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Barbara Laker | Philadelphia Daily News | December 1994
Albert Perez stands on the littered sidewalk outside his elementary school where a man fired a gun five times the day before, narrowly missing several people.
It's 2:45 p.m. on a Tuesday, and Albert and his schoolmates have just been let out of the graffiti-scarred Isaac A. Sheppard Elementary on Cambria Street in West Kensington.
Amid the normal after-school commotion, a dozen parents huddle on Cambria, gazing down Waterloo Street. Four young thugs surround a man and drag him to the end of the block. They push him onto the blacktop and kick him repeatedly in the head.
Seven-year-old Albert doesn't notice.
"Just another day," shrugs crossing guard Rosa Mateo, as children reach up to give her a hug while she helps them cross the bustling intersection at Howard Street.
Mateo has heard it all from the children of Sheppard School. Parents battling AIDS. Brothers selling drugs. Sisters who were shot to death. Last summer Sheppard first-grader Felicia Colon was killed by a bullet to the head.
Mateo helps the children survive these crossroads too. She fills a void left by parents who don't parent and a government which is unable to heal a growing urban cancer.
Teachers, staffers, neighbors, parents and friends form an informal army to defend these children of chaos. They show that even in the poorest, most violent neighborhoods, people can raise a fortress around their young.
They walk the children home when corners are roped off after a shooting. They comfort kids like the 8-year-old girl whose drug-addicted mom pushes her down the stairs. They try to explain why gun-toting drug dealers rule the neighborhood.
But it's hard for children like Albert to understand.
With a black Power Rangers knapsack slung over his back, Albert walks the four blocks home to Palethorp Street, empty crack vials and syringes crunching under his feet.
He walks quickly, his eyes locked to the sidewalk. Cars screech past him, escaping the neighborhood after making corner drug buys.
Sometimes Albert breaks into a jog.
"If they shoot you and you're a little kid, you can get killed," he says.
Albert has seen three people bleeding on the sidewalk from gunshot wounds. The last time was in September, when a 21-year-old man was killed one block from Sheppard.
"I saw the blood. He was shot in the arm, chest and leg. I saw the bullets on the floor," Albert says. "Sometimes when my mom goes to sleep, they start shooting outside. My mom goes to the window.
"Then she tells us to go hide under the bed."
It's 7:30 a.m. on a Wednesday, and John Riddick is preparing Sheppard School for the day. He steps outside the 1897 stone building to a bare concrete yard surrounded by a wrought-iron fence, and starts to pick up the trash from the night before.
"We find everything out here," the custodian says. "Old TVs, bottles, crack vials, syringes, condoms. It's so regular that I don't pay no attention. I just try to sweep. "
Riddick works all day to keep the school clean. But before it's over, trash and crack vials lie by the front steps.
A few weeks ago, he was held up at gunpoint in the schoolyard at 6:20 in the evening.
Riddick tires of the trash, the violence, the drug dealers, and the addicts who use the schoolyard after dark as a bathroom and a bordello. "But I look at it this way," he says, sweeping the sidewalk, "I've got my life."
By 8:45 a.m., dozens of children pour through Sheppard's steel front doors.
Most of the 550 children come from homes where life is a struggle. The neighborhood's median household income is $8,333, according to the latest U.S. census figures, and nearly 64 percent of the residents live below the poverty level. Seventy-one percent of adults 25 and older didn't graduate high school.
Sheppard's leaders want something better for the children.
"We don't want these children to grow up and fight the same things – abandoned buildings, gunfire, trash – that their parents fought," said Principal Joyce Kail."If they think this is what all neighborhoods look like, it gives them a skewed view. …We have to give them motivation, vision and options for the future. "
In Room 102, Marilyn Holmes commands 27 kids in her first grade. This year, all but one are repeating.
Holmes, who has taught at Sheppard for 28 years, moves around the classroom with the grace of a dancer and the energy of a marathon runner. She grins and gestures broadly to capture the children's attention. She vigilantly keeps it.
Her students have reason to lose concentration. One girl visits her mother in prison. Another girl's mother has died of AIDS. Two other students are adjusting to foster care.
"The children here have to face so much," Holmes says. "Coming to school is a relief . . . I often ask myself how they learn their ABC's when they have to deal with survival."
While Holmes teaches her students the phonetic difference between the words "jam" and "jab," Olga Pomales and Nancy Negron, Sheppard's community coordinators, go out to talk with parents whose children don't show up for school.
"This is a family of eight kids," Pomales says, approaching a rowhouse on Silver Street. "The ninth child, a little baby, she gave to some friend. That's what she says. Who knows? "
Four of the children go to Sheppard. None attends regularly. The woman's 8- year-old son had 62 absences last year.
Pomales has visited the 29-year-old mother numerous times and has heard numerous excuses – the kids woke up late, the child's sick, they have no clothes to wear.
This time, Pomales repeatedly knocks on the dirty front door. "If the children come to school, they can learn. But not if they never come," Pomales says.
There's no answer. Pomales leaves a note and moves on.
"I keep trying because sooner or later I figure, the moms will get tired of seeing me around and the kids will come to school," she says.
"They know we don't give up easily. If everyone throws up their hands, where are these kids going to end up?" she asks. "These kids are our future."
Back at Sheppard, Holmes agrees. "If we lose that hope, then these children in here can become statistics of what's going on out there. "
It's 2:45 p.m on a Wednesday and time for Holmes to step into the auditorium, where 30 kids wait for her to teach them to dance. She formed the dance club four years ago because she thought it would be something they'd enjoy.
