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Order of Celebrating Matrimony, second edition
The Latin Rite Bishops of the USCCB approved the English translation of the Order of Celebrating Matrimony, second edition in November 2013. Subsequently, the provisional text was sent to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments for the recognitio which is required before any new liturgical text can be published and used in the dioceses of the United States.
That recognitio was granted on June 29, 2015. It is typical that some "fine-tuning" of the text would follow with a close examination of grammar and punctuation. On February 2, 2016, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the USCCB, issued a Decree of Publication for the Order of Celebrating Matrimony. He wrote that this ritual text "may be published and used in the Liturgy as of September 8, 2016, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and its use is mandatory as of December 30, 2016, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. From that day forward, no other English edition of the Order of Celebrating Matrimony may be used in the diocese of the United States."
Once again, the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions and the BCDW Secretariat Staff teamed up to offer formation on the revised rite. Workshops were strategically scheduled in regions across the country and the FDLC has prepared materials for liturgical catechesis.
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From the beginning of time, storytelling has been woven into our DNA. From cave drawings and hieroglyphics, to the fables that have been handed down from generation to generation, the human race has always used storytelling as a form of expression and a way to make sense of the world we live in.
While we started off as a verbal culture, relying on word-of-mouth to disperse news, the written language eventually became the primary form of communication and thereby altered the way in which stories were told. Much like this paradigm shift of the past, we're at an equally transformative moment in history. The introduction of modern-day technology has propelled us toward a digital revolution, once again reinventing the art, science and practice of storytelling.
Charles Melcher of Melcher Media is on a mission to discover and celebrate the interactive works and technology trends that are revolutionizing the way that stories are told. In 2012, he founded the Future of StoryTelling summit to shed light on the shifting storytelling landscape and digital revolution that is taking place within society.
"It [technology] is transforming the way we think about the world we live in and communicate what we see, feel and experience," said Melcher. "Much like learning to read the written language, we're in the beginning stages of digital literacy. A lot of trends are just beginning and we're starting to explore how new technology can be used as a platform for creativity and expression."
Whether it's blogs, social media, mobile apps or the web in general, technology is impacting the way consumers and companies are using different forms of media to share (and consume) content.
So, how do we master the digital tools we have at our disposal to tell stories in new, impactful and innovative ways?
What once took a lot of time and resources to skillfully master, creative tools such as photo or video editing software, have now become more accessible to members of the general public. Through mobile applications, people are now able to capture experiences in their environment and share them with the world via social media. There has been an explosion of people blogging, tweeting, sharing photos and Vine videos. This democratization of creative tools and mobile apps enables content creators to make elaborate stories that take the art of storytelling to the next level.
"The introduction of smartphones, tablets and other wireless devices has enabled a new, mobile way for people to see themselves and see the world," said Melcher. "And, the type of content that comes from that experience is unlike anything we've ever seen before."
Not only have people started creating content in new ways, they're using social media and news aggregation apps to consume the content that is being produced.
This new era has given rise to brands becoming their own publishing companies. Melcher pointed out that the brands that have been successful at using new forms of digital media all have one thing in common—they enable their customers to become part of the story and take advantage of the content consumers are producing.
"It's paramount for brands to realize that they have to enable their customers to be part of the conversation. They have to empower customers to interact with their product in such a way that allows the consumer to become the focal point of the story, the creator of the story," Melcher noted.
GoPro does a good job of this. Not only have they created a great product that enables others to be creative and tell stories, they're leveraging the original content being produced by their customers and brand advocates to tell their company's story in a unique, rewarding and engaging way.
When it comes to the future of digital storytelling, we're just starting to scratch the surface. As Melcher says, "stories will never die, but the ways we tell them are changing and will continue to change."

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Who would have thought entering a cooking competition would completely overhaul my life so quickly.
So as we all know you work hard and you play harder. And on the latter subject ive been making a few cheeky purchases.
The first is this original knitted Fred Perry, winter white and a brown laurel. Its very similar to my John Smedleys i LIVE in, the style is so classic and smart. Yes its a ladies even though the manequin looks like its is smuggling a banana in the bottom picture.
I plan on wearing it two ways. Casually with turn ups and my bass weejun congac loafers.
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The secons is a bit more dressy, chocolate two tone pencil skirt, fishnets and black fringe 60s penny loafers. I love blending black and brown shades.
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Ive also just bought these amazing Churches shoes. Church are one of the most amazing shoe brands, they are famous for their brogues but these pretty 60s weaves are exactly what ive been after for years. A bargain at £25 aswel.
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Proposed homeownership incentives such as bigger tax credits for home buyers, federally financed interest-rate buy-downs and overturning the ban on seller-financed down payments won't stimulate the economy or stabilize home prices -- in fact, these proposals could make matters worse, Doug Bibby, president of the National Multi Housing Council, said this week.
Of course, it's important to consider the source: The NMHC represents the country's leading rental-housing firms. It's in the members' best interests for people to remain renters.
But the points that Bibby made in his statement this week are valid, and certainly raise questions that lawmakers will have to consider as groups including the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Home Builders lobby for heftier incentives.
"The only issue a home-buyer tax credit addresses is the oversupply of single-family houses, which is something best left to the marketplace -- not taxpayers -- to correct. Oversupply situations happen in every industry, and the housing industry will recover with or without Congressional action, just as it has in past oversupply situations," Bibby said.
"If buyers need a $22,000 incentive to come back to the market, then home builders should absorb that cost through lower prices, not taxpayers," he said. The measures being talked about "are simply bailouts for the for-sale housing market, the very sector of our economy that helped trigger the global economic crisis," he said.
Bibby said that the push to restore down payment programs could even increase the number of owners who become underwater on their mortgages. The programs help buyers who can't come up with a down payment on their own; Bibby suggests that reinstating those programs would "lay the groundwork for another wave of mortgage defaults and foreclosures."
Read more about why the first-time tax credit already in place for first-time buyers doesn't seem to be working, and why Realtors are lobbying lawmakers for more in this week's real-estate pages. Also, read about the latest efforts to keep people out of foreclosure.
"When prices return to market levels, buyers will return," Bibby said, adding that housing will be on stronger footing if the market works off the oversupply on its own.
In the weeks and months ahead, we'll see if leaders in Washington agree.
--Amy Hoak, Real Estate Writer
Tax credit for first-time buyers giving little boost to housing
Over the summer, many in the housing industry applauded the temporary first-time home buyer tax credits written into the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. But apparently buyers weren't as impressed.
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U.S. unwraps latest plan to stem foreclosures
In their most aggressive move yet to stem a tide of home foreclosures, the government and the mortgage industry said Tuesday they'll try to modify hundreds of thousands of mortgages to make them affordable. Under the plan announced Tuesday, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other mortgage firms will rewrite the terms on some overdue mortgages so the homeowners won't pay more than 38% of their monthly income.
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Mortgage modifications don't work in many circumstances, Congress told
Despite private efforts to keep borrowers in their homes, the housing crisis faces persistent challenges from economic weakness and job losses, second liens, and servicing and pooling agreement restrictions, industry representatives told lawmakers Wednesday.
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Improved disclosures to help mortgage borrowers understand what they're getting into
New mortgage rules issued Wednesday by the Department of Housing and Urban Development will help consumers more easily shop for the lowest-cost mortgage and avoid expensive loan offers.
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RealtyTrac: Foreclosure activity soars again, up 25% since last year
There is more bad news from the home front as "we're still looking at foreclosure activity on the increase." Rick Sharga, at RealtyTrac says their most recent survey finds that "nearly 280-thousand US households in the month of October received some sort of foreclosure notice." According to Sharga, "that's up five percent from September and up 25 percent from a year ago." Sharga tells Steve Potisk, "this marks 34 consecutive months where we've seen a year over year increase" in foreclosure rates.
