, this volume's format, with the poems rubbing up against one another, stretching across pages, seems itself a reflection of Berrigan's quotidian, collage-based poetic. Beyond that, the sheer increase in the number of poems, helpfully organized chronologically, allows for a fuller range of Berrigan's work to be included.
That this collection was edited and introduced by those closest to the poet, the accomplished poets Edmund and Anselm Berrigan and the great Alice Notley, makes a potent claim about a certain breed of afterlife—the poet, father, partner, and friend living on through those who loved him. This may have been on Ted's mind all along. "I'm only pronouns," he writes, "& I am all of them, & I didn't ask for this, / You did":
I came into your life to change it & it did so & now nothing
will ever change
That, and that's that.
Alone & crowded, unhappy fate, nevertheless
I slip softly into the air
The world's furious song flows through my costume. (160)


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Please share this Introduction with anyone who is facilitating a session. Thank you.
Welcome to the vision and revision of session plans to accompany stories by Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel). Some of these session plans were written around 1991 when I was the Director of Religious Education in Augusta, Maine. These have been revised, and sessions for other stories have been added. Inspiration came from some older curricula, and other curricula have been developed since, including some build on these session plans. These sessions are also on my web site at www.hzmre.com. Speaking of the web, find out how congregations have used Dr. Seuss material by doing a search, such as through www.Google.com and ask for "Dr. Seuss and Unitarian Universalists." This brings up the question:
Why use the stories of Dr. Seuss in Unitarian Universalist congregations?
These stories are fun and engaging. But even more important, they are based on life situations and experiences and give us a way to reflect, to talk about things that are part of our lives.
Stories have been used in Unitarian Universalist religious education material for generations. The stories of Dr. Seuss are wonderful resources. A key to using the stories is to have a dialog. This means that each participant is able to express thoughts about the story or the reflection questions, and there is no need to come to a common view or to convince anyone that a particular view is correct. In a dialog, each participant contributes, listens to others, and hears new perspectives. Details of the story do not matter: how the participant relates to the story does.
Some stories may raise uncomfortable situations. For example, my daughter, now in her 30's, still remembers the fear of getting lost that she felt in I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollew. I personally react to 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins because of the idea of being chased, although my son heard that story as a great adventure to see if another hat would appear. The pictures and the rhythm of the words of the stories may mask the deeper meanings.
Therefore, an important focus of this dialog is to have the group listen to each of the participants if and as they tell stories of being in uncomfortable situations, without giving advice or "you could have" or "you should have." However, the group can also raise some concrete suggestions about what can be done if the situation arises again. The stories may deal with a range of situations from teasing to severe abuse, from adventure to fear. If there is need to process any of the situations beyond the group setting, like a participant appearing to be in danger, let him/her know that you would like to talk with him/her further, and then follow your congregation's procedure, if there is one in place. If there is no procedure, talk with the Director of Religious Education and minister and parents, as needed.
The story summaries, but NOT the stories themselves, are included in the curriculum. The books can be obtained from libraries, book stores (actual and on-line), yard sales and flea markets. Hopefully, the Overview Chart will provide information to assist in deciding when to use the various stories. There is no specific order or recommendation. Some guidelines might include:
A story is of interest or a 'favorite' of the adult who is facilitating the session -- even inviting people to select the story(ies) that they would like to share with the group.
There may be a desire to group stories by themes, or to spread themes throughout the year.
Some stories will be more available than others.
The length of a story may influence where a story can be used: a 10 minute story is a bit long for "Time With Children" in a Sunday service!
Dr. Seuss's A B C might gives an opportunity for introductions of the to each other participants (using the alphabet as initials) and to the church environment (the alphabet around the church or site). Too Many Daves is also an opportunity to make nametags.
Please note the selection of terms, which are part of the movement toward more Relational Religious Education.
"Session" rather than "lesson," with a focus on the time spent together;
"Participant" rather than "child," as the adults in the group are also part of the experience;
"Facilitator" of "leader" rather than "teacher," as much of the teaching and learning comes from the group itself;
"Group" rather than "class," as the participants may be various configurations of ages..
Setting the Stage: Introductory information includes:
Session Plan
Opening: There is no standard opening for the sessions, but a commonly used one is:
We meet here as Unitarian Universalists.
This is the church of the open mind. [point to head, or hand by face, palms facing out]
This is the church of the helping hands. [hands out in front, palms up]
This is the church of the loving heart. [hands together across chest]
Check-in. The suggestions here follow a pattern for Relational Religious Education. Even if check-in is part of another activity, such as Children's Worship, please still take time to welcome each person by name. This is a time for paying attention to who is present, as well as acknowledging that someone is missing, and if there is a known reason, such as illness. It is suggested that there be an empty chair for someone who is not present, and to indicate that others are welcome to join the group. (A stuffed animal that a participant has brought or that is the group mascot may sit in the chair.)