The music blares as the children step side to side, turn around and lift their arms and legs in perfect unison.
The tension leaves their faces. For now, they are carefree.
One of the dance-club regulars is 8-year-old Steven Grimes.
His grandmother, Catherine Glover, sits watching. She volunteers at the school practically every day, tutoring kids in reading, helping them write.
Glover has cared for Steven since she found him on a pile of rags in the corner of a crack house. He was 6 weeks old.
"The cops called me to come get him. . . . There were so many people in there. No walls, just beams and wires hanging down. It was filthy in there," says Glover, 54.
Glover says her 29-year-old daughter, Steven's mother, has been addicted to crack since age 17.
She's pregnant with her fourth child. Glover doesn't know where she is.
Steven makes straight A's and has perfect attendance. The crack that made his body shake when he was born plays out in different ways today.
"He fights at school. He swings on the pipes in the bathrooms. Instead of coming home, he wanders off," Glover says.
Steven sees his mother every three months or so.
"He wants to go home with her, but she doesn't want to be bothered by him," Glover says.
More than once, he has run away to find his mother. Each time, she turns him away.
Jeremy Viejegas, a first-grader in Holmes' class, doesn't live with his mother, either.
In September and early October, 7-year-old Jeremy showed up at Sheppard to eat breakfast, then left, only to return for lunch. The rest of the day, he walked the littered streets nearby.
Many days he ended up at Safe Haven, a federally funded program with a storefront on Front Street near Seltzer, where kids can do homework, and learn things like nutrition, street safety and their Latino heritage.
He often stayed until it closed at 9 p.m.
"He had a million different stories why he wasn't in school," says Tainoel Araraya, a Safe Haven staffer who befriended Jeremy. "He was a kid who obviously had a lot of problems."
Jeremy lived with his mother in a dilapidated rowhouse a few houses from Safe Haven.
In October, city social workers came to investigate. "They told his mom they had to remove him from the home," Araraya says.
Araraya was outside when Jeremy's mom was crying that her son was being taken. The social workers, Araraya says, asked if he'd be willing to care for Jeremy as his foster dad.
Araraya, an Indian-rights and peace activist, quickly said yes. He's 21 and has six other children, two of whom live with him. He supports them with $294 he gets paid every two weeks as an Americorps volunteer. But he wanted to see that Jeremy had a chance.
He'd been a foster child himself after his parents were killed in a 1979 massacre on the Indian reservation they lived on in Brazil.
Now he takes Jeremy to Sheppard every day and waits for him every afternoon at Safe Haven.
Jeremy started to call Araraya "dad" after two days.
"I love my mom a lot, but I want to live with my dad because I love him," Jeremy says. "I have fun now. I feel happy. "
The gleam in his deep brown eyes disappears only when he talks about the everyday violence he can't escape.
"When I hear shooting, it makes me get a headache," he murmurs, fidgeting with a quarter. "My heart starts to beep a lot. It looks like someone could get killed. "
It's 3:20 p.m. on a Thursday and in the modest living room of her two-story rowhouse, Angelina Rivera is making four of her children do their homework in the kitchen while she manages their active 2-year-old brother.
Rivera, 27, lives on Lee Street in the same block that Felicia Colon called home.
A stray bullet fatally wounded Felicia outside her grandmother's house, two miles away, on July 21. It was Felicia's sixth birthday.
More than 125 children live on this block. Many have parents trying desperately to protect them. But a few parents have lost hope because their teen-age sons deal drugs and keep guns, crack and heroin at home.
"There are parents on this block who pray every day that their kids get arrested," Rivera says. "They're better off in jail than on the corner."
One wall of Rivera's dining room is covered with her children's academic awards. When they're not in school, she's at their side.
"Children don't run as free since Felicia was killed," says Rivera, a leader for Sheppard's Parents Association. "My kids can't leave the front of the house."
Two years ago Rivera and dozens of other parents decided they'd had enough. An undercover cop and a drug dealer wrestled to the ground in the schoolyard at dismissal time. They went for their guns until they saw children surrounded them screaming in terror.
Five hundred parents gathered the children to perform a play for the Police Department so officers could see what the kids confront every day.
Within weeks, a cop was stationed at the school. He's been there ever since.
The parents' group also secured a full-day kindergarten.
Rosa Mateo, the crossing guard, started a Girl Scout troop and secured chain-link fences to enclose two vacant lots bordering the school.
"It may not sound like a lot, but it's something," says Mateo, a grandmother of four. "I just want people to realize there are children here. They deserve respect, and we need to give them a chance."
She claims all 550 children of Sheppard. "When they come in this direction, they're mine."
Mateo was there one morning to comfort the children when fire rescuers recently pulled an unconscious man from an abandoned house across the street. Dozens saw the man who had overdosed on drugs before their school day even began.
She was there when the gunshot victim lay bleeding a block away while kids were walking home.
Mateo can almost always be found when gunfire erupts during school. If kids are outside, officials announce a "Code Purple," and the teachers quickly move everyone inside to safety.
"I'm just tired of seeing this," Mateo says. "I see it through the children's eyes. And if they see this every day, how can their hopes not go down the drain? "
One of the children Mateo watches over, Ray Ortiz, says the same prayer every night.
"I pray I'll never be shot, that nothing bad will happen to me," the fourth-grader says.
He stands in his bedroom where he keeps rosary beads on his pillow.
He narrowly escaped a bullet a few weeks ago when he was playing football outside his house on Lippincott Street at 5:30 in the afternoon.
