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LANSING (WKZO) -- Former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land has a slim lead in the latest Mitchell Poll in the state's U.S. Senate race.
The west Michigan Republican leads Democratic suburban Detroit Congressman Gary Peters 39-to-36 percent. Peters leads Holland Mayor Kurt Dykstra 38-to-37 percent, though Dykstra has not yet made a decision on running.
Spencer Abraham was the last Michigan Republican in the U.S. Senate, serving 1995 to 2001 before becoming Secretary of Energy under President George W. Bush.


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Overall, we enjoyed very much our time aboard. We were definitely the largest ship in any port we visited.
We did the art auctions onboard and learned a lot about art and were very entertained. I also visited the workout facilities twice---not as big as other boats, but OK. The spa area has a day pass you can buy for $35 allowing you to use the wet and dry saunas and the mineral baths for the day. Otherwise, this feature on the ship is for those with lots of MONEY--all spa services were way overpriced compared to land prices.
Don't feel like you have to do everything on the ship. If you miss an event, it will be broadcast on the TV in your room the next day on a loop.


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Updated at 4:15pm on February 13, 2013: The Hartford Public Schools are scheduled to re-open tomorrow, February 14th, with a one-hour delay.
Parents, you can all rejoice.
Updated at 6:30 pm on February 12, 2013: Mayor Segarra says, "We have approximately 550 streets and 500 curbside miles in Hartford and as of right now they are all passable, meaning emergency vehicles and cars can get in and out."
The parking ban will be lifted at noon on February 13th for downtown. Vehicles were already parking illegally on Main Street this afternoon. [Note: The Courant is reported a different time for the parking ban lift. The time reported on Real Hartford is coming straight from a City of Hartford press release]
In a press release from the City of Hartford, it is stated that the parking ban will be lifted in the neighborhoods at midnight on February 13, 2013.
Vehicles parked in school lots need to be moved before 6a.m. on February 14th, as it is expected that the Hartford Public Schools will reopen on Thursday.
The Emergency Operations Center is slated to close at noon tomorrow.
Updated at 4:40pm on February 12, 2013:
All of Hartford Public Schools will be closed again tomorrow, Wednesday, February 13, 2013.
The Hartford Public Schools have had to contend with a series of concerns complicated by the slow snow removal from sidewalks and streets. Besides checking the structural safety of roofs, it's been necessary to ensure that children can safely access bus stops. Anyone who has walked around Hartford since the storm can attest to the fact that there are few, if any, curb cuts in certain areas, meaning that pedestrians have to either climb over huge mounds of snow or walk in the roadway. As of Tuesday morning, the sidewalk on Lawrence Street around the Maria Sanchez School had not been cleared. Some schools lots continue to be used by neighborhood residents due to the ongoing parking ban. Continue reading 'Weather Information Without the Panic'»


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Seen from the south, MARDİN looks spectacular, its tiered layers of vernacular houses, mansions, mosques and churches clinging to a huge citadel-topped rock that rises out of the north Mesopotamian plain. Sunset is particularly striking, with locals flying kites, a deep-blue sky filled with wheeling swifts, and shadows swallowing up the patchwork of fields on the endless plain.
Mardin's position has always made it a strategic military outpost – the higher of the two castellated bluffs today sports golf-ball radar domes. The population is a mix of Kurds, Arabs, Turks and Syrian Orthodox Christians, the latter of whom are known in Turkey as Süriyani. Since the conflict between the state and the PKK wound down in these parts, Mardin has boomed. Thanks largely to domestic visitors, it has become the centre of the region's tourism industry, a popular (and overpriced) spot for well-off İstanbul Turks in search of the "quaint east". Many boutique hotels, fashioned from the charming old buildings, have opened in recent years, along with a few upmarket standard hotels. Handmade soaps are big business, as are silver jewellery and, more prosaically, dried fruits and nuts. Mardin also boasts the small Sinemardin film festival (wsinemardin.com.tr), held towards the end of June, with the accent on Middle Eastern cinema.
The old town lies on the steep southern slopes below the citadel. The principal street, Birinci Caddesi, branches off the main road at the western end of town, and rejoins it at the eastern end.
Brief history
Mardin's probable Roman origins are lost in a welter of war and conquest, while its later history is tied up with the development of early Christianity. The first Christians to settle here were Syrian Orthodox, who arrived during the third century AD. Having survived the period of Arab occupation from 640 to 1104, the Christians were left alone by the Selçuk and Turcoman rulers. Today, eleven churches remain hidden away in the backstreets.
From the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries, the citadel was the capital of the Artukid Turcoman tribe. They beat off Arab attacks and endured an eight-month siege during the first Mongol onslaught, before falling to the second Mongol wave under Tamerlane in 1394. The Mongols doled out death and misery in equal measures to Christian and Muslim alike, before, in 1408, handing Mardin over to the Karakoyun Turcoman tribe, who built the (now ruined) palace and mosque inside the citadel walls. It became an Ottoman possession in 1517.
