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- Rachel Pool
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I have the dream, now what?
How do you go from the vision in your heart to a tangible realization of it? After you dream and plan, and flesh out the dream, what is the next step? How do you turn it into a workable idea people will invest in? How do you take it from paper to the community?
My dreams and visions, ideas and concepts seem so huge in comparison to my ability to realize them. As a single mother without many resources, how should I proceed? How can I set an example to others in my position that maybe you don't have to have many resources to get your dream off the ground?
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Nov 12 2012: Well, I'll definitely need more than one sentence then. :)
To give you a better idea, I'll describe it a bit, and maybe it'll help me figure out the clearest way to express my vision.
The Imaginarium is a great big museum where people of all ages can come to freely immerse themselves in a magical and whimsical world. The building itself and everything in it is beautiful and interesting, and everything from the floors to the doorknobs, to the art on the walls, to the panes of the windows are meant to be touched, explored, and played with. It's like stepping into a tangible representation of your own imagination. In the main lobby there are a series of doors, each of which leads to a different world. An ornately handcrafted wrought iron door with a clef note handle leads to the hall of music where you can play every manner of instrument. A heavy wooden door with a carved tree leads to an enchanted playland, where you can climb a beanstalk into a loft of clouds and pick play apples off realistic trees. You can watch a fairytale theater or slay a dragon and rescue the damsel in the tower of the scaleable tower. Behind another door is a Da Vinci style workshop, where (with qualified supervision) you can build a shelf, a box, or even a chair from sustainable and reclaimed wood. You can turn the lever on the wall of huge interconnecting wooden gears, or you can explore the workings of a recreation of Da Vinci's flying machines. Another leads to an atrium where you can learn how to grow plants and produce, hands on demonstrations of compost, vermiculture, and sustainable agriculture. You can even decorate a flower pot, plant a seed, and take it home. Yet another leads to the art exhibit, where you can try your hand at sculpting, painting, express your artistic vision on a graffiti wall, or add to the vast and ever changing communal art mural. I haven't even mentioned the observatory, the walkabout, or the games and sculptures on the grounds. It's incredible. :D
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Do Grown-Ups Really Need to Drink Milk?
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Should grown-ups be drinking milk at all, much less the milk of another species?
Mammals are named after the milk-producing glands that developed as a way to feed babies, but only humans continue drinking mammary secretions after infancy -- and no other species drinks the milk of another. Today, dairy consumption is at the center of several interconnected social, economic, and health crises. Maybe it's time to reconsider our relationship with dairy.
"Every time the milk truck pulls in, more money leaves the farm," says Philip Ranny, a seventh-generation Vermont dairy farmer so in debt he's decided to sell his herd. Across the country, farmers are going bankrupt, cashing in their IRAs, and selling their herds to slaughter because a crash in the price of milk has left them earning less for their milk than it costs to produce it.
And while wholesale prices have dropped by half, retail prices have remained relatively steady. That's been good business for distributors like Dean Foods, which controls about 70 percent of the milk production in Vermont. Its dairy subsidiary reported $182 million in operating income in the first quarter of 2009, 39% more than it earned in the first quarter of 2008, when wholesale milk prices were strong.
Increased supply and decreased demand are both weighing on the price. One factor that affects both sides of the equation is rBGH, a genetically engineered hormone that increases milk production when injected into cows. While rBGH has helped increase supply by boosting production, it's hurt demand by shutting export markets like Canada and the EU, which don't allow milk from rBGH cows for health concerns.
So controversial even Monsanto got out of the business (selling the patent to drug maker Eli Lilly), rBGH causes increased levels of carcinogenic Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-1) in milk. Due to domestic consumer rejection of rBGH milk, many retailers, like Starbucks and Chipotle's, have pledged not to use rBGH in their products. When large distributers pool milk from rBGH and non-rBGH cows, it disqualifies the whole lot from export.
Public fear of rBGH has helped sales of organic milk, which is required by law to be rBGH-free. But organic dairies have problems of their own.
About 20 large industrial dairies, milking 1,500-7,000 cows each, produce roughly 40% of the nation's organic milk. Under the Bush administration, USDA repeatedly looked the other way as large corporate agribusinesses violated federal standards while jumping on the organic bandwagon.
The poster child for this regulatory failure is Aurora Farms, which operates five factory farms in Colorado and Texas and supplies the store-brand organic milk to Wal-Mart, Target, Safeway, Costco and other national chains. In 2007, Aurora was found to have "willfully" violated numerous organic regulations by USDA investigators, but the company appallingly mild sanctions -- including zero dollars in fines -- from USDA appointees who rejected staff recommendations calling for revocation of Aurora's organic certification.
On July 16 in West Salem, Wisconsin, nearly 200 organic dairy farmers and supporters gathered at the La Crosse County Fair to grab the attention of one of the fair's marquee attendees, USDA chief Tom Vilsack. They urged Vilsack to take action against factory farms that are saturating the organic market with non-organic milk, taking advantage of organic's price advantage without incurring the expenses associated by following the rules -- like feeding certified organic grain to their cattle.
"I commit to you that we will enforce the rules," Vilsack told the crowd. But even if Vilsack becomes the guardian angel of organic dairy, the elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about will continue farting its dairy-fueled stink-bombs.
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Hi, my name is Faith. I am FOCUS North America's first intern. Welcome to my blog. For my first blog, I want to let people know why I decided to volunteer.
One verse that has meant a lot to me recently is "He must increase, but I must decrease" John 3:30 (NKJV). Often I get so wrapped up in myself with my problems and my needs. However, my life shouldn't be about me. Christ must increase in my life, and I must root out this selfishness that lies within me.
