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Lewis Carroll Quotes About TeaQuotes about: Tea
This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot. At any rate I'll never go THERE again!' said Alice as she picked her way through the wood. "It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!
Crawling at your feet,' said the Gnat (Alice drew her feet back in some alarm), `you may observe a Bread-and-Butterfly. Its wings are thin slices of Bread-and-butter, its body is a crust, and its head is a lump of sugar.' And what does IT live on?' Weak tea with cream in it.' A new difficulty came into Alice's head. `Supposing it couldn't find any?' she suggested. Then it would die, of course.' But that must happen very often,' Alice remarked thoughtfully. It always happens,' said the Gnat.
Five o'clock tea" is a phrase our "rude forefathers," even of the last generation, would scarcely have understood, so completelyis it a thing of to-day; and yet, so rapid is the March of the Mind, it has already risen into a national institution, and rivals, in its universal application to all ranks and ages, and as a specific for "all the ills that flesh is heir to," the glorious Magna Charta.
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We're very pleased to get our client the financial assistance she needs after her accident.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 22, 2013
As a car accident attorney, Atlanta-based Christopher Simon of The Simon Law Firm along with co-counsel, was able to help his client, a 22-year-old African-American woman receive a $237,000 verdict in a personal injury case [No. 11-C-05722] despite a mostly white male jury in conservative Gwinnett County. The injuries stemmed from a 2011 auto accident.
The accident occurred on June 6, 2011, when a van driven by an Atlanta Refrigeration Service Co. employee failed to yield before making a left turn according to court documents. In doing so, his van traveled into the path of the car traveling the opposite direction in which the plaintiff was a passenger. The car's driver slammed on the brakes and tried to avoid the van but collided with it after veering to the right. An ambulance took the plaintiff to Gwinnett Medical Center, where she was treated for a broken right arm in between her elbow and her shoulder. Plates and screws were inserted into Daniels' arm to repair it. She was also treated for a six-to-eight inch laceration on her forehead. The injuries prevented her from doing all of her work duties as a hair stylist, so she needed a car accident attorney. Atlanta-based The Simon Law Firm was enlisted to represent the plaintiff in court.
"The injury, which was not Ms. Daniels' fault, prevented her from doing her job to the fullest of her capabilities," Simon said. "We're very pleased to get our client the financial assistance she needs after her accident."
In Gwinnett State Court before Chief Judge Robert Mock, Sr., the Defense brought an expert collision reconstructionist who claimed that the crash was not their driver's fault. Although the jury did find that the driver of the victim's vehicle had some responsibility, the jury found the driver majority responsible for the crash and his company and insurer bore the lion's share of the verdict.
"The employee had a history of unsafe driving practices," said Simon. "When someone exhibits unsafe driving habits for a prolonged period of time, accidents are bound to happen."
The jury award more than covers the $58,000 in medical expenses accrued by the plaintiff. "It was a challenging case from a demographic perspective" said Simon. There were 9 minorities in the 30-person jury pool. Four of these were struck because they did not speak English very well. The other five were struck by the defendant's attorney. The upper middle class and all-white composition of the jury proved challenge for the legal team representing the plaintiff because there were 3,200 social media posts made by the Plaintiff in the year after the crash that gave a rose-colored glasses perspective impression on how well she healed up. "22 year old urban young people speak with a vocabulary that is foreign to a conservative, suburban jury so building rapport was challenging," continued Simon. "The takeaway from this trial is to be cautious about your social media posts as they can paint you in an unintended light, even when you are truthful."
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Sail on silver wings
Through this storm
What fortune love may bring
Back to my arms again
The love
Of a former golden age.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
For, now that wheels are turning,
I find my faith deserting me...
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Dispossesed children in search of Paradise.
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Envisioned, drives the pinwheel on-and-on.
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As a child I have always sewed, encouraged by my mother. When I came to Canada from the UK I discovered my love of quilting. I am still an avid quilter and teacher, but for the last five years I have been involved in the world of thread painting. Some of my work, I do from my own photos on cloth and some I paint on fabric then embellish with thread. I have entered numerous on line swaps, and even met one of the gals in my group in Australia. From this, Etched in Thread by Ally was created.
This will be my first time taking part in Kindred Spirit - Christmas in Paris, I am really enjoying being part of the beautiful talented group. Ally can be seen at the A Grand Riverhouse Christmas location this year.


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We have learnt that 'Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab (ra) did not cut the hand of the thief in the year of the famine. So was the suspension of this Hukm in this circumstance only due to an 'Illah (Sharee'ah reasoning) that had ceased to be and the Hukm of cutting ceased to exist along with it?? And if that is the case then what is the 'Illah for the Hukm of…Read more...


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Anthony Weiner does not have a sex addiction. We know that, because sex addiction probably does not exist.
As the Huffington Post reported last week, a new UCLA study shows that people who report uncontrollable urges to view sexual images do not have the same physiological responses as drug addicts. As the Playboy Advisor once observed skeptically: when was the last time a sex addict robbed a store to fund his habit?
Repetitive sexual behavior is more likely a result of high "libido," the UCLA study's authors say. But it is probably best described as a compulsion–the kind of behavior that should be managed so that those who engage in it can enjoy healthy sex lives without harming other people or themselves. Weiner's compulsions are extreme, but still fall, perhaps, somewhere within the outer reaches of "normal" human sexual behavior.
The question is why Weiner has not tried to manage that behavior or channel his impulses positively. He told the New York Post that in the wake of his 2011 scandal, he saw a therapist in Texas for just a "couple of days," merely three or four times at most. (In contrast, his wife, Huma Abedin, said at his news conference Tuesday that she had gone through "a lot of work and a whole lot of therapy" to restore their message.)
Though Weiner told a press conference Tuesday that he has taken "responsibility" for his behavior, it is not clear how.
Indeed, it is striking just how indiscreet his indiscretions have been. In his online relationships, both old and new, Weiner frequently used his celebrity to attract strangers–despite the risk, even after resigning, and even after he had returned to the public stage to claim that he was "a very, very different person."
True, Weiner's irresponsible behavior is no match for the outrageous conduct of San Diego mayor Bob Filner, who clings to office after admitting to serious accusations of sexual harassment (accusations that his party, and the media, long overlooked).
