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Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center
Though initially proposed to be a home for veterans recovering from illness, the state requested that the property become a psychiatric center for children. By 1947, the property officially opened as a state-run facility for the treatment and observation of children with mental illness. Initially, the hospital served children ages 5 to 12. This changed in the late 1980's when Trenton closed their adolescent unit and Brisbane increased their scope of care to 11 to 17 years old. At this time, Brisbane was housing severely mentally ill children as well as children who needed mental health services that were previously served in juvenile detention centers. The hospital's CEO at the time expressed concern about housing violent convicted criminal offenders with mentally handicapped patients but decided to do so anyway. In 1996, Brisbane opened the Phoebe's Place which operated as a one-year residential program for adolescent girls. This was a voluntary program for girls who have likely been rejected by all other state institutions.
After many strides through the 1980's, Brisbane soon became associated with a bad reputation. The original home (meant to be Arthur Brisbane's private residence) and Cottages A and B were meant to all house a total of 40 residents. In the very late 1980's the population was 80. The makeup of the buildings was awkward, especially that of the transformed private residence. This left patients unsupervised for the majority of their time. In 1998, the death of 17-year-old Kelly Young would change the fate of the hospital forever.
On Sunday, January 4th, 1998, 17-year-old Kelly Young was visibly upset after a phone call to her family. At this time there were four staff members assigned to accompany Kelly. These workers were Youth Worker Williams, Youth Worker Stoll, Head Nurse Simpson and a Human Services Assistant. While Kelly was on the phone, the head nurse had left the room to get her medication and Youth Worker Stroll had left for dinner. Youth Worker Williams and the Human Services Assistant were alone with Kelly. Kelly had requested permission to make another phone call to her family and was denied by Williams due to her being upset by the first call. Kelly became physically upset and began to kick a chair and nearby door. Williams responded not by attempting to calm her down, but immediately forcibly attempted to sit her down in a chair. A struggle ensued knocking Kelly to the floor and Williams putting her in a basket hold. Williams then dragged her approximately 12 feet to her chair. Kelly managed to break free and fall back to the floor. Stroll had returned from dinner at this point and helped Williams in restraining Kelly once again. Stroll held her legs down until Williams restrained her and held her face down on the ground until he felt her stop struggling. Stroll had already left to assist other patients as Williams held Kelly for several more minutes before noticing she was motionless. Once he realized she was unresponsive, he left without assessing her condition. When Nurse Simpson returned to the unit, she discovered Kelly was turning purple and had no pulse. She was placed on life support and pronounced dead the following day upon the removal of life support.
The State of New Jersey launched an investigation against Nelson Williams. They found Williams had failed to follow Brisbane's procedures resulting in the death of Kelly Young. He was never formally charged, only terminated from employment. This investigation leads to multiple findings of lack of responsiveness by staff, lack of action on abuse complaints, and various other issues with staff interaction with patients. Although Brisbane attempted to rectify these problems after them coming to light, the facility closed its doors for good in 2005.
It was a particularly hot and humid afternoon for being only mid-May. After a relatively uneventful morning spent having brunch with our families, my day took a rather unexpected turn. "It's right on the way home, see?", but he didn't even have to bother with the semantics as I knew the drill. Even early on I had begun to realize there was no point in arguing, and that it was easier to just go along with things for the sake of my sanity. I had begun to feel more like a frustrated single mother to an unruly child more than anything else.
So here we were, dressed in our Sunday's best, quite literally, trudging through the swamps of Allaire State Forest. Every few feet I'd have to call ahead for him to slow down as my flats had been suctioned off by the mud yet again. A handful of mosquito bites and sticker-bush injuries later, we've finally managed to navigate our way to the backside of Arthur Brisbane's former estate. While not a particularly impressive mansion, at least to me, it still piques my interest. We circle around it a few times to check things out, before wiggling in a window that was left slightly ajar.
One thing I was not really expecting of this place was the power to still be on. From the shape of the outside of the buildings, I had assumed this property was long forgotten. However, upon entering, I actually found myself a little bit concerned about tripping some sort of alarm. This nervousness was short-lived, as I decided after walking all that way through the woods, I wasn't leaving without checking this building out. We spent a grand total of many 15 or 20 minutes inside, and I had only come prepared with my iPhone to snap a few photos. Realizing the place was otherwise empty, I quickly lost interest and began pressing that we start heading back to the car before it gets too late.
The only thing that took longer than the walk to and from Arthur Brisbane was trying to get all of the stains out of our dress-clothes. Or perhaps realizing that I didn't have to subject myself to babysitting a man-child for the rest of my life.
Ida Fernandez16 hours ago
I was in the late 80 and that place was hell . I saw the room I stay in the pictures which brought some bad memories...I always wonder what happened to some of the kids I met ... like Wendy, Naomi, Tamika, a little boy name John ... I wish I could some of the other kids name ...hope they're doing well
TO WHOM EVER this concern, I Rasheedah McQueen claim victor to the estate that was gifted to by Mr. Robert Lane... Despite your tactics I still stand. If you looked me up then you know I'm a beast. I hereby put you on notice, admit your
wrongdoing and turnover what is rightfully mine. I never had nothing to lose
while yall had everything to gain. You got 90 days and then I'm coming
My name Rasheedah McQueen y'all should know me. I'm a legend bred in the atrocities of this place. I got a forever love hate relationship with these grounds. I'm 45 now and I'm coming back for all that's owed to me and was promised!! That land belong to me and I will fulfill the promise to use it as its intended purpose
Amanda L Barouson July 11, 2023
I was here too. I am currently married, have two grown children, and is living a successful in life. there was nothing ever wrong with me as a child. I believe my mother just put me here so that she could have time with her new marriage the things I remember from this place, so horrible the things they did to us I pray for anybody that has ever been here, God bless
Diz pratton December 15, 2020
I was in this place in the 80 place messed me up real bad but I'm trying to move on just can't get it together maurice pratt!


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Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC) Crosscutting Programs
|Enriqueta C. Barrera
|Paul Bishop
|Cheryl Eavey
|Bruce Hamilton
|Robert O'Connor
|Thomas Torgersen
PROGRAM GUIDELINESSolicitation 11-551
Important Information for Proposers
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 22-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after October 4, 2021. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 22-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
One of the most urgent challenges facing the world today is ensuring an adequate supply and quality of water in light of both burgeoning human needs and climate variability and change. Despite water's importance to life on Earth, there are major gaps in our basic understanding of water availability, quality and dynamics, and the impact of both a changing and variable climate, and human activity, on the water system. The goal of the Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC) solicitation is to understand and predict the interactions between the water system and climate change, land use (including agriculture, managed forest and rangeland systems), the built environment, and ecosystem function and services through place-based research and integrative models. Studies of the water system using models and/or observations at specific sites singly or in combination that allow for spatial and temporal extrapolation to other regions, as well as integration across the different processes in that system are encouraged, especially to the extent that they advance the development of theoretical frameworks and predictive understanding. Specific topics of interest include:
* Developing theoretical frameworks and models that incorporate the linkages and feedbacks among atmospheric, terrestrial, aquatic, oceanic, and social processes that can be used to predict the potential impact of (1) climate variability and change, (2) land use and (3) human activity on water systems on decadal to centennial scales in order to provide a basis for adaptive management of water resources.
* Determining the inputs, outputs, and potential changes in water budgets and water quality in response to (1) climate variability and change, (2) land use and (3) human activity, and the effect of these changes on Biogeochemical cycles, water quality, long-term chemical transport and transformation, terrestrial, aquatic and coastal ecosystems, landscape evolution and human settlements and behavior.
* Determining how our built water systems and our governance systems can be made more reliable, resilient and sustainable to meet diverse and often conflicting needs, such as minimizing consumption of water for energy generation, industrial and agricultural/forest rangeland production and built environment requirements, reuse for both potable and non-potable needs, ecosystem protection, and flood control and storm water management.
