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My 2 year old needs more practice with her colors, and I like my 4 year old to have stories to retell to practice verbal skills. Having kids tell stories is also an activity that really gets them ready to read, too. We did this activity at our library story time last week, and I came home and recreated it. Even my 6 year old thinks this is big fun! A hit!
The story we tell basically copies this book, we just use a few different animals or different colors (we have an orange cat instead of a black one, and red cow? Have you ever seen a red cow? We left that out.)
These are our animals and colors:
I picked 6 animals we have around here and 6 colors, then found easy outline coloring pages online that I printed off onto colored construction paper (cut down just a bit to fit into the printer).
The story goes like this:
I went walking, and what did I see? I saw a black cat looking at me!
Just repeat for every animal, putting each of them on the whiteboard (or table or floor) as you go.
My 2 yr old can even tell the whole story by herself. But all of my kids favorite part? When everyone has had a chance to tell the story, we play "what is missing?"
Just take one or two animals away and have them guess what is missing. They can do this for a half hour (or until I can't do it any longer!) and love to take turns being the ones to hide the animals, too.
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FBI Deputizes Private Contractors With Extraordinary Powers, Including 'Shoot to Kill'
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FBI Deputizes Private Contractors With Extraordinary Powers,Sat Feb 9, 2008 13:45Quote, "FBI Deputizes Private Contractors With Extraordinary Powers, Including 'Shoot to Kill'
By Matthew Rothschild , <http://www.progressive.org>.
Posted February 8, 2008
The FBI has a new set of eyes and ears, and they're being told to protect their infrastructure at any cost. They can even kill without repercussion.
Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does -- and, at least on one occasion, before elected officials. In return, they provide information to the government, which alarms the ACLU. But there may be more to it than that. One business executive, who showed me his InfraGard card, told me they have permission to "shoot to kill" in the event of martial law. InfraGard is "a child of the FBI," says Michael Hershman, the chairman of the advisory board of the InfraGard National Members Alliance and CEO of the Fairfax Group, an international consulting firm.
InfraGard started in Cleveland back in 1996, when the private sector there cooperated with the FBI to investigate cyber threats.
"Then the FBI cloned it," says Phyllis Schneck, chairman of the board of directors of the InfraGard National Members Alliance, and the prime mover behind the growth of InfraGard over the last several years.
InfraGard itself is still an FBI operation, with FBI agents in each state overseeing the local InfraGard chapters. (There are now eighty-six of them.) The alliance is a nonprofit organization of private sector InfraGard members.
"We are the owners, operators, and experts of our critical infrastructure, from the CEO of a large company in agriculture or high finance to the guy who turns the valve at the water utility," says Schneck, who by day is the vice president of research integration at Secure Computing.
"At its most basic level, InfraGard is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the private sector," the InfraGard website states. "InfraGard chapters are geographically linked with FBI Field Office territories."
In November 2001, InfraGard had around 1,700 members. As of late January, InfraGard had 23,682 members, according to its website, www.infragard.net, which adds that "350 of our nation's Fortune 500 have a representative in InfraGard."
To join, each person must be sponsored by "an existing InfraGard member, chapter, or partner organization." The FBI then vets the applicant. On the application form, prospective members are asked which aspect of the critical infrastructure their organization deals with. These include: agriculture, banking and finance, the chemical industry, defense, energy, food, information and telecommunications, law enforcement, public health, and transportation.
FBI Director Robert Mueller addressed an InfraGard convention on August 9, 2005. At that time, the group had less than half as many members as it does today. "To date, there are more than 11,000 members of InfraGard," he said. "From our perspective that amounts to 11,000 contacts . . . and 11,000 partners in our mission to protect America." He added a little later, "Those of you in the private sector are the first line of defense."
He urged InfraGard members to contact the FBI if they "note suspicious activity or an unusual event." And he said they could sic the FBI on "disgruntled employees who will use knowledge gained on the job against their employers."
In an interview with InfraGard after the conference, which is featured prominently on the InfraGard members' website, Mueller says: "It's a great program."
The ACLU is not so sanguine.
"There is evidence that InfraGard may be closer to a corporate TIPS program, turning private-sector corporations -- some of which may be in a position to observe the activities of millions of individual customers -- into surrogate eyes and ears for the FBI," the ACLU warned in its August 2004 report The Surveillance-Industrial Complex: How the American Government Is Conscripting Businesses and Individuals in the Construction of a Surveillance Society.
InfraGard is not readily accessible to the general public. Its communications with the FBI and Homeland Security are beyond the reach of the Freedom of Information Act under the "trade secrets" exemption, its website says. And any conversation with the public or the media is supposed to be carefully rehearsed.
"The interests of InfraGard must be protected whenever presented to non-InfraGard members," the website states. "During interviews with members of the press, controlling the image of InfraGard being presented can be difficult. Proper preparation for the interview will minimize the risk of embarrassment. . . . The InfraGard leadership and the local FBI representative should review the submitted questions, agree on the predilection of the answers, and identify the appropriate interviewee. . . . Tailor answers to the expected audience. . . . Questions concerning sensitive information should be avoided."One of the advantages of InfraGard, according to its leading members, is that the FBI gives them a heads-up on a secure portal about any threatening information related to infrastructure disruption or terrorism.
The InfraGard website advertises this. In its list of benefits of joining InfraGard, it states: "Gain access to an FBI secure communication network complete with VPN encrypted website, webmail, listservs, message boards, and much more."
InfraGard members receive "almost daily updates" on threats "emanating from both domestic sources and overseas," Hershman says.
"We get very easy access to secure information that only goes to InfraGard members," Schneck says. "People are happy to be in the know."
On November 1, 2001, the FBI had information about a potential threat to the bridges of California. The alert went out to the InfraGard membership. Enron was notified, and so, too, was Barry Davis, who worked for Morgan Stanley. He notified his brother Gray, the governor of California.
"He said his brother talked to him before the FBI," recalls Steve Maviglio, who was Davis's press secretary at the time. "And the governor got a lot of grief for releasing the information. In his defense, he said, 'I was on the phone with my brother, who is an investment banker. And if he knows, why shouldn't the public know?' "
Maviglio still sounds perturbed about this: "You'd think an elected official would be the first to know, not the last."
In return for being in the know, InfraGard members cooperate with the FBI and Homeland Security. "InfraGard members have contributed to about 100 FBI cases," Schneck says. "What InfraGard brings you is reach into the regional and local communities. We are a 22,000-member vetted body of subject-matter experts that reaches across seventeen matrixes. All the different stovepipes can connect with InfraGard."
Schneck is proud of the relationships the InfraGard Members Alliance has built with the FBI. "If you had to call 1-800-FBI, you probably wouldn't bother," she says. "But if you knew Joe from a local meeting you had with him over a donut, you might call them. Either to give or to get. We want everyone to have a little black book."
This black book may come in handy in times of an emergency. "On the back of each membership card," Schneck says, "we have all the numbers you'd need: for Homeland Security, for the FBI, for the cyber center. And by calling up as an InfraGard member, you will be listened to." She also says that members would have an easier time obtaining a "special telecommunications card that will enable your call to go through when others will not."
This special status concerns the ACLU.
"The FBI should not be creating a privileged class of Americans who get special treatment," says Jay Stanley, public education director of the ACLU's technology and liberty program. "There's no 'business class' in law enforcement. If there's information the FBI can share with 22,000 corporate bigwigs, why don't they just share it with the public? That's who their real 'special relationship' is supposed to be with. Secrecy is not a party favor to be given out to friends. . . . This bears a disturbing resemblance to the FBI's handing out 'goodies' to corporations in return for folding them into its domestic surveillance machinery."
When the government raises its alert levels, InfraGard is in the loop. For instance, in a press release on February 7, 2003, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General announced that the national alert level was being raised from yellow to orange. They then listed "additional steps" that agencies were taking to "increase their protective measures." One of those steps was to "provide alert information to InfraGard program."
"They're very much looped into our readiness capability," says Amy Kudwa, spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security. "We provide speakers, as well as do joint presentations [with the FBI]. We also train alongside them, and they have participated in readiness exercises."
