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U.S. peanut producers began 2004 with high expectations, coming off a record year in 2003, says Nathan Smith, University of Georgia Extension economist.
The 2003 U.S. peanut yield set a record at 3,159 pounds per acre. The Southeast led the way with a 3,238-pound yield, followed by the Virginia-Carolina Region at 3,126 pounds per acre and the Southwest at 2,962 pounds per acre. The Southeast's share of total production was 67 percent, says Smith, followed by the V-C at 10 percent and the Southwest at 23 percent.
"Basically, about 10 percent of the production market share has shifted from the Southwest and the V-C to the Southeast," he says. "Most of the shift has occurred from a decrease in acres in the Southwest and V-C with some increase in the Southeast."
A very encouraging market trend, says Smith, is the growth in domestic food use — by more than 9 percent this past year. The growth is more than three times what would be considered normal growth in food use.
"Producers received a higher price for the 2003 crop at 18.8 cents per pound or $376 per ton on average. The average price in 2002 was $364 per ton. Thus, many producers looked to 2004 with optimism for peanuts," says the economist.
Adjustments due to the new peanut program are evident in acreage shifts throughout the Peanut Belt, says Smith. Some areas have declined while some new areas have emerged, particularly in the Southeast, he adds.
The primary method of marketing under the new program is contracting with shellers, he says. "Sheller contracts are based off the loan repayment rate, where producers are offered so many dollars above the loan repayment rate. These contracts are termed 'option contracts' that give the sheller the right to purchase a producer's peanuts during a specified time period in exchange for the option price."
To give an example, last year a typical option price for runner peanuts was $25 above the loan repayment rate. The producer receives $25 plus the loan repayment rate, which was $355 most all of last year. The net price to the producer is $380 per ton.
"The government is paying for the cost of handling and storing loan peanuts, helping to carry of portion of the peanut inventory throughout the marketing season," says Smith.
Determining the "market price" for peanuts is proving to be a difficult task without a transparent pricing system, he says. It also makes it difficult to determine a National Posted Price for peanuts. The domestic, export, crush and seed markets all figure into the value of peanuts, with a majority of the crop contracted.
"The harvest and delivery of peanuts are pretty much the same, but the producer now has the responsibility to market his peanuts. With new rules for contracts and loans, producers need to be prudent in understanding their options and requirements for selling their peanuts."
Much like last year, the market is in a supply mode, says Smith. With the majority of the crop contracted, the market is closely watching harvest.
The October USDA crop forecast put U.S. peanut production at 4.13 billion pounds, down 7 percent from the September estimate and down fractionally from 2003. Yields are expected to average 2,972 pounds per acre, down 187 pounds from 2003.
The impact of three consecutive hurricanes is uncertain as harvest was just beginning when they hit the Southeast and carried heavy rainfall up through the Southeast and into the Atlantic Coast states, he says.
Last year's promising crop turned out to be a disappointment as damage from tomato spotted wilt virus and poor harvest conditions dropped yields in the Southeast, and the Virginia-Carolina region experienced a disaster year at 2,100 pounds per acre, says Smith.
An increase in carry-in stocks on Aug. 2, 2004, is estimated at 1,121 million pounds or 560,500 tons farmer stock equivalent. The projected ending stocks on July 31, 2005, is expected to grow to 1.335 billion pounds. This would be more than enough stocks to carry over to 2005, he says.
Roughly four months use is in the stocks inventory, notes Smith. "A question concerning stocks is whether the majority is for the edible market or just suitable for crush. The market would become nervous if the inventory dropped to two months supply or about 650 million pounds."
USDA estimates imports to be 50 million pounds, which would be above the 2003-04 total of 35 million pounds, says Smith. However, imports are still well below the minimum-access levels indicating that U.S. peanuts are preferred over foreign origin peanuts.
"The United States potentially could import more peanuts if a shortage were to develop in the future. Adding carry-in stocks, imports and production, the total supply of peanuts is expected to increase by 11 percent to 5.61 billion pounds in 2004."
The bad news of the year is that supply will again exceed demand, says Smith. The good news is that domestic food use made a dramatic jump, and the supply increase was due to excellent yields.
"The 2-million ton crop came at the right time for domestic use. The 2003-04 marketing year for peanuts ended on July 31, showing that total use of shelled peanuts for primary products increased 9.24 percent. This is a sizable increase for peanuts as year-to-year growth is typically between 1 and 3 percent when it's not negative."
The increase, says Smith, is attributed to peanut butter use growing 8.8 percent and snack use growing 21.4 percent. Factors leading to the food use increase include increased promotion and advertising, diet and health benefits, and lower shelled prices as a result of policy change in 2002, he adds.
Domestic food use is estimated at 2.448 billion pounds for last year, according to Smith. USDA is forecasting an increase of 3 percent for the 2004 crop to 2.523 billion pounds.
"The question concerning consumption is that despite the large increase in food use, total disappearance of peanuts did not quite equal the 2002-03 marketing year. Planted acreage was down, and the oil and meal market tighten raising prices. Are stocks being carried over because of lower demand for peanut meal and oil, or is there another reason?"
The export market was a major concern for shellers heading into the 2003-04 marketing year, says Smith. U.S. peanuts have not been competitive in the world market at $355, and the National Posted Price for peanuts brought the world price up rather than down.
"In recent years, other origins have gained market share in Europe, including Argentina. Argentina and China had short crops and worked to keep their market share in Europe. However, the United States was able to maintain exports and increase by a small margin due to the shortfalls elsewhere. The projection for the 2004-05 marketing year is to increase exports by 8 percent to 550 million pounds."
The USDA's harvested acreage estimates give a clearer picture of the impact of the new peanut program, says Smith, adding that some shifts in regional acreage and a drop in national acreage were expected.
Looking at the production history by region and nationally for the base periods of 1998-2001 and 2003, the 2003 harvested acreage would be 10 percent less than the base period average, he says. But the Southeast actually shows an increase of 4 percent versus a 26 percent decrease in the Southwest and a 33 percent decrease in the Virginia-Carolina region. The Southeast's proportion of total U.S. acreage is projected to go from about 55 percent to 65 percent.
"The marketing season average price for peanuts was published at 18.2 cents per pound or $364 per ton. Producers with peanut base should have received their last counter-cyclical payment for the 2002 in September. Provided a large crop is harvested, a similar counter-cyclical payment can be expected for the 2003 crop as was received for the 2002 crop."


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"The very foundation of mentoring is the idea that if caring, concerned adults are available to young people, youth will be more likely to became successful adults themselves."Mentoring: A Promising Strategy for Youth Development, 2002
Save Our Youth began to take shape as a response to an increase in violence among urban teens in Denver.
Underlying the grim realities of youth violence and drugs were hurting, struggling youth who literally asked for "someone to talk with".
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text: Study: Marketers question online advertising effectiveness Published on June 13, 2013. San Jose, Calif.—A sizable percentage of marketers believes Web banner advertising is ineffective and traditional media, such as print newspapers and TV, are better sources for advertising and marketing than news websites, according to a study, "Click Here: The State of Online Advertising," released this week by Adobe Systems. One-third (33%) of U.S. marketers and 36% of marketers worldwide agreed with the statement "Web banner advertisements do not work," the study found. When asked, "Which source is best for marketing and advertising?" traditional newspapers and TV topped the list, with 42% of U.S. marketers and 41% of international marketers choosing that response. News websites were rated best by only 13% of U.S. marketers and 17% of global marketers. The study, commissioned by Adobe Systems and handled by market research company Edelman Berland, was conducted via online survey between October 2012 and April 2013. It yielded responses from 1,750 professional marketers and 8,750 consumers in the U.S., Australia, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the U.K. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Thankfully, the guys in Muse don't care about being accused of excess or pomposity. Bring it on.
Thankfully, the guys in Muse don't care about being accused of excess or pomposity. Bring it on.
After all, frontman Matthew Bellamy has expressed playful frustration that they haven't yet been allowed to land a zeppelin (not the Led kind) in a stadium.
Probably the best rock band currently on tour, Muse blitzed Oakland's Oracle Arena on Monday with a sensory spectacle of light, sternum-shaking sound and rock-god posturing that recalled an over-the-top 20th-century era that Bellamy, 34; bassist Christopher Wolstenholme, 34; and drummer Dominic Howard, 35, blatantly and happily venerate.
During a 17-song, 140-minute show they overwhelmed and hyper-activated an enthusiastic, sold-out crowd, their biggest in the Bay Area since Muse discovered receptive - but much smaller - audiences there a decade ago. Muse repeated the show Tuesday in Sacramento.
Bellamy, suitably attired in shiny silver and black, unleashed his typically towering guitar fusillades, striking a catalog of rock-star poses, powering intensely through his vocals - hitting all the falsetto heights - and roaming the multi-level stage to engage with the worshipful crowd at strategically situated microphones.
The fist-pumping and bouncing were almost constant on the arena floor as the band stormed through its anthemic, melodic - metallic and blatantly bombastic - songs. Wolstenholme's thundering bass and left-handed Howard's ferocious drumming propelled them on.
Bellamy, no longer the shy guy he was when the band formed as teenage pals, expresses fury and frustration in many of his songs, railing against capitalist criminals, assaults on the environment, pontificating politicians and the suffocating sense of entrapment and alienation produced by the elites and their bottomless greed.