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Fixed-rate mortgages drop for second week
Mortgage rates dropped again this week, prompted by more indications of weakness in the economy, Freddie Mac's chief economist said on Thursday.
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Zillow: A third of home sellers are losing money
If you bought your home at the peak of the market in the last couple of years, you could be down "anywhere from five to, in areas of California, 30 or 40 percent off the value of your home." So says Amy Bohutinsky, the vice president for communications at Zillow.com. She tells Steve Potisk that has many people in "negative equity right now," or owing more on the mortgage than the house is worth. That means a third of Americans who sold their home in the past year lost money, according to a Zillow survey. The downward trend is expected to continue. Bohutinsky says of the 163 metro areas they surveyed, "only a handful of markets showed appreciation year over year."
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Low rates won't spur borrowing or spending sprees
Greg McBride, senior financial analyst for BankRate.com, says that interest rates on home-equity lines of credit have dropped sharply in the last month, but that the low rates are not a reprise of 2002-03, when low home-equity rates spurred borrowing and spending that helped the economy. "That's not happening in 2008," McBride said. Also, Chuck Jaffe discusses a big spike in investor optimism.
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More turn to trains and buses even as transit officials struggle with funding
Higher fuel prices over the past two years combined with household fiscal concerns are leading record numbers of Americans to ditch their cars and hop on trains, subways and buses each day, a pattern that if sustained would help the U.S. to reduce fuel consumption and cut tailpipe emissions. But transit agencies are facing a classic Catch-22: Just as public transit is seeing record-breaking levels of users and more cars sitting in the suburbs, state and local governments are struggling to find dollars for transit improvements and expansions needed to bring more riders onboard.
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Citigroup unveils housing relief plan
Citigroup Inc. on Tuesday released details of a plan that it said will help mortgage borrowers remain in their homes. Citigroup said that under the Citi Homeowner Assistance program, it would preemptively contact 500,000 mortgage holders -- involving $20 billion of mortgage balances -- to try to ensure that they can pay their loans. It said it is focusing on borrowers who live in areas that are likely to face "extreme economic distress."
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Toll says home-buyer traffic, demand plummet after financial crisis
Toll Brothers Inc. on Tuesday estimated its fiscal fourth-quarter home-building revenue fell 41% from the year-ago period as October's economic meltdown wiped out any hopes of a quick recovery in the housing market.
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Why next year's home buyers should pay attention to credit scores today
If you're planning on waiting out this housing downturn, intending to buy a home when the coast is clear, you better start checking your credit reports now. There may be some surprises waiting for you. Credit-card companies are reducing credit limits on some borrowers. And for some people, that may cause a drag on their credit score.
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Community Reinvestment Act may gain new prominence
As the market evolves during the financial crisis, the Community Reinvestment Act may achieve new prominence among consumers, regulators and institutions. The law, which encourages federally regulated banks and thrifts to provide credit to low- and moderate-income communities, has come under pressure from conservative critics who claim it fostered irresponsible lending and led, at least in part, to the subprime mortgage meltdown. But the law's defenders say the CRA has done just the opposite and that if more institutions had been subject its provisions the subprime crisis might have been averted.
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Home prices down 9.3% in 2008: NAR
The projected 9.3% national decline in home prices this year would be the sharpest drop since the National Association of Realtors started keeping records in 1968, the group's chief economist said Friday. It's also probably the biggest drop since the Great Depression, based on data from other sources, added Lawrence Yun, chief economist for industry group, speaking at the Realtors' annual conference in Orlando.
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Debate flaring over new code requiring sprinklers in homes
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It doesn't take much for me to get fired up about the game of baseball.
You name it -- Little League, Babe Ruth, high school, college and professional ball -- and I love it.
I just love the game.
And what I'm loving currently is the World Baseball Classic.
I've been a fan of this international tournament since its inception in 2006 when Japan beat Cuba, 10-6, to win the first WBC.
I've also heard the belly-aching for way too long about how this tournament -- comprised of many current Major League Baseball players -- lacks interest and is second class to the current MLB's Spring Training games.
I nearly wet myself every time I hear this, too.
Simply put, the WBC is by far a better product than any spring training game you will watch in Florida or Arizona right now.
It doesn't even compare.
Spring training games can't even hold my interest for nine innings. And as a true baseball fan, that says something right there.
Good luck watching any marquee player compete for an entire spring training game. It doesn't happen. Ever.
A guy like Mike Trout (more on him not playing in the WBC later) might get an at-bat and play a few innings and then go ride the pine and eat sunflower seeds for the rest of the game. The Angels will then bring in Joe Minor Leaguer, wearing No. 98 -- a sure sign he'll be playing in the minors soon enough -- to play the rest of the game.
It's a snoozefest. And that pains me to say.
But the WBC is the complete opposite.
If you've watched any games during this current WBC, you'll be quick to notice right off the bat the passion and exuberance countries like the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Venezuela play with. The players are flamboyant (it's frowned upon in MLB), the fans are beating drums loudly, chanting and waiving their country's flags proudly in the stands.
It's quite the spectacle in between the lines and in the stands.
The United States doesn't play with quite that much outward swagger and bravado, but it doesn't mean these players aren't taking the opportunity to represent their country as seriously as anyone else.
The product for the Red, White and Blue is very good. It's not great, however, because some of the best players in the world -- Trout, Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw and Madison Bumgarner to name a few -- declined the chance to play.
These pro players are in a tough spot anyway. They can either represent their country in the WBC or stay with the MLB club that pays their annual salary for spring training. Some MLB teams even frown upon their players competing in high-stress innings in the WBC.
Of course, the fear is injury.
For U.S. players like Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt, Adam Jones, Andrew Miller, Eric Hosmer, Buster Posey and Giancarlo Stanton, the decision was easy to play for their country.
Other superstars that bleed Red, White and Blue elected not to play, however.
It's a shame that the USA couldn't get the absolute best players in the country to play in the WBC, but I'm not going to knock anyone who chose to stay with their MLB teams to get ready for the upcoming regular season.
I've lost countless hours of sleep to watch these games and it's been well worth it.
This U.S. team has cemented my position that this WBC tournament is the best baseball to watch this time of the year.
Heck, some players have come right out and said playing for their country and playing in the WBC is better than playing in the World Series.
I guess I can see anyone's point if they honestly believe this. Play for your country and win a championship is more meaningful to themselves, their fellow countrymen and teammates than playing MLB and potentially winning a World Series for an organization.
I can attest that the passion and intrigue of the WBC has me hooked.
If you watched Adam Jones' rob-job of a homer in the seventh inning out in center field for the U.S. against Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic to fuel the Americans to a dramatic upset win over the defending WBC champs over the weekend to advance to the semifinals (U.S. was playing Puerto Rico in the championship game as of deadline) or Monday night's extra-inning win for Puerto Rico over the Netherlands to advance to the title game on Wednesday night, you would probably be a big believer in the WBC.
The strict pitch counts (Little League coaches know this all too well) and extra-inning format of starting the 11th inning and on with runners at first and second base and no outs, are a few twists that you have to get used to.
I don't love these rules, but it's not a deal-breaker to me either.
But it's still top quality baseball with some of the best players in the world (Carlos Correa, Francisco Lindor, Yadier Molina, Jose Altuve, Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Gonzalez, Felix Hernadez, Xander Bogaerts, Jose Bautista, Robinson Cano, Nelson Cruz, Machado) competing on such a grand international stage.
It's baseball at its best in the month of March. Spring training ball simply can't compete.
I've been a fan of the WBC since 2006. I bet more WBC fans are coming out of the woodwork now after some great action in 2017.