On May 9, 2007, George Bush issued National Security Presidential Directive 51 entitled "National Continuity Policy." In it, he instructed the Secretary of Homeland Security to coordinate with "private sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure, as appropriate, in order to provide for the delivery of essential services during an emergency."
Asked if the InfraGard National Members Alliance was involved with these plans, Schneck said it was "not directly participating at this point." Hershman, chairman of the group's advisory board, however, said that it was.InfraGard members, sometimes hundreds at a time, have been used in "national emergency preparation drills," Schneck acknowledges.
"In case something happens, everybody is ready," says Norm Arendt, the head of the Madison, Wisconsin, chapter of InfraGard, and the safety director for the consulting firm Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc. "There's been lots of discussions about what happens under an emergency."
One business owner in the United States tells me that InfraGard members are being advised on how to prepare for a martial law situation -- and what their role might be. He showed me his InfraGard card, with his name and e-mail address on the front, along with the InfraGard logo and its slogan, "Partnership for Protection." On the back of the card were the emergency numbers that Schneck mentioned.
This business owner says he attended a small InfraGard meeting where agents of the FBI and Homeland Security discussed in astonishing detail what InfraGard members may be called upon to do.
"The meeting started off innocuously enough, with the speakers talking about corporate espionage," he says. "From there, it just progressed. All of a sudden we were knee deep in what was expected of us when martial law is declared. We were expected to share all our resources, but in return we'd be given specific benefits." These included, he says, the ability to travel in restricted areas and to get people out. But that's not all.
"Then they said when -- not if -- martial law is declared, it was our responsibility to protect our portion of the infrastructure, and if we had to use deadly force to protect it, we couldn't be prosecuted," he says.
I was able to confirm that the meeting took place where he said it had, and that the FBI and Homeland Security did make presentations there. One InfraGard member who attended that meeting denies that the subject of lethal force came up. But the whistleblower is 100 percent certain of it. "I have nothing to gain by telling you this, and everything to lose," he adds. "I'm so nervous about this, and I'm not someone who gets nervous."
Though Schneck says that FBI and Homeland Security agents do make presentations to InfraGard, she denies that InfraGard members would have any civil patrol or law enforcement functions. "I have never heard of InfraGard members being told to use lethal force anywhere," Schneck says.
The FBI adamantly denies it, also. "That's ridiculous," says Catherine Milhoan, an FBI spokesperson. "If you want to quote a businessperson saying that, knock yourself out. If that's what you want to print, fine."
But one other InfraGard member corroborated the whistleblower's account, and another would not deny it.
Christine Moerke is a business continuity consultant for Alliant Energy in Madison, Wisconsin. She says she's an InfraGard member, and she confirms that she has attended InfraGard meetings that went into the details about what kind of civil patrol function -- including engaging in lethal force -- that InfraGard members may be called upon to perform.
"There have been discussions like that, that I've heard of and participated in," she says.
Curt Haugen is CEO of S'Curo Group, a company that does "strategic planning, business continuity planning and disaster recovery, physical and IT security, policy development, internal control, personnel selection, and travel safety," according to its website. Haugen tells me he is a former FBI agent and that he has been an InfraGard member for many years. He is a huge booster. "It's the only true organization where there is the public-private partnership," he says. "It's all who knows who. You know a face, you trust a face. That's what makes it work."
He says InfraGard "absolutely" does emergency preparedness exercises. When I ask about discussions the FBI and Homeland Security have had with InfraGard members about their use of lethal force, he says: "That much I cannot comment on. But as a private citizen, you have the right to use force if you feel threatened."
"We were assured that if we were forced to kill someone to protect our infrastructure, there would be no repercussions," the whistleblower says. "It gave me goose bumps. It chilled me to the bone."
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February 9, 2008
US Government Targets Its Own Citizens In Massive Tax Rebate Fraud
By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers
In what one Russian Economist has stated is 'the most massive fraud in human history', the United States has targeted its own war weary citizens for financial destruction with the passage of new law that the American people, being told by their propaganda media organs, believe will give them tax rebate checks up to $1,200.00.
Dr. Tatyana Koryagina, of Russias Ministry of Economic Development, and who accurately predicted the September 11, 2001 attacks upon America, states that this new US Law, titled "Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008", and to be signed into law by President Bush, does not, in fact, give any money at all to the American people, but instead is a loan on taxes for money earned by US citizens during 2008.
Dr. Koryagina states that the deception by the US War Leaders against their own people is contained in the very words used in this new law, and which says: "SEC. 6428. 2008 RECOVERY REBATES FOR INDIVIDUALS.`(a) In General- In the case of an eligible individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning in 2008 an amount equal to the lesser of--`(1) net income tax liability, or`(2) $600 ($1,200 in the case of a joint return)."
The significance, Dr. Koryagina points out in understanding the exact wording of this new law, lies in the section name that states 'rebate' (a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund), but in the actual wording of the law states that these monies are a 'credit' (an entry of payment or value received on an account) against imposed taxes for 2008.
Dr. Koryagina's report to the Kremlin further points out that this new law is, in fact, a deceptively engineered ploy by the United States to pump billions of dollars into their failing banking system as nearly half of Americans (currently staggering under a record $2.5 trillion in personal debt), in a new poll conducted by International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS Securities, have stated they will use these checks to pay off creditors.
An American economist, Peter Morici from the University of Maryland, has also noted the odd 'coincidence' that the amount of monies under this new law equal the massive losses incurred by US banks from their loan debacles, and as he states:
"It's a good thing [US stimulus package] , but it's not enough to head off recession. We're talking about $150 billion, so this roughly offsets what the banks have lost" in soured housing investments."
The greatest affect of this new law upon the American people, states Dr. Koryagina in her report, will be felt in 2009 when these 'rebates', given to them in 2008, will become due against their taxes, and which will push vast numbers of them into financial freefall.
In just one of the many examples Dr. Koryagina has complied in her report: an American married couple with 3 children would receive $1,200.00 for the man and wife with an additional $300.00 for each child, bringing the total to $2,100.00. But, with the average US Tax Refund amount being just over $2,500.00 per family, this exampled family would see no tax refund at all in 2009.
To the American people themselves there appears to be no understanding of the massive fraudulent complexities involved in the destruction of their way of life by their War Leaders, but, to the full extent of dangers posed to mankind by the monsters controlling the US they have left no doubt as to the depths of depravity they intend to plunge us all into, and as we can read as reported by the Reuters News Service in their article titled "US says no one too young for Guantanamo court", and which says:
"But a U.S. Department of Justice attorney, arguing for the prosecution, said that if Congress intended to exclude juveniles from the Guantanamo war court, it would have explicitly written that, because lawmakers knew Khadr could face charges. Instead, Congress wrote the law using the term "person," which legally refers to "anyone born alive," Justice Department attorney Andy Oldham said."
One cannot but shudder in fear for the American people having to live under such a despotic regime that sees nothing wrong with jailing "anyone born alive", and the comparison of this US Officials statement with those of last century's German Nazi Regime does indeed raise the specter of the wholesale jailing of American men, woman and children.
All that is needed now by the war mongering US War Leaders to totally destroy their own citizens is the total collapse of their economy, and which this new law will surely accelerate.
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InfraGard is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) program that began in the Cleveland Field Office in 1996. It was a local effort to gain support from the information technology industry and academia for the FBI's investigative efforts in the cyber arena. The program expanded to other FBI Field Offices, and in 1998 the FBI assigned national program responsibility for InfraGard to the former National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) and to the Cyber Division in 2003. InfraGard and the FBI have developed a relationship of trust and credibility in the exchange of information concerning various terrorism, intelligence, criminal, and security matters.