"People just started shooting at the corner. I had my keys and we were trying to go inside, but we didn't have the time. "
One bullet hit the window of a car parked in front of him. Another whizzed by his right ear. "I heard it go by. It was like a strong wind."
When his mother, Sonia Gonzalez, remembers that day, she puts her arms around Ray, cradles him and cries softly.
She sits on her living room sofa, tiny and frail from more than 20 surgeries she's undergone to correct hips that have been dislocated since birth.
A 30-year-old single mother, she survives on disability payments and talks with Ray every day about why he should work hard and not hang out with kids who make drug money on street corners.
They have become friends, not just a mother and son, because Gonzalez says she has to make sure Ray doesn't get swept into the drug world.
"We can't close the doors to reality," she says. "No kid is safe around here."
Ray, a B student with closely cropped hair, kind gray eyes and a cross around his neck, dreams of becoming a narcotics officer and taking his mother out of the neighborhood.
"Puerto Rico, Los Angeles, wherever she wants to go," he boasts, putting his arm around her. "As long as we're out of this, we'll be fine."
She smiles as tears roll down her face.
She wants all his dreams to come true. But dreams are often shattered for the children of Sheppard School.
"It's really hard competition," Gonzalez says.
She looks toward her living room window where the mini-blinds shut out the streets.
Sirens wail blocks away.
"This is a war right now," she says softly. "And it's me. It's me against an army."
Albert Perez meets his mother, Elizabeth Rodriguez, on their concrete front steps after school. Drug dealers continue a booming business at the corner.
Rodriguez, 26, has placed cement slabs at the curb in front of her house so drugged drivers don't hit the children.
Pregnant with her fourth child, she has had to tell the dealers to move when they sell in front of her house. "Keep it on the corner," she yells.
"You see people buy drugs with kids in the car," Albert says. "They get that white stuff. It changes their brain. They get a little crazy. "
Asked what scares him, Albert doesn't hesitate. "I'm scared when they start shooting. They may hit you. They may hit your house. "
A police van pulls up at the end of his block. "They're going to lock someone up," Albert says nonchalantly. "But when they lock people up, they get out. Nothing happens. "
He looks away from the van, and like most 7-year-olds in his neighborhood, says he wants to fix it someday. "I want to be a police officer, so when this stuff happens, I could take care of it."
Suddenly, a billow of smoke from the next block clouds the sky and moves down the street.
A white shell of a car has been set on fire. Flames shoot everywhere.
And like most 7-year-olds in his neighborhood, Albert doesn't look up.
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Seldom do railways have the resources to maintain their infrastructure at a level that ensures steady-state performance. Rather, they are faced with prioritizing maintenance actions to optimize safety and reliability under the burden of constrained resources. Given this reality, railways are finding the solution to working more efficiently lies in using information technology. By harnessing the vast amount of existing rail corridor data in a prioritized plan, and then assigning the work and monitoring the execution and results with software tools, many railways are doing more with less resources. This strategy, Linear Asset Decision Support, not only results in steady-state asset performance under constrained resources, but also can even improve the asset condition and provide a positive return on investment.
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - March 21, 2017) - Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. ("Sabina") or (the "Company") (TSX:SBB) reports the financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2016.
"Much was accomplished in 2016," said Bruce McLeod, the Company's President& CEO. "Although we received a set-back from the Nunavut Impact Review Board ("NIRB"), we understand and support the NIRB's desire for a high level of confidence in our proposals for the Back River Project ("Project"). We are happy to be back in the process and believe that our recently submitted Final Environmental Impact Statement Addendum ("FEIS Addendum") presents additional mitigation, information and plans that will address NIRB's concerns. In 2016, we also continued optimization and trade off studies which we believe could positively impact the Project economics. On the exploration front, a new discovery at Convergence and the successes at our Hivogani and Kogoyok targets continued to demonstrate the opportunities for new discoveries and extended mine life at Back River. Other geological programs completed during the year enabled us to plan a high impact drilling campaign for 2017 with our recently raised flow-through financing. 2017 has started out positively and we look forward to continued support for the Back River Project from all stakeholders as we work through the process."
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Financial Results
For the three-month period ended December 31, 2016, the Company reported a net loss of $2.0 million, favourable by $2.7 million compared to the same period of 2015. The difference quarter-over-quarter was largely the result lower stock-based payments and write-downs of mineral properties. In Q4 2016, the Company recorded a write-down of $1.9 million on its the Wishbone mineral properties. In Q4 2015, the Company recorded a write-down of $4.0 million on certain non-core Wishbone mineral claims.
For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company reported a net loss of $6.1 million, favourable by $3.5 million compared to the same period of 2015. The difference was largely the result of realized gains of $1.3 million on the sale of a portion of its investments in 2016 compared to an impairment loss of $2.0 million on its investments recorded in 2015.
For the full December 31, 2016 yearend financial statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis, please see the Company website at www.sabinagoldsilver.com or on SEDAR.
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. is a well-financed, emerging precious metals company with district scale, world class undeveloped assets in one of the world's newest, politically stable mining jurisdictions: Nunavut, Canada.
In September, 2015, Sabina released a Feasibility Study on its 100% owned Back River Gold Project which presents a project that has been designed on a fit-for purpose basis, with the potential to produce ~200,000 ounces a year for ~11 years with a rapid payback of 2.9 years. At a US$1,150 gold price and a 0.80 exchange rate, the Study delivers a potential after tax internal rate of return of approximately 24.2% with an initial CAPEX of $415 million.
In addition to Back River, Sabina also owns a significant silver royalty on Glencore's Hackett River Project. The silver royalty on Hackett River's silver production is comprised of 22.5% of the first 190 million ounces produced and 12.5% of all silver produced thereafter.