Before and during Turkey's War of Independence, Mardin's Christian population was drastically reduced by massacre and emigration. Following renewed emigrations in the early 1990s, only a few hundred practising Syrian Orthodox, Catholic and Armenian Christians remain. Fortunately, local émigrés who made good in Europe and the USA are now pouring money into the Syrian Orthodox communities in Mardin and the Tür Abdin.Read More
The churches of Mardin
The churches of Mardin
Mardin has a vibrant Christian heritage, and Christians and Muslims have always intermingled rather than living in separate quarters. The Syrian Orthodox Kirklar Kilise (Arbin Söhad in Syriac) or Church of the Forty Martyrs, which dates back, in part, to the sixth century, is the most welcoming church to visitors. The best time to attend is Sunday morning, at around 9am, when the local Süriyani population comes to pray, though you must dress respectfully and photography is forbidden.
Next door, Mar Yusuf Kilisesi (St Joseph's) serves the town's tiny Armenian Catholic population. Lacking a priest, it's usually locked, and the congregation attends services at the Kirklar Kilise.
Mardin's largest church, the Süriyani Katolik Kilisesi (Church of the Virgin Mary), is used by five families of Syrian Catholics, and adjoins the local museum. The Mar İşmuni Kilisesi, which has a typical Syrian Orthodox walled courtyard, stands at the bottom of the hill in the southeastern part of the old town, while back on the main street the newly restored Keldani Kilise (Chaldean Church) is easily spotted but usually locked.


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The authors discuss their experience using interactive interfaces for real-time musical control. They compare three types of interface using human gesture and sound synthesis: on-screen sliders controlled by a mouse, physical sliders moved by the user's fingers, and a multi-parametric interface which uses parameter coupling with the user's energy. In the second part, they analyse the MIDAS system (University of York): description, example of a musical test and analysis of this test.
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MADRID (AP) -- Ten-man Mallorca held on to beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 on Sunday and hand coach Diego Simeone only his second defeat since taking over at the Spanish club at the start of the year.
Only Barcelona had previously managed to beat Simeone's Atletico, but an own goal by Diego Godin in the 47th minute, followed by Michael Pereira's goal two minutes later put Mallorca in charge -- just before Ivan Ramis was shown a red card.
Radamel Falcao's 17th goal this season cut the deficit in the 66th minute but Atletico couldn't avoid losing ground on Levante, which beat Villarreal 1-0 to go fourth.
Xavi Torres' stoppage time winner led Villarreal to fire coach Jose Molina after just 11 games.
Spanish leader Real Madrid plays Malaga later.


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Stored blood samples were analyzed for vitamin B12, folate, creatinine, holotranscobalamin, which is the amount of vitamin B12 in serum bound to the transport protein transcobalamin, and methylmalonic acid, a compound that increases in vitamin B12 deficiency. The subjects completed the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Cognitive Section of the Cambridge Mental Disorders of the Elderly Examination (CAMCOG), which tested orientation, language, attention, memory, praxis, calculation, abstract thinking and perception. Forty-three percent of the study population was determined to have "likely metabolically significant vitamin B12 deficiency." Not surprisingly, high methylmalonic acid concentrations were correlated with low levels of vitamin B12 and holotranscobalamin. Although none of the participants had dementia, 31 percent had test scores indicative of cognitive impairment. Having higher methylmalonic acid concentrations was correlated with worse Mini-Mental State Examination Scores and lower scores in the CAMCOG examination in the areas of language comprehension and expression, and ideational praxis. Deficient folate levels were less prevalent and had weak correlations with lower test scores in several areas. In an accompanying editorial, Joshua W. Miller of the University of California, Davis notes that only a few studies have assessed the associations between methylmalonic acid, holotranscobalamin and cognitive function. In the current study, only methylmalonic acid was found to be associated with cognitive function scores. "These results suggest that methylmalonic acid better reflects vitamin B12 status and is a better predictor of cognitive function in older adults than is total vitamin B12 or holotranscobalamin," he writes. However, since inconsistent results have also been found to be associated with methylmalonic acid, some researchers have proposed screening tests for vitamin B12 deficiency that analyze a combination of factors. "The challenge now for investigators is to use these multiple analyte strategies in cohort studies to determine whether they improve the ability to predict cognitive deficits in older adults," he concludes. Health Concern Mild cognitive impairment Screening for cognitive changes should be done even before overt changes in cognitive ability are apparent so that diet and lifestyle changes, as well as supplementation, can be started early. The test most often used to evaluate memory and cognitive function is the Mini-Mental Status Examination, which tests multiple aspects of cognitive function, including orientation to time, place, and person; memory; verbal and mathematical abilities; judgment; and reasoning. In