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"Blacks embarrass themselves through bad behavior."
In that case, American whites have embarassed themselves before the entire human race. Consider the systemic and institutional racism, along with a history of slavery and genocide. You embarass yourself by seeking to justify such horrific and inexcusable acts.
"Except there is a difference between the two. Homicide is the killing of one person by another. Murder is a form of criminal homicide, where the perpetrator intended to kill the other person. Homicides are criminal, excusable, or justifiable."
But the distinction between the two is vague and subjective. What a jury determines, for example, is self-defense can at times defy all common sense. This is particularly the case when two separate races are involved. The data shows that self-defense is disproportionately seen as more justifiable when a white kills a black than when the other way around. Isn't that curious?
"Are there any statistics, or any information, about rate of crime in poor White areas like in the Appalachia mountains where the Whites are poorer than most Blacks?
"There are areas of White poverty. My guess is that because these economically poor Whites don't commit as much crime as economically poor Blacks, there are no stats."
Of course, there is data on all American communities. Why do you ignorantly assert your beliefs when you could have simply looked up the stats?
When controlled for confounding factors such as poverty, the disparities in many social problems tend to disappear. But there is also the systemic and institutional racism that is endemic to all of American society. That plays a part as well, and there is no way to control for that confounding factor.
"All of us "racist" white folk need to vote for Ben Carson. He never made any excuses for getting ahead despite his color or being raised in poverty by a single mother."
But why are people like you always making excuses for your racism? You can't even admit to the obvious. Take those square quotes away and be honest about it.
@Larry Miller
"Endless print about the negativity of black behavior on the net tells me everything I need to know about them as a culture."
Endless print about the negativity of white (commenters, cops, politicians, pundits, etc) behavior on the net tells me everything I need to know about them as a culture.
You say "systemic and institutionalized racism" a lot but offer nothing of value to back that generalization up. It's in most of your replies as if it can just wave away valid points.
"You say "systemic and institutionalized racism" a lot but offer nothing of value to back that generalization up. It's in most of your replies as if it can just wave away valid points."
The malware also includes "an exact copy" of Black Energy, according to Craig Williams, senior threat researcher and global outreach manager for Cisco Talos. Black Energy was used in the game-changer attacks that ultimately shut out the lights in western Ukraine in 2015 , thought to be the handiwork of Russia.
So far, the infected devices that make up the backbone of VPNFilter include Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR, and TP-Link home routers and QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices.
Cisco stopped short of naming Russian state-sponsored hackers as the attackers behind VPNFilter, but also didn't rule it out, especially with the BlackEnergy connection and Ukraine-specific attack network. "The code overlap we saw was an exact copy, including even an error," Williams says. "It certainly could be a false flag [pointing to Russia]. But when you combine that [malware] with other factors, such as it appears to be specifically targeting Ukraine, with destructive malware and appears to be preparing for an attack on Constitution Day [June 28] … With all those facts we have high confidence they are not acting in Ukraine's interests."
Meanwhile, Ukraine's state security service, SBU, called out Russia as the perpetrator of the threat and warned of the possibility of an attack on its infrastructure in the runup to the UEFA Champions League final soccer match in Kiev this Saturday. "Security Service experts believe that the infection of hardware on the territory of Ukraine is preparation for another act of cyber-aggression by the Russian Federation, aimed at destabilizing the situation during the Champions League final," the SBU said in a statement
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Cisco's Williams describes VPNFilter as "almost like a VPN tunnel designed to be used by the attacker for separate attacks."
VPNFilter allows the attacker to remain anonymous because it uses infected home and SOHO devices as its weapons, and the victims act as unknowing participants. "It's basically a modular, attribution-less network to attack other networks without any blame being cast on them [the attackers]," Williams says. "This is what a nation-state uses to attack another nation-state and not get blamed."
While Ukraine appears to be an initial target, VPNFilter has victim devices in 54 countries, including the US, and can be used to attack any nation, he says. The built-in self-destruction module also wipes the firmware of the devices, rendering them inoperable for the users: that could both knock users and companies offline.
Cisco in early May first noticed infected devices scanning ports 23, 80, 2000, and 8080, ports typically associated with Mitrotik and QNAP NAS systems, across more than 100 countries. But things escalated on May 8, when VPNFilter infections jumped dramatically – mainly in Ukraine, and then again on May 17. That led to Cisco going public with its findings even before it had full understanding of the infections and the vulnerabilities exploited.
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The cornerstone of economics is that things change over time, because the invisible hand hates anything staying too good or too bad indefinitely. Bill Bonner once described how Mr. Market works: "He's got a 'Capitalism at Work' T-shirt on and a sledgehammer in his hand." Few things stay the same for very long, which makes historians something far less useful than prophets.
Consider a few big ones.
The 401(K) is 39 years old – barely old enough to run for president. The Roth IRA isn't old enough to drink. So personal financial advice and analysis about how Americans save for retirement today is not directly comparable to what made sense just a generation ago. Things changed.
The venture capital industry barely existed 25 years ago. There are single funds today that are larger than the entire industry was a generation ago. Phil Knight wrote about his early days after starting Nike: "There was no such thing as venture capital. An aspiring young entrepreneur had very few places to turn, and those places were all guarded by risk-averse gatekeepers with zero imagination. In other words, bankers." So our knowledge of backing entrepreneurs, investment cycles, and failure rates, is not something we have a deep base of history to learn from. Things changed.
Or take public markets. The SP 500 did not include financial stocks until 1976; today, financials make up 16% of the index. Technology stocks were virtually nonexistent 50 years ago. Today, they're more than a fifth of the index. Accounting rules have changed over time. So have disclosures, auditing, and market liquidity. Things changed.
The most important driver of anything tied to money is the stories people tell themselves and the preferences they have for goods and services. Those things don't tend to sit still. They change with culture and generation. And they'll keep changing.
The mental trick we play on ourselves here is an over-admiration of people who have been there, done that, when it comes to money. Experiencing specific events does not necessarily qualify you to know what will happen next. In fact it rarely does, because experience leads to more overconfidence than prophetic ability.
That doesn't mean we should ignore history when thinking about money. But there's an important nuance: The further back in history you look, the more general your takeaways should be. General things like people's relationship to greed and fear, how they behave under stress, and how they respond to incentives tends to be stable in time. The history of money is useful for that kind of stuff. But specific trends, specific trades, specific sectors, and specific causal relationships are always a showcase of evolution in progress.
7. The seduction of pessimism in a world where optimism is the most reasonable stance.
Historian Deirdre McCloskey says, "For reasons I have never understood, people like to hear that the world is going to hell."
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In comments to reporters Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said there was strong evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces had used chemical weapons, including chlorine gas, in 14 small-scale attacks since Syria agreed to join the world's ban on such weapons last fall.
The French minister, however, did not raise the allegations in talks that he held with Secretary of State John Kerry before he met with reporters, the State Department said.
Fabius made his comments shortly after the advocacy group Human Rights Watch released a report that said that evidence it has reviewed "strongly suggests" that regime helicopters dropped improvised explosives known as barrel bombs loaded with chlorine gas cylinders on three towns in northern Syria in mid-April. The report noted that only the Syrian government operates helicopters.
Rebel activists have accused the Syrian government of using chlorine gas on several occasions in recent weeks. The Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons, the international body that monitors compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention, currently is investigating whether chlorine munitions have been used in Syria. Syria agreed to join the convention, which bans such weapons, after the United States threatened it with military attacks after hundreds of Syrian civilians died in a chemical attack last August outside Damascus.
Chlorine is found in numerous household and industrial products, but its use as a weapon is banned under the convention.