The gospels teach us that, "He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal" John 12:25 (NKJV). To achieve this, one doesn't have to give up everything and everyone he loves and become this gloomy, sour-faced christian. In contrast, to do this one must be joyful and passionate. However, the joy and passion can't come from a sense of possesion. The joy and passion has to come from the belief that everything and everyone we have in our lives is a gift from God. When we come to this point, we realize that we can't nor should we hold onto anything. We have to live in the beauty of the moment and be willing to submit to the circumstances that God has placed us in instead of being bitter and clinging to something that was never ours in the first place.
The gospels also tell us to love our neighbors and to love the least of these (the people society scorns and ridicules). It is so easy to say we love people. However, what happens most is that we love the people who love us or who are kind to us. The gospel makes it very clear that this is nothing special. Even evil people love those who love them.
The gospels call us to a higher love. We must love and take care of the needy and destitute (physically, emotionally, and spiritually). We have to see the image of God in everyone. The Orthodox believe that God created man in his image and that image can never truly disappear. There might be people who because of the choices they made are hated and reviled. However, deep down that image of Christ is still in them. When we do something to take care of them or respect them, we are doing that to Christ himself.
Honesty, I haven't quite achieved these virtues in my life. I am quick to judge and slow to love. I believe that by working with FOCUS North America, I can grow in these areas and "work out my salvation with fear and trembling." (Phillipians 2:12).
Another reason why I am volunteering with FOCUS North America is that it will be exciting to see Orthodox Christians in America uniting together to serve the needy and destitute in America. We are in a new age of Orthodoxy in America.
I am blessed to be with FOCUS North America in its infancy, and I have visions and dreams of what it will accomplish on all levels through Christ in the next few years.
My last reason for volunteering deals with personal growth. I am a small town girl. I lived most of my life in a town of 30,000 and have never lived in a city larger than 100,000.
From what I am told, the metropolitan area of Kansas City has around 2 million people. This is quite scary for me. I know nothing about living in such a big area. Public transportation is quite frightening for me. Through this internship, I hope to learn to go beyond my comfort zone and become independent in a large city.
These are my main reasons for volunteering at FOCUS North America, and I hope that you will continue to drop by my blog and join me on my spiritual and personal journey.


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We've been telling you about the problems plaguing the Detroit Fire Department, including cutbacks in money and manpower. Now city officials in Hamtramck are proposing a partnership."We cannot continue to provide the same level of service with the financial resources that we have today," said Nevrus Nazarko, Hamtramck's finance director and acting city manager.So he is doing the next logical thing. He is searching for ways Hamtramck can generate new revenue, and he's proposing a plan that he believes will save his city from devastating cuts while also helping the City of Detroit."We are offering to take over, providing fire services in an adjacent area that encompasses Hamtramck."Nazarko estimates covering that three square miles bordering Hamtramck costs Detroit $4 million."I believe that we can provide services, a better level of service, for less money."That's exactly how he hopes to sell this plan to decision makers in Detroit. He said Hamtramck has a lot to gain, as well."We're going to cover our costs and provide better service."So what do people in the neighborhoods affected have to say? Here's what we heard on the Detroit side."I really [wouldn't] care if they came from Hamtramck or Detroit as long as they came.""It doesn't really matter to me who [responds] to putting the fire out."There were some questions, however."If they've got a fire over there, how would they have time to get to a fire over here?"Nazarko said if Detroit and Hamtramck reach a deal, he is prepared to hire more firefighters, including some who may be facing layoffs in Detroit.While the plan may sound good to some, the real question is will it have the same appeal inside Detroit City Hall?"I have a firm belief that ... it would be something that benefits both of the cities," Nazarko said.Nazarko will go before Detroit City Council Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m. to give them more specifics about the plan.
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Hello. I'm Gwynne Young, President of The Florida Bar.
The 2013 legislative session is now just weeks away. The Florida Bar is already meeting with members of the Legislature and monitoring the interim committee meetings. Again this year, adequate funding for Florida's courts will be our number one priority.
Bar leaders participated in the annual Judicial Branch Leadership meeting last month, joining with justices, chief judges, leadership of the court budget commissions and of the judicial conferences and chairpersons of key court committees. We will continue to coordinate with the Office of State Courts Administrator to provide information to the legislature, the public and Bar members about the financial needs of our state courts.
Throughout the upcoming legislative session, the Bar is committed to increased communications with the membership. You will soon receive a letter by email and published in the Bar NEWS outlining the Bar's advocacy efforts, and announcing a weekly website update which will be posted with talking points on key issues, links to bills and to legislators, and other valuable information.
With the new year, the Chief Justice and The Florida Bar celebrate outstanding pro bono contributions by Bar members, a judge, a young lawyer, a voluntary bar and a law firm. In 2011-2012, Florida lawyers provided 1.67 million hours of pro bono services to those in need and contributed $4.8 million to legal aid organizations.
Congratulations to all of this year's pro bono award recipients and thank you to all of the members of The Florida Bar who do pro bono work and support legal aid.
I particularly want to congratulate this year's Tobias Simon award recipient, Jeanne Trudeau Tate of Tampa. Presented by the Chief Justice, the award recognizes extraordinary contributions by Florida lawyers in making legal services available to the poor. Ms. Tate donated hundreds of hours as a volunteer, pro bono attorney and mentor to legal services staff and she is also a financial contributor to Bay Area Legal Services.