Over-the-top effects - dizzying lights, a five-tier stack of video screens, swirling, speeding graphics, animation, photo images and high-tech graffiti - engulfed the band, known for its sci-fi inclinations.
The trio from Teignmouth, Devon, England, concentrated on material from "The 2nd Law" (its 2012 album), including a towering, show-closing version of "Survival," the proudly grandiose theme song they created for the 2012 London Olympics.
A fiercely delivered "Time Is Running Out" (from 2003's "Absolution") defiantly summed up Muse's long-overdue ascension: "I won't let you bury it/I won't let you smother it/I won't let you murder it."
Grant-Lee Phillips is returning to the road.
The Stockton-born singer-songwriter gets back to his roots - part of the inspiration for "Walking in the Green Corn," his seventh solo recording - when he performs at The Miners Foundry in Nevada City on Feb. 21.
He's also scheduled shows at Red Rock Coffee in Mountain View (Feb. 23) and San Francisco's Cafe du Nord (Feb. 24).
The 10-track album, which also will be available on vinyl, is a family affair - co-produced by Phillips' wife, Denise Siegel (a first). She also took the cover photographs.
While Phillips is in the area, the Burbank resident will guide a film crew around San Joaquin County - he graduated from Linden High School and once did a child magic act at Pixie Woods' Toadstool Theatre - as they prepare a documentary on his life and music.
Blame the San Francisco 49ers.
There'll be no Super Bowl of Rock and Roll on Sunday at Stockton's Plea for Peace Center.
"It's not gonna happen," said Middagh Goodwin, whose Super Bowl option streak has ended at six years. "Because the 49ers made the Super Bowl."
Since 2007, Goodwin has organized a good-natured Super Bowl Sunday rock concert for those - like him - who don't follow professional football. Or any other kind.
"When it's the (Pittsburgh) Steelers or 49ers, there are bands that won't play," he said. "I had one band committed to it, but it was too close to pull it out of the hat."
Plus, Jeff "Kepi" Alexander, a Sacramento punk-rocker who helped Goodwin conceive the idea, is touring in Europe.
So, will Goodwin concede and watch the 49ers play the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans on Sunday? "Um, I don't know."
All the hassle was worth it.
After negotiating San Joaquin County's permit process, Joe Flores finally got to stage the first of what he hopes will be a series of rock concerts at Stockton's Waterloo Gun & Bocci Club.
After the original Nov. 16 show was canceled because of a missing permit, 170 people attended the permissible gig on Jan. 18 as Braata, a Stockton rock-reggae band, formally introduced its first album.
"That's twice as many as we'd expected," Flores said. We're excited."
The "improvement plan for a special event" includes permission for shows on March 15 (Braata and Chico's Brass Hysteria), April 26 and June 7.
Following a year's absence, the Waldo Holt Music Festival (aka WaldoFest) is returning.
The fourth "sort-of-annual" event takes place June 8 near the Calaveras River and the islet where Holt, a conservation activist who died in 2007 at age 58, lived.
Singer-songwriter Dirk Hamilton, who played basketball with Holt at Lincoln High School in Stockton, is scheduled to perform. Other acts will be added.
Contact reporter Tony Sauro at (209) 546-8267 or email@example.com.


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05.07.08 Fast BreaksPosted by rtmsf on May 7th, 2008
Today's rantings of a wild man…
- Duke promoted former Devil (96-01) Nate James to assistant coach in Johnny Dawkins' old spot, ensuring that K's bench is now filled with former underachievers feisty players.
- Lots of bad things happening at Arizona these days.
- South Carolina's Devan Downey apparently decked someone on campus last week (he has been suspended).
- Transfers – Jeremiah Rivers (Doc's son) is leaving Georgetown, and Indiana's Eli Holman (of potted plant fame) is following an assistant coach (Ray McCallum) to Detroit Mercy.
- Bob Huggins' new contract with WVU stipulates he can be fired for habitual intoxication. Habitual intoxication… is that three or four times a week?
- Billy Gillispie has his eye on a few more middle schoolers besides Michael Avery for the class of 2012.
- There were 69 early entries this year, many of whom are only "testing the waters." Goodman says this puts coaches in a bind.
- The Jewish Jordan (Zach Feinstein) seeks to top the NBA Draft this year…
- Alabama St. (mostly football) and Florida International show that not only the big boys are cheating these days.
- We missed this a week or so ago, but Dan Hanner at YABB has some great data (regressions are fun, kids!) on coaches and how well they recruit and perform in the regular season and NCAA Tournament.
- M2M is counting down the top 10 most embarrassing moments in college basketball history. Some good stuff on there.


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Molotov's guide to valet parking sparked something in my dusty old brain. I remembered that my old man was absolutely convinced beyond all shadows of all doubts that every single time you handed your keys to a valet, the exact same thing that happened to Cameron's Dad's 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California, happened to your car. The exact same thing. As I'm a strong believer in the theory
of hoonage that cars are meant to be driven, I can only hope he was right. Finally, Ferris had a valid point — Cameron's Dad should've locked the garage. Bomp, bomp — oh yeah.


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Michael Landon Was a Teenage Werewolf
By: Legacy Staff
5 years ago
During his decades in television and film, Michael Landon was a rancher, a pioneer and an angel. But when we first published this story in October 2012, we couldn't help remembering him in one of his hairier roles…
For more than three decades, Michael Landon was one of the biggest stars on television. Meanwhile, the movie and TV actor was also busy behind the scenes, as a writer, director and producer. But before he was a rancher, a pioneer or an angel, Landon – who was born October 31, 1936, 78 years ago today – was a teenage werewolf.
I Was a Teenage Werewolf was the first of its kind, and Landon became the first "teen monster" in a series of films that took the horrors of puberty to a whole new level. Landon's portrayal of the troubled-teen-turned-hairy-monster was so effective that he could have easily become typecast in low-budget horror shows. Luckily for us, Landon displayed his versatility with a number of other movie roles, and he soon landed his first long-running TV gig.
From 1959 to 1973, Landon played "Little Joe" Cartwright on Bonanza. A fan favorite, he received the most mail of all the show's stars – and, as time went on and his popularity grew, found ever more reasons to take off his shirt. As well as starring in the show, Landon wrote and directed a number of episodes, like season three's "The Gamble."
Just a year after the cancellation of Bonanza came Landon's next great project – Little House on the Prairie. As Charles "Pa" Ingalls, he guided his frontier family through a series of moves and disasters, as well as heartwarming good times. Once again, Landon wrote and directed a number of episodes.
As Landon's career went on, he may not have appeared shirtless as often as he did in Bonanza, but his hair got more and more glorious. By the time Highway to Heaven began its five-season run in 1984, Landon truly had the hair of an angel.
Just two years after Highway to Heaven's cancellation, Landon died July 1, 1991, following a short battle with pancreatic cancer. At only 54, he was not so far removed from those teenage werewolf years. Teen wolf to pioneer to angel, heartthrob to devoted dad, Michael Landon made every role memorable.
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A new playgroup for under fives opens next week at Ilkeston's St Mary's Church.
The pre-school session, named Play n Praise, will run every Wednesday, starting March 5, from 10.15 - 11.30am.
Rachel Coupe, an experienced playworker who will run the group, said: "This is a wonderful, old, historic building which pre-schoolers can explore with their carers.
"The programme will be carefully structured to gently encourage children to be helpful and sharing.
"There will be a simple craft for the adults and their children to make together.
"Babies can watch and learn from toddlers performing action songs and playing musical instruments."
Playing with puppets, bible stories and snack time will also make up the weekly sessions.
Rachel added: "This is a great opportunity in the cold weather to get your little one out of the house and playing happily in an exciting environment.
"People can come along and make friends in a caring, sociable atmosphere."


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Tragedy at the Virginia Quarterly Review
The suicide of its managing editor has been blamed on workplace bullying. New details suggest the real story is much more complicated.
Read the rest of Emily Bazelon's series on cyberbullying.
On July 30, Kevin Morrissey, the 52-year-old managing editor of the small but acclaimed literary journal the Virginia Quarterly Review, shot himself in a coal tower near the University of Virginia, which publishes the journal. At first, the suicide reverberated only among his shocked and sorrowed colleagues, friends, and family. Then, in mid-August, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article called "What Killed Kevin Morrissey?" The piece reported that, according to Morrissey's family and "people close to the review," he had complained to UVA about "workplace bullying by his boss,"VQR editor Ted Genoways.
The narrative of a suicide caused by a workplace bully was off and running. A week and a half later, the Today Show reported that Morrissey's suicide note blamed Genoways. In an e-mail to VQR contributors, Genoways himself said that Morrissey's family had told him this was so. The Hook, an alternative weekly in Charlottesville, Va., quoted psychologist Gary Namie of the Workplace Bullying Institute saying that Genoways used "classic tactics employed by bullies" that "are not completely unlike torture."