Story: Usually, telling rather than reading a story is encouraged. Dr. Seuss is an exception, because the illustrations and use of language are such a dynamic part of the total story. Some of the stories are available on tapes or video cassettes, which can supplement the lesson plan. However, the value of reading the stories "live" cannot be underestimated. Reading is at a slower pace and allows for interaction as the story progresses.
Exploring. This includes questions for dialog and there may be suggested activities. These are a beginning, and the facilitator is welcome to add other ideas, which will come from "living with" the story as part of preparation.
Closing. Closings are usually suggested, but a standard closing from the group can also be used.
Group Review. Please allow time for input from the group about what went well and suggestions for using this story again. It might be helpful to make notations that stay with the session plan for consideration in the future use.
The American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America formed the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) in 1961. Unitarian Universalists recognize that beliefs evolve and change. The Principles and Purposes are in the Bylaws of the UUA (Article II). The process for developing and changing them includes intense discussion in local congregations and at General Assembly over several years. The Principles and Purposes (or "the Principles"), adopted in 1985, are:
• Ideals toward which we work, rather than requirements for membership;
• Guidelines for religious and ethical living;
• Sources of inspiration for religious education, worship, and social action.
There are two components of the Principles and Purposes are the Affirmations and the Living Tradition Sources. The affirmations are presented first in the Principles. Perhaps a difference between our affirmations and creeds or covenants of other religious traditions is that these affirmations form the common bond among us as guidelines for living, rather than a theological statements of belief.
The second part of the Principles is the sources from which the affirmations have developed. It is the sources that establish the diversity of our religious tradition. While both Unitarian and Universalists have roots in Judeo-Christian heritage, Unitarian Universalism is a tradition, which draws on universal elements in the world's religions. The sources are evident in the stories that we tell, the rituals that we use, the hymns that we sing, and in religious education. The focus in this curriculum is on the Affirmations/Principles. These are given here in the wording from the Unitarian Universalist Association Bylaws, followed by a version for younger children from the UU Alphabet, 1999, by Rev. Helen Zidowecki, adapted.
We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote:
We remember that:
The inherent worth and dignity of every person.
Everyone is important.
Justice, equity and compassion in human relation.
We are fair and kind to each other.
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations.
Church is a place where we learn together.
A free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
We are always learning for ourselves.
The rights of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in Society at large.
We have a say about things that are important to us.
The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all.
We help make the world better for everyone.
Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
We help take care of our world.
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The songstress stirred the internet when she professed, "I wish I was dead already" in an interview with The Guardian in June. Here's what Little Miss Old Hollywood Sunshine had to say about her f-ed up life, critics, and what makes her happy.
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The state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) yesterday declared a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh per person on Yasin Bhatkal, Tahasheen Akhtar, Asadullah Akhtar and Waqas. All four are wanted for their alleged involvement in 2011 serial blasts in the city and 2012 serial blasts in Pune.
13/7 serial blasts ATS officials said around 27 people were killed and over 130 were injured in the three blasts that took place on July 13, 2011 near Kabutar Khana in Dadar (W), Zaveri Bazaar and Opera House. They, along with the officials of the Delhi special squad, had managed to arrest six people for their alleged involvement in the case.
During interrogation, the suspects revealed names of Mohammed Ahmed Mohammad Zarrar Siddhibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal alias Imran alias Shahrukh, Tahasheen Akhtar Wasim Akhtar Shaikh alias Monu alias Hasan, Asadullah Akthar Javed Akhtar alias Haddi alias Tabrez alias Shakir alias Danial and Waqas alias Ahmed.
ATS Chief Rakesh Maria said, "The interrogations of those arrested earlier, have revealed names of the four accused. Bhatkal is the Indian Mujahideen (IM) chief and we are making public their latest photos and our contact numbers so that anybody who sees them can communicate with us." ATS officials said Yasin and Asadullah were also involved in bomb blasts that took place over the years in Ahmedabad, Surat, Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad.
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Four low-intensity blasts on August 1, 2012, on Jangli Maharaj Road disrupted life in Pune city. These blasts occurred near Balgandharva Theatre, Dena Bank branch, McDonald's outlet and Garware Bridge. The ATS said, in the Pune blasts case, they had arrested four accused and their interrogation had revealed the names of Yasin Bhatkal. In December 2011, Delhi police had also announced a reward of Rs 15 lakh for any information leading to Bhatkal's arrest for his involvement in several terrorism-related cases, including three in Delhi.