elderly patients, the clinician should differentiate early-stage dementia from normal age-associated memory impairment. People with memory impairment have a relative deficiency in recall compared with others their age. They also tend to learn new information more slowly, but if they are given extra time for such tasks, their intellectual performance is usually adequate. Vitamins are involved in biochemical processes throughout the body and appear to be involved in protecting and enhancing cognitive function. In particular, the B vitamins play an integral role in the functioning of the nervous system and help the brain synthesize chemicals that affect mood. A balanced complex of the B vitamins is essential for energy and for balancing hormone levels. An article in the Journal of Psychopharmacology described a study of 76 older men who were given vitamin B6 or placebo and then tested on memory function. The authors concluded that vitamin B6 improved storage and information retrieval (Deijen JB et al 1992). Another study reviewed vitamin B12 deficiency in relation to memory impairment and neuropathy in older people and concluded that both memory impairment and neuropathy can be successfully managed with vitamin B12 injections or supplementation (Carmel R 1996). One study determined that low levels of folate (a B vitamin) are associated with cognitive deficits and that patients treated with folic acid for 60 days showed a significant improvement in both memory and attention efficiency (Fioravanti MFE 1997). http://www.lef.org/protocols/neurological/mild_cognitive_impairment_01.htm Featured Products Methylcobalamin Lozenges Methylcobalamin is the form of vitamin B12 active in the central nervous system. It is an active coenzyme of the vitamin B12 analogs, that is essential for cell growth and replication. 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If you spent a lot of time checking Wikipedia this past year for the correct way to spell ' Niall Horan ,' you weren't alone. One Direction 's entry was among the most-visited English language pages on Wikipedia in 2012, according to a list complied by Swedish software engineer Johan Gunnarsson .
According to the list, the most-visited English language Wikipedia page was the one for Facebook, followed by the page about Wikipedia itself. That may be the result of confused searchers landing on these pages rather than the sites themselves, however. The page for "Deaths in 2012" was next, and One Direction came in fourth. The British boy band also made the top ten among the most-read Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish and Danish-language Wikipedia articles.
In other One Direction news, OK! magazine reports that British ticket company Viagogo has named the group the most the most in-demand live act of 2012 in the U.K., topping both Coldplay and The Rolling Stones .
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Since we released our Cocos2dx SDK, we've had a lot of positive feedback from developers. To make things easier, we've also developed a demo realtime fighting game in Cocos2d-x to help developers bootstrap easily. I'll walk through some of the key steps involved in doing this and the entire source code can be downloaded or viewed from our git repo.


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Join us as we discuss J. Courtney Sullivan's latest book The Engagements, a gorgeous, sprawling novel about marriage—about those who marry in a white heat of passion, those who marry for partnership and comfort, and those who live together, love each other, and have absolutely no intention of ruining it all with a wedding.
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RE 09-10: Denis Grebeshkov
One of the underrated moves by Steve Tambellini this summer was the one-year deal for Denis Grebeshkov. He took a big step forward and the former GM would probably have paid in full at that time. Tambellini no doubt sees a need to offload someone this year before signing the Russian to a longer term deal at big money. It gives the organization a chance to have another year of viewing and to clear space at a less rapid pace (like they have any choice).
Grebeshkov had a very good season and if he does it again he's going to get paid. The number one reason Sheldon Souray or Lubomir Visnovsky will be traded in the next 12 months is #37. He's 25, has a wide range of skills and looks for all the world to have arrived as an NHL player. He may have monkeywrenched the 00′s, but it was one of Kevin Lowe's better deals.
- Boxcars: 72gp, 7-32-39 38pims
- Shots: 62
- Plus Minus: +12 (best on team)
- Corsi: +2.6 (2nd best behind Lubo)
- 5×5/60: 1.23 (close 2nd to Gilbert)
- 5×4/60: 3.75 (close 2nd to Gilbert)
- GF/GA ON: 61-45 (best diff. on team)
- Quality of competition: 5th toughest among D
- Quality of pairing: best available
- Cap hit (capgeek): 3.15M
- What do these numbers tell us? Like Gilbert, Grebeshkov's numbers in this single season are better than the veterans (Lubo, Souray) and if he can do it for another 150 games then we'll be talking about an exceptional player. Specifically his numbers at even strength (5-21-26) are really good and combined with his wide range of ability (he appears to be better suited to the defensive side of the game and the lapses he had earlier are becoming less of an issue) the sky's the limit at this point.
- How could these numbers be better? I don't really have an answer. The things that come to mind with this player are "can he do it again?" and "how come there aren't more good Russian defensemen?" but he can play a physical game and can move the puck and he can play big minutes. Not a lot to bitch about here.