What does it mean to be a workplace bully? For kids, bullying is defined as repeated acts of verbal or physical abuse in a situation where there's a power imbalance between the bully and the bullied. But in the workplace, there is almost always a hierarchy; power imbalances are necessarily part of the equation. That doesn't mean bad behavior can't be policed. Sexual harassment suits do just that. But bosses and employees aren't peers the way school kids are. The leaders of companies and departments have to dictate rules and give orders and occasionally reprimand employees who are falling short on the job—they have to be bossy. It's possible to imagine a scenario in which a boss (or a group of co-workers) deliberately persecutes an employee—sabotaging his work, playing nasty pranks. But is every demanding, gruff boss a bully? Where is the line between mismanagement and harassment? And can a boss ever be held responsible for an employee's decision to kill himself?
A closer look at what happened at VQR, informed by conversations with Genoways and most of his colleagues and by examining internal e-mails sent in the run-up to Morrissey's death, suggests that while the VQR staff was unhappy with their boss, bullying may not be the right label for his behavior. The accusation that Genoways is to blame for Morrissey's suicide is even more questionable. Genoways has been branded as a workplace bully in part because a small band of advocates, which includes Gary Namie, saw in Morrissey's death an opportunity to spotlight their cause and jumped on it. In contrast to the black-and-white story of villainy they've promoted, what happened at VQR is complicated, and several key details have not yet been told.
A year ago, John Casteen III announced that he would retire as UVA president. This was a big deal for VQR. Casteen had hired Genoways in 2003 when he was a 31-year-old poet and an editor at a small press in Minnesota. Genoways reported directly to Casteen, and the president twice renewed the editor's contract and was his steadfast champion. VQR is tiny. It had a staff of six, including Genoways and Morrissey, and a circulation of less than 5,000. But under Genoways' leadership, it became enormously ambitious editorially. Genoways sent contributors all over the world. He ran gritty war reportingalongside well-received fiction and poetry. The latest issue, which hasn't been published and which was finished amid the turmoil following Morrissey's death, is titled "The Price of Paperless: Inside the Mines that Feed the Tech Revolution" and features reporting and photographs from Afghanistan, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Congo, India, Kosovo, and Peru. VQR's new ambition—and the high quality of its journalism—was recognized by the industry. In 2006, the journal earned six National Magazine Award nominations. It carried off two trophies that year and has earned two more since.
But despite its editorial success, VQR is hardly a moneymaker. In the fine tradition of small literary magazines, it relies on the kindness of a university to stay afloat. Strangely, in the aftermath of Morrissey's suicide, several Genoways detractors have blasted him for spending money to send reporters to places like Afghanistan and Iraq, accusing him of mismanaging the journal's finances as well its staff. But Genoways was able to pay for this reporting because he'd inherited an $800,000 slush fund, money that the previous editor had squirreled away over more than 20 years. Genoways says he could not sit on those funds. "The university told me, you have to spend it fast, or we will reclaim it," he told me. So he invested the money in the writing and photography that placed the once-staid journal in the literary limelight.
When Casteen announced his departure, about $150,000 was left in the slush fund, Genoways says. For him, the prospect of a new university president meant uncertainty about the magazine's future. "There was a kind of pressure mounting," he said. "A bunch of these university-sponsored journals have shut down in the last two years, and, of course, plenty of commercial magazines are in the same straits. We're at a complete transition point in publishing history, and the last thing you want is someone who doesn't know anything about the business to come in and judge you outside of that context."
Casteen told Genoways that with his departure, VQR would have to find another place in the university's organizational structure—it would need to have a base outside the president's office. Genoways started making calls and found a potential new home with UVA's vice president for research. With the help of Jeffrey Plank, the second in command in that office, Genoways came up with a plan he hoped would tie the magazine more closely to the university's academic mission. Genoways had tried before to do this by getting a tenured position in UVA's English department. But that hadn't worked, so now he looked elsewhere. His new plan was to create a center comprising VQR, a photography festival called LOOK3, and the university's Young Writers Workshop for high-school students. "I'd been trying to build an academic component for VQR, and that's what this would bring us," he said.
Genoways also wanted to raise money for VQR on his own. He hoped the new center would make it easier for VQR to compete for outside grants, and he wanted to attract individual donors. He set a goal of $3 million. To help in this effort, he hired Alana Levinson-LaBrosse, a 24-year-old UVA graduate.
Levinson-LaBrosse is young. She is also wealthy. Her father, Frank Levinson, a Forbes 400 fiber-optics entrepreneur, has been a major UVA donor—in 2000, he and his wife committed $20 million to the university. Levinson-LaBrosse has given $1.5 million of her own money. In some of the coverage of Morrissey's suicide, Levinson-LaBrosse has been cast as a pampered interloper. I came away with a different impression after talking with her. She was thoughtful about what had gone wrong at VQR and smart about trying to make it attractive to donors, in part because she belongs to a network of them (though she didn't plan to give money to the magazine, she says). I could understand why Genoways hired her.
But the rest of the VQR staff did not. Associate editors Molly Minturn and Sheila McMillen told me that along with Morrissey and Waldo Jaquith (the journal's Web editor until he left last summer), they didn't believe that Genoways needed to raise money or worry about VQR's future. "I went to a couple of lunches with Kevin and the head finance person in the president's office," Minturn said. "She assured us numerous times that our operating funds were part of the permanent budget no matter who the new president was, and we really shouldn't be concerned about losing our jobs or VQR shutting down." Genoways counters that this reassurance was meaningless, since it would be the new president, not the people who worked for the old one, who would decide VQR's fate. But the staff wasn't and isn't persuaded. "We couldn't understand why Ted was in a panic even though the president's office kept telling us not to worry," McMillen says. "It was like he was having a paranoid psychotic episode."
With the benefit of hindsight, it's clear how life at the magazine soon became dysfunctional: The boss had a bold and urgent plan for change, the basic premise of which four of the five members of his staff rejected. Levinson-LaBrosse became the only person in the office who trusted Genoways and shared his vision for VQR's future. So he increasingly turned to her and put her in charge of the transition to the VP's office. This only exacerbated the office tensions. Morrissey had been Genoways' second in command since coming with him from the Minnesota Historical Society Press, where they'd been colleagues for two and a half years. "We were close friends, in Minnesota and early on in Virginia," Genoways says. "Kevin was with my wife and me whenever we did anything—movies, hiking together. He and my wife took cooking classes." But in the two years before last summer, they'd grown apart. Now it seemed to the staff that Levinson-LaBrosse had taken Morrissey's place. "She became really kind of the co-editor, working in Ted's office with the door closed," McMillen says. "Kevin really felt like Ted was getting ready to push him out." Minturn adds: "It was pretty demoralizing to be shut out of things myself, but also very upsetting to watch Kevin being shut out of meetings and plans about the future."
In June, Genoways went on leave for three months on a Guggenheim fellowship, to study Walt Whitman's Civil War period (the first years of which he has published a book about). The timing turned out to be terrible. Genoways says that a deadline of July 31 was set for getting the information needed for VQR's transition to the VP's office. He also says he found out about that timing only 10 days before his leave was to begin, but that the president's office told him to go ahead; their people would help see the transition through.UVA spokeswoman Carol Wood says that July 31 "was not a hard and fast deadline" and that she can't find anyone in the president's office who recalls making an assurance of help to Genoways.
In any case, to take VQR under its wing, the VP's office asked to see the magazine's financial statements for the previous year. Morrissey kept those accounts. But a couple of weeks before July 31, he said he hadn't prepared the numbers for the previous six to nine months and couldn't provide them in time.
To Genoways, who was trying to show that VQR's affairs were in order at what he viewed as a key juncture, this was infuriating. He asked Levinson-LaBrosse to gather the materials. Around the same time, in mid-July, Genoways copied Morrissey on an e-mail to Jeffrey Plank in the VP's office regarding the academic center he hoped to make VQR a part of. "I understand and support the desire to eliminate redundancies at staff levels and to create coherence within the new center as it develops," it read. "I would ask only that I continue to have a role in how those decisions are made." Genoways says he wasn't talking about firing anyone on his staff. But Morrissey brought the e-mail to Levinson-LaBrosse, she says, with that sentence underlined and asked what it meant. Levinson-LaBrosse told him she didn't know. Morrissey didn't follow up by talking to Genoways—a sign, perhaps, of how far communication had broken down.
By this point, Genoways wasn't in the office.For most of his Guggenheim leave, he was working in Charlottesville, though not at the VQR office. At the time he sent the staffing e-mail to Plank, though, he'd gone to Nebraska for his grandmother's burial. In his absence, Morrissey and Jaquith argued with Levinson-LaBrosse over whether Morrissey should attend an upcoming meeting she had scheduled with Plank to discuss the transition to the VP's office. In addition, Genoways says, Morrissey made substantive editorial changes to VQR's upcoming issue—deciding to kill certain articles, for example—without consulting him. This was not the arrangement Genoways had worked out when he went on leave, he says. "I hadn't ceded any of that editorial authority, and it wasn't our usual practice," he told me.
From a distance, Genoways got angry. In an e-mail to UVA's human-resources department, he said he planned to ask Morrissey and Jaquith to work at home for a week, until he could return to Charlottesville. "As I've had a report both of intimidation and willful insubordination, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask the parties involved to separate until I have a chance to return to the office and mediate," Genoways wrote to the HR department. The HR manager he consulted instructed him to look at UVA's guidelines for Corrective & Progressive Disciplinary Action. Genoways did so, sending Morrissey and Jaquith an e-mail in bureaucratic-speak, telling them not to come into the office because of their "unacceptable workplace behavior," a phrase he adapted from the guidelines. To the staff, McMillen and Minturn say, it was baffling and devastating. (Jaquith, who has taken a new job, didn't respond to my e-mail requesting comment.)