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The Pacific Nations Cup saw Japan at fourth place this year after defeating the United States, 38-20, last Sunday. With 2 wins and 2 losses, Japan finished with 9 points in the annual Rugby Union tournament among Pacific nations, which also included Fiji, Canada, and Tonga.
Yoshikazu Fujita led the Brave Blossoms in tries and conversations resulting to Japan's 38-20 win against the Eagles in the tournament's seventh week. Male Sa'u, Hendrik Tui, skipper Toshiake Hirose, Fumiake Tanaka, and Ayumu Goromaru also joined the 19-year old winger from Waseda University. Compared to Japan, only three players – Chris Wyles, Eric Fry, and Luke Hume – managed to score tries for the United States.
At 16 points, with 3 wins and a loss, Fiji is this year's Pacific Rugby tournament champions. Canada, also with 3 wins and a loss, finished as the runner-up, at 3 points less than Fiji. Tonga placed third at 10 points, with 2 wins and 2 losses while the U.S., losing all matches, settled at the bottom rank. The Japan and U.S. fixture was held at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo. Japan hosted five of the matches for the Pacific Nations Cup, two in Tokyo as well as Nagoya with one match in Kanagawa. Canada hosted three, which were in Edmonton, Ontario, and Ottawa. The United States and Fiji also hosted one match each, in California and Latuoka, respectively.
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© St. Petersburg Times, published December 3, 2000
The following commentary by Times columnist Mary Jo Melone first appeared in the November-December issue of the Columbia Journalism Review:
Even though I'm a columnist, and I take on big issues head on for a living, I'm almost afraid to write this.
I know the cheap words that might be hurled my way. White racist. Bigot.
In its last issue, CJR published a piece by Pamela T. Newkirk on black reporters quitting the business. They were tired of having the stories born of their unique experiences rejected. They were unwilling to be forced into a mind-set, a way of seeing, that wasn't theirs. One of the best and the brightest, Pulitzer Prize-winner Angelo Henderson of the Wall Street Journal, said, "You can't make me be like everyone else."
I've got some news for him. His story is my story.
Some years ago, I was invited to a lunch given by some of the journalists teaching at the Poynter Institute, the non-profit center for reporters that owns the St. Petersburg Times. The faculty gave cheerful reports about conferences they'd just attended -- conferences of black journalists, Asian-American journalists, Hispanic journalists, gay and lesbian journalists. They spoke of the story ideas they'd come away with and how impressed they were with the people they'd met.
Then I was asked to speak.
I waved a syndicated op-ed piece I'd cut out of the Times about the widening income gap between rich and poor. Why weren't they talking about that, I asked. Why did we have to be constantly carved up by race and ethnic group (as well as by sex)? Wasn't the world bigger than that, and weren't the issues broader?
Silence fell. Stares followed. Maybe I had chosen the wrong moment to raise my concerns. But I didn't see these people often. I grabbed the chance I had.
Later, the black woman who had invited me took me aside and told me I had sounded angry. I was. I was in the same shoes as the Angelo Hendersons of the journalism business. I, too, was gripped by frustrations, although they aren't the same as his.
I want my work to prompt discussion, not name-calling. I want to write about race without my knees knocking over what my colleagues will think. I want to find new ways to talk about race, ways that are deeper and more accurate than the blacks-as-victims, whites-as-perpetrators mind-set cast in cement since the '60s. I want to be able to write about race without being dragged through the mill.
There was the column about the white Tampa man whose son had just had his bike stolen by a black child, how angry the father was, how ashamed of the prejudice he felt rising in his throat. The piece was held for 48 hours. The racial identifications of the people involved were moved from the lead to almost the bottom.
There were the columns I've written about St. Petersburg's police chief, who is black. In a city with a shameful history of race relations, he operates, in my opinion, with as much contempt for some white officers as some of his white predecessors had for blacks. This is not what I would call progress, and I have said so in print. And paid for it, in small, telling ways, including strained relations with other colleagues, black and white, who suspect my motives.
When I hear the chill in their voices, I have to fight the impulse to label them, as I suspect they have labeled me. I think of a colleague who said I knew as much about race as Archie Bunker. Or the colleague who proposed a staff meeting about my columns, because black readers he knew didn't like them, and I needed to fix what I was saying.
It's hard not to take this personally. The struggle in newsrooms over race is no different than the struggle that takes place in neighborhoods and workplaces the country over. I had a black friend at the paper, gone now, who defended me to her friends. As a joke, she used to call me H.B. The initials stood for Head Bigot.