The Company had approximately C$39.9 million at December 31, 2016 and has budgeted $8.5 million as its base budget for 2017. The base budget delivers the completion of the environmental assessment process; advancement of Inuit Impact and Benefits Agreement and land tenure negotiations with the KIA; completion of basic engineering and project execution plan; and, completion of a mapping, rock and till sampling and geophysical exploration field program. In addition, the Company has planned certain discretionary activities, including an exploration drilling program, completion of the water license review process and commencement of detailed engineering and project financing. Depending on the timing and success of the permitting process, total expenditures could range up to approximately $31 million in 2017
All news releases and further information can be found on the Company's website at www.sabinagoldsilver.com or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. All technical reports have been filed on www.sedar.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws (the "forward-looking statements"), including our belief as to the extent, results and timing of exploration programs and various studies including the FS, and exploration results, reserves estimates, potential production from and viability of the Company's properties, production and operating costs and permitting submission, timing and receipt of necessary permits and project approvals for future operations and access to project funding. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as there can be no assurance that the future circumstances, outcomes or results anticipated in or implied by such forward-looking statements will occur or that plans, intentions or expectations upon which the forward-looking statements are based will occur. While we have based these forward-looking statements on our expectations about future events as at the date that such statements were prepared, the statements are not a guarantee that such future events will occur and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which could cause events or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors and assumptions include, among others, the effects of general economic conditions, commodity prices, changing foreign exchange rates and actions by government and regulatory authorities and misjudgments in the course of preparing forward-looking statements. In addition, there are known and unknown risk factors which could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Known risk factors include risks associated with exploration and project development; the need for additional financing; the calculation of mineral resources and reserves; operational risks associated with mining and mineral processing; fluctuations in metal prices; title matters; government regulation; obtaining and renewing necessary licences and permits; environmental liability and insurance; reliance on key personnel; the potential for conflicts of interest among certain of our officers or directors; the absence of dividends; currency fluctuations; labour disputes; competition; dilution; the volatility of the our common share price and volume; future sales of shares by existing shareholders; and other risks and uncertainties, including those relating to the Back River Project and general risks associated with the mineral exploration and development industry described in our Annual Information Form, financial statements and MD&A for the fiscal period ended December 31, 2016 filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators and available at www.sedar.com. Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. We are under no obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statements except as required under applicable securities laws. This news release has been authorized by the undersigned on behalf of Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.
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Title of Bulletin Board: Don't Hibernate...PARTICIPATE!!
Category: Seasons (Fall, Spring, etc.)
Suggested Grade Level: K-6
Materials: Words: Don't hibernate...PARTICIPATE, Bundle up and Stay Active, clipart of winter activities, bear poster, snowflakes, cave made out of white batting with black background paper
This bulletin board helps to remind the students that they can stay active even during the cold winter months. Just because it's cold, doesn't mean it's time to hibernate inside playing video games or watching TV.
The board has pictures of children doing different activities that can be done during the cold winter months: skiing, building snowmen, sledding, walking, making snow angels, building snow forts, ice skating, ice fishing, playing 'snoccer' (soccer in the snow), shoveling, etc. Of course, pretty much anything can be done in the snow as long as you bundle up and be careful. My challenge to the students is to bundle up and stay active!! We discuss the importance of staying active in the cold and why they shouldn't be inside playing video games or watching TV all the time.
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Joanne M. Jordan, MD, MPH
Learn about our exciting leadership changes, and get the latest updates regarding research and treatment of rheumatologic, allergy and immunologic diseases.
Sometimes research moves straight ahead in a steady and methodical manner, and sometimes it provides fresh perspectives that lead us forward in new directions. Both ways are valid and both are very exciting.
The same can be said of leadership. So it is with excitement and great pride in my colleagues that I'm able to share some very good news regarding recent changes and advancements here at UNC.
After two years as Executive Associate Dean in the office of UNC Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, I will now assume the role of Vice Dean. Taking my place on July 1st as Director of the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center – where I have been privileged to serve the past 10 years – is Dr. Richard Loeser. He has done a wonderful job heading the Center's Basic and Translational Research, and will be accompanied by the Center's renowned epidemiologist and arthritis researcher Leigh Callahan, PhD, who will now be Associate Director.
Another esteemed colleague with whom I have worked for many years, Beth Jonas, MD, will serve as Interim Chief of the UNC Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology. In addition to her roles with the Division, she will continue to head our Rheumatology Fellowship Program. For additional detail on the recent transitions, feel free to read a news update on our website.
As I reflect on these changes I realize more than ever, what a tremendous privilege it has been to directly care for patients and their families, help lead research teams that are shaping the way we view and treat diseases, and foster the careers of tomorrow's rheumatologists and allergists/immunologists. I look forward to continuing to support the academic success of our many talented clinicians, educators, and researchers in my position within the Dean's office.
We also have some wonderful news to share related to ongoing research at our Center.
For example, Dr. Richard Loeser is examining how our high-fat and high-sugar Western diets can cause inflammation, and as a result might be linked to development of osteoarthritis – the most common type of arthritis and a major cause of disability in the U.S. The findings from this research may one day help scientists develop novel and individualized therapies for patients.
In this issue of our Thurston Today newsletter you will learn about additional research focused on finding new ways to help patients. A few examples include:
- Losing weight, keeping it off, and sticking to an exercise routine can be difficult for anyone. Unfortunately, it is particularly challenging for many arthritis patients. That's why epidemiologist Leigh Callahan, PhD, is helping to lead a research team focused on designing an innovative diet-induced weight loss and exercise program that can be rolled out for – and effectively used by – arthritis patients in community settings.