InfraGard is an information sharing and analysis effort serving the interests and combining the knowledge base of a wide range of members. At its most basic level, InfraGard is a partnership between the FBI and the private sector. InfraGard is an association of businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to sharing information and intelligence to prevent hostile acts against the United States. InfraGard Chapters are geographically linked with FBI Field Office territories. Each InfraGard Chapter has an FBI Special Agent Coordinator assigned to it, and the FBI Coordinator works closely with Supervisory Special Agent Program Managers in the Cyber Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
While under the direction of NIPC, the focus of InfraGard was cyber infrastructure protection. After September 11, 2001 NIPC expanded its efforts to include physical as well as cyber threats to critical infrastructures. InfraGard's mission expanded accordingly.
In March 2003, NIPC was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which now has responsibility for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) matters. The FBI retained InfraGard as an FBI sponsored program, and will work with DHS in support of its CIP mission, facilitate InfraGard's continuing role in CIP activities, and further develop InfraGard's ability to support the FBI's investigative mission, especially as it pertains to counterterrorism and cyber crimes.
The goal of InfraGard is to promote ongoing dialogue and timely communication between members and the FBI. InfraGard members gain access to information that enables them to protect their assets and in turn give information to government that facilitates its responsibilities to prevent and address terrorism and other crimes.
The relationship supports information sharing at national and local levels and its objectives are as follows:
* Increase the level of information and reporting between InfraGard members and the FBI on matters related to counterterrorism, cyber crime and other major crime programs.
* Increase interaction and information sharing among InfraGard members and the FBI regarding threats to the critical infrastructures, vulnerabilities, and interdependencies.
* Provide members value-added threat advisories, alerts, and warnings.
* Promote effective liaison with local, state and federal agencies, to include the Department of Homeland Security.
* Provide members a forum for education and training on counterterrorism, counterintelligence cyber crime and other matters relevant to informed reporting of potential crimes and attacks on the nation and U.S. interests.
Each FBI Field Office has a Special Agent Coordinator who gathers interested companies of various sizes from all industries to form a chapter. Any company can join InfraGard. Local executive boards govern and share information within the membership. Chapters hold regular meetings to discuss issues, threats and other matters that impact their companies. Speakers from public and private agencies and the law enforcement communities are invited. The following illustrates additional activities that local chapters may offer:
* Training and education initiatives
* A local newsletter
* A Contingency Plan for using alternative systems in the event of a successful large scale attack on the information infrastructure
InfraGard members are represented nationally by an elected board of seven representatives called the InfraGard Board of Directors. Elections are held annually at the InfraGard National Congress for voluntary two-year terms. The Board is responsible for representing the membership in the partnership with the FBI. They conduct weekly conference calls to address a variety of issues that face the organization. Board members travel to various chapter activities and attend conferences promoting InfraGard and other issues pertinent to the program.
The Board established several committees to address issues such as membership, incorporation, and partnerships with other private sector association / organizations.
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have also been established to meet the challenges America faces in protecting against criminal, terrorist, and intelligence threats. One such SIG involves InfraGard, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Small Business Administration, and the FBI.
The InfraGard secure website provides members with information about recent intrusions, research related to critical infrastructure protection, and the capability to communicate securely with other members.
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These videos and instructions will teach you how to do a martial arts "hook punch". This is a more controlled and effective punch than a traditional haymaker punch because a hook punch is harder to block.
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Jeka Sullano (23) scored late in extra time to power NU past DLSU in UAAP Season 80 Men's Football action (FILE PHOTO)
A very late goal from Jekar Sullano proved to be the difference as National University defeated De La Salle University, 1-0, in UAAP Season 80 Men's Football action, Saturday afternoon at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium.
While it was DLSU who pushed the action, getting most of the attempts on goal, their inability to finish would come back to haunt them.
Three minutes into extra time, Sullano provided the back-breaker, scoring with a minute left to play to put NU ahead, 1-0.
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When it comes to bands, there are very few these days that I feel like I am a completist with, but Bloody Knives is definitely one of them. I have all of their music up until this point, and a lot of it has been available to download for free from their Band Camp.
Look, I'm not going to tell you about the music on this record. Either you know Bloody Knives and you love them or they're not for you. If you don't know them or you don't like them, then I'm highly suspect as to what brings you to my neck of the woods.
After several free releases (digitally) I felt like I owed it to the band to dish out the money for this record. Even though it took much longer to come, I also opted for the red vinyl.
For me, this record isn't about the music so much as it is about the love of the band. When I was much younger, I found this band via their CD that I really loved and they were from Massachusetts so I was able to see them play quite often. One time, I remember going to their merch table and seeing a 7" for sale.
At that time, I didn't own a record player, but I already owned their CD, bought a patch, some buttons and a t-shirt, so it was really the only piece of merch they had on that table that I didn't own. On top of that, the record contained songs that were not on the CD. I threw caution to the wind, figuring not having a record player would work itself out down the line, and just bought it.


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For the last twenty years or so, Republican presidential campaigns have used the British tabloid press to pitch their hit pieces that couldn't get placed in the more professional US press. (Yes, it's a pretty sad commentary on journalism in the UK but that's where foreign intelligence services usually plant or pay in their disinformation campaigns too.) You can see here the first efforts of the folks around the Romney campaign to push what amounts to a 'Navy Seals for Truth' pitch to defend the former Massachusetts Governor. (The piece is being pushed on Drudge, which has worked closely with the Romney camp all through the primaries.The interesting thing about Romney's defense today is that he says "even Jimmy Carter" would have ordered the commando raid on bin Laden's compound. But it's notable that Romney himself seems to have placed himself further to the left of Carter by saying that he wouldn't have done so. Or more specifically that he wouldn't have violated Pakistani sovereignty to mount the raid.
Also notable, Romney now seems to be arguing that the bin Laden raid was simply a no-brainer. That ignores the fact Obama's push for a greater emphasis on finding bin Laden and pressuring Pakistan was a key part of being in the position to call the raid. And since several of Obama national security advisors — including, it seems, Robert Gates, the holdover Secretary of Defense from the Bush administration — were either skeptical or opposed to the mission, it's hard to see how it really could have been such a no-brainer.
Expect a lot more of this. But also expect the Obama campaign to keep hammering the fact that Romney said he opposed both the policy of aggressively focusing on bin Laden and violating Pakistani sovereignty. It's hard to get around that.


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2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, chilled, cut up
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 egg
2 1/2 teaspoons red food coloring
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups white baking chips
1. Whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
2. Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl at medium speed 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, food coloring and vanilla until blended. At low speed, beat in flour mixture just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and baking chips. Cover and refrigerate 2 to 3 hours or overnight, until firm enough to shape.
3. Heat oven to 350ºF. Drop 1/4 cup dough per cookie onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets; gently form into balls. Freeze dough on baking sheets 10 minutes or until firm.
4. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are puffed and edges are dry when gently touched but very soft. Cool on baking sheet on wire rack 3 minutes. Place cookies on rack; cool completely.
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"Obituary - Frederick "Fred" Jacob Kollmeyer"
Name: Frederick "Fred" Jacob Kollmeyer
Married: He never married
Death date: March 02, 1975
Death location: Easter Home of Ruth, St. Francois County, Missouri
Burial date: Unknown
Burial location: Hillview Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri.
Name of newspaper publication: Unknown
Newspaper location: St. Francois County, Missouri
Date published: March 1975
"Transcript of the above obituary"
Title: Fred Kollmeyer
Fred Jacob Kollmeyer, 91, of Farmington was born Fe. 25, 1884 in St. Francois Co. and died March 2 (1995) at Easter Home of Ruth. He was the son of the late William Kollmeyer and Mary Zimmer Kollmeyer.
Surviving are a sister-in-law, Mrs. Sallie Kollmeyer of Farmington and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Kollmeyer is in state at Miller Funeral Home in Farmington.
Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Memorial United Methodist Church in Farmington with the Rev. G. Maxwell Teeter officiating. Interment will be at Hillview Memorial Gardens.
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Thousands of people are expected to take part in a major Scottish independence demonstration in Edinburgh next month.
The rally has been described by organisers All Under One Banner (AUOB) as the "biggest independence demonstration in Scottish history" and will take place on 6 October.