By this time, the staff had already gone to the president's office for help in dealing with Genoways. "I wouldn't use the word bully, but he was belittling to us," says McMillen. "Treating us with contempt, not giving us feedback, not responding to e-mails." Now bewildered and outraged by the order for Morrissey and Jaquith to stay home, the staff went to the H.R. department as well, complaining about Genoways' management. At the time, Genoways didn't know that. He was still in Nebraska, focused on the July 31 transition.
In the last few days before the transition deadline, Levinson-LaBrosse succeeded in pulling together the materials requested by the vice president's office. That was a relief to Genoways, but it may have made Morrissey feel even worse about his diminishing role at the magazine. Then, on the morning of July 30, Genoways sent Morrissey the e-mail that Maria Morrissey, his sister, has pointed to as evidence that her brother was cruelly bullied. Morrissey killed himself shortly after he received it. The e-mail regards a Mexican writer for VQR who had contacted Morrissey to say that he'd been held up and badly injured by gunmen who'd come to his home in Ciudad Juarez. The writer didn't directly ask for aid, but he sounded scared and said the police had refused to help him. Morrissey eventually forwarded the message to Genoways, but not until 10 days had elapsed. When Genoways realized the e-mail was 10 days old, he wrote to Morrissey, "Just so I'm clear: Why did it take you ten days to forward a message from someone asking our assistance with saving his life? A period during which you sent or forwarded twenty other e-mails to me?"
That same morning, Genoways wrote an e-mail to Morrissey and Minturn telling them to issue a contract to the writer Nir Rosen, who was about to leave for Iraq on assignment. "This is the second unanswered e-mail from Nir Rosen this week," Genoways began. He laid out the specifics of the contract and ended, "This needs to be taken care of immediately."
Minturn wrote back, "Dear Ted, I am confused about the tone of this e-mail." She said she had not previously been given the specifics and in any case did not handle contracts—that was a task Morrissey took care of. (Genoways says Minturn was trained in executing contracts.) In his e-mailed reply, he asked Minturn again to sort out the details for Rosen by calling Morrissey if she needed to. And he wrote:
As for the tone of the last e-mail and this one, I would describe it as officious. It is not my preferred mode of communication; in fact, I hate it.
But after what I've been hearing from HR this week—the word that the staff has threatened to quit en masse—my collegiality is a little threadbare.
So let me rephrase: Please see to it that one of our authors has the money he needs to travel on our behalf. Please do whatever it takes to accomplish that task today. (Read the whole exchange.)
The e-mails are a Rorschach test: Are they the words of an abusive bully? Or of a justifiably frustrated boss? To Maria Morrissey and the Workplace Bullying Institute's Gary Namie, the e-mails are definitive proof of Genoways' tyranny: He had made Kevin Morrissey miserable by isolating him and reducing his role at the journal, and these e-mails pushed him over the edge. Most of the staff has subscribed to that take. "Ted would never think of himself as a bully. I would say, though, that the e-mails he sent out that week, the e-mails to Kevin and to me, it was a bully move," Minturn said. "They were meant to intimidate, meant to make us feel like we were incompetent."
Genoways says that's not what he intended. And on its face, the e-mail he sent to Morrissey about the Mexican writer consists of the straightforward questions a boss might be expected to ask confronted with news about a frightened and desperate-sounding writer (and with the fact that the writer's call for help was not immediately addressed). In the exchange about Rosen's contract, too, Genoways begins by giving a straightforward order. He does conclude by complaining about the state of affairs at VQR, but he sounds more exasperated than abusive—like a boss who sees that his working relationships with his staff are unraveling and doesn't know how to fix them.
Morrissey, though, was clearly distressed by the way Genoways was treating him. After Genoways asked him to stay home, Morrissey repeatedly asked the HR department and the president's office for help. Minturn says she told HR managers that she was afraid Morrissey might be suicidal and that they kept promising to mediate but didn't come to a meeting at which she expected them. (She also says that HR manager Alan Cohn told her she had post-traumatic stress syndrome—a diagnosis psychiatrists reserve for people who have been exposed to a terrifying event involving death or grave harm or the threat of one or the other.)
It's clear the office strife at VQR had reached a point that was begging for outside intervention. One of the saddest aspects of Morrissey's death is the timing: The university says it was about to step in. "There was a lot of communication between Kevin and HR and I know they were on the brink of mediation beginning," UVA spokeswoman Carol Wood said. "It was so close."
Levinson-LaBrosse says she told Genoways that he needed some executive coaching to work on how he communicates with the people he's managing. Looking back, he can see that weakness, too. "The point of contention that Kevin always had was that he didn't feel like there was enough communication from me. It's taken me all this time, and the story playing out in the press, to understand that the staff really meant they didn't feel they were being included in decisions enough."
What role did the dysfunction in the VQR offices play in Morrissey's suicide? The initial reports that Genoways was mentioned in Morrissey's suicide note turn out to be false. In the note, Morrissey referred to a former girlfriend but not to the VQR editor. He wrote simply, "I'm sorry. I know she won't understand this, but I just couldn't bear it anymore." When the idea that Genoways was to blame for Morrissey's death began to take hold in the media, Minturn wrote on Facebook, "This is a horrible situation for everyone involved and for the love of God, no one on staff is blaming Ted for Kevin's suicide." In the comments section of an article on the suicide posted on the Web site of Charlottesville's Hook, even Maria Morrissey denied blaming Genoways. "AT NO TIME DID I ACCUSE TED OF BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR KEVIN'S DEATH," she wrote.
I called Maria Morrissey to ask how she squared this comment with a quote from her in the Hook story she was commenting in response to: "Our family is convinced by all that we have learned since Kevin's death that, were it not for Genoways' relentless bullying, Kevin would be alive today." She said, "I should have been more precise in my language. I didn't mean to imply that Ted was the only reason for Kevin's suicide. He was definitely a significant factor. But granted, Kevin was depressed." This is true: Morrissey had struggled with clinical depression for long time, according to his sister and his colleagues. Maria hadn't spoken to her brother for three years before he died. Nor had their two brothers. She says she doesn't know why he cut off communication but that the family had a history of violence and dysfunction. After his death, one colleague from the 1990s wrote of Morrisey, in response to the announcement of his death, "It seemed like he just wanted life to be less difficult—the constant struggle with depression drained him, even then. Another said, "I worked with Kevin many years ago in Seattle. He could be the nicest, kindest person and then go the other way if in a depression. I will always remember the good things, though."
Is it possible to disentangle Morrissey's depression from his distress about work and his eroding relationship with Genoways—to blame the last few weeks of his life at VQR as opposed to all the other steps along the way? The temptation is understandable. "Suicide has such a terrible weight. It leaves everyone to search for why did this happen. And then someone must be to blame," says Robert King, a psychiatry professor at Yale who has written extensively about suicide. "But it's always tremendously complicated."
This complexity was largely lost in the media firestorm that kicked up in the wake of Morrissey's death. Much of the coverage—in the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Hook, on the Today Show—states or insinuates a link between Morrissey's death and the accusations against Genoways. Morrissey's depression is mentioned, but it's not explored. That's understandable. In a perceptive column about the VQR coverage, Washington and Lee University journalism professor Ed Wasserman points out that journalists usually stay away from suicides because they are painful mysteries that are virtually impossible to solve. But in the VQR case, the link to workplace bullying made speculating on the causes of this one irresistible. "The result is a suicide that's now legitimately newsworthy," Wasserman writes, "but only if the reporter skirts the messy personal stuff: How serious was Morrissey's depression, was he being treated, when did he buy his gun, had he threatened suicide before, how many years since he last spoke to his family, had he clashed with bosses elsewhere, what was that cryptic final note to an old girlfriend about?"
I tried to find out when Morrissey bought his gun, but the police wouldn't tell me, and Virginia doesn't require record-keeping for gun permits (or gun permits at all). (Clarification, Sept. 28: For clarity, I've added that the state does not require gun permits.) Wasserman's other questions are the right ones. They're also extremely difficult for a journalist to answer. In my reporting about the death of Phoebe Prince, the 15-year-old Massachusetts girl who committed suicide in January after being bullied in school, I spent months talking to people who knew her, and I had access to court documents that helped paint a more complete picture than the one that had appeared in the press. But in that case, six teenagers are facing serious criminal charges in connection with Phoebe's death; understanding the reasons she decided to take her life are crucial to determining whether it makes sense to send the defendants to prison for it. There's no similarly compelling rationale for digging into Morrissey's past, at least for me, when neither the authorities nor Morrissey's family and colleagues are blaming the suicide on Genoways.