- While X-rays and MRIs are important tools for examining the joints of patients with arthritis, they have significant limitations that may be avoided by using more readily available, less costly, and sometimes more useful tools such as ultrasound. Amanda Nelson, MD, a rheumatologist and expert in musculoskeletal ultrasound technology, is exploring innovative ways to use this flexible technology to help doctors better assess, monitor, and develop treatment plans for arthritis patients.
- By conducting innovative, "next generation" clinical trials designed to focus on the direct molecular pathways for lupus, Saira Sheikh, MD, and her team hope to develop highly targeted new therapeutic treatment options for this disease.
Elsewhere at Thurston, other exciting developments are taking place:
- Allergists Maya Jerath, MD, PhD; and Scott Commins, MD, PhD, are conducting important research into a poorly understood and often undiagnosed red-meat allergy named, "Alpha-gal."
- Leading food allergy expert Edwin Kim, MD, is investigating innovative new treatments for peanut and other food allergies.
- Saira Sheikh, MD; and Millie Kwan, MD, PhD, have developed an important new program to help address the widespread problem in the U.S. of patients with inflammatory diseases not receiving critical immunizations.
- Researchers Kelli Allen, PhD; and Yvonne Golightly, PhD, are exploring the effectiveness of novel exercise programs for individuals with osteoarthritis.
- Doug Phanstiel, PhD and his Thurston colleagues are conducting exciting genomics research designed to provide new insights into the immune response and inflammation.
- Thurston researchers continue to share new scientific data at leading health conferences.
I hope you enjoy this issue of Thurston Today. Look for additional updates to come, as there is a lot more wonderful news we look forward to sharing in the future.
Be well,
Joanne M. Jordan, MD, MPH
Joseph P. Archie, Jr. Eminent Professor of Medicine
Vice Dean, UNC Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development


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W3 (Walking in the Way Wednesdays) is a time of dynamic growth, bonding, and learning. You can be a part of the W3 team! Consider volunteering in one of the following areas:
- Kitchen Help: Two to four people from 5:00 to 6:00 pm to help set tables, place food into serving bowls for servers to distribute to their tables, make lemonade/punch, fill water pitchers, etc. One person to take home the table cloths on Wednesday night, wash them, and then return them by Sunday.
- Clean Up Crew: Three to five people from 6:30 to 7:15 to wash dishes, clean up the kitchen, put away tables and chairs and clean floors. (Note that this would be during the adult worship time.)
- Children's Bible Study: Four people to be part of four two-person teams for children's education from 6:30 to 7:15 for Kindergarten and 1st (1 needed) 2nd/3rd (1 needed) 4th/5th (2 needed).
- Classroom Set Up Crew: Two to three people from 5:15 to 5:45 to move chairs and desks to accommodate the environment required for each room.
- Assistant Dinner Deans: One to two Assistant Dinner Deans to work with the Dinner Dean on the activities and table games and to fill in as Dinner Dean when needed.


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- Could I learn to become more assertive?
There are many people who are curious to learn as much as they can about assertiveness. Did you know it's actually one of the most popular personal development topics that is searched on the Internet.
The video clip below, offers a wonderfully clear and simple explanation of what it means to be assertive - and how to cultivate the right type of thinking that will support the development of assertive behaviour.
Assertiveness is often defined as the ability to stand up for your rights in a way that does not infringe the rights of others. Being assertive is the ability to communicate your opinions, needs and ideas in a confident and direct manner. It's also about being willing to ask for what you want
By the way, here's how the Oxford dictionary defines assertiveness ...
So much about assertiveness is based upon having self-respect. When you are being assertive, you will not allow yourself to be manipulated by other people. You stand up for yourself - not in an emotional or angry way, but instead in a level-headed manner. You show respect for others - but you do not worry about "pleasing them". This does not mean that you behave in an uncaring way, but your decisions are based upon what you feel is right and fair. You value yourself.
Although being assertive and being aggressive both involve expressing what your needs and opinions may be, there are some important differences in the way in which this is done.
These differences include the words that are used, the tone that is taken, and the body language that accompanies the communication. The aggressive person is quite demanding and sometimes even intimidating - whereas the assertive person whilst being firm, is much more willing to listen and discuss the issue in a reasonable way with the other party.
The assertive person can be persistent, but is willing to compromise if a fair resolution can be found - whereas the aggressive style tends to be inflexible and controlling, wanting everything their own way.
With a clear understanding of what is assertiveness, and as you develop more of your assertiveness capability - then you gain the freedom to choose how you will respond to difficult people or challenging situations. There will be times when you might choose to confront an issue, and there will be other times when you might choose to walk away from an issue - BUT walking away no longer through fear, but through choice. And it is your choices that will end up defining who you are in life, more than your abilities
How to change?
Changing the way you behave will often also require that you change the way you think. You will need to cultivate a positive attitude and belief that you can achieve the changes that you desire, if you are going to be able to persevere - because the change will not happen immediately, But with effort, practice and reflection then have no doubt you can become more assertive in your life. You might find some useful tips on having the right attitude at Positive Thinking
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Here's an awesome resource that can guide you through the process of developing more assertiveness in your life. Our assertiveness e-workbook ..... If you decide to purchase it (at only $4.70) then we email you a soft copy that will always be with you on your computer - to inspire you in your transformation.