When I write about race, searching for new ways to talk about it and deeper understanding, sometimes I write well, sometimes not so well. I am subject to the same vagaries as anybody else. For my efforts, I have been accused of not being a decent, honorable human being.
And they call this diversity?
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According to the World Casino Directory, Ontario has more casinos "than any other state in Canada." You can never have too much of a good thing, though – especially in a country with as many states as Canada – so lately there's been a big debate going on about a plan to build yet another gambling hall to help the provincial government deal with its chronic shortage of funds.
The idea is to build a big casino in Toronto. Because, while there are lots of places in Ontario you can go to bet your money if you are so inclined, there's no big glitzy emporium in the province's biggest city where you can quickly divest yourself of your cash. This is a problem, because world class cities like Toronto need world class entertainment venues if they are to go on being world class. Rob Ford, the mayor, knows this, as does his brother Doug. A while back Doug proposed building a fun centre on some underused industrial land that would include a mega-mall and the world's biggest Ferris wheel. While Torontonians mysteriously failed to appreciate the full glory of that proposal, the Fords figure a big casino would be almost as good.
"I've always supported a casino and I do in this case. I believe if we find the right location we could bring in close to $100 million in revenue … That's a lot of money and we need that money," Mayor Ford said this week. Brother Doug has previously suggested the big bucks from a casino could pay for new subways, another Fordite dream that has failed to come to fruition.
Whether casinos are really the slam-dunk money-earners they're often viewed as by politicians is a topic for debate. Mention the word "casino" and political eyes light up. You're talking Vegas, buddy. Show girls. Glamour. Ocean's 11, whether it's the Sinatra version or the George Clooney remake. Except there are lots of casinos around these days, and still only one Vegas. The American Casino Guide lists entries in 42 states, which means there are just eight states without one. Ontario's existing slam-dunk casino money-earners aren't slam-dunking nearly as much money as they used to, because border security has frightened off many of the would-be suckers, and U.S. rivals have opened up nearby. Just this week Ohio opened its first casino in a renovated Cleveland department store, drawing traffic that might otherwise have been drawn to Windsor or Niagara Falls. Cleveland is chasing the same dream as Toronto, as evidenced by the opening night reviews:
"Ohio's first casino opened Monday night with long lines of gamblers ready to roll the dice, a glitzy music video instead of a traditional ribbon cutting and a taste of Las Vegas with two bare-midriff showgirls wearing plumed hats and sequined tops."
No matter. It's certain that a casino will be built somewhere, because the province needs cash. The only question is where, and there's considerable pressure to slap it on Toronto's waterfront, because what could draw people to the lake more than a mammoth complex of buildings sprawled along the shoreline? There's already a wall of condos built along the waterfront, but evidently they haven't made it inaccessible enough; something even more monolithic is needed. Casinos tend to be cavernous rooms with no windows (to avoid diverting players from losing their money). Hence Cleveland's willingness to stick theirs in a department store. But for some reason Toronto's gotten it into its head that a nice shoreline location would be just the ticket.
As it happens, the city has an extended tract of waterfront land with not much on it but abandoned warehouses and empty parking lots. Unfortunately, no one is suggesting putting it there. Instead they've fixed on either the Canadian National Exhibition, or nearby Ontario Place, a scenic spot that for 40 years was home to a marina and recreation area focused on families, but is slated to be transformed into "an innovative provincial landmark." If the casino doesn't get there first.
The province is already attracting big names from the glitz and entertainment industry. MGM Resorts International executives suggested they'd be willing to invest up to $6 billion in a combined gambling/entertainment/shopping complex. Caesar's Entertainment says it's interested. Las Vegas Sands Corp. recently checked out the CNE and Ontario Place, though no one would let them in for a closer look at the latter.
There is also plenty of home grown interest. Gerald Schwartz of Toronto's Onex Corp, says he's "enthusiastic" and has the experience, as owner of the Tropicana in Las Vegas and Casino ABS, which operates four casinos in Alberta. And most recently Larry Tanenbaum, a construction magnate and biggest individual shareholder in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, signalled he's open to a flutter on the gambling business as well. Though he has limited professional experience in casinos, who knows more about separating Torontonians from their money while giving little in return than the Toronto Maple Leafs? (Even if Mr. Tanenbaum did feel moved to apologize publicly for this year's season, he didn't give back the money).