"We have at least 14 indications that show us that in the past recent weeks again chemical weapons in a smaller scale have been used," Fabius said. "Right now we are examining the samples that were taken."
Fabius said that the evidence suggests that Assad still can produce chemical weapons even though OPCW inspectors have said the equipment needed to manufacture and load chemical weapons has been destroyed. Most of Syria's chemical weapons stores have been shipped out of Syria, but a small amount remains on a base in Damascus. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel acknowledged Tuesday reports that the last shipment has been delayed because rebels control the roads leading to Syria's coast.
"The problem that we have is that there are security challenges to get those moved to the port and to get the last chemical weapons and the precursors onto the ship," he told reporters accompanying him on a visit to Saudi Arabia, according to a Defense Department transcript.
Kerry and Fabius are to meet again in London on Thursday for further talks on Syria with nine European and Arab governments that also back the flagging, divided moderate Syrian opposition, whose leader, Ahmad Jarba, has been in Washington this week seeking more aid, including heavy weapons.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki declined to comment on Fabius' allegations on the use of chlorine by Assad's forces. She said Fabius and Kerry had discussed "the importance of removing the remaining declared chemical weapons, but they did not discuss the specifics of what the foreign minister announced from his press conference."
The Human Rights Watch report said at least 11 people died in attacks between April 11 and April 21 and that nearly 500 people showed symptoms of chlorine exposure. The report cited interviews with 10 witnesses, including five medical personnel.
"Witnesses told Human Rights Watch they saw a helicopter dropping a barrel bomb or heard a helicopter immediately prior to an explosion, followed immediately by a peculiar odor," the report said. "The witnesses consistently described the clinical signs and symptoms of exposure to a choking agent (also known as a lung or pulmonary agent) by victims."
If the OPCW substantiates the allegations, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who originally proposed the deal to eliminate Syria's chemical warfare capabilities, would come under pressure to use Russia's influence to rein in Assad, said Daryl Kimball, the executive director of the Arms Control Association.
"I think it puts Assad in an awkward position and it puts Russia in an awkward position," he said.
President Barack Obama also could face new questions about his deal with Putin _ and overall U.S. policy toward Syria.
In 2012, Obama cautioned Assad against crossing a "red line" of using chemical weapons against civilians, something the administration and European allies accused the Syria military of doing last August. But Obama canceled his threat to strike Assad's chemical weapons sites after reaching the deal with Putin.
At his news conference, Fabius said that France regretted that Obama canceled the strikes.
"We think it would have changed lots of things," he said. "But what is done is done, and we're not going to rewrite history."

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Until next time, a few dreamy links to start the weekend:
-A beautiful California-themed scarf.
-Cloud mobiles.
-The final post of Bri's March style series - delighted to have written the captions!
Have a great one! Photo by Max Wanger.
Food is good. Especially the really strange and unusual kind!
cool :) love the color and liveliness. hugs.
Adorable pics!
Enjoy the weekend!
xoxo from München
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All that eating sounds like my kind of weekend. Have a great time together!
Shoko, I LOVE this photo! The two of you are absolutely beautiful! Wishing you a wonderful time with your brother and sister-in-law; it sounds like a fun weekend! I also can't wait to see which adventure you and Margaux decide to embark on ;)
you guys have fun!
ps: you could learn to do the trapeze? trapeze school on 30th near the Hudson.
Enjoy your weekend - that reminds me of the relationship that my sister, boyfriend and I all have. We enjoy eating and exploring. It's nice to get along with your sibling's other half (or have them get along with yours!).
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you are beautiful! embarking on food adventures are always fun.
Such a lovely, happy moment! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! xoxo
Yay weekend family visits! Have a ball and a gorgeous time! And I'm totally on board with Becca's trapeze idea... I dare you.
Love your captions! Have a great weekend!
Thanks, everyone! Hope you have a wonderful weekend, too.
Amy, indeed - it's a wonderful thing!
Lucy, thanks so much!
Becca and Chelsea, trapeze is such a great idea. I've always wanted to try it!
Angela, thank you - it makes me so happy to hear that!
love me some sibling time :) have so much fun with them...and im sure amaaazing photos will come from the visit!
Happy weekend to you! Enjoy your culinary adventures:)
Sounds like a great weekend with lots of eating! I'm doing the same in japan now :) Can't wait to see the photos. Have a great weekend, shoko! - xo akiko
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Shoko, I've been following for awhile and this is my first time commenting. Great blog you have here! Have you been to the Momofuku restaurants? I think you'd like them. Another blog I follow recently asked for New York recommendations and got a ton of good ones. http://www.sending-postcards.com/2012/03/yipee-back-to-nyc.html Actually, their blog kinda reminds me of yours they have a list of stuff they're crossing off around the world like your adventure series!! Have a fun time!!
Dawn, thank you so much for the recommendations, and for being such a loyal reader! I've been to Momofuku Noodle Bar, but not Ssam - though I'm dying to go. Can't wait to check out the link above - heading there now! :)
Love the photo! Hope you had (are having) a blast with the fam. You + Margaux seem so sweet together. I'm excited to be getting a sister in law this year! :)
Jen, sisters-in-law are the best!
what a cute photo:)
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Who Shares the Lake?
by Tish Farrell
Imagine you're a fish eagle soaring over the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, Africa. What do you see? There are many lakes in the valley below, but the water in most of them is too salty to drink. You know one lake that has good, fresh water—Lake Naivasha. Other animals know Lake Naivasha, too. Fresh water is important to everyone in this dry part of Africa.
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The lake looks quiet now, but giraffes and zebras, antelope and buffalo, and sometimes even leopards, come to drink the water.
Birds visit the lake to find fish to eat. Eagles spot fish from the air and dive down to catch them. The long-legged Goliath heron stays close to shore, wading in shallow water to find its lunch.
Cormorants can just hop out of their nests to go fishing. A tree grew when part of the lake dried up. Years later, heavy rains filled the lake again and surrounded the tree with water.
Hippos wallow all day in the lake to keep cool. At night they eat grass along the shore.
People come to the lake to fish, too. As they spread their nets in the shallow water, they must take care not to disturb the hippos.
Farmers use the water from Lake Naivasha to grow vegetables and flowers. They send roses and carnations to markets around the world. It's another way to share the beauty of the lake.
- What kind of resource is Lake Naivasha?
- How do animals use the lake?
- How do people use the lake?
- Why is Lake Naivasha important in this part of Kenya?


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Angus Scrimm of 'Phantasm' fame still makes his presence known on and off the screen at 86. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)Link
Angus Scrimm plays the Tall Man in "Phantasm," the 1979 horror film. (Los Angeles Times archives)Link
Angus Scrimm's portrayal of the Tall Man from the "Phantasm" horror franchise has reached cult status. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)Link
"I get lots of hugs and kisses," says Angus Scrimm about the reception from fans at horror conventions. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)Link
Angus Scrimm always thought that he would be the star of "sophisticated, witty drawing-room comedies."
But instead of making people laugh, Scrimm's been scaring the heck out of audiences as the malevolent "Tall Man" in Don Coscarelli's 1979 cult horror favorite "Phantasm" and its three popular sequels.
Scrimm's Tall Man is one of the great icons of R-rated horror films. A menacing mortician with a grotesque stare and superhuman strength — he can pick up and throw a casket into the back of a hearse like it's a paper towel — the Tall Man transforms the dead into zombie dwarfs that do his evil bidding. His weapon of choice is also memorable: a deadly silver sphere that hurls through the air and attaches itself to his victims' faces.
It's because of the Tall Man plus his roles in such horror films as "Satan Hates You" and "Satanic" that Scrimm is asked to attend horror conventions such as Monster-Mania in New Jersey and Days of the Dead" in Indianapolis.