- What about injury? An ankle injury cost him 7 games and a concussion cost him 3. It's something that comes with the position: defensemen get hurt, they just do. I don't think it's a huge concern aside from "occupational hazard" that impacts all blue. They miss games, they have shorter careers, it's always been thus.
- What about a trade? After dealing Matt Greene I think the Oilers will hang on to the young ones like Gilbert, Grebeshkov and Peckham. If they do trade the guy then a very good talent would need to come back in return. The only thing holding his value back is that NHL teams would want to see him duplicate the season past so the Oilers might as well keep him.
- Will Quinn play him against tough competition? MacT didn't and Grebs flourished. One of the things we need to agree on is that his plus minus (team best) and quality numbers came in calmer waters. Grebeshkov can probably face tougher competition but Quinn has plenty of established options. Then again, I think he'll love Grebeshkov. The Russian likes to hit, he can move the puck, his coverage is much better and his spaz number went way down. He's good.
- How important is Grebeshkov to this team? That's what this season (and the short contract) are about to tell us. If he flourishes again and repeats the season past, then the Oilers would probably look at a Gilbert-style deal to lock him up for a time. If he gets injured or struggles then we're back to do (doe).
- Oh, those Russians Why don't they have more quality defenders? It's silly. The Russians produce sublime offensive players and plenty of goalies, but the number of really good D is quite poor (unless I've missed a bunch). Anyway, Grebs is likely good enough for their Olympic team.
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The North Dakota State men's basketball program will be featured in a minimum of 17 games on television for the 2013-14 season, the NDSU athletic department announced Thursday, Oct. 10, setting a new benchmark of television exposure for the Bison.
NDSU announced in July a three-year contract extension with Hoak Media to include basketball coverage in addition to the traditional football broadcasts. KVLY-TV of Fargo has announced the games in the expanded basketball slate will include:
Nov. 18 Southern Mississippi MeTV
Dec. 16 Delaware MeTV
Dec. 21 Towson NBC ND
Jan. 16 Omaha MeTV
Jan. 18 Western Illinois MeTV
Feb. 22 South Dakota State MeTV
Feb. 27 South Dakota MeTV
Mar. 1 Denver NBC ND
The Towson and Denver games will be broadcast in high definition statewide on the North Dakota NBC Network including KVLY in Fargo/Grand Forks, KFYR in Bismarck, KMOT in Minot, KQCD in Dickinson, KUMV in Williston. MeTV is available throughout the state of North Dakota on over-the-air channels in Bismarck (5.2), Minot (10.2), Williston (8.2) and Dickinson (7.2), as well as through additional providers.
The television schedule also includes a week of national and regional coverage in mid-December. The Bison will play on ESPNU on Dec. 11 when they travel to South Bend, Ind., to take on Notre Dame, and NDSU's road game at defending Big Ten champion Ohio State on Dec. 14 will be televised by the Big Ten Network.
"We are very excited to bring this type of exposure to our basketball programs," said NDSU Director of Athletics Gene Taylor. "This will continue to strengthen our relationships with our media partners, and we think the exposure couldn't come at a better time with the team we have coming back."
The NDSU games at North Dakota on Nov. 24 and South Dakota on Jan. 30 will air on Midco Sports Net, and four additional Summit League games will be broadcast on a combination of Fox College Sports and Midco Sports Net as part of the league's television package.
"We're thrilled with the amount of coverage this season will bring for North Dakota State basketball, and we think we have a team that the region will really enjoy watching," said NDSU head coach Saul Phillips.
NDSU's broadcast agreement with Hoak Media also includes two home Bison women's basketball games Dec. 17 vs. Mississippi State and Jan. 25 vs. South Dakota State both on MeTV.
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A well known former U.S. Representative will be in North Dakota next week...
Gabby Giffords is touring seven states during the first week in July in order to push for expanded background checks on gun buyers.
The amendment failed to pass in the U.S. Senate in April.
Now, Giffords and her husband, former astronaut mark Kelly, will be reviving the gun debate.
They will kick off the tour in Nevada July 1 before making stops in Alaska, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota and Ohio.
KX News has learned, Giffords will be in North Dakota July 3rd.
A time and place have not yet been released.
Giffords is keying in on four states where Democrats cast "no" votes.
She will be pressuring those four Democrats to change their vote.
Senator Heidi Heitkamp voted nay on the new background checks legislation.
Polling released by the Americans for Responsible Solutions shows 79% of North Dakotan's favor expanding background checks.
Nearly half of the residents polled say they want Heitkamp to switch her vote.
Republican Senator John Hoeven also voted against the bill.
Senator Heitkamp released this statement on Giffords scheduled trip to North Dakota: "I welcome former Congresswoman Giffords and her husband to North Dakota. While we may not agree on every method of reducing gun violence and keeping guns out of the hands of the seriously mentally ill and criminals, Gabby, Mark and I all believe that we need to take some real steps towards addressing gun violence in this country."