Mr. Tanenbaum's firm is already building projects for the 2015 Pan Am Games on a section of waterfront on the other side of the city from Ontario Place, where there's plenty of unsightly industrial land that really could use some intelligent development. It's the same general area where Doug Ford wanted to put his Ferris wheel. Who knows – if some bright casino magnate offers to include a giant Ferris wheel in his vision of Toronto's Las Vegas North, this could all move faster than we expected.
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"What Matters Most: Family, Friends, and Foes" is going mainstream and making a difference in the lives of many.
Achieving something of greater hope is accomplished by overcoming the present hurts! Owen Watson
Bullying, ostracism, fear, divorce, and death are examples of common issues that many of us face and often time find hard to shake. I like to take this moment and introduce you to What Matters Most: Family, Friends, and Foes, a book that is sure to inspire and guide you through such troubling times.
Authors Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpq_T3WysfY
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Santa Barbara Elks Lodge No. 613 has honored four top-achieving Students of the Month for May.
Shane Williams of Dos Pueblos High School, Anjanette Aguilar of Bishop Garcia Diego High School, Josephina Carrisales of Santa Barbara High School and Shannon Lol of San Marcos High School.
All four students are members of the National Honor Society and the California Scholarship Federation. All were chosen by their school counselors for exceptional academic achievement and student leadership.
Shane Williams, 4.0 GPA
Biola University, chemical engineering major
Partners in Education Career Technical Award for Career Preparedness
DP leadership commissioner; Leadership Hall of Fame award as "Most Responsible"
Co-producer of DPNews, student-produced news broadcast program
DP Peer Tutoring Program; DP Traffic and Safety Committee
Sound Technician for Calvary Chapel High School Worship workshop
Volunteer for Villa Week Music and Arts Camp, Goleta Presbyterian Church
Anjanette Aguilar, 3.3 GPA
SBCC, transfer to Otis College of Art and Design, art major
Dean's Honor Roll; 240-plus community service hours
Youth for Direct Relief International club; Bishop's General Art Award last year
Varsity soccer, varsity softball; school musicals participant
Member of Bishop's Campus Ministry and retreats leader; Relay for Life nationwide Walk for Cancer
Integral part of Project Santa, Bishop's Christmas giving program
Josephina Carrisales, 4.1 GPA
SBCC, then transfer to Stanford University pre-med program to become pediatrician
Principals Distinguished Honor Roll
Future Leaders of America, tutoring/mentoring younger incoming students
Dream Foundation, raised $1,000 for terminally ill lady to celebrate her 21st birthday wish
Free the Children, helped to build a school in the Middle East
Volunteer at Cottage Hospital, oncology floor; volunteer at special education preschool
Shannon Lol, 4.5 GPA
California Lutheran University, business major
CLU's Pederson Scholarship recipient
Facilitator and board member, Youth Making Change (The Fund for Santa Barbara)
Varsity cross country, varsity track and field; Key Club (Kiwanis) and Red Cross Club
Orfalea Foundation's Montana Yellowstone Expedition
Volunteer at Ty Warner Sea Center; People to People ambassadors trip to Europe
Marketing internship, Creative Wealth International
— Kim Bish, district scholarship chairman, represents Santa Barbara Elks Lodge No. 613.


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Alex Nogales appears in the following:
Latinos On TV
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Alex Nogales, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and actor Tony Plana, currently on Ugly Betty, talk about how the networks are doing in their efforts to increase Latino involvement in their productions.
Preview of the SOTU
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Health care reform and the economy both need a jump start, but will President Obama be able to use the State of the Union speech to provide the jolt? Congressman Anthony Weiner weighs in. Also today: local New Yorkers return from Haiti to report on AIDS related health issues there, ...


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On the 12th of December, 2015, high-level representatives from 195 nations, including many presidents and prime ministers, agreed to try to hold warming "well below" 2 °C above pre-industrial temperatures. On April 22, at the UN in NYC, the agreement takes full effect (once nations representing a majority of the planet's GHG emissions sign the agreement). Unfortunately, the truth is that, even if the agreement in Paris is carried out by every nation, and to the letter, global temperatures will still be on course to rise by around 2.7°C by the end of the century.