Coscarelli said he's also been surprised at audiences' reaction to the 86-year-old Scrimm.
"These are people who at a young age were terrified of him," said Coscarelli. "But when they get up to him, all they want to do is hug and pinch and kiss him. He's such a very proper and genteel and intelligent man."
"I get lots of hugs and kisses," acknowledged Scrimm, smiling, in Hollywood. "Occasionally, a wife will kiss me and then the husband will kiss me."
Though not quite the 6-foot-4 of his "Phantasm" days — Scrimm admits he's shrunk over the years — he remains a striking presence. Scrimm possesses an affable sense of humor, warm smile and Walter Huston-eque deep voice.
Scrimm has a small but funny cameo in "John Dies at the End," which opened Friday. Coscarelli's dark comedy revolves around two college dropouts (Rob Mayes and Chase Williamson), a weird drug named "Soy Sauce" and an alien invasion. Scrimm plays Father Shellnut, a seemingly angelic priest who has demonic tendencies.
Born Lawrence Rory Guy in Kansas City, Kan., Scrimm would go to the movies several times a week — he decided to become an actor after seeing Gary Cooper in 1929's "The Virginian" — and fell in love with horror films in 1938 when a double bill of "Frankenstein" and "Dracula" came to the local theater.
Scrimm finished high school a year early and came to Los Angeles accompanied by his older sister to study theater at USC under the auspices of actor-director William C. DeMille, brother of Cecil B. Classmates included columnist Art Buchwald, Joe Flynn of "McHale's Navy" and Sam Peckinpah, who directed Scrimm in a play the actor wrote.
Scrimm struggled for years as an actor. In between theater jobs, he worked as a publicist at KTTV, did the TV logs at TV Guide and wrote book reviews at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner.
Even when "Phantasm" hit, Scrimm kept his job at Capitol Records, where he was one of the label's most prolific, accomplished writers of liner notes. For 30 years he wrote liner notes for such artists as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and even the Beatles under the byline Rory Guy — winning the Grammy in 1974 for his notes for "Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold."
Despite his success at Capitol, Scrimm always perused the trades looking for ads for acting auditions. Because most of them were blind ads, Scrimm didn't have any idea what the acting job would entail. More often than not when he arrived for the audition "they turned out to be soft-core porn."
But when he saw an ad four decades ago for a movie audition at the Century Plaza Hotel, Scrimm thought it was too upscale for porn. At the audition he met a teenage Coscarelli and Craig Mitchell, the writer-directors of the drama "Jim the World's Greatest," which Coscarelli's father funded. After an audition and screen test, Scrimm was hired to play an alcoholic father.
"He is the first adult actor I had ever directed," said Coscarelli.
But on that first film, Coscarelli said, "we were so out of control logistically. We were filming in this little apartment in Long Beach and Angus would have to drive the hour down to Long Beach [from Los Angeles]. We would be so disorganized that we would put him in the back bedroom and he'd sit back there for eight or nine hours."
More often than not, Coscarelli would have to tell Scrimm they wouldn't get to shoot any of his scenes that day. "Don was terrified to tell me," recalled Scrimm. "He hated it because the looks I would give him would chill his bones."
Noted Coscarelli: "It was that early Tall Man look where he would raise his eyebrows. I was a bit intimidated by him. When I came around to making a horror film, I thought he would be good and have that kind of presence."
— Susan King
Elvis lives! Don Coscarelli talks 'Bubba Ho-Tep'
'Bubba Ho-Tep': Bruce Campbell's Elvis is back
Happy birthday, Tall Man! 'Phantasm' turns 30
'John Dies at the End': Coscarelli on cult cinema
Sam Raimi praises 'Evil Dead' remake director
'Evil Dead' remake to premiere at SXSW
'Texas Chainsaw': Bill Moseley's monster career
Bruce Campbell: All roads lead to 'Evil Dead'


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Introduction to Box Plots
Lesson 14 of 22
Objective: SWBAT: • Identify and label the minimum, maximum, lower quartile, upper quartile, and mean of a data set and box plot. • Analyze and compare box plots.
Big Idea: What is a box plot? What are quartiles? Students learn about the different parts of a box plot and analyze their information.
Do Now
See my Do Now in my Strategy folder that explains my beginning of class routines.
Often, I create do nows that have problems that connect to the task that students will be working on that day. Today I want students to analyze a circle graph in order to answer questions. Each edition of Scholastic Action typically includes a graph on its back page.
I ask for students to share their thinking. Students are engaging in MP3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
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I introduce the problem to students. I want students to apply what they already know minimum, maximum, and median to analyze the box plot. Students participate in a Think Write Pair Share. I walk around and monitor student progress as they work.
I call on students to share out their ideas. I push students to support their idea with data from the set. I am interested to see what students think about the dots at 28 and 39. Students are engaged in MP3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others and MP2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Box Plots
I reveal the name and definition of each part of the box plot. I show students that finding the lower quartile and upper quartile is just finding the median of a different part of the data set. I want students to see the connection between how each part is identified in the data set and then translated to the box plot.
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Percent of Data
I have students participate in a Think Write Pair Share. Students are engaging in MP3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. I want students to make a connection between what they know about the median and the percent of data. If students understand that a median splits the data set down the middle, they should understand that 50% of the data is before the median and 50% of the data is after the median. Students can use the same reasoning to determine that 25% of the data is between the minimum and the lower quartile.
I call on students to share out their observations. If students are struggling, I may ask one or more of the following questions:
- How fraction of the data is before the median? After?
- How can we express that as a percent?
- What does the upper quartile represent?
- What percent must be after the upper quartile?
I want students to share out what they think the word quartile means. If students are struggling, I write these words on the board: quart, quarter, and quartet. I ask students to think about what the word part "quart" means in each word. I want students to see that quart- connects to four. There are four quarts in a gallon, four quarters in a dollar, and four people in a quartet. If we break our data into quartiles, we are breaking it up into four parts. This means that each quartile represents ¼ or 25% of the data in the data set.
Analyzing Box Plots
- Before this lesson I create and Post a Key.
I explain to students that they will be working to analyze the box plots. I ask students what they can do if they get stuck. I want students to realize that they can check their notes and check in with their partner if they are stuck, before asking me a question.
As students work, I walk around and monitor student progress and behavior. If students complete a page, I quickly scan their work. If they are on track, I send them to check their work with the key. If students are struggling, I may ask them one of the following questions:
- What is the question asking?
- What is does this part of the box plot tell us? Where can we find it?
- What did our notes say?
- What does a quartile represent?
If students complete the questions they can work on the challenge problems.
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Closure and Ticket to Go
I ask students to flip to the closure problem. I ask students how the age of the players on the Houston Rockets compares to the age of the players on the Chicago Bulls. I explain that they need to write 5 observations by analyzing the box plots. They can use the questions at the bottom to help them if they are stuck.
Students participate in a Think Pair Share. Students are engaging in MP1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them and MP3: Construct a viable argument and critique the reasoning of others.
I call on students to share out their observations. I push students to use accurate language and to use the box plot to support their observation. Students are engaging in MP6: Attend to precision.
I pass out the Ticket to Go and the Homework.


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So, i need some good screenshots for the screenshots page.
But i'm -like ever - to lazy do make some.
So, maybe some people are so nice to make some good ones
DevUrandom wrote:Actionscreenshots.
Like those in your sig or your avatar. They look great, imo.
If you can't get them with the current engine, maybe we can tweak it a little bit. (I think rockets are missing the fire nowadays, which is shown on your shots.)


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Also, a coupon code and an awesome giveaway!