As to the question of whether Genoways was a bully, UVA, which has also suffered terrible press this year because of the death of lacrosse player Yeardley Love at the hand of her classmate and ex-boyfriend, has hired a company called WorkBest Consulting to investigate the events at VQR leading up to Morrissey's death. The workplace bullying world hasn't waited for the results to pass judgment. Gary Namie, whose Workplace Bullying Institute showcases research conducted by him and his wife, has been especially vehement. "A Prototypical Bullying Case, Let Me Count the Ways," he wrote in the Hook's comments section. On his institute's blog, Namie attacked Wasserman for standing up for Genoways, publishing the journalism professor's office number and urging readers to "tell him the legacy of Kevin Morrissey sent you." "I don't have to be nice every stinking moment," Namie said when I said this smacked of, well, bullying to me.
Namie's goal is to convince employers to put in place anti-bullying policies. "Forget trying to change the Genoways of the world—we need a systemic institutional response," he told me. He's part of a group that's trying to win passage of a bill called the Healthy Workplace Act. The bill, which no state has enacted, is based on the concept of a hostile work environment as delineated by sexual harassment law. Except there's no sex. Under such a law, workers could sue for damages based on a claim that they have suffered "abusive conduct" at work. To win, they'd have to prove that the abuser acted with malice—the desire to cause pain, injury, or distress. The preamble to the bill claims that workplace bullying is epidemic, though the numbers aren't precise: "Between 37 and 59 percent of employees directly experience health-endangering workplace bullying, abuse, and harassment." And the definition of abusive conduct is broad. It includes, among other things, "derogatory remarks, insults, and epithets" that a reasonable person would find hostile.
Would a law like this be workable? Would it give bosses the leeway to operate freely—which surely includes sometimes acting sharp, blunt, and impatient? I talked to a few labor-law professors who were skeptical. "The risk is that everything gets defined as bullying, and that makes the workplace much less productive," said Michael Selmi, a professor at George Washington University Law School. "Courts are worried about the implications of recognizing a tort generally in the workplace, because they imagine a certain amount of authoritarian and even abusive behavior is par for the course," said law professor Catherine Fisk of UC-Irvine "You don't want to open the door to the classic disgruntled-employee suit."
One of the bill's drafters, David Yamada, who directs the New Workplace Institute at Suffolk Law School, said that such concerns remind him of the doubts that greeted the first sexual harassment cases. But Jessica Clarke, a fellow at Columbia Law School who writes on this topic, worries about the implications of appropriating the civil rights framework. "It shifts the focus away from discriminatory behavior in the workplace toward these other sorts of nebulous harms, which there are better ways to deal with then litigation," she said. Yamada acknowledged that bullying could prove more difficult for courts to grapple with. If judges have been "clueless" about sexual harassment suits, he said, workplace bullying could present even more of a challenge for them. "It's hard even for some of us who have been interviewing people for 10 years who claim to have been severely bullied."
Did Genoways act with malice—the bar set even by the bullying advocates—or did he just act clumsily or unfeelingly? And does it make sense to use the bullying framework to look at dysfunctional work environments? One sad irony of this story is that now everyone is out of a job, at least for the time being. After the TV coverage and the blaring headlines, UVA closed the office of the Virginia Quarterly Review, pending the results of the investigation of Morrissey's death, and canceled the journal's winter issue. The university has placed Genoways, McMillen, and Minturn on leave and ended Levinson-LaBrosse's one-year contract. (So much for special treatment for wealthy donor alum.) All of the staff members I talked to sounded in limbo and unhappy. It's hard to tell how much of this unfortunate outcome is the result of VQR's complicated internal strife and how much is the result of the bullying label being applied where it doesn't fit.
Corrections, Sept. 27, 2010: This article originally misspelled Waldo Jaquith's last name. In addition, due to a production error, the first photograph accompanying this article was originally captioned with Kevin Morrissey's name instead of Ted Genoways'.


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Watching a religious loved one endure cancer (or other life threatening disease)
Watching a religious loved one endure cancer (or other life threatening disease)
Last year I watched my church of god brother go to hell and back fighting cancer, and the whole time he kept wondering how the cancer ordeal fit into god's plan for him and what god had in mind. He doubted at times but manage to keep the religious thing going. He's in remission now and credits god, not as much the doctors and family members, and seems to think that his battle with cancer was some kind of fight with the devil and that god prevailed. Over the years he's tried to convert our mother and me, but we've told him we love him and respect his right to believe, but that we do not share those beliefs. This church is especially fun as they speak in tongues and holler a lot, so not me.
Clearly god didn't heal my brother, but since surgery, chemo, radiation and help from many people did, his prayers at some point shifted to wanting god to show him the big why he got cancer. I told him there's no reason, just biological stuff, a tumor grew and wanted to take over. There's no gene that we know of since he's the only one that had this in either family tree (get your colonoscopies folks, he needed one way before the recommended age of 50).
I sat with him after his surgery, and church members were helpful to him and his wife. I didn't try to dissuade him from his faith as that seemed cruel. He did press me on what I thought and on my beliefs, so I told him I don't believe in god but am here to hold his hand and help him get through it (this was right after horrendous surgery which followed horrendous chemo/rad, then resulted in a permanent colostomy and more clean up chemo which nearly killed him). So I told him I don't have any answers because thousands of people get cancer, even children, and most disease is generally no respecter of persons. But he was consumed with the idea that his trial meant something. I told him it's normal for people to wonder why even if there is no reason and that maybe he could start a cancer survivor group to help others through.
He is fine now, but still wonders what it all means. He is not content with the fact that it was a biological process gone awry. He mainly hopes he will be called to preach. I love him and he's my only sibling in this world.
Have y'all faced similar situations with family or friends? How did you handle it?
RE: Watching a religious loved one endure cancer (or other life threatening disease)
People want to have answers, that's just being human. "Shit happens" just isn't good enough for many.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
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RE: Watching a religious loved one endure cancer (or other life threatening disease)
(21-01-2013 09:37 AM)cjs Wrote: Have y'all faced similar situations with family or friends? How did you handle it?
My cousin died of brain, throat, and breast cancer (!) early last year. I unfortunately never saw her in the hospital while she was awake, so my situation is not the same as yours. But I do know that some of my religious family considered her illness a test from god. They had group praying sessions with her in order to pray the sickness away. The religious stuff continued even after she lapsed into a coma. I sat there with her for six hours telling her funny stories in order to keep her brain stimulated long enough for her brother to make it back from Afghanistan. During this time, various family members or friends of the family would interrupt me long enough to pray with her or to give her religious paraphernalia. I was somewhat disgusted by this because they were doing and saying things that came off as a little crazy to me. For example, her wackjob of a mother gave her pebbles that had been "blessed" by a family friend. According to her, they were to be held in the hands during prayer. Her mother kept on putting the pebbles in my cousin's limp hands and asking her to pray.
I cannot stand it when people give all credit to their deity instead of giving it to the medical professionals who actually did the saving. This is why so many children have died because their parents thought prayer would fix an illness.
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cjs (21-01-2013)
RE: Watching a religious loved one endure cancer (or other life threatening disease)
I never had a relative in the situation remotely similar( though I am not sure if I never will), but my mind "remembers" a situation with a cancer patient that made me revolted with religion and thus made me mostly anti-theistic. I commend you on your respectfulness and honestly, I am not even sure if I could handle it as well As you did. Anyway, there was a women in the hospital of which I was doing some minor church volunteering that was suffering from a particularly nasty bout of cancer. I came in her room to take out the garbage and she was laying there with her eyes opened.
Her frail body gave me a sick feeling, and as I remember it, she spoke to me. She asked me how my day was and then how the wheather was. I assumed she was just desperate to have a conversation and so I replied with the standard, usual replies to such questions.
Forgoing my trash duties, I sat and talked because I thought she might have needed it. Now, I am not sure, my memory escapes me, how the discussion came about to God and her disease, but I remember very clearly what she said, with a smile on her face and a confident look:
"I'm a faithful woman, this cancer is only God's test to me and it will pass."
I won't continue the story because this was the part where I got immediately silent and nearly sick. In short, I was fucking outraged. That was bullshit, and I found it fucking horrible that she could even think that. My thoughts immediately went to a thought about all of those who trusted in God more than medical science and died needlessly, and under the falsehood that he will pull them through this and reinstate them to a more preferable state of health.
To add the rotten cherry ontop of this shit Sundae, she had died, and I can't help but wonder if she was clinging, and still hoping God would save her in her last breaths.
Fucking disgusting.
Credit goes to UndercoverAtheist.
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RE: Watching a religious loved one endure cancer (or other life threatening disease)
Most people cannot wrap their head around anything random.
We are made to look for patterns, it's the base of intelligence.
"Why me" is a very common outcry when shit happens.
So when something random happens to people, they try hard to fit it into a pattern, give it a reason. If it can be fit into a frame, maybe it can be beaten.
Random events cannot be controlled or fit into patterns and go against our very grain.
Science is the process we've designed to be responsible for generating our best guess as to what the fuck is going on. Girly Man
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RE: Watching a religious loved one endure cancer (or other life threatening disease)
@Ato: you did the kind and right thing for the dying woman and that was simply to be there and listen to her. At that late stage this was all that could be done. I appreciate your saying that I handled this compassionately, but the truth is that I simply didn't see the point in taking away what was getting him through the post surgery ordeal. Arguing with him wouldn't help anything at that point, so I just tried to look out for him and make sure he was treated well and ask questions of docs and nurses when he couldn't or wouldn't. Turns out you get better treatment if your bitch of a sister is there to get in someone's face if she felt you were not getting what you needed! When he would ask why this happened, I would tell him I don't know, which is the truth. Didn't figure he was up for philosophical discussions of a priori assumptions, Kalam argument, etc. just then.