And if Ms. Abedin is willing to forgive her husband, and trust him again, after he reneged on a tearful public apology and assurances of reform, that is certainly her right.
But there is no reason for the public to trust him.
Not after he lied about being "hacked" (with no regard for the innocent people whom, he implied, had done the hacking). Not after he pursued the major mainstream media outlets to issue vehement denials that, after Andrew Breitbart's intervention, Weiner was forced to retract. Not after he made public claims that he had changed his behavior–claims, once again, proven false.
It is that habit of lying that Kirsten Powers, once Weiner's friend, described as "sociopathic"–i.e. without conscience for others.
Nudity is harmless, in an appropriate context; sexual fantasies can enliven relationships, in private; infidelity is painful and morally wrong, but it is something many couples endure. What is disturbing about Eliot Spitzer is his prosecutorial hypocrisy; with Weiner, it is his arrogance.
Many voters–both Republican and Democrat, both conservative and liberal–are prepared to tolerate some amount of sexual eccentricity or misbehavior. Bill Clinton is still popular within his party, for example, and conservative voters defied the GOP elite by electing Mark Sanford to Congress. Both lied to the public. But both also performed public gestures of repentance. Sincere or not, they at least paid homage to the process.
Voters also know that many people struggle with compulsions or addictions of one form or another at some time in their lives, politicians included. There are politicians with eating disorders, public figures suffering with drug abuse, and so on. In the public eye, they must suffer in silence–if they are lucky. And if their problems are widely exposed, then they face the pain and humiliation of the most intimate public scrutiny.
Voters are willing to forgive, and even to trust those who have lied to them–but usually only if they feel those leaders stand for something more than themselves.
And that leads to Anthony Weiner's real problem. He has built his campaign around an empty promise to make New York the "middle-class capital of the world"–as if all New Yorkers really wanted was for their city to be a bit more like Dayton, Ohio or Peoria, Illinois.
Weiner's core constituency is not the "middle class" but the progressive left, which has always admired his polemical style. His unlikely campaign has succeeded thus far because of name recognition against a field of mediocre rivals.
Yet that strategy ultimately depends on Weiner's personal assurances that he has changed–assurances that have since been exposed as not only fraudulent, but also calculating and opportunistic.
Weiner's worst compulsion may not be sexual, but political. He is drawn to public life to create a persona that he uses, in turn, to create online fantasies–a quest for self-fulfillment at the expense of both political and personal commitments. He refuses to take real responsibility for his behavior, while campaigning for the duties of office.
That holds risks for the public–and for him. Voters may soon have the chance to help.


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Tom Hanks is returning to his sitcom roots. The two-time Oscar-winning actor will appear in an upcoming episode of 30 Rock, Hanks announced on Twitter. "RadioMan delivers msg from T.Fey. Result? I'm on 30 Rock! Thanks, RMan Hanx," he wrote. Hanks doe… Read more


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Germans from Russia Emigration and Immigration
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The Stumpp book list of emigrants can be found at this site Stumpp Transcription list
Finding the Country and City of Origin
Records that generally provide the country of origin include the U.S. censuses beginning in 1850, Canadian censuses, biographies, death records, obituaries, naturalization declarations or petitions, pre-1883 passenger lists, and military records. These records do not usually list the exact town that the ancestor came from.
Before you can effectively search the records of another country, you need to know the name of the city or town your immigrant ancestor came from. Clues about an ancestors' town of origin are found in various sources, including diaries and other records in your family's possession. You may find the town of origin in family and local histories, church records, obituaries, marriage records, death records, tombstones, passports (particularly since the 1860s), passenger lists (particularly those after 1883), and applications for naturalization.
Einwandererkartei, 1939-1945
1939 Resettlement Records
An index of approximately 2.9 million cards to pedigrees recorded by the EWZ (Einwanderungszentralstelle) (Immigration Control Center) of German immigrants returning from Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Yugoslavia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and France. E (Einwanderung) or emigration cards were filled out for every immigrant 15 and above and G (Gesundheit) or health cards for those over age 6. The cards list name, place and date of birth, religion, marital status, education, profession, professional training, citizenship, and all relatives in the same group of immigrants. The cards are arranged in alphagbetical order based on name pronunciation rather than spelling. The collection is known as EWZ57. It serves as an index to the Pedigrees EWZ58 (Stammblätter). Use the case number from the card to locate the pedigree (see Stammblätter, 1939-1945 / Deutschland. Einwanderzentralstelle), which are filed in case number order. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bauthor_id%3A305404
Germany - Poland - Lithuania - Latvia - Estonia - Russia - France - Emigration and immigration - Indexes
Passenger Departure Records
These Hamburg passenger lists and indexes are most fully described in Hamburg Passenger Lists. Note: the old Hamburg Passenger Lists Resource Guide has been incorporated into the article. Also see the microfiche instructions in Hamburg Passenger Lists.
Passenger Arrival Records
Passenger arrival records can help you determine when an ancestor arrived and the ports of departure and arrival. They can also be used to identify family and community members who arrived together as well as the country they came from.
An in-depth description of United States federal immigration lists is:
Tepper, Michael H. American Passenger Arrival Records: A Guide to the Records of Immigrants Arriving at American Ports by Sail and Steam. Updated and enlarged. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1993. (FHL book 973 W27am 1993)
For a description of Canadian immigration lists see???
The FHL has the Library of Congress' collection of Berlin Documents Center microfilms which include some Germans from Russia. The Odessa German Russian Digital Online Library described in the "Archives and Libraries" page includes a paper describing how to use this collection. See VAX under Deutschland. Einwander Zentralstelle.???
Deutsches Ausland-Institut (Stuttgart). Auswandererkartei der Rußlanddeutschen nach Brasilien: 1870-1940 (Emigrant index of Russian-Germans in Brazil). Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (FHL film 1552796). Alphabetical name index often showing birthdate, place, deathdate, place, age, spouses, children, religion, homeland, date of emigration, profession, and sources.
Haury, David A. Index to Mennonite Immigrants on United States Passenger Lists, 1872-1904. North Newton, Kans.: Mennonte Library and Archives, 1986. (FHL book 973 W22ha). Transcripts showing ships, ports, names, ages, and occupations, with index of 15,000 individuals. Includes many Germans from Russia.
Russian Consulate Records???