Yes, yes, I know it's already mid-January and I should've done this post a couple weeks ago. But with the kids being on Winter break and me trying to catch up on all the work that piled up, I'm just now getting to this. Well, 2012 is over and I find myself reflecting on all that we did last year.
- My first book, Sewing MODKID Style, went on sale in April.
- We launched not one, not two, not three, but FOUR fabric collections! (this is a first). First, we had Andalucia 2012, which was a reprint in different colors of my debut line. Then we had Heaven & Helsinki, which was offered in wovens and knits. And then we had Textured Basics in the Fall. OK, so maybe it was 3.5 lines ;)
- We launched 15 new sewing patterns, including 6 Micro Minis! This puts our grand total at 54! WHOA! (and I still remember when we launched our first four in the Spring of '09... almost 4 years ago! Seems like just yesterday. How time flies. sniff, sniff)
- We offered several free tutorials: Umbrella Redux, V-Day Fortunes, and Elf Stocking.
- We were featured on print, web and TV! And then more print. And even more print. All in all, we were featured in 5 national and international magazines in 2012.
- I started offering my designs as digital cutting files on Silhouette America.
In the comments section, we would like to hear your ideas:
- Fabric themes (more of something, less of something?)
- Fabric Colors (again... more of something, less of something?)
- Fabric substrates (anything besides quilting cotton? or are you happy with just the cottons?)
- Sewing patterns: any specific requests? (more girls, boys, baby, toddler. women's, plus sizes, home decor items?)
- Tutorials and PDFs. We do have a couple of PDF patterns on YCMT and Craftsy, but would like to do more! Anything in particular you'd like to see in downloadable format?
- Classes, workshops, lectures, events of any kind?
- Other products. What other products out there (does not have to be sewing-related) would you like to see Patty or MODKID lend their signature style to?
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Winter storm warnings have been issued from Colorado through Illinois, with as much as a foot of snow expected in several areas.
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The Baltimore Orioles host a softball game at Ed Smith Stadium during its All-American Family Day,
Even the losers felt like winners.
An entertaining softball game on Sunday afternoon found a team of local politicians, media personalities and business leaders trying in vain to keep pace with a team of military veterans and active officers.
The Sarasota Celebs All-Stars, however, proved to be no match for the Manasota Military All-Stars.
The military team "beat the Celebs like a dirty rug," joked comedian Tim Wilkins, who provided play-by-play commentary from the field.
The Celebs graciously lost the five-inning game with a final score of 16-9.
"I left my hamstring on second base," Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight, who scored the first home run for the Celebs, joked after the game.
"It was awesome," Venice City Council member Jeanette Gates, catcher for the Celebs, said of the experience as she climbed out of the dugout. "Lots of fun."
The Baltimore Orioles hosted the game at Ed Smith Stadium during its All-American Family Day, "a thank you to our spring training fans," David Rovine, vice-president of Orioles-Sarasota, said.
The Orioles charged no admission to the game and two concerts at the stadium featuring singer-songwriter Margaret Valentine and the Grammy Award-winning rock group America. It also allowed about 20 charities and other groups to promote their causes with activities for children and exhibits.
What made the day meaningful for the players and the estimated 3,000 people expected for all the events is that it served as a tribute to the nation's military.
It especially drew attention to the Patterson Foundation's ongoing Legacy of Valor campaign and the nonprofit organization's ongoing work on Patriot Plaza, a pavilion at Sarasota National Cemetery to be dedicated in late June.
"They're wonderful people," Rovine said of the foundation. "They do great things."
At 76, former Army specialist fourth class Bob Palmer said he appeared to be the oldest player on the Military All-Stars.
Palmer especially enjoyed meeting some of the members of the Celebs. As first baseman, "I got to talk to everyone who hit a single," Palmer said.
Palmer especially appreciated that the day's activities were in partnership with Legacy of Valor.
"It's a good cause," Palmer said. "I'm very happy to participate."
Christy Skelly watched her 74-year-old father, former Marine Joe Skelly, play.
"He plays senior softball, a great way to keep in shape," she noted. "They call him 'the rabbit' because he runs fast."
Caroline Price of North Port came to watch radio personalities Lulu, Maverick and Billy Jack play for the Celebs and to stay for the America concert.
She, too, appreciated the focus on appreciation of the military. "My mom and dad were veterans."
Wilkins enjoyed applying humor to his commentary.
"Let's see how you do on the zoning of this hit," he told County Commissioner Joe Barbetta, just before Barbetta struck a pitch and safely reached first base.
As she stepped up to bat, Wilkins introduced Sarasota City Commissioner Suzanne Atwell by mentioning that she worked as a psychologist before entering politics. "She has all the bases of crazy covered."
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Sarasota Orchestra members let children try their musical instruments.
Jen Hayes, program specialist for All Faiths Food Bank, assisted kids with a game about proper nutrition.
Christen Benson, marketing director for the Humane Society, and volunteers allowed visitors to pet two lab mix puppies, Penny and Sam, to promote pet adoption.
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Cyclura onchiopsis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Cyclura onchiopsis Cope, 1885
Common Name(s):
Cyclura cornuta ssp. onchiopsis Cope, 1885
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Cope (1885) used both Cyclura onchiopsis and Cyclura nigerrima; but only the former was diagnosed. Consequently, the latter must was a nomen nudum. Nearly a year later, Cope (1885 [1886]) provided a diagnosis for C. nigerrima. Barbour (1937) relegated C. nigerrima to a subspecies of C. cornuta. Schwartz and Carey (1977) formally placed C. nigerrima in the synonymy of C. onchiopsis.
Originally described as a full species, the Navassa Rhinoceros Iguana was relegated to subspecific status within the Rhinoceros Iguanas (Cyclura cornuta) first by Cope (1885 [1886]), without presenting any evidence other than superficial physical similarity. That status was contradicted by Barbour and Noble (1916), although Barbour (1937) later reverted to the subspecific designation. Carey (1977) recognized Cyclura onchiopsis as a full species, but most subsequent authorities followed Schwartz and Thomas (1975) in recognizing it as a subspecies. Powell (1999) re-elevated the taxon to full species status.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Extinct ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Powell, R.
|Grant, T.D. & Hoffmann, M.
No individuals of this iguana have been collected or observed since the middle of the 19th century, despite a number of visits to the island and its occupation during the early 20th century by a resident lighthouse keeper. Schwatrz and Carey (1977) suggested that the introduction of goats and/or cats by the lighthouse keepers might have been responsible for its extinction, but Powell (1999) indicated that exploitation by mine workers on the island during the latter half of the 19th century is a more probable explanation.
|Range Description:
|The Navassa Rhinoceros Iguana was known only from Navassa Island, West Indies, a 5.2 km² island owned by the United States. The iguana presumably occurred island-wide before its extinction.
|Countries occurrence:
Regionally extinct:Puerto Rico (Navassa I.)
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|No individuals have been collected or observed since the middle of the 19th century. The last specimen collection date was July 1878.
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Surrounded by cliffs, the portions of Navassa Island presumably capable of supporting iguanas prior to their extinction was characterized by Ekman (1929), Proctor (1959), and paraphrased in Powell (1999). The island is a relatively flat shelf of pot-holed, karstic dolomite covered by sparse, shrubby vegetation (largely the result of 19th century mining operations) with a second, higher plateau with apparently natural savannas as well as areas cleared during the mining operations, interspersed with dense but stunted woodland dominated by four tree species: Short Leaf Fig (Ficus populnea var. brevifolia), False Mastic (Sideroxylon foetidissimum), Pigeon Plum (Coccoloba diversifolia), and Poisonwood (Metopium brownei). Although iguanas probably occurred island-wide prior to their extinction, preferred habitat almost certainly consisted of rocky areas and savannas instead of the densely forested portions of the island. Because Navassa lacks beaches, nesting presumably occurred in pockets of mineralized phosphate that accumulated in potholes. The phosphate (which was commercially extracted during the period when the iguanas presumably became extinct) might have been either of marine or terrestrial origin: precipitates of seawater during periods of submergence or from fish digested by birds and deposited as guano, respectively.