In closing, I encourage you to connect with The Florida Bar via Facebook and Twitter. Both social media programs provide current information about
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19 U.S. Code § 3106 - Review of trade agreement implementation by Trade Representative
(a) In general
(1) In conducting the annual analysis under section 181(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2241), the Trade Representative shall review the operation and effectiveness of—
(A) each trade agreement negotiated by reason of this chapter that is in force with respect to the United States; and
(2) In each review conducted under paragraph (1), the Trade Representative shall determine whether any act, policy, or practice of the foreign country that has entered into the agreement described in paragraph (1)—
(b) Review factors
(1) In conducting reviews under subsection (a) of this section, the Trade Representative shall consider any evidence of actual patterns of trade (including United States exports to a foreign country of telecommunications products and services, including sales and services related to those products) that do not reflect patterns of trade which would reasonably be anticipated to flow from the concessions or commitments of such country based on the international competitive position and export potential of such products and services.
(c) Action in response to affirmative determination
(1) Any affirmative determination made by the Trade Representative under subsection (a)(2) of this section with respect to any act, policy, or practice of a foreign country shall, for purposes of chapter 1 of title III of the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2411 et seq.], be treated as an affirmative determination under section 304(a)(1)(A) of such Act [19 U.S.C. 2414 (a)(1)(A)] that such act, policy, or practice violates a trade agreement.
(2) In taking actions under section 301 [19 U.S.C. 2411] by reason of paragraph (1), the Trade Representative shall first take those actions which most directly affect trade in telecommunications products and services with the priority foreign country referred to in paragraph (1), unless the Trade Representative determines that actions against other economic sectors would be more effective in achieving compliance by the foreign country with the trade agreement that is the subject of the affirmative determination made under subsection (a)(2) of this section.
Source(Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1377,Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1222.)
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sedgwick county is now the first county in Kansas to allow concealed weapons inside its county buildings.
The change comes after a four to one vote at Wednesday's county commission meeting, and one week after District Attorney Nola Foulston hand-delivered a letter urging leaders to reject the resolution.
Since January 2007, Kansas citizens who meet the requirements, and go through a training class, have been allowed to carry concealed guns in most public places across the state.
Until Wednesday Sedgwick County offices were not included.
"We don't have the right to restrict the rights of the people, based on a whim or public opinion," said Richard Ranzau, Sedgwick County Commissioner.
Commissioner Ranzau lead the charge to change the law.
During Wednesday morning's meeting, he also called out Foulston in the process, whose hand-delivered letter said changing the law, "Does not advance public safety and welfare."
"I find it particularly troubling when elected officials who have sworn an oath to the state of Kansas and the constitution, make public statements that are false and misleading in regards to this resolution," said Ranzau.
"The public does not need to justify to you or me, or any member of the government why they need to carry a weapon."
Commissioner Tim Norton disagreed, pointing out it is not about justification, it is about equalization. If state offices do not allow guns, he says county offices should not either.
"It's interesting to me that the legislation came out of Topeka, yet their own offices in our community are posted to not allow guns," said Norton.
Norton was in the minority.
Even though commissioners gave the go-ahead to carry concealed weapons in all Sedgwick county facilities, most say the public probably will not notice the change.
"I don't think the public will feel or notice much of anything on this," said Steve Claassen, Sedgwick county facilities director.
Commissioners passed the resolution by a vote of 4 to 1.
The change went into effect Wednesday, but does exclude 27 Sedgwick county businesses and offices, including the Sedgwick county courthouse, juvenile facilities and Intrust Bank Arena.


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In the Theater District and within a 3-minute walk of Times Square, this hotel features a fitness center and a concierge service. Rockefeller Center is a short walk away.
Score from 2525 reviews Good
The Hotel at Times Square is a 3 minute walk from a subway station and 6 minutes from Rockefeller Center. It features a 24-hour gym, bar and rooms with free Wi-Fi.
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Hilton Garden Inn New York/Midtown Park AvenueLocated just a 5-minute walk from the Empire State Building, this Manhattan hotel features an on-site fitness center. Free Wi-Fi access is available.
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Broadway at Times Square HotelThis New York hotel is steps from Times Square. It is 2 blocks from the 49th Street subway station and features a 24-hour gym, daily continental breakfast and rooms with free Wi-Fi.
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Great location, reception staff very friendly, ready to help at anytime, wifi was fine when needed, rooms clean and comfortable. Definitely be back.
very minor issue was lack of plugs, but we managed
Location was good.
Could not sleep due to extremely LOUD HUMMING NOISE from outside Room. Overall very poor quality for money. Very disappointing Hotel!
The central location is wonderful. There are delis right next door. Very clean.
No parking. Loud A.C.
great location, very friendly staff and really enjoyed it. Recommend!
Staff/front desk friendly and helpful.
Hotel a good price as it is in an excellent location. Reception staff are friendly and helpful. Rooms are clean and comfortable. Great deli just next door
There is no fridge in the room.
Slow lifts
Room very small, particularly bathroom. Overall very scruffy. Very noisy - no proper glazing. Air conditioning unit extremely noisy and dangerously installed. Lifts poor. Luggage storage in prepay lockers only. Hotel as a whole gives air of requiring major renovation.
Cleanliness of hotel, location is fantastic, Joey at the front desk is so very helpful and was ready to help with any questions we had. Wifi is great as was required for work.
Our only dislikes and these were very minor were would have been nice to have a safe in the room and maybe a mini fridge.
The St. James hotel is located in Time Square, near the theaters and the action. Small, clean rooms. They were nice enough to get us into our room 4 hours early so we could begin our sight seeing. Friendly staff. Nice lobby area. Lamps needed light bulbs and they immediately replaced them. Price was reasonable compared to other hotels, even tho the rooms are small.
Elevator is small and we almost never used it because it took FOREVER to pick us up.
Location & clean rooms
Hotel room was clean.
The staff weren't very helpful. In the end they honor your requests but make you work for it!
Cozy, easy access both inside and outside. Fast friendly front desk.
