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Professor Gary Edson, Executive Director.
Horn Professors Baker and Chatterjee; Professors Johnson and Phelan; Associate Professor Bradley; Adjunct Faculty: Campbell, Dean, Ladkin, and Monk.
The Museum Science area offers study in the following graduate degree program: Master of Arts in Museum Science. The program emphasizes thorough preparation in the broad spectrum of museum theory and practice. Graduates from the program have a comprehensive background in museum studies, preparing them as generalists. In addition, students may elect to become specialists in a number of subdisciplines including collection management and care; exhibitions and interpretation; museology; museum management; and curatorship in anthropology, art, ethnology, history, and the natural sciences.
Applicants will be considered for admission to the Museum Science program once the following materials are received: official transcripts of complete undergraduate class work; two letters of recommendation from persons knowledgeable of the student's professional abilities; GRE scores; a completed application form; and a career summary statement. Forms will be furnished on request. Prior to being considered for admission to the program, students must complete the appropriate application forms and satisfy the requirements of the University. Once that process is concluded, admission to the program is based on three primary measures as follows: (1) GRE--the three elements of GRE (Verbal, Qualitative, and Analytical) are totaled and considered as one part of the acceptance equation. (2) GPA--the student's GPA for the last 60 hours of undergraduate instruction. The GPA is multiplied by 300 to give an equal numerical value to the GRE (maximum value for this element is 1200). (3) Letters of reference--numerical values are assigned to seven factors included on the Student Evaluation Form. The scores from the two letters of reference are totaled and become the third part of the acceptance equation (maximum value for this element is 1400). The outcomes of the three elements are added and divided by 41 based on a numerical value of 100 as the preferred score. Applicants scoring 90 or above are automatically admitted to the Museum Science program. Students scoring 80 to 90 are considered marginal and must undergo review by the museum science faculty with careful consideration given to the applicant's career summary statement. Students scoring below 80 are unacceptable for admission to the program but may appeal the decision to the program director for further review or consideration of extenuating circumstances.
The Museum Science program uses a variety of existing courses offered by various departments within the University to address individual educational and career goals. All students must develop competency in the core courses taught by selected members of the graduate faculty and the museum staff. (Competency is construed to mean an understanding of professional museum practices.)
A student majoring in the program must take at least 24 hours from the Museum Science core curriculum, a minimum of 15 hours of elective graduate-level courses, plus 6 hours of thesis or internship and special project. Required core courses for the program include MUSM 5321, 5326, 5327, 5330, 5331, 5332, and 5340. (Internships are normally at approved museums and facilities other than the Museum of Texas Tech University.) A total of 45 credit hours of graduate-level work is required for graduation. In addition, each student must pass a qualifying exam prior to beginning either the internship or thesis and must pass comprehensive written and oral exams at the conclusion of his or her studies. Students pursuing the thesis option must write and defend their thesis. The program is administered by the Executive Director of the Museum.
Following the first 9 credit hours of graduate study, each student's curriculum will be formalized through consultation with a graduate faculty advisory committee, consisting of at least three members, which reflects the student's area of emphasis. This degree plan will be approved by the program coordinator and the Executive Director of the Museum and will then be submitted to the Graduate School. When approved, it will serve as a tool for advising and review to assure completion of degree requirements.
A minor at the master's level in Museum Science consists of 9 approved credit hours in the core curriculum; a minor at the doctoral level consists of 15 hours of Museum Science courses of which at least 9 must be from the core curriculum.
Courses marked with an asterisk are required.
Courses in Museum Science. (MUSM)
*5321. Museology (3:3:0). Establishes a historical and theoretical framework for museum science, promotes a global perspective of museums, and acquaints students with the broad-based implications of museum work as a science.
5325. Museum Field Methods (3:1:6). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Problems of collecting museum artifacts, specimens, and samples in the field and methods of handling material before it reaches the museum. Sections will allow work in anthropology, history, paleontology, and vertebrate biology.
*5326. Museum Administration (3:3:0). Prerequisite: MUSM 5321 or consent of instructor. Instruction and investigation in aspects of museum management and administration including policies and procedures, personnel management, budget formulation, governance, and interaction with support organizations.
*5327. Museum Collection Management (3:2:3). Prerequisite: MUSM 5321 or consent of instructor. Defines the roles of museum collections and focuses on general museum concepts, procedures, and issues related to the management and care of collections. Instruction in art, humanities, and natural science collections.
5328. Museum Practicum (3:1:6). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Individual instruction course of supervised experiences involving hands-on activities in museum administration, collections, education, and exhibitions. Sections will allow work in all areas of the Museum of Texas Tech.
5329. Material Culture (3:3:0). Discussion of major trends in historical, psychological, philosophical, anthropological, and art historical literature in terms of their application to the interpretation of the past through its material culture.
*5330. Museum Law, Ethics, and Standards (3:3:0). Prerequisite: MUSM 5321 or consent of instructor. Addresses the ethical considerations and legal obligations of museum collections, administration, and operations. Attention given to international concerns as well as to state and national issues.
*5331. Museum Interpretation and Communication (3:2:3). Prerequisite: MUSM 5321 or consent of instructor. Investigates the theories and methods of museum exhibitions and interpretation. Includes planning, developing, and evaluating strategies of exhibitions, publications, and interpretive programs.
*5332. Museum Preventive Conservation (3:1:6). Prerequisite: MUSM 5321 and 5327, or consent of instructor. A course designed to give future museum workers an awareness of the need for specialized care of artifacts. Introduction of current methods and theories pertaining to museum collection care.
*5340. Museum Data Management (3:1:6). Prerequisite: MUSM 5321 and 5327 or consent of instructor. Introduction of traditional and electronic management of museum collection data emphasizing the philosophy of data preservation and retrieval.
6000. Master's Thesis (V1-6).
6001. Museum Internship (V1-6). Internship at an approved museum to include a special project approved by the student's advisory committee. Written documentation of project to provide practical information for the museum profession.
7000. Research (V1-12).
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BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts congressman Joseph Early Sr. wasn't known as the most vocal of U.S. representatives during nearly two decades in Washington.