Among the five specimens known for this iguana, the maximum snout-vent length is 42 cm for the largest male and 37.8 cm snout-vent length for the largest female (Powell 2000). Based on the morphology of similar species, this is probably far less than the maximum for this iguana.
|Major Threat(s):
|Like other rock iguanas, the Navassa Rhinoceros Iguana was probably threatened by non-native predators, hunting for human consumption, and non-native competitors which destroyed the vegetation. Schwartz and Carey (1977) suggested that the introduction of goats and/or cats by the lighthouse keepers might have been responsible for its extinction, but Powell (1999) indicated that exploitation by mine workers on the island during the latter half of the 19th century was a more probable explanation.
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Who wore Moschino better?
It's a good old fashion black and white face-off between Zooey Deschanel and Cheryl Cole, as the two were seen in the exact same Moschino dress! While we think both ladies look great in the two-toned dress, who do you think wore it the best?
Zooey was first seen in the dress featuring a rather noticable oversized ruffled collar and ruffled detailing at the waist from the Moschino Fall 2011 collection back in August at the LA premiere of Our Idiot Brother. The actress paired the interesting design with black suede YSL pumps and a black clutch, and completed her look with a cute, purposely messy, side bun.
Cheryl was spotted in the dress while attending Shrek the Musical in London. The singer completed her ensemble with Giuseppe Zanotti toe-cap pumps and a sleek up-do. She opted for bright pink lips to add a touch of color to her black and white get-up.
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Serves 4
1 tsp olive oil for greasing
1 cup vegetable broth
1 cup milk
1 cup polenta
1 tsp chopped herbs
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3 oz cream
2 oz grated Parmesan
1. Grease a heat-resistant baking dish 8″ x 9″. Pour in vegetable broth and milk and stir in the polenta. Add the chopped herbs.
2. Slide in the baking dish at level 2 and bake with Combination mode at 275° F for 30 minutes.
3. Mix cream and Parmesan into the polenta and leave to sit in the oven for an additional 10 minutes.
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Gibbons, a 37-year-old local tavern owner, was innocently riding in the back seat of a cab on the morning of October 15, when a car driving the wrong way on 58th Road in Maspeth hit the cab head-on.
It is quite difficult not to question why it so often seems the innocent people lose their lives in these incidents, and the ones who cause it walk away, but the man police say was driving a late model Sebring, Peter Rodriquez, ran away and is still at large.
The local newspapers and television stations have been reporting the story for two weeks now. His picture has been plastered everywhere, yet there is no sign of Rodriquez.
The frustration of not finding the suspect has led to something truly spectacular in Maspeth, which is well known for its close-knit community, but not necessarily its philanthropy. In cooperation with Crimestoppers, friends of the Gibbons family, local businesses, fraternal clubs, and activists have come up with more than $10,000 as a reward for information leading to Rodriquez.
At a press conference this past Tuesday morning at Maspeth Memorial Square, Councilwoman Liz Crowley was more than visibly upset at the fact that the perpetrator is still on the loose. She, along with her cousin, Congressman Joseph Crowley, and a number of Maspeth leaders who pledged financial support in the form of reward money, are angry that Rodriquez has not been apprehended – despite the fact that "there are plenty of people who know him in town," said the councilwoman.
Crowley and a few Maspeth leaders started making phone calls on Friday to raise money, and lo and behold, by Tuesday morning people in Maspeth were responding to the call.
Maybe the reward will help catch this guy, maybe not, but in our discussions with those helping in the effort, there is a true sense that the people in this small town are willing to put up money to catch criminals, not just in this case, but in the future as well.
"Why don't we keep this Crimestopper fund going and use it as a reward for information leading to the arrest of some of the people doing graffiti, or whoever broke all those car windows on Fresh Pond Road a few months ago?" asked one contributor.
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To donate to the reward, checks can be brought to Maspeth Town Hall at 53-37 72nd Street. Checks are payable to the Maspeth Town Hall Gibbons Reward Fund.


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DAA Chicago Symposium 2013
Quick Links
Connecting the Dots
Optimizing the Customer Experience in an Omnichannel World
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
10:30 - 12:00pm Student & Entry Level Primer
12:00 - 1:00pm Registration, Networking & Exhibit Browsing
1:00 - 5:30pm Symposium
5:30 – 7:00pm Cocktails & Reception
The Mid-America Club
200 E Randolph Drive, 80th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60601
The customer experience is evolving rapidly - digital-savvy consumers are interacting with your brand and the purchase funnel in more mediums than ever before, and analytics is still responsible for smart optimization and insights across all of them.
How will you make sure you can compete and win by leveraging this data, rather than be crippled by the sheer volume and complexity of data in the new digital landscape?
Join expert brand, agency, and technology panelists at the DAA Chicago Symposium to make sure you have the right game-time strategies in place to win with your analytics!
Andrew Swinand, CEO Cardinal Path and Co-Founder of Abundant will kick the Symposium off as our Keynote speaker and dive deep into the interplay between the consumer journey and analytics. Andrew will discuss key strategies to close the gap between demand moments and decision points, the importance of integrating your data, and insights into how analytics can drive long term profitability for your organization.
Other Speakers Include:
- Casey Carey, CMO at Adometry
- Tony Bombacino, BrightTag
- Jarvis Mak, SVP, Customer Success at RocketFuel
- Yakaav Kimelfeld, Chief Research Officer at Milward Brown
- Madan Bharadwaj, VP, Product Management at Visual IQ
- Mike Perlman, SVP, Agency & Publisher Solutions for Millward Brown Digital.
- Amit Kadam, Director of Strategy & Analytics at Starcom MediaVest Group
- Claudia Smalley, Director of Marketing Optimization at Leo Burnett/Arc Worldwide
Reasons to attend:
- Learn how to drive growth within your organization with best practices and tactics you can bring back to your office.
- Gain insights on attribution, real-time reporting, segmentation, tag management, and much more
- Meet and Network with 200+ brand, agency and technology analytics professionals from the Midwest and beyond
Registration for DAA members is at the discounted price of $25, while non-members can register for $75. Students may register at the discounted rate of $10 by entering the promo code "Student"; note you must register using your .edu email account to register at this special price.
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Connecting the Dots
(For Students & Entry Level)
Braden Carlson
Sr Analyst at Digitas
Kris Young
Sr Analyst at Digitas
Don Drews
President, Courageous Marketing
Debra Zahay-Blatz
Professor of Marketing at Aurora University
Kelsey Horine
Director, Digital Analytics Consulting, Eplison
If you want to ʺbreak inʺ into Digital Marketing and/or Omni-Channel Analytics or if you've just ʺbroken inʺ (welcome!). But if you desire greater awesomeness, we've assembled some of our local DAA members to talk discuss:
- Omni-Channel Marketing
- Attribution
- Career Advice
- "Ask me Anything" Panel
|Registration & Exhibit Browsing
|Welcome & DAA Remarks
Claudia Smalley
Director of Analytics at Arc/Leo Burnett
|Keynote Address: Analytics and the Consumer Journey: Driving Greater Loyalty and Profitability
Andrew Swinand
CEO Cardinal Path and Co-Founder of Abundant Venture Partners
|Delivering an exceptional customer experience isn't just about becoming more customer centric it also involves maximizing the opportunities that come from every interaction throughout the consumer journey. Mapping analytics to the journey plays a key role in ensuring the customer receives a consistent, personalized and compelling experience. Optimization and alignment around this strategy—ultimately serves to benefit the brand and consumer in equal proportion. Andrew will discuss key strategies to close the gap between demand moments and decision points, the importance of integrating your data, and insights into how analytics can drive long term profitability for your organization.