Assertiveness & Saying No
Another aspect to assertiveness is being able to set boundaries with demanding people. This means being able to say no to unreasonable requests that others make of you. There are many people who have trouble saying no, and consequently often find that they can be taken advantage of. This short video offers same great points on this theme
Also, check out Achieving Peak Performance - how to be your best
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Disaster preparedness training and resources from the Fairfax County (Virginia) Community Emergency Response Team. CERT trains people to safely help themselves and their communities in case of major disaster. Learn about free training opportunities with CERT.
Disclaimer: This blog is published by and reflects the personal views of the Volunteers of the Fairfax County CERT program. It does not represent the views of Fairfax County.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
New Classes Starting Up!
Also, we talk a lot in the beginning about the importance of the "customization" of your gear. If you have some products that you swear by (say, a great pair of safety goggles or kneepads), please leave a comment and a link or two attached to this posting so we can pass it on to our newest class members.
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I invested in a pair of pants because I was just wearing out my jeans (ok, I've been doing this for a while)! Mike Forgy recommended 5.11 tactical pants (http://www.511tactical.com/tactical-pants.html) that I special ordered through Ranger Surplus since I'm not an "off-the-rack" size. I love all the pockets and I don't care how beat up they get.ReplyDelete
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I agree with Cathleen, a good pair of pants are important, as well as a great pair of boots with safety features like a steel toe and ankle support.ReplyDelete
My best investment was the "sling bag" (similar to this one http://www.rei.com/product/738793), I preferred it over the standard backpack. It offers a little more mobility and has tons of pockets to keep my supplies in order. Plus I was able to add carabiners for duct tape and extra supplies.
I also highly recommend the KNEEPADS which fit into the 5.11 TDU trousers. The 5.11 Tactical vest is also idea for carrying the small items and personel gear which you use most often.ReplyDelete
To add on to the 5.11 Tactical bandwagon. I have baught at both GUNS & AMMO WAREHOUSE (Manassas) and CASUAL ADVENTURE (Arlington). Both offer discounts to members of CERT and other GSAR teams. Add to it that to cost of your CERT gear is tax deductable (if you itemize).ReplyDelete
Safety glasses: I have been a fan of Bolle for years (Greg LaMond wore them to his Tour de France victories). In the Sport Collecten there are two models, Parole and Vigilante, Both will accept prescription lense inserts (RxSOS, $26 for insert plus cost of prescription lenses). Added bonus is that the sunglass lenses are easily replacable with several options to suit lighting conditions. I mostly use the clear lenses. SES package ($119) includes four sets of different lenses.ReplyDelete
Flashlights: carry at least two. One head light aimed at your feet to see where you are stepping and one handheld to use for searching. I carry three handheld flashlights, technically four if you count the pen light for map reading and medical use. I have had a flashlight fail in the field on a mission which is why I carry backups and there have been times when a daytime mission rolls over into night time and there are emergent volunteers on the team that did not bring flashlights. For CERT, flashlight battery type is a critical decision. Just about every household has a TV, satellite/cable, DVD or stereo remote, most of these are not powered by D and C size batteries. If it comes down to scrounging for batteries for your flashlight, stick with double and triple A's.ReplyDelete
Personal medical kit: this is for you or your Team's medical emergencies. You get injured for some reason then your team should rifle through your pack and treat you with the medical supplies you are carrying (hopefully better supplies than duct tape and rags). If the need calls then the team members should pool their personal medical kits for your treatment.ReplyDelete
I picked up my personal medical kit at REI. It is the Adventure Medical Ultralight .9 First Aid Kit that comes in two submersible water tight bags. I augmented the Adventure Medical Wound Closure Kit.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2008 at 7:37 AM
I agree. Everyone who attends CERT should wear pants. But do people need to go out and spend all this money when they start CERT? After the class will they EVER EVER use it? And I need to go to a gun store or ranger stores to get some of these expensive supplies? If we need these things or they are recommended then supply them for us as part of our equipment, not the cheap stuff that we may get hurt using because we cannot see out of our goggles.ReplyDelete
I would like to address a couple of things with the last post by anonymous.ReplyDelete
No you really don't need to go to some of the extremes a few of us in previous CERT classes have gone through. Some of us do other things other than CERT (Urban Rescue, Community Volunteers etc) and these items have spilled over into our CERT training as valuable assets.
You can wear jeans, camo pants (picked up from your local surplus store) or what ever is comfortable and durable. Supplies can be picked up anywhere. My favorite gloves came from Wal-Mart! The instructors will assist you where they think should add and embellish your supplies.
I personally did not go and spend an arm and a leg on supplies prior to class. I used the items provided and gradually over time and with additional training added items I felt made things easier on me.
CERT offers the community a great foundation of knowledge where, in a situation if needed, we will know what to do to help our family, friend and neighbors. I promise during that time none of us will spend the extra 30 minutes needed to throw on all of our fashionable gear.
Keep with the basics, make sure you pay attention in class and soak up everything possible. What you do with it will be most important thing when needed.
Medical gloves: CERT is big on personal protection and always wearing bodily fluid protection over the eyes, mouth, nose and hands. Over the years of automotive tinkering and wilderness first aid I have come to the conclusion that nitrile gloves stand up to a lot more abuse than the latex equivalents.ReplyDelete
Anon is correct about the pant. I live by the phrase, "practice how you play." If you wear a suit and tie to work then show up to CERT class ready to roll in a suit and tie. But the key point to Disaster Preparedness is being prepared and in my CERT pack I have a set of extra clothing (pants, shirt, underwear, socks, rain jacket, rain pants).ReplyDelete
You don't need to buy anything pricey. In fact, if you can suffer through the provided gear, go for it. However, for safety purposes you have to WEAR the gear to protect yourself. If you can't see with the goggles provided, you will want to invest in a pair you will wear.ReplyDelete
Personally, I think your best investment is ensuring your tetanus booster is up to date.