But the late Democrat was someone who wasn't afraid to speak against even his own political party when he believed in something strongly, a friend said Friday.
"It was all about his district, all about his people, all about his strong beliefs. He would not waiver," former Worcester mayor and radio host Jordan Levy said.
Early, who served in the U.S. House from 1975 to 1993, died Friday at his Worcester home after a brief illness. He was 79.
A spokesman for Early's son, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr., confirmed the former congressman's death.
Early's political career started in 1962, when he won a state legislative race by a narrow margin. He then served six terms as a state representative from 1963 to 1974.
Before politics, the Worcester native served in the Navy for two years and worked as a Massachusetts high school teacher and coach.
As a student at College of the Holy Cross, he played for the 1954 squad that won the NIT basketball championship.
Following a House banking scandal involving bounced checks, Early lost his seat in the U.S. House in 1992 to Shrewsbury Republican Peter Blute. But authorities cleared Early of any criminal wrongdoing.
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts said Friday that Early "fought tirelessly for working people" while championing economic development and advocating for medical research.
Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray called Early a tenacious advocate who helped establish University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester and get federal money for health and science research in Massachusetts.
Gov. Deval Patrick said Early's dedication to public service and central Massachusetts residents paved the way for many public servants who came after him.
"His unwavering commitment to creating a better Commonwealth will be deeply missed by his former colleagues and constituents," Patrick said in a news release.
Early's family said in a statement Friday that loved ones were very proud of his life's work.
"He showed that helping people truly is a noble profession," they said.
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn, eight children and 23 grandchildren.
When officials dedicated a post office in his hometown in his honor about a decade ago, Early said he enjoyed the thought of his grandchildren passing by the building in years to come and knowing it had his name.

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Defining god.
20-01-2013, 05:48 PM (This post was last modified: 20-01-2013 06:15 PM by Mr Woof.)
Defining god.
I just came across this query on a philosophy forum and found it a bit interesting.
As I cannot categorically confirm the non existence of god, defined or not defined (ineffable) the best I can really do is ponder a little. Even Dawkins allows God some existential possibility.
A friend of mine, a militant agnostic, sees God? as ones highest personal moral idealism relevant to self and others. I must say I rather like this definition as even if we want to act well, we cannot go beyond how we actually understand things. Can we?
I will only add, that if higher moralities and higher moral Beings exist, I cannot see such as being 'perfect' as perfection suggest an end and stagnant state, which God surely could not be, at least in terms of our cognitive abilities.
This issue, of course, could be elaborated upon in a multitude of areas and all manner of arguments pursued.
RE: Defining god.
God is an idea? Then why call that idea God?
Give me your argument in the form of a published paper, and then we can start to talk.
RE: Defining god.
Hey, Woof.
Militant Agnostic eh? Curious.
I would define God as the supernatural creator of the universe.
God has to be supernatural:
1 - Because if it's not, then it's a natural phenomenon/entity and no more a God than gravity.
2 - In order to create the natural universe, an entity would need to have power over it. For example, I cannot create a universe because the rules of the natural universe prohibit me from doing so.
Then there's deities, who may not have created the entire universe, but are still supernatural and have some power over it; like Thor or a tree spirit or Hermes.
Then there's frauds who are just people but they're all like, "Look-a me! I'm, like, a God and junk!"
Anyhoo, we're talking about God creator of the universe.
Whether God's power is absolute, or limited, or was a one-shot deal, or whether God intervenes, or doesn't, or whether he's nice, a right prick, kinda neutral, has a name, a preferred appearance, whether he revealed himself in the ways people claim, whether there's one God, or hundreds, or if every single description of God refers to different manifestations of the same entity; all of that is irrelevant to me because no one can prove any of it. Maybe it's true in whole or in part, maybe it's embellished, maybe it's inaccurate, maybe it's all horseshit. The only question for me is, is there a supernatural creator of the universe or not? That's just a question about the nature of the universe that hasn't been answered yet and likely never will be. It's almost zen.
What God is or what God is like is beyond most people's knowledge (not necessarily understanding) unless God reveals shklerself to you. Even then you have decide if it was God or the after effects of that gas station burrito.
I always liked what Rabbi Kaplan had to say:
Quote:If we define existence as that which God has, because the one thing we can say about God is that he exists, he is, he has a state… he exists in a state of absolute isness, in Hebrew that's called Yeshut, isness, by in no way shape or form can I define myself relative to those terms. Meaning that's a level of reality that is completely beyond time, completely beyond space, completely even beyond finite or infinite. God isn't even infinite, he creates infinite reality and he creates finite reality. He's beyond both. Which helps solve the problem how…. the philosophers asked how can it be that an infinite God creates finite reality. Judaism doesn't see a problem whatsoever because God's not infinite. God's completely beyond limitation. Infinite reality itself is limited by virtue of the fact that it can't express itself in a finite way. Finite reality is limited to the extent that it exists within the context of some sort of finite space, finite time. God is beyond both.
Alternately, God could be Stewie Griffin.
Peace and Love and Empathy,
RE: Defining god.
(20-01-2013 05:48 PM)Mr Woof Wrote: I just came across this query on a philosophy forum and found it a bit interesting."ones highest personal moral idealism"
That's pretty much what humans have come to think of as "god" in 2013. Except they say it as "god is love".
It's essentially meaningless. There is no evidence that "existence" (WHICH REQUIRES TIME) has any meaning outside what we know about about this universe. It's why I am an igtheist. No one can define what the word "god" means coherently. (And BTW, saying god is the "creator", means she "acted" in time, before spacetime). That is meaningless.
Insufferable know-it-all. It is objectively immoral to kill innocent babies. Please stick to the guilty babies.
RE: Defining god.
I am an agnostic atheist and I thought about how an hypothetical god would be. And I made an analogy with the human body and all of its cells and organs and everything. God could be everything is and has ever been, I don't imagine something outside the physical laws. Maybe could be the universe(s) itself. That includes everything is in nature, good or bad, moral or immoral (in nature there's no such thing as moral, it is a man-made concept).