|Panel: Around the Horn
Brett Mowry
Founder, Second Act Marketing
Mark Dye
Co-Founder/SVP, Business Development, Bizo
Matt Miller
SVP, Strategy & Analytics, Performics
Michael Kaushansky
EVP, Chief Analytics Officer, Havas
Jennifer Faraci Colton, Digitas
|A fun half hour debate on the hottest analytics-related topics. We will choose the topics and give each of the analytics guru panelists a chance to share their opinion, giving them points based on point-of-view, good arguments and style. The winner gets 2 uninterrupted minutes to expand on their POV. This is going to be a lot of fun. Roll up your sleeves, put a smile on your face, and let's go…
|Multi-Channel Attribution: Valuing the Customer Journey - Part I
Amit Kadam
Director, Strategy & Analytics at Starcom MediaVest Group
|Introduction to Multi-channel Attribution: What? Why? How?
Casey Carey
CMO at Adometry
You know that without good data, your next steps are limited. This session will focus on the topic of data collection for attribution and Casey will help answer questions like:
What data is most valuable?
What data is must have vs. nice to have?
What are some of the challenges to getting good data for attribution modeling?
Madan Bharadwaj
VP of Product Management at Visual IQ
|Technology goes to the heart of any attribution based marketing strategy, so it is important that have right tools and technology in place. Attribution technology is somewhat of a "black box" to most of us. Join Madan as he gives you all a peek behind the curtain into how to build a best in class modeling technology stack and the tools/vendors to get you there.
|Networking Break & Exhibit Browsing
|Multi-Channel Attribution: Valuing the Customer Journey - Part II
Yaakov Kimelfeld
Chief Research Officer at Millward Brown Digital
Michael Perlman
SVP, Media Practice at Millward Brown Digital
The bread and butter of any attribution initiative is the model. Here we explore the common questions of:
What makes a good attribution model?
What are the different methodlogies to build the model? Do attribution models vary by client and industry?
How do you know when an attribution model is working (or not)?
Jarvis Mak
SVP, Customer Success at Rocket Fuel
Attribution achieves a common goal of assigning value to channel marketing activities but doesn't stop there. The next step is about turning that insight into action. Jarvis will answer questions like:
What are the outcomes of an attribution models?
Is it possible to affect campaign performance in real-time and how?
|Panel: Attribution, That's a Wrap - Part III
|Attribution Speakers Panel
|There are few things more complicated in Omni-channel analytics than attribution. It is such a red hot topic in our industry, and yet it is so poorly understood. Now is your chance to ask our panel of experts all of those questions you have been storing up.
|Fireside Chat: How Simplicity at Every Touch Point Yields a Powerful Brand Experience
Tony Bombacino, BrightTag
Shelby Saville, EVP, Managing Director at Spark Communications
Kristin Haarlow, VP, Director at Spark Communications
|It's no surprise that marketing and technology companies are rethinking the customer journey. Whether they're B2B or B2C, these companies are focused on creating simple, useful and enjoyable brand experiences for their customers across all touch points -- products, services, communications, interactions and beyond. In this session, you'll learn how marketing and technology have united to cohesively enable organizations to create better brand experiences more easily.
|Top 10 Insights
|After spending an action-packed day with the Chicago DAA folks your brain is probably in overdrive compiling a list of key points to take back to your office. Sit back and relax as we pull the top 10 Insights from the day for you, David Letterman style.
|Closing & DAA Website Demo
|Networking Reception
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'Wizards Of Waverly Place' Stars Gregg Sulkin & Maria Canals Barrera React To 2011 Emmy Nominations!
In its last season on-air, Disney Channel's 'Wizards of Waverly Place' was nominated for two 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards and HollywoodLife.com got the exclusive reaction from cast members Gregg Sulkin and Maria Canals Barrera!
After four successful seasons, Wizards of Waverly Place is all wrapped and done. However, it still could go out with even more of a bang! The popular Disney Channel show was nominated for two 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards — Outstanding Children's Program and Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-camera Series — and HollywoodLife.com spoke exclusively with co-stars Gregg Sulkin and Maria Canals Barrera to get their first reactions to the exciting news!
"It's a team effort and i'm just proud to be part of the team," Gregg — who recently landed the lead in the film White Frog — told us. "To be nominated for another Emmy is amazing. We owe it to the fans for their on-going support."
Maria, who played Selena Gomez and David Henrie's mom on the show, agreed, adding, "Wizards has been one of the biggest blessings of my life, where I've gotten to work with some of the most amazing people… and to be nominated again is incredibly exciting!"
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China is the first country that met the UN target of halving the number of people living in extreme poverty. Despite its rapid economic growth, the number of people in China living in extreme poverty in 2015 accounted for around 7 per cent of the world's poor population according to global standards.
Currently, there are still over 70 million people who live below the national poverty line of less than 2,300 Yuan (353.75 US Dollars) a year in the rural areas.
Poverty issues in China are diverse and complex. Its poverty population has become increasingly scattered, and now mainly congregates in 14 rural areas. Some of these areas are where climate change and natural disasters have greatly impacted the agricultural industry and the livelihoods of farmers. Growing wealth and income inequality, particularly between rural and urban areas, has also continued to aggravate the situation.
Millions of rural people are migrating to the cities to improve their livelihoods, yet they are often discriminated against in the labor market and face various difficulties due to unfair policies. These migrant workers together with their children, who are often either left behind in their villages or who migrate to the cities with their parents, experience new problems in urban poverty, including those in housing, their livelihoods, children's education and social security.
Gender inequality and gender-based violence also remains widespread, which highlights the vulnerability of women and other disadvantaged groups during this period of social transformation in mainland China.
As the biggest emerging economy, China continues to grow as an investor, trading partner, provider of aid and finance, and source of development experience for developing countries, especially those in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Oxfam in China
Oxfam has been working in the Mainland since 1987, one of the first international non-governmental organizations to do so. We have also supported projects in almost every province, region and municipality. We work with partner organizations, including NGOs, governments and research institutions, to carry out humanitarian relief, poverty alleviation and advocacy work in villages as well as cities.
- Rural community development - We focus on four major areas when assisting remote and impoverished villages in western provinces: income growth, disaster relief and risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and community development. We also advocate a community-driven approach to manage our projects.
- Emergency relief and disaster management - We use a participatory approach which involves the whole community, and respond to different disasters through a multidimensional approach. Oxfam is also Sphere's focal point in China.
- Urban livelihood improvement - We collaborate with civil society and academic partner organizations to support migrant workers through campaigns, our messages about workplace safety, supporting community services, and offering education and legal assistance in over 10 cities.
- Basic education -We aim to promote equal access to education and the implementation of multicultural education by supporting the establishment of schools, providing teachers with training and influencing policies through our advocacy work.
- Climate change and poverty - We find ways to introduce climate change adaptation measures and low carbon development in poor rural communities in order to fight against climate change's effects on the poorest and most vulnerable.
- Gender justice - We stand against gender-based violence, empower women, and raise awareness about gender equality by providing direct services to women, offering public education, as well as advocating for policy changes and community development.
- Civil society development - We facilitate the establishment of supportive organisations to provide capacity building training, and exchange and learning opportunities for local civil society organisations.
- Agriculture and poverty reduction policy - We put a lot of emphasis on research and policy advocacy, and commit to promoting the alleviation and elimination of poverty problems at the institutional level.