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>


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Playoff preview
They've tried so hard and gotten so far, but in the end will it even matter?
Fredrikstad – Sarpsborg 08
A playoff match like this is nerve-wrecking under the best of circumstances, but for Fredrikstad the mere possibility of being sent down to the Adeccoliga by local rivals Sarprsborg must be harrowing. Having finished runners-up in the Tippeliga last season everything has gone very pear-shaped indeed for FFK this time around, and if it hadn't been for the late Tom Nordlie-fuelled revival they probably would have gotten relegated outright.
Last season Fredrikstad had an uncanny ability to turn tight games in their favor, but until Nordlie's arrival their 2009-campaign was a story of the complete opposite happening, over and over again. There are plenty of quality players in their squad, Costa Rican midfielder Celso Borges for one is a player who won't be playing in Norway for long, and with Tom Nordlie giving the team energy and a sense of urgency that was lacking earlier FFK are overwhelming favorites to get through book their place in the 2010 Tippeliga.
They'll be forced to walk a very tight rope though, as local rivals Sarpsborg 08 will be doing absolutely everything in their power to get one over their more glamorous neighbors. At least four of Sarpsborg's regular starters are former Fredrikstad players and defender Alexander Forsberg is even the son of one of Fredrikstad's financial backers. This is little brother versus big brother, and even though big brother is a better team by a considerable margin a minor slip-up could be enough to doom them to Adeccoliga-ootball and eternal humiliation for their fans.
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Kongsvinger – Sogndal
From 1983 to 1999 Kongsvinger payed their football at the highest level of Norweigan football, but their relegation in 99 signaled the start of a very meagre decade. But since Tom Nordlie rocked up at the club last season when they were heading for relegation to the obscure 2. division things have been looking up. He saved them from relegation and had them on course for at least a playoff-spot when Fredrikstad prized him away, and they managed to hang on to that spot in the closing stages of the season. If they do manage to beat Sogndal they'll most likely come up against the man who dragged them out of the mud and into this playoff in the first place, which would of course add a new dimension to the whole thing.
Sogndal also have a solid Tippeliga-history, though they've been a bit of a bungee-team – moving between the Tippeliga and the Adeccoliga with alarming frequency. As a club they're probably best known for their so-bad-it's-brilliant supporter-song, "Stao no pao", and for being the club that gave the world Jostein Flo, Tore Andre Flo, Håvard Flo and indeed Jarle Flo. These have all retired now of course, but have no fear, both Ulrik and Per Egil Flo are Sogndal-regulars so the next Flo-generation are well on their way.
With a superb home-record (13-0-2) this season you would expect Kongsvinger to book a thrilling showdown with their former manager, but Sogndal are a jammy bunch who have only lost once away from home all year so it could be very very tight. Extra time and penalties seems a very real possibility.
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THE PROFESSIONALS (Brooks, 1966) - I saw many caps from this on my dash last night, and decided it might be a good movie to watch with BF on a lazy Sunday evening. As it turns out, it wasn't just a good choice - it was a pretty perfect one. It's a fairly lean, western-y (though it takes place in the early 20th century, you can't really tell by the style) men-on-a-mission movie, starring a pretty amazing foursome: Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode. Add in Claudia Cardinale as a not-so-reluctant kidnapping victim, lots of explosions and one-liners (Ralph Bellamy (who's, yes, ALSO in this movie, and now I have nested parantheses): "You bastard"!. Lee Marvin: "Yes, sir. In my case, an accident of birth. But you, sir, are a self-made man" ), beautiful vistas and colors - and you've got a pretty neat package. It might not be terribly original, but it's damn well executed, and with a lovely but melancholy ending, emphasizing the futility of all that's come before.
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Saying the nearly $80 billion food-stamp program is out of control, House Republican leaders have narrowly passed a bill to cut funding in half over 10 years. It also adds job or work-training requirements for recipients ages 18 to 50 without minor children. Work continues on the bill. Passionate debate has ensued.
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By David Scott
CLARIFICATION: This guest column cites $40 billion in cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recently voted on by Republicans in the U.S. House. That amount is the total reduction over 10 years.
Republicans in the House of Representatives recently voted to cut $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
These cuts target our most vulnerable citizens, like seniors, children, veterans and disabled persons. In fact, veterans are the fastest-growing group receiving food stamp benefits. Census data indicate that about 900,000 veterans receive SNAP each month. And this figure is understated, because the Census data do not consider homeless veterans receiving SNAP benefits.
This program is a critical support for many households with veterans. Stars and Stripes reported that food purchases paid for with SNAP at commissaries tripled from 2008 to 2011. Feed our Vets, a nonprofit group that establishes food pantries for veterans, has estimated that nearly 3 million veterans and their families don't get enough food to eat each month.
This terrible Republican cut of $40 billion reduces the food assistance program by half.