Not the cleanest room in New York. Window air conditioning unit very loud and not too effective even though it wasn't a super hot night outside.
I did my research prior to making the booking and knew that the hotel was not five star itself. What was fabulous was the location, the rooms were very generous and Joey the concierge went to great efforts to make sure we were welcome. As a family of five adults travelling together, we thought it was good value for money.
Great Location at Times Sq Helpful staff
Noisy air conditioning No coffee making facilites
Location, location, location!
Coffee downstairs would have been nice.
The location of this hotel is superb. You step out and you are on Times Square and Theatre District. The staff was very very friendly with a smile always and greeting us everytime we walked down the lobby.
the beds were amazing
wifi signal wasnt great, but it was free
dated decor
I loved that we are in the heart if Times Square. Easy walking to where we wanted to go. The room was small and average but clean. For someone with quick turn around...perfect. I could not spend long stay but for over night or two. Perfect!
Excellent location! Free Wifi that works well in the rooms. Excellent value! Great little cafe next door. Friendly staff.
No ice machine. You can hear the street noise. No extra amenities like coffee in the rooms. But non of that really matters when you have the great location and price.
The Location was wonderful. I came to visit NY not a hotel. The Staff was wonderful. I wanted to stay in an older more nostalgic Hotel and this was the place. My room was clean and the bed was comfortable.
$5 to leave luggage for the day after we had checked out. Wifi was spotty.
Location for theater 2nd floor could use the stairs Wifi worked well on 2nd floor
Room 203 overlooked scaffolding junk--just kept blind down
Location, Location and Location.
I wish there was a mini refrigerator and a microwave. I take insulin injections and it requires refrigeration, also having cold bottle water to drink would have been a plus (do not worry, I can buy my own water) LOL The water pressure when showering was not good. Also, room service was poor, had to call every day after 1-2PM to request room service/towels. Having extra electrical plugs in the walls would have been very helpful but o well.
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Charles Tillman | CB | Chicago Bears
Posted: 3/14/2014 10:51pm et
The Chicago Bears re-signed CB Charles Tillman to a one-year contract Friday, March 14. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Huddle Up: Tillman failed to generate much interest on the open market, so he'll be back ball-hawking in Chicago.
Posted: 2/20/2014 1:36pm et
Chicago Bears CB Charles Tillman said he thinks the team wants him to return in 2014. Tillman does not have the impression the team does not want him back. "No, I don't think that's the case," Tillman said. "I don't think that they don't want me back. Hell, I know they want me back. I think it's a matter of finances and everything working out."
Huddle Up: Tillman soon will turn 33 and is coming off a season in which he played in only half of the team's games, so there have to be some reservations. Still, it sounds like the Bears could bring the veteran back at a price more to their liking.
Posted: 10/31/2013 5:19pm et
Chicago Bears CB Charles Tillman (knee) is likely to play in the team's Week 9 game against the Green Bay Packers, according to head coach Marc Trestman.
Huddle Up: Tillman, who has 3 interceptions and a pair of forced fumbles so far this season, is hoping the Week 8 bye was just what he needed to get closer to full health.
Posted: 10/21/2013 2:55pm et
Chicago Bears head coach Marc Trestman said CB Charles Tillman (knee) will be reevaluated after the team's Week 8 bye.
Huddle Up: Tillman has been disappointing in IDP leagues because of nagging injuries. Hopefully the bye will help.
Posted: 10/18/2013 5:28pm et
Chicago Bears CB Charles Tillman (knee) was limited in practice Friday, Oct. 18, and is questionable.
Huddle Up: Tillman, who sat out Wednesday's practice, was a limited participant the past 2 days and likely should be able to give it a go in D.C. Double check The Huddle's Game-Day Inactives, Injuries and Weather Report on Sunday morning to make sure.
Posted: 10/16/2013 8:22pm et
Chicago Bears CB Charles Tillman (knee) is expected to play in Week 7 against the Washington Redskins despite sitting out practice Wednesday, Oct. 16, according to head coach Marc Trestman. 'He's expected to play,' Trestman said. 'We're going to ease him in this week and give him a little more (Thursday) and Friday, but he's feeling good and we expect him to play.'
Huddle Up: This isn't the end of the world for Pierre Garcon owners. Tillman hasn't exactly been shutting down receivers this season and the Bears' defense overall isn't the same dominant unit it has been in year's past. The bigger problem for Garcon is the inconsistent play of his quarterback, Robert Griffin. Still, Chicago's defense is much better with Tillman than without him.
Posted: 10/14/2013 6:40pm et
Chicago Bears LB James Anderson (back) and CB Charles Tillman did not participate in practice Monday, Oct. 14. The team is optimistic that Tillman can play Week 7 after having to sit out Week 6.
Huddle Up: IDPers beware. Keep an eye on Tillman's status throughout the week.
Posted: 10/10/2013 8:29pm et
Chicago Bears CB Charles Tillman (knee) is inactive for the team's Week 6 game against the New York Giants Thursday, Oct. 10. CB Zackary Bowman will replace Tillman and start opposite CB Tim Jennings. Tillman had appeared in 55 straight games, including the playoffs, but he's expected to return in Week 7.
Huddle Up: Eli Manning and the 0-5 Giants are in desperate need of some breaks, and not having to face the Bears' top cover man certainly counts in this category. See if Victor Cruz, Hakeem Nicks and Rueben Randle, et al can take advantage.
Posted: 10/8/2013 11:33pm et
Chicago Bears CB Charles Tillman (knee) and S Anthony Walters (hamstring) would not have participated in practice Tuesday, Oct. 8. The team took part in a walk through.
Huddle Up: Tillman has been sidelined so far this short week but the veteran still has a shot to play against the Giants' talented-but-slumping WR corps Thursday night. See how things look 24 hours from now.