- China and the developing world - We advocate for the government and corporations in China to be a progressive force for development in developing countries, and strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations.


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American Legion motorcyclists from around the country will arrive in the Buffalo area for the 2012 American Legion Riders Legacy Run Home, hosted by Wheatfield American Legion Post 1451. Beginning Friday, Aug. 17, their ultimate destination will be Indianapolis.
"The legacy run is meant to escort the legion commander to Indianapolis for the annual American Legion convention and to bring attention and raise money towards the scholarship fund," says Sam Reeder, director of the Greater Niagara American Legion Riders.
The ride will include two overnight stops as well as five stops at local legion posts. The Legacy Run acts as a central fundraiser for the Legacy Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships to children of American military members who have been killed in action since Sept. 11, 2011. The run has awarded $300,000 since its beginning in 2006, and has a goal of a $20 million fund. This year's run is hoped to bring at least $450,000 to the fund.
The run will escort National American Legion Commander Fang Wong to the convention in Indianapolis, a ride of more than 750 miles. The estimated count of motorcycles expected to attend is 300 and growing.
"We have riders coming from Hawaii, Texas, California, Pennsylvania - all over the place for this ride," Reeder says.
There will be a kick-off dinner on Aug. 20 at the Wheatfield post. It will be attended by Wong and State Sen. George Maziarz.
For more information, or to register, visit http://www.legion.org/riders/legacyrun.


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by Anne Lynam Goddard, ChildFund President and CEO
If ever there was a country ChildFund needed to be in, Liberia is it. Following a brutal 13-year period of civil war that made children into soldiers and destroyed the social fabric of society, Liberia signed a peace treaty in 2003, beginning a long journey of restoration.
Having just returned from a visit to this resilient nation, I found positive signs of progress. In the capital, Monrovia, the story is a hopeful one. Everyone I spoke with believes the country is getting better. People are moving with purpose. They are working to rebuild. They say the most important thing they have is peace.
ChildFund arrived in Liberia two months after the treaty was signed. In those early days, our work focused on reintegrating child soldiers back into their communities. After years of civil war, societal rules fall away — rape and violence against women and children are just accepted as the norm. A generation grows up not knowing any different.
We played a major role in reintegration, and were recognized by UNICEF as number one in child-protection work because of our training of school authorities and police and military leaders — sensitizing them to gender issues and child-protection issues. The Liberian Ministry of Defense now has a child-protection unit. The government now has a Ministry of Gender and Development.
Although ChildFund has finished its reintegration work, Liberia still ranks at 162, just seven from the bottom, on the U.N. Human Development Index, a comparative measure of a country's life expectancy, literacy and living conditions.
Women and children's issues are top of mind for Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's president — the first woman leader of an African nation. When I met with the president during my visit, she acknowledged significant progress in the attitude of children — just through the look of hope and inspiration seen on their faces. The president has visited ChildFund's early childhood care and development Center in Bopolu — and contributed to fencing around the center to improve safety for children.
The ECD center is managed by the Gbonkuma Women's Group, whose members are also recipients of small loans to start income-generating businesses. Leader Ma Fatu told me that ChildFund Liberia has shifted the lives of many women and children who had no means of improving their lives to self-sustainable levels in their communities. Now this group's mantra is "Women! Don't sit there; do something positive!
I also visited a livelihood project in the Blamacee community near Monrovia. ChildFund Liberia, with the support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has built houses for former Sierra Leoneans, who after almost 20 years of refugee status, are now integrating into Liberian society. We've also helped them obtain small plots of land for gardening, which provides a source of food and income.
In Liberia, women are a major driver of positive change. Women are enthusiastic about contributing. There is a feeling of hope; it's a fragile sense of hope, but it's palpable.
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Skip to comments.Stopping veteran Dem retirements is top priority for Reid, Schumer
Posted on 11/25/2012 4:19:59 AM PST by Libloather
Stopping veteran Dem retirements is top priority for Reid, Schumer
By Alexander Bolton - 11/25/12 06:00 AM ET
One of the highest immediate political priorities for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Democratic political guru Charles Schumer (N.Y.) is to persuade veteran colleagues not to retire in 2014.
Democratic sources identify four senators as most likely to retire: Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).
Another possible veteran retirement is Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who has yet to announce his decision. But Democratic aides expect him to run again.
Democrats would have a tough time defending their seats in West Virginia and South Dakota without incumbents running. Iowa, a blue-leaning state that gave President Obama a six-point victory over Mitt Romney, is a competitive race that slightly favors Democrats and New Jersey is a safe bet to stay in their column. Michigan resembles Iowa in that it leans Democratic but a strong Republican candidate could capture the seat if Levin leaves.
Rockefeller is seen as the most likely to step down from the Senate at the end of 2014. He reported only $704,000 in his campaign account at the end of September and a high-profile break with the coal industry a powerful player in West Virginia was interpreted as a sign he would not run.
Rockefeller urged coal companies to face reality and stop using scare tactics to oppose federal regulations, a stark contrast to Sen. Joe Manchins (D-W.Va.) stance toward the administration. Manchin won re-election easily this year by campaigning against its environmental policies.
One Democratic source with ties to the Senate leadership said Rockefeller has been making noises like hes thinking of retiring and has done little fundraising.
Johnson, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, faces a tough race against former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds, who has launched an exploratory committee for a Senate run.
Johnson is still coping with the debilitating effects of a brain hemorrhage he suffered in 2006 and needs a motorized wheelchair to get around the Senate. While Johnsons speech is slurred, colleagues and aides say his mind is sharp.
He has served as chairman of the Banking panel for only two years and appears to relish the job. Winning re-election would give him more time to leave his mark on the committee.
Johnson has yet to announce his decision but a lobbyist with strong ties to Senate Democrats predicted he would run for a fourth term.
He reported $1.2 million in his campaign war chest at the end of September.
Lautenberg reported only $203,000 in his campaign account at the end of September, a red flag in one of the most expensive media markets in the country. He will be 90 years old on Election Day, which is the main reason why Senate observers think he will step down.
Caley Gray, Lautenbergs spokesman, dismissed the retirement rumors.
Senator Lautenberg has a lot of work to do in the Senate rebuilding New Jersey after Sandy struck and retirement is the last thing on his mind, he said.
Lautenberg has already secured an endorsement from Schumer for 2014.
Some Democrats would like to see Newark Mayor Cory Booker fill the seat but Lautenberg may not give it up without a fight. He criticized Booker in May for undermining Obamas re-election effort after Booker said the presidents campaign should drop efforts to vilify Mitt Romneys career at Bain Capital.
Harkin reported $2.7 million in cash on hand at the end of September but a source close to the senator said he still has not made up his mind about whether to run again.
Harkin has held fundraising events in recent months, however, signaling to allies he is preparing for another race.
Levin is expected to announce his decision at the beginning of next year but he has not yet said for certain that he will bid for a seventh term.
He reported only $286,000 in his campaign account at the end of September, prompting speculation that he is mulling retirement. Levins small war chest, however, is in line with what he reported at similar points in previous election cycles. He tends to raise little money when not in cycle.
The next election cycle poses a threat to Reids tenure as majority leader because Democrats have to defend 20 seats while Republicans have 13 up for re-election. He expanded his majority to a comfortable margin of 55 to 45 in the upper chamber, counting two independents caucusing with the Democrats. But a slew of Democrats face tough races in conservative leaning states: such as Mark Begich in Alaska, Kay Hagan in North Carolina, Mark Pryor in Arkansas and Mary Landrieu in Louisiana.
Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) won with 42 percent and 52 percent of the vote, respectively, in 2008 and could also have competitive contests.