But I do know, as Ato and Ghost said, that medicine sometimes works, at least it did in his case and for now. I know that a surgeon had great talent and training to have removed that tumor, which to me is more awesome than bible stories or prayer. I know that his wife, our mother, and I love him and were determined to get him through this, whatever the outcome. And I know sometimes all we can do is be kind and hold someone's hand or listen to them. But there lies the end of my knowledge on these things because I'm not a medical professional nor do I play one on tv.
Ok enough with the Hallmark movie stuff, not meaning to lapse into sap. Medicine is awesome, but he also went through a lot of hell and toxic levels of chemo after that nearly killed him, but that's another story. Awful though it was for over a year, he is alive and back to actually living, and for that I'm thankful. He gives god the credit when he is the strong one that endured and fought this and won. I'm thinking it would be great if he realized that, but it's not gonna happen.
I've learned that while I'm not big on illusions, some people like them and maybe need them. For me god is like Santa Claus, something you no longer need when you grow up. But life is difficult for us grownups, and some folks prefer to think that there must be more or that god has their back. And Dom and Chas are correct that it's hard for people to handle something when they don't know why and therefore aren't in control. So some people will give god the glory when it goes right and think they are being tested or whatever when it goes wrong, anything but the hard fact that it's random and doesn't mean anything in particular.
Anyhow, thanks for your thoughts on this.
Godless in the Magnolia State
RE: Watching a religious loved one endure cancer (or other life threatening disease)
My dad claimed to be an atheist since forever and was never really religious, but after he got lung cancer and then my mom got breast cancer within 5 years, even he started saying stuff like "God is shitting on my life." I think it's just some people's way of coping with bad stuff happening. Before he died (not of cancer, but COPD complicated by having half a lung removed), I once told him it weirded me out a bit when he said that kind of thing. He then told me he just couldn't believe the bad shit in the world, and needed to blame it on somebody.
As others have said, it bugs me a lot when people credit god for their recovery and not the surgeons. At least my mom thanked her surgeons. She still get them cards and gifts and stuff and it's been 6 years. My mom is the type that doesn't even think about religion until somebody dies, then she gets religious for a few weeks, then forgets about it again. Another coping mechanism, I suppose.
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Amyb I'm sorry for the loss of your dad and your mom's ordeal. You've really been through a lot in recent years.
Godless in the Magnolia State
RE: Watching a religious loved one endure cancer (or other life threatening disease)
I just realize that both my parents have flipflopped on the topic of religion, but it's only in life and death matters. Both were raised in very Catholic families.
My great aunt has alzeimer's, and her daughter is fucking nuts and mentions jesus in every sentence, and somehow she explains the alzeimer's with religion? I don't even understand her reasoning enough to explain it. This same one talks to my mom all the time, and actually will not mention me or my brother by name now that she knows we're atheists, like it's a communicable disease. It's kind of funny. I don't visit that aunt anymore. It creeps me out, and she doesn't recognize me anyway, so I figure no good would come of it anyway.
As for "needing" illusions, I dunno. I think some people are too set in their ways to change,but I think other people don't give themselves enough credit, they don't realize they probably could cope with stuff without fairy tales. I think a lot of people just prefer not to, which I think is different than really needing it.
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Sorry about your great aunt. Dementia is cruel and like you, I see no religious link to it either. It's all too physical. My mother's husband died of that over 3 years ago. He went from an extremely intelligent man who read voraciously and could fix anything to, like your aunt, someone who didnt recognize loved ones. Prayer didn't help, but maybe someday medical science will figure it out.
Yeah I should have said "prefer" rather than "need" on the illusion deal.
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Restaurant Review
Fratelli Italian Deli
No helmet needed
I fell off the bike. The guys at the dealership were running toward me, yelling, "Are you OK, miss?" "Are you hurt?" I hadn't even started the thing; I was just sitting on it, lost my balance, and fell over with the bike on top of me. A slight bruise on my leg and a marvelously bruised ego later, I left with the idea that the city bus might be the way to go after all.
Checking out the big red Vespa on the wall mural at Fratelli Italian Deli brought it all back. It was red—they're always red in our fantasies--but the steaming plate of baked rigatoni in front of me brought me back to something I was actually good at: eating. These finger-sized tubes of pasta were drenched with a very well-spiced, candy-apple-red marinara sauce, topped with big, garlic-scented meatballs and tucked under a crust of melted mozzarella.
The menu is nice and inexpensive with baked pasta platters around $6 and $7, cold-cut and oven-baked subs with chips for $6, and pizzas and calzones from $6 to $10 for single toppings. A handful of salads include the house, veggie antipasto or a Fratelli antipasto, with the latter loaded up with veggies, imported meats and mozzarella.
The small Fratelli antipasto salad ($5.99) was big enough for me and my neighbor, with some left for a midnight snack. Its coating of homemade Italian dressing seemed heavy on the olive oil. Upon requesting some on the side, I discovered that the proportions were fine, but in of need emulsification (also known as shaking the heck out of the dressing). But, oh, the meats! There was so much delicious meat and shredded mozzarella on this salad that it was almost a meal unto itself. I recognized shredded, smoked ham, tangy salami and even some imported mortadella (a smooth, pink bologna-type sausage with pearls of rich animal fat). I always say if the skin's gone, it's time to eat.
My entrée came in excellent time, and the portions were legit. Maybe too legit, because it was literally spilling off the plate. I ate around the edges first, but the poor table suffered terribly. In true Italian fashion, I could have smothered anything with sautéed bell peppers and onions for an extra $.60, or loaded up on freshly made cannoli for $2.50 a pop. And, for the few diners still clinging to a low-carb lifestyle, they offer a bread-free Italian sausage or meatball dinner for $5.95, as well as "no crust" calzones. Huh? I tied down Sam, renaissance employee and sister-in-law to the owners, who explained the dynamics of the calzone, sans crust. It's not too complicated. They just take all of the calzone innards and bake them in a dish.
Sam seemed extremely proud of the restaurant, mentioning its five-year tenure with owners Phillip and Emma Panuzzo. She touted the calzones and the meatballs as being the most popular items on the menu, and together we mourned the loss of the beer and wine they used to serve, cut short by lack of interest. (Booze wasn't selling in Albuquerque? There's one for the papers.) Sam then turned the tables and asked me a question or two. For instance, what I would change about the restaurant?
"Bigger plates, man," I told her, remembering the table. I had to ask about the big, framed Vespa poster next to the kitchen, and she told me her brother (owner Phillip) was a huge Vespa fan. "I used to be," I told her, with that faraway look in my eyes. Sam had to bolt to another table, but I lingered a bit longer, thinking of the romantic European Vespa vacation that never was.
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Lanier (Australia) Pty Ltd regularly hosts a breakfast program at the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood of St Laurence is a non-government, community-based organization concerned with social justice.
At the Brotherhood of St Laurence, they depend on their partners, volunteers and supporters to provide the extra resources, skills and capacity to their programs and services, some of which would not be possible without that little extra.
Staff of Lanier have always been generous with their time and know that volunteer support plays an integral role within the services provided by the Brotherhood. Their support involves cooking and serving a hot breakfast as well as cleaning and communicating with the elderly residences of the Brotherhood.
Further to this, Lanier hosts an annual charity day to raise funds for the Brotherhood. This day usually involves inviting key Lanier customers to a golf day to raise fund for the Brotherhood. We have been able to build strong relationships with our customers through our charity fund raising days.
Our employees are dedicated to the program and often express their support for the program through employee surveys. Lanier will continue to support the Brotherhood in 2010.About Brotherhood of St Laurence


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Rachel McAdams: 'Journey 2' Premiere!
Rachel McAdams shows off some leg in Peter Som at the premiere of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Thursday (February 2) in Hollywood.
The 33-year-old actress went out to support Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Hutcherson, and Dwayne Johnson, the stars of the film.
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island hits theatres on February 10 in the USA.
Meanwhile, Rachel's new film, The Vow, will debut on the big screen that same day!
Also pictured inside: Kristen Davis, wearing Monique Lhuillier at the premiere.
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House may not vote on fiscal cliff deal until tomorrowBy DAVID LAWDER and RICHARD COWAN
December 31. 2012 2:13PM
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives may not vote on any Senate-passed "fiscal cliff" deal until after Monday's midnight deadline, a Republican leadership aide said.
The aide said any negative fallout from delaying a vote until Tuesday, New Year's Day, would be minimal since financial markets would be closed.
The aide noted, "We still don't have a bill from the Senate and we want members to read it before they vote on it."
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said on Monday that a deal with Congress to avoid the U.S. "fiscal cliff," with its tax increases looming at midnight, was close, but he warned that it was not yet complete.
"Today it appears that an agreement to prevent this New Year's tax hike is within sight, but it is not done," Obama said during remarks at the White House complex.
"There are still issues left to resolve, but we're hopeful that Congress can get it done, but it's not done."
The president made his remarks surrounded by cheering supporters identified as "middle class Americans."