Anyway, this is just how I 'see' it, it doesn't prove anything.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
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RE: Defining god.
A god is any 1. supernatural (usually immortal) 2. entity (a living being, in time; usually with some human-like aspect) 3. which is concerned with the welfare and behaviour of humans and 4. has the power to reward and punish 5. which is revered (usually worshipped; usually in ritual) by humans.
A specific god is generally described in great detail by its earthly agents (prophet, shaman, oracle, priest...); it's history and instructions are set down in some lasting format (wall-paintings, scrolls, parchments, vedas...). Specific gods have names, known attributes, requirements and powers.
I don't see any problem with definition. A god is not - in its own cultural medium merely an idea; nor is the spiritual expression of the universe in the microcosm of the human soul, or any such mumbo, a god. Humans have invented thousands of gods over the millennia and all of those gods have a distinct place of origin and historical context. None of them exist in the real world; all of them exist, or have at some time existed, in folklore and belief.
If you pray to anything, you're prey to anything.
RE: Defining god.
(21-01-2013 07:49 AM)Ghost Wrote: Hey, Woof.Thank you for some interesting comments.
I am not really sure about my friend the militant agnostic, nor is he. We don't get far in our debates.
Rabbi Kaplan;s considerations are interesting and not remote from my position (at times) that the god phenomenon would be necessarily ever evolving, in all (our) terms, including morality.
As for god as a creator; I would suggest that a 'god works' may transcend the general secular understanding of creativity and the notions of cause and effect.
My position, largely, is that one can intuit that there may be more to our existential understanding than meets the eye and that much of holy writ, held to explain an ineffable God is, in the main, counter productive.
RE: Defining god.
(21-01-2013 08:53 AM)Bucky Ball Wrote:I think the difference lies in the fact that a good many believers are locked into old scriptural moralities, along with all the ambiguities and restrict them selves from the hard realities of actual existence.(20-01-2013 05:48 PM)Mr Woof Wrote: I just came across this query on a philosophy forum and found it a bit interesting."ones highest personal moral idealism"
A non believer can be idealistic, from the point of view that their genuine ethical convictions carry them based on rationality. I realise that rationality, so called, is no panacea. It is preferable however to sophistry.
RE: Defining god.
(21-01-2013 06:57 AM)Hafnof Wrote: God is an idea? Then why call that idea God?WEll I suppose you can say atheistic idealism is you like.
By doing so you unjustifiably lock yourself into hard line atheism......IMO
RE: Defining god.
God is everything I cant yet explain.
Its an explanation.
(except its not)
I feel so much, and yet I feel nothing.
I am a rock, I am the sky, the birds and the trees and everything beyond.
I am the wind, in the fields in which I roar. I am the water, in which I drown.
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Everyone has their favorites when playing Monopoly, and now Hasbro (NYSE:HAS) is giving customers the ability to choose which game pieces will stay and which will be banished forever.
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In an ingenious marketing ploy that doubles as a way for the company to modernize its fleet of tokens, the maker of the ages old board game will give Facebook (NYSE:FB) users the ability to vote on a new mover to replace one of the eight classic tokens.
Whether it's the thimble, top hat or wheelbarrow, the token with the fewest votes will be eliminated from the game later this year and replaced by either a diamond ring, guitar, toy robot, cat or helicopter.
"The tokens are one of the most iconic parts of the MONOPOLY game, and we know that people are emotionally tied to their favorite one," said Eric Nyman, Hasbro Gaming's global brand leader. "When we decided to replace one of the tokens in the game, we knew we had to involve our fans in the process."
In a step further to get people talking again about the game invented by Charles Darrow in 1935, Hasbro said fans will also be able to campaign on Facebook and Twitter to save their favorite token by using the hashtag #tokenvote.
The classic tokens were the brainchild of Darrow's young niece, who suggested he use the metal charms from charm bracelets as movers in the game.
The iron, racecar, thimble, shoe, top hat and battleship were among the original set of movers introduced in 1935. The Scottie dog and wheelbarrow were added in the early 1950s.
Hasbro is hoping the marketing ploy gives a bump to Monopoly sales, as games with the new token will arrive on store shelves in mid- to late-2013, giving fans looking to get their hands on the traditional set of movers a "limited" time to buy the game.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures rebounded after a triple-digit sell-off on the Dow as the central bank in Europe cut interest rates again Thursday and the U.S. deficit with China hit a three-year low.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits last week also fell to the lowest point since January 2008.
Dow Jones industrial futures rose 72 points to 14,708. S&P futures added 7.9 points to 1,585.20. Nasdaq futures added 16.75 points to 2,880.25.
General Motors topped Wall Street expectations for the first quarter, even while the carmaker struggled with losses in Europe, where unemployment has reached the highest levels since the launch of the euro in 1999.
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for unemployment benefits fell 18,000, to a seasonally adjusted 324,000. That's the second time applications have dropped sharply in as many weeks.
The four-week average, a less volatile measure, plummeted 16,000 to 342,250.
The U.S. trade deficit, driven by falling crude imports, fell in March for the second consecutive month, the Commerce Department said.
The 11 percent decline, to $38.8 billion, comes even as U.S. exports slipped.
Economists believe the deficit will narrow this year as U.S. exports pick up.
The interest-rate cut in Europe was widely expected given the economic climate there, with new strains becoming apparent even in Germany, the continent's economic powerhouse.
Still, markets had been subdued in early trading until the European Central Bank confirmed that it would lower the refinancing rate a quarter-point to 0.5 percent.
After strong showing from Facebook and Yelp late Wednesday, shares of LinkedIn, which posts earnings after the closing bell, rose before the opening bell.


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Huge crowd honors six hall of fame inductees
COZAD—Over 200 guests were seated for an evening to be remembered of elegance and ambiance at the recent Cozad Hospital Foundation Fall Ball. Paul McGinnis served as master of ceremonies with Chic Garner offering the Invocation. Following the banquet, the festivities began with special awards and honors, Highlighting the event was the induction of the 2009 candidates for the Cozad Health Care Hall of Fame with six being honored including Becky Guerra, Virginia Sitorius, Bill Sloan, Joyce Walker, Larry Whiting and Howard McGinnis. The evening ended with Bill Buckner, keynote speaker, and a live auction.—taken from the Tri-City Trib.