Campaigners have been asked to bring flags, banners, pipes and drums as they walk through the the streets of the Capital to march for independence.
READ MORE: Pro-independence group reveals plan for 'biggest march yet' in Edinburgh
Supporters of Scottish independence will gather at around 1pm at Princes Street Gardens before walking to Princes Street, The Mound, Mound Place, Ramsay Lane, the Royal Mile, South Bridge, Cowgate, Holyrood Road, Holyrood Gait, Queens Drive, House Wynd to the grounds of the Scottish Parliament.
A number of road closures and parking restrictions will be in place along the procession route.
Earlier this month hundreds of people gathered for the annual Hope Over Fear rally, led by former MSP Tommy Sheridan, which took place in Glasgow's George Square
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text: How To Email & Messaging Sending an Email to Multiple Recipients With Cc And Bcc Share Pin Email Print ©Lifewire Email & Messaging Tips & Tricks Gmail Tips & Tricks Yahoo Tips & Tricks Outlook Tips & Tricks Basics Guides & Tutorials Installing & Upgrading Key Concepts VoIP by Heinz Tschabitscher An independent writer who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. Updated January 23, 2019 283 283 people found this article helpful When you write an email, you write it to someone (and indeed, perhaps, someone special). Yet, the To: field is not the only place to put an addressee. Two more fields accept recipients. They are called Cc: and Bcc: and you probably have already seen them — the former at least — in your email program. Let us find out what Cc: and Bcc: are for. What Does "Cc" Mean in Email? Screenshot Cc is short for carbon copy. Those naming and designing this email feature probably had the real world counterpart to email in mind: letters. Carbon copy paper made it possible to send the same letter to two (or even more if you hit the keys really hard) different people without the onerous task of having to write or type it twice. The analogy works well. An email is sent to the person in the To: field, of course. A verbatim copy of the message is also sent to all the addresses listed in the Cc: field, though. More than one email address can be in the Cc: field, and all addresses in the field receive a copy of the message. To enter more than one address in the Cc: field, separate them with commas. The Shortcomings of Cc When you send a message to more than one address using the Cc: field, both the original recipient and all recipients of the carbon copies see the To: and Cc: fields including all the addresses in them. This means that every recipient gets to know the email addresses of all the persons that received the message. Typically, this is not desirable. Nobody likes their email address exposed to the public, be it just a possibly small group of strangers. Overly full Cc: fields also do not look all that good. They can become quite long and grow big on the screen. Lots of email addresses will overshadow little message text. What is more, when somebody, perhaps through an unwise default setting, replies to all on your message, all those addresses also end up in the Cc: field of their answer. What Does "Bcc" Mean in Email? Screenshot Expanded, Bcc stands for blind carbon copy. If this gives you the image of an empty sheet of paper, that might not quite be what email's Bcc: is about, but it's not entirely useless as an analogy either. The Bcc: field helps you deal with the problems created by Cc:. As it is the case with Cc:, a copy of the message goes to every single email address appearing in the Bcc: field. The difference is that neither the Bcc: field itself nor the email addresses in it appear in any of the copies (and not in the message sent to the addresses in the To: or Cc: fields either). The only recipient address that will be visible to all recipients is the one in the To: field. So, to keep maximum anonymity you can put your own address in the To: field and use Bcc: exclusively to address your message. Bcc: lets you send a newsletter, too, or send a message to undisclosed recipients. Carbon Copy and Blind Carbon Copy Etiquette Bcc: is a nice and powerful tool. You will do well to limit its use, though, to cases when it is clear that the message was sent to multiple recipients whose addresses are protected using Bcc:. You could mention the other recipients at the end of the email by name, but not by email address, for example. In any case, Bcc: is not a spying device. How would you feel when a message addressed to you might also have reached a number of other people, but you did not know who? Adding Blind Carbon Copy Recipients To add Bcc: recipients in your email program or service: Windows AOLOutlookWindows Live Mail OS X MacOS and OS X Mail Mobile iOS Mail Web GmailOutlook.comYahoo! Mail Continue Reading


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So, I've seen alot of people here on TTV buying Gunpla...
Diary off, I'm interested in buying sime, but I'm not allowed to watch the show. I know nothing about the things.So what company and/or model would you reccomend?Also, how poseable are they?
As for the company you don't have any options; it's all bandaiAs for beginning I'd pick up maybe a GM or 15$ or less HG. The iron blooded orphans line is pretty good.As for how posable; it depends on the suit / model but I'll let my display answer for me.
As for the anime if you can't watch it online, streaming, or YouTube just find a model you think looks cool; that's how I started. In fact the battle damaged red and black one was my first (of course it's been through several customizations.)
Cool, thanks!
I found a few I liked, and they're all around $20-$30
Cool. Which ones?
Bandai is your only choice as far as company. For models, the HGUC RX-78-2 Revive ($10-$12 USD) or the HGAC Leo ($10-$12) are fantastic kits and great for beginners due to their simplified construction compared to their counterparts. The rest of the HGUC Revive sub-line also are very good starter kits (I myself started with the HGUC Gouf Revive).
They've more solid articulation all around than most Bionicle figures IMO. More recent HG kits (from ~2013 onwards) make really good use of double-jointed knees and elbows, and superior shoulder- and hip-joints to Lego constraction figures.
By the way, do you already have the necessary tools for assembling model kits?
When it comes to tools as long as you have nail clippers or some kind of cutter for the parts you don't need much starting out. That's what I did when I started and now I have Gundam markers, files, etc.
No, but I do have sandpaper and clippers.
@Khalsa721I have quite a few in mind, but my favorite so far is Zaku II type c/c-5.
Zakus in general are really good custom fodder. You don't even have to really add much since they're mass produced suits.
Those are pretty much all you need yeahAlso the Zaku II Type C is a really good kit, so that should serve well as your first.
A couple weeks ago I bought a 1/144 Tallgeese I kit at a Gunpla display at the mall for around $6. I don't have the tools or the brainpower to follow the instructions so it's all still sitting in the box
All you need for the tools are small wire cutters, sandpaper, and maybe an xacto knife.
Yeah they were selling the cutters there but I was oblivious. Even though I remember what happened the one time my dad bought some Gunpla when I was a kid
You should build it!
I've heard it's like legos
You should click on the link in my first post, it has pictures of the guide to building them. They are way more complex
I could see that
That thing is retailing for $4.
Well I'm not living in the US at the moment so it's probably bound to be a little more expensive at a random pop-up shop : p
Have you build any other gunpla?
Nope! This will be my first one. Once I have the motivation to buy the tools. If I can ever find my favorite Gundam for sale I'll definitely get that one too
Amazon has some good prices.
I found my favorite for $25.
Just crack it open, budz, they aren't actually that complex, once you figure out the weird way they orient their instructions.
Not that necessarily, all you need is an Xacto. The plastic is such cheap quality you can just twist most parts off the sprue.


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By Sara Ray
Growing up we were inseparable, as young adults it was the same.
Then one day we were offended and things were never quite the same.
The years have gone by quickly and always you are in my thoughts.
I think of all the adventures we had as girls growing up.
Our plans back then were simple, together we'd always be.
Often while I am treasure hunting on Saturdays I see so many things that
remind me of thee.
I think to myself, I should call her the fight was so many years ago…
I then tell myself No…she made it clear on that sad day that we were
friends no more.
I was in a dark sad place as I checked the mail today… inside was
an envelope printed with my name. The return address name was missing,
so I opened it right away. With all the texting of this modern age who sends
letters now days?
The letter was quite short but the words meant oh so much… I miss you
and felt lost with out our constant talks. As children we were inseparable though
our families moved us miles away. It was the letters that connected us. Every week
we wrote. I know it has been but I miss you oh so much. You've always been my
very best friend and through the letters we always kept in touch. Our argument was
years ago over what I still don't know…but letters were our special thing and I'd
like to reconnect again.
The words were like magic, I raced home to reply. There were so many things I
wanted to share, I hoped I had a stamp. Now it's been many months sense that letter
came and every week I send one out like the past had never been.