Luckily, the best news of the entire COP21 came on Day 1 with the announcement of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition (breakthroughenergycoalition.com). The Breakthrough Energy Coalition is a group of more than 20 billionaires (including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg {CEO of Facebook}) who have agreed to invest in innovative clean energy. The Coalition wouldn't be able to fund and meet all of its goals without the most important international commitment by governments to invest in clean energy to date. Mission Innovation (mission-innovation.net) is a group of 20 countries including the U.S., Brazil, China, Japan, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia and South Korea, who have pledged to double government investment in clean energy innovation and to be transparent about its clean energy research and development efforts. In a statement from the Coalition, the importance of both groups is highlighted –
"THE WORLD NEEDS WIDELY AVAILABLE ENERGY that is reliable, affordable and does not produce carbon. The only way to accomplish that goal is by developing new tools to power the world. That innovation will result from a dramatically scaled up public research pipeline linked to truly patient, flexible investments committed to developing the technologies that will create a new energy mix. The Breakthrough Energy Coalition is working together with a growing group of visionary countries who are significantly increasing their public research pipeline through the Mission Innovation initiative to make that future a reality."
Brazil was one of the last countries to join the 'high ambition coalition', while China and India were hold outs to this section of the pact. The 'high ambition coalition' are a group of countries, including most of the "Mission Innovation" countries and a group of the most vulnerable (smaller generally, and poorer) nations, that are looking towards a more ambitious goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. China and India are the major emitters in the developing world, and were the last agree to the main pact, but not the high ambition goal, at COP21.
Below are some major resources for more information on the COP21:
COP21 Paris – breakdown of the event


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All I can say is…."FINALLY!"
That was slightly painful. Forge broken my custom localization library, forcing me to convert to the vanilla library. The transition was somewhat complex, requiring somewhat more than 193 files changes, 568 line insertions(+), 986 line deletions(-).
But it's DONE!
Not much else here, just a few fixes. So have fun.
Oh! One last thing! Patreon! You guys absolutely blew me away this month with your support! I can't tell you how much that boosts my motivation and engagement in the project. You blew threw two milestones! Yes, TWO!
The first, a license change to reduce the effort required to use Railcraft in a mod pack, but I talked about that in the last post so I won't repeat myself here.
The second milestone is more interesting, I will be putting the majority of Railcraft's source up on GitHub for people to look at, submit PRs and learn from. I have some work to do to get that setup, which will be my next project. I'll be following a similar Visible Source model to Forestry's original setup (before it went fully Open Source). More details will come later!
And finally, I'm taking suggestion for more Patreon Milestones!
Additionally, I'd like to direct everyone's attention to my Patreon Page. There is some cool stuff over there (Beta Access, Custom Emblems, etc….) so be sure to take a look!
Change Log:
- INFO: Updated to 1.7.10
- INFO: Updated IC2 and Forestry APIs.
- NEW: Added a new lock mode for Locomotives that prevents all GUI access and hotkey use.
- CHANGE: Tweaked median y spawn levels of Copper and Tin slightly (y70->y60 and y60->y50 respectively).
- FIX: Fix Forestry Backpack integration. It was crashing NEI.
- FIX: Steam should not be red!
- FIX: Poor Iron Ore can be mined with Stone Pickaxe.
- FIX: Firestone retains name when being recharged or broken.
- LANG: Convert Localization System to vanilla implementation. Should render us fairly future proof hopefully. (Blame this for delays! And Vexatos and Neptunepink!)
- CONFIG: Fix Anchor fuel parsing and allow floats.


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By Austin Bishop
The Webster Progress-Times
East Webster head football coach Doug Wilson knew his team's game last Friday night against Bruce would likely be a close one, but he never would have guessed that only 10 total points would be scored between the two teams.
"We moved the ball down the field and had some decent drives, but we just couldn't close them out," Wilson said of his team's 7-3 Region 4-2A loss to the visiting Trojans. "I thought we played well defensively and kept their playmakers contained for the most part.
"We are obviously disappointed in the results of the game, but not in our effort," he said. "We fought down to the last play of the game. In fact, for a minute there I thought we might score on it."
After Bruce broke free for a 59-yard touchdown with six minutes to go in the game to take the 7-3 lead, East Webster twice moved the ball onto the Trojans side of the field. On EW's last possession, Jack Wilson hit Deangelo Liggins with a pass that the shifty playmaker almost turned into a touchdown.
"There was no time left on the clock when they tackled him," Wilson said. "He just kept making them miss, I thought he had a chance there for a minute." Liggins was finally brought down by the Trojans on the 37-yard line.
East Webster, now 6-3 overall and 0-3 in Region 4-2A play, took a 3-0 lead on a field goal by Tyler Cosby, but that's all the points the Wolverines could manage on the night.
Jack Wilson finished the night with 66 passing yards, while completing 6-of-12 attempts. Liggins rushed for 84 yards on 12 carries and had three receptions for 46 yards, while Wilson rushed for 38 yards on 12 carries and John Wofford Williams had seven carries for 27 yards.