Fall sale to boost funds for hospital auxiliary
BROKEN BOW—After a $65,000 donation for new hospital equipment, Jennie Melham Medical Center's Auxiliary plans to use this year's rummage sale income to replenish its bank account. The auxiliary provided major funding to the hospital purchasing 27 flat-screen televisions, two birthing beds and two fetal monitors to be used in the new patient care wing at the hospital. More than 100 volunteers took part in the three-day community fall rummage sale which not only helps to replenish the group's funds, but also helps residents to get rid of unwanted items.—taken from the Custer County Chief.
Gas leak, fire force two school evacuations
OGALLALA—For the second time in a week, an Ogallala Public School building was evacuated. On Monday, Oct. 12, a custodian in the Ogallala High School alerted Principal Dan Hadden that the smell of gas could be detected in the boiler room. The custodian got in touch with an official from the gas company who instructed him to evacuate the building. The gas leak was found to have come from an old water heater, soon to be replaced, and the all clear was given. On Oct. 6, Progress Elementary School students and staff were evacuated because of a fire in the ventilation system in the kitchen. Damage was minimal and no one was injured.—taken from the Keith County News.
H1N1 Flu reported in Frontier County
CURTIS—The H1N1 strain of influenza has officially arrived in Frontier County. According to Terry Gourley of the Curtis Medical Center, there were six confirmed cases identified on Oct. 12 with more expected to be confirmed. Medicine Valley Superintendant Alan Gary stated that 20 high school students were absent Oct. 12, but it was unknown how many of those absentees were related to the flu.—taken from the Frontier County Enterprise.
Early storm breaks 1896 snow record
ARNOLD—With harvesting already delayed, records were set around the area as Arnold recorded a whopping 12-inches of snow on Oct. 9 and 10, breaking records from 1896. Arnold also set a record low temperature of 17 degrees. First snowfalls of the season usually occur in November and over 10-inches had not been seen in the last 10 years with less than two inches being normal, 12 inches of snow dates back to the regional record set in 1896.—taken from the Arnold Sentinel.
District 180 officially coop sports with Arnold
CALLAWAY—As of 9:04 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, Arnold and Callaway officially entered into a cooperative agreement to combine all their sports programs for at least the next two years. The Callaway Board of Education voted 6-0 to approve the sports coop during its meeting, and the Arnold Board voted unanimously to coop as well. Athletes from both schools will now combine into one program for all sports next fall with new uniforms, a new mascot and colors as well.—taken from the Callaway Courier.
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Electrical fire causes heavy damage to Beaumont residence
Firefighters arrived within minutes after a 911 call alerted them to a house fire at 1310 Galway Sunday, March 30, in Beaumont's west end.
Shortly after 3:40 p.m., Beaumont Fire Rescue units responded to find heavy flames engulfing the attic of the home and thick smoke billowing throughout the neighborhood.
Captain Earl White of Beaumont Fire and Rescue said firefighters proceeded with an interior attack following a primary search that found no occupants inside the building. There were no injuries reported.
Homeowner Robert Lee said he and his family were visiting relatives at the time of the incident.
"We had just left about an hour ago to go visit my aunt, and then our neighbor called us to tell us our house was on fire," Lee told The Examiner around 4:30 p.m.
Although the cause of the fire is still under investigation, Captain White said, "It appears there was some type of electrical problem inside the attic."
The fire caused heavy damage to the home, a Beaumont Fire and Rescue press release stated. Red Cross was called to assist the family.


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- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Abridged Audiobook
- Release date: 06-23-09
- Language: English
- Publisher: HarperAudio
Regular price: $21.67
Editorial Reviews
Dick Morris experienced a profound ideological shift from his days advising Bill Clinton's gubernatorial and presidential campaigns to the present, when he serves as one of the Democratic Party's staunchest critics. In Catastrophe (2009), written with his wife Eileen McGann, Morris does not mince words in describing how President Barack Obama's "radical agenda" is inevitably going to lead to disaster for America by turning the country into a "socialist" state.
Peter Ganim has narrated over 150 audiobooks in just about every genre, and in Catastrophe he lends his well-modulated, seasoned voice to this political screed. Though Morris and McGann term their message "urgent" and call their first chapter "Take Back Our Country", the audiobook benefits from Ganim's moderate, rather than red-faced, vocal performance.
Publisher's Summary
We're not just heading for disaster - it's already here! Listen to Catastrophe today and find out how to stop it.
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann take a hard look at America in freefall - and at now-President Obama, who is already exploiting our distress by transforming a vulnerable America into a socialist state. "This is no time for apathy or alienation or hopelessness," Morris and McGann remind us. "It's a time for action." And that action must begin now - before it's too late.
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- David
- Sebastopol, CA, USA
- 07-17-09
Must reading for every American
Morris and McGann give us a thorough, well-researched book about the key strategic pillars of President Obama's agenda for our America and is essential reading for everyone, regardless of your party affiliation (or not)! A sweeping historical review of key legislative issues and why the new President's policies are destined for failure. Using facts and historical research, the authors provide compelling evidence for analysis and action steps to respond to this clear assault on our liberties. You cannot consider yourself "well informed" if you haven't read this book!
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- John F
- Santa Ana, CA, USA
- 07-04-09
One sided book
I like Dick Morris, agree with many things he has said in the past. I'm half way through this book and find it disappointing. He spends all his time blaming the Democrats and Obama. So far there isn't one mention of any fault with Bush and the Republicans. I don't disagree with his points about what the Democrats are doing, but the blame falls on BOTH parties.
If you're a Republican who only wants to hear one side, this is the book for you. If you want a balanced view, find another book.
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- Sally A. Wise
- 07-15-09
OK, but a bit over done.
I did not know who Dick Morris was before selecting this book. The book is a little overdone. I do not think the end is near. Good data, not really any new advice, too much hype. No new action items or advice. More like a "2 minute hate" from 1984. A little too much www.dickmorris.com for me but maybe that is his style. Listen to the book and think for yourself.