Obama, who won re-election in November partially on a promise to raise tax rates for the top two percent of U.S. earners, said the deal would ensure that taxes do not go up for middle income families.
He stressed that it would include an extension of unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and extension of popular tax credits.
Obama said the agreement being worked out with Republican leaders in Congress would not include a long-term solution to the government's debt problem.
"My preference would have been to solve all these problems in the context of a larger agreement, a bigger deal, a grand bargain, whatever you want to call it that solves our deficit problems in a balanced and responsible way," he said.
"But with this Congress that was obviously a little too much to hope for at this time. Maybe we can do it in stages. We're going to solve this problem instead in several steps."
The outlines of a deal in the U.S. Senate include raising income tax rates for individuals making more than $400,000 a year and households making more than $450,000 a year, but a sticking point remains on how long to delay automatic spending cuts to defense and domestic programs, known as a "sequester."
Obama stressed that a deal over those spending cuts had to include revenue.
"Any agreement we have to deal with these automatic spending cuts that are being threatened for next month, those also have to be balanced," he said.
"That means that revenues have to be part of the equation in turning off the sequester, in eliminating these automatic spending cuts, as well as spending cuts."
The same would be true for any future deficit-cutting agreement, he said.
As he often stresses, Obama said deficit reduction would have to follow the principle of not hurting senior citizens, students, or middle class families.
"If we're going to be serious about deficit reduction and debt reduction, then it's going to have to be a matter of shared sacrifice, at least as long as I'm president, and I'm going to be president for the next four years," he said.
Reporting by Jeff Mason, Mark Felsenthal, Tabassum Zakaria, Roberta Rampton, David Morgan
Market rallies on word of emerging "fiscal cliff" deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks jumped on Monday after a deal emerged from negotiations in Washington to avert the "fiscal cliff," sources familiar with the talks said.
Equities surged in a thinly traded session, on track to break a five-day streak of losses, as the sources said a majority of Senate Republicans were expected to support the legislation.
If adopted by Congress and President Barack Obama, the plan would sidestep a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts that many feared could push the economy into recession.
The deal, which would still need to be approved by both the Senate and House of Representatives, would raise tax rates for individuals with annual income over $400,000 a year but permanently extend middle class tax cuts.
"The market just wants this resolved and especially resolved in a way where the impact is pushed as far down the road as possible," said Paul Mendelsohn, chief investment strategist at Windham Financial Services in Charlotte, Vermont. "That is exactly what the market wants and I'm hoping that is what they deliver."
President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak on the fiscal cliff at 1:30 p.m.
"Right now the market is up 70 points, an hour from now we could be down 70 points, it all depends on what these people say," Mendelsohn said.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 50.38 points, or 0.39 percent, at 12,988.49 after trimming some of its gains. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was up 9.73 points, or 0.69 percent, at 1,412.16. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 31.37 points, or 1.06 percent, at 2,991.68.
The S&P 500 is now up 12.4 percent for the year, compared with a flat performance in 2011. The Dow is about 6.4 percent higher and the Nasdaq is up 15 percent.
Gains in Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the most valuable U.S. company, helped lift the Nasdaq. The stock rose 3.2 percent to $525.71, lifting the S&P information technology sector up 1 percent. For the year so far, Apple is up 29.1 percent.
The Dow was lifted by Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and General Electric (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), both of which rallied more than 1 percent.
While a deal on the cliff is not yet official, investors may be ready to take on more risk next year in hopes of a greater reward.
Bank stocks rose after a New York Times report that U.S. regulators are nearing a $10 billion settlement with several banks that would end the government's efforts to hold lenders responsible for faulty foreclosure practices.
Bank of America Corp (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) was up 0.8 percent at $11.46.
Financial stocks were among the strongest of the year, with the S&P financial index surging 24.5 percent for 2012 so far. Bank of America is the top-performing Dow component, with its stock price more than doubling over the past 12 months.
WASHINGTON - An emerging deal to avoid the U.S. "fiscal cliff" would raise $600 billion in revenue over the next 10 years by increasing tax rates for individuals making more than $400,000 and households making above $450,000 annually, according to a source familiar with the talks.
The deal would also delay a series of automatic government spending cuts, known as the "sequester," though a sticking point remains on how long that delay would last.
The White House is pressing for it to be delayed a full fiscal year and to include offsets made up of a mix of spending cuts and revenue, the source said.
The deal would permanently extend middle-class tax cuts for 114 million households and includes a permanent fix for the so-called "alternative minimum tax." It would extend unemployment insurance for 2 million people for one year.
The deal would raise the estate tax for estates worth $10 million per couple or more to 40 percent from 35 percent.
The agreement would return capital gains tax rates for individuals making $400,000 a year and couples making $450,000 a year to what they were under President Bill Clinton. Including a 3.8 percent tax from Obama's 2010 healthcare law, dividends and capital gains would be taxed at a rate of 23.8 percent.
The deal also prevents a 27 percent cut to reimbursements for doctors who see Medicare patients, known as the "doc fix," and does not include cuts from Obama's healthcare law to do so, according to the source.
WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers pushed the country to the edge of the "fiscal cliff" on Sunday as they struggled to reach a last-minute deal that could protect the world's largest economy from a politically induced recession.
Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate had hoped to clear the way for swift action that would avert sweeping tax increases and spending cuts due to kick in on Tuesday.
But with the two sides still at loggerheads in talks, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid postponed any possible votes and the Senate adjourned until Monday, leaving mere hours to pass any deal that may emerge through both chambers of a bitterly divided Congress.
"There are still significant differences between the two sides," Reid said on the Senate floor.
Behind closed doors, the parties kept seeking a way to bridge deep divides over taxes and spending. But even if a deal emerges in the coming hours, under Senate rules any one of the 100 senators could prevent the chamber from acting quickly.
Prospects are also uncertain in the House of Representatives, where dozens of conservative Republicans could oppose any deal that includes a tax increase on the nation's wealthiest households.
As the hours ticked away, it appeared increasingly likely that Washington's failure to act would deliver a $600 billion hammer blow to the fragile U.S. economic recovery.
"Something has gone terribly wrong when the biggest threat to the American economy is the American Congress," said Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia.
Americans could see a bigger bite taken out of their paychecks starting on Tuesday as payroll and income tax cuts expire, while 2 million unemployed Americans could see their jobless benefits run out. Government contractors might be forced to lay off employees as $109 billion in automatic spending cuts kick in, and businesses could lose tax breaks for everything from wind power to research and development.
The uncertainty has weighed on financial markets and forced businesses to slow hiring and investment. Market participants braced for more turbulence on Monday.
"I believe investors will show their displeasure tomorrow by selling stocks if there is no deal," said Mohannad Aama, managing director at Beam Capital Management in New York.
Though corporate chieftains have lobbied lawmakers to show flexibility, Congress also faces pressure from an array of interest groups urging them not to compromise core principles.
Conservative groups have warned Republicans that a vote to increase any taxes could be held against them, while liberal and labor groups have pressed Democrats to resist any benefit cuts to popular retirement and health programs.
Lawmakers may find it easier to act once the country goes over the "fiscal cliff" on Jan. 1, as any new legislation can then be portrayed as a tax cut rather than a tax increase.
Republicans floated a proposal on Sunday to slow the growth of Social Security retirement benefits by changing the way they are measured against inflation, but they backed away after Democrats said they would not consider it.
Still, there were disagreements over all the major aspects of the negotiation.
Buoyed by his re-election in November, Obama has insisted that any deal must include a tax increase on the wealthiest Americans, who have seen their earnings rise steadily over the past decade at a time when income for the less affluent has stalled.
Many conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives oppose a tax hike on anyone, no matter how wealthy.
Obama has proposed raising income taxes on households that earn more than $250,000, but Republicans pushed to set the threshold between $400,000 and $500,000. Republicans also were resisting a Democratic proposal to raise inheritance taxes on the wealthiest estates.
Republicans were looking for new reductions to replace the looming spending cuts, which would fall equally on military and domestic social programs.
Democrats say the increased taxes on the wealthy would generate enough revenue to offset those cuts.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell talked several times to Vice President Joe Biden by phone in the hope of breaking the stalemate.
"I'm willing to get this done, but I need a dance partner," McConnell said.
In a rare appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," Obama accused Republicans of rejecting significant compromises several times already. He said he would try to reverse the tax hikes for most Americans if Congress fails to act.
"If people start seeing that on January 1st this problem still hasn't been solved ... then obviously that's going to have an adverse reaction in the markets," he said.
House Speaker John Boehner rejected Obama's accusations that his fellow Republicans were not being amenable to compromise.
"The president's comments today are ironic, as a recurring theme of our negotiations was his unwillingness to agree to anything that would require him to stand up to his own party," he said in a statement.


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Study: NH students rank among top in math, scienceStaff Report
October 27. 2013 11:04PM
CONCORD — A new study ranks New Hampshire students among the top math and science performers in the nation and the world.
The National Center for Education Statistics conducted a study comparing results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study as a way to determine the international competitiveness of American students in the two areas.
By comparing Grade 8 results in mathematics and science from the 2011 NAEP tests to the 2011 TIMSS assessment, the center was able to compare students in each state academically with their peers in 38 countries and nine other educational systems.