A Homeland Card Index [Heimatortskartei or HOK] is an index of Germans from Eastern Europe who returned to Germany for re-settlement in the 20th Century, especially after World War II. These indexes contain names of family members, dates and places of birth, marriage, death, and residence. Each geographical area such as Southeast Europe has its own index. For addresses of organizations with these Heimatortskarteien see Erich Quester, Wegweiser für Forschungen . . . listed in the "Bibliography" page near the end of this Germans from Russia article. «???Are any of these available at the FHL to cite as examples?
mention Village Coordinators in this page, refer to "Societies" page.
Stumpp lists areas: with more details Petersburg Volga Black Sea Bessarabia Odessa Jekaterinoslav (Dnepropetrovsk) Tavrida Swabian colonies near Berdyansk Crimea South Caucasus Scattered Settlements
Some emigrant groups may have brought their records with them when they left Russia. Thus, the vital records of a few of these colonies, especially Mennonite colonies, might be in collections in the United States and Canada. If you are looking for Mennonite records, check with the Mennonite congregation in North America where the family first settled.
North Dakota received many immigrant German-Russians from the Kherson provinces of Russia. Their pattern of settlement in this country is directly related to their pattern of settlement in Russia. Catholic families from the Beresan region and many from Crimea settled in Stark county, North Dakota. Catholic families from the Katschurgan and Leibenthal regions settled in Emmons, Logan, and McIntosh counties. In many cases, the original Catholic immigrants recorded their heritage in the records of the new Catholic parish in North Dakota. When researching the genealogy of German-Russian Catholic families from North Dakota, it is important to determine where they originally settled in North Dakota. The records of the Catholic parish in that place will then help in tracing your ancestry. Priests are usually happy to help those who wish to research the records in person and may help by correspondence. Remember that in some cases the records of one parish may have been consolidated with those of another parish. For those whose ancestors settled in Stark county, considerable research has already been done and the information written up.


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- LanguageGuide.org : Pick a topic from the list, and then simultaneously hear the vocabulary when you roll the mouse over the pictures. Great section for grammar too. A fun way to build your vocabulary, or revise!
- BBC Languages German : Website is fantastic whatever your level! It includes online courses for beginners and Talk German, quizzes, grammar, cultural information, and heaps more! Plus lots for intermediate learners too. (RealPlayer and Flash required for audio/video)
- Spiegel Online - Current articles from the biggest German magazine
- Die Welt - News about Germany, international and economy related topics
- Tagesschau.de - bietet ergänzende Informationen in Text, Bild, Audio und Video, sowie umfassende Berichte und Hintergründe zu aktuellen Themen
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- Euronews auf Deutsch - Play clips of the latest international news in German, also with the German transcript below!
- Leo Online Dictionary - Find words and collocations with this useful online dictionary.
- Tu Chemnitz Dictionary - A simple dictionary based on a wordlist of approximately 150,000 entries
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- Yahoo Deutschland
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will announce new measures on Tuesday to reform the country's export control system, with the goal of "strengthening national security and the competitiveness of key U.S. manufacturing and technology sectors," the White House said on Monday.
"The current export control system is overly complicated, contains too many redundancies, and, in trying to protect too much, diminishes our ability to focus our efforts on the most critical national security priorities," the White House said in a press release.
U.S. National Security Advisor James Jones said in an opinion piece on Monday's Wall Street Journal that the ultimate goal of the reform includes four aspects: a single control list that distinguishes in tiers between the most sensitive items and technologies and everything else; a single licensing policy to be applied across all agencies; a center to better coordinate the many agencies involved in export control enforcement; and a single IT system to make sure decisions are fully informed.
The current system operates under two different control lists with fundamentally different approaches to defining controlled products, administered by two different departments, according to the White House.
"This has caused significant ambiguity, confusion and jurisdictional disputes, delaying clear license determinations for months and, in some cases, years," it said.
Meanwhile, there are three different primary licensing agencies, each applying their own policies; a multitude of agencies with overlapping and duplicative authorities currently enforce export controls, creating redundancies and jeopardizing each other's cases; all these agencies operate on a number of separate IT systems, none of which is accessible to other licensing or enforcement agencies or easily compatible with the other systems, according to the White House.
"These changes will create an export control system that is more effective, transparent and predictable -- one that enhances U. S. national security, improves the functioning of the government, and maintains the competitiveness of critical manufacturing and technology sectors," said the release about the reform.


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You pay the same amount of tax as every one else.
You have fewer rights.
Surely you shouldn't be expected to pay for rights to which you are not entitled.
You are watching ads on TV which declare you a threat to family.
Yet you are family, have families, care for children, elderly parents, your neighbours....
You want to ask the people on TV and in the churches -If marriage is sacred then how are divorces possible? Annulments? Where are the protests about reality TV programs where couples marry the day they meet? Where are the sermons about marriages which enslave women and force them into lives of domestic violence and servitude?
You know that those who rejected you are now deciding your future.
How does this make you feel?
A YES vote cannot put at risk the rights of churches to discriminate. Their rights are enshrined in law. They cannot be forced to marry those they choose to deny.
But a YES vote can ensure every citizen and tax payer of this country is equal under the law. Equal. That's all.
Isn't that what we'd all want?


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Kobe Bryant's All-Star Performance Proves He's Still The Best
Bad knees and an All-Star game sounded like the perfect situation for Kobe Bryant to take it light and let the new breed of NBA stars run the show at the 2011 NBA All-Star game. But who are we kidding—this is Kobe Bryant we are talking about here.
It was Los Angeles and Kobe Bryant may have played it cool leading up to the game, but from the first moment he touched the ball, it was evident the Black Mamba meant business and had a point to prove. Some question how many years of excellence Kobe Bryant has, but Bryant is still the best player since Michael Jordan…for now.
Obviously, LeBron James is the next in line with his freakish ability, but Kobe Bryant is a killer when it comes to winning. He proved it on Sunday night with a remarkable game that was a reminder why Kobe Bryant is one of the baddest players on the planet. With the home crowed at Staples Center watching, Bryant put on a show to the tune of 37 points and 14 rebounds. But it wasn't just what he scored, it was how he scored. Jumpers, layups and a few dunks—including a breakaway two-handed smash that LeBron James tried his hardest to chase down—set off fireworks in Los Angeles as the West earned a 148-143 victory over their younger rivals in the East.