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Moments ago Congressman Ron Kind (WI) and Senator Mark Udall (CO) introduced the Healthy Kids Outdoors Act in Congress! This is a huge milestone for all of us working to reconnect children, youth and families with nature.
We believe that the policies proposed by the Healthy Kids Outdoors Act will advance our collective efforts to reconnect children, youth and families with the natural world, while improving our children's health, supporting economic growth and strengthening the future of conservation in America. The legislation will achieve these goals by:
- Directing the President to develop an inter-agency federal strategy and action plan to connect children, youth and families with the natural world;
- Encouraging states to develop similar state-based strategies that incorporate public health, parks and recreation, transportation and other initiatives at the local level; and
- Supporting research documenting the health, conservation and other benefits of active time spent outdoors in the natural world.
The legislation encourages solutions that include connecting communities with green spaces, providing opportunities for outdoor recreation, engaging the health community to educate parents and caregivers and much more. We believe that the Healthy Kids Outdoors Act's focus on health and recreation solutions will be an excellent complement to the No Child Left Inside (NCLI) Act's systemic approach of getting environmental education back into our nation's schools.
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Dow Chemical sees sixth quarter of earnings growth
The Dow Chemical Co. today reported an increase in its first quarter profit, citing a focus on executing strategy and marking Dow's sixth straight quarter of growth.
Dow earned $964 million in the first quarter, or 79 cents per share. Last year's first quarter saw earnings of $550 million, or 46 cents per share, with an adjusted profit of $819 million, or 69 cents per share.
Sales in the first quarter were $14.5 billion, up from $14.4 billion last year.
"Dow's performance this quarter represents our team's cumulative and intense focus on the execution of our strategic value drivers — including targeted innovation, high-return investments and multiple productivity actions," Dow Chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris said.
The company beat Wall Street estimates for earnings per share by 8 cents, Dow spokeswoman Kelly Chandler said. She said key segments for the quarter were performance plastics, agricultural sciences and coatings and infrastructure. Agricultural sciences showed another record first quarter of sales with $2.1 billion, up 1 percent compared to a year ago.
Dow's cash flow from operations increased nearly 30 percent versus the first quarter last year.
Liveris said the company achieved margin expansion in all of its key business operating segments, despite challenges.
"These self-help programs are fully in gear, and they mitigated against a persistent slow-growth world economy and overcame more than $300 million of increased hydrocarbon costs during the quarter," Liveris said.
Shareholder value remains a priority for the company, with an improved return on capital, increased dividend and the completion of $1.25 billion in share repurchases in the first quarter reflecting that focus, Liveris said.
Dow is spending less on research and development, which was down 10 percent compared to the same quarter last year. The company said this reflects its strategy to prioritize resources on high-growth market sectors.
The company has seen six consecutive quarters of year-over-year earnings growth, which Liveris said is evidence of momentum as the company works to improve margins. He said Dow's key investments remain on track and the sales of non-strategic businesses will release additional value.
"Looking forward, we expect a global operating environment of continued slow growth and volatility," Liveris said. "Against this backdrop, we have intervened and remain resolute in achieving our short- and medium-term stated earnings targets."
Dow's stock price was up $1.20 to $50.14 in pre-market trading this morning.


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Friday, March 28, 2008
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Last night I ambled over to the 1UP offices (it's only a block away) to record
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To anyone that listens and takes it all very seriously; note that sometimes we exaggerate a bit, and sometimes we're argumentative to make things more interesting to listen to.
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This cake was for a combined first birthday and christening. Two tier mud cake covered in pettinice with ribbon around sides and a covered icing board. Large icing blocks with child's name at front of cake, (optional). Top tier includes pair of icing booties, bow with exploding sugar teddies and baby decorations, along with a number one candle, (optional). Small edible strip with personalised message. Gorgeous cake for special occasion!
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$117M hydro plan for Eyre Peninsula
The Lower Eyre Peninsula will be home to one of the largest green hydrogen production facilities in the world when a 15-megawatt hydrogen electrolyser power plant is constructed near Port Lincoln next year.
Company Hydrogen Utility (H2U) has been given a $4.7-million grant and $7.5-million loan from the state government's Renewable Technology Fund to help get the $117.5-million project up and running with German-based electrolysis and ammonia specialist Thyssenkrupp.
The facility – which will create 30 construction and 30 ongoing jobs – will use energy from wind and solar resources to create hydrogen through electrolysis, which splits water into oxygen and hydrogen, the latter of which can be used to generate electricity via fuel cells or turbines.
The hydrogen produced on Eyre Peninsula will be used to power a 10-megawatt hydrogen-fired gas turbine and a 5-megawatt hydrogen fuel cell, which will both supply power to the grid.
At the same time the plant will produce ammonia that can be sold to agricultural industries as fertiliser.
The project has received support from Regional Development Australia Whyalla and Eyre Peninsula (RDAWEP), ElectraNet, and the South Australia No-Till Farmers Association.
RDAWEP chief executive officer Dion Dorward said Eyre Peninsula was already the state's leading exporter of grain, seafood and minerals and exporting hydrogen from Eyre Peninsula provided strategic advantages given the region's export know-how, fertiliser demand, and abundance of renewables.
Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis said the renewable energy project would secure cheaper power prices and the ability to store renewables would mean cheaper power "around the clock".
He said hydrogen also offered an opportunity export the state's sun and wind resources.
Hydrogen Utility chief executive Attilio Pigneri said the facility would demonstrate the technology and viability of hydrogen to the world.
"It will provide balancing services to the national transmission grid, fast frequency response support to new solar plants under development in the Eyre Peninsula... and host the demonstration, at scale, of novel supply chain technologies for the export of green hydrogen from Australia to markets in the Asia-Pacific region," Dr Pigneri said.


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ADFM offers a number of resources and programs for our members and others interested in senior leadership in Family Medicine.
There are also a number of formal and informal "peer" help and Networking options, outlined in more detail here.
New Chairs are encouraged to visit our "New Chair Welcome Page" here for resources for new and interim chairs and other leaders in academic medicine.
Staff contact: Amanda Weidner, firstname.lastname@example.com
The ADFM Leadership Development Committee has a "hotline" service for those who have been asked to become interim chairs in the near future or have been in the interim chair role a short time and have not yet been connected with an advisor, but have immediate questions related to the chair job. Those with immediate questions related to taking a chair position or to being interim chair are asked to contact Amanda Weidner (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Interested early career chairs (1 to 3 years) are paired with a more experienced chair advisor (5 or more years, preferred). The pair commits to check-ins and communication on a regular basis, at least quarterly for 2 years, and to meeting in person at the Winter Meeting and other venues where both parties are present. Specific goals/objectives for the advising relationship are identified at the beginning, including a general goal of providing/receiving advice and approaches to problem solving/management dilemmas. The advisor may also serve as a facilitator for relationships with others for specific expertise or input, if needed.
Staff contact: Ardis Davis, email@example.com
This annual workshop is aimed at a small group (ie 6 to 8) new chairs. The central feature of this program is a consultative model whereby: (1) new chair attendees prepare a case as pre-work describing their challenge/problem; (2) the team at MU reviews the case description and brings together necessary resources with the other attendees and faculty; (3) the MU team identifies key people within the institution that the individual new chair chooses for 1:1 consultations learning more about specific issues which may be translatable to his or her own institution or department.
More information is available here.
A preconference focusing on various leadership development topics is held annually on the Wednesday afternoon of the ADFM Winter Meeting. New chairs, not-so-new chairs, ADFM Fellows, and senior leaders are all invited to attend. Examples of past topics include Financing Departments of Family Medicine, Normalizing Change and Managing People, and Leadership Competencies.
Information about the preconference is shared with the ADFM Meetings information when available.