This activity enables interagency cooperation on one of the most pressing problems of the millennium--water sustainability --how it is likely to affect our world, and how we can proactively plan for its consequences. It allows the partner agencies--National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA/NIFA) -to combine resources to identify and fund the most meritorious and highest-impact projects that support their respective missions, while eliminating duplication of effort and fostering collaboration between agencies and the investigators they support
Successful proposals are expected to study water systems in their entirety and to enable a new interdisciplinary paradigm in water research. Proposals that do not broadly integrate across the biological sciences, geosciences, engineering, and social sciences may be returned without review. Proposals may establish new observational sites or utilize existing sites and facilities already supported by NSF (National Science Foundation) or other federal and state agencies (e.g. USGS (US Geological Survey), USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) , USDA/ARS/FS (US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Station/Forest Service), NOAA(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)).
- Landscapes on the Edge: New Horizons for Research on Earth's Surface, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 2010
- Hydrologic Science Priorities for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, An Initial Assessment, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. 1999
- WATERS Network Science Plan
- Climate Change and Water Resources Management: A Federal Perspective. Circular 1331, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1331, 65p. 2009
- GEO Vision Report (Water: Changing Perspectives)
- 2001 Water and Watersheds Progress Review
- Transitions and Tipping Points in Complex Environmental Systems
- NSF-EPA WATERS Workshop (May 2008)
- Energy Demands On Water Resources: Report To Congress On The Interdependency Of Energy And Water
- NAE Grand Challenges (March 1, 2009 Summit on the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges at Duke University)
- WATERS Network Social/Behavioral/Economic Science Agenda Workshop Final Report
- Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality Strategic Plan
- NOAA Hydrology program Strategic Science Plan

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ANTIOQUIA, Colombia – Five hours by truck and mule from the nearest town, a rumbling generator cuts through the silent night to power large spotlights as botanists crouch and kneel on large blue tarps spread across a cow pasture. It's nearly midnight, and the team works urgently to describe every detail of the dozens of colorful orchids, ferns and other exotic plants they have collected that day in Las Orquídeas National Park, one of the single most biologically diverse places on the planet.
For nearly two weeks, each day begins and ends like this. At 6 a.m., the botanists emerge from their tents, just before the sun peeks over the mist covered mountains. They down a breakfast of cornmeal arepas and steaming bowls of agua de panela, a local drink made from boiled sugar cane. Then they don their rain gear, cross the river on a dubious bridge made of a single log and trudge along narrow, muddy trails before fanning out into the cloud forest.
Their mission: To collect as many species of flowering plants as possible and return to base camp before heavy afternoon rains swell the river to dangerous levels. They're racing a different clock, too. Climate change and development are beginning to erase these irreplaceable ecosystems. The researchers are scrambling to understand what is here before it disappears.
The scientists are carrying out a three-year project, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, to create a comprehensive inventory of all the vascular plants in this park. It's a considerable undertaking. At least 3,000 plant species – including the more than 200 species of orchid for which the park is named – are believed to inhabit Las Orquídeas. Potentially hundreds of plants have yet to be identified by science.
What makes this park in northwestern Colombia a global biodiversity hotspot is its location at the intersection of the Chocó and the Tropical Andes, two of the richest biogeographic regions in the world. But for the better part of two decades, Las Orquídeas, like many other ecologically important areas in Colombia, was largely off limits to scientists because portions of the park had become the unofficial territory of armed groups in the country's decades-long conflict.
All over the mountain tropics of South America, the race is on identify unique, often endemic species before natural resource exploitation and climate change converge to threaten them. Before scientists can document the impacts of climate change, they must be able to establish a baseline for how these ecosystems function. But in Colombia, which may have the greatest biodiversity of any country on earth, research is often decades behind; field expeditions can be dangerous, making funding hard to come by.
Today, the Colombian government is holding peace talks with the largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and the conflict has retreated from Las Orquídeas over the past several years. Yet the high mountain ecosystems of the Colombian Andes remain besieged. As the country becomes more secure, mining, timber, agriculture and ranching are expanding rapidly, leading to massive deforestation and contributing to temperatures that are rising significantly faster than at lower altitudes.
"The Andes is actually the most diverse region of the planet," said Paola Pedraza-Peñalosa, a Colombian botanist at the New York Botanical Garden who is co-leading the Las Orquídeas research. "Here we have a great diversity of plants that has no parallel in the rest of the world, but also the Andes is one of the most deforested areas."
Like coral reefs and glaciers, the tropical Andes are among the most vulnerable to the dual impacts of climate change and human population pressures. About a sixth of the world's biodiversity – perhaps two million species of plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms – can be found in the region. About 10 percent have been identified.
"What makes the northern Andes so special is that they have extraordinary concentrations of species within very small geographical ranges," said Stuart Pimm, a professor of conservation ecology at Duke University who specializes in species extinction.
"Each one of these mountain-tops has wonderfully different sets of species of plants and birds and butterflies and amphibians," said Pimm, who also chairs a conservation organization, SavingSpecies, that is restoring deforested lands near Las Orquídeas to address habitat fragmentation. "The question is, what happens when the climate warms?"
The vast range of ecosystems in the park begins in lowland rain forests 2,600 feet above sea-level, rising to mountain cloud forests and then páramo wetlands at an elevation of more than 11,000 feet, where fog clings to the chilly slopes and spongy moorland valleys just below glacial peaks.
"Sometimes you think about how long these things have been out there and we are just not getting to them on time, in that the deforestation is happening sometimes in front of our eyes and things that are not even known to scientists ... are disappearing," said Pedraza-Peñalosa.
Plants and animals in the tropical Andes have evolved to fill specific niches up and down the mountains. In Las Orquídeas, those species include the emblematic and endangered Andean spectacled bear, rare jaguar, puma, monkeys, deer, amphibians and an incredible variety of birds, bats and insects.
Throughout the tropical Andes, the habitats of these animals are already fragmented by deforestation. Climate change could exacerbate those changes, according to Orlando Vargas, a professor of ecology at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá.
Vargas is monitoring the impacts of climate change in páramos like Chingaza, near Bogotá. He notes two distinct trends in these high mountain ecosystems as human pressures converge with rising temperatures and other global climate disruptions.
One is that plant species from lower elevations are migrating up the mountains, threatening to transform the unique ecosystems of the cloud forests and the páramos. The second, and perhaps more serious problem, he said, is the upslope encroachment of invasive plant, animal and insect species. These invasive species can often move faster than native plants, pushing out species critical to the integrity of the upper mountain ecosystems.
That problem is made worse by the fact that human interventions have reduced predators and, in doing so, increased the populations of the animals they once preyed on. While these animals are not invasive species, they behave like them, said Vargas, consuming plants and other animals that maintain the healthy functioning of the ecosystems.
Shifts in seasonal events such as plant bloom times could cause additional significant disruptions, he said.
But it's not always clear how species will react to warming temperatures, according to Pimm, who is investigating whether climate change will directly lead to the extinction of species, or just add to the threats they face.
"Estimates for climate-related extinctions are all over the place," he said. "There is no consensus, and we need to have better answers."
The lack of information creates obstacles for those tasked with creating effective conservation strategies in the region's protected areas. Héctor Velásquez Lema, the director of Las Orquídeas, said park managers often work with very limited information and resources.
Simply having baseline data on plant populations is a significant step in improving conservation plans for these complex ecosystems. But Velásquez Lema is concerned about the dearth of research on how climate change could compound existing problems created by ranching, agriculture, mining and timber harvesting in and near his park.
As in much of the Andean region, national parks in Colombia are not solely for recreation and conservation. Poor campesino farmers and indigenous communities exist within the boundaries of protected areas, often surviving by clearing forests for small-scale cattle ranching and cultivating crops like sugar cane, corn and potatoes. Some practice small-scale gold mining –illegally, or with government permits granted before the park existed.
Velásquez Lema also worries about the impact of large-scale mining and logging by national and multinational corporations just outside of protected areas like Las Orquídeas, which degrades ecosystems and leads to the fragmentation of habitat. Over 74,000 acres of land in Antioquia, the department, or state in which Las Orquídeas is located, get deforested every year, he said. Combined with global climate change that disrupts weather patterns and increases temperature, these industries could spell disaster for already vulnerable species.