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During the last decade the Dublin Regulation has drawn the ire of NGO and refugees alike. Countless reports have shown that 'the Dublin system', which mostly transfers asylum seekers to the first EU country they arrived to, is at odds with refugee protection.
The latest report, Lives on Hold, recently published by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Forum Réfugiés, reveals the harsh consequences asylum seekers face as a consequence of the Dublin system: families separated, people left destitute or detained, and many unable to access an asylum procedure.
We have come to the point where not only is it obvious the Dublin system does not protect asylum seekers, it defies both good sense and logic. It is not a cornerstone of protection, but rather of confusion, and adversity for most asylum seekers who are subjected to it.
Worthy goal, unworthy implementation. The original intention of the Dublin system, to prevent asylum seekers from being left in orbit, is still a worthy aspiration. There ought to be a system that ensures that asylum seekers are not ignored by governments. But, practically speaking, it has made life extremely difficult for asylum seekers, including the violation of fundamental rights.
Despite the worthy goal, asylum seekers are still 'in orbit'. Against all opposition they try to reach their EU state of preference, or try to escape from countries where they do not feel protected. Our current Dublin Regulation research project indicates that, on average, people make three to four journeys between EU countries. Moreover, the Dublin system leads to the forcible separation of asylum seekers from their families in other EU states, a gross violation of their fundamental rights.
To asylum seekers, 'protection' is not only a legal entitlement connected to the 1951 UN refugee convention, but also about family unity and access to appropriate basic fundamental services. Asylum seekers go wherever they feel safest: where they know the language, or people of their nationality. Safety is where their family reside, where they have a roof over their heads and be self-sufficient, a central aspiration of asylum seekers.
Most asylum seekers do not know about the one aspect of the Dublin Regulation capable of improving their circumstances: articles 3 and 15, known respectively as the 'humanitarian' and 'sovereignty' clauses. EU states rarely use these clauses, even if families become separated as a result.
Even worse, EU states do not provide information about these clauses to asylum seekers. Consequently, asylum seekers are unable to fully participate in the Dublin process. Application of the humanitarian and sovereignty clauses requires knowledge of the individual circumstances of asylum seekers; unless states engage with asylum seekers in the process, this information cannot come to the fore.
Changes in sight? The ECRE/Forum Réfugiés report notes that asylum seekers in the Dublin system are "frequently treated as a secondary category of people subject to fewer entitlements". For years asylum seekers have expressed similar sentiments to JRS, of feeling like 'banana crates' being tossed between EU countries with little to no care for their personal aspirations. They have become objectified. Most alarming is this confusion and adversity are caused for no discernible reason. EU asylum systems have not improved; in any other sector, such a poor policy would be scrapped.
On an optimistic note, the European Parliament and Council of the EU plan to reform the Dublin Regulation. It will contain a new provision on the 'right to information' , obliging EU states to more thoroughly inform asylum seekers, as well as improved access to remedies, such as opportunities to suspend a transfer while an appeals is in course.
Though JRS worries that EU states will continue detaining asylum seekers, only in clearly defined circumstances. Importantly, states will only be able to detain unless 'other less coercive measures' do not work. This means that detention cannot be a knee-jerk response to Dublin asylum seekers.
Notwithstanding these important changes, unless EU states improve their asylum systems and the Dublin system better addresses the motivations and aspirations of these forced migrants, the protection system will continue failing those who need it.
Philip Amaral, JRS Europe Advocacy and Communications Coordinator
This text is adapted from a speech given by Philip Amaral of JRS Europe at a European Parliament conference held on 31 January 2013, hosted by Ms Cecilia Wikström, MEP, and co-organised by ECRE and Forum Réfugiés.


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The Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, will present Boz Scaggs on Tuesday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
The performance is sponsored in part by Towne BMW and A Best Inc.
Boz Scaggs and his band will make their first appearance at the Center for the Arts. Scaggs will perform the best known songs of his career, including "Lido Shuffle" and "Lowdown," as well as choice cuts from his newest album, "Memphis," his first studio release in five years.
A casual listen to the Boz Scaggs discography makes one thing obvious: He is both a musical seeker and a man of sizable talent as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. Born in Texas and raised with an abiding respect for a wide spectrum of American roots music, his Grammy Award-winning explorations in blues, R&B, rock and jazz have produced lasting work and a career that has spanned more than 30 years.
In addition to his Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, "Lowdown," off 1976's multi-platinum "Silk Degrees," Scaggs has had an unprecedented career full of accolades and honors. He first achieved fame in the 1960s as a guitarist and occasional lead singer in the Steve Miller Band, and continues to work with contemporaries Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald in their project, The Dukes of September.
Tickets for Boz Scaggs are $67, $57, $47 and $37. They are available at the Center Box Office (weekdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.) and tickets.com. To charge tickets call 1-888-223-6000.
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My college and search guru Danny Sullivan once said something like this:
"Tap into the tail, and you've got sizable traffic, as well as traffic that often is reported to convert better than less general terms."
There are number of companies that forget the long-tail of search both for SEM and PPC and by doing that they are missing out on great opportunities reaching possible clients, my experience is that the long tail search words often have much higher conversion, do cost less to buy through PPC and there for have much higher ROI (eROI).
Let's say that you have a big site, tens of thousands of pages. If you optimise 100 pages for the same amount of phrases and all of them are ranking well you will still get the bulk of your search engine traffic through search terms that you have not optimised for, these would be the long tail search phrases.
By understanding what the long-tail of search stands for you can then use that knowledge to reduce PPC cost and increase eROI (ROI). While the phrase; Hotel in central London, returns traffic on hotels central, central London and Hotels London you can but a [ ] around it and then you have a exact match (Google), then there is advanced match (Yahoo) and so on.
By using a mixture of broad mach, exact match, phrase match and negative match you can maximise your conversion and the eROI on you PPC campaign. More here http://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6100
And finally always use web Analytic tools like IndexTools to monitor your campaigns, I can't recommend using Google to monitor Google and Yahoo, MSN or MIVA will never allow you to monitor their traffic through GA so to get the best picture use a third party solution like IndexTools or Webtrends.