Incumbency proved a powerful defense in 2012 as only one incumbent lost: Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), who kept his race close despite running in a state with an overwhelming Democratic voter-registration advantage. Republicans lost another seat because of the surprise retirement of Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine).
Democrats lost their only seat in Nebraska, where Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) retired. An internal poll Nelson conducted at the end of 2011, however, showed he had a strong chance of winning had he decided to stay in the Senate.
We heard a lot of "OhNoes" during the the closing days of the election campaign and I'm sure some of that was designed to assuage any fears the republicans might have regarding THEIR standing in the race.
As it turned out, much of the OhNoes was boojit and we had our ass handed to us.
Mitt goes about his life and America sinks deeper into coup and despair.
If there's ANYthing to this article, it's the democrats leaving have had enough of being scum swallowing whores and want to get out and try to have a quiet last years of life.
I think a lot of dems played the game because it HAD been a game ... until zero entered the arena.
He'll be 90 in 2014.
He'll be 96 in 2020.
2014 is an off-year election, and off-year elections are the only chance the 'pubbies ever have of picking up a statewide office in New Jersey. Maybe they're hoping that NJ has a 'rat governor by then.
Is it at all possible for force congress to get on obamacare?
-——Lautenberg has already secured an endorsement from Schumer for 2014.——
That line made me laugh....
Harkin's not going anywhere.
They'll find him slumped over at his desk in D. C.
The standard rule is that no US Senator ever wants to retire unless he would likely lose reelection.
If his seat's at all contended, holding out for extra party promises of help and pork for his state before admitting that he's running again is fairly usual as well.
Yeah, since they haven't passed a budget in 3-plus years, focus on the important stuff.
Schumer and Reid hate each other anyway.
[Jay] Rockefeller urged coal companies to "face reality" and stop using scare tactics to oppose federal regulations, a stark contrast to Sen. Joe Manchinâs (D-W.Va.) stance toward the administration. Manchin won re-election easily this year by campaigning against its environmental policies... The next election cycle poses a threat to Reid's tenure as majority leader because Democrats have to defend 20 seats while Republicans have 13 up for re-election.
Let 'em die in office.
There are 30 Republican governors who will get to appoint their replacements.
Question: I wonder if Christie would appoint a Republican to replace Lautenberg?
Term Limit them from orbit. It's the only way to make sure.
How will that be any different than today?
I have a feeling that 2014 is going to be another Tea Party like year. It will be another off presidential election where informed voters will go to the polls instead of masses of dumbed down, stupid, ignorant Americans who voted for this joke of a president for a second time.
Naturally, we should do everything we can to fire ObaMao's rubber stamps. However, there is no way the U.S. Senate will turn over enough to get the 67 votes needed to impeach Zero. Look for him to ignore congress and do as he pleases.
Interestingly, the pro-abortion, liberal RINO Snowe, was replaced by an apparent pro-life Democrat. Other than the fact that an increase of Senators with an R by their names could have given us control of the committees, the loss of Snowe isn't that big a blow to the Republicans.
Too bad Scott Brown ran away from the fact that he was a Republican in his race. He tried to position himself as an independent who doesn't always vote with the party. Obviously voters didn't give a rat's rear end about 'voting with the party', because they replace Brown with one of the most radical Democrats imaginable! There's no question with whom she'll vote!
I'm sure you're right. Every six years, like clockwork, The Dungheap shows up in Iowa in country bumpkin costume and convinces the stoopid sheeple to send him back to cancel out Grassley's votes on everything except big government ag subsidies.
LOL, Clinton certainly was and, as far as I know, still would be a top contender for that particular honor.
And, frankly, I wouldn't be so sure that statement wouldn't have gained him more votes than it lost. ;^)
You've visited Clinton, then ?
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DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria's prime minister escaped a brazen assassination attempt Monday when a bomb exploded near his convoy in Damascus, state media reported, in the latest attack to target a top official in President Bashar Assad's regime.
Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi was not hurt in the explosion in the capital's western neighborhood of Mazzeh, state TV said. The TV showed footage of heavily damaged cars and debris in the area as firefighters fought to extinguish a large blaze set off by the blast.
The state news agency said several people were killed in the blast, while the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist group said the explosion killed at least five, including two of al-Halqi's bodyguards and one of the drivers in his convoy.
As evidence that the prime minister was unhurt, the state-run Al-Ikhbariya station said al-Halqi went into a regular weekly meeting with an economic committee straight after the bombing. The station broadcast video of the prime minister sitting around a table in a room with several other officials.
But in comments after the meeting, al-Halqi made no reference to the blast, nor was he asked about it by reporters, leaving doubt as to whether the footage was filmed before or after the bombing.
The state news agency, meanwhile, quoted al-Halqi as saying that the assassination attempt exposes how armed groups "are bankrupt" after the latest advances made by Syrian troops around the country.
Syria's conflict started with largely peaceful anti-government protests in March 2011 but eventually turned into a civil war that has so far killed more than 70,000 people, according to the United Nations.
State TV quoted Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi as saying that targeting al-Halqi, who is in charge of carrying out the political program to end Syria's crisis, shows that some in the opposition "reject a political solution."
In January, al-Halqi formed a ministerial committee to conduct dialogue with opposition groups. The dialogue is part of efforts to implement a peace plan, including a national reconciliation conference, Assad outlined in a speech earlier that month.
The opposition says it will not accept anything less than Assad's departure, and progress has been made on the dialogue since it was announced.
A Syrian government official told The Associated Press that an improvised explosive device was placed under a car that was parked in the area and was detonated as al-Halqi's convoy passed. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The attack in the highly secure Mazzeh neighborhood took place only about 100 yards from the Swiss ambassador's residence. The posh area also is home to a major military air base. Security forces sealed off the area shortly after the blast, allowing only pedestrians to get near the scene of the bombing.
Damaged cars, their seats soaked with blood, were surrounded by debris. A blackened shell of a school bus was left standing. A man told state TV that none of the students on board were hurt because the explosion went off shortly after they had left the bus and headed into the school.
The attack was not the first targeting a high official in the Syrian capital during the past year.
On July 18, a blast at Syria's national security building in Damascus during a meeting of Cabinet ministers killed top four officials, including the defense minister and his deputy, who was Assad's brother-in-law. That attack also wounded the interior minister.
In December, a car bomb targeted the Interior Ministry in Damascus, killing several people and wounding more than 20, including Interior Minister Mohammed al-Shaar. Initially, Syrian state media said al-Shaar was not hurt in the Dec. 12 blast. News of his wounds emerged a week later, after he was taken to neighboring Lebanon to be treated for a serious back injury.
Earlier in April, Ali Ballan, head of public relations at the Ministry of Social Affairs and a member of Syria's relief agency, was shot dead while dining in a restaurant in Mazzeh.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday's attack.
Bombings like the one that struck the prime minister's convoy have been a trademark of Islamic radicals fighting in the rebel ranks, raising concerns about the extremists' role in Syria's civil war.
Al-Halqi, a senior member of Assad's ruling Baath party, took office last year after his predecessor, Riad Hijab, defected to Jordan. Al-Halqi was Syria's health minister before taking the post. He hails from the southern city of Daraa, the birthplace of the Syrian uprising.
Elsewhere in Syria, the Observatory reported fighting Monday near the Damascus International Airport south of the capital. The group said there were also clashes in the northern neighborhood of Barzeh and shelling of the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, south of Damacus.
The Observatory and another activist group, the Local Coordination Committees, reported clashes and air raids around the military helicopter base of Mannagh near the border with Turkey in the northern province of Aleppo. On Sunday, the Aleppo Media Center said that the rebels have seized 60 percent of the Mannagh air base.
Both groups also reported clashes and shelling Monday in the northwestern province of Idlib and the central region of Homs.


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