It was a virtuoso performance which wagged the finger to all the young lions and said "not yet." It's still Kobe Bryant's time and he's not ready to turn over the keys to the throne just yet. The 13-time All Star nabbed his 4th MVP trophy to add to a presumably packed trophy case that features MVP awards, NBA titles and various other accolades which set Bryant apart from everyone else in the NBA.
Kobe may be getting older and the mileage may be getting up there, but Kobe Bryant still has the killer instinct all others lack. Not LeBron, not Durant, not Rose—nobody has what Bryant possesses. It's a gift he's had since he was young, but now that he's more mature, he knows how to manage the "win by all means necessary" attitude. It's something these youngsters haven't been able to understand just yet and on Sunday night, Bryant proved he's still the man.


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Club Notes Tuesday 4th July :
No winner of the Lotto Jackpot of €5000 on Monday 26th June. Twelve match 3 winners each receive €50 . Numbers were: 6, 9, 11 & 20. Next week's jackpot will be €5500. Tickets are €2 each and the draw takes place every Monday at 11pm.
The Kellogs Cul Summer Camp is in full swing until Friday. There is also a Skills Camp for children aged 12 to 14 from 3pm to 4.30pm on the days of the Main Camps. There is no charge for this Camp.
The first of our Club Summer Camps starts on Monday 10th July. Entry is €30 . Please contact our GPO Ronnie on 086-8447492 to register.
Tickets for the Leinster Football Final Versus Kildare on Sunday 16th July must be ordered by Thursday 6th and paid for in full by Monday 10th July. Tickets will be available for collection on Thursday 13th.
Stand is €35 . Hill 16 is €25 . Family tickets are also available .Adult €35 & Children €5
Hard luck to the Dublin Minor Hurlers on their narrow loss in the Leinster Final. Well done to Cian Derwin and Billy Ryan.
A new round of Last Man Standing starts on 12th August. Entry is €10 and all proceeds are in aid of Minor Teams. Entry forms are available from David Burnett or David Wyse.
Junior Hurlers play Crumlin in the Championship tonight in Clonshaugh . Please support.
Next 2 Senior Fixtures:
Na Fianna Thursday 6 July 7:30pm in Mobhi Road
St Vincents Monday 10th July PNU 7:30pm
Congratulations to the Under 12 hurling team on winning the Alan Cregan Tournament Shield sponsored by the Erins Isle Club last Saturday. Our thanks to players and mentors of our Under 11 team for their assistance and to the Erins Isle Club for their hospitality. Well done to all concerned.


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Well ... glad to help :-) I was just assuming that because the oem-compiler is part of Flex, that in the Flex group there would probably be some people that have experience with that and could give me a hand with the ideal way of using it. After all ... the resulting plugin should be as performant as possible and as I'm starting to work on something completely new I can build the basic design around that ideal usage pattern. Changing this afterwards will definitely be more work. Chris -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Maxime Cowez [mailto:email@example.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. November 2012 12:13 An: firstname.lastname@example.com Betreff: Re: Who's a flex compiler-configuration pro on this list? So now you're helping us instead of the other way around ;) I'm definitely going to take a look at that. I suppose another advantage would be better control over logging, because at the moment we're limited to whatever the ANT task puts on the output stream. On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:45 AM, firstname.lastname@example.com < email@example.com> wrote: > Here's a link to that API: > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/compilerAPI_flex3.pdf > > I guess the main advantage was that you were able to load the compiler > once and reuse that instance throughout your build. This dramatically > reduced the build time, because the compiler didn't have to load up to > 3 times (Main, Test, ASDoc) for every Maven module. > > Chris > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:email@example.com] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. November 2012 11:43 > An: email@example.com > Betreff: AW: Who's a flex compiler-configuration pro on this list? > > Hmmm I think this is the way Flexmojos used to work in the old days, > but has since switched to using the oem-compiler thingy ... don't 100% > understand what that is into all details, but as far as I understand, > it's an API for directly communicating with the Compiler mainly used > by OEMs for creating IDEs and Tools utilizing Flex. > > I recall this had a great performance improvement over the > command-line wrapping solution, so this is more the way I am going to choose. Anyway ... > the compiler is Java and so I would like to instantiate it and > communicate with it directly using some pre-defined API. > > Chris > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Maxime Cowez [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. November 2012 11:35 > An: email@example.com; Yennick Trevels > Betreff: Re: Who's a flex compiler-configuration pro on this list? > > Hi Christofer, > > I would certainly not claim to be an expert in the matter, but I have > gathered quite some knowledge by contributing to GradleFx ( > http://gradlefx.org/). Much like FlexMojos is a Maven plugin for > compiling Flex apps, GradleFx is a Gradle (http://gradle.org/) plugin > to achieve the same goal. > > It's open-source, so you're welcome to take a look at how we > implemented things. I guess you would especially be interested in the > org.gradlefx.cli package ( > https://github.com/GradleFx/GradleFx/tree/master/src/main/groovy/org/g > radlefx/cli > ). > We used Gradle's built-in ANT task executor to execute the compile > command through Flex's own ANT task. > > The CommandLine Interface wrapping is fairly complete, but there are > two things still missing: > - module support (see https://github.com/GradleFx/GradleFx/issues/46) > - full AIR/mobile support (only partially implemented, also see > https://github.com/GradleFx/GradleFx/issues/25) > > Feel free to ask questions if you think we can be of assistance. > > Cheers, > Max > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:11 AM, firstname.lastname@example.com < > firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > As I mentioned in the "welcome" mail. My primary goal is to create a > > maven plugin for compiling flex/air applications using maven. > > Now in Flexmojos the compiler mojo is the biggest beast and also > > that having to deal with all the legacy stuff. Therefore I didn't > > want to be to "inspired" by the Flexmojos counterpart, and thought > > that someone here on the list could eventually be really fit in how > > to use the compiler(s) programmatically (Without whipping up the > > content of a commandline call and executing that using exec). > > > > I know there seem to be multiple ways to remote control the > > compiler, unfortunately I don't quite know which approach is best. > > > > So any input here greatly appreciated :) > > > > Chris > > > > >
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Last week reporters, attorneys and state officials watched Oklahoma death row inmate Clayton Lockett writhe on the gurney as he was executed. It took nearly 45 minutes, and he eventually died of a heart attack after officials stopped the execution.