Letters are long visits when friends are far apart. The letter I received now many months
ago reconnected me to my best friend…though we are still many miles apart.


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Fay Genell Pace Lang, 89, of Summerville, SC, widow of the late Willard D. Lang, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018.
Graveside Funeral Services will be held Sunday afternoon, April 29, 2018 at 3 o'clock in Summerville Cemetery. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Summerville Baptist Church, 417 Central Avenue, Summerville, SC 29483.
Fay was born July 29, 1928 in McGehee, AR, a daughter of the late Ernest Pace and Elva Flemister Pace. She was a school teacher and a homemaker.
In addition to her husband, Willard D. Lang, Fay is predeceased by her daughter, Vickie Lang, and her sister, Jewell Bulloch.
Arrangements by PARKS FUNERAL HOME, 130 W. 1st North Street, Summerville, SC 29483.


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As technology continues to evolve, workplace safety needs to adapt as well.
That's why cell-phone apps designed for oh&s functions have become important in the marketplace.
New programs for Smartphones and tablets can assist with all kinds of tasks, ranging from safety inspections and incident reports to emergency alerts and contacting remote colleagues when alone and in danger.
"Lives are at stake," says Matthew Ross, media manager with ProntoForms Corporation, a mobile-solution company based in Kanata, Ontario. "People absolutely need to be able to process these types of info as fast as possible."
ProntoForms has created an app that sends and receives forms and vital work information quickly.
"With the push of a button, the info is sent to wherever you like," Ross explains. "You can send to a variety of cloud services."
Such forms could include inspection checklists, safety lists, data on hazardous materials, action reports and even statements from accident witnesses, he adds.
"We've got such incredible positive feedback from clients because the processing is so much faster."
Apart from increased safety, a side benefit of the ProntoForms app is a sharp reduction in paperwork.
"People are looking to help make their lives easier and make their jobs easier," says Jason Grouette, business manager of the personal safety division for 3M Canada in London, Ontario.
3M Canada provides a practical new app that assists employees assigned to buy safety equipment for their companies, including distributors, health and safety managers and some end users.
Simply called Safety, the app gives the user instant access to more than 2,400 workplace safety products available from 3M.
Honeywell Safety Products in Morristown, New Jersey offers a similar product, the Media App, which gives users access to product information and learning resources on personal protective equipment available from Honeywell.
So why have workplace safety apps become more prevalent?
"We are in a different world that we were a decade ago," says Grouette. "People have an expectation of finding answers very quickly and addressing problems quickly."
"It's driven by a bunch of things," explains Ross. "The technology on Smartphones and tablets has gotten stronger and more powerful. So it has enabled us to include better features, time-savings, cost savings, high-productivity features. Another thing is the BYOD trend – bring-your-own-device trend – in businesses, so companies are more comfortable with employees using their own devices."
Ross points out that the construction and oil and gas industries tend to supply ProntoForms' biggest customers for health and safety products. But restaurant chains also use the ProntoForms app for information about cleanliness and other oh&s issues, he adds.
"The speed of data collection and processing is something that is invaluable in the industry."
Grouette lists oil and gas, mining and manufacturing as sectors that benefit highly from 3M's products, including the Safety app.
Many safety apps, including some of the aforementioned ones, are available to employers and workers for free.
Source: OHS Canada. This article has been edited for length.
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OSHA finds Imperial Industries ignores rules to prevent toxic exposure
Workers welding stainless steel and other alloy steels containing chromium metal at a Wisconsin bulk storage tank manufacturer were exposed to hazardous levels of hexavalent chromium.
At high levels, hexavalent chromium can cause lung cancer and respiratory, eye and skin damage.
After a complaint, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors visited Imperial Industries in Rothschild and identified two willful and 12 serious safety violations.
Proposed penalties total $161,100.
"Each year 50,000 workers die from exposures to hazardous substances like chromium during their careers. Failing to take steps to limit exposure to this dangerous substance is inexcusable," said Robert Bonack, area director of OSHA's Appleton office.
"Workers pay the price when companies don't follow standards to reduce injuries and illnesses. Imperial Industries needs to take immediate steps to comply with safety and health standards."
Inspectors determined employees were exposed to hexavalent chromium at levels exceeding permissible exposure limits while welding steels containing chromium metal. Chromium is added to harden alloy steel and help it resist corrosion.
Additionally, the company failed to implement engineering controls to reduce and monitor exposure levels among workers.
The November 2014 investigation also found workers endangered by amputation and struck-by hazards because machines lacked safety mechanisms.
Numerous electrical safety hazards were also identified, and workers were found operating damaged powered industrial vehicles.
Imperial Industries manufactures heavy gauge metal industrial tanks that are typically mounted to commercial trucks.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees.
OSHA's role is to ensure these conditions for America's working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance.
Source: OSHA
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US salons will employ more than 100,000 workers by 2022
When New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, JD, announced that her office was releasing a report on nail salons last year, it was anything but a frivolous task.
The policy report, "How Safe is Your Nail Salon?," released in September, took a look at health and safety practices for both consumers and workers in New York City's nail salons.
And with more than 2,000 businesses licensed to do manicures and pedicures in the city alone, the health of a large swath of the public is affected. In New York, the salons are regulated by the state — which has just 27 inspectors to help maintain their safety, James told The Nation's Health.
The health and wellness of nail salon employees is no small matter, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated there were 86,900 manicurists and pedicurists in the U.S. in 2012. That number is expected to rise to 100,400 by 2022.
But that estimate is probably far too low, according to the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, which estimates there are 97,100 manicurists in California alone right now.
Up to 80 percent of those workers are Vietnamese immigrants, and more than 50 percent are women of reproductive age.
Duyen Tran, MPH, an APHA member and the interim outreach coordinator for the collaborative, says there are several reasons that nail salon work appeals to young women in the Vietnamese community.
Some of it is the flexibility working in a nail salon can afford: Employees can tailor their schedules around their families' needs. Another reason is the ease with which a worker can enter into the industry and start making money. Training courses, which are 12 to 18 months long, and exams are offered in Vietnamese.
"To do nail salon work you don't need high English proficiency," Tran told The Nation's Health. "It doesn't require intensive English training, so it's really an opportunity for this recent immigrant population to enter the workforce and use it to support their families and communities in a very short time."
But joining the workforce means exposure to known dangerous products — and potentially unknown dangers, as well.
Three chemicals pose most risks to workers
The biggest risks to nail salon workers are "the toxic trio:" Toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate are the most common and dangerous ingredients in nail products, including polish and polish remover, that have been linked to serious health risks.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, toluene exposure has been linked to tiredness, confusion, weakness, drunken-type actions, memory loss, nausea, loss of appetite and hearing and color vision loss. High levels of exposure have been linked to kidney damage.
Formaldehyde exposure can lead to irritation of the eyes, nose and throat, causing tearing, and skin irritation, according to CDC, and is a known carcinogen. CDC's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry notes that dibutyl phthalate is linked to organ development issues in fetuses when exposed during gestation.
The toxic trio can be transmitted as airborne particles, through product contact with skin or eyes and via unintentional transfer of the materials to uncovered food, drink or cigarettes, according to research from the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reported that chemical levels can exceed 826 parts per million during the application of acrylics in nail salons, but proper ventilation can drop that to 12.4 parts per million.
Despite these risks, in Nails Magazine's 2014-15 report, "Nails Big Book: Everything You Need to Know About the Nail Industry," 34 percent of nail salon workers reported that they never wear protective gloves while working. Sixty-one percent said they never wear a mask while working. And more than half reported having work-related health concerns. Twenty-three percent said they were uninsured.
Salons can promote safety for workers
Though self-reported low numbers of nail salon workers take safety precautions, state and federal government regulations require certain steps to be taken to ensure worker safety. OSHA distributes "Stay Healthy and Safe While Giving Manicures and Pedicures: A Guide for Nail Salon Workers," which outlines workers' rights to health and safety for both employees and salon owners.