Wear old clothes. You will get duct tape and sharpie on your pants. (my women's jeans also tore through the knee though the all the kneeling.) These should be free (unless you are me!)
Bring rags for bandages and dressings (these should be free -- time to clean house)
Medical gloves -- you do need these but I use mine for all sorts of things from protecting my hands when I paint to using them to prep Jalapenos (not the same pair of course!).
Work gloves -- don't have to be expensive but you DO need to be able to work without taking them off.
Duct tape - a high quality brand. has lots of uses around the house too. :)
Boots/shoes - I invested in steel toed boots and I've used them lots (actually, they've become my winter boots). You could work in sneakers but, given the academy grounds, I wouldn't.
Paper and pen and some type of clipboard (or other hard surface). You should have some at home.
Dust masks - you get some. You will probably need more.
Kneepads -- I use the ones they gave me.
Flashlight -- they one they provided doesn't do much -- and a spare is always important.
Here is the list of the provided gear I broke or went through during my cert 9 class:
1.) the flashlight was dead in the 2nd glass when it fell on to the high bay floor and shattered.
2.) Kneepads - my strap came off about halfway through class -- they work but only by duct-taping them to my pants.
3.) dust masks -- one per class and I needed more.
4.) sharpies -- I've lost a couple in the dark
To spend or not to spend......ReplyDelete
There are some super!! comments on this blogpost; so I thought I'd throw in my two cents (adjusted for inflation, of course :)
"But do people need to go out and spend all this money when they start CERT?" After the class will they EVER EVER use it?"
No, you don't have to spend bundles of bucks on gear. The basic gear issue is a kernel, a "seed" supply if you will. You can leave it as it sits, or you may wish to embellish your gear to provide better comfort,safety and usefulness levels. The basic gear is good, it's purely a matter of personal preference to add your own gear. It's not required! But, if you want to add gear, go for it.
I tend to lean towards buying surplus items for a few reasons:
1.The armed services have already tested the stuff in extreme environments.
2.It's cheap to buy!!
3. If it rips or breaks, you don't have much invested in the item; toss it and get another one.
Personally, I like the "thrill of the hunt" in finding a well made piece of gear I need at the price I want to pay (as little as possible).
There are some items I won't scrimp on though, here's a few of them.
1. A headlamp. Being able to see in dark, smoky environments area is a MUST. The flashlights given in the gear issue just didn't cut it for me; so I went and got a really nice headlamp made by Petzl. (Interested in gear recommendations? Talk to Steve, Mike or Derek-they are a wealth of useful information!)I paid 20 bucks for my headlamp on Ebay.
2. A shoulder bag-Mine is .mil surplus; cost me the princely sum of $ 2.50.With the stuff in my hardhat and in the bag; I can help people immediately. I use my CERT bag for extra water,batteries,duct tape, food, rope etc.Plus, I can move more freely without a CERT pack on my back.I carry the CERT backpack and toss it down when I find a victim; pick it back up when I'm done and move on.
3.Duct tape- You can never have enough of it. You can catch it on sale all the time.
4.Retractable Sharpies-Again,I can't get enough sharpies.
5, Backup flashlight-I use a mini maglite with the LED conversion and keep it in my shoulder bag. In my pack I carry one of those crank type flashlights that needs no batteries.
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These two wonderfully illustrated children's books, Celebrate the Earth and The Story of Mary the Mother of God, are a welcome and needed addition to the growing collection of Orthodox children's literature written in English. With themes taken from the Bible and Orthodox Tradition, the stories are retold and illustrated by Dorrie Papademetriou, a graphic designer and mother of two young boys. Recently released by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, the color and richness of these books will captivate children and adults alike.
Celebrate the Earth is a retelling of several verses of the 104th Psalm (10-25), with full color illustrations. Inspiration for the first book came while the author worked as a counselor at Ionian Village, a Greek Orthodox archdiocesan spiritual and cultural camp for children located on the western coast of Greece, and encouragement came from her two sons. "I wanted them to know the source of the beauty they saw around them so they would give thanks to the Creator for everything in the world. [Psalm 104] celebrates the goodness and beauty of the created world and affirms the timeless importance of stewardship and love for all that God has provided." A poetic depiction of the first two chapters of the book of Genesis, Psalm 104 is a hymn of praise to God who has brought forth the world from His loving hand. God creates and nourishes, is Master of the seasons and Lord of the earth and sea. It is God who fulfills all human needs, whether offering "wine to make our hearts glad" or "oil to make our faces shine."
Each page offers a verse of the psalm with a corresponding depiction of the verse on the opposite page. The illustrator, painting in acrylics, works with a pallet of vibrant blues, greens, oranges, and yellows, which fully manifest the colors of the sky, sea, and earth. The characterizations of animals and plants are very appealing and bring a smile to the face of the reader. The last few pages offer a variety of biblical and patristic quotations on the creation. Both a joy to read and a feast for the eyes, Celebrate the Earth is bound to charm young and old alike.
After the submission of the first manuscript to St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, the publishers commissioned a second book. The Story of Mary the Mother of God is based on the Apocryphal Gospel of St. James (Protoevangelium) and the mosaic icon cycle of her life depicted in the narthex of the fourteenth century Byzantine church at the Monastery of Chora (Kariye Djami) in Istanbul, Turkey. This book focuses on the early life of Mary, who was chosen by God to be a "bridge between heaven and earth." During a 1998 stay in Turkey with her husband and their sons, Mrs. Papademetriou was struck by the Byzantine mosaics, having never heard the stories of Mary while growing up, and wanted to record the stories of the mosaics for children.