He's not alone. Seven percent of all executions by lethal injection are "botched," or not done in line with protocol, according to an Amherst law professor. Each time, the death penalty debate reignites among legislators and the public about executions.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., went on MSNBC's Morning Joe May 1 to emphasize his support for the death penalty, despite the complication with Lockett's execution.
"I think it is a deterrent that does affect and impact people," he said. "I've given a lot of thought. I don't like it. I wish we put everybody that had such a history as this gentleman behind bars and working and doing things that would help them, but I haven't changed my position."
We decided to check the research to see if Coburn was right that the death penalty is a deterrent. Does the death penalty discourage crime?
We found there's no conclusive evidence to support any viewpoint, including Coburn's. We can't definitively say that the death penalty deters homicides, increases homicides or has no effect, so Coburn can't back up his point with widelyaccepted scientific evidence.
Daniel Nagin, a public policy professor at Carnegie Mellon University, chaired the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty. He and his team were tasked with addressing whether or not available studies can prove that the death penalty serves as a deterrent for violent crime.
In 2012, he and his team published "Deterrence and the death penalty," a report that sums up more than three decades worth of research:
"The committee concludes that the research to date on the effect of capital punishment on homicide is not informative about whether capital punishment decreases, increases, or has no effect on homicide rates. Therefore, the committee recommends that these studies not be used to inform deliberations requiring judgments about the effect of the death penalty on homicide. Consequently, claims that research demonstrates that capital punishment decreases or increases the homicide rate should not influence policy decisions about capital punishment."
Nagin found a few common problems with the existing research:
No comparison to deterrent effects of life imprisonment: Study authors often can't access the data they need from the government. An ideal deterrence study would examine whether people are more deterred by the death penalty than by other serious punishments.
No information on would-be murderers' perceptions: "Deterrence is about how people are responding to their perceptions," Nagin said. Are potential criminals considering their chances of ending up on death row before they commit violent crimes? We don't know.
Statistical flaws: Nagin's committee determined that the research was so flawed, it couldn't be informative.
However, Nagin said research does show that punishment for crime, in general, is a deterrent.
"It's the certainty of apprehension, not the severity of the ensuing consequences, that is the more effective deterrent," he said.
The Death Penalty Information Center, The Sentencing Project and other death penalty experts we contacted pointed to Nagin's report as the most authoritative literature on death penalty deterrence, but there are a significant number of people in the field who side with the studies Nagin and others have criticized.
Coburn's office pointed us toward a 2007 Fox News column by John Lott, founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center. Lott defended a group of studies that found that every execution saves 15 to 18 potential murder victims. They've been widely criticized for the way they count homicides, mistakes in methodology and making conclusions based on the very small pool of U.S. executions.
It could be quite some time before studies produce a widely respected answer to the deterrence question.
"The road forward is not easy," Nagin said.
Our ruling
Coburn said, "I think (the death penalty) is a deterrent that does affect and impact people." Overall, many experts say the existing research has limitations and doesn't clearly show support for or against the death penalty as a deterrent. So Coburn can't prove his viewpoint is correct. However, executions, along with prison sentences and other punishments for crime, do generally deter criminals.
We rate Coburn's claim Mostly False.


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Lord Renton: My Lords, before my noble friend sits down, would she care to add that there is a further safeguard which I did not hear her mention; namely, that the Secretary of State is answerable to Parliament for his decisions in such matters as this as in other matters, and can be questioned about them in Parliament?
Baroness Blatch: My Lords, I can give an absolute and unequivocal answer to that. Of course that is right. Not only that, it was this Government who put all of that on a statutory footing and thus opened up this whole area of activity. It is important that we balance how the intelligence services work, and will work in future in support of the police with the openness, as far as is practicable, of full accountability to Parliament.
Lord Browne-Wilkinson: My Lords, before the Minister sits down, I am still not clear, having now asked twice, whether the Government accept that this Bill involves constitutional change, but say that expediency justifies it, or whether the Government say that there is no constitutional change here. It is an important point.
Baroness Blatch: My Lords, it is indeed an important point. The powers of the security services are not being extended constitutionally, or in any other way. It is a new area of activity to which all the existing systems will be applied. The Home Secretary will give his authorisation to warrants which will incorporate the new function that will be given to the security services under the Bill.
Lord Harris of Greenwich: My Lords, I wonder whether the Minister will deal with a point that I raised, which is the continuing concern of the police service about the different treatment accorded it as compared with the Security Service as a result of the passage of this legislation. What precisely do the Government propose to do to deal with those concerns?
Baroness Blatch: My Lords, I have to be repetitious in my answer to the noble Lord because I have answered the question, I think, more than once. The Government intend to legislate--they have made that clear--at an early opportunity. Even given the timetable that has been mentioned by the noble Lord, the Government are continuing the preparatory work for that legislation. We made it clear on Second Reading and in Committee that the Government see the Bill as a piece of free-standing legislation which will not preclude further legislation to deal with matters concerning the police.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, when we first discussed this clause, I set out three objectives for our consideration of Clause 2. The first was that there should be congruity between the warrant powers of the police and those of the security services when they are, in effect, doing the same thing: when they are working together under the functions as described in Clause 1.
It is acknowledged, and I have to acknowledge, that that will not be achieved by anything we do during the consideration of the Bill. As the Minister has just said, that will have to be done in a broader Bill which will be introduced at the earliest opportunity. So, I give up on that one! There is nothing that can be done.
The second was to seek an assurance that there will be no tacit extension in the Bill--nothing is said on the face of the Bill--of bugging powers for anyone; in other words, no one, as a result of the Bill, will have greater power than they now have. That cannot be achieved. There will have to be legislation to set out more clearly than the legislation does at the moment the extent of the warrant power of the police and of the security services.
However, before we leave that point, I must remind the House that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, has now asked three times for an answer to the question as to whether there are constitutional implications. He explained clearly that he meant the constitutional implications of the extension to the Executive of the power to invade the privacy of British people in their own homes. He did not receive an answer. The conclusion must be drawn from that that there is indeed an extension of the powers of the Executive, advising the Home Secretary on what can be done by the security services, acting in support of the police.