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- Publisher: Timaware
- Genre: Simulation
- Released: 7 Oct, 2010
- Size: 5.5 MB
- Price: $0.99
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DescriptionHave you ever stood next to a lake and just thrown stuff into it?
Duckstruction is a highly addictive game in which you throw random stuff at ducks.
What makes it different, among other things, is the way you control it.
There are two modes:
1) Duckstruction
The point of the game is to hit ducks with a ball. Touch the screen with your finger, and aim by dragging up, down, left, and right.
Lift your finger to shoot. You have a limited amount of time. Every duck you hit gives you extra time to play.
Try to hit as many ducks as possible.
You can get bonus time by hitting more ducks in row, and also for hitting two ducks at the same time.
There are 10 levels + 1 bonus level available, every level is bringing some new interesting animals.
2) Power mode
Try to throw the ball as far as possible by spinning the phone in tight circles with your hand.
The harder and faster you spin, the further the ball flies.
Be careful: don't destroy or throw your phone!
All this with eye-catching graphics and funny sounds.
- iphone.30minuteslate.com - Silly App of the Week
Silly little physics game where you try flicking objects- like footballs, rocks, or cell phones- at ducks floating across a lake.
You have a limited amount of time, and hitting ducks gives you more time- the object is to see how many you can knock down.
There's also a 'Power' mode which is where things get interesting. To 'throw' the object in this mode, you have to actually
swing your device around in circles- think about 'winding up' a pitch in softball- and then simulate throwing it.
The app clearly warns you to not ACTUALLY throw the phone- but you've got to figure a people are going to do it.
It's a fun little game, especially if you recommend it to your friends and see if they accidentally throw their phones when playing in Power Mode.
What's New in Version 2.0- system of playing changed to Level based playing
- many new animals joining ducks (swan,frog,mine,paper boat, evil duck)
- 10 new levels + Bonus level
- better aiming (using crosshair)
- game is more addictive now, pushing you to play more and more


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Digital music's ultimate player
John MacFarlane wants to fill every room in your house with tunes. Does that make Sonos a game changer -- or takeover bait?
(Business 2.0 Magazine) -- The first thing you notice about John MacFarlane is that he's got Steve Jobs on the brain.
Less than two minutes into our meeting at the Santa Barbara headquarters of his home music system startup, Sonos, MacFarlane is holding forth about the Silicon Valley icon -- and over the next two hours, the topic recurs repeatedly.
With the iPod and iTunes, MacFarlane says, Jobs and Apple "took on big problems. They grew the market.... We wake up every day and thank Apple." But when I ask who he considers his competition, MacFarlane answers, "Apple, Apple, Apple."
That the founder of a fledgling firm at the intersection of media and consumer electronics should be obsessed with the industry's 800-gigaton gorilla comes as no huge shock. And neither does the fact that MacFarlane, a startup recidivist, believes that his own company is more in tune with the future of digital music than Apple (Charts, Fortune 500) is.
What's surprising is that, believe it or not, MacFarlane may be right -- though it might not be enough to save Sonos from being squashed anyway.
At 40, MacFarlane has the tousled, boyish looks of Tom Hanks circa Big. He took his first company, Software.com, public at the height of the bubble, then merged it with Phone.com in 2000 in a $6.8 billion deal. Possessing a reported net worth of $136 million didn't slake his entrepreneurial thirst.
Two years later, with the Wi-Fi revolution aborning, MacFarlane founded Sonos to build a new kind of wireless audio system: one that beams music throughout users' homes at a fraction of the cost (and hassle) of a typical multiroom stereo network.
The first iteration of the Sonos system hit the market in 2005. It was sleek, off-white, and user-friendly, with a killer remote control. But it wasn't until last September that Sonos took its great leap forward: allowing users direct, computer-free access to the Web music service Rhapsody, which for $10 a month gives them a library of close to 4 million songs.
Sonos and Rhapsody are each other's killer app. MacFarlane tells me that Sonos customers use Rhapsody "more than 10 times as much as the average Rhapsody user." And, according to Rhapsody insiders, the service's churn rate among Sonos users is tiny compared with the overall figures.
Among those addicted to new music and new technology, the Sonos-Rhapsody combination wins raves so gushing they're almost too embarrassing to print. ("About as perfect a music experience as I've ever had," writes one such junkie -- OK, the editor of this magazine.) And the bottom-line results have been encouraging. Though MacFarlane says Sonos, which has received more than $30 million in financing, isn't close to profitable, last year the company sold more than 100,000 units and its revenue doubled over its 2005 level.
The more successful Sonos is, of course, the more it becomes a target -- which brings us back to Apple. Though MacFarlane does mention other audio companies such as Bose, Denon, and Yamaha as potential rivals, the threat posed by Jobs is what preoccupies him. One possibility is that Apple will build a directly competitive home music system.
More likely, MacFarlane says, is that the Cupertino colossus will turn what Sonos does into a feature of another of its products -- Apple TV, in particular.
MacFarlane tries to reassure himself with the argument that Jobs has bigger fish to fry. "They are looking to replace Sony, and that's a big ambition," he says. "They have a full-pitched battle going with Microsoft in computing. They are taking on the entire mobile-phone industry -- and when you pick a fight with Nokia, you're really in for a battle. So are they going to squish us out of existence? I don't think it would be worth the talent to put on the problem, because our market isn't big enough for them."
MacFarlane knows that Apple, having conquered the portable media market, has its sights set on the home. Yet here he believes that Jobs's company is handicapped by the iTunes pay-per-download model. As broadband connectivity becomes ubiquitous, MacFarlane sees an inexorable shift to the music dial-tone model -- which is more conducive to a raft of innovations, such as social networking and recommendation engines, that are currently unfolding.
Sure, iTunes could add those features, he says. "But then you've got to go and buy the songs -- and what if you don't like them? I think that's where a subscription service makes a lot more sense."