McKinley Hollenhead had two catches for 15 yards for the winners, while Kolby Crowley caught a pass for five yards.
Laterris Powell and Tyler Doss had nine tackles each to lead EW, while Wilbur O'Briant and Williams were in on seven stops each and Chase Keller and Monterius Davis had five tackles apiece.
The Wolverines still have a chance to reach the playoffs, but may need a little help to get there. It would increase East Webster's playoff hopes if Calhoun City were to beat Eupora on Friday night.
EW has an open date this week, but plays host to county-rival Eupora in the regular-season finale on Nov. 1.


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Bioethics conference focuses on vaccines
Should healthcare workers be required to get flu vaccines or lose their jobs? Should schools allow unvaccinated students to enroll? Should girls be required to get the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) that can cause cervical cancer?
Those are just some of the questions scholars and medical experts intend to address at a bioethics conference to be held at Penn on Sept. 21. Titled "The Science, Ethics and Politics of Vaccine Mandates," the conference is being hosted by the Penn Center for Bioethics and sponsored by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, The Society of Health Care Epidemiology of America and the Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy.
The issue of vaccines and vaccine mandates has become front-page news in recent months, and many institutions are weighing whether to mandate shots for their workers, says Arthur Caplan, the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Director of Penn's Center for Bioethics and the Sydney D. Caplan Professor of Bioethics.
Recently, celebrities such as actress Jenny McCarthy have attracted international attention questioning the safety and necessity of many vaccines for young children, arguing that they have the potential to trigger harmful side effects, including autism and other neurological disorders.
Earlier this year, pertussis, known more commonly as whooping cough, reemerged as a public health concern with several thousand cases reported in California and sharp rises in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and other urban areas.
"The question of vaccine mandates has come up in other areas as well, such as bio-terror attacks and global pandemics," says Caplan.
The conference will feature presentations by experts, including representatives from the pharmaceutical industry, and panel discussions about infectious diseases, pediatrics, occupational medicine, bioethics and public policy.
The goal is to step away from what has become an increasingly heated debate and conduct a meaningful dialogue about the opposing views, Caplan says. But, he adds, it should be noted that Penn's Center for Bioethics is not neutral on the subject.
"Our stance is that vaccines are effective, safe and desirable to use. They have been a huge contribution to public health," he says. "But that doesn't mean there still aren't tough questions to raise."
Topics scheduled to be discussed include the history of vaccine mandates, mandates for healthcare workers, a government perspective on mandates, vaccine mandates and children, the HPV vaccine and future directions of mandates.
The conference is free and open to the public, although attendees must register at email@example.com or contact Janice Pringle or Matthew Isensberg at 215-898-7136.


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Minster Law and Optima Legal have emerged as the two firms with the highest reported level of borrowings in this year's The Lawyer UK200.
Last year Minster's turnover was £104.1m. The Lawyer can reveal that at the end of the last financial year it had total borrowings of £69m.
At Optima the proportionate debt levels were even higher. At £36.2m, Optima's borrowings in fact dwarfed its 2011-12 turnover of £22.85m.
As reported by The Lawyer in 2010, the high level of debt at Optima is primarily the result of a deal with outsourcing giant Capita to invest £35m in the firm to fund a series of acquisitions (16 August 2010).
Neither firm commented when contacted by The Lawyer.
The two firms' debt levels were contained in data supplied for this year's UK200, which for the first time asked firms to include on the annual questionnaire total borrowings at the end of the most recent financial year.
Other firms that revealed year-end debt levels include DWF, which had £9.8m, Watson Farley & Williams, which had £9.7m, and Shoosmiths, which had £6.5m.
Other firms where the proportion of debt to turnover was significantly higher than at these three included Linda Myers (£6.5m on a turnover of £15.9m), Colemans-ctts (£6m on £16.9m) and Manches (£5.9m on £30.2m).
At Olswang, which had £11.8m of working capital at year end, CEO David Stewart confirmed that he had made reducing the firm's levels of debt a priority for the current financial year. Olswang's lock-up exceeded its 100-day target by more than 20 days last year.
Stewart revealed that in a bid to address this Olswang had spent around £3m buying Elite's 3E practice management system, a move aimed at improving efficiencies at the Holborn firm.
"The only real way of reducing debt is by being more efficient," said Stewart.
Last week PwC released its annual Law Firms Survey, in which it analyses data from the majority of firms in the top 100, banding them on a non-attributed basis into the top 10, 11 to 25, 26 to 50 and 51 to 100.
PwC's report included a call to top 10 firms in particular that they could "increase cash by between £13m and £23m by applying better lock-up management discipline".