Our third concern was that there should be, as there is now for property warrants by the police, judicial rather than Executive authorisation. Again, there has been no adequate answer to the questions posed or the issues raised. Some of the debate has, I think, been based on a severe misunderstanding of what Clause 1 says.
The noble Lord, Lord Knights, said that the security services should not have to make decisions as to whether they are dealing with one kind of case or another. Clause 1 makes it absolutely clear that when they are acting in support of the police in that way they are doing so under the conditions of Clause 1; they are acting under authority which is expressly given; and there should and can be no confusion whatever as to under what authority they are acting.
If the Minister then says, as she did, that there is a blurring of functions between the two, and the actions can be initiated under a single authority but can go back to another authority, then she casts doubt on the effectiveness of Clause 1 in drawing the distinction between the new functions of the security services and the original functions. That would lead me, if it were true, to worry even more about the separation of powers which is provided for in Clause 1.
The Minister referred to the role of the judiciary and doubted whether members of the judiciary were the right people to deal with these covert operations. Plenty of police operations are covert. The investigation of serious crime has always been covert. No one does this, if they can avoid it, under the glare of publicity. I cannot tell whether the Minister is seriously suggesting that there is something different about the serious crime which will be investigated with the collaboration of the security services, or whether she is saying that the judiciary is not fit to deal with covert operations of this kind.
I remind the House that the judiciary has historically been involved in covert operations. The judiciary has the responsibility, for example, of examining all papers, even concerning national security, which are given immune certificates by Ministers. We do not need the Scott Report to remind us of that. It was the judge who had to decide about the applicability of the evidence in the Matrix Churchill case. There have been many cases in the past. There is no doubt that the judiciary is privy to the secrets of state and has been so on many occasions. The judiciary is certainly capable of dealing with individual issues as to whether a warrant of this
None of the answers that have been given convinces me that the Government have truly appreciated the fundamental points which were raised by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Browne-Wilkinson. The extension of bugging powers, the extension of these warrants, from the judiciary to the Home Secretary--to the Secretary of State--is a fundamental change, as the noble and learned Lord rightly pointed out.
Baroness Blatch: My Lords, I rise with the leave of the House to say that I am accused of being deliberately evasive to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Browne-Wilkinson. I referred not to an extension of powers but to adding a new function and applying the existing powers to that new function. If the noble and learned Lord is talking about domestic properties, perhaps I may point out that the Security Service already has and is able to exercise property warrant powers if it is in the national security interest.
Lord Browne-Wilkinson: My Lords, if the Minister looks at Hansard she will see that I said exactly that. What is changed is that in policing activities for the first time in the United Kingdom since Entick v. Carrington in 1757, whatever the date, the Home Secretary and the Executive are taking the power to enter, bug and burgle. I believe that I am right about that. I have checked the matter carefully and I believe that the Minister is agreeing with what I am saying. That is what I see as the constitutional change.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, the record will show that I did not say that the Minister was being deliberately evasive. I said that the noble and learned Lord had asked his question three times and had not received an answer. That is not being deliberately evasive. I am not casting aspersions on the honour of the Minister. I am merely saying that there is no answer; the Government do not have an answer to the question which the noble and learned Lord has posed.
In the absence of an answer it must be the case that the noble and learned Lord is right in saying that what the Bill proposes is the overturning of the judgment of Entick v. Carrington in 1757 which stated, and I paraphrase, that a Minister is like any other person; he has no power to burgle or invade the privacy of the home of a citizen of this country. That is the basis on which Amendment No. 4, which provides for judicial authority rather than ministerial authority, is based and I put that question to the House.
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 4) shall be agreed to?
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Going into the Kentucky Derby, no horse generated more arguments than Curlin, the morning-line favorite at 7-2.
Curlin, a striking chestnut colt, made his first start in February and won his first three races by daylight, including a 101/2-length runaway in the Arkansas Derby. He was attempting to become the first horse to win the Run for the Roses off three starts since 1915, and the first without racing as a 2-year-old since 1882.
The pro-Curlin camp held he was the best horse in the Derby, period, and that was enough to overcome his lack of seasoning. The cons said no matter how talented Curlin might be, he was too inexperienced to handle the Derby pressure.
In the Derby, breaking from post 2, Curlin got shuffled back early but then "made a bold run five wide," according to the chart footnotes, to finish third, beaten eight lengths.
Curlin's fans were disappointed; his critics were impressed.
In Saturday's 132nd Preakness, Curlin will again take on the Derby's 1-2 finishers, Street Sense and Hard Spun, going a mile-and-three-sixteenths at Pimlico. Yesterday at Churchill Downs, he tuned up for that rematch with a leisurely half-mile workout in :51, strolling through fractions of :13.1, :26.1 and :38.4, galloping out five furlongs in 1:05.
"He looked nice, smooth and relaxed," said trainer Steve Asmussen. "He's still Curlin, a great big old horse that covers a lot of ground. He galloped out real loose and seemed to come back very easy."
Curlin "came out of the [Derby] really well," Asmussen said.
"But I was curious to see, with him never being beat before, how he would go back to the track," Asmussen said. "He was very patient, and that was the one thing I was really wanting to see, that he didn't tighten up or get nervous."
Now that Street Sense is the only runner left who can sweep the Triple Crown, the Derby winner will have the proverbial bull's-eye on his back. But Asmussen said he has other things on his mind.
"We're trying to win the Preakness, not taking a shot at anybody," he said. "[Curlin] finished third in the Kentucky Derby, beating 17 of the best 3-year-olds in his fourth race. Now we've got to figure out how to beat the other two."
Curlin and Street Sense fly from Kentucky to Baltimore tomorrow, when a field of eight or nine is expected to be entered in the Preakness. Post positions will be selected on ESPN late tomorrow (4:30-5:30 p.m.).
One new possible starter is Circular Quay, who worked four furlongs in :48.2 yesterday at Belmont Park. A late-running sixth in the Derby making his first start in eight weeks after winning the Louisiana Derby, Circular Quay is trained by Todd Pletcher, who also has King of the Roxy.
CP West also worked yesterday, at Belmont, sizzling a half in :47.1.
"Everything went well," said trainer Nick Zito, who has had 17 Preakness starters, winning with Louis Quatorze in 1996. "He finished up in :59 and change. It was pretty much what we wanted."