The story helps to describe the life of Mary, who comes to the attention of most Christians through the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel that she will bear the Christ (found in the Gospel of Luke 1:26–38). The author tells of the miraculous conception of the Theotokos, and the difficulties her parents, Joachim and Anna, endured. The reader follows the early life of Mary from being presented in the Temple at the age of three, through her growth into a young woman and her betrothal to Joseph. The Annunciation completes the book, with a final word on her great faith and devotion to God.
As with the previous book, each section of text is accompanied by its depiction in acrylics on the opposite page. Again, Mrs. Papademetriou paints with rich, deep hues. Drawn in a somewhat different style than Celebrate the Earth, this book is most likely suitable for a slightly older children's audience. The story and illustrations warm the heart, and the reader will be sorry to see the book come to an end. Along with plans for her third book already in the works—drawn from the early life of her grandmother—perhaps the author will consider writing a continuation of Mary's life, drawing from the Gospels of the New Testament.
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Hellebores and Astrantia perhaps?ReplyDelete
Whatever Gina, a glorious bouquet of colors and textures - and your arranging of them in the cut glass vase, with pears along side, and the painted background, is just perfection.
I'm so behind with comments to everyone - just now beginning to feel better from the nasty virus I returned home with. BTW - I was stunned by Germany's beauty - the countryside and villages we sailed/drove through were absolutely wondrous. I WILL be posting as soon as I catch up - we spent many days in Germany and visited everything, from a Rhine castle and a glass-blower, to waiting for the ship in a sunny late afternoon field of buttercups and daisies - that's an entire story of its own!!!!!!
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P.S. Some of your hollyhocks are growing well now by the front porch - I think of you as I watch them get taller daily!Replies
Dear Mary, I hope that you took lots of pictures of the "field of buttercups and daisies". I'm so glad that you are beginning to feel better.Delete
Possibly your Hollyhocks will bloom this year. It takes 2 years for them to bloom in our climate. And, I hope that some of them will be that glorious peach color, which, by the way seems to have disappeared from my garden.
hahahahaha - Gina, the only flower that I figured I knew WAS the forget-me-nots - and then you had to go and give that one away!!!ReplyDelete
I would love to enjoy that arrangement today as we are continuing our string of grey, cloudy and really no-good-no-fun-days !!! On a second look I'm wondering if the light green ones are hellebores? I could also enjoy that pear right now; it is beautiful, too!
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Hello Mary, We have had the same rainy weather. But in between we have had white puffy clouds and the bluest of skies. You know more about flowers than you give yourself credit. Yes, those are Helleborus, only in this photo they have gone to see and may not be recognized by most.Delete
A beautiful, beautiful bouquet Gina - I like Hellebores when they are turning to seed too, and the deep pink Astrantia is lovely - I only have the white tipped with pink.ReplyDeleteReplies
Dear Rosemary, Of course you would recognize every one of the flowers. I'm looking forward to seeing the flowers in your garden. They are always spectacular. And now that you have a new camera....Delete
I really do love the combination of colours and flowers and not to forget the wonderful background. The Astrantia major variety is a beautiful red one, I have only the pale pink. I had the red one too, but after some years it was disappeared.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hello Janneke, I moved this particular Astrantia to a new place in my garden. It has more shade and has turned a darker red. Flowers are always full of surprises aren't they.Delete
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such a wonderful combination of flowers, vase and canvas in your first photo. Just so very lovely and almost like a Redon whose painted vases with flowers I have always admired.
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Dear Sieglinde, I am so pleased that you like my little "make-belief-painting". I have always enjoyed seeing your beautiful photos of your lovely flowers from your garden. One of these days you will join the blogging community and share the beauty with all of us.Delete
Gina, that is a dazzling series of photographs! It was the ruby red flowers that were mysteries to me, very pretty mysteries, too. Adding that pear gave another color bounce to the mix.ReplyDelete
Lovely puzzle. I will try to remember the name Astrantia. xoReplies
Dear Frances, The Astrantia is just a little insignificant flower, mostly overlooked in most gardens. But isn't it interesting how they add just the right amount of interest.Delete
Thank you for stopping by and leaving such a sweet comment. Wishing you a wonderful week ahead.
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Bonjour Martinealison, I am hoping that you are having a great Summer. Thank you for your lovely comment and thank you also for your visit.Delete
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As you may have guessed by now, I know very little of the care of flowers, and I could never guess what is in your pretty vase. Instead, I'm going to make up new names and let you be the judge of whether or not they're better identifiers. I would call the red flowers "Ready Quilt Tulips" and the green flowers "Star Fruit Palms."Replies
Dear Mark, I like your idea of giving flowers a new name when you don't know what they are called, officially. I will keep it in mind when asked about a flower whose name I don't know. I think, that if I say it with conviction it will certainly be believable.Delete
Besides, I like the new names you have given, Astrantia and Helleborus...much more interesting and descriptive.
I am thinking that some of them are Hellebore's, but not sure of the others. What I do know for sure, is they are all quite beautiful Gina~ReplyDeleteReplies
Dear Mary, Yes Helleborus and Astrantia and the little blue flower, Forget-me-not. Thank you for your visit and sweet comment.Delete
Absolutely adore the flowers you have featured here Gina....it looks like a wonderful mixed media painting. Can I just say I love them all? Many thanks for your apron comment, I totally get the way you think! ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
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