PwC's report also added that around a quarter of firms in each of its bandings had made a capital call during the year, ranging from £7,000 to £69,000 per partner.
Some of them may want to take a leaf out of Olswang's book.
The UK200 is published in October, several months ahead of the date many firms publish their LLP accounts, which includes information on debt.


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Pasco Tool & Plastics is growing quickly and successfully. To accommodate that growth, the company initiated a 12,000-ft2 addition that is about 90% complete. The expansion will almost double the company's manufacturing square footage, and also includes a class 100,000 clean room for molding and assembly.
According to Ron Posego, project/sales manager for Pasco, the clean room will contain one molding press and an assembly operation for a specific project for a medical customer. "Our plans call for us to add one more press in the clean room and an additional three presses in the general molding area over the next 18 months," Posego says, adding that the presses will be electric presses but the brand hasn't been determined. The company currently operates some Roboshot electric presses....
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No matter how good or bad the economy is there is always someone bragging about their brilliant investment pick that doubled or tripled their money. You can't get away from this guy fast enough at a cocktail party! There is one in every crowd who has to show how smart they are; they got in early or saw a trend that no one else did. I always think to myself, "Yes but how is the rest of your portfolio doing?" The problem with these braggadocios other than simply being annoying is they perpetuate investment myths that truly have no basis in reality and often take unsuspecting people down the wrong path.
Let's examine the biggest investment myths and the reality for investors to grow their wealth and meet their financial goals:
Myth #1 – You should focus on finding opportunity which could turn into very lucrative "home run" investments.
Reality: You will make more over time by not making mistakes and limiting losses than by trying to hit home runs. This is because losses hurt you more than gains help you. Consider this: if you lose 50 percent in an investment, you will need to earn a 100% return just to get back to where you were before the loss. What is the likelihood of that?
If you are a stock investor, consider strategies such as placing stop-loss orders to reduce losses in a volatile market, subscribing to services that email you company specific news as it happens, and setting up loss review trigger points to review your investment. If you are a mutual fund investor, consider investing in less volatile funds – ones with a low beta. The beta is a measure of how volatile your fund is compared to the market. Since the market has a beta of 1.0, a fund with a higher beta, say 1.2, would be considered riskier (i.e. more volatile) than the market.
Invest in mutual funds that have high risk-adjusted returns; they typically have a low beta and tend to perform better than other funds in the same category. Mutual funds publish information about risk, including the beta, on their fund fact sheets.
Myth #2 – The more you study the market, the better you will do in the market.
Reality: While you do need to know what the market is doing, the most successful investors study themselves and the companies they buy much more than they study the market. Spend time studying successful investors such as Warren Buffet, arguably the greatest investor of all time. He is the master of annual reports, and, according to The Snowball, Warren Buffet and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder, from the very beginning of his career as an investor has poured over industry publications. There lies his edge, not on timing the market, but rather studying the companies he invests in.


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Home Adjustments for Elderly People[ February 4, 2014 ]
Living independently as you get older can become challenging, especially if you have a physical or learning disability, or are living with dementia or Alzheimer's. As daily tasks and activities become more difficult, extra support and care is needed for individuals to remain in their own home – often the first choice when it comes to elderly care. Domiciliary care (care in your own home) is a fantastic option for anyone wishing to remain in a familiar environment but still receive support such as cleaning, cooking, assisting with personal hygiene and dressing, and help getting about. Adaptations to a person's home can also provide a way to make daily life easier and safer.
Home modifications and adaptations are sometimes provided following a home care assessment, or can be hired or purchased privately. Making changes to your home can be as simple as removing or securing trip hazards like rugs and trailing cables, or can involve structural elements such as installing an elevator or stair lift. The type of adaptations you require depend on your individual needs and an assessment or guidance appointment is extremely useful to help you decide which kind of modifications to make. Home adaptations for the elderly can provide help with the following areas:
Bathing, using the toilet and getting dressed
Accessibility and mobility
Cooking and doing household chores
Getting about indoors (such as getting in and out of bed)
Using the telephone and other technology
Improving home safety (such as personal alarms)
Domiciliary care can also offer the services above through a team of staff who visit your home to provide support and assistance in the areas required, including help with managing medication, dealing with finances and accompanying you out and about.
Home adaptations are best suited for people who are fairly mobile and are not in need of intensive nursing care, and are an effective way of retaining independence or as long as possible in a cost-effective way, delaying the need for residential care.
For information on domiciliary care and home adaptations for elderly and disabled people call Shaw Healthcare on 0800 902 0092 or My Care My Home 0800 731 8470.