Posted: 9/26/2013 8:16pm et
Chicago Bears CB Charles Tillman (knee, groin), CB Sherrick McManis (quadriceps) and DT Henry Melton (knee) did not practice Thursday, Sept. 26. Melton will not play in Week 4.
Huddle Up: That's 2 missed practices in 2 days for Tillman, but the Bears are hopeful he'll be able to get in some work Friday and play Sunday vs. Calvin Johnson and the Lions.
Posted: 9/26/2013 10:59am et
Chicago Bears CB Charles Tillman will not be matched up against Detroit Lions WR Calvin Johnson for the entire game in Week 4. 'As of now I'm just on the right side,' Tillman said.
Huddle Up: Whatever the Bears have been doing in the secondary hasn't worked particularly well, as evidenced by A.J. Green's 9-162-2 and Antonio Brown's 9-196-2. So they may want to shake it up for the upcoming meeting with Megatron.
Posted: 9/22/2013 7:56pm et
Chicago Bears CB Charles Tillman (knee) is active for the Week 3 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Huddle Up: Get him in your IDP lineups.


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A Sioux City man will be in court Thursday after an incident outside Sioux City's Nodland Elementary School late last week.
Police say 42-year-old Jimmy Murphy is charged with disorderly conduct.
He was arrested Friday, after a custody dispute at the school with staff members.
School officials say at no point, were students in danger.
An automated message went out to parents on Saturday to reassure them their children were safe.
Murphy was released on bond.
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UPDATE: The Experiment worked well. This will be the only thread for politics permanently.
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This is a 30 day experiment.
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Jeff Gordon's wife Ingrid Vandebosch is pregnant with their second child, the NASCAR star announced on Thursday. Read more on Gordon's baby news below.
NASCAR's Jeff Gordon and his wife Ingrid Vandebosch are expecting their second child, the racing pro announced on his Web site Thursday.
"Ingrid and I wanted to be the first to tell you … the exciting news that Ingrid is 12 weeks pregnant and expecting our second child," the racer, 38, wrote. "We're very excited and can't wait to expand our family to four. Ella is also very excited and can't stop talking about how much she's looking forward to being a big sister."
Jeff Gordon and Ingrid Vandebosch, a model and actress, married in Nov. 2006 and have a daughter named Ella Sofia, who is 2 years-old.
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When I see large, beautiful eggplants in season now, I think of one of my husband's favorite dishes, Eggplant Parmesan. It usually takes time to prepare. I created this quick version so we could have it more often.
Cutting the eggplant into small pieces helps it to cook and absorb the sauce flavor in only 20 minutes. Add microwaved brown rice to complete this quick dinner.
This meal contains 656 calories per serving with 34 percent of calories from fat.
Brown rice side dish: Heat a package of microwaveable brown rice according to directions. Measure out 1 1/2 cups (save the rest for another use), and mix it with 2 teaspoons olive oil and salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. Makes 2 servings.
Fred Tasker's wine tip: With all those cheeses, this would go well with a nice, big California chardonnay.
Helpful hints
• Use a skillet or casserole that can be placed under the broiler for a few minutes.
Minced garlic can be found in jars in the produce department.
• Heat broiler.
• Start Eggplant Parmesan.
• While eggplant cooks, microwave rice and mix ricotta and Parmesan together.
• Complete eggplant dish.
Shopping list
Here are the ingredients you'll need for tonight's Dinner in Minutes.
To buy: 3/4 pound eggplant, 1 package chopped frozen onion, 1 container minced garlic, 1 can low-sodium crushed tomatoes, 1 bottle hot pepper sauce, 1 container part-skim milk ricotta cheese, 1 container grated Parmesan cheese, 1 bunch fresh basil, 1 package microwaveable brown rice.
Staples: Vegetable oil spray, olive oil, skim milk, salt and black peppercorns.
Linda Gassenheimer is the author, most recently, of "Fast and Flavorful: Great Diabetes Meals from Market to Table." Her website is dinnerinminutes.com. Follow her on Twitter @lgassenheimer.


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Libraries to Close for One Day, October 11
The Metropolitan Library System libraries will be closed for one day, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, so the employees can attend MLS's annual Staff Development Day.
Libraries will resume normal hours on Tuesday, Oct. 12.
The Metropolitan Library System of Oklahoma County includes 12 libraries and five extension libraries. Libraries include Belle Isle, Capitol Hill, Ralph Ellison, Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library and Southern Oaks in Oklahoma City, as well as Bethany, Choctaw, Del City, Edmond, Midwest City, Village and Warr Acres. Extensions are located in the communities of Harrah, Jones, Luther and Nicoma Park and include Wright Library in Oklahoma City. You can also reach us at www.metrolibrary.org.


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X-Men facts you'll only know if you're a nerdby Lunchbox
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Liberation Tea and Anti-Oppressive Practice Skills Group
Are you a justice seeker who would like more tools, support, community, and mentorship in your anti-oppressive human service work?
Who we are: Liberation Tea is a gathering for Portland-based social workers (and other human service workers) to meet in supportive community with the opportunity to learn, practice and develop different skills and tools in justice-centered practice. We offer tea, community and a safe, supportive space to share and grow in our practice. Join us monthly as we meet to explore a different area of anti-oppressive social work, offering relevant, useful and meaningful tools to support our work.