Staff contact: Hannah Bruins, email@example.com
BRC is a joint initiative between ADFM and NAPCRG in cooperation with STFM. BRC provides opportunities for all departments and residency programs to engage in a mutually beneficial learning community to leverage our strengths and resources for building research capacity. BRC offers a Brief Consultation Service and a Curriculum for all interested departments and residency programs and an Extended Consultation Service on a limited basis.
More information is available here.
Staff contact: Priscilla Noland, firstname.lastname@example.com
This preconference workshop held before the ADFM Winter Meeting is designed to address critical knowledge and skills unique to that of directing the financial and administrative functions within a department of family medicine. The kinds of issues commonly addressed are: sharing best practices and success stories; developing and managing compensation plans; managing faculty recruitment; managing relationships with state, other government, and private funders; clinic management including practice transformation (PCMH and beyond); chair-administrator partnership; the role of the administrator in the department; and managing departmental resources.
A formal mentoring program that pairs seasoned ADFM Administrators (more than 3 years in a department) with new ADFM Administrators (less than 3 years) in family medicine departments that are closely related. The participant receives assistance with the transition to a department of family medicine administrative role and improves knowledge, skills and abilities related to that role. The mentorship program lays out a format for defining expectations and specific goal-setting.
The ADFM Fellowship is a year-long program (February to February) which provides academic leadership development for those interested in being a chair or considering that as a potential career direction. The program includes a Fellowship project, shared with colleagues through a venue at the ADFM Winter meeting; formal mentorship from a current chair advisor; and participation on the ADFM Chairs' listserv during the Fellowship year and one year thereafter. It also includes participation in two back-to-back ADFM Winter meetings (these take place a Wed – Sat in February, dates and location dependent on year) and some extra programming, such as a Fellowship Workshop; an in-person New Chairs' and Fellows' Fall Workshop (typically early November); and webinars throughout the year.
More information about the ADFM Fellowship is available here.
The Senior Leader Program is a leadership development opportunity for leaders in Departments of Family Medicine who are not Associate Members of ADFM to attend the ADFM Annual Winter Meeting with their chair, with requested attendance at some conference "optional" events. This opportunity is intended to strengthen not only individuals' leadership skills but leadership in Departments. It exposes participants to innovations and benchmarks in all missions - patient care, teaching, and research across the country, and imparts training in core skills necessary for academic leadership. The Senior Leader must be nominated by the Department Chair. To be eligible for nomination, the individual must have been in departmental leadership for 2 or more years. Requests for nominations for this program are sent around to the Department Chairs in November/December preceding the February meeting.


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with the washington internship institute
Credits and Billing
- You can earn a full semester's worth of credits from Coastal Carolina University during the fall, spring and summer semesters:
- 9 credits for the internship
- 3 credits for the Core Course and Internship Seminar
- 3 credits for an independent study project
- Students are responsible for paying program and housing fees directly to WII. These participation fees mirror the cost of attendance that in-state students normally pay to attend Coastal Carolina University. Many students use their financial aid to cover this expense.
Coastal Carolina University offers free tuition to full-time students who are accepted in the WII program and meet the requirements for internship course registration!
Consult with your faculty adviser and Coastal Carolina University staff to determine your credit and billing arrangements.
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- Apply online through our online application system.
Campus Contacts
- Robert J. Bulsza, Director of Internships and Service Learning, firstname.lastname@example.com, (843) 234-3450
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Star Wars was responsible for launching the careers of many promising actors. George Lucas' space opera smashed its way into global consciousness in 1977 and catapulted the likes of Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher into superstardom, write Squareeyed.
However, although it must have been such an exhilarating experience to witness and contribute to the birth of the biggest movie franchise of all time, not everyone looks back on their time on set through rosie-tinted spectacles.
One such actor was Alec Guinness, who famously portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original trilogy. Guinness was lauded for his performance as the Jedi Master, but Guinness himself wasn't particularly thrilled by the whole experience, as documented in a piece by Dangerous Minds.
In Alec Guinness: The Authorised Biography, Piers Paul Read gives readers a glimpse at some correspondence and diaries written by Guinness while Star Wars—later christened Star Wars: A New Hope—was being filmed.
In a letter dated December 22, 1975, Guinness wrote to a friend, noting the likelihood of his next movie being "fairy-tale rubbish":
"I have been offered a movie (20th Cent. Fox) which I may accept, if they come up with proper money. London and N. Africa, starting in mid-March. Science fiction—which gives me pause—but it is to be directed by Paul [sic] Lucas who did American Graffiti, which makes me feel I should. Big part. Fairy-tale rubbish but could be interesting perhaps.
A few months later, on March 18, 1976, Guinness shows that he's not very good at remembering Harrison Ford's name either while confirming that he wasn't having the greatest time during the film.
"Can't say I'm enjoying the film. … new rubbish dialogue reaches me every other day on wadges of pink paper—and none of it makes my character clear or even bearable. I just think, thankfully, of the lovely bread, which will help me keep going until next April even ifYahoo collapses in a week. … I must off to studio and work with a dwarf (very sweet—and he has to wash in a bidet) and your fellow countrymen Mark Hamill and Tennyson (that can't be right) Ford. Ellison (?—No!)—well, a rangy, languid young man who is probably intelligent and amusing. But Oh, God, God, they make me feel ninety—and treat me as if I was 106.—Oh, Harrison Ford—ever heard of him?
If that's not enough, there's also this diary entry from April 16, 1976:
"Apart from the money, which should get me comfortably through the year, I regret having embarked on the film. I like them all well enough, but it's not an acting job, the dialogue, which is lamentable, keeps being changed and only slightly improved, and I find myself old and out of touch with the young.
In his memoir A Positively Final Appearance, Guinness tells the following story:
"A refurbished Star Wars is on somewhere or everywhere. I have no intention of revisiting any galaxy. I shrivel inside each time it is mentioned. Twenty years ago, when the film was first shown, it had a freshness, also a sense of moral good and fun. Then I began to be uneasy at the influence it might be having. The bad penny first dropped in San Francisco when a sweet-faced boy of twelve told me proudly that he had seen Star Wars over a hundred times. His elegant mother nodded with approval. Looking into the boy's eyes I thought I detected little star-shells of madness beginning to form and I guessed that one day they would explode.
"I would love you to do something for me," I said.
"Anything! Anything!" the boy said rapturously.
"You won't like what I'm going to ask you to do," I said.
"Anything, sir, anything!"
"Well," I said, "do you think you could promise never to see Star Warsagain?"
He burst into tears. His mother drew himself up to an immense height. "What a dreadful thing to say to a child!" she barked, and dragged the poor kid away. Maybe she was right but I just hope the lad, now in his thirties, is not living in a fantasy world of secondhand, childish banalities."
Allegedly, Guinness was also eager to have the Obi-Wan character killed off to limit his involvement in future Star Wars movies.
Well, I suppose everyone's entitled to their opinion.
To be fair, Guinness also thoroughly enjoyed the finished product and recounts the first time he watched the film on the big screen in an interview with Michael Parkinson back in 1977 – when A New Hope was released.
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Last month or so I got a stye on my eyelid and was force to throw away a bulk of my make-up and brushes. The weeks after it healed I spent random times restocking my make-up collections. I went everywhere from department stores to grocery stores. My make-up varies in brand & price. Quality over Quantity. Just because it cost an arm and a leg it doesn't mean it's worth it. On the flip side the right product may be worth that extra money. In any case buy make-up will still cost you. That's why I wanted to do this blog to help people with the buying process. I hate seeing something that seems great but later finding out that it was a waste of time and money. I've thrown away serveral products just because I ended up not using them.