The Republicans held no hearings or did any an analysis of the hurt and pain and hunger this cut will cause the people of our nation. This cut is not only irresponsible, it is downright mean to the American people.
Unfortunately, some in the Republican Party think a SNAP beneficiary is usually black, urban or an illegal immigrant. But here are the facts: 37 percent of food stamp participants are white, 23 percent are African-American, and 10 percent are Hispanic, according to USDA.
SNAP serves more than 47 million Americans; 99 percent live below the poverty line. And that number has been growing due to the recession; our nation lost 300,000 jobs per month between 2008 and 2010.
Thank God we had SNAP as a safety net for people to fall back on. Jobs are now coming back, albeit slowly, and people are getting off food stamps. SNAP is a temporary benefit that helps those struggling to put food on the table until they can get back to self-sufficiency. The average SNAP recipient receives benefits for nine months.
On the issues of waste, fraud and abuse, the facts tell us that SNAP abuse is lower than it's ever been. In Georgia, the most recent data from FY 2011 show that the SNAP accuracy rate was more than 97 percent, and part of the 3 percent was actually underpayments, which save the government money.
This cut is irresponsible and hurtful. It is especially shameful because we are the United States of America, and we are indeed an exceptional people, because we are a nation with a rich history of care and compassion for the most vulnerable among us. These food assistance cuts for our most needy truly makes us look so little, not the proud and exceptional America that God has truly blessed us to be.
We will not let this Republican $40 billion cut to our vital food and nutrition assistance happen. We must focus first on jobs before cutting food assistance.
Georgia Congressman David Scott, a Democrat, represents the 13th District.
By Benita M. Dodd
The numbers certainly are a cause for concern. The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as the food stamp program, reached nearly 14 percent of U.S. households in 2012. That's up from 8.6 percent in 2008, at the height of the economic recession. Today, about 48 million Americans rely on the taxpayer-funded program, to the tune of $78 billion a year.
In metro Atlanta, households receiving SNAP benefits have doubled from 7 percent to more than 14 percent; about 60 percent of those have children. A sampling across Georgia shows an alarming increase in recipients: Macon households receiving benefits went from 15 percent in 2008 to 23 percent in 2012; Albany went from 17 percent to 24 percent; Valdosta went from 11 percent to 21.5 percent and Rome went from 11 percent to 20 percent of households.
With today's rollback in benefits, a family of four will see maximum payment shrink from $668 a month to $632 – a reduction of $432 over a year. The growing outcry over the rollback comes as no surprise; nobody wants low-income families, children or the elderly to go hungry. But the rollback has been three years coming; the temporary increase was part of President Obama's federal stimulus bill, which expanded the program by relaxing requirements and increased benefits by 13.6 percent.
This restoration of benefits to their original status should not deteriorate into a political blame game. Both sides of the aisle have acknowledged the need to cut government spending: In June, the Democrat-led Senate approved legislation that included $4.5 billion in SNAP cuts. The Republican-led House last month approved a bill that would cut funding for SNAP by $40 billion over 10 years.
The political grandstanding over the program, unfortunately, is a distraction from the real issue: that there are too many politicians willing to get and keep Americans increasingly dependent on government. The growth in this government benefit has increased even as the economy improves.
The success of a program intended to help low-income individuals should be measured by how many of these individuals are lifted out of poverty. Instead, this program's success is being measured by how many people government manages to attract and support. Meanwhile, the potential for fraud and abuse is rife, as numerous studies and news reports show. An Associated Press photograph recently showed a SNAP recipient in her kitchen; the bottles of wine and candles lined up behind her were enough to sour even the most compassionate of hardworking taxpayers who must fund the program. Nobody begrudges her a glass of wine, but the idea that I am forced to pay for her children's groceries while she spends her money on bottles of wine does not sit well.
The good intentions of program supporters does not cancel out the need for individuals to escape poverty through jobs and economic opportunity. Unless and until Congress cuts back on spending and reaching into hardworking taxpayers' pockets to fund dependency, the opportunity for economic growth that creates jobs in the private sector will not occur. Until and unless Congress acts to relieve the overbearing regulatory burdens, mandates and costs that are being imposed on businesses in this country, the kinds of jobs that can advance Americans out of poverty will not be created.
Washington needs to end the bickering over how many fish to feed the five thousand and step back so that the five thousand learn how to feed themselves the traditional American way – through a work ethic. .
Benita M. Dodd is vice president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.
November 6th, 2013
7:39 am
David Scott is just another Liberal Democrat trying to keep handing out freebies to his voter base to keep himself in office. most of his district is made up of low information voters who have no clue on the effects of long term public debt and Scott either does not know or he does not care so long as he can maintain his office and perks, he is not different than John Lewis and that is worthless. These two don't care about fraud, they just give the old Democrat line and spin to keep their voter base in the dark
November 4th, 2013
8:29 am
Everyone should be required to go to the local DFACS office and see who is standing in line. Check out the voter registration area.