In mathematics, New Hampshire eighth-graders placed 10th internationally and fifth among states.
Students from South Korea were first, followed by Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and then the states of Massachusetts, Vermont, Minnesota, New Jersey and New Hampshire.In science, New Hampshire eighth-graders were ranked seventh internationally and third among states.Students from Singapore were first, followed by Massachusetts, China, Vermont, South Korea, Japan and then New Hampshire.
"This is an affirmation of the continued efforts of K-12, public schools to improve instruction in mathematics and science in the State of New Hampshire," Department of Education Commissioner Virginia Barry said. "But we need to also recognize the increasing competition that a worldwide economy poses for our students and families, and we must continue to work hard to ensure rigorous, college-and-career-ready standards prepare our young people for the innovation economy of the 21st century."
For a more complete description of the study, visit the New Hampshire Department of Education NAEP page: education.nh.gov/instruction/assessment/naep/index.htm and follow the links to the 2011 NAEP-TIMSS Linking Study, Results and Methodology.


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How to Segment an Orange (or Any Citrus Fruit)
We love the jeweled look of clean-cut citrus wedges in the salads and side dishes we order at fancy restaurants. In culinary terms, these are called citrus "suprêmes" - a fancy name for a simple technique! This is one restaurant trick that's easy to reproduce at home. Here's how:
What You Need
Any kind of citrus fruit
Small, sharp paring knife
Cutting board
1. Citrus Fruits - You can use this method to cut any citrus: oranges, grapefruits, even lemons.
2. Slice a little off the top and bottom - This gives you a stable cutting surface and will also make it easier to trim away the rest of the peel.
3. Trim away the skin and pith - You can use any knife you feel comfortable with for this step. Start at the top and slice downwards following the curve of the fruit. Try to cut away all of the skin and the pith without also taking too much of the fruit. We usually err on the side of caution and then go back afterward to trim up spots that we missed.
4. Cut into one of the segments - Use a paring knife for this step and have a bowl ready to catch the citrus juices. Slip the knife between one of the segments and the connective membrane. Cut until you reach the middle of the orange, but don't cut through any of the membrane. Go slowly and keep your fingers out of the way!
5. and 6. Scoop out the segment - Use a scooping motion to turn the knife back on itself, hook under the bottom edge of the citrus segment, and pry it away. The side that is still attached to a membrane will peel away, leaving you with a perfect wedge.
7. and 8. Repeat with all the other segments - Continue on with the next segment. Slide your knife between the membrane and the segment, and then pop the segment out. We find that the first segment is always the hardest to get out and the rest are a lot easier!
This takes a bit of practice. It also helps if your orange is fresh - we think ours must have been a little old because the flesh kept tearing (or we might just be out of practice!). Once you get the hang of popping out each segment, it's actually pretty fun. Just go slowly at first to avoid any knife accidents, please!
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Crisp Pork Cutlets with Citrus Salsa Verde
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Author Notes: I love cooking with my siblings. Since we all live in different states, when we are together, cooking is a favorite activity. Before my brother relocated to New York City a few months ago, we had weekly cooking fests – often inspired by food52 (including making edamame2003's Sriracha to enjoy with steak tacos). He makes a killer crispy ahi, which he breads in flour, egg and panko. One night I decided to pair it with salsa verde – which I love - and it was a delicious match, the piquant green sauce complementing the crisp, moist fish. I almost posted that recipe here, although decided to make it a little more sustainably conscientious and accessible by using pork. It is equally good, if not better, as the pork pairs really nicely with the sweeter citrus from the blood orange and the buttery Lucques olives (they are worth looking for - I found mine at Whole Foods).
NOTE: I made medallions from an additional tenderloin for my gf husband, substituting tapioca starch for the flour and Rudi's bread grated into crumbs for the panko with excellent results. - gingerroot —gingerroot
Food52 Review: The pork tenderloin pieces were perfection—crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. This dish turns addictive with the added citrus salsa verde. Just be careful with the raw garlic. Cloves vary in size and potency, so taste the garlic as you go, for it can quickly overwhelm the dish. —AndreaLynn
Serves: 2 to 3 (easily doubled)
For the Citrus Salsa Verde
garlic cloves, minced
anchovy fillet, chopped
Lucques olives, pitted, chopped for 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon – can substitute Picholine (if using Picholine, may need a few more)
cup packed flat leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped
cup packed sweet basil leaves (I used 12)
tablespoons olive oil
tablespoon blood orange juice
teaspoon blood orange zest
teaspoon sherry vinegar
Squeeze of 1 wedge of Meyer lemon (scant 1 tablespoon)
Sea salt to taste (start with just a tiny pinch)
- In a small bowl, combine garlic, anchovy, olives, and parsley.
- Cut basil into chiffonade by stacking, rolling and thinly slicing. Add to bowl, immediately followed by olive oil to prevent basil from oxidizing.
- Add blood orange juice, zest, sherry vinegar, lemon juice and sea salt to taste. Stir to combine, and adjust seasonings if necessary. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, pressing wrap down to touch surface of mixture. Set aside to allow flavors to meld.
For Crisp Pork Cutlets
1 to 1 1/2
pounds pork tenderloin, sliced at a slight diagonal into ¾ inch medallions (8-12 pieces, depending on the size of tenderloin)
cup flour, plus more if necessary
Sea salt
Ground black pepper
teaspoon blood orange zest
cup panko, plus more if necessary
tablespoon unsalted butter
tablespoon olive oil
- Using a meat mallet, flatten medallions evenly until about ¼ inch thick.
- Set up a breading station with three pie pans or rimmed plates. In the first pie plate, add the flour, plus a pinch of salt and ½ t of pepper. In the second pie plate, add your zest and the egg, beating until well combined. In the third pie plate, add the panko.
- Heat a large (at least 12-inch) deep skillet or chef pan over medium heat. Add tablespoon of unsalted butter and tablespoon of olive oil.
- While the pan is heating, bread your medallions by dipping pieces in flour, egg, and then panko, shaking off excess after each. Repeat until all medallions are coated.
- Add medallions to heated pan, and cook about 4-5 minutes per side until golden and cooked through, adding more oil and or butter if necessary (I noticed that panko soaks up the oil/butter quickly). When finished, if your cutlets are especially greasy, allow to drain on a paper towel before arranging on serving platter. Spoon citrus salsa verde over hot cutlets and serve immediately, passing extra sauce. Enjoy!
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- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Citrus & Olives


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Are you forced to keep your knees close together or your feet tucked under
your chair because the space beneath your desk has become your personal
locker? Do you cram a wastebasket, attach case, purse, files or supplies
under your desk? Restricting movement of our legs and feet while sitting
at the computer may reduce circulation to the legs and increase back
discomfort and stiffness (think of how you feel when flying coach on a
long flight). Increase body comfort when you create LEG AND FOOT ROOM.
Inspect whether your feet have space to play. Is there enough room to
straighten your legs so that your heels rest on the floor and carry the
weight of your legs? Can you shift your legs and feet around so you can
move in your chair to change positions for different activities?
If not, clear the space under your desk so that it is possible to extend
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After you have created space, integrate leg and foot movement during the
day so that more freedom of movement is possible for your hips and back.
Explore the following playful foot movements during the day.
Remember: Fidgeting is healthful and encourages good circulation.
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Give blood Monday
The Jamestown Emergency Medical Services will sponsor a blood drive on Monday, Nov. 21, from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Holy Ghost Hall on Narragansett Avenue.
To give blood, one must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be in generally good health.
Chorus performs in Providence Sunday
The Rhode Island Festival Chorus will present its inaugural concert RISings this coming Sunday, Nov. 20, at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence. Six local choruses, including the Jamestown Community Chorus, will share the stage in an evening of choral music. The finale will feature six selections under the direction of Richard D. Mathey of Bowling Green, Ohio.
Among the selections to be performed by the Jamestown chorus is the debut of a new choral work by Jamestown resident and choral singer Bill Karl.
His "Prayer for Peace" is a choral work in a contemporary style, influenced by Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings.
The Rhode Island Festival Chorus is comprised of the Cranston Choral Company, Cumberland Lincoln Community Chorus, Jamestown Community Chorus, Narragansett Bay Chorus, North Kingstown Community Chorus, and the West Bay Chorale.
Local news anchor Karen Adams of WPRI Channel 12 will act as mistress of ceremonies.
Call the VMA Box Office at 272-4862 for tickets.,
Sign up now for new EMT course
The Jamestown Emergency Medical Services is offering an emergency medical technician training class for anyone willing to join the JEMS.
The course normally costs about $700 but the fee will be waived for anyone who completes the course, passes the exam and joins and commits to a duty shift with the JEMS. The Jamestown Fire Department has agreed to provide space for many of the classes.
The classes begin on Tuesday, Nov. 29 and end around April 8. Classes will be held on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. with a break from Dec. 21 to Jan. 2.
Jason Umbenhauer, a Warwick firefighter with family on the island, teaches the 18-week class. Several other island experts in the field of emergency response will assist him.
The all-volunteer emergency medical service needs additional qualified EMTs to maintain optimum service. Qualified volunteers receive a property tax abatement and shift stipend. Emergency transport is free to islanders.
Call Keith Godena at 4230062 at the Fire Station.


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