MacFarlane's analysis is quite compelling. Having spent the past month myself reveling in the wonders of the Sonos-Rhapsody combo, I can firmly attest that the lure of iTunes rapidly diminishes to zero. But if all this is obvious to me and MacFarlane, it surely hasn't been lost on Jobs.
"Of course he knows," MacFarlane says. "Steve will need to change the model for iTunes in order for it to be truly successful, and I believe he'll make that pivot. It's only a matter of time."
The same could be said for Sonos. If left unmolested by Apple for the next few years, it's easy to imagine the company evolving into a thriving medium-size outfit that looks much like, say, Bose.
If Apple trains its sights on Sonos, however, a different outcome is more likely: that the company will be acquired. MacFarlane affirms that he's already had offers, just none tempting enough to take.
One obvious candidate would be RealNetworks, the parent of Rhapsody, whose CEO, Rob Glaser, is a massive Sonos fan and detests Apple to boot. But another candidate, irony of ironies, might be Apple itself. Indeed, given that the Sonos boxes look like "the Mac Mini with a tan," the fit would make sense both strategically and aesthetically.
MacFarlane says he doubts that Jobs would bid for Sonos. "They buy teeny companies," he says -- and Sonos, with more than 100 employees, isn't teeny anymore. But Jobs isn't one to let himself be lapped by those who see the future more clearly than he does. And, at the moment, MacFarlane and Sonos can make a plausible claim that they've done just that.
1. When it launched, Sonos allowed users to stream their computers' music libraries to any room in the house equipped with a ZonePlayer.
2. In April 2005, a software update enabled Sonos to play streams from a PC subscribed to RealNetworks's Rhapsody music service.
3. Last September, Sonos took the next step, cutting out the PC so that ZonePlayers connect directly to Rhapsody.
John Heilemann wrote "Pride Before the Fall." His next book is "The Valley." He lives in Brooklyn.To send a letter to the editor about this story, click here.
From the May 1, 2007 issue


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For multi-family kids, the holidays mean more of a good thing
Serene, peaceful, harmonious — three words that do not describe Christmas in the life of a child of divorced parents. It's more like hectic, crazy, running like a headless chicken.
I remember the day my parents sat me down on the couch to tell me the news. "Ashley, sweetie, Mommy and Daddy are going to live in two separate houses …" My six-year-old translation: Yes! Now I will have two houses like Elaine, the childhood friend whose vacation house I envied.
That news began my life on the run.
I now had two beds; two closets — with no garment ever in the right one; and two routines as well as two houses. The multiplication doubled at Christmas. I bounced to Mom's to Granny's to Dad's to Nona and Grandpa's, never in the same order.
Christmas Eve
No matter where I am on Christmas Eve, I am picking up my parents' slack.
If I stay the night with Dad, I wrap his last-minute Christmas presents — even if I'm the one destined to unwrap them the next morning. This is no quick job. Brothertons don't just cover a box with pretty paper and stick on a bow; it's not in our DNA. We orient the box to make sure the paper will perfectly cover the gift — not too much, and not too little — then drag the scissors across a straight line, lift the paper to prevent sneak peak, fold the edges down for a crisp line and use three perfectly portioned pieces of tape to seal it.
If I'm with Mom, we are decorating the tree we had been meaning to decorate since Thanksgiving but never got to. We start the night with Mariah Carey and Chinese food from Kitchen No. 1. After the lo mein carton is empty and the fortunes have been read, we move to decorating. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation plays in the background as we decide which ornament goes where. Mom's horse-laugh at Chevy Chase screaming Squirrel! tops off the night.
Christmas Morning
Wherever I spend Christmas Eve, I wake up. There's no rhyme or reason to the annual schedule. It's just what works for that year. I get to decide, and this year I haven't yet made up my mind.
At Dad's, stockings are passed out first. My stocking has been my stocking as long as I can remember. My great-grandmother, Dad's Nana, knitted the Kelly-green stocking for him when he was a kid, and he passed it on to me when I was a baby.
As Dad no longer has a stocking, stuffing them is his job. He sneaks jewelry into stepmom Karin's stocking, and something I already own in mine. We all get a toothbrush, enough shaving cream and hair ties to last the year and candy to fill out the toe. Then Karin, step-sister Maggie, Dad and I make wrapping paper mayhem. Once my perfect wrapping job is ripped apart by my loved ones, we clean up, layer on and head out to the next stop: Granny's.
With just the three of us, Christmas morning at Mom's is much more relaxed. Mom and I sit on the couch with sprawling Tessa the cat, sipping coffee and nibbling blueberry muffins before opening gifts. We open presents one by one. She's attentive until she unwraps her annual cookbook from me. She oohs and ahhs recipes in the cookbook she will never use but loves thinking she will.
Once all the presents are unwrapped, I shift into high gear. I have to be on the road by 11am to Granny's.
Christmas at the Brotherton Compound
No matter where I'm coming from, it takes me 15 minutes to get to Granny's house. My five cousins have already torn through their presents, leaving behind only my dad's, step-sister's, step-mom's and mine.
After opening our piles, we're ready for stop three, downstairs in my Aunt Cathy's basement apartment to open presents.
Next we walk to Uncle Ken and Aunt Mary Kay's, 50 feet away, and open more presents. I don't know how we'd manage if my aunts and uncles lived any farther.
Until early afternoon — remember, I'm on the clock — I hang out with my same-age cousins, who don't have to get out of their pajamas. They always get the newest and coolest gadgets for Christmas, so we stay entertained with new games on the Wii. Aunt Cathy carries over two of her famous macaroni and cheeses to finish the buffet of food Aunt Mary Kay has already laid. Those two dishes will be the only ones empty before the end of the day.
I have finished four stops of my six for the day. About 2pm, I make the move.
The Switch
If I spent Christmas morning with my father's family, I'm off to Mom's. Or vice versa. Are you confused yet?
It's always a hard switch from a celebration too good to leave.
Before I was driving, both my parents had to halt their days to drive 10 minutes to meet in the middle and hand me over. They cheered when I was 16 and could drive myself to and fro. The switch is made by 2:30pm, giving me four Christmas hours until my next stop, at the home of my maternal grandparents, the Jordans.