The endangered spectacled bear is one such species. It feeds primarily on plants at high altitudes but migrates through different elevations within the park in search for food. Velásquez Lema wonders what will happen if seasonal patterns shift and bears aren't able to find their usual food inside the forest. They might starve, or they might come into conflict with populated areas as they search for food. Rare jaguars, already facing fragmentation of their habitat due to deforestation and industry like mining, face similar threats to their survival.
"Things are always interconnected, and that is why climate change is something we should worry about," said Velásquez Lema. "We are all connected in the fabric of life and there are consequences for the things that happen here that will affect humanity in general."
This article originally appeared at The Daily Climate, the climate change news source published by Environmental Health Sciences, a nonprofit media company.


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The fight over an increase to the minimum-wage, which many small businesses pay their employees, has already begun in Congress. And small employers on both sides of the issue — armed with plenty of Tweets, videos, press releases and data — have entered the fray.
President Barack Obama has proposed raising the federal minimum wage to $9 from the current $7.25 per hour. The current level equals an annual income of about $15,000. The last minimum-wage increase to $7.25 was in July 2009.
Plenty of Detractors ...
The National Federation of Independent Business, which represents smaller employers and independent businesses, recently released an online video that highlights why raising the minimum wage is bad for small business and the bottom line. It was posted on YouTube last week and Tweeted.
On the video, NFIB's Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg dismisses the often-used argument that raising the minimum wage fuels growth by giving low-income workers more money to spend in the economy, and lifts them out of poverty.
"Every dollar in minimum wage a worker receives comes out of the pockets of consumers in the community, so there is no overall increase in spending power as supporters have lead," Dunkelberg says.
Dunkelberg notes raising the minimum wage is a bad for business because the increase doesn't help the poor, most of whom aren't working; costs jobs; cuts job opportunities for the young; raises the price of goods produced with a lot of labor services; and reduces the purchasing power of consumers, when owners raise prices to cover increased costs.
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Welcome to "Ask the White House" -- an online interactive forum where you can submit questions to Administration Officials and friends of the White House. Visit the "Ask the White House" archives to read other discussions with White House officials.
Today's guest: Secretary of Education, Rod Paige
Rod Paige
Today marks a milestone in the history of education reform. We are announcing that states from Alabama to Alaska now have in place new accountability plans outlining how they will achieve the bold goal of making sure no child in America is left behind, no matter where they live. No Child Left Behind is the landmark education reform law designed to change the culture of America's schools by closing the achievement gap, offering more flexibility, giving parents more options, and teaching students based on what works. Americans have heard President Bush's call for meaningful education reform so that no child is left behind, they are joining forces with him to see that the mission is accomplished. Today marks the beginning - states have made extraordinary efforts to lay the foundation for education improvement and accountability.
Amy, from DC writes:
Mr. Secretary, When do you plan on having all the state accountability plans approved? Do you anticipate states will borrow good ideas from one another?
Rod Paige
The law requires that all states submit an accountability plan to the Department of Education by January 2003. The law permits the department 120 days to review and approve those plans. Today represents the 120th day. And today the President announced that every one of the 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have had their plans approved. We congratulate each of the chief state school officers for their hard work and commitment to making this a reality.
Jessie, from Louisville, Kentucky writes:
Will the Early Reading First grant fund be available next year?
Rod Paige
Yes. Competitions will be held each year for the next four years.
Ellen, from Education World, Wallingford, Conn. writes:
Secretary Paige, so far, which requirement of the NCLB Act have states and districts said is the most challenging to meet? What has been your office's response?
Rod Paige
The No Child Left Behind Act 2001 is a very complex law. It is a tough law. It requires a change in the way business is being done in most states and schools. It has many challenging elements. But the requirement that appears the most challenging is the highly qualified teacher element of the law. While all schools and school districts agree that having a highly qualified teacher be in every classroom is important, some face challenges in insuring that every Title 1 school has highly qualified teachers this year. Adequate Yearly Progress is a close second; however, I am pleased that schools and school districts have accepted responsibility for the achievement of all of their students.
Chris, from Washington, DC writes:
Dear Secretary Paige, I wonder exactly where the school vouchers issue stands presently -- will such types of legislation still be pursued by the Administration? And what is it like working with for the President on such a priority as improving education for America? Thank you
Rod Paige
This administration believes that choice is a necessary condition for authentic school reform. There are many types of choices. The NCLB Act provides choices to parents and students of schools that have been identified as in need of improvement. These students will have the opportunity to transfer to higher performing public schools. If the school is still in need of improvement the following year, then parents who remain at their school may request tutorial services for their children (supplemental educational services). Whereas the NCLB Act limits choice to public schools, there continues to be a strong interest in broadening choice for parents to include non public schools. An example of the success of this choice idea is the Pell grant program where public dollars are provided to students for use at public universities or non public universities and this has worked well for universities and students. Another example of this kind of expanded choice is the G.I. Bill where veterans were provided public dollars to attend private or public universities of their choice. We would like to provide these same kinds of advantages to public school students.
Mike, from Columbia,SC writes:
Secretary Paige, There have been some legislators who say the Dept. of Education should be abolished. How would you respond to that sentiment?
Rod Paige
Yes there has been a call by some legislators to abolish the Department of Education, but not recently. I think most legislators would agree that the Department of today is a high quality federal agency with outstanding performance. In 1983 my predecessor Terrell Bell published a document called A Nation at Risk. Interestingly it was not called Some States at Risk. The title suggests that there is a national interest in this nation's education system although the system is run by the individual states. So states have direct responsibility but there exists a national interest. States are interested in state interests, school districts have school district interests, schools are primarily concerned with school interests, and parents are primarily concerned with the interests of their children. So therefore the U.S. Department of Education is the only entity that represents the national interest for education, therefore an effective and efficient Department of Education such as we are creating now is a necessary condition to protect our national interests in education.
Brent, from Baltimore, MD writes:
Secretary Paige, While I support your No Child Left Behind initiative, how can we say that no child is left behind when there continues to exist an enormous disparity between well-funded suburban schools and their poor urban counterparts? It seems that an entire segment of our population - often those who most need our help - is being left behind.
Rod Paige
While many people assume that students in suburban districts are more highly funded than their counterparts in inner city urban districts a recent study by the General Accounting Office noted that this is not always the case. States across America have developed education funding systems that target additional resources for students who are economically disadvantaged, english language learners, or students with disabilities as a result the school districts with a high number of these students receive more state funding than their suburban counterparts. In addition, the federal government provides over 11 billion dollars a year targeted to schools with high numbers of disadvantaged students. As a result of these two funding sources, therefore, urban school districts have the funds required to improve the quality of education for their students. Accountability results have encouraged many urban school districts to rethink how they use their education dollars to more effectively educate their students.
Margot, from Washington, DC
One of the fundemental forces behind No Child Left Behind is standardized testing. Is it fair or effective to hold students and educators accountable for their scores when it is clear that the notion of the standard student is nonexistent? To clairfy, to measure the success of No Child Left Behind exclusively through the use of standardized tests seems unreasonable when students, educators, and curricula differ dramatically from school to school.
Rod Paige
The NCLB Act requires states to establish statewide assessments that are aligned with the standards identified as important by that state. These are not norm reference tests that compare students to other students. Instead these assessments measure whether the students have mastered the knowledge and skills required for their grade level. Thus we are not talking about "a standard student" performance but an identification of the strengths and weaknesses of each student, vis a vis the standards. While students do differ from school to school the assessment standard represents what that state wants every child to achieve before leaving school. Knowing where each student is enables teachers and administrators to improve a curriculum and instruction offered to that child.
Rod Paige
Thank you all for your questions today it has been fun and I hope to do this again soon.


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Since they're geared for the CCW crowd, all three guns sport lightweight 7075-T7 aluminum frames and the Kimber Tactical Extractor, which is an external extractor. Kimber calls the new extractor…
"extremely reliable, under even the toughest field conditions."