An impressive maiden winner in his Saratoga debut last summer, CP West hasn't won in four starts since, although he has run second three times, including the Withers last out.
"He acted like a promising 2-year-old, and we're hoping he continues to improve as a 3-year-old," Zito said.
Mint Slewlep, the only Preakness runner on the grounds at Pimlico, worked five furlongs in :59.4 yesterday for trainer Robbie Bailes.


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As the elephantine circus of the absurd continues to trumpet through America, there is forever the temptation to confront someone like Ted Cruz with a matter of choice. What would you tell him? Several of the politically offended have already demanded that he sit down and shut up. Others fear he will emerge from his Cuckoo's Nest to declare his spoiling candidacy for you-can-guess.
Me? I merely would remind him that there are 6.5 billion people on this planet and that he is only one of them. Now, I would ask him, "Can we talk?"
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You never know when the next natural disaster, grid failure, or major weather event is going to occur. It's important to be prepared. Especially when living in a society with a food supply chain and critical infrastructure that is incredibly vulnerable. Follow the five tips below while conditions are calm so when disaster strikes, you and your family are prepared for the worst.
1. Save Plastic Bottles and Fill them with Water
After your family finishes a juice bottle or milk jug, clean out the bottle, fill it with water, and place it in a cool dark area like a closet or storage room. Cycle through the water as plastic tends to break down over time. It helps to have a high quality water filter if you plan to be drinking or cooking with the water and it has been sitting for a few months. My family has used this method of water storage and it has come in handy on several occasions as the municipal water supply we were once connected to failed several times. Without the stored water, we wouldn't have been able to flush our toilet and we would not have had any water for food preparation.
2. Maintain Supplies and Tools for Lighting in a Power Outage
Power outages occur regularly, especially if you are in a part of the country with an antiquated electric grid. Keep a plentiful supply of candles and matches around. Kerosene lamps are good to have on hand as well, but be sure to stock enough kerosene to get you through a lengthy blackout. Keep several flashlights around along with a solid supply of batteries. Flashlights are good to use when you need to navigate a dark hallway or check on your property.
3. Own Firearms and Know How to Use them Safely and Proficiently
When disaster strikes and civil unrest occurs, people tend to do things they may not be capable of when everything is fine and dandy. This includes looting, sabotaging, and even killing. It is of the upmost importance that you and your family are equipped to hold your own should a neighbor or a band of thieves attack. Purchase a shotgun and handgun and learn to use them in defense of your home. Acquire a rifle and learn to shoot with accuracy in defense of your family and property. It helps to learn from a friend or family member or to take a course in self-defense and firearms safety.
Firearms are a very serious tool as they have the ability to take a person's life. Always practices the four firearms safety rules:
– Always act as if your weapon is loaded
– Be aware of your target and what lies behind your target
– Always keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire
– Only point your firearm at something you are willing to destroy
Learn to use firearms to defend yourself, your family, and your community, and do so while following the four firearms rules and you will greatly increase your chances of surviving civil unrest.
4. Make a bug-out bag
A bug-out bag is a bag or back-pack which contains the bare essentials that you would need should you have to bug out for whatever reason. Some people call this a 72-hour bag as it should contain enough supplies to keep you alive for 72 hours. Included in the bag should be first-aid supplies, non-perishable foods and eating utensils, tools to start a fire kept in a water-proof bag, ammo for your firearm, a flashlight with spare batteries, spare clothing, cash, and anything else you may need to stay alive and somewhat comfortable for three days. Keep the bag in a quickly accessible place in your home or keep it in your automobile. Each member of the family should have their own bug-out bag.
5. Have a bug-out plan
You never know when a crisis could occur. Some disasters could be so severe that you and your family need to leave your home immediately. It is important that you have a plan as to where you are going to go should you need to vacate your home. Also, if your family or bug-out group members are not in the same place when your crew decides it's time to get the heck out of dodge, it is important to have a pre-determined meeting place so everyone is on the same page and knows where to go. Make sure your plan takes in to account what the environment might be like in a disaster or civl rest scenario. What will major roads be like? Could bridges be down? Could checkpoints be setup? Pre-stock your bug-out location with enough supplies to last you and your crew a month or longer should you need to hunker down for the long haul. Finally, keep your bug out plan on a need to know basis. You don't want the authorities or your neighbor Bob showing up unexpectedly.
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Page iii - Woodcuts, 18s. cloth. LINDLEY.-FLORA MEDICA; A Botanical Account of all the most important Plants used in Medicine, in different Parts of the World.
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Getting Refugee Children Back to SchoolThursday, August 25th, 2016
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There are many things we take for granted—water from our taps, food from the supermarket, a roof over our heads, a doctor to vaccinate our children. Yet these are often out of reach for the people served by Catholic Relief Services.
And there is another precious commodity I want to talk about this month—school.
Every September, as sure as water flows from the faucet, our children and grandchildren gripe as their vacation comes to an end and they must march into the hallways of education once again. But imagine if their school wasn't there. Imagine if September came and went, and the school doors remained closed to our children.
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Examining the Roles of Rule Following, Reinforcement, and Pre-experimental Histories on Risk-Taking Behavior
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the participation of a variety of variables in gambling behavior. Forty-five subjects were exposed to an experimental roulette game played for course extra-credit points. In Phase 1, subjects played a fair game (i.e., completely random outcomes) without any instructions regarding the programmed contingencies for 75 trials. During Phase 2, subjects were exposed to an adjusted game with payback percentages of either p = .2, P = .8, or continued at p = fair and instructions related to play. Lastly, during Phase 3 all subjects were exposed to an adjusted game with a payback percentage of .2 and an option for escape. Results show that subjects exposed to inaccurate rules regarding play took higher levels of risk, made larger bets, and chose the escape option later than subjects exposed to accurate or no rules related to play. Although reinforcement density varied across subjects exposed to the same rule condition, there was no significant effect of that manipulation on subsequent gambles.
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Dixon, Mark R.; Hayes, Linda J.; and Aban, Immaculda B.
"Examining the Roles of Rule Following, Reinforcement, and Pre-experimental Histories on Risk-Taking Behavior,"
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AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) members bring their passion and perseverance where the need is greatest: to organizations that help eradicate poverty. The most pressing challenges we face as a nation require the most courageous and creative people to address them. An AmeriCorps VISTA member serves as a catalyst for change, living and working alongside community members to advance local solutions.