Anyways I've probably spent between $400 to $500 on brushes, blushes, powders, liners, shadows, etc. It probably didn't help that I'm buying them in a short span of time in stead of over a period of time. Here's what I bought...
Eyes:Urban Decay Eyeshadow PalettesUrban Decay Primer PotionPhysician Formula Eye shadowsNYX Cream Jumbo LinersRemmel London Eyebrow PencilsRemmel Eye LinerMaybelline Liquid EyelinersM.A.C./Hello Kitty EyeshadowsCovergirl MascaraFace:Smashbox Photo Finish PrimerMaybelline Liquid Foundation, Concealer, BlushPhysician Formula Blush, BronzerM.A.C./Hello Kitty Powder, BlushRemmel London Fix & Perfect Foundation PrimerVariety of new BrushesLips:Covergirl Lip GlossesMaybelline Lip GlossesM.A.C./Hello Kitty Lip Glosses, Lip Balm
I'll be reviewing these items in future post. I'm still adding to my collection.


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The Leona Ranch is located 14 miles north of Brackettville, Tx. off Highway 674. The ranch is less than a mile off Hwy 674, access to the ranch is provided by a recorded easement via a caliche road. The ranch is located on the southern edge of the Edwards Plateau, known throughout Texas for it's abundance of whitetail deer and turkey. Vegetation on the ranch is primarily live oak and cedar with a mixture of Edwards Plateau and south Texas brushes. The northern part of the ranch has some Pinon Pine trees thrown into the mix. The southernmost portion of the ranch is more characteristic of south Texas brush country with scattered oaks, mesquite and cedar trees. Kinney County is a five deer county. In addition to the abundant deer population found on the ranch hunters will find Rio Grande turkey, feral hogs, quail and doves. Just about every tract on the ranch will have beautiful views of Pinto Mountain to the west, Las Moras Mountain and the Anacacho Mountains to the south and the Turkey Mountains to the east. All tracts in the Leona Ranch can be financed with as little as 5% down with a 20 year note. Qualified Texas Veterans can use their Texas Veterans Land Board Loan to purchase property.
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Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz who worked for the Notiver daily newspaper in Mexico was found decapitated on
Tuesday. The note found with her head and body seem to connect her murder to the killing of her co-workers, columnist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco and his photographer son, in June.
Ordaz covered the police beat for more than 20 years and local reporters believe that her murder is a warning to the press in Mexico.
The CPJ rates Mexico eighth on the list of countries where journalists are murdered regularly and the crimes go unsolved. Fifteen journalists, including Ordaz, have been killed in that country since 2010.


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Underground Electric & Natural Gas Distribution Lines To the Paul Von Mettenheim Property, Boulder County, Colorado: a Cultural Resources Inventory
Author(s): Marcia J. Tate
Year: 1995
This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded.
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May the People Live: A History of Maori Health Development 1900–1920
Raeburn Lange
'. . . a significant contribution to debate in history, health studies, and policy.' – Ian Anderson, Bulletin of the History of Medicine
A century ago Māori were believed to be a 'dying race', their population having declined rapidly as a result of European contact. May the People Live provides a comprehensive and detailed account of how this decline was reversed in the years 1900–1918 through imaginative and wide-ranging action taken by Māori themselves. Lange concentrates on the contribution of the well-known 'Young Māori Party' reformers, Māui Pōmare, Peter Buck and Apirana Ngata, the early Māori nurses and the Māori Councils. He emphasises throughout the conduct and impact of the reforms at grassroots level. Relying on extensive research, this is the first substantive study of a topic of wide interest, then and now. Of real value and significance to students of New Zealand, and especially Māori, history, it will also offer illuminating insights to those actively involved today in improving the health of Māori.
Raeburn Lange was born and bred in New Zealand. He started life in Dannevirke in 1947 and has since lived in Hawke's Bay, South Otago, Dunedin, Waikato, Auckland and Christchurch. He attended The University of Auckland and gained his PhD at the University of Otago, Dunedin, where he then taught New Zealand and European history from 1975 to 1983. He moved to Fiji in 1984 and taught Pacific history and the history of Christianity. In 1993 he moved back to New Zealand to teach history in Christchurch where he continues to research and write on Pacific and New Zealand history.


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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Why must i have to hear 23 yr old stoners tell me about PSYCH? That term should be resting on a shelf next to PUNK, INDUSTRIAL and AGGRO. What does it even mean anymore? It's applied to everything. Shit, i heard "Reggatta de Blanc" referred to as "The Police's 'What A Bunch Of Sweeties' ".
It's getting to the point where i rather go see a ska band because at least i won't have some shaggy headed dip shit approaching me and talking my ear off about French Psych bands from 1972. Let's face it... if you are in a band and you refer to said band with the P word chances are pretty high that you flat out suck a bag of fuck sticks. It's a catch all term that can instantly give you an easy pass from being a totally crappy band. "The guitars sound like a baby playing with a squeaky door" OH, IT'S PSYCH! "Are those drums or marbles in a dryer?" OH, IT'S PSYCH! "Did he just sing something about a minotaur drinking mead?" OH, IT'S....
Not to just bitch, i offer a simple solution to this horse shit... just stop calling bands and songs and albums PSYCH. Cold turkey stop. Try using the terms _______ ROCK. You don't have to pigeon hole your music or play to current (retro) trends. Make your own noise and let it speak for itself and while your at it stop downloading from those fucking prog blogs (and calling it psych).
6 comments:
Geez...you need to calm down and smoke a joint, man.
- February 27, 2007 at 4:43 PM
Loving this blog man. Lenny Bruce stroked out taking a dump, please dont do the same typing yr vitriol against impressionable youngsters.
- February 28, 2007 at 12:04 PM
Hey you kids, get off my laaaaaaawn!!!!
- March 4, 2007 at 2:47 PM
- thisisanartthreat said...
Heavens, what would Psychy McPsych say?
- March 4, 2007 at 11:32 PM
- $4.75 said...
i'm guessing he would say... "yeaaahhh...umm yeah dude...hahahaa...yeah..."
- March 4, 2007 at 11:36 PM
- Lastcast said...
I took psych at a community college. I thought it was pretty enjoyable. I was older like late 20's and the rest of the students were fresh outof high school. Total "21 jump street" narc thing. One of my fellow students saw me at a show at pats and she said "hey you were in my psych class" and then proceeded to fart, sneeze, and then barf down here exposed brazierre. I figured she may have gotten more out of the class than I did. But none the less it was what it was.
- April 2, 2007 at 7:37 PM


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The holidays usually fly by, but when I think of this past December and all the things that happened come to mind, I can't help but feel the month of December was approximately three eons long.
The month started out with benchmark testing for my students, which is rarely fun for them but is one of my absolute favorite things (not just because I personally love a silent classroom working on independent work, but also because it's exciting to see how their reading levels have grown). My students' scores were really good, and I also had the opportunity to attend a training on incorporating books into the classroom, so I entered December feeling pretty positive about the work I was doing–which helped balance out the lack of enthusiasm I felt while reading For Whom the Bell Tolls. I often get caught between wanting to read the things I feel I should have read, and wanting to enjoy a page-turner (what my training dubbed "book candy"–books that may not be as challenging, but are fun to read), and I'm still not sure what the resolution is. Every now and then I'll stumble upon a book that somehow falls in both categories (cheers to One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Red Tent and Like Water for Chocolate!). I was a little disappointed (mostly in myself as a reader) that I didn't enjoy this book as much as I did, and I more or less slogged through the war-time dialogue and introspection.
I read Youngblood as my students took their final exams and I made the final preparations for Christmas and Winter Break. I enjoyed the deeply flawed–jealous, insecure, ambitious–narrator, though I hadn't planned to read two relatively dark war stories back-to-back, especially while trying to get into the holiday spirit (a more or less perpetual struggle for me).