About Liberation Tea: This ongoing community skills group offers the opportunity for folks to deepen their understanding of, and skill with, the tools of anti-oppressive human service work: sharpening ourselves as tools of justice, anti-oppressive language (using language to shift consciousness), intentional communication, radical theories and culturally diverse wisdom that brings justice to the center of our work, deconstructionism and consciousness raising, critical dialogue, activism, embodiment, power-with, justice centered mentorship, peer supervision/allyship, self-reflection, an evolving understanding of justice, oppression and privilege (and out relationship with them)…and much more. Skillful use of these tools are some of the many ways for human service workers to actively co-create justice, challenge injustice and ultimately support the crucial, imperative work of transformation and liberation so deeply needed in our world.
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How long until all of Atlanta is unemployed?
i'll be in georgia around this time
however i don't have a car or a license anymore
Pfft The Varsity is overrated.
Best place to eat/drink is Taco Mac!
oh hey I will be in atlanta around this time.
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Birch Bay community plan on tonight�s agenda
�It�s nice to see it happening. We�ve been doing this for three years,� said Kathy Berg, vice-chair of the Birch Bay Steering Committee.
She�s talking about the Birch Bay community plan, A 2020 Look to the Future, which highlights population and housing, incorporation, land use, and other issues. It represents three years� work involving more than 2,000 people in the county, and built on previous planning efforts in economic development and shoreline improvement initiated by the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce.The plan will be discussed at tonight�s Whatcom County planning commission meeting, where it will be considered for final action.
If the planning commission takes final action this evening, the plan will be introduced at the February 24 county council meeting, said Sylvia Goodwin, the manager for the county�s planning and services division. The council planning and development committee will then meet and decide whether or not to recommend a council hearing on the plan, and whether they want to further discuss the Ellen Shea project � a proposed retreat on Birch Point requiring a 10-acre rezone, she said. If a public hearing is held, the earliest date would be is March 23.
The Birch Bay steering committee will next meet on Wednesday, February 25 at 7 p.m. at the Birch Bay fire station on Birch Bay - Lynden Road.
�We�ll be talking more about the project and the donation,� Berg said, referring to the recent $338,000 land donation made by Malibu Associates to Birch Bay. The committee has narrowed down a group of projects they plan to implement through that donation, specifically a public restroom and parking lot area on Birch Bay Drive. For a copy of the Birch Bay plan, visit online at www.smartgrowthbirchbay.org.


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Press Release
May 25, 2012
Marcus Mrowka
202-531-0689 (cell)
Educators, Leaders, Community Announce New Collaborative Education
Reform Agreement in Cleveland
"This is a powerful example of what is possible when the entire community—educators, parents, elected officials and businesses—commit to collaboration over confrontation," says the AFT's Weingarten.
WASHINGTON— Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten lauding the announcement of landmark collaborative education reform in Cleveland by the Cleveland Teachers Union and state and local leaders:
"This agreement is a powerful example of what is possible when the entire community—educators, parents, elected officials and businesses—commit to collaboration over confrontation. And it stands in stark contrast to efforts by special interests and politicians like Mitt Romney, who seek to demonize teachers and divide the people who work most closely with kids every day from students, parents and the community.
"While the path was not always easy, Cleveland Teachers Union President David Quolke and Mayor Frank Jackson remained committed to working together on creating reforms that focus on truly improving teaching and learning. By working together, engaging parents and the community, and respecting their shared responsibility for educating Cleveland's kids, educators and leaders in Ohio were able to reach an agreement that:
- Protects and enhances the voice teachers have in building a high-quality education system;
- Encourages educators and the community to bring new ideas to the table;
- Strengthens college- and career-readiness programs;
- Commits to collaborative efforts to turn around low-performing schools; and
- Ensures that taxpayer-supported charter schools have the same high level of accountability as other public schools.
"This agreement offers a clear path forward to strengthen Cleveland's public schools and ensure Cleveland's children are prepared for the demands of the 21st century."
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The AFT represents 1.5 million pre-K through 12th-grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school-related personnel; higher education faculty and professional staff; federal, state and local government employees; nurses and healthcare workers; and early childhood educators.


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Fringed Pyramid Favour Box | Martha Stewart
The lovely people from Confetti System created this absolutely adorable little favour box for Martha Stewart and I'm smitten. Don't be surprised if you hand these out at a party and people start stealing other people's favours! Now I need to find myself a pair of fringe scissors…
Fun Favor Boxes | Bijou Bride
These cute boxes remind me of hershey's kisses! Perfect for a wedding favor. Only draw back - I can see cutting out the boxes would drive you nuts, so if you were to try this for more than… fifty people, I would suggest starting early and spacing it out over a few nights/weeks!


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Getting to Honolulu involved a 20 1/2 hour flight, but as we regard any travelling as part of the holiday, it is seldom a problem. We flew with New Zealand Airways as we wanted to be well looked after. The staff is friendly and professional and the meals are good too. We flew with Qantas after disembarking from our cruise. We have used them many times and are always happy with their service.
All other transport was with local bus or train where possible, otherwise we used taxis. Catching the local busses and trains means you get to enjoy the company of the locals which is always worthwhile.
The Cruise itself was wonderful. We had 19 amazing days with 5 island stopovers. We embarked at Honolulu, then on to Maui, Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora and finally Sydney.
The things we liked best about the cruise, were the amazing staff, about whom we can't speak highly enough, the bountiful and tasty food, and the interesting lecturers/speakers. In particular Milos R and Dianna Booher who were both exceptional. We recommend you go to their sessions even if you are not really interested in their topic because they will surely have something to say of interest to you.The Hawaiian Heritage sessions were also excellent although don't bother trying to take the Kukui bead necklaces back to Australia as they will be confiscated by Customs.
There was nothing we didn't like about the cruise although some things were not as good as we have experienced on other cruises. For example, the movie theatre never shows latest release movies and the screen is the size you would show your home movies on. You can have more recent movies on your stateroom TV but you have to pay for them.