The guide has been translated to Vietnamese, Spanish and Korean. And OSHA has been working to reach out to communities to make sure workers' rights are well-known, said Mandy Edens, MSPH, director of OSHA's directorate for technical support and emergency management.
Source: The Nation's Health; The article has been edited for length.
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Your lungs work hard. Most adults take more than 20,000 breaths a day. But just how well your lungs do their job may be affected by the job you do.
Chemicals. Germs. Tobacco smoke and dirt. Fibers, dust, and even things you might not think are dangerous can damage your airway and threaten your lungs.
"The lungs are complex organs," says Philip Harber, MD, MPH, professor of public health at the University of Arizona in Tucson. "Occupational and environmental exposures can lead to scarring or fibrosis, asthma, COPD, and infection or cancer."
The good news: Many on-the-job lung dangers are preventable. Depending on your line of work, making certain changes can be key: Improve ventilation, wear protective equipment, change the way you do your work, and learn more about hazards, for examples.
Here are 10 jobs where precautions may help you avoid work-related lung damage.
1. Bartending and Waitressing
Secondhand smoke has been linked to lung cancer. It remains a threat to workers in cities where smoking hasn't been banned in public places. Casino workers also can find themselves in a cloud of smoke.
No one's going to wear a respirator while serving martinis or dealing a blackjack game. Separating smokers from nonsmokers, cleaning the air, and ventilating buildings won't keep nonsmokers from being exposed.
Short of working to change policy, the best solution may be to find another job.
"Unfortunately, the individual worker has limited options," says Susanna Von Essen, MD. She's a University of Nebraska Medical Center professor of internal medicine in the division of pulmonary, critical care, sleep, and allergy.
2. Housekeeping and Cleaning
Some cleaning supplies, even so-called "green" or "natural" products, have harmful chemicals that have been linked with developing asthma.
"Cleaners are reactive chemicals, meaning that they react with dirt and also with your lung tissues," Von Essen says.
Some release volatile organic compounds, which can contribute to chronic respiratory problems and allergic reactions. Read labels and follow instructions.
Consider using "simple cleaning agents like vinegar and water or baking soda," Von Essen says. Open windows and doors to keep the area well ventilated, too.
3. Health Care
Doctors, nurses, and other people who work in hospitals, medical offices, or nursing homes are at increased risk for lung diseases such as tuberculosis, influenza, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
So, health care workers should keep up with immunizations (including the flu vaccine) that the CDC recommends for them.
Health care workers may also develop asthma if latex is used in gloves or other supplies. Latex-free synthetic gloves are an alternative.
4. Hair Styling
Certain hair-coloring agents can lead to occupational asthma. Some salon hair-straightening products contain formaldehyde, a known carcinogen. It's also a strong eye, nose, throat, and lung irritant.
Good ventilation is important. Because wearing a respirator might cause appointments to cancel, know what's in the products you're working with. If they're not safe, find a safer product.
5. Manufacturing
Some factory workers risk getting asthma or making their existing asthma worse. Asthma not caused by work but made worse by it affects as many as 25% of adults with asthma, Harber says.
Factory workers can be exposed to everything from inhaled metals in foundries to silica or fine sand, which can lead to silicosis, a disease that scars the lung, or increased risk of lung cancer.
A lung disorder called "popcorn lung," or bronchiolitis obliterans, has been seen in plant workers exposed to some of the flavoring chemicals used to make microwave popcorn. Again, respirators and proper ventilation are key for those workers. (No risk of "popcorn lung" has been seen in people who eat that popcorn.)
6. Construction
Workers who demolish old buildings or do remodeling can be exposed to asbestos used as insulation around pipes or in floor tiles.
Even minimal exposure to its microscopic fibers has been linked to a variety of problems. One is mesothelioma, a form of cancer, Von Essen says.
Exposure also seems to raise the risk of small-cell lung cancer and can lead to asbestosis, or scarring of the lung. Removal should be left to trained and licensed crews.
"Know where the asbestos is," Von Essen says. "Follow all the rules and don't take chances."
7. Farming
Working with crops and animals can lead to several disorders. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a rare but serious problem caused by repeated exposures to mold-contaminated grain or hay. The lung's air sacs become inflamed and may develop scar tissue.
Grain in metal bins can get moldy. Breathing dust from this grain can lead to fevers, chills, and a flu-like illness called "organic dust toxic syndrome." Farmers also are more likely to report a cough and chest tightness.
"We think about 30% of farmers who grow crops in this way have had that at some point," Von Essen says. Workers in hog and chicken barns sometimes get an asthma-like syndrome.
"Dust and ammonia levels together seem to be risk factors," she says. Keep grain from getting damp, ensure adequate ventilation, and wear a respirator.
8. Auto Body Spray Painting
People who work in auto body shops are often exposed to chemicals known as isocyanates. They're a significant cause of occupational asthma.
"It's frequently a career-ending disease where they need to leave their profession," Harber says.
Using quality respirators that are appropriate for your task can lessen the risk. It also helps to enclose the area being sprayed and to have a ventilated exhaust system. Better yet, replace hazardous materials with safer ones.
9. Firefighting
People who battle blazes are exposed not only to the fire, but also to other materials, including burning plastics and chemicals. Firefighters can significantly lower their risk of lung disease and other problems by using a "self-contained breathing apparatus" (SCBA). These devices should also be used during "mop up" or the clean-up period.
"Many of the chemicals are still in the air," Harber says. Ventilation also is critical.
10. Coal Mining
Underground miners are at risk for everything from bronchitis to pneumoconiosis, or "black lung." It's a chronic condition caused by inhaling coal dust that becomes embedded in the lungs, causing them to harden and make breathing very hard.
"This can cause progressive massive fibrosis and can kill people," Von Essen says.
Again, protective equipment can limit the amount of dust inhaled.
Source: WebMD
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A Walmart returns processing center in Indianapolis is contaminated with a toxic substance, and hundreds of workers at the evacuated facility are now undergoing medical testing to see if they were exposed.
The contamination involves a massive warehouse, where logistics company Exel processes merchandise returned from Walmart retail stores.
The warehouse now sits empty after Exel ordered nearly 600 full-time and contract workers to evacuate the processing center on August 20.
On that day, supervisors met with employees at 3:45pm to announce the facility was shutting down immediately.
During the meeting, employees were not told the reason for the shut-down, only that they would continue to receive their normal pay and benefits and would not return to work until further notice, according to a longtime worker who asked not to be identified.
Five days later, Exel managers again met with employees at a nearby hotel to explain Walmart discovered the presence of a strange substance within the facility.
Testing showed the substance to be PCBs or polychlorinated biphenyl, a synthetic organic chemical compound that is highly toxic and classified by the US Environmental Protection Agency as "probable human carcinogens." The EPA says studies in animals provide conclusive evidence that PCBs cause cancer.
Over the past two weeks, Exel employees have been reporting to an east-side medical laboratory for blood tests, which Exel hopes will shed light on which employees were exposed to the PCBs and what impact – if any – the exposure might have on their health.
"It's a situation that continues to evolve, and we're working diligently with Walmart to understand it more," said Exel Vice President of Communications Lynn Anderson.
"We took an overly cautious role and decided we wanted to get out of the building right away. We are really trying to understand the extent of the contamination and the exposure and what it means for the future and the facility."
A Walmart company spokesperson says that Walmart made a joint decision with Exel to close operations "out of an abundance of caution."
"Walmart immediately hired an environmental consulting firm after a contractor servicing a return center we lease discovered the presence of PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls. Additional testing confirmed PCBs were present in the building, which is operated by a contractor, Exel Inc. We made a joint decision with Exel to close the facility out of an abundance of caution.
"Both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) have been informed and are investigating this matter. We are cooperating with the investigation, and early indications suggest that the contaminant is in the building materials.
"We have made arrangements for returned products from our stores to be sent to other return centers."
Unusual particles discovered
Anderson says the contamination was discovered by accident, while equipment was being moved inside the plant. That's when workers found an unusual residue and "particles that didn't look right."
Walmart hired a third-party company to test the residue, and according to Exel, the testing revealed the presence of PCBs.