November 1st, 2013
4:56 pm
If you gave a democrat an unlimited federal budget, they would overspend it. Oh, I'm sorry that is what
is happening already. my bad. What I would give for the voters in the 13th District to wake and smell the coffee. "bigger the government, smaller the citizen."
Come on home Congressman Scott, you have cost us enough. Any more foreign junkets on the schedule??
Oh by the way, wasn't the stimulus package suppose to provide jobs for all that needed an uplift??
November 1st, 2013
8:54 am
Every dollar saved on food stamps is a dollar Republicans can give to the rich in tax cuts.
It's the Republcian Party way.
November 1st, 2013
7:23 am
Well put Deborah! Let's not forget also that the repubs are the ones who have no problem, when they are in charge of course, sending soilders (other people's loved ones) to war so as to show how tough they are as a political party. Once service people are back though, we cannot enable them, according to repub theology, after all they are not corporations or anything.
November 1st, 2013
5:09 am
The Republican thinking is…"If we keep feeding "them" they will sit on their butts and breed. They forget how fragile this economy is because they live in a bubble in Washington. They refuse to address the reasons that this has been a jobless recovery. They laud the "free market" while cutting taxes to corporations that come to the state. They love companies like Walmart that don't pay a living wage to most of their employees. They develop no job programs for returning vets who come back with a boatload of health and emotional issues. Their thinking is that they should pull themselves up by their bootstraps. They have obstructed every job creation program that the President has proposed because, politically, they are dead meat if this economy is good at the end of his term. I believe that is why they manufacture these faux crisises like the debt ceiling and shutting down the government. It scares them to see the economy improving.


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So, as far as Poland is concerned, UEFA EURO 2012 is now at an end. The country has put on a great show with the host cities of Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan and Wroclaw throwing themselves into holding 15 top-class matches, a task they achieved with aplomb.
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Type of program: low-residency
Length of program: 2 years (4 semesters, 5 residencies)
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Total credits required: 48 semester credits
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Program description: In Antioch University Los Angeles' unique low-residency program, students explore the important role of the writer in society, reading works by diverse and socially-conscious authors. The MFA in Creative Writing program is comprised of on-campus residencies—which include classes, readings, and workshops—complemented by a five-month, online project period during which students live and write in their home communities.
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A Rockin' Audience Reception Room
Home By Novogratz
Did you see what Bob and Cortney did last week? They made over the audience reception room of the Wendy Williams show. What does this have to do with me, you ask? I don't have an audience reception room, you say. Exactly!
Interior design inspiration can come from anywhere. Sure, seeing an actual home can light your design fire, but if you want to dream outside the drywall box, look further. Museums, boutiques, gardens, restaurants, audience reception rooms. My sister, who has great taste and a beautiful home, once said to me that good interior design should come from a sense of history, a sense of humor, and a sense of something else I forgot. Maybe style? What was it she said? A sense of smell? The point is that everyone always says your home should be a reflection of yourself. So how do you do that?
Pink and sparkly may not be your thing, but the question to ask yourself, then, is "what is my thing?". And to answer that, you have to go out into the world with open eyes and fearlessly embrace the things you love: the faux crocodile booth you saw at a restaurant, the trees in Central Park, the chaos of a junk shop, a lamp you recall from your grandmother's house. And when you thoughtfully reassemble all these bits of inspiration into you home, then your home will be a reflection of who you are.
Bob and Cortney looked to artist Luke Dubois and his computer-altered video of 50 iconic Hollywood kisses, fashion designer Norma Kamali, NYC nightclubs, and functional restaurant seating for inspiration in this space — and then added a glittery sprinkling of Wendy Williams to top it off.
Personally, I ate this room up like a pack of Pop Rocks because I'm putting my house on the market in a few months and every design decision I make lately is geared toward making it a bland, blank slate to appeal to the masses. So a photo booth, a DJ booth, faux crocodile ottomans with built-in Jolly Rancher storage, and clumps of flowers hanging from the ceiling made me so happy that I know something sweet and hot pink seeped into my subconscious to make a modified reappearance in my future home.
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no thanks. Not my thing at all.
Don't know who Wendy Williams is, so can't comment on the suitability of the space, but for me, the only thing I like at all is the front surface of the DJ booth -- that assemblage of weathered wood is pretty nice.
I just don't get these folks. The design is awful.
I wouldn't mind a DJ booth, would be playing in it all the time. Why watch tv when you can DJ?
I don't get this, either. It looks like a bunch of college interns did it.
Awful. Looks cheap. I totally don't get it. Sometimes - sometimes, I like what they do, I appreciate their creativity, Unfortunately, their design plans often feel unfinished and temporary.