As I finished up this book, I discovered I had received an educational award that will send me to the Harvard School of Education in February for a training and awards ceremony, an opportunity I am so thrilled about. I decided to celebrate how any Winter Breaking English teacher would: with a juicy book from my #TBR list. I picked up Behold the Dreamers while shopping for Christmas gift books for my students; I had seen it all over social media and wasn't even sure it would fit in with this reading challenge (but what self-respecting bibliophile can resist a good thrift store book deal!?). This was an amazing book to finish the year with, a heart-warningly human story with sharp thoughts on immigration, racism, social mobility, and materialism–perfect for reflecting on the past year and the current state of our country, and where the hell we go from here.
It's crazy that this month wraps up not just three more books on my journey around the world, but also my second year of writing about this literary challenge. I am so excited for everything 2018 will hold: travel, celebrating the marriages of some of my best friends, growing as a teacher, moving into our first home, and reading the final 16 books in this challenge!
Let's go 2018 and Year 3 of #AroundTheWorldIn80Books!


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Dear Ragaboodle,
I can't believe that it's already been a year since you crossed the Bridge. We miss you but we know you are fine because you tell us in our dreams. We love you.
Rubabellies and hugs,
just becauselah!
I know exactly how you feel.
I never knew Mia had a canine sibling. My heart goes out to you. The wounds heal with time, but the scars never go away...
:-( What a sweet little face...
Nose kisses


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Here is a story about the Chinese company Huawei attempting to have AT&T certify their "Kim mobile phone chipset" for use on the AT&T network. Possibly leading to the sales of Huawei-based communications devices in the United States.
So I could not help wondering why would we allow the use of foreign chips produced by one of our economic, if not military, enemies who just happens to be a trading partner. Considering what happened with the Stuxnet virus aimed at Siemens' process controllers, what would keep the Chinese from hiding the same type of functionality in domestic phones? Phones that could damage the network and deny Americans communications during a natural disaster or other emergencies?
As first reported by the web site The Information, Huawei is trying to work out a deal with AT&T, one of the largest U.S. carrier, but talks have barely begun. The Chinese manufacturer is in the early stages of having AT&T approve its proprietary Kirin mobile phone chip set for use on AT&T's network, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Still, AT&T has yet to accredit Kirin and is frequently approached for such approvals, which are not always granted. Even if the chips are approved, Huawei would have to negotiate full terms and conditions for AT&T stocking its phones, a next step that's yet to begin.
Both companies declined to comment.
Source: AT&T Testing Huawei Smartphones for Network Compatibility | Fortune.com
Spy Software Found Preinstalled on Lenovo, Huawei, and Xiaomi Smartphones
Malware that can listen to calls, track users, and make online purchases was found pre-installed on smartphones from Chinese companies including Lenovo, Huawei, and Xiaomi. The latest findings, from German cybersecurity company G DATA, add to a growing list of similar spying software found on smartphones from Chinese companies. <Source>
Is America handing our enemies the keys to the kingdom?
In technology, this web of international "coopetition" is particularly prevalent. One of the weirder cases is antivirus software, which is often made in the very countries we're particularly concerned about when it comes to malware.
Kaspersky Labs, for example, which produces one of the most popular antimalware products in use here in America, is made by a company with deep ties to Russian intelligence operations. Huawei bought out Symantec's stake in a joint venture -- a joint venture that led to Huawei gaining access to much of Symantec's antivirus code.
This all brings us back to a Huawei-built smartphone sold to America's most ardent Google users.
While ZTE and Huawei deny any charges of enabling backdoors in their networking hardware, even Congressional investigators felt that there was a reasonable suspicion that the Chinese hardware makers are building in easy-access espionage portals into their hardware. In fact, there was rare bipartisan support of a possible ban on Huawei hardware.
With President Trump's "buy American" theme, why not bring the manufacturing of chipsets back onshore and build our own phones? Qualcomm is a local company (San Diego, California) and I would much rather have a Qualcomm chipset my phone than a Chinese one.
Bottom line …
It will ultimately be up to the consumers whether of not they are willing to compromise our economy and national security for a cheap mobile phone. And, when will American individuals and companies stop selling-out to those who do not wish us well?
We are so screwed.
-- steve
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius


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( Editor's note: An earlier version of this article stated on number 7 that the hospital district has generated $1 million since 2013 to cover services and bills of patients who cannot afford visits. According to Commissioner Monica Harrington, funds that go to the hospital subsidize physician services, including for poor people but also for wealthy islanders on Medicare. "The key is that much of the subsidy goes to pay the difference between what the hospital charges and what Medicare and Medicaid has agreed to pay," Harrington said in an email to the Journal. "Medicare isn't means tested so basically everyone over 65 is on it regardless of income.")
Staff report
It's time for the Journal's annual round-up of local stories that made headlines throughout the year. From devastation to inspiration, the Journal has seen a year of surprises and trauma. This week features our stories ranked one through 10 based on staff picks, website statistics and reader feedback. See part II next week for 11-18.
1. Orcas teacher's charges dismissed; lawsuit filed against county
Orcas high school teacher Gerald Grellet-Tinner, who was found guilty of sexual misconduct with a minor in June 2016, was released from jail on April 21, 2016. San Juan County Superior Court Judge Donald Eaton dismissed the charges against the 60-year-old man for two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. The judge said the dismissal was due to a "miscarriage of justice" and that it was the responsibility of one person – former Detective Stephen Parker, who had an inappropriate relationship with the victim, which bungled the entire case.
Grellet-Tinner was accused of having a sexual relationship with one of his students, who was also his teaching assistant, in October 2016.
After the relationship between Parker – the lead detective on the case – and the victim was discovered, Parker resigned near the end of 2016. At the beginning of 2017, an independent investigation into Parker alleges that he had sex with the crime victim. By April, Grellet-Tinner was a free man.
Grellet-Tinner is now seeking $10 million in compensation for damages stemming from the alleged violation of his constitutional rights by the San Juan County Prosecutor's Office.
2. Life Care closes
After operating for nearly 20 years, San Juan Islands' only live-in facility, with 24-hour nursing shut its doors in November.
Life Care Center of the San Juan Islands closed about two months after officials from the for-profit, national corporation made the announcement. The Friday Harbor branch, which first opened as a nursing home under different ownership in 1967, housed 35 patients and employed 60.
A representative from Life Care Centers of America said the branch closed due to financial hardship and a lack of qualified staff. Local staff pointed to the island's housing shortage, as well as low reimbursements from the center's mostly Medicaid-insured residents.The previous October, the company, at large, settled a lawsuit for $145 million for Medicare fraud.
A 2016 citation from the state also prevented the branch from training nursing assistants for two years. One nurse claimed the branch closed an entire wing, as employee numbers dropped, preventing the business from taking in more patients and generating the revenue needed to stay afloat.
Life Care Center of the San Juan Islands offered a higher level of care than other, live-in local facilities. The lack of similar providers forced residents, like 85-year-old Sue Herdy, to move off the island, away from the home she loved.
"I was desolate when I heard the news; it broke my heart," she said about the closure. "I've enjoyed being here so much."
A task force is currently working on ways to return similar medical services to the island.
3. Carbon monoxide poisoning
On April 4, 2017, Brook Ashcraft discovered her sister Kelli, 22, and a friend Troy Sullivan, 31, dead in the bedroom of a home owned by Edward and Tami Ashcraft and located outside of Friday Harbor. The cause of death for both of them was determined to be from carbon monoxide poisoning.
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed in the San Juan County Superior Court on July 24, followed by a second lawsuit filed on Nov. 21. The first complaint was submitted by the Sullivan estate and the second by Brook and the estate of Kelli.