Christmas Cookies with the Jordans
At Nona and Grandpa's house, Christmas evening reverts to Christmas eve. Nona bakes all Christmas day. We arrive about 6pm to decorate cookies, eat another meal and spend the night together to repeat Christmas on December 26.
Nona is Italian. She makes pizzelles, fudge, homemade fig Newtons and dozens of shaped sugar cookies to decorate.
Nona bakes lasagna for us to eat while we ice cookies because I haven't eaten enough carbs in the day. Over cookies, I enjoy a little friendly competition. I usually make the prettiest, most creative cookies. My Uncle Bret makes the most detailed cookie. My med-school cousin Sarah always manifests what she is learning that semester on a cookie. Last year it was Mitosis. My mom's specialty is making two cookies, then "going to the bathroom" and reading her cookbook.
No one sleeps until every single reindeer, ornament, wreath, star, holly leaf, Santa, candy cane and angel has been iced and sprinkled.
Christmas Morning, Round Two
The smell of cinnamon rolls wakes us. Hungrily, we congregate in our assigned spots in the living room. Grandpa hands out the stockings that Santa magically filled while we slept. I gloat because mine is the longest stocking. Nona knitted mine first, making me the favorite (shh, don't tell my cousins). Stockings are filled with more candy, a dish-sponge, scissors, a $50 bill and Bath and Body Works galore.
Present unwrapping begins with our annual calendars from Nona and Grandpa. Grandpa hands out the gifts. This morning's competition is who can open the last present. Mom will hide one behind her back; Uncle Bret pretends he doesn't see the one in front of him; Nona saves one of the grand-kids' presents in a secret hiding spot so one of us wins.
Midmorning, the Jordan family divides into cookers and non-cookers. I am a non-cooker. I spend the rest of the day recuperating from the madness of the day before, watching movies, drinking homemade punch and waiting for dinner.
Nona is a much cuter and more talented Martha Stewart. Our dinner always looks like it's right out of a magazine, and I get to eat it. Fifteen people gather at her table to feast on the best ham any of us have ever eaten, Kraft macaroni and cheese (per Sarah's request), sweet potatoes, green beans, corn and whatever other sides we can fit on the table. Two plates and 30 minutes later, Mom announces I can't eat another bite.
But she makes room. Apple pie is next. Now we really can't eat another bite.
The Fasting
With four stops over 56 miles in 48 hours, my Christmas runaround is complete. What would Christmas be like if I stayed at one house all day? Boring.
I wouldn't trade my runaround. I consider myself lucky that all of my family is close so I can spend Christmas with everyone I love.
Wonderful, fulfilling and loving. Those three words describe my Christmas.


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Nuke company head resigns amid federal probe
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The founder of a small Idaho nuclear developer being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice has resigned, citing unspecified health concerns.
Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Don Gillispie resigned Friday morning.
The company a week ago confirmed that it's being investigated by federal prosecutors.
Federal Securities and Exchange Regulators have also demanded a judge again freeze AEHI assets, on grounds Gillispie hid his efforts to direct the company's dwindling cash to a fraudulent investment scheme.
A lawsuit in Nevada has tied up what the SEC says is AEHI's final $2 million.
According to a statement from AEHI, Gillispie plans to assist the company only as his health allows.
Pete Honeysett was appointed as AEHI's interim president.
Honeysett says he once worked at a nuclear plant in Florida.


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The Toxoplasmosis Center
The University of Chicago Medicine has developed a unique center to help babies, children, and adults affected by toxoplasmosis. It is one of the only centers in the world that offers comprehensive, lifelong care to people of all ages coping with the adverse effects of congenital toxoplasmosis and other Toxoplasma gondii infections. We have been working with some of the same patients for more than 25 years. For patients with toxoplasmosis, we offer the latest treatment options to improve their quality of life.
Our Mission
Our mission is to:
- Provide the most expert care for people at all stages of life who are infected with Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes the disease toxoplasmosis
- Advance research efforts in preventing and treating infection from the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis, Toxoplasma gondii
Our Clinical Care
At the University of Chicago Medicine, a multidisciplinary team cares for patients with toxoplasmosis, adults with acute acquired infection, immunologically suppressed patients, patients with eye disease, pregnant women and their fetuses affected by toxoplasmosis and infants and children with congenital toxoplasmosis. The team that cares for congenitally infected children includes an infectious disease specialist, a pediatric neurologist, a pediatric ophthalmologist, an occupational therapist, a physical therapist, and many other professionals. Working with a woman's obstetrician, we can help guide diagnosis and treatment options for the patient and her baby. Expert ophthalmologic care is available for infants, children, and adults with toxoplasmosis involving the eye.
Our Research
Directed by an internationally recognized and award-winning toxoplasmosis specialist, our center is dedicated to finding ways to prevent and treat this disease. Over the years, we have led national, multicenter studies to understand how T. gondii causes disease. We are leading a multi-center team that is studying new approaches to treating acute and chronic toxoplasmosis infection. For example, we have published research articles on how early treatment with two anti-parasitic drugs can reduce brain and eye damage in babies born with toxoplasmosis. Additional research into vaccines, new medicines, genetics of susceptibility and resistance and other basic aspects of this infection and the parasite that causes it is under way.


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HOLLY HILL, Fla. (AP) — Police say two adults face charges of child neglect after they and three children were found living in a Holly Hill home with a woman's decomposing body.
They say the adults also admitted using the disability benefits of the woman, who is believed to have died of natural causes.
Volusia County jail records show 38-year-old Todd LaDuke and 31-year-old Nicole Scalise are charged with child neglect, unlawful disturbance of a body and drug possession. La Duke's bond was set at $33,000 and Scalise's at $14,000. Jail records don't list an attorney.
Police say the children — ages 4, 6 and 11 — are with welfare officials. Police Chief Mark Barker calls it "the worst case of child endangered" he's seen.
LaDuke is also charged with uttering forged bills.


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A Poet's Letters: Correspondence from the Lewis & Clark William Stafford Archives
Date: November 4, 2012 Location: Collins Gallery, Mulnomah County Central