Looks like what a moldy basement with dj equipment. You'd definately need the jolly rancher sugar high to be able to endure the area for longer than 2 spins of a single song.
While I usually like their work, I have to say that there is something so wrong about using jolly ranchers in this design. Jolly ranchers are colorful, yes, but the wrappers obscure the candy and the effect is totally lost. Perhaps kisses would have been better? (just the ones in plain silver wrappers) Also, I cannot tell from the photo how deep the candy well is but celebrities probably won't eat jolly ranchers and Wendy is going to have a lot of old gooey JRs stuck in there after awhile. I probably would have used granola bars or better yet, from a design and a glycemic index standpoint, nuts. That would also set a better example for children who are exposed to this program and might think candy in furniture is "cool". (can you say cavities? obesity epidemic?)
i thought it was awesome!!! very diva glam!!!
ps. its just a waiting area for the audience inside a huge studio. i don't think it was supposed to be serious...just fun.
I saw the show, and although I don't always love the Novogratz's final aesthetic, I appreciate their creative design ideas. This, however, looked more like a high school girl's basement decorated for her sweet sixteen birthday party. Maybe that's what they were going for.
I see your point, O Rilley. Do you think that if they had filled the ottomans with, say, bran flakes rather than Jolly Ranchers that the design would have successfully achieved a dual goal of boosting audience spirit as well as audience dental hygiene?
I too had an eyebrow raised to this post... until I saw the ottoman. Yes.


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Arya 2 is a forthcoming 2009 Telugu language film directed by Sukumar, and is a follow-up to the actor and directors previous successful film, Arya. Allu Arjun plays the lead role, with Kajal Aggarwal and Shraddha Das playing the heroines.[1] The film, which began in October 2008 will release in 2009.[2]
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Big News: Bullying Prevention PSA Nominated for Emmy
During national No Name Calling Week, it's gratifying to learn that STARS PSA Campaign launched during last year's No Name Calling Week has been honored with a Emmy nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Nashville/Midsouth Chapter. Partnering with the Nashville Film Institute (www.thenfi.com) and WTVF's Lelan Statom, the campaign was honored for "excellence in announcements that effectively focus interest in and marshal support for worthy community or area causes."
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It has been a couple of weeks that I started using Dropbox to get my files synced, to backup actually. The Dropbox client for Fedora works well but still allows only to have a single directory (Dropbox directory) and whatever files or directories you put to the Dropbox directory will get synced.
Say you want to sync a text document that your are working on and the file resides in the Desktop (and Desktop is not your Dropbox directory). So basically what you can do is to move the file to your Dropbox directory and edit it from there. But in Fedora (or any other GNU/Linux distribution), you can have a symbolic link to the file and move the link to the Dropbox directory. In this case your file resides where it want to be (Desktop) and whatever changes you do will get synced due to the symbolic link.
Even this I found difficult when there are so many files to deal with. So I thought to write a nautilus script. Following is the code I wrote,
# W.H. Kalpa Pathum <email@example.com>
# 1st June, 2010
# Dropbox directory
# creates a temporary file
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echo $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS | sed 's/ \//\n/g' > $file_list
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exit 0
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- give the file the execute permissions
cd ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
chmod +x <your file name>
Now you are ready to use this script. In nautilus select the file(s) that you want to sync with Dropbox, right click and select the script from the Scripts sub menu (the script name will be the one that you saved the file with).
Once the symbolic link is created, a new emblem (a green coloured tick) will be added to the file just to notify that the symbolic link is created. But to see this emblem you need to refresh nautilus manually which I couldn't find a way to do it from the script.
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1323 N Franklin Street is a three minute walk from the 15 63rd-Girard to Richmond-Westmorelnd at the Girard Av & 7th St stop.
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1323 N Franklin Street #3 Available August - $1300 per month
Beautiful 3 bedroom 2 bathroom incredibly spacious apartment.
Amazing new Luxury Construction located in between Northern Liberties and Temple U. Close to everything including grocery stores, public transportation, convenient stores, shopping, restaurants, and more. Easy street parking outside this lovely 3 story structure. Built from the ground up this building offers everything the discernible renter is looking for including central air and heat, hardwood floors, tall ceilings, double pained energy efficient windows, washer/dryer, and tons of space to move around. Nice kitchen with granite counter tops. Full size appliances including gas stove/range, refrigerator, and microwave. Fantastic recessed lighting throughout the entire unit. Large living room that offers great natural light all day long. Very Spacious bedrooms with good closet space.
Apartment boasts:
NEW Luxury Apartment
Living room / Family room
Granite Counter tops
Full Size Gas Stove / Oven
Full Size Refrigerator
Garbage disposal
Central A/C and heat
Double pane windows
High-speed internet
Intercom system
Hardwood floor
Tile floor
New property
Secured entry
Click today at www.rentals215.com for more information. Contact Bryan to schedule your showing.