According to the first lawsuit, toxicology reports showed that the level of carbon monoxide in Sullivan's blood was 71 percent carboxyhemoglobin saturation while the average adult human's blood typically contains less than 3 to 5 percent.
Lawsuit documents alleged that homeowner Edward Ashcraft had negligently repaired and modified the house's heating system under the instruction of two Friday Harbor companies, Jim's Heating and Refrigeration and Inter-Island Propane, LLC, both of which are owned and operated by Jimmie Lawson, II.
According to the lawsuit, "the repairs and modifications did not satisfy local building safety codes and manufacturer standards."
It claims that the companies "knew about the negligence but took no action to protect occupants or guests of the home." It also stated that the defendants' acts and omissions caused Sullivan's death as a guest at the residence.
In the lawsuit filed on Nov. 21, it said that on the morning of April 4, "Brook awoke with a throbbing headache, was dizzy and had great difficulty walking." It stated that she called out for help with no response. When she went to find out why no one had answered her, she found Kelli and Sullivan unconscious. According to court documents, Brook called 911 and began to perform CPR. She had to be hospitalized due to her exposure to carbon monoxide
4. Multiple ferry breakdowns disrupt summer commerce
Summer 2017 was the season of ferry service shortages. In mid-July, two broken ferries prompted an alternate schedule for 13 days. Then in early August, the San Juans' newest boat, the Samish, had mechanical issues, plunging the routes right back to limited sailings for three days.
The Yakima went out of service on Sunday, July 16. The Kitsap, the only backup vessel for Washington State Ferries' 22 boats, was also out. As a result, the Anacortes/San Juans route operated on a four-boat "emergency" schedule that lasted until July 29, when the Chelan was brought in from the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route.
On Aug. 6, the Samish, which was built in 2015, had a propeller shaft coupling failure, returning the route to just four vessels. On Aug. 9, a repaired Yakima returned and regular sailings resumed.
By the end of the summer, the Yakima was out of service from July 16-29; the Samish was out Aug. 6-9; the Elwha was out part of the day on Aug. 16; the Hyak was for scheduled maintenance on Aug. 30; and the Elwha went out again from Sept. 2–3.
When the Samish was pulled, the sheriff's office and Orcas Island Fire and Rescue helped with crowd control and congestion at the Orcas terminal. According to OIFR, the hundreds of cars waiting all day created a "road and pedestrian hazard." On Lopez, the ferry line was backed up almost to Odlin County Park and travelers were delayed more than 10 hours without easily accessible bathrooms or food service.
Island businesses were heavily impacted by the interruptions in ferry service. Victoria Compton, executive director of the San Juan Economic Development Council, teamed up with members of the islands' chambers of commerce, the San Juan Island Visitors Bureau, the Town of Friday Harbor and the San Juan County Council to draft a letter to legislature emphasizing the importance of proper ferry funding and infrastructure upgrades to the islands' economy.
5. Port problems
When a newly appointed executive director eliminated a roughly 30-year-old position at the Port of Friday Harbor, about three months of public debate ignited in November 2016.
Commissioners and then-Director Ted Fitzgerald attested the managerial role was eliminated to save money, while the current position holder, Joe Wheeler, claimed it was personal.
Dozens of community members backed Wheeler at port board meetings, including the organization's previous director. By February of 2017, Fitzgerald, who had worked at the port for about six months, resigned and submitted a guest column to the Journal. The letter explained that Wheeler had an "altercation with a third party" during the construction of the Spring Street Landing building on Front Street and indicated he would "endanger the welfare of that person." Eliminating the position, said Fitzgerald, saved the port his $72,634 salary and protected it from liability.
Wheeler denied the allegations and had previously accused Fitzgerald of being friends with the contractor on that roughly $7 million project. Wheeler claimed Fitzgerald banned him from the site when he tried to hold the contractor accountable for delays. Fitzgerald denied this claim.
Almost a year after the issue's inception, it re-emerged during the November 2017 election of incumbent Commissioner Barbara Marrett's seat. Her opponent claimed the port hadn't been honest during the incident and ran on instilling transparency within the organization, where the newest commissioner had served about a decade.
In the end, Marrett was re-elected, the maintenance director position wasn't reinstated and a new executive director was hired.
6. Salmon escape
A net pen failure of the shore of Cypress Island dumped an unknown quantity of Atlantic salmon into the Salish Sea on Aug. 20. The nearly 30-year-old fish farm, which was showing signs of damage the day before, held 305,000 salmon, according to the farm's owner Cooke Aquaculture. The company purchased salmon farms located on Bainbridge Island, Cypress Island, Port Angeles and Hope Island a year ago.
In the days following the collapse, the Lummi Nation declared a state of emergency, fearing that impact that the invasive salmon could have on native salmon populations. Tribe leaders encouraged their fishers to catch as many Atlantic salmon that they could, but warned against eating them, unsure of the health risks.
Cooke Aquaculture blamed the damage done to the net pens on "exceptionally high tides and currents," in relation to Monday, Aug. 21's solar eclipse. However, preliminary tidal data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Friday Harbor station indicated that the high tide was no higher than the weeks prior.
"It's a totally unacceptable situation that was preventable, and I'm doing everything in my power to make sure it never happens again," Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas, said. "I will very likely be introducing legislation trying to address this in the future."
Unrelated to the fish farm failure, in December, the Washington State Department of Ecology issued Cooke an $8,000 penalty for violating state law. Additionally Cooke was required to immediately stop allowing pressure washing wastewater to enter Puget Sound.
Also in December, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz terminated Cooke's net pen operations off the shore of Port Angeles.
The Department of Natural Resources said it discovered that Cooke's net pens were in an unauthorized area and that Cooke failed to maintain the facility in a safe condition and failed to replace unencapsulated flotation material to prevent styrofoam from disintegrating into the water.
7. Hospital district votes to fund Planned Parenthood services
The priorities of three newly elected commissioners in 2016, were realized last year when San Juan County Public Hospital District 1 voted to use funds from the taxing district to cover services at the local Planned Parenthood. Commissioners Monica Harrington, Barbara Sharp and Chairman Bill Williams ran on supporting services for women's reproductive rights.
Debates over how the taxing district's funds should be used started during the 2016 elections and followed during each vote to finalize the 2017 decision to fund the nonprofit that provides reproductive health care. A February 2017 resolution was approved to allow commissioners to draft a contract with the Friday Harbor branch of Planned Parenthood, while another, in May, designated $40,000 to the local organization annually.
The district — which covers the islands of San Juan, Brown, Pearl, Henry, Spieden, Stuart, and Johns — has collected about $1 million since 2009 to fund health care. Since 2013, all of this money has gone to primarily to subsidize physician services and make up the difference between what the hospital charges and what Medicaid and Medicare actually pay, according to Harrington.
In November 2016, commissioners voted to use $50,000 of that million to fund services the hospital does not provide. Peace Island Medical Center is a Catholic nonprofit and its policy states it does not provide the full range of reproductive health services.
While $40,000 was slated for Planned Parenthood, in July, the remaining $10,000 was split between San Juan Island Emergency Medical Services and San Juan Island Prevention Coalition.
Commissioners Mark Schwinge and Michael Edwards did not vote to fund Planned Parenthood or to release the $50,000 from the PIMC original contract. The commission's newest member, Anna Lisa Lindstrom, was endorsed by a nonprofit that educates and lobbies for Planned Parenthood's mission in Washington.
8. Horse barn deconstruction halts and restarts
The 93-year-old San Juan County Fairgrounds horse barn was set to be demolished in the spring of 2017, that is until several islanders got word of the deconstruction. Islanders petitioned the county to "hold their horses." Dana Kinsey of Orcas filed an appeal to halt construction and, a day after the deadline, the $600 filing fee was donated by her 11-year-old son, who earned the money from county fair 4-H projects.