Valerie Fernando
In the Laguna Pueblo of New Mexico, AmeriCorps VISTA member Valerie Fernando has joined the effort to revitalize the threatened Laguna Keres language as part of her year-long service. Through a partnership with the Laguna Community Foundation, Valerie is working to support efforts to create language materials at the Laguna Public Library, engage tribal members to develop the Laguna collection, and expand collaborative relationships with community organizations. This is directly tied to improving educational outcomes for the youth of the Pueblo, not only through the language, but also its values, traditions, and identity.
The ability of local organizations to build and scale activities in rural areas of poverty like the Laguna Pueblo is a challenge. Valerie's contributions to the important work in this small community is made possible through the AmeriCorps VISTA program. Recognizing the continued need in her community, Valerie signed up for a second year of AmeriCorps VISTA service and continues to support her Pueblo.
Phillip Clark
I was an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Maryland Out-of-School Time Network, at Family League of Baltimore. I was a Food Access VISTA member. My work involved confronting food insecurity in Baltimore City by enabling schools, religious institutions, and other venues to serve meals through the At-Risk Afterschool Meals Program and the Summer Food Service Program.
Social justice has always been a passion of mine. Although it may be cliché, my desire is to be an agent of social change in our world. Being an AmeriCorps VISTA member seemed to be the perfect opportunity to become immersed in my local community and establish lasting cycles of transformation.
I am proud of being a catalyst in establishing relationships that will exist well beyond my AmeriCorps VISTA term of service and contribute to the long-term eradication of hunger among school-aged youth in Baltimore City.
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As a mid-life AmeriCorps VISTA member, this year of service is a natural transition from a more formal "career" into a life of more meaningful, impactful work.
I'm from Traverse City, Michigan and I work at Peacehaven Community Farm. We're an organization that provides housing and creates community for adults with disabilities. We invite neighbors and others to help with our gardens. These volunteers help with the physical work on the farm as well as provide a social outlet for our core members (the adults with disabilities that live at PCF). Our goal over the next few years is to build a community center to provide day programming for our residents and others, and then to build additional housing facilities.
I'm spending this year focusing on coordination of our traditional farm volunteers. My focus is to spread our volunteer base wider and encompass greater diversity.
I was inspired to serve by my daughter, and chose AmeriCorps VISTA to both serve my country and transition to more meaningful work.
I've enjoyed finding ways to create capacity within existing resources such as; creating an electronic volunteer application, electronic waiver, etc.
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"If you have the desire to help your neighbor and serve your country, then look no further."
Andrew Hoan is an AmeriCorps VISTA alum who was recently named the President & CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, continuing his commitment to serving others. Andrew spent his year of service with The New York Legal Assistance Group in 2004.
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A: Being able to serve Brooklyn and New York, the greatest city on the planet, and make an impact on everyday peoples' lives.
Q: How did your AmeriCorps VISTA experience impact your life and career?
A: I not only learned professional acumen and the soft skills that every employer needs, I was given a first-hand introduction to the needs of my community and subsequently the tools to help. Additionally, the culture of service to others is a translatable skill that everyone should learn regardless of their chosen career path. AmeriCorps VISTA allows its volunteers to satisfy their own eagerness to better the world while simultaneously training them to understand the fundamentals of what makes organizations function at their best.
Q: What advice do you have for currently serving members?
A: Enjoy every minute of it while you learn the nuts and bolts of how organizations work. If you can have an understanding of how to administer, then the world will open up to you.
Q: What advice do you have for individuals considering service?
A: There are many paths to serve this great country, none more impactful to the communities right here in the United States than AmeriCorps VISTA. If you have the desire to help your neighbor and serve your country, then look no further.
George R.R. Martin
Many are familiar with the HBO television series and award-winning novels, Game of Thrones, written by George R.R. Martin. But what many don't know is that George R. R. Martin served as a VISTA volunteer in his early career.
In the 1970's, after graduating with a Master's Degree from Northwestern University, George began his VISTA service at Legal Assistance Foundation's (LAF) downtown office in Chicago. At the time LAF was still known as the Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation and had neighborhood offices throughout Chicago and Cook County. George spent two years at the foundation as the Director of Communications and Education, and his job duties were writing press releases and editing newsletters.
Now George is an award-winning American novelist and short story writer who resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is currently in the process of writing The Winds of Winter, the sixth book of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, and working as a co-executive producer of Game of Thrones.
George even joined AmeriCorps VISTA in its 50th Anniversary Celebration in Santa Fe, New Mexico! We're proud to call George one of our own!
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"They don't realize it, but they're learning about coordinates, they're learning about negative and positive impacts of doing things. I think the biggest thing [STEM] teaches the kids is perseverance, because there's 50 different ways to achieve one goal in computer science."
Morgan Staton began service with AmeriCorps VISTA in June 2016 with the Boys & Girls Clubs Code Corps. She has a degree in Industrial Engineering. She has created partnerships with 4 the World, Girls Engineering Change, the Beauty and Joy of Coding, and Black Girls Code in the Wake County, North Carolina area.
During her service with the Google Code Corps program, she attended a White House Summit on Computer Science (CS) for All. The White House's CS for All Summit aimed to empower a generation of American students with the computer science skills they need to thrive in a digital economy. CS for All builds on efforts already being led by parents, teachers, school districts, states, and private sector leaders from across the country.
Jordan Thomas
My name is Jordan Thomas and I am from Chapel Hill, NC. I chose to spend my AmeriCorps VISTA service with United Way of Forsyth County, a charitable organization that convenes resources and skills to support community led initiatives in Forsyth County, NC. As a VISTA member, I am responsible for developing new ways to compile and communicate data collected from the community.
I chose to serve as an AmeriCorps VISTA member so that I could contribute to the health of my home state. After living outside of NC for some time, I realized that my home state is in the middle of an incredible period of change and that, as a North Carolinian, I had a special opportunity to play a role in that change.
Through this experience, I have learned that I need to further develop my technical skills in order to make significant contributions to the economy.
My advice to those considering AmeriCorps VISTA or those currently serving is to not be afraid to challenge your coworkers. If you see an opportunity for growth in your host organization, don't be afraid to bring it up. As a young professional and an outsider, you bring with you a valuable set of perspectives and expertise to the organization.
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