Amazingly,room service is 24/7 and FREE. It's wonderful to be able to order a lovely cup of tea early in the morning without having to get out of bed or a hamburger for a midnight feast.
The whole tone of the ship is very 5 star although sometimes the passengers forget where they are and appear in the cafes in their budgie smugglers (speedos). It's often easier for a passenger with more taste to declare in a loud voice, "Oh my goodness have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately?" then to leave it to the cruise staff to turn the passengers away from the buffet.
All in all we enjoyed a blissfully restful and stress free holiday. We would certainly cruise with Celebrity again.


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BREVARD -- In preparation of the Christmas holiday, several local organizations will play a one-of-a-kind role next month in helping to promote the holiday spirit.
On Saturday, Dec. 7, more than 49 Christian churches and ministries are inviting the community to "The Bible on Parade," a unique event, unlike any other in the United States.
"This is a 2-mile celebration of the birth of Christ," said Janna Hogan, pastor at Jesus is the Key in Melbourne. "It's proclaiming that Jesus is the reason for the season, and putting Christ back in Christmas, and not being afraid to say it."
The parade will begin at 2 p.m. at the Melbourne Auditorium, where it will take a 2-mile lap and display 66 books of the Bible, with people in Biblical costumes.
Since 1990, Ms. Hogan said that the parade has become a historic event for the city of Melbourne.
"This is a vision that God gave to me," she said. "It's faith on parade. We invite the community to come, at no cost to them."
The parade will make a complete loop and its route will pass through several senior living facilities and nursing homes.
The parade will pause to greet, pray and give a "Bible Bear" to each resident in attendance at various stops, including Hibiscus Court, Catalina Gardens Associate Brookshire and Avante.
The parade will then head down Bulldog Boulevard, toward the Heart Center at Holmes Regional Medical Center, where it will then turn onto Pineapple Avenue, pass the Melbourne Cancer Care Center and then head back to the auditorium.
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MANITOWOC, WI - (WHBL) Former Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan reached a plea deal with Manitowoc County prosecutors recently regarding a drunk driving incident earlier this year. According to court records, the deal had Ryan plead guilty to one charge of driving while drunk, and will result in the revocation of his license for eight months, use of an ignition interlock for 12 months, and a fine of 801-dollars.
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As I'm writing this article, the Miami Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays are close to a humongous trade that would make even the Red Sox and Dodgers general managers blush. The Marlins are set to send SPs Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson, SS Jose Reyes, C John Buck and UTIL Emilio Bonifacio to the Blue Jays for Ps Henderson Alvarez and Justin Nicolino, SS Yunel Escobar, 3B Adeiny Hechavarria and potentially other prospects.
Before I go batshit crazy on the Marlins, it is important to look at this deal from a baseball prospective in regards to what the Toronto Blue Jays are doing. Toronto has been searching for ways to compete with the likes of the Red Sox, Yankees, Rays and now the Orioles in the American League East for years. For all the things they've done well over the years (picking up Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion off the scrap heap, turning Brandon League into Brandon Morrow), they just haven't been able to compete on a yearly basis with the teams in their division.
Now, with the Red Sox in turmoil and upheaval and the Yankees trying to improvise on the fly, the Blue Jays want to believe that the time to strike is here. And this move literally accomplishes all of their off-season needs in one move.
With Escobar having worn out his welcome in Toronto and Kelly Johnson primed to hit the free agent market, the Blue Jays needed to find a new pair up the middle that could impact their line-up in front of Bautista and Encarnacion. They'll slot in Reyes, who managed to have a near-All-Star level type season despite being surrounded by nobody and having to bat third for the Marlins, at shortstop and a healthy Bonifacio, who can steal 60+ bases if playing a full season, at second. Those two at the top of the order with the likes of Bautista, Encarnacion, Brett Lawrie, Colby Rasmus, J.P. Arencibia and the emerging prospects of Travis d'Arnaud provide one of the deepest and most dynamic line-up in the American League.
Turn the attention now to the Blue Jays starting rotation, which was their main reason for not being able to piece together a more competitive 2012 campaign. They lost Brandon Morrow to injury in the middle of his strong season, and Ricky Romero inexplicably fell off the grid all together. The team will be able to infuse Josh Johnson, who in a down year struck out 165 batters in 191 innings with a 3.81 ERA to boot, and Mark Buehrle, who is a human Quality Start, along with what they hope to be a bounce-back effort from Romero and a return to health for Morrow. Does this trade make them the best rotation even in their own division? Probably not. But, they have added two legitimate arms that have led rotations in the past into a group that projects to be much improved from a year before.
Which brings us to the Miami Marlins.
I know I have ranted about this team in previous posts before. So excuse me if some of this feels repeated.
The owners of the Miami Marlins should not be allowed to operate a team. At all.
It's not that teams shouldn't allowed to make franchise-altering trades like this. Few people had an issue when the Red Sox decided it was time to reboot the franchise and shed payroll in order to start fresh. But with the Marlins, this is by all accounts at least the fourth time they've blown up the game plan to start over. The problem?
They're a franchise that hasn't even hit their 20th birthday yet. That means they're averaging a "new outlook" every four or five years.
This is a team that built a new stadium, spent a lot of money in free agency and brought in a new manager, except they still didn't draw and blamed that on the fan base. Really? Pull that move? Maybe it's hard to draw fans when you change your entire team every four fucking years!!!
In the history of the Marlins, last off-season was only the second time they spent serious money in free agency. The previous year in which they did so was the winter after the 2004 season, when they brought in the likes of Carlos Delgado and Paul Lo Duca to "set a new image of Marlins baseball". What does that off-season now have in common with this one? Both those players were New York Mets by Opening Day 2006. Long-term commitments to players that they either couldn't keep, or even worse, didn't want to keep.