How much PCBs and where did they come from? Exel and its employees are still looking for answers.
Exel plans to begin its own independent testing at the abandoned warehouse this week. In the meantime, it is actively looking for another facility to resume its operations. Exel has not ruled out the possibility of returning to the contaminated facility, but says that is unlikely – at least in the short-term.
Since the evacuation, Exel has hosted two face-to-face meetings with affected employees to provide them with information, and another meeting is scheduled for early October.
At the last meeting, workers were encouraged to take advantage of free blood tests.
PCBs are considered very dangerous to human health, and they are very hard to destroy. Banned in the United States for decades, they were commonly used as coolants and stabilizers in products such as fluorescent light ballasts, transformers, paints, cements, electrical components, pesticides, lubricating oils and sealants.
A known carcinogen, PCBs are linked to other serious health concerns including negative impacts on the immune, reproductive and neurological systems.
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If you attend City Tech Track Day regularly, you probably have enough panning shots of your car from my previous links. My goal for this event was to actually walk the track from start to finish and find different ways to capture your speed on track. If you still want those panning shots, I still made a bunch at turn 7. Because of time constraint and the big track (it really is big if you're walking), I only made it to turn 7 by lunch time.
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Adopted: May 2014
Current Age: About 10 years old
The Truth About Pitbulls
What is a Pitbull?
This probably seems like a silly question, but it's important to understand what we mean when we refer to the name Pitbull. Pitbull is an umbrella term that most people use to refer to a long list of different types of dogs that fall into the "bully" breed category. The label Pitbull often describes mixed breed dogs that share similar physical characteristics such as a square shaped head or a bulky body type.
While there are those who may disagree with the inclusion of many specific breeds being labeled "Pitbull" type dogs, the reality is that many of these dogs are Pitbulls in the eyes of the law. The American Pitbull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, Staffordshire Bull Terrier and sometimes the American Bulldog are often included under this term.
Myth Busters... Know the Truth!
MYTH: Pitbulls have locking jaws.
TRUTH: There is no physical locking mechanism in the jaws of a pitbull, their jaw physiology is no different from any other breed.
Why do Pitbulls fill our shelters?
1. This is obviously a big question, and one with a lot of components, but the #1 reason Pitbulls fill our shelters is quite simply, overpopulation. There is still way too much breeding and it doesn't help that Pitbulls tend to have larger litters.
Each year, 1.2 million dogs are euthanized, approximately 40% of whom are Pitbulls. This means that nearly half a million Pitbull-type dogs are killed in shelters annually.
Here at Sammie's Friends... Volunteer programs and spay/neuter campaigns have helped lower our euthanasia rate from 68% to less than 1%.
Sammie's Friends is proudly a no-kill shelter!
Tails From An Old Friend
Updates and photos from previously adopted Sammie's Friends Pitbulls.
Support our shelter Pitbulls and signup to donate just $5 a month!
The funds raised through this special campaign will go toward providing our shelter Pitbulls (and their new owners) with a complete Obedience Training Course. Yep, every Pitbull that gets adopted from Sammie's Friends will get to spend quality time with their new family and learn how to always be a "better dog". Help us give all of our bully breeds this invaluable gift. Please sign up to donate just $5 a month!
Pitbulls are beautiful in their variety, but their most appealing features are their inner qualities. Strength, confidence, a sense of humor and a zest for life are all hallmarks of the breed. They also tend to be sensitive and get their feelings hurt easily.
Properly socialized dogs are quite affectionate and friendly, even with strangers, and therefore do **not** make good guard dogs. Pitbull's are intelligent and eager to please and tend to remain playful throughout their lives. While some can be low key 'couch potatoes,' many others need a job to channel their enthusiasm and energy. They excel in dog sports, search and rescue work, drug and bomb detection work, and as therapy dogs.
Severe shyness, fearfulness or human-directed aggression is NOT a characteristic and of course, highly undesirable in any dog.
MYTH: Pitbulls are more aggressive than other dogs.
TRUTH: Aggression is not a breed characteristic or personality trait, and is not specific to any one breed of dog.
2. Breed Specific Legislation is another big reason we see so many Pibulls in our shelters. Breed-specific legislation (BSL) is a law that bans OR restricts certain types of dogs based on their appearance, usually because they are perceived as "dangerous" breeds or types of dogs. These restrictions make it extremely difficult for families to take in and sometimes keep their Pitties.
Here are some tips to help you and your dog find the perfect home together...
Adopted: 2013
Current Age: 6 1/2 years old
The History of Pitbulls - Part I
The history of the Pitbull can be traced back to the early 1800's in the United Kingdom. Pitbulls were originally bred from Old English Bulldogs (these dogs are similar in appearance to today's American Bulldog) who gained their popularity on the British Isles in a cruel blood sport known as "bull baiting". One to two Bulldogs were set to harass a bull for hours until the animal collapsed from fatigue, injuries or both. These matches were held for the entertainment of the struggling classes.
However, in 1835 the British Parliament enacted the Cruelty to Animals Act 1835, which prohibited the baiting of some animals such as the bull and bear. Once bull and bear baiting was outlawed, the public turned their attention to "ratting". This practice pitted dogs against rats in which they were timed to see whose dog would kill the most rats in the least amount of time. The "pit" in Pitbull comes from ratting as the rats were placed into a pit so that they could not escape.
In 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court passed the Animal Welfare Act of 1976. This groundbreaking act made dogfighting officially illegal in all 50 states. Today, dogfighting is a felony in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In most states, the possession of dogs for the purpose of fighting is also a felony offense. As well as, being a spectator at a dogfight is illegal in all states except Montana and Hawaii.
Adopted: 2010
Current Age: 11 years old
MYTH: Pitbulls are not good family dogs.
TRUTH: Pitbull's are actually some of the most popular types of dogs in America. According to Vetstreet.com, the American Pitbull Terrier is one of the top three favorite breeds in 28 states. Because Pitbull terriers are so popular, some people are overbreeding them and others are neglecting to spay or neuter their dogs, resulting in too many unwanted litters, which means that our animal shelters fill up with them!
To Pitbull or Not To Pitbull!
by Cheryl Wicks
October is National Pitbull Awareness Month in honor of the patriotic All American Pitbull. Sammie's Friends is joining in to give this wonderful breed of dog some recognition and hopefully get some adoptions in honor of this month's celebration. We have lowered our adoption fee from $90 to $10 for the month of October. Anyone adopting a pitbull will receive free enrollment in a six week dog obedience training class.
Sammie's Friends is having a "Pitty Party" on Saturday, October 27 from 10 am to 2 pm with games, pumpkin carving (courtesy of the Food Bank) a bounce house, a raffle with the grand prize being 4 tickets to Disneyland, and so much more. The main event, of course is meeting our great pitties and hopefully adopting one of them.
Many of you know what a great dog the American Pitbull Terrier can be. It is unfortunate that they have gotten such a bad reputation. Pitbulls often live and play successfully with other dog and are great companions to their people. Many are friends with cats. The great majority love people. One of our local vets says his favorite patients are Pitbulls and Labrador Retrievers because when he sees one of them he is quite sure he won't get bitten and with other breeds he's not so sure.
On the one hand, people believe Pitbulls are bred to be fighting machines, and on the other hand, there are people who think it is all in the way they are raised. If a Pitbull has been bred to fight it has a propensity in that direction. As with the herding dogs; they like to herd and hunting dogs like to hunt. Most Pitbulls are not bred to fight and are often mistreated because they won't fight.
In their early history they were called the little nanny because they are so good with kids. As an example, Petey of the "Little Rascals" was a Pitbull. Their raising definitely makes a difference. An analogy would be having a spirited child. If properly nurtured and directed this child may excel at sports. If not, he may be beating up the neighborhood kids. It is a combination of nature/nurture. Being a responsible parent is important. It is also important to be a responsible guardian to your pets.
It is estimated that close to a 750,000 Pitbulls are euthanized every year in shelters. Most of these pitbulls have done nothing wrong. Pitbulls are not at the top of the list for dog bites. 95% of dog bites of any breed are from unspayed/unneutered animals.