San Juan County Manager Mike Thomas agreed to slow down the project to inform the community of the plans. After a flurry of public comments and letters to the editors, Kinsey withdrew her appeal to stop the barn deconstruction because she was afraid funding for the construction of the new barn would not come through.
So it was back in the saddle again for the San Juan County Fairgrounds horse barn deconstruction.
Bidding for a contractor to level the ground near the barn to install mobile horse stalls started in May. That grading, as well as utility, installation, stall purchases and barn deconstruction had to be complete by June 30 for the parks and fair department to be reimbursed by the grant.
Opponents of the deconstruction requested that part of the original 1924 barn remain, which was viewed at the county fair. Kinsey and others are seeking community support to preserve the memory of the original barn.
9. County Council passes immigration initiative
On Aug. 15, San Juan County Council unanimously adopted an ordinance to prevent the collection of immigration statuses. Without this information, county staff cannot share it with federal agencies to deport undocumented immigrants.
If the ordinance had not been adopted by council, an initiative proposing it would have been on the general election ballot this fall. The public hearing brought roughly 20 residents who spoke in support of adopting the ordinance that day and two against.
The Immigrant Rights Group of the Orcas Women's Coalition, who spearheaded the measure, needed to get more than 1,635 signatures from San Juan County registered voters by June 30 for the initiative to be voted on during the next election. They collected 2,382 valid signatures before submission.
10. Hard times for Orcas
The year began with a heartbreaking announcement from the Center for Whale Research — Granny, an approximately 100-year- old orca and local icon had not been seen since October 2016 and had likely died.
Granny was the oldest in J-pod, the largest of the three pods that make of Southern resident orcas, which are the local whales. Over the century of Granny's life, the Southern residents were seen as monsters, shot at and used as military training targets up to the 50s, and captured for aquariums during the 60 and 70s. As attitudes shifted, orcas suddenly became revered in the 80s, and were followed by whale watch boats and cheered by humans on shore. Granny witnessed clean oceans turn polluted, saw her food source of 120-pound Chinook salmon stocks dwindle to 50 pounds, and become scarce. She watched fellow Southern residents starve. The lack of Chinook could be the final blow to the whales. A study released in Scientific Reports found a 25 percent chance that these orcas will become extinct within 100 years without changes in food supply. The Orca Relief Citizens Alliance has petitioned to have a no-motorized boat zone in the orcas popular fishing ground along the westside of San Juan Island, hoping to give them a quiet area for a better chance at catching the few salmon available. Some researchers are proposing breaching the Snake River dam, believing it would help Chinook. Recently, islanders came together to come up with local action plans including:
• Lowering vessel speeds in county waters.
• Reducing Chinook harvest.
• Limiting whale watch boat permits.
• Banning toxic fertilizers and pesticides in the county.
• Charging an extra fee for whale watch boat customers to use for orca recovery.


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WWII vet recalls Pacific Theater
John Sasman recently traveled to Washington, D.C., as part of an Old Glory Honor Flight. A day full of tours and memories left a deep impression on Sasman, who now encourages all Veterans to participate in an Honor Flight.
"My son Kevin had told me about the Honor Flight, and he had even lined it up for me to go a while back, but I wasn't strong enough at the time," said John. "He worked on lining it up for me again, and this time it worked out. Kevin was able to go with me as my guardian. I know he really enjoyed being able to be my guardian, and I think he looked forward to it more than I did at first; but, now that I've done it, I'm really glad I was able to go.
"Our flight left early Monday morning (May 7). We had a big plane loaded full of Veterans," said John. "I got to go in first class, being that I can't walk very well. The other people in first class were all on oxygen. We had a doctor and nurses on board to help take care of us."
Once in Washington, John and the other Veterans toured the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, and numerous World War II memorials, as well as the Vietnam Memorial.
"They really kept us going all day long," said John. "We had three tour buses. We traveled all over Washington and saw so many great memorials. I was amazed at how big Arlington National Cemetery was-it's over 600 acres, and there are some parts where it's just rows and rows and rows of white headstones. I had been in Washington when I was in service and on leave, but I never realized how much history there is out there.
"I had two parts that were my favorites," continued John. "The first was the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The second was the Iwo Jima Memorial."
After a day packed full of tours, their plane returned to Wisconsin at about 9 p.m. The vivid, new memories they had just made helped bring back some old memories as well.
"I was in the Navy from January of 1943 to July of 1946," recalled John. "I received diesel training and basic engineering in Virginia. Then, I went with the Sea Bees after the Philippine Islands had been taken back by Gen. MacArthur.
"We went to the island of Samar and set up, making roads to pass through the coconut groves. We also constructed a galley and officer quarters and then set up a diesel crane that reached out over the bay to unload merchant ships," said John. "Our first duty was to open roadways through the coconut groves using a bulldozer.
"In the Philippines, the natives only wore loincloths. So, our skipper went to their village and gave all of them a Navy white t-shirt," recalled John.
"I couldn't stand the climate," stated John. "We were there during the rainy season. We worked hard during the day and slept on cots out in the open at night, with our ponchos at our feet. We had sentries that circled the camp every night to protect us.
"It rained like crazy That was the weather, even during the day. When it was raining, the sand was as slippery as greased lightning; within 30 minutes of the rain stopping, the sand was blowing in your eyes. I asked my skipper if he could send me somewhere else where it wasn't so hot and wet. He was able to get me on a Landing Class Supporter (LCS) #72. My duties on the LCS were to maintain the ship's eight diesel engines and keep track of the fuel and water supplies," John said.
"I was also on a LCS ship when Okinawa was invaded," explained John. "Our duties on the LCS were to go in with a smoke generator and drop a smoke screen so the ships carrying troops and equipment could get to the beach without being fired upon.
"At Okinawa, our ship was the third one in. Two ships were taken out of the water ahead of us. I was on one gun and had a guy on the other side of me. We both tossed a silver dollar in the water and looked at each other as if to say 'Well, this is it.' Fortunately, we made it," said John. "After Okinawa, we went to China to help clear mines out of the mouth of the Yangtze River. Later, I was part of a group that went up the Yangtze River to Peking after Japan surrendered. Our job was to disarm Japanese gunboats.
"After the Japanese surrendered, I was put on mine duty. We had a radar to pick up mines for the sweepers to cut loose and then we took them back and exploded them," said John. "I did this at Iwo Jima, Nagasaki, and Hiroshima. When we were done, we returned to Shanghai, China.
"One of our last duties was to go to Korea and pick up some soldiers that were there and bring them back to Shanghai," stated John. "We then prepared to come back to the United States.
"I was eligible for discharge, and I was on a ship going back to Portland, Oregon. I wasn't on duty that particular day, and I told some of the other guys, 'I'm going to be the first one back in the states!' So I went to the very front of the ship, and I was the first person on that ship to make it back into U.S. waters."
John said the Honor Flight was an incredible journey, and he recommends that other Veterans make the trip, if they haven't already done so.
"It's a really good thing to do. I sure enjoyed the trip, and it's given me a new look on life," John said. "I got to meet a little girl who had been writing me letters before I went on the trip. I also met a lot of fellows that were in service, and that, I tell you, brought back a lot of good memories-and a lot of bad ones too."
"When we got back to the airport, it was packed with people welcoming us home. That gave me a feeling of how much people really appreciate what we Veterans have done. People really respect what we did for them," John said with tears in his eyes. "If any Veteran is able to do this flight, I'd say make sure you take it. It's a wonderful thing!"
For more information about the Old Glory Honor Flight, visit www.oldgloryhonorflight.org or contact Tony and Lorraine Van Kampen at 920-982-3117.