Moving forward, what free agent will want to sign with the Marlins? Their historically a team that refuses to hand out no-trade clauses in contracts because they want to be able to have the "flexibility" to make moves similar to this one. So, they're forced to overpay for players to salaries that far exceed their abilities, which ultimately will lead to them getting traded for more prospects so they could "rebuild". I just don't understand how a professional organization, in sports or not, can function like this and be taken seriously. In fact, is anyone really taking the Marlins seriously anymore?
I am not a fan of the Miami Marlins. I still believe to this day that there are less than 12,000 true, die-hard Marlins fans. Why? Because what do they have to hang their hat on? What player have they had to call their own besides Jeff Conine? And what does that say about your franchise that Conine is the only player you can call a true Marlin? When you're always rebuilding, what legacy do you have to establish? They have to be the least-respected two-time champion over the last 20 years.
Think of the players the Marlins have "had" since their birth. Gary Sheffield. Edgar Renteria. Mike Piazza (remember that?). Miguel Cabrera. Josh Beckett. Ryan Dempster. A.J. Burnett. Al Leiter. Hanley Ramirez. Charles Johnson. Livan Hernandez. Derrek Lee. Mike Lowell. Cliff Floyd.
All of those players were Marlins in the prime of their careers. None of them lasted too long in Florida.
Really, a part of me wants to be glad that Jose Reyes' great plan of leaving my Mets for the Marlins because he felt more secure and at home with their contract offer has blown up in his face and he'll have to spend the next five years (theoretically) in Toronto. Part of me wants to be happy for the Blue Jays for clearly making possible a trade that will benefit their franchise for next year, and proves once and for all they're serious about contending in the uber-competitive East.
But really, all I feel is sick and disgusted that once again the owners and people in charge of the Marlins continue to prove that everything they do is a farce.
I'd call for the league to contract the Marlins. But they seemed to have done a fine job of that by themselves.


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Now back in the US, top junior rider Keegan Swenson (Cannondale) begins his quest for the junior-ex national title. First stop was Vail Lake, California followed by the Bonelli Park Pro XCT. Read Keegan's report below.
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After getting off the plane from Italy the
previous night I decided to go pre-ride the Kenda Cup Vail lake XC course
because I was planning on racing the XC on Sunday. Then I found out that I
could race short track, so I figured it would be a good opener to blow the
travel out of my legs�and it was. Hardest race I have done in a while. The legs
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Bonelli Park Pro XCT the following day!
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Saturday morning and made our way to Bonelli Park. After a solid warm up I was
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which I was pretty stoked about, as the course went to singletrack pretty quick
and it was nice to be able to pick my own lines on the rocky downhill. I
stacked it pretty hard on one of the descents but was able to collect myself
and keep on it. In the end I was stoked to be able to hold on for the win! Good
job to everyone out there racing! Congrats to my Cannondale teammate Alex for
taking 8th in the Pros! Next up was Super D, which Alex and Taylor
decided to race. They both crushed it, Taylor was 3rd and Alex was 6th.
On Sunday we again made our way up to Bonelli
Park for the short track event. It was kind of like a dirt crit, lots of
asphalt and grass. But lots of fun nonetheless. Race started out pretty fast,
and the lead group just took turns pulling at the front. With 1 lap to go I
decided to go to the front and try my luck, although a bit too early! I ended
up getting passed and finished 4th, with Shane taking the win. Once
again Alex had another great ride in the short track and finished 5th!
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Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr., (born Sept. 14, 1914, Springfield, Mass., U.S.—died Sept. 4, 1974, Washington, D.C.), American army officer, commander (1968–72) of all U.S. forces in Vietnam during the latter stages of the Vietnam War.
Abrams graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1936 and was commissioned into the cavalry. After service with the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Bliss, Texas, he joined the newly created 1st Armored Division and became captain in 1940. During World War II, as major and then lieutenant colonel, he commanded a tank battalion in the 4th Armored Division that participated in the Normandy Invasion and that led the sweep of Gen. George Patton's Third Army across western Europe. Abrams was publicly acknowledged by Patton for his mastery of tank warfare and twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, once for actions in France in September 1944 and once for actions in relieving besieged airborne units at Bastogne, Belg., during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. After the war he held a number of commands in Europe, attended various military command schools in the United States, and served as chief of staff for a succession of corps commanders in Korea.
In April 1967 Abrams, by then a four-star general and vice chief of staff of the army, was named deputy to Gen. William Westmoreland, head of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. On July 2, 1968, after Westmoreland was appointed army chief of staff, Abrams succeeded him as top commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theatre. In this position he implemented the Vietnamization policy of Pres. Richard M. Nixon, overseeing a reduction of U.S. combat troops from more than 500,000 to fewer than 30,000 and also directing an intensive training program for the army of South Vietnam. He was in charge of the U.S.–South Vietnamese incursion into Cambodia in 1970. In 1972 he was appointed army chief of staff in Washington, D.C., where he implemented the transition to an all-volunteer force. He died of cancer while in office and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. The U.S. Army's main battle tank, the M-1 Abrams, is named in his honour.
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Jill first appears in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), the second film in the live-action series. In this version of the series she is a STARS member and foil to the main character, Alice. Jill tries to escape Raccoon City along with a group of survivors and is one of the few to make it out. She was set to appear in the sequel, Resident Evil: Extinction, but Sienna Guillory had commitments to other work. Later, producers Paul W.S. Anderson and Jeremy Bolt decided to have a separate game character (Claire Redfield) appear alongside the previous film's lead Alice: "We thought, rather than bring Jill back, put her with another game heroine."
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