To put the "scary Pitbull" in context consider the following:
1 out of every 37 people in the U. S. is a convicted felon.
There are a half million registered sex offenders, many whose whereabouts are unknown...
50 people every DAY are murdered (humans are sometimes a dangerous species).
25, 000 people die each year because of drunk drivers.
Each year 17,000 people fall to their death.
3,000 deaths a year are caused by accidental drowning.
3,000 women a year die of spousal abuse.
2,000 children are killed every year by their parents, through abuse and neglect.
(A child is 800 times more likely to be killed by their adult caretaker than by a pitbull).
On average there are 32 deaths per year caused by dog attacks. There are 74.5 million dogs in the United States. It is at least a hundred thousand times more likely that a "Pitbull" will be killed by a HUMAN, than the other way around.
If you want to know more about pitbulls and their suitability for your family check out the following websites www.badrap.org
or www.pbrc.net. As well I am available to answer questions: email@example.com 530-272-8833
We invite you to come to Sammie's Friends Animal Shelter, 14647 Mc Courtney Road, Grass Valley and adopt our wonderful
pitties during this special month or any other time. We also have dogs of many other breeds, if a pit is not for you. And
don't forget our precious kitties. They need homes too. We are open Monday - Saturday from noon to 4 pm.
Cheryl Wicks is the Co-Founder and President of Sammie's Friends and the Director of Sammie's Friends @ Nevada County Animal Shelter
Thank you for helping Sammie's Friends raise awareness during National Pitbull Awareness Month.
We hope that you learned something new about this often misunderstood dog.
Check out these interesting facts about the Pitbulls that came through our shelter doors...
The bottom line... that is a lot of Pitbulls in Nevada County! Please help us keep them out of the shelter and in loving homes. Encourage your family and friends to spread the word about the importance of spay/neuter.
Tell them to visit our website for resources, assistance and spay/neuter info for Nevada County.
1,425 Pitbulls have come through our shelter doors since 2010.
609 were picked up as strays and returned to their families
731 were adopted to new families
41 went to other rescues
26 died (due to severe injuries/illness)
6 were euthanized (due to severe injuries/illness)
10 are still in our care or in foster
1 was stolen
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The Church Kneelers
This is one of the kneelers
There are many beautifully embroidered kneelers worked by members of St. Mary's Guild. The general theme is 'The Countryside', interpreted in terms of birds, animals, flowers, sports and buildings. Each kneeler has a rose emblem worked in one corner and many are dedicated to the memory of deceased loved ones; at the back of the church is a book recording the dedications and the names of the embroiderers. Visitors are recommended to make time to examine the kneelers in detail, not only as poignant memorials, but as fine works of art, each representing hundreds of hours of devoted craftsmanship.


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Metro officials are forecasting decreases in ridership and revenue next year, and officials are poring over the system's recent performance statistics for clues as to where to focus their efforts to curb the drop-off.
The projections for the coming budget, presented at Thursday's meeting of the Metro board finance committee, offered a less heartening picture than many board members had hoped. Budget staff members anticipate a 2.6 percent reduction — $20 million — in revenue from passenger trips in the fiscal year that begins July 1.
The ridership drop appears most dramatic for the system's bus network. While rail ridership in the first half of this fiscal year has increased slightly from the year before, bus ridership has fallen 8 percent.
The projected revenue decline puts more pressure on local jurisdictions to come up with the 3 percent increase in operating subsidies that General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld has requested, and for D.C., Maryland and Virginia to identify a source of long-term funding for the transit agency.
Budget staff said they're trying to be conservative in their projections, even as board members poked at the numbers, looking to find cause for optimism. But Dennis Anosike, Metro's chief financial officer, said the agency is seeking to avoid past mistakes — chiefly, painting too rosy a picture in ridership projections.
"We're taking a more prudent approach, in terms of what we're presuming or expecting for ridership this year," Anosike said.
Metro officials worry that a White House effort to limit the size of the federal government or institute a hiring freeze could hurt their attemptsto win back daily commuters. And they reiterated all the usual factors that have in recent years instilled occasional gloom about future ridership: the rise of ride-share, increasingly flexible work schedules and telework opportunities for the region's residents, and low gas prices.
They're also worry that a recent change in the federal tax codes, which eliminates corporate write-offs for subsidizing employees' transit costs, could contribute to ridership woes.
[Jan. 2018: With new tax law, will employers continue to subsidize your commute?]
"To the extent that we can exceed our expectations, that would be a good thing. But as far as next year, the idea of making more aggressive assumptions would put us at a disadvantage," Anosike said. "We're trying to be a little bit more careful and a lot more thoughtful."
Projections showing a particularly dramatic decline in bus ridership comport with new performance data presented at Thursday's board meeting. The data offered a mixed bag of successes and shortcomings for the system.
For example, when it came to rail performance from July to December 2017, Metro logged significant progress. There were no recorded arcing-related fires in November or December. On-time performance, based on MyTripTime data, improved dramatically from the same six-month period in the previous fiscal year: 87 percent of trips between July and December 2017 were considered "on-time," at least by Metro's standards, compared with 66 percent from the same period the year before.
And Metro surpassed its target for rail fleet reliability, cutting nearly in half the number of offloads due to rail car problems compared to the year before.
But, when it came to bus service, reliability and safety struggled. On-time performance fell slightly below Metro's target, and bus fleet reliability took a significant tumble from last year, from an average of 8,039 miles between failures to 7,504 miles between failures.
That decline was primarily caused by concerns about a defect in one of Metro's newest fleet of buses, which caused the entire series of more than 100 vehicles to be temporarily taken out of service. Metro was forced to bring some older buses out of semiretirement to keep routes going in the interim.
The number of injuries logged for both bus passengers and bus operators also increased this fiscal year, due in part to assaults on drivers and an increase in the number of collisions between buses and other vehicles.
Board member Robert Lauby summarized the situations thusly: Lackluster bus performance is likely driving the ridership slump.
"I'd suggest you concentrate on some of these issues that affect bus ridership," Lauby said.
Still, other board members offered suggestions for increasing revenue, even if ridership stays flat.
Finance committee chair Michael Goldman said Metro should consider finding a way to charge Uber and Lyft for pickups that take place at transit stations, akin to the taxes that are levied on ride-share vehicles that pick up passengers at some airports around the country.
"Let's see whether we can develop any kind of revenue-raising from ride-hailing services," Goldman said. "This seems to be an emerging trend, and I'd like you to consider the pros and cons . . . of joining in, like airports do."
Goldman also reiterated calls for Metro to sell naming rights to stations or other properties. (The opportunity could be ripe, he joked, for renaming a set of subway tracks "the Amazon HQ-2 line.")
Board member David Horner said there are other innovative ways for Metro to wring more revenue from the system.
"I think the board and others have some fantastic ideas that we could use" to direct a surge of cash into the system, Horner said. He didn't elaborate on those ideas, but he said they "could be the salvation of (Metro's) financial future."
But with the Metro board scheduled to vote on a final version of the budget in coming weeks, board member Christian L. Dorsey advised his counterparts that they need to bring those solutions to the table as soon as possible.
"Board members have to unearth these ideas in the next week," Dorsey said.
[April 2017: As Metro eyes privatization, inspiration comes from Boston's subway]


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Police Confirm Death Of Quinton Wendell Baxter
The police have now confirmed the death of 59-year-old Westgate prisoner Quinton Wendell Baxter.
In March of this year, Baxter pleaded guilty to multiple indecent assaults on young males in the 1970s and 1980s.
A police spokesperson said, "The Bermuda Police Service can now confirm the death of 59-year-old Quinton Wendell Baxter and extends condolences to his family.
"Around 11:30pm Saturday July 1st Mr. Baxter was found in an unresponsive state and later pronounced dead – despite lifesaving efforts – while an inmate at the Westgate Correctional Facility.
"A police led investigation continues regarding the circumstances of Mr. Baxter's death."