According to the company, the Kimber Custom Shop's Premium Aluminum Trigger breaks at between 4 and 5 pounds, with "minimal creep or overtravel", which is just right for a carry gun. All three guns also sport Meprolight three-dot (green) Tritium night sights(fixed). The Kimber Tactical Custom II utilizes a standard 5" match-grade barrel and bushing. The Tactical Pro II and Tactical Ultra II both use bushingless match-grade bull barrels. The Tactical Ultra II's barrel is ramped.
From what DefRev understands, the Kimber Tactical Custom II, Tactical Pro II, and Tactical Ultra II all come with additional custom features like 30 lpi machine-cut checkering and extended and beveled mag wells for fast reloading. All magazines thus feature bumber pads.
I only have two questions about the new guns, both relating to the aluminum frames. First, I'm curious about their durability/longevity as compared to a steel frame. I'm thinking the aluminum frames can handle about 25-33%(50% tops) of the round count that a steel frame can handle without cracking, but that's just a guess.
The second thing I wonder about is how much additional felt recoil the shooter will experience due to the aluminum frames. One must remember, however, that these are intended to be concealed carry guns, not range hoses. Life's a compromise.
DefRev would like to get a Tactical Custom II for a thorough T&E, shoot a video of the gun during a shooting session, and then post that video on Defense Review. If you would like us to do this, please email David Crane at [email protected]. If we get enough member/reader response, we'll contact Kimber and try to make this happen. It will be up to our members and readers.
Click here to visit the Kimber Tactical Custom II, Tactical Pro II, and Tactical Ultra II page on Kimber America's site.


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28 Percent of Holiday Shoppers Say Social Media has Influenced Holiday Purchases
RESTON, VA, December 8, 2009 – Comscore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 36 days of the November – December 2009 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, nearly $16 billion has been spent online, marking a 3-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. The most recent week ending December 6 reached $4.6 billion in holiday spending, heavier than any individual spending week in 2008 but still below two individual weeks in 2007. The week began with strong weekday spending, led by $887 million on Cyber Monday, but ended on a softer note with negative year-over-year growth rates during the weekend.
2009 Holiday Season To Date vs. Corresponding Days* in 2008Non-Travel (Retail) SpendingExcludes Auctions and Large Corporate PurchasesTotal U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsSource: Comscore, Inc.
Millions ($)
Percent Change
November 1 – December 6
Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 26)
Black Friday (Nov. 27)
Cyber Monday (Nov. 30)
Week Ending Dec. 6 (Nov. 30 – Dec. 6)
*Corresponding days based on corresponding shopping days (November 2 thru December 7, 2008)
"After a strong beginning to the week, we saw growth rates decelerate over the weekend to put this past week of holiday shopping in line with our 3 percent growth forecast for the season," said Comscore chairman Gian Fulgoni. "We are anticipating heavy spending for the current week, making it an important determinant for how the holiday season as a whole will perform. Hopefully, we'll see a return to the growth rates we observed during the earlier part of this past week and that the weekend softness was just a temporary hiccup."
Social Media Influencing Holiday Purchases
In the Comscore weekly holiday survey, Comscore asked respondents about the influence of social media on their holiday shopping behavior. According to the most recent survey, conducted on Dec. 4-7, 2009, 28 percent of those who have begun their holiday shopping this season indicated that social media has influenced their purchases. Of the types of specific social media cited, reading a consumer-generated product review was the most common form of social media that had influenced holiday purchases (13 percent of respondents), followed by an expert product review (11 percent). Seven percent of respondents indicated they have followed a fan page on Facebook to take advantage of special offers and deals, while 6 percent said they have been influenced by a friend's Facebook status update referring to a particular product. Five percent of respondents indicated they had followed a company on Twitter to take advantage of special offers and deals, while 3 percent said that a friend's "tweet" about a product influenced their purchase behavior.
Social Media Influence on U.S. Holiday Shopping BehaviorDec. 4-7, 2009; n = 425Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsSource: Comscore 2009 Holiday Shopping Survey
How Social Media Influenced Purchase
Percent of Respondents Who Have Begun their Holiday Shopping
Social media has influenced my holiday purchases
Reading a consumer-generated review about a product online (including personal blogs) influenced me to purchase it
Reading an expert review about a product online influenced me to purchase it
I have followed a company Fan Page on Facebook to take advantage of special offers/deals
A friend's status update about a product on Facebook influenced me to purchase it
Watching a related video online influenced me to purchase a product
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A tweet about a product on Twitter influenced me to purchase it
"Social media really appears to be emerging as an important marketing channel this holiday season," added Mr. Fulgoni. "On the one hand, its emergence is being driven by increased consumer adoption of these technologies and the exponential growth in digital word-of-mouth that is occurring over this medium. On the other hand, having a social media marketing strategy makes sense for retailers in this environment because it's cost-effective and shows an effort to get closer to one's customers. I think we are getting our first real glimpse at the impact social media will play on commerce as we enter the next decade."
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by Ben Wagner
I learned quickly in life that I am naturally suspicious of rules. I think that a lot of rules have the reverse effect of their intended purpose.
For example, in first grade, we were expected to respond to a school fire alarm by silently getting up from our desks, getting in a single file line and calmly following our teacher out of the building. During our first fire drill, I got caught for talking in line and had to miss recess. That was silly, I thought to myself. If there were a real fire, nobody would react like that … nor would it help to do so, in case of an actual emergency. There's got to be a better way.
With this in mind, I decided that I should pull the fire alarm to prove my hypothesis.
I was right. Teachers sprinted to the door, bellowing for screaming kids to follow. And when it was all said and done, we made it out faster. Big win in my book!
I jumped at the opportunity to admit that I pulled the alarm as, in my mind, I deserved a reward for this new and improved, realistic fire drill. I then proceeded to represent myself in pleading the case to the administration, who did not see eye-to-eye with me and felt that a lot of detention was the correct way to make me understand that what I did was wrong.
Fast forward 15 years to today — as a startup CEO, I'm on the other side of the rule making. Or not making, as the case may be. Because while I've come to admit that giving 7-year-olds complete free reign in a potentially burning building may not be wise, many hardworking employees could do with a lot more flexibility.
At LifeKraze, our team consistently executes under pressure with limited resources and huge expectations, yet we have no official hours and an unlimited vacation policy. Most people are shocked when I tell them this, but what I've come to learn is that having a ton of rules will just slow you down and trip you up.
Following some guiding principles instead has helped keep our team from getting burned:
1. Make sure you have the right people in the room.
What we've been able to accomplish is purely because of our incredible team. Find people who love what you're doing and are willing to work hard to help. It all starts with hiring people who are skilled enough to produce results and add to the excellence of our culture.
2. Set a clear destination and get out of the way.
Once your team is in place, let them know where you're all trying to go. Write it in big letters across your whiteboard or at least your desk, so that people will know what they should do, even if you're not there. If you have a team you can trust, let them do their thing. One way we've done this is to forgo traditional office hours, which has allowed us to work when we work best. We regularly have team members leaving the office at 3 a.m. and others coming in at 6 a.m.. We have people leaving at 2 p.m. when they can't focus, and coming in on weekends when they just can't wait to get something done. Ultimately, we all put in over 50 hours a week — and we all avoid rush hour, every day.
3. Keep pulling the alarm!
Good rules have to work under pressure, in the heat of the moment. A sense of urgency helps everyone to realize what's important and what's not. You won't know until you actually try, so be willing to experiment and adjust. Don't allow expectations or rules to become so entrenched that people stop asking why they originally were put in place.
My point is that even the best guidelines won't work for everyone in all situations, so it would be disingenuous for me to suggest that "The LK Way" will work for you and your company. Keep experimenting, keep looking for a better way, and if your principal takes away your recess… well, you might just learn something from it.
Ben Wagner is the CEO of LifeKraze, an iPhone app, Android app and website that operates as a rewards program for life, encouraging people to live like it counts.


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1979: Nur Muhammad Taraki, grandfather of the Afghan War
September 14th, 2016 Headsman
When our party took over political power, the exploiting classes and reactionary forces went into action. The only rusty and antiquated tool that they use against us is preaching in the name of faith and religion against the progressive movement of our homeland.
-Nur Muhammad Taraki (via)
On this date in 1979, Afghanistan's Communist ruler Nur Muhammad Taraki was deposed and summarily executed (or just murdered, if you like: he was held down and suffocated with pillows) by his defense minister.
The writer whom the Soviets had once hailed as "Afghanistan's Maxim Gorky" had been one of the most prominent Communist leaders in Afghanistan for a generation by the time he led a coup against Mohammad Daoud Khan in 1978. It was Taraki who inaugurated the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, and so came to number among the USSR's accidental gravediggers.
Like any proper Red he dreamt a far grander legacy: his program for Afghanistan featured wide-ranging land reform, education, and women's rights. But he would quickly discover that the resistance to these aggressive changes wielded tools far less antiquated than expected.*
The rebellion that broke out against Taraki in 1978 — joining rural magnates, religious traditionalists, ideological anti-Communists, and people pissed off about the new government's egregious human rights abuses — is basically the same war that's still raging there today.
To Moscow's credit, the morass-detector went to high alert when Taraki first began soliciting Kremlin aid. Soviet Foreign Minister Alexei Kosygin gave a sharp and apt refusal when Taraki first invited his Russian allies to come visit that graveyard of empires:
It would be a fatal mistake to commit ground troops. … If our troops went in, the situation in your country would not improve. On the contrary, it would get worse. Our troops would have to struggle not only with an external aggressor, but with a significant part of your own people. And the people would never forgive such things.
You know how they say you should usually obey your first instinct?
Taraki in the end wheedled very little by way of Russian props for his regime. It was only with his downfall that events took a different turn — for the aide who overthrew and then killed Taraki, Hafizullah Amin, was not half so trusted in the USSR as his predecessor. Before the year was out, Moscow had worriedly (and somewhat impulsively) begun committing its divisions into that self-destructive struggle Kosygin had warned about, vainly trying to manage the deteriorating situation. (Russia also overthrew and executed Amin into the bargain.)
* It also didn't help Taraki that his own Communist movement was sharply divided. Members of the rival faction were widely purged or driven to exile in 1978-79; a notable exemplar of the exiled group was Mohammad Najibullah, who became president in the late 1980s and ended up being lynched when the Taliban took over in 1996.
On this day..
- 1812: Juan Jose Crespo y Castillo, Huanuco rebel - 2020
- 2014: Darfur rebels for killing Chinese oil workers - 2019
- 1568: Jan van Casembroot, Lord of Backerzele - 2018
- 1888: Alexander Goldenson, San Francisco obsessive - 2017
- 258: St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage - 2015
- 1814: Not William Beanes, anthem enabler - 2014
- 1459: Pietro di Campofregoso, former Doge of Genoa, stoned to death - 2013
- 1767: Elizabeth Brownrigg - 2012
- 1894: Enoch Davis, like a cur - 2011
- 2000: Cheng Kejie of the National People's Congress - 2010
- 1932: Paul Gorguloff, who assassinated the French President - 2009
- 2004: Mamoru Takuma, for the Osaka school massacre - 2008
Entry Filed under: 20th Century,Afghanistan,Borderline "Executions",Execution,Heads of State,History,No Formal Charge,Politicians,Power,Strangled,Summary Executions
Tags: 1970s, 1979, afghan war, cold war, communism, communists, coup d'etat, hafizullah amin, nur muhammad taraki, september 14, soviet-afghan war


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(Tarnow District, Krakow Region)
Tuchow was already known from the beginning of the 12th century as the estate of the Benedictine monastery in Tienic. Tuchow was granted the status of a city in 1341.
During the 17th century, the citizens exported dried prunes along the Wisla River, which were being transported from Hungary to Gdansk. During the 18th century, Tuchow was a city of commerce and trade that served the agricultural base. Throughout its existence, the town stood in the shadow of the nearby city of Tarnow, whose development impeded that of small Tuchow. After 1855, Tuchow became a regional city for several years.
During the months of World War I, Tuchow was under the occupation of the Russian Army, which caused great destruction in the city while it was stationed there and during its retreat in 1915.
No Jews lived in Tuchow during the first centuries of the existence, since it was the estate of the monastery. During the latter half of the 18th century, five Jewish families settled there. They were apparently occupied in leasing inns in the city and its environs. These families were subordinate to the Tarnow community. It was almost impossible for Jews to settle in Tuchow until 1865. The local Jewish community only started to grow after that time. During that time, the first synagogue was built in Tuchow, and the community was organized. In 1875, the rabbi of Tuchow requested from the Galician Sejm to provide a monetary grant to the community council in order to enable the empty communal coffers to pay his salary.
During those days, the livelihood of the Jews of Tuchow came from small scale commerce, trades, and peddling in the villages. Communal life and the life situation of the Jews of Tuchow were influenced to a large degree from the much larger community of nearby Tarnow. When an Ahavat Zion organization was established in Tarnow in 1897, a chapter was also set up in Tuchow.
In 1904, the Jewish community of Tuchow was frightened by a blood libel with a pogrom in its wake. After a dispute broke out between a farmer and his sister, the sister ascended the attic of the shochet (ritual slaughterer) and prepared to commit suicide. Suddenly the shochet saw that blood was dripping from his ceiling. When he ascended to his attic, he saw the Christian girl wallowing in her blood. When word got out, a large group of local residents gathered together, prepared to take revenge on the Jews for ritual murder. The most eager of them began to break the windowpanes of the Jewish homes. To the good fortune of the local Jews, the woman had not yet died, and she was able to tell the truth to the policeman. However, things did not calm down for several months.
During the first weeks of World War I, most of the Jews of Tuchow fled in the wake of the retreating Austrian army. Only 40 people remained, most of them poor people who were not able to arrange any transportation. The Russian soldiers treated them harshly and pillaged their meager property. There were also incidents of rape. The conquerors destroyed the interior of the synagogue. The rest of the houses of worship and buildings were turned into latrines. The Jews who remained there succeeded in saving the Torah scrolls and hiding them.
During the inter-war period, the Jewish population of Tuchow declined. During the 1930s, their livelihood was in constant decline. The Jewish community was barely able to pay the salary of the rabbi. During that time, Rabbi Shalom Alowice (Niemetz) served as the rabbi of Tuchow.
Despite the depressed situation of the Jewish community, there was vibrant Zionist activity. There was a chapter of the General Zionists and two youth movements: Hashomer Hatzair and Akiva. The Zionist organizations maintained a library and reading hall, which served as a modest cultural center for all the Jewish residents of Tuchow.
In the elections for the Zionist Congress of 1935, the members voted as follows: 17 for the General Zionists, two for Mizrachi ,three for the Working Land of Israel List, four for the State Party, and five for Hitachdut. In 1938, there was a convention of the Endek Party from three regions. The participants attacked the Jewish homes and broke the windowpanes.
On the day of the outbreak of the war, many Jews fled from Tuchow and joined the refugees who were streaming eastward. However, on account of the rapid advance of the German army, the escape routes were closed off, and most of them returned.
On the day after they entered Tuchow, the Germans set the synagogue on fire and murdered several Jews. The soldiers of the Wehrmacht snatched Jews for forced labor. They tortured the Orthodox by cutting off their beards. They broke into the stores and houses and stole the property that was in them.
In December 1939, all Jewish men from the age of 13 and above were commanded to appear in the local school. The announcement stated that those who do not come would be taken out and killed. After most of the men gathered in the designated place, the Germans took out 15 men from among them, and took them to an unknown place. All trace of them was lost. The attempts of the members of the community to find out their fate came to naught. Only after three months did a farmer inform the heads of the community of Tuchow that he had stumbled across some corpses in the nearby village of Tarnowiec. The victims were identified, and only after the payment of a large bribe did the German authorities permit them to bring them to a Jewish burial in the Tuchow cemetery. All of the Jews were ordered to remain in their houses when they were brought to Tuchow. Only a few members of the Chevra Kadisha took care of their burial.
A Judenrat was established at the end of 1939. It was headed by Wachs. The Judenrat had the responsibility for enumerating the Jewish population and providing people for forced labor.
In 1940, the Germans captured a minyan (prayer quorum) of Jews who were worshipping in the home of the Weiss family. After the burning of the synagogue at the beginning of the occupation, the Weis home served as a secret house of worship. . All who were present during the services were murdered. The Germans forbade the burial of the bodies in the cemetery, but rather ordered that they be buried in the yard of the house in which they met their deaths.
In 1941, deportees from Ryglice, Gromnik, Czeinzkowice, and other settlements of the area were brought to Tuchow. The situation of the local community and the refugees worsened. The Judenrat and the J.S.S. branch assisted those in need to the extent possible. At the beginning of the summer of 1942, workshops for tailors and other tradesmen were established through the efforts of the Judenrat. This was an effort to create work for the Jews, and thereby to avoid them being captured for the work camps. Men also worked in quarries close to Tuchow.
The ghetto was established in June 1942. The chairman of the Judenrat was murdered at the time of its establishment. A Pole who was interested in his house slandered him, reporting that he was a Communist.
The boundaries of the ghetto encompassed 17 buildings in the southern section of Tuchow. At the time of its establishment, additional deportees from the region were brought in, and the Jewish population reached 3,000.
At the end of the summer of 1942, the Germans ordered the Judenrat to conduct an exact census of all the residents of the ghetto. An aktion took place in September 1942. The exact time of the aktion is not known, but it was apparently prior to Rosh Hashanah of 5703. The ghetto was surrounded by the German and Polish police ,and all of its residents were ordered to gather in the town square, where a selection took place.
Only a small group of workers remained in the ghetto. All of the rest were sent to the Belzec death camp. The remnants of the community were occupied with the disposition of the property of the deportees. Some worked in agricultural farms in the region of Tuchow.
The ghetto was liquidated completely on August 18, 1943. The last of its residents were taken out to be murdered in the place, and a few were transferred to Tarnow.
The few survivors of the Jewish of Tarnow came across a very depressing scene after the liberation. The cemetery had been destroyed completely and its area was ploughed over. The gravestones were used to pave the streets and sidewalks.
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AshTz: (3)83, (3)84.1.2.
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Microsoft's mammoth acquisition of LinkedIn has just cleared the last hurdle in front of it, paving the way for the tech titan to buy the professional social network for $26.2 billion.
European Union regulators have approved the acquisition, joining agencies in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and South Africa. The deal is expected to close "in the coming days," Brad Smith, Microsoft's president and chief legal officer, said in a blog post Tuesday.
The news comes roughly six months after Microsoft announced the deal. Microsoft at the time said it expected the acquisition to close by the end of 2016, and it seems poised to hit that mark.
It's good news for Microsoft, considering that the company's competitors filed complaints with European regulatory authorities to block the deal. Chief among them was Salesforce, which argued that Microsoft would be able to hoard LinkedIn's data to enhance its CRM products and other software while barring competitors from accessing it.
Microsoft did make several commitments to European regulators related to its treatment of LinkedIn, Smith said. The company committed to making its Office Add-In program available to third-party social networks so that LinkedIn competitors will be able to integrate their services into Microsoft's productivity apps.
The company also committed to allowing IT administrators the ability to hide the LinkedIn user interface from users if they choose to. Should Microsoft develop a LinkedIn application or tile for Windows, PC manufacturers will be able to opt-out of pre-installing it on devices sold in the European Economic Area.
Users will also be able to uninstall a LinkedIn application should it come pre-installed, and Microsoft also said that it wouldn't use Windows to prompt users to install that app. The hypothetical app could remain available for sale in the Windows Store, however, and Microsoft could choose to promote it in other ways.
Some of these restrictions feel reminiscent of the EU-Microsoft antitrust judgment from the early 2000s. But all in all, they don't add up to much of a negative consequence for Microsoft. The company will need to provide an open platform for competing social networks to access Windows and Office, but won't be required to hand over LinkedIn's data.


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Command the torque converter to stay locked, stay unlocked, or revert to OEM settings with the BD TorqLoc. Flip the toggle switch to position one, and the lock-up clutch is engaged, so transmission temperature remains low and the exhaust brake can work with 100% effectiveness (this is a manual setting and should only be selected under light load/light power conditions, such as highway driving).
Position two reverts back to stock function, or can be wired to unlock the torque converter. Position three acts as an AutoLoc by commanding lock-up only when the exhaust brake is engaged – perfect setting for every day driving in all situations.
Additionally, the TorqLoc has an Overdrive inverter option which allows the transmission to start out in Drive which will prevent upshift into the Overdrive gear – great for those who live in city/urban areas. Also, if you have a BD Valve Body with the second gear lock-up capability, the lock-up can be set to hold until 5-10 mph.
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i don't think i could ever have a home as gorgeous as these! plus with a baby white is kind of hard but it is one of my favorite decorating colors! if you can call it a color. :)ReplyDelete
love! someday, i'd love to do a guest room in winter white.ReplyDelete
I want this as a house some day. Heaven!!!ReplyDelete
I fell in love with every single room. This is a great post for renters who aren't allowed to paint. Cozying up what you have would be genius.ReplyDelete
Oh I love that first bedroom and well of course all of the rooms if I'm honest. They all are dreamy! Hope your burn is okay. Stay safe in that weather!! Here in south Texas it is in the 70's and finally sunny again...although I feel like I'm still ready for it to be cozy snuggle weather. Enjoy your weekend!ReplyDelete
sorry about your getting burned! hope it heals quickly~~ I'm in Georgia too, but here in metro Atlanta we didn't get much ice, but man it's cold enough! love the pics - the first one is killaReplyDelete
Wow i loved your bed.Its simply the best...ReplyDelete
Hunker down! All we got was some COLD rain -- ugh. I so wanted a snow day. :)ReplyDelete
Hope all is well!
xo Heidi
We got a dusting so they shut down everything here yesterday too - ha! So funny after living in Pittsburgh for a few years where nothing ever shuts down even if you get a couple feet of snow. The kids always love a snow day though. I agree Alt Summit looks so fun - so wish I had bought a ticket!ReplyDelete
Hope you have enjoyed your weekend! Those are the best days. Lots of snuggle time with that sweet baby no doubt. Love these white rooms--been debating on purchasing a white couch. These inspiration photos make me really think I *need* one!ReplyDelete
We got plenty of white out here in Utah! We've been smacked with the best winter in memory!! (I like winter...I'm kind of weird that way.) A couple of weeks ago we got 2 feet of snow within 48 hours. (The schools had to declare a snow day...that's rare for Utah.) Negative temps followed that. We got up to 32 degrees just two days ago for the first time in weeks. Then last Thursday we had freezing rain. Never seen that before...totally bizarre, my driveway was a skating rink. The schools declared an ice day. This past weekend we had fog as thick as pea soup. And then last night we got another 6 inches of snow! So WHITE...yep. Today is the first time I've seen the sun and blue skies in I can't remember how long! Seriously! :) Hope your burn gets better soon! Thanks for the fun pictures...ReplyDelete
Sorry sweets on the burn. That is why I don't clean (joking!), but glad you are on the mend.ReplyDelete


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(I first recall the definitions, but specialists can probably go directly to the question.)
A twist map of the annulus $A=(\mathbb R/\mathbb Z)\times \mathbb R$ is an orientation preserving homeomorphism $f=(f_1,f_2):A\to A$ that satisfies the "twist condition": for every $x_1$, the function $f_1(x_1,x_2)$ is strictly monotone in $x_2$. Here $f_1$ and $f_2$ are the two coordinate components of $f$, and monotonicity in $\mathbb R/\mathbb Z$ should be taken to mean the monotonicity of a lifting of the corresponding function to $\mathbb R$.
Twist maps of the annulus have been studied a lot in the measure-preserving case, notably in the development of Mather-Aubry theory. For a map $f$ to be measure preserving means that for every Lebesgue-measurable set $U$, $\mu(U)=\mu(f^{-1}(U))$, where $\mu$ denotes Lebesgue measure.
A twist map $f$ is topologically conjugate to another map $g$ if there exists a homeomorphism $\phi : A\to A$ such that $f=\phi^{-1}\circ g\circ \phi$.
Question. Do there exist twist maps of the annulus that are not topologically conjugate to a map that preserves the measure? In particular, are there any twist maps where Mather-Aubry theory does not hold?
Thank you in advance!


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Washington Archdiocese Slams Georgetown President Over Sebelius Invitation
The Archdiocese of Washington, led by Cardinal Donald Wuerl, slammed Georgetown University on Tuesday for not withdrawing its invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at an awards ceremony.
In particular, the archdiocese rejected Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia's defense, issued Monday, for inviting Sebelius, who helped craft the controversial birth control mandate. The mandate, which will require employers, including many Catholic schools and hospitals, to provide health insurance that covers contraception, sterilization and some abortifacient drugs, has been criticized by Catholic institutions as well as pro-life and religious freedom advocates.
"Given the dramatic impact this mandate will have on Georgetown and all Catholic institutions, it is understandable that Catholics across the country would find shocking the choice of Secretary Sebelius, the architect of the mandate, to receive such special recognition at a Catholic university," the archdiocese said in a statement. "It is also understandable that Catholics would view this as a challenge to the bishops."
DeGioia defended the decision to have the HHS secretary participate in a Public Policy Institute awards ceremony this weekend, saying the invitation was extended prior to the Jan. 20 announcement by the Obama administration to reaffirm the mandate. He also said her presence on campus "should not be viewed as an endorsement of her views."
"Secretary Sebelius has a long and distinguished record of public service, including two terms as governor of Kansas before beginning her service in April, 2009, as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. She is also the spouse and the mother of Georgetown graduates," DeGioia stated, adding that the invitation was not a challenge to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the most ardent critics of the contraception mandate.
"As a Catholic and Jesuit University, Georgetown disassociates itself from any positions that are in conflict with traditional church teachings," he added. "We are a university, committed to the free exchange of ideas. We are a community that draws inspiration from a religious tradition that provides us with an intellectual, moral, and spiritual foundation. By engaging these values we become the University we are meant to be."
The Archdiocese of Washington fired back, saying DeGioia misses the issue of the entire controversy.
"The real issue for concern," the archdiocese said, is "the selection of a featured speaker whose actions as a public official present the most direct challenge to religious liberty in recent history and the apparent lack of unity with and disregard for the bishops and so many others across the nation who are committed to the defense of freedom of religion.
"Contrary to what is indicated in the Georgetown University President's statement, the fundamental issue with the HHS mandate is not about contraception. As the United States Bishops have repeatedly pointed out, the issue is religious freedom. Secretary Sebelius' mandate defines religious ministry so narrowly that our Catholic schools and universities, hospitals and social service ministries do not qualify as 'religious enough' to be exempt.
"This redefinition of religion penalizes Catholic organizations because they welcome and serve all people regardless of their faith."
Additionally, the archdiocese called it "especially distressing" that the university was apparently "unaware of this national debate since the mandate was published last August."
"Such a radical redefining of ministry should prompt Georgetown, as a Catholic and Jesuit university, to do more to challenge the mandate and speak up for freedom of religion."
Catholics and evangelicals alike have been speaking out against the health care mandate since last year, expressing concerns over what they view as an egregious religious freedom violation. Though the Obama administration offered a "compromise" in February, where insurance companies, rather than the religious institutions, would be required to pay for contraceptive services, religious groups have stated that the offer resolves nothing.
On Tuesday, the USCCB officially rejected the proposed "compromise," saying in a statement to HHS that religious employers and other stakeholders would still have their employee health insurance plans and premiums "used for services they find morally objectionable."
Since Sebelius was announced earlier this month as one of the speakers during Georgetown's commencement weekend, about 27,000 people have signed a petition, circulated by a conservative Catholic think tank, urging the university to withdraw the invitation.


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December 03, 2013
Tutor to Low Income Children Accused of Forgery
On Tuesday, November 26, 2013, the Fulton County Grand Jury charged Domonique Scott with one count of Forgery in the First Degree (O.C.G.A. § 16-9-1) and three counts of False Statements (O.C.G.A. § 16-10-20) for falsifying an application to provide tutoring to low income children.
In January 2010, Scott submitted an application to the Georgia Department of Education to qualify as a provider for a federal program called Supplemental Education Services (SES). SES offers free academic assistance, such as tutoring or remedial help, to low income families whose children attend a Title I school that has been designated by the State to be in need of improvement for more than one year. At the time of this offense, the State approved SES providers through an application process that aimed to vet each provider's educational abilities as well as their financial stability.
The indictment alleges that on her application, Scott falsified the financial assets and liabilities of her company, A Love of Learning Tutoring, making it appear as if it was thriving when, in fact, it only existed on paper. She provided a false balance sheet, a false statement of net income, a program summary showing a false start date for the company and a forged letter from a fictitious financial institution representing a non-existent cash line of credit.
As a result of her fraudulent application, Scott's company was hired to tutor children in Bibb, Richmond, Muscogee, DeKalb and Clayton Counties. The company has been terminated from the SES program.
Forgery in the First Degree is punishable by one to ten years imprisonment and a fine of up to $100,000. False Statements is punishable by one to five years imprisonment and a fine of up to $100,000.
Assistant Attorney General Blair McGowan is prosecuting the case on behalf of the State of Georgia. The case was investigated by former Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Wesley Horne, William Donaldson of the Office of the State Inspector General, and La'Trishia Stallings of the U.S. Department of Education Office of the Inspector General.


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HOUSTON — In one of the darkest days in Astros history, the fallout from a cheating scandal came fast and furious.
Astros owner Jim Crane said manager A.J. Hinch and GM Jeff Luhnow will not return to the team. He fired both of them after an MLB investigation confirmed cheating allegations during the 2017 season.
MLB also suspended Hinch and Luhnow for the 2020 season as part of its harsh punishment for stealing signs during the team's run to the World Series Championship.
"A.J. was upset. I think he understands the consequences. He said 'I'm sorry, and I'll do what I can to help the team,'" Crane said. "Jeff was a little bit shorter, he was traveling."
The Houston Astros are also being fined $5 million and will forfeit 1st and 2nd-round draft picks in 2020 and 2021.
No Astros players are being punished even though most position players on the 2017 team participated in some way, according to the report.
Many of the players interviewed said they knew it was wrong and they worried about getting caught.
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Investigators interviewed 68 witnesses including 23 current and former Astros players. They also reviewed tens of thousands of emails, Slack communications, text messages, video clips and photographs.
The investigation began in November when former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers said the team was illegally stealing signs.
Stealing hand signals from the catcher to the pitcher in the MLB is nothing new, but using technology to do so is against the rules. Fiers said the Astros used cameras to get the signs and convey them to the batters.
Witnesses confirmed that one or more players would watch the live feed from the center field camera and a runner would relay the information to the dugout. Someone in the dugout would then signal a runner on second base, who would then signal the batter.
Witnesses said the scheme was cooked up and executed by players and the only coach who knew was then-bench coach Alex Cora, who is now the manager of the Red Sox.
The Red Sox are also under investigation for sign stealing in Cora's first season as manager in 2018, when Boston won the title.
Luhnow implicated Cora in a statement Monday afternoon.
"I am not a cheater. Anybody who has worked closely with me during my 32-year career inside and outside baseball can attest to my integrity," he said. "I did not know rules were being broken."
Hinch took responsibility as the manager of the team.
"While the evidence consistently showed I didn't endorse or participate in the sign stealing practices, I failed to stop them and I am deeply sorry," Hinch said in a statement. "I regret that my time with the Astros has ended, but will always be a supporter of the club, players, and staff I've had the privilege of working alongside. I wish them the best in the future of the game I love."
Crane was cleared of any involvement.
"Crane is extraordinarily troubled and upset by the conduct of members of his organization," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said.
He said Crane fully supported the investigation and provided unlimited access to all information requested.
In his report, Manfred had harsh words for the Astros' culture, saying they "valued and rewarded results over other considerations."
"While no one can dispute that Luhnow's baseball operations department is an industry leader in its analytics, it is very clear to me that the culture of the baseball operations department -- manifesting itself in the way its employees are treated, its relations with other clubs and its relations with the media and external stakeholders -- has been very problematic," Manfred said in the report.
Crane choked up during the news conference when he said this was a tough day.
"We apologize to our fans and all of our sponsors and the city in general, and we're going to move forward," Crane said. "We cleaned house. It's behind us. And we're gonna make this right and we're gonna play baseball come spring.
Crane said he will begin an immediate search for a new GM and manager.
"We need to move forward with a clean slate," Crane said. "You can be confident that we will always do the right thing and will not have this happen again on my watch."
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Glacier National Park personnel responded to a series of unrelated medical incidents in the past several days, including two visitor deaths from cardiac arrest in two separate incidents.
On Monday afternoon, July 28, a 67-year-old Indiana man was hiking in the St. Mary Falls area with his wife on a ranger-led program when he went into cardiac arrest. Park rangers and other hikers gave him CPR, and ALERT and the Babb Ambulance responded. The hiker was declared dead at the scene.
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a California man, 75, needed medical assistance while on the Iceberg/Ptarmigan Trail near Many Glacier. CPR was initiated by his family, and park rangers responded with an automated external defibrillator (AED) and continued rescue efforts. ALERT responded to the area. The hiker was declared dead at the scene.
Also on Monday afternoon, a 61-year-old Illinois man was visiting Logan Pass when he experienced chest pain and shortness of breath at the Hidden Lake Overlook. The visitor was transported by ALERT to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.
Late Monday afternoon, a 79-year-old female visitor lost consciousness while hiking the Loop Trail approximately one mile from the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Park rangers arrived on scene and provided medical assistance. ALERT and Three Rivers Ambulance responded to the area, but the woman was able to hike out on her own. As park rangers were leaving the trail, they also assisted a young boy displaying signs of overheating.
At approximately 5:15 p.m. Monday, a 51-year-old male, also on the Loop Trail, was experiencing difficulty due to a kidney stone. He was hiking on the trail about two miles from the trailhead. Park rangers, fire crew members and other park personnel responded and transported him to a landing zone where ALERT was waiting to transport him to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.
Visitors are reminded to think of their personal safety and well-being when hiking. Drink and eat often to avoid dehydration. By the time you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated. Drink a half to one quart of water or sports drink every hour that you are hiking in the heat. Eat a salty snack every time you drink. Food is your body's primary source of fuel and salts (electrolytes) while hiking in the heat. Avoid hiking in the hottest part of the day, or choose shaded hikes during mid-day. Give yourself plenty of time to hike at a comfortable pace, and be aware of your hiking skills. Hikes in high mountain terrain often take longer than planned.
Hot temperatures and dry weather this summer may create additional hazards for hikers in Glacier National Park. Monitor yourself and your group for signs of heat illness. Signs of heat illness can include weakness, nausea, headache, cramps, diarrhea, dizziness, and changes in mental status. If caught early, most heat illness can be treated with rest, food, water, and shade. If symptoms fail to improve or worsen, get help immediately.
Although not all medical-related incidents are avoidable, hike smart. Do not rely on physical strength alone, hiking intelligently will keep you safer and take you farther.
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We bought bags and bags of corn the first time around (at the market), and have been back to buy more at later times.
...and bags
Market Loot Series
Pesto Potato and Green Bean Salad
Yellow Beans, English Peas, Radish and Dill Salad
Grilled Corn
Fried Green Tomatoes
Chimichurri with Flank Steak
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Grilled Corn
15 comments:
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2008 3:09 AM
Corn with bagoong butter. It's super sarap!ReplyDelete
Yum corn on the grill is just so good. I'm sad the season is just about over hereReplyDelete
I have to forward this post to my friend - she is a corn fiend! haha, she was telling me the other day that she had some form of corn in every single one of her meals for over a week! If that's not excessive, then I don't know what is : )ReplyDelete
the market you bought corn is so neat ,pack the corn individual and clean too!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2008 9:59 PM
Absolute Perfection! I love those char marks!ReplyDelete
Drool.....grilled corn is out of this world!!!!ReplyDelete
I hear lots of butter is good for burns. ; )ReplyDelete
Haha... So besides fresh corn, does she share my cornmeal love? =)
I shucked the corn myself at the market. I shucked them all since we were going to be eating them soon. One also has the option of still leaving corn husk around the corn. It's a shuck-your-own thing at the market!
I made some roasted corn in the oven this weekend (no grilling weather here!!) and served it with garlic-chilli-lime butter. OMG. Epiphany!ReplyDelete
Love your pics.
- AnonymousSeptember 17, 2008 4:28 AM
Going back to the market this weekend for one last batch of corn while I can still count on it being really good. Nothing like grilled corn. You have been cooking up a storm this month, good for you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 17, 2008 10:07 AM
I will miss grilled corn on the cob! Until next summer!ReplyDelete
I go into raptures every time I see grilled corn, I love it!ReplyDelete
Garlic? Chili? Lime? How can one not love that! =)
Kim / Hillary:
The farm market here may have some more... but it's the end of the line. =(
- AnonymousApril 18, 2012 4:56 PM
Grilled corn is the best We do it a bit differently: before we put the corn on the grill, we squeeze fresh lime juice on the cobs, then sprinkle with chili powder. Tastes AMAZING!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Sounds wonderful! Do you also put cheese, like with elote? That has ben on our to-do for the longest time.Delete


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Oops, completely forgot to write my daily journal entry on Saturday. Stopped "work" early to read for 90 minutes... oh well, here it is for the weekend:
Saturday - 13 February 2010
* Read everything, noted Surname Saturday - GATES posted in the morning. Scrambled thinking of topic for SNGF, finally wrote Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - A Valentine's Day Story and thought there would be a deluge of posts and comments. Nope... oh well!
* Got cleaned up, had lunch, left at 11 a.m. for SDGS meeting. There at 11:30, networked with SDGS folks for awhile, then the two presentations by Caroline Rober with a break between them. Was home by 2:15 p.m.
* Read everything, but sleepy so went in and napped for awhile. Listened to a podcast, answered some email, worked on the OASIS Class 2 presentation and handout, and time for dinner!
* Back online at 6:30 p.m., wrote the SDGS Program Summary - Caroline Rober post to publish on Sunday morning. Got most of Best of the Genea-Blogs written to post Sunday noon. Checked on Facebook. Stopped early to read my online ebook and then my mystery novel while watching Olympics.
Genealogy Saturday was 8.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook. 2.5 hours at SDGS meeting, 1.5 hours on OASIS class stuff, and 2.0 hours writing blog posts.
Sunday - 14 February 2010
* Read everything before church, modified the Best of post a bit. Noted that the Caroline Rober piece posted, wrote Happy Valentine's Day Genealogy Lovers! and Lisa Kudrow on Lisa Cooke's Genealogy Gems Podcast #81 before church.
* Home from church at 11:45, had some lunch, noted Best of the Genea-Blogs - February 7-13, 2010 posted. Worked on SDGS newsletter article about Rober presentations and emailed it off.
* Linda wanted her prayer chain email list on Webmail updated, so spent an hour doing that. Worked on OASIS class materials getting them synced and accurate. Wrote four blog posts for next week while we are away - more to do!
* Took Linda out to dinner at Oggi's at 4:30 p.m., home by 6:30 p.m. Read everything, wrote some emails about CVGS, and printed off the OASIS class handouts. Put PDFs on my two flash drives and stowed everything in laptop bag.
* Watched 60 Minutes and Olympics for awhile, back online at 8 p.m. to mess around on some websites, checked Facebook, bored, so wrote this post.
Genealogy on Sunday was 7.0 hours - 1.0 hour doing email, 0.5 hour reading blogs, 0.5 hour on Twitter/Facebook, 0.5 hour on SDGS article, 1.0 hour on OASIS materials, and 3.5 hours writing blog posts.