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Northfield, Minn. (PRWEB) January 11, 2017
The Institute for Freedom & Community at St. Olaf College announced today that it will host a lecture and discussion on January 18 with Justin Gest, author of the newly released book The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality.
The Institute was created to encourage free inquiry and open dialogue on important political and social topics. The lecture and discussion will be held at St. Olaf College and is free and open to the public. It will also be live streamed online at institute.stolaf.edu.
"Trump and the White Working Class: The Politics of a New Minority?"
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sun and Gold Ballrooms, Buntrock Commons
St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, Minn.
On the eve of the inauguration of Donald Trump, political scientist and ethnographer Justin Gest will offer a fresh look at the white working class constituency that helped propel Trump to victory. Gest will draw from his recent book, The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality, in which he examines once-thriving white working class communities that have fallen on hard times. Gest offers a new and potentially controversial perspective on the driving forces shaping the political activity of white working class people, and his work bears directly on questions of race, racism, and marginality in the context of Trump's victory.
The format of the event will be a traditional lecture followed immediately by small group discussions in partnership with leaders from the Institute-supported Sustained Dialogue Program at St. Olaf College. The event will conclude with a Q&A session motivated by the discussions in these small groups.
Gest, an assistant professor of public policy at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government, has also published Apart: Alienated and Engaged Muslims in the West. The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality is his most recent work, published by Oxford University Press in October 2016.
To learn more about the event or The Institute, visit institute.stolaf.edu.
About The Institute
The Institute for Freedom & Community was established at St. Olaf College, a private liberal arts college, in 2015 to encourage free inquiry and meaningful debate of important political and social issues. The Institute programs, including coursework, the Public Affairs Conversation, public affairs internships, and public lectures, aim to challenge assumptions, question easy answers, and foster constructive, respectful dialogue among those with differing values and contending points of view.
About St. Olaf College
One of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges, St. Olaf College offers a distinctive education grounded in academic rigor, residential learning, global engagement, and a vibrant Lutheran faith tradition. By cultivating the habits of mind and heart that enable graduates to lead lives of financial independence, professional accomplishment, personal fulfillment, and community engagement, St. Olaf College provides an uncommon educational experience that fully prepares students to make a meaningful difference in a changing world.


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Miami-Dade County warns Walmart developer to protect forest
Miami-Dade County will suspend building and other permits for a controversial Walmart shopping center in an endangered forest if the developer fails to strike a deal with federal wildlife officials to protect the rare butterflies, bats and plants that live there.
In a letter to commissioners on Thursday, Mayor Carlos Gimenez said that the county made the decision because in September, a year after a county planning board approved the 250,000-square-foot shopping center, parking lots and 408 apartments near Zoo Miami, federal wildlife officials expanded the number of rare species that inhabit the pine rockland, requiring more careful development. And if the project violates federal law, the county could be on the hook, said spokesman Luis Espinoza.
"In light of the recent federal action and in an abundance of caution," the letter said, the county will shelve any existing permits without an agreement between Ram Realty Services and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The decision comes as opposition to the project continues to mount. Residents and environmentalists argue that the big-box store, LA Fitness, Chick-fil-A, Chili's and other restaurants should not be built on the largest remaining fragment of disappearing forest outside Everglades National Park.
"Obviously, the county has taken pause," said attorney Dennis Olle, a board member for Tropical Audubon and a director for the North American Butterfly Association. "I read it as a threat."
On Thursday, federal wildlife officials, who have been in talks with Ram chairman Peter Cummings over the 134-acre site for months, recommended he revise plans to connect four separate forest preserves on the site. The plan would have to show "a conservation benefit for the species," said Ashleigh Blackford, the agency's supervisor of planning and resource conservation.
Cummings stressed in an email that he has kept a promise not to move forward with the project without getting permission from wildlife officials.
"We will continue to work with Miami-Dade County and [wildlife officials] to ensure that all governmental regulations are followed and that the community we ultimately create will set a standard of excellence on all fronts," he wrote.
Pine rockland, which is found only in South Florida, the Bahamas and Cuba, is considered a globally imperiled forest. It once covered much of the spiny highland ridge that stretches between Florida City and Miami. But development has shrunk the forest to just 2 percent of its historic range. The Ram site, which the company bought from the University of Miami for $22 million, is part of the largest remaining fragment that once housed an old blimp base and is now carved into pieces owned by the county, UM, the Department of Defense and the U.S. Coast Guard.
UM originally planned to build an academic village on the property. But when plans fell through, the university helped Ram win approval for the shopping center and apartments in 2011.
After Ram unveiled plans for 88 acres in July, federal wildlife officials warned Cummings that the project risked violating the Endangered Species Act because the forest provides critical habitat to rare Florida bonneted bats. A month later, the agency added two threatened butterflies that live in pine rockland, the Bartram's hairstreak and Florida leafwing, to the endangered species list. Last month, two rare flowers were also listed.
Federal officials have told Cummings that the current design for the project would likely lead to the death of endangered species and last month warned him to come up with new plans or apply for a permit allowing him to kill, or "take," protected species.
Blackford said Thursday that the agency also recommended Cummings create a habitat conservation plan that would offset any damage. Such plans usually set aside more valuable habitat. Developing pine rockland can be tricky because fires must be regularly set to keep the tree canopy open, which large bonneted bats need to forage. Native plants that provide food and a place for butterflies to lay eggs also must be protected.
In his letter Thursday, Gimenez added another warning: the butterfly protections will likely impact county plans for the sprawling Miami Wilds amusement park also near the zoo. The county land may face even tougher scrutiny because some of the project involves federal land, where officials have more power to enforce protections. The much larger project also has the potential to further erode land that for years has remained largely undeveloped.
"The ultimate insult is they're going to destroy wild land to bring the water slide," Olle said.

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Yesterday the New York State Comptroller released a statement on marriage recognition. No doubt, it is one step forward for marriage equality in New York.
According to WSTM.com, the Comptroller said that the New York State Government and local retirement systems will recognize marriages between same-sex couples from any jurisdiction where they are currently recognized legally. Married LGBT couples from Canada, Massachusetts, the Netherlands, South Africa and other nations will now have their marriages legally recognized in New York.
To read the full statement, visit WSTM.com.
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For the past two weeks I have spent my days and nights working with Soulforce Q's Right to Marry Campaign in the State of New York. From July 14th through the 28th I joined 32 other young adult activists in traveling across New York. My particular route took me and seven others to the beautiful North Country. From Albany north to Saratoga Springs, Plattsburgh, Canton, Lake Placid and more, we took in the wondrous sights, sounds and smells of the Adirondack Mountains and the local, down-home flavor of each of the small towns we visited.
Photo right: The Northern Van in Plattsburgh, NY
To our surprise, we found that no matter where we traveled, the overwhelming majority of community members and leaders we spoke to supported offering full marriage equality to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Our meetings with state legislators, although not as productive as conversations with community members, also went very well.
Our first meeting with a New York lawmaker was, perhaps, our most important. At the beginning of the two week campaign, we met with Senate Majority Leader, Senator Joseph L. Bruno. A Republican who has been in office since the 1970s, Senator Bruno is a powerful member of the New York Senate and represents a very conservative district north of Albany, oftentimes called "Bruno Country." As leader of the Senate, Senator Bruno has the power to place – or not to place – certain bills on the floor of the legislative body. It was his decision not to place the marriage equality bill on the Senate floor that prompted our meeting with him.
We were saddened that we were not able to meet with Senator Bruno himself, instead meeting with a staff person. The Senator's staff member was polite and cordial, although we learned nothing in the meeting that we did not know prior to it.
So from our meeting with Senator Bruno's staff, we moved north. From the Chief of Staff for Assemblyman Roy McDonald in Fort Edward, to the LGBT-accepting Republican Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward, our meetings varied in style and feeling.
Assemblyman McDonald's Chief of Staff, Mark Luciano, was condescending and arrogant. He offered his "advice" in telling us that we should try "different tactics" other than talking to elected officials. He suggested we talk to community members and constituents, of which he thought many were "white trash." He said that we should be patient and that the lack of progress was because of "the process." He said civil unions were better. The meeting, needless to say really, was not a positive experience.
So, after having our plight of second class citizenship compared to water-sewer problems in Saratoga County, we moved to Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward. The mother of an openly gay son, Assemblywoman Sayward joyfully agreed to meet with us. The only Republican co-sponsor of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's marriage equality bill, the Assemblywoman spoke to us very frankly, stating that once you come to the point where you know being gay is not a choice, then this issue becomes not a religious or moral one, but rather one solely about civil rights.
Photo left: The Northern Van with Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward
We also met with Assemblywoman Janet Duprey. The Assemblywoman had originally voted no on the marriage equality bill, but in our meeting with her she stated that since that time she had met with many people, read more on the subject and was beginning to see things in a different light. We firmly believe and hope that the Assemblywoman, if the vote ever comes up again, will vote in our favor.
Photo right: The Northern Van with Assemblywoman Janet Duprey
Our saddest "meeting" was with Senator Griffo in Utica. I put the quotation marks around the word "meeting" because we really never got the chance to meet with him. For weeks, if not months, we worked hard to secure a meeting with either the Senator or his staff. Time and time again, we were shrugged off. When we showed up to his office anyway, we were shrugged off once again. What kind of elected official ignores American citizens who wish to only speak with him?
Overall, I had a wonderful time on the Right to Marry Campaign. Unlike the Equality Ride, this particular Soulforce Q action was more politically based, something I absolutely love and something that was definitely right up my alley. The meetings with state legislators and their staffs was definitely a high point, but more importantly the meetings and conversations we had with community members and New York citizens was definitely enjoyable and productive as well. The overwhelming majority of those we met supported us fully.
New York is next. New York will be a place where LGBT citizens are full citizens and where second class citizenship is a thing of the past. Maybe not this year, perhaps not next year… but it is coming and it is coming soon!
A Couple's Story
The following is from Greensboro, NC couple Cris Elkins and Gene Hannold. They sent the following letter and shoes to the office of New York Senate Majority Leader, Senator Joseph L. Bruno, as a part of the "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" Campaign (link).
July 27, 2007
Senator Joseph L. Bruno
Legislative Office Building, Rm. 909
Albany, NY 12247
Dear Senator Bruno:
We are a same-gender couple who have been in a committed, loving relationship for 33 years. We are not getting any younger and could use the security, protections, rights, and responsibilities that a marriage license affords. Marriage equality for gay and lesbian Americans is all about civil rights and having our nation live up to its highest ideal of liberty and equality under the law. There is no greater personal freedom than the right to marry the person one loves. To love, honor, and cherish is the noblest promise two people can make. Barring gays from marriage is inhumane and unfair. Allowing and expecting marriage would show respect for the welfare and equality of all Americans.
Two years ago we sold our home of 26 years in Virginia and moved to North Carolina. A plethora of anti-gay legislation, including a marriage amendment, made it clear that gays were no longer welcome or safe in Virginia. Since we are both retired we did not have to stay and support our own oppression. We are currently living in mother's home in NC and taking care of her. We have found NC much more accepting, affirming, and supportive of gays and lesbians than Virginia. NC is the only southern state without a marriage amendment. Perhaps that is because the state legislature is controlled by Democrats and the governor is also a Democrat.
When mother dies we will be looking to relocate to a state that provides us the right to marry. It is my hope that New York will be one of those states. We have a great fondness for NYC and made numerous trips there while living in northern Virginia. Please do the right thing and allow marriage equality in NY. You will be proud that people around the world can look to NY as a beacon in the struggle for human dignity.
Cris F. Elkins
Gene E. Hannold
Here are some snippets and links from articles about Soulforce Q's Right to Marry Campaign from the past two weeks…
SoulForce Youth in NY to Lobby on Marriage link
By: ANDY HUMM
07/26/2007 Gay City News
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Thirty-five young people from SoulForce Q, mostly from out of state, fanned out across New York this week to lobby legislators on the bill opening marriage to gay couples that passed the Democrat-led Assembly in June but is stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Matthew Nelson, 26, the co-director of the group's Right to Marry Campaign, told Gay City News from Nyack that "people of my generation really care about marriage equality." A resident of California, he said that he and his partner of two-and-a-half years are set to sign up as domestic partners there in the only other state where at least one branch of the legislature has approved a marriage equality law. A 2005 measure passed by both the Assembly and the Senate in California was vetoed by Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
SoulForce Protests State Senator Diaz link
July 26, 2007 New York Press
Gay rights activists from the New York chapter of SoulForce stopped by the Bronx office of State Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz today to demand a meeting with him on passing legislation in the State Senate to legalize same-sex marriage in New York State (the Assembly has already passed a bill calling for it).
Rev. Diaz is perhaps the strongest Democratic opponent of same-sex marriage in the State, and SoulForce organizer Matthew Nelson said his group was hoping to meet with the state senator to change his mind on the issue. But Rev. Diaz denied a request for a meeting, stating that his mind is already made up on the issue and no meeting would ever change that.
So without a meeting SoulForce decided instead to take their fight to the streets, handing out literature to passers-by, reading from the Bible and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, in particular emphasizing the "and justice for all" closing line. The group also sent two bouquets of flowers to Rev. Diaz's office, with one of the cards reading "please let this [sic] roses remind you of the flower my daughter will never walk down the aisle holding."
Young adults campaign for same-sex marriage in New York link
By ANDREA VanVALKENBURG
Staff Writer, Plattsburgh Press-Republican
PLATTSBURGH — Brian Murphy recently left a pair of shoes with Sen. Joseph Bruno's staff, asking the New York representative to walk a mile in his shoes.
The California man was one of 32 young adults who fanned out across New York to meet with residents and legislators in support of the New York State Equality of Marriage Act and the right for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender New Yorkers to marry.
"There's such a need for this," Murphy said when eight members of Soulforce Q, a national interfaith organization, stopped in Plattsburgh during their two-week Right to Marry Campaign across the state.
"Marriage is a right that should be protected for everyone."
Video from the North Van of the Right to Marry Campaign
The following video was put together by me and Brian Murphy.
The Right to Marry Campaign
Put together for the Right to Marry Campaign by Brian Murphy
SoulforceQ, the young adult division of Soulforce, is telling citizens of the State of New York and folks around the country to send a strong message to New York Senate Majority Leader, Republican Senator Joseph Bruno. The Senator, who heads the New York Senate's Rules Committee, had refused to put New York's Marriage Equality bill on the floor for debate and is making no signs that he will ever do so in the near future. The bill has through 2008 to pass, or else it will die and must be resubmitted for 2009.
Photo right: SoulforceQ members with openly gay Nyack mayor John Shields (credit: Ricky Flores, The Journal News).
With this reality, SoulforceQ is urging citizens to send Senator Bruno a pair of their own shoes, with a short statement on why marriage matters to them, in order to tell Bruno their stories and life experiences. The "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" campaign is a part of SoulforceQ's Right to Marry Campaign, of which I have been participating since June 14th. The Right to Marry Campaign will end on June 28th, but the shoe campaign will continue! We must let Senator Bruno know what it is like to live our lives and "walk in our shoes."
The shoe campaign has gotten some media coverage, although not much yet… and we hope there will be more.
From Lower Hudson Online:
A group of young activists is calling on New Yorkers to clear their closets of old sneakers, stilettos and Oxfords and send them to the state capital.
The old shoes are being packed and shipped to Albany to the office of New York state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, carrying a message in support of a bill that would allow same-sex marriage.
"We're saying walk a mile in our shoes and then perhaps you will be less likely to stymie the progress of this marriage-equality bill," said Matthew Nelson, a member of Soulforce Q, the young adult division of Soulforce, an organization that promotes equal rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Eight activists from Soulforce Q have made Nyack their base over the past week, planning and coordinating trips throughout Rockland and Westchester to try to gain support for their Right to Marry Campaign.
They have canvassed communities -including Nyack, Tarrytown, Chappaqua and Irvington – asking people to send their shoes to Bruno along with a message asking him to support the bill.
"We want to inundate his office with these shoes to send a message that he needs to allow this to go the Senate floor to be voted," said Nelson, co-director for Soulforce Q's South Bus, one of four Soulforce buses traveling throughout the state.
Nelson did not know how many pairs of shoes had been sent because the team had encouraged people to send them as individuals.
You can read the rest of that article here.
Also… our Facebook group for the campaign has already reached over 700 members and we hope it will grow.
Will you help make this campaign a national one? Can you help push Senator Bruno to have our stories and experiences heard on the Senate floor?
Send a pair of your old shoes, with a letter telling your own personal story as an LGBT person, an ally or family member, or just a supportive citizen to:
- Senator Joseph L. Bruno
Legislative Office Building, Rm: 909
Albany, NY 12247
If you send your shoes, be sure to snap a photo before you package them and send the photo (and perhaps a copy of your story/letter) to email@example.com.
The stories of my childhood in a rural, fundamentalist, independent Baptist church in the South aren't really stories I have too often told others. Being "saved" at the age of 8, growing up practically shadowing "Preacher" and all the challenges that came along with coming to terms with who I am are all stories that are hard to tell and, I guess for some, hard to hear. Oh, yes… people have heard some of the stories, but many have yet to hear the entirety of it. Needless to say, the emotions and memories associated with those stories are ones to which I try hard not to return.
Many of those feelings came flooding back to my mind on Wednesday night in Albany. Our Northern van route of the Right to Marry Campaign had a stop in and around Albany and its suburbs, including the towns of Troy, Saratoga Springs, Fort Edward and Glens Falls.
On Wednesday evening, with the gracious assistance of the Metropolitan Community Church in Albany, we held a screening of a PBS marriage equality documentary. The group of those who gathered was supportive, mostly gay, lesbian and bi, and loving, Christ-centered folks. We watched the film and kind of casually discussed the issues in groups that formed quite naturally.
Near the end of the evening, as we were packing up the snacks and the projector, computer and speakers, a group of young folks just like us walked in. One was a bit older, late twenties I'd guess, wearing a suit. The three others, two women and one guy, were younger, closer to our age.
Rob, one of the campaign participants, walked over to meet the group and welcome them. I eventually walked over to join Rob. The group of folks and I got into a discussion about coming out and coming to terms with my sexuality and my faith. They quickly identified themselves as Baptist and, being Baptist myself, the admission was a warm and welcome sight (Baptists certainly aren't as numerous up north as they are in the South). I don't think I picked up on anything unusual from the group, although I certainly thought that they must be straight. But I had no clue or idea of what would come next.
We had to leave the church because the church members who had let us use the space needed to get home, so we all waked outside and sat on the steps facing toward the street. It was outside of this beautiful, old Baptist church, after this group had already gained my trust and, in some ways, my respect, that I heard the real reason for their visit. Rob had already felt that something was a bit odd with them and so had some of the other Campaign participants. Somehow these feelings flew right past me and never entered my mind for a second. Perhaps it was because I was so happy to be talking with who seemed to be folks like me… accepting, loving Baptists.
The group was there to tell us about being "ex-gay" and about "finding freedom from homosexuality." I felt betrayed as I heard them explain their point of view. Brian, another Campaign participant who had also participated with me in this past spring's Equality Ride, and I naturally took up the conversation and engaged the four "ex-gays" in a peaceful, respectful dialogue about our faiths, our life experiences and our perceptions of our faith in light of our experiences as gay Christians.
During the Equality Ride I had found it difficult to maintain my peaceful state-of-mind for longer conversations, but for some reason I was able to talk for almost an hour without any indication of moving away from a non-violent spirit.
But it was when we began to discuss our deeply personal faith journeys and relationships with Christ that I began to crack. For me, coming to terms with my sexuality was something that I had to do in order to live and survive. If I had not have come to terms with my sexuality, I can guess that I would be in one of two places: A conservative Baptist church following in the footsteps of my Preacher and teaching a congregation that gay people are worthy of death and absolute exclusion from the life of our world and church, or buried in a pine box six feet under the ground.
My relationship with Christ is a personal one. I can truly say that I have a deeply personal relationship and walk with Christ. I'm not perfect… I'm no where near it, but of course Christ knows this; He is my Saviour, after all. My walk with Christ is between only me, Christ, my God and, if I so choose, my family and my pastor. My walk with Christ is not subject to the thoughts and feelings of others who wonder and judge what I am, who I am or if I am worthy of God's love.
As I began to cry, I practically begged the group of "ex-gays" to respect my walk with Christ. If I can, as a part of my duty to support and encourage my fellow believers in Christ, respect their personal decisions in their walk with Christ, then why can't they respect mine? I had to leave the church of my childhood. I had to leave a place where, from the pulpit, I was taught, "Put all the queers on a ship, pluck a hole into the side of it and send it out to see." If I had remained at that church, or if I had not have come to terms with who I am, then my walk with Christ would be entirely different. I'd go far enough to say that my walk with Christ would be less personal and, I think I might say that I might harbor hate in my heart for God.
I eventually had to get up and leave the conversation. We've been taught to approach situations with a non-violent spirit – meaning no violence of the fist, the heart and spirit or of the tongue. In the emotional state I had gotten into, there was no way I could have continued in that non-violent spirit, especially because of all the tough memories brought back into my mind.
I felt betrayed. My trust had been broken by a group I thought was friendly. No matter how nice their words sounded and no matter how much they couched their hate-filled words in what amounted to nothing more than fancy gift and bubble wrap, their words – in my mind – were no different than my Preacher's: You aren't worthy of Christ and God does not love you. You aren't worthy of life.
It has taken me years to mend those wounds; in fact, many of those wounds have still yet to heal. But to have finally realized that despite what I was taught as a child, my God does love me… that is truly amazing and wondrous. He will always love me and Christ will always be there for me… gay or straight. That is the truth. That is, truly, my redeeming message. "Be still and know that I am God," He says. I know and I will not let anyone tell me I am not worthy of His love.
Soulforce Q lobbies for "right to marry"
Updated: 7/18/2007 4:47:43 PM
By: Bill Carey
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Their goal — to change minds. Their target — state lawmakers in Central New York and the Hudson Valley. Their method — face to face meetings to discuss the real life impact of the continued ban on same sex marriage.
"This is really about bringing it down to the level of people and how we seek to have loving, committed relationships and protect and care for our children," said Haven Herrin, Co-Director of Soulforce Q.
"It's a contract that you enter into with someone else and it's a way that we as a society and we as communities hold each other accountable and we encourage and foster relationships between individuals who love each other in a healthy way," said Curtis Peterson, a member of Soulforce Q.
Those favoring gay marriage in New York State have won their battle in the New York State assembly, but have hit a major roadblock in the New York State Senate. There, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has flatly refused to bring any bill to a vote.
Volunteers are targeting members of the State Senate in their travels. In Syracuse, democrat David Valesky's office was the first stop.
Valesky supports civil unions but not same-sex marriage. Soulforce Q members, talking to a Valesky aide, hope to change the senator's mind.
"These are issues that are just too real to ignore through politics or through bigoted religious stances or through just going by the polling. This is about people and their lives," Herrin said.
Group members say that it is time to press for change. That recent polling shows lawmakers can take action without fear of a voter backlash.
Peterson said, "Sixty-eight percent of New Yorkers just said in 2006 that if their lawmaker were to vote to support and to allow same sex couples to marry, 68 percent of people said that it would not affect their support or it would increase their support of these lawmakers."
One stop down and many more to go. The volunteers are optimistic that hard work now will eventually break the logjam at the state capitol.
Wow… like who ever thought? Being openly gay and a current or former athlete is tough enough, but transgender and transitioning to another gender? She's got some guts.
Gina Duncan, formerly known as Greg Pingston and now living in Orlando, used to play on the East Carolina Football team during the 1970s. Since last November, Duncan has been living openly as a woman and is now completing her transition to female.
Checkout the story at the Orlando Sentinel.
So we all have really nice looking teal-colored shirts and we are so going to test them out at the county fair in Saratoga County. Our shirts are cute, I think, and on the front they say, "Do you believe in Marriage? I do." We've got our logo on the back. We spent a couple hours last night putting them together (iron ons, yes). Cat, Brian and Rob did a fabulous job.
Photos from the county fair and our awesome t-shirts later. Maybe a video (I keep saying that and if I keep saying it more I might just be the boy who cried wolf).


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That was the name of the game tonight folks: FUMBLES.
On a night when the defense just about destroyed Tampa Bay the Dolphins offense fumbled away the game. If not for the Dolphins fumbles Tampa Bay would have been shut out. Miami's third team defense was tossing a shut out until the Gillislee fumble in the fourth quarter.
Doesn't that seem typical for this team? Play a great game and then give it away. From the reports coming out after the game Philbin was not a happy camper.
I was okay with Tannehill's play. When we compare him to Freeman he played a great game. Josh Freeman should be cut from the Bucs. Whatever you do don't select Freeman for any of your fantasy teams. He makes Sanchez look good.
After watching our tight ends I think we are really, really, really, going to miss Dustin Keller. I would say we would be better off not using a TE. They were invisible and Charles Clay was "doghouse" material. No, I'm not going to put him in the "doghouse" for two reasons. First, it's only preseason and secondly I am having trouble getting rid of the smell from Dan Carpenter.
Our wide receivers had a tough go of it. For a time there they couldn't get open and when that didn't happen only perfect passes will work, and Tannehill doesn't throw passes like that at this time. Come to think of it, only about four quarterbacks in the league can throw those passes. I think we expect Tannehill to make the throws that Brady, Manning, Brees, and Rodgers make. This is only his second year. Give him a little more time, alright?
I have come to the conclusion that Daniel Thomas has NO FEEL for running the ball. He has no idea where the soft spots are in the running game. He doesn't even know where the running lanes are. The guy is clueless. The running backs' blocking was much, much better this week, so maybe they are catching on.
So now it's time to turn off the critical eye. I really liked the way the Defense played, and I have been waiting to say that. The pass rush was AWESOME! The run defense was smothering. All the Bucs offense could do was crawl in a hole and hide. If only the offense could get their act together and be consistent. They showed us they can move the ball, and Tannehill can be more effective.
Everyone please look for Mike's new post below this one. He puts a lot of time into a post as we all do. So don't miss what he has to say:
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As the subject kindly says, "Whats more difficult to translate than a joke?"
This thread in particular has the objective of finding jokes that survive the translating.
For example:
In Spanish:How to go from Dentist to Neurosurgeon really fast?
With a Sneeze!
As the irrational fear for dentists kicks in (or comes back) the joke remains funny.¿Como pasar de Dentísta a Neurocirujano rápidamente?
So I invite you all to share a joke that makes it, that survives the language barrier, that helps with the ice-breaking at meetings, that may help you in the beginning of a speech that unites us as human beings with sense of humour.


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Battery Park City is a mainly residential 92-acre (37 ha) planned community at the southwestern tip of the island of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States, more than 1⁄3 of which is parkland. The land in Lower Manhattan upon which it stands was created by land reclamation on the Hudson River using over 3 million cubic yards of soil and rock excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center, the New York City Water Tunnel, and certain other construction projects, as well as from sand dredged from New York Harbor off Staten Island. The neighborhood, which is the site of Brookfield Place (formerly the World Financial Center), along with numerous buildings designed for housing, commercial, and retail, is named for adjacent Battery Park.
Battery Park City is bounded on the east by West Street, which separates the area from the Financial District of lower Manhattan. To the west, north, and south, the area is surrounded by the Hudson River.
The development consists of roughly five major sections. Traveling north to south, the first neighborhood has high-rise residential buildings, the Stuyvesant High School, a Regal Entertainment Group movie theater, and the Battery Park City branch of the New York Public Library. It is also the site of the 463-suite Conrad New York luxury hotel, which contains restaurants and bars such as the Loopy Doopy Rooftop Bar, ATRIO Wine Bar Restaurant, Mexican-themed El Vez, and three Danny Meyer-branded restaurants (North End Grill, Blue Smoke, Shake Shack); the hotel has a ballroom and a conference center. Other restaurants located in that hotel, as well as a DSW store and a New York Sports Club branch, were closed in 2009 after the takeover of the property by Goldman Sachs. Former undeveloped lots in the area have been developed into high-rise buildings; for example, Goldman Sachs built a new headquarters at 200 West Street.
Nearby is Brookfield Place, a complex of several commercial buildings formerly known as the World Financial Center.
Current residential neighborhoods of Battery Park City are divided into northern and southern sections, separated by Brookfield Place. The northern section consists entirely of large, 20–45-story buildings, all various shades of orange brick. The southern section, extending down from the Winter Garden, contains residential apartment building such as Gateway Plaza, and Rector Place apartment buildings. In this section lies the majority of Battery Park City's residential areas, in three sections: Gateway Plaza, a high-rise building complex; the "Rector Place Residential Neighborhood"; and the" Battery Place Residential Neighborhood". These subsections contain most of the area's residential buildings, along with park space, supermarkets, restaurants, and movie theaters. Construction of residential buildings began north of the World Financial Center in the late 1990s, and completion of the final lots was completed in early 2011. Additionally, a park restoration was completed in a 2013.
Battery Park City is owned and managed by the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), a Class A public-benefit corporation created by New York State under the authority of the Urban Development Corporation. Its mission is "to plan, create, co-ordinate and maintain a balanced community of commercial, residential, retail, and park space within its designated 92-acre site on the lower west side of Manhattan" in New York City. Created in 1968 (L. 1968, ch. 343) to redevelop outmoded and deteriorated piers, a project that has involved reclaiming the land, replanning the area and facilitating new construction of a mixed commercial and residential community. The authority's board is composed of seven uncompensated members who are appointed by the governor and who serve six-year terms. N.Y. Pub. Auth. sec. 1973. The BPCA is invested with substantial powers: it can acquire, hold and dispose of real property, enter into lease agreements, borrow money and issue debt, and manage the project. N.Y. Pub. Auth. sec. 1974. Like other public benefit corporations, the BPCA is exempt from property taxes and has the ability to issue tax exempt bonds. N.Y. Pub. Auth. sec. 1981.
Under the 1989 agreement between the BPCA and the City of New York, $600 million was transferred by the BPCA to the city. Charles J. Urstadt, the first Chairman and CEO of the BPCA, noted in an August 19, 2007 op-ed piece in the New York Post that the aggregate figure of funds transferred to the City of New York is above $1.4 billion, with the BPCA continuing to contribute $200 million a year.
Excess revenue from the area was to be contributed to other housing efforts, typically low-income projects in the Bronx and Harlem. Much of this funding has historically been diverted to general city expenses, under section 3.d of the 1989 agreement. However, in July 2006, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor George Pataki, and Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. announced the final approval for the New York City Housing Trust Fund derived from $130 million in Battery Park City revenues. The fund aimed to preserve or create 4,300 units of low- and moderate-income housing by 2009. It also provided seed financing for the New York Acquisition Fund, a $230 million initiative that aims to serve as a catalyst for the construction and preservation of more than 30,000 units of affordable housing citywide by 2016. The Acquisition Fund has since established itself as a model for similar funds in cities and states across the country.
The September 11 attacks in 2001 had a major impact on Battery Park City. The residents of lower Manhattan and particularly of Battery Park City were displaced for an extended period of time. Parts of the community were an official crime-scene and therefore residents were unable to return to live or even collect property. Many of the displaced residents were not allowed to return to the area for months and none were given government guidance of where to live temporarily on the already crowded island of Manhattan. With most hotel rooms booked, residents, including young children and the elderly were forced to fend for themselves.
When they were finally allowed to return to Battery Park City, some found that their homes had been looted. Upon residents' return, the air in the area was still filled with toxic smoke from the World Trade Center fires that persisted until January 2002. More than half of the area's residents moved away permanently from the community after the adjacent World Trade Center towers collapsed and spread toxic dust, debris, and smoke. Gateway Plaza's 600 building, Hudson View East, and Parc Place (now Rector Square) were punctured by airplane parts. The Winter Garden and other portions of the World Financial Center were severely damaged. Environmental concerns regarding dust from the Trade Center are a continuing source of concern for many residents, scientists, and elected officials. Since the attacks, the damage has been repaired. Temporarily reduced rents and government subsidies helped restore residential occupancy in the years following the attacks.
After September 11, 2001, residents of Battery Park City and Tribeca formed the TriBattery Pops Tom Goodkind Conductor in response to the events of the attacks. The "Pops" have been Grammy-nominated and are the first lower Manhattan all-volunteer community band in a century.
Since then, real estate development in the area has continued robustly. Commercial development includes the 2,100,000-square-foot (200,000 m2) 200 West Street, the Goldman Sachs global headquarters, which began construction in 2005 and opened for occupancy in October 2009. 200 West Street is seeking gold-level certification under the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program by incorporating various water and energy conservation features. Several residential projects are underway, including LEED buildings which cater to the environmentally conscious.
A largely Arab-American neighborhood existed in southeastern Battery Park City from the late 1880s to the 1940s. "Little Syria" encompassed Washington Street from Battery Park to Rector Street. It declined as a neighborhood as the inhabitants became successful and moved to other areas, especially Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, and disappeared almost entirely when a great deal of lower Washington Street was demolished to make way for entrance ramps to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, which opened in 1950. The overwhelming majority of the residents were Arabic-speaking Christians, Melkite and Maronite immigrants from present-day Syria and Lebanon who settled in the area in the late 19th century, escaping religious persecution and poverty in their homelands – which were then under control of the Ottoman Empire – and answering the call of American missionaries to escape their difficulties by traveling to New York City.
However, many other ethnic groups had lived in this diverse neighborhood, including Greeks, Turks, Armenians, Slovaks, Poles, Hungarians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Czechs, and Irish.
A long-standing reminder of the ethnic past was the former St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed in the September 11 attacks. An additional historic church, St. George's Syrian Catholic Church, still stands at 103 Washington Street.
The first residential building in Battery Park City, Gateway Plaza, was completed in 1983. As of 2010, the population of the area was 13,386. Some of the more prominent residential buildings include:
Millennium Point, a 449-foot (137 m), 38-story skyscraper built from 1999 to 2001. It occupies the street addresses 25–39 Battery Place. However, due to the September 11 attacks which hit the nearby World Trade Center, opening of Millennium Point was delayed until January 2002. The building won the 2001 Silver Emporis Skyscraper Award. The tower section contains 113 luxury condominiums. The wider, lower 12 floors are occupied by a 5-star hotel, The Ritz-Carlton Battery Park. The hotel has 298 rooms, including 44 suites, with the largest suite spanning 200 square metres (2,150 sq ft) in area. The Skyscraper Museum occupies a small space on the first floor of the building. A restaurant is located on the 14th floor.
The Solaire, the first green residential building in the United States, as well as the first residential high-rise building in New York City to be certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli and completed in 2003, it has been described as an "environmentally-progressive residential tower". The Solaire is located at 20 River Terrace. The developer received funding from the State of New York, which was somewhat controversial as the developer was only required to agree to set aside 10% of the units as "affordable housing" or "moderate income", rather than the usual 80:20 agreement. When the building opened, rents ranged from roughly $2,500 to $9,001 depending on the size of the unit. The building has been rated LEED Platinum. The energy conserving building design is 35% more energy-efficient than code requires, resulting in a 67% lower electricity demand during peak hours, resulting in, among other benefits, lower electric bills for residents, photovoltaic panels converting sunlight to electricity, and a computerized building management system and environmentally responsible operating and maintenance practices.


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Barely even *trying* to hide their racism any more
People like Reagan, Bush, Rove, Cheney, and — Stephen Harper and all his Reform Party and C.R.A.P. cronies, who avidly follow in the Bushies' footsteps — have finally made it A-Okay to spout racist lies in public and not even care that it is racist crap.
Thanks so much, guys, for setting civilized society back, oh, a century or so.
Stephen Harper HAD to know about the plagiarism
This morning on Toronto's Metro Morning program on CBC Radio One, Andy Barrie interviewed former political speechwriter Jim McLean, after the revelation yesterday that Stephen Harper's speech in parliament, supporting the U.S.'s illegal aggression against Iraq, was plagiarized from a speech Australian PM John Howard had made two days earlier.
Mr. McLean had some very interesting things to say. He agreed that speeches in parliament can often be off the top of the speaker's head, as they extemporize or go with their gut and change what they had thought they would say. But for an important policy speech like the one Harper made that day, McLean says there would always be consultation ahead of time between the speaker and the writer.
This consultation, in fact, would be quite detailed. The speaker would give the writer the essence of what he wanted to say, and the writer would try to put that into words that would sound like something the speaker really would say, using as much of the speaker's personal cadence and turn of phrase as possible. But it would be very much a back-and-forth thing, as the speaker would continue to have input, ask questions, and help to shape the speech.
So. I would conclude that for something as important as Harper's speech arguing that Canada should help the U.S. illegally invade a country that had not threatened us or the Americans — Harper would never have been subject to the ludicrous "overzealousness" of a staffer. Harper, a known micro-manager, would have been involved very heavily in the crafting of that speech advocating for military aggression.
Harper is a liar. Period. He is utterly dishonest. And the speechwriter, Owen Lippert, is taking the fall (or being made to?) for a political leader who was very willing to be as dishonest as possible in his eagerness to involve Canada in an unjustified aggression against a sovereign nation.
Harper's spokesperson Kory Teneycke says, in the article linked above, "I'm not going to get into a debate about a five-year-old speech that was delivered three Parliaments ago, two elections ago, when the prime minister was the leader of a party that no longer exists."
In other words, the dishonesty displayed by Liberal leaders in the sponsorship scandal is perfectly relevant now (even though most of it happened 13 years and 4 or 5 elections ago) — but a neo-Con leader's dishonesty has absolutely no bearing on our assessment of his character now, even though we know he has not repudiated anything, and still holds exactly the same beliefs now that he did then.
Harper is a liar. Period.
(By the way, you should be able to listen to the Metro Morning interview itself, at the site linked above, at least today [October 1st] and possibly through podcast after today.)


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Recent conversation with a male friend.
Friend: How is your bf or fiance?
ME: He is fine, thank you
Friend: Okayyyyy oooooo
ME: We will join your group soon, Amen.
Friend: We still dey hope
ME: lol. Maybe you should encourage me. tell me 5 reasons why it is to my advantage to marry.
JAMB question.
Friend: There are three stages in life - green horn, matured, Spent
ME: ha
Friend: You don't need any reason to marry. What stage are u?
ME: Haba. see Nigerian answering question with question
Friend: You can be 50 and u still prefer to be called a green horn
ME: Exactly!
Friend: It depends on you.....and u can be 26 and you wanna be referred to as a veteran
ME: Okay. how does that answer my question?
Friend: Marriage makes you responsible for the life of another or other people directly, it is a true test of your womanhood.
its either u embrace it or chicken out!
ME: SO. Cant believe that's your reason hopefully that applies to men too??
Friend: Just advising u, its not necessarily my reason
ME: and secondly, many unmarried ones give their lives to raising siblings and other people's children. so they are not women cause they are not married?
Friend: Its the next phase of your life you need to embark upon whether u like it or not......or else u can make up any excuse not to
Its part of human development
as far as u never remained an infant for 30 somthing years
its part of growing up
bikonu...enuf English for this fb sef
it applies to everybody, but the good News is that.....not everyone is destined to get married some prefer to be gay, lesbian.....etc so that means there is tendency to be inequality in the marital cycle.
ME: I hear you.
Chat Conversation End
This friend of mine just got married recently. I had asked the question about advantages of getting married expecting to hear him wax lyrical about the joys of getting married as experienced by him, not to hear him tell me I haven't passed the womanhood test.
How many single eager-to-be married ladies are out there? Where are the men who should be passing their manhood test by making a commitment?
As you can see, he left the convo in a huff. For what na? My unrepentant unmarried self was annoying him?
Or Is there another interpretation to this I am missing?
At work, i am surrounded by 24-26year old females who are ambitiously saving up to make a mortgage paydown and own their first home - with or without a husband.
Here i am, unable to carry out a mature conversation with a male peer without it being about my marital status. smh


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Oh Cromartie… you just make it too easy to take a shot at you, man. You keep lobbin' em up.. we have to! Jets fans with read this and be furious, I'm sure… but as a Chargers fan, we crack a small smile and shake our collective heads. You know the story, at last count, well… at last public count, Cro has 9 kids, from 8 women in 6 states. Those are jaw dropping numbers to Wilt Chamberlain. Welp, you knew it was bound to happen, but according to this NY Post article, one of AlCroTraz's baby mama's is writing a book. She is ex-fiancée Rhonda Patterson, the mother of his 6th child. Doesn't sound like she's the sharpest tool in the shed either… as she doesn't blame Cromartie for leaving her and fathering all those kids. Heh? I guess we'll find out more once this book starts flying off the shelves at your local Salvation Army. Craziest thing? Cromartie might not even be mad… because she depicts him a "champ in bed."
After that playoff loss to the Jets last season, I don't know many Chargers fans that wish Cromartie was still on the team, in fact, most of us cheer at the TV when he gets exposed or burned for a TD. He left a very, very bitter taste in the mouths of Bolts fans, and you won't find us cheering for him like we cheer for LaDainian. But, man, I know this happened only a few years ago, but doesn't the Cromartie in the picture below feel like a lifetime ago?


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The interview looks into the reasons for the BRAND EU Centre's creation, and offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into BRAND EU's work at its London Headquarters.
"The EU is currently distant and boring; our role is to make it interesting, relevant. So if we can make you smile about it, and we can turn the European Union into something cool that you can actually talk about at a dinner without putting people to sleep, then we've done our job."
Nicolas De Santis, President of Gold Mercury International, interviewed by Polly Boiko for RT (Russian Television).
At the BRAND EU Centre, we believe in building a strong brand for the European Union; an identity which its citizens can be proud of, fully understand, and support moving forwards. Our work focuses on keeping Europe together and building the Union with the participation of European citizens. To do this and defend the EU from Eurosceptic EU myth making, we need to create a clear vision of Europe and a strong EU brand to support it.
The interview also touched briefly on the poster advertising campaigns which have been recently launched, with the aim of creating a completely new approach to talking about the EU and foster a new common European identity.
To further the BRAND EU centre's goal of making the EU fun and engaging for citizens, the centre has launched the first set of posters in its series of campaigns about the EU – starting by looking at the World Cup. The advertising posters aim to combine humour with serious, emotional messages to elicit a response from the reader and get people thinking about Europe in a new way.
As of today there are still 4 European Union teams contending for the world cup! France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands…good luck EU!
"At Brand EU HQ, tongue-in-cheek posters talking about EU teams in the World Cup are interspersed with more serious messages about the inception of the European Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall."
RT Correspondent Polly Boiko talking about Brand EU's poster campaigns in the interview.


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Here are a couple of recipes that I have used and thought I would share I know I'm always looking for new and different things to feed my family (and trust me trying to find something that everyone likes is not an easy task). Right know there is only a couple but I will be updating it now and then when I think of something new, or stumble across something I think you would enjoy. Also if you have any that you would like to share please feel free to do so at the bottom of the page.
I found this super exciting, I am always looking for ways to save recipes and look up more all in the same place. Well I know there are several sites that do this but my favorite so far is this one http://smiley360.ziplist.com/recipes. You can do so many things at smiley360 but I was super stoked about this. There are some great recipes from all over the web here. I think you will love it as much as I do.
Slow Cooker Fudgy S'more Cake
This is one that I found on-line. It looked really good but I have not had a chance to make it yet. I think I will have to do that soon and then I let you know how it tastes.
You can also top with whipped cream or ice cream!
You can find this recipe and more here: http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/slow-cooker-fudgy-smore-cake/4a7cdd63-e557-440a-a647-bef0cb2dced7?nicam2=Email&nichn2=Core&niseg2=BC&nicreatID2=BC_06_21_2012
- 1box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® triple chocolate fudge cake mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 2cups miniature marshmallows
- 1cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
- Graham cracker squares, if desired
- Spray 2- to 3 1/2-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Make cake batter as called for on box. Pour batter into slow cooker.
- Cover; cook on High heat setting 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Turn off slow cooker, and sprinkle marshmallows and chocolate chips over top of cake. Cover 10 minutes. Spoon warm cake into dessert dishes, and serve with graham cracker squares.
You can also top with whipped cream or ice cream!
You can find this recipe and more here: http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/slow-cooker-fudgy-smore-cake/4a7cdd63-e557-440a-a647-bef0cb2dced7?nicam2=Email&nichn2=Core&niseg2=BC&nicreatID2=BC_06_21_2012
Quick and Easy Lasagna Roll-Ups
This is a recipe that I found in an old cook book I have. I made it for my family and they absolutely loved it. It only took me about 15-20 minutes to prep (which if you've ever made lasagna you know that's not to bad) and about forty minutes to cook.
- 8oz. pkg. lasagna noodles
- 1 pint cream cottage cheese (I used ricotta instead)
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley (optional)
- pepper to taste
- 3 cups spaghetti sauce (any kind, divided)
- In a large pot bring 4-5 qts. water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles for 10 minutes, uncovered (mine were the pre-cooked kind so I only cooked them about 5 minutes, until they were soft enough to work with) Rinse cooked noodles in cool water. Drain.
- In a mixing bowl, combine cottage cheese, egg, parsley if you wish, and pepper.
- Pour 1 cup spaghetti sauce in bottom of a greased 9x13 baking dish.
- Spread 1/4-1/3 cup cheese mixture on each lasagna noodle and roll up jelly-roll fashion. Place seam-side down in the sauce.
- Cover with remaining sauce. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes until hot and bubbly.
- Let stand about 10 minutes.
Cake Balls
Ok so if you have not tried these yet they are a MUST. They are so good I love them. The only down fall with these is if your not use to dipping chocolate. It will frustrate you to no end the first time. It did me there was alot of I will never do this again during the dipping of these lol. Although, when they were ready to eat they were sooo good I forgot all about my earlier frustration. So here is a recipe for them I got this recipe from http://allrecipes.com.
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix (or any flavor that you would like to use I have tasted the strawberry, which was amazing, and I personally used the confetti cake mix.)
- 1 (16 ounce) container prepared chocolate frosting (again any flavor frosting you want to use.)
- 1 (3 ounce) bar chocolate flavored confectioners coating (I used Almond bark, and there are also the melting chips. Again any flavor you want on this as well)
- Prepare the cake mix according to package directions using any of the recommended pan sizes. When cake is done, crumble while warm into a large bowl, and stir in the frosting until well blended. (I used the whole container of frosting which made is very moist and gooey and I put the mix in the fridge for an hour to make it easier to scoop. If you don't want it as gooey you should use less frosting in the mix.)
- Melt chocolate coating in a glass bowl in the microwave, or in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth. (for first time chocolate dippers the chocolate has to get really really hot and smooth before you can dip, otherwise it ends up all chunky and a mess.)
- Use a melon baller or small scoop to form balls of the chocolate cake mixture. Dip the balls in chocolate using a toothpick or fork to hold them. Place on waxed paper to set. (I found that it is best to leave them to sit out on the counter at room temp.)


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Over the last month, I've discussed 2 of the several mass-stabbings which have happened in China (where guns are strictly banned). To recap, the first stabbing I mentioned involved a medical student who is alleged to have murdered 8 children and injured at least 5 others, using a knife. In the second knife attack, 29 children and 3 adults were stabbed at a kindergarten, allegedly by a man armed with an 8″ knife. This last weekend, a man identified as Zhou Yezhong allegedly stabbed to death his mother, wife, daughter, four neighbours and a migrant worker in eastern China's Jiangxi province:
Police said that Zhou Yezhong killed his mother, wife, daughter, four neighbours and a migrant worker in eastern China's Jiangxi province. He was arrested on Saturday evening, less than two hours after the attacks took place, Xinhua news agency said. China has been on alert after a number of recent knife attacks on children.
As this and the numerous other mass stabbings show, there are members of society who will go on killing sprees. Whether they use a gun, a knife, a car, or some other tool, chances are they will succeed at harming many innocent people – unless there is an armed citizen nearby to quickly put a stop to their rampage. Laws that ban gun (or ban knives) don't stop these sort of crimes, for the simple reason that a person who willing to commit mass murder will not think twice about breaking a law that tells them not to carry a weapon. The result is that such weapons control laws only disarm the law abiding people who weren't going to commit a crime in the first place, ensuring that those citizens are defenseless when the still-armed criminal attacks.
Tags for this article: Crime, Criminal, Gun Ban, Gun Control, Safety, Self Defense, Victim, Why I Support Gun Rights
Related Articles:
- British Bicycle Rider Gunned Down – Despite Strict Gun Control Laws
- Federal, State, and Local Gun Control Laws Failed to Stop Another Mass Shooting
- Another Mass Killing in a "Gun Free" Zone
- News Flash: Criminals Ignore Laws (including gun control laws)
- Mass Killing of a Family Averted by Armed Wife
- British Gun Control Fails as 37 People are Shot in a Murder-Suicide Killing Spree
- Chicago Murder Rate Up 18% – despite the Handgun Ban
- Chicago's First Murder of the New Year – despite the handgun ban
- A Sad Chicago Murder Showing the Need for Concealed Carry and the Ineffectiveness of Gun Control
- Chicago's Mayor Daley Blames Guns for the Murder of Hudson's Family


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Thursday, September 4, 2014
Maxisms at 31 months
While eating some strawberries, Max: Touch my tail mamma!
Max's new it word is "bum bum." Max: I love asparagus bum-bum, i want to eat cookies bum-bum, i love mamma's bum bum. Good night bum bum.
me: "what did you dream about last night?" Max: moe-moe (our cat) sitting on the toilet paper.
as we're walking home (about 15 minutes away, me: hey want to get off the stroller and walk? Max: no thanks, ill walk at home
me: can you put that back in the toy box please? Max: no thanks actually
as I'm pretending to sleep so he'll continue to sleep at 7am, he cups my face in his hands and whispers, "have a good sleep mamma."
what's wrong?
please please please mama please?
no way jose.
i haven't done a Max update in ages! He's changing so much every day with a new oh about 3-5 words a day - most i don't know where he picked up from...i think it's about time to capture this little as a 31 (!!) month old.
Weight: approx 30lbs
Height: approx 36.5-37" <-- tall enough for Playland 2014 kiddie rides!
Max loves reading: any books that involve trucks and diggers like THIS and THIS, and as for books with stories we read Nursery Rhymes, The Gruffalo, and The Beginner's Bible often.
Max loves eating: for breakfast we have a fruit smoothie or milk + fruit bowl + raisins + carb bowl (ie. dry cereal, buttered toast with hemp hearts, fruit granola bar). for lunch, we're often out. Our go-to's are Opa Calamari with rice which he devours, OR a grilled cheese/ham/spinach or kale sandwich. Our bring along snacks are fruit (apples, strawberries, grapes. or oranges are a hit), goldfish, snap peas or rice crackers. For dinner, he eats what we're eating, the food is often always a winner if broccoli, rice, or fries are involved. Then for an evening snack it's more and more fruit. He is only allowed to drink whole milk, water, and sometimes juice.
Max's favorite toys: monster trucks, diggers, cars, trucks, cars, and trains in that order, then it's balls and shovels. i carry or find some sort of vehicle(s) in every purse i have.
Max is wearing: size 8 shoes (but probably 8.5 is better, 9 being too big). 2T shirts. 2T pants. size 5 baby dry.
Max watches TV!: i was really into the whole anti-TV idea, but at this age i need to get stuff done and he needs to be distracted. his TV time is almost always in the evening after we've spent the entire day out and about, his favourite shows are Toopy and Binoo, Caillou, Zigby, and My Big Friend.
Max on the iPad: we're still not wholly on the iPad bandwagon because i found it really annoying (after two age attempts) that Max would not play and instead be focused on going on the iPad attending to his games/watching his truck shows. There were times when he couldn't let the thing go on a sunny day and had to have a cry about it, absolutely not acceptable to me. To initiate some boundaries, and because i am a believer in the educational abilities of the iPad, we've initiated 'iPad Sundays' where he has free for all access to the thing while at home. his favourite activities on the iPad are watching Monster Truck videos via YouTube, playing the apps Elmo Loves ABC's and Endless Alphabet. I like to encourage him to play Gus on the Go because it teaches him and I tagalog words.
Potty trained?: not interested in sitting on the toilet at all, in fact uses it as a stool or car storage or hat most of the time. He is aware of when he's voiding and holds his diaper, mamma i go pee pee but not interested in taking his diaper off to try the potty. As for poop, he tells us after the fact and not interested in trying to sit on the potty when we see poop cues. We are enjoying the Potty Book in the mean time.
Bed time: Bath time around 730pm. During the summer, we've been staying up till 9pm with lights officially out at 9:30pm, and we're co sleeping. He's usually asleep around 1015pm and wakes up at 9am. He still uses his soothers as cues to sleep (at night and nap time), and i pop it out when he's fast asleep. He has to hold one and have one in his mouth lol. Sometimes i can get away with not needing to give them to him all night, but they're mainly both back with him by 6am to extend our sleep time. As for nap time, he sleeps around 2pm for 2-3 hours (the latter amount when we sleep at home).
So far Max has been a really good two year old, *knock on wood* though that three will be just as fun.
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Congratulations to Coach Peragallo and our Varsity Girls Lacrosse Team, defeating Oyster Bay 10-9, in overtime to become the Nassau County Class D Champions!
The Long Island Championship game will be held at Islip H.S on Sunday, June 3, 2018 Class "D"-Carle Place vs. Mattituck @ 2:30 pm
Congratulations to Christelle Louis as she advances to the NYSPHSAA
State Championship on Saturday, March 3, @ Cold Spring Harbor, 9am.
Christelle placed 5th overall and will be competing on bars and beam.
Joe Contrastano and John DeRidder took first place, in the Nassau County
DII Championship at Cold Spring Harbor High School on Saturday, Feb.
10. Richie Moretta and Liam Coffey took second place, and Nick Vaccaro
and Chris Moretta took fourth place.
Joe Contrastano and John DeRidder will represent Nassau County in the
State Championship on Friday, February 23rd and Saturday, February 24th
at the Times Union Center in Albany.
99 lbs. -Adriano Graca 3rd place,113 lbs.-Joe Contrastano 1st place,
120 lbs. -AJ Pascarella 2nd place, Gabe Graca 4th place, 126 lbs. -Chris
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152 lbs. -Liam Coffey 3rd place, 160 lbs. -John DeRidder 1stplace, 195 lbs.-Mike Sinisi 3rd place
and 220 lbs.-Nick Vaccaro 3rd place
Congratulations to Coach Krummenacker the Varsity Girls Bowling Team who
place third in the Nassau County Championship on Saturday, February
Congratulations to the Varsity Football Team for winning the Conference
IV Quarter Final game on Saturday defeating North Shore 35-14.
The Wildfrogs advance to the Semi Final game on Thursday, November 9th, @ Hofstra University, 4:00 pm, vs. Cold Spring Harbor
Congratulations to our Cross Country runner, Marcus Pomales (10th grade)
who advances to the NYSPHSAA Championship on Saturday, November 11th, @
Wayne Central HS (Section V)
Congratulations to the Varsity Football Team who advance to the Nassau
County Conference IV Quarter Finals!!! #4 North Shore vs. # 5 Carle
Place , the Wildfrogs will play on Saturday, November 4th, at North
Shore HS @ 3:00 pm.
Congratulations to our Cross Country Team
and the following runners, Matthew DiNuzzo, Marcus Pomales and John
Schmuck who qualified for the Nassau County State Qualifiers on
Saturday, November 4th, at Bethpage HS @ 2:45 pm
Nassau County Class C Championship
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5-0 on Saturday @ Adelphi University.
The Lady Frogs advance to the Long Island Championship game vs. Pierce
on Wednesday, November 1st at Newfield HS, in Seldon @ 4:30 pm
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This salsa goes perfectly with the wild sea trout and asparagus and cold Sancerre rosé. Although the salsa contains a cupboardful of ingredients they develop overnight into a delicious accompaniment to grilled meat or fish or a vegetarian side dish.
- Yield
- serves 4-6
- 4 x 160g-180g tuna steaks
- Rocket leaves to serve
- For the lentil salsa
- 100g Puy lentils, soaked for an hour in cold water and washed
- 20g fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 medium-sized mild chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped
- 1 small red onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, peeled and crushed
- ½tsp ground cumin
- ⅓tsp cumin seeds
- 2tbsp water
- ½tbsp balsamic vinegar
- ½tbsp sweet soy sauce or light soy
- 1tbsp tomato ketchup
- ½tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 2tbsp olive oil
- 1tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
- Salt and pepper
- Cook the lentils in salted water for 15-20 minutes or until they are tender. Drain and cool them. Place the chilli and ginger in a pan with the onion, garlic, ground cumin and seeds, water and balsamic vinegar and simmer with a lid on for a few minutes, stirring well so that all the flavours infuse. Remove the mixture from the heat and pour into a bowl with the drained lentils. Add the soy sauce, ketchup and chilli sauce, stir well and gradually add the olive oil and chopped coriander. Season with salt and pepper, cover and leave in the refrigerator overnight (if time allows). Season the pieces of tuna and cook them on a griddle pan or heavy-bottomed frying pan for 2 minutes on each side. The ideal way to eat tuna is rare, otherwise it becomes dry. Once cooked, serve the tuna on warmed plates with a couple of spoonfuls of lentils and some salad leaves, such as rocket, lightly dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
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If the GI tract cannot do its job properly, there would be a build up of toxic waste in the body. Growth of cysts, polyps and adenomas is also highly conducive in a GI tract that is not properly cleansed.
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One of medicinal herbs that you can use in detoxification of the GI tract is Dandelion roots. This plant contains insulin that is needed by bifidobacteria, a good bacterium that lives in the intestines. Dandelion roots also help in the detoxification of the liver.
A good detox diet also helps in cleansing the GI tract. Drink plenty of liquids in the form of plain water, fruit juices, vegetable juices and herbal teas. Reduce your intake of meat products and grains.
Psyllium is type of soluble fiber which forms a bulky gel inside the intestine. The bulky gel helps regulate the flow of waste materials. Psyllium helps the feces to move out of the colon faster.
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When you combine bentonite clay and water, this material expands and creates porous spaces in between the clay particles.
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
Having It All
Today I read a thought provoking post on Jessica's blog The Newly . Her opinion is that mothers can't have it all. It got me to thinking about my own opinion on the subject.
Honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about the subject because I'm not sure what my definition of all really is. What I do know is that all is specific to the person and I believe it is fluid, always changing.
I could define all as having a career and being a mother. I believe that is what Jessica was figuring out. Once you become a mother you have a primal urge to be with your baby so putting them in daycare feels unnatural. I think that last sentence could be a rock solid fact. For some, being a full time mother fulfills them completely and for others a nagging feeling will show up making them question if they are doing the right thing.
As a teacher, I sort of get the best of both worlds. I have my summers to be a full time mom and get to enjoy my career during the school year.
Do I feel like I have it all?
Not even close. Why? For me, having it all is not just about being a mother and having a career. My all is much bigger and I'm sure it is for Jessica and for every mother in the world.
In this moment having it all means:
//Jack being healthy and happy
//Jeremy being healthy and happy
//a thriving career
//a clean and organized home
//feeling energized
//fulfilling my creative side
//good relationships with family and friends
//feeling comfortable in my body
//having a meaningful relationship with God
//making and constantly striving for my goals
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Budding entrepreneurs plug into new funding opportunities
In just two years, the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative has augmented the school's ability to prepare students to found, finance and operate their own businesses post- graduation. Through KIEI, new courses, faculty and alumni events have provided the support those newly minted graduates need to turn ideas into companies.
Now comes one more resource: money.
KIEI also is launching two new programs designed to help students get their new ventures off the ground.
The Zell Scholars Program provides a select group of Full-Time MBA students with special access to programming, mentorship and funding for business resources to help them build and grow their companies while they're still at Kellogg. The program is endowed by Sam Zell, founder and chairman of Equity Group Investments.
"Our goal is to make students' companies as fundable and market-ready as possible by the time they graduate," said David Schonthal, director of the program and a clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurship and innovation.
The Combe Family Impact Scholars Program stems from a gift provided by Chris and Courtney Combe.
Part of the program includes the Kellogg Social Entrepreneurship Award, a $70,000 prize granted annually to one student or student team to help them pursue their venture after graduation.
The gift will also provide "Project Impact" funding (ranging from approximately $500 to $5,000) to help students catalyze their social impact projects while they're still at Kellogg.
"This is not just about entrepreneurship; it's about entrepreneurship and innovation," said Jamie Jones, clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurial practice and director of social entrepreneurship. "And it's about helping students who have a desire to leverage [their] business acumen to have a positive impact on society in whatever way they choose."
A partnership between KIEI, the dean's office and a student group has created the Kellogg Education Technology Incubator. It provides the Kellogg community — from students to alumni — with a chance to build, test and implement tech-based products designed to enhance education both at Kellogg and throughout the MBA community.
The idea for the incubator came about during a pilot program created by Sam Sung '13 to test the use of tablets to take
notes during class. Looking to have a broader impact on Kellogg, a few of the participants, among them Westin Hatch and Elizabeth Bernardi, both '14,developed the idea for an incubator and — as Sung did with the tablet program — took it to the administration.
With the help of Associate Dean of Students and MBA Programs Betsy Ziegler and support from the Dean's Innovation Fund, Hatch, Bernardi and the others launched the incubator as a partnership designed to develop new software and products. "It's that collaboration between faculty, administration and students that makes Kellogg such a special place,"
says Hatch, an MMM student and the incubator's president.
During the inaugural, month long pitch competition last fall, 22 student teams representing all Kellogg MBA programs submitted ideas for new products. Of these, eight teams were selected to pitch to a panel of experts that included Kim Vender Moffat '06, principal at the private equity firm Sterling Partners, Steve Farsht '98, lecturer and director of TechStars Chicago, and Sunil Chopra, the IBM Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems.
Four student teams were then selected to receive more than $50,000 in funding. Kellogg is also providing sponsorship through the dean's office while Kellogg Information Systems will assist as a sounding board and thought partner. Products are scheduled for beta-testing this spring with launches planned for summer.
Winning pitches run the gamut in terms of scope. Some pitches like Konnect, a Siri-esque app that will link prospective students with current ones based on interests and goals, focus on smaller, Kellogg-specific enhancements.
"We hope that prospective students get a clear understanding of what Kellogg is about, what the Kellogg culture is, so that they'll have all the information before they make their final decision," says Alex Popelard '14, an MMM student and one of the product managers.
Other pitches like Tuplee take a macro approach. A file aggregator, Tuplee will sync files from multiple platforms, including Blackboard, Dropbox and Google Drive, to a Web- or mobile-accessible site.
Arbyl will tackle communication issues international students sometimes face by developing a webcam chat service where those students can practice conversational English with native-speaking tutors. KetchUp is intended to solve the long-standing problem of bugging classmates for notes by creating an app that allows students to record and upload lectures to a cloud-based server for a limited time.
"It's really amazing what these teams were able to accomplish in such a short amount of time," says Linda Darragh, executive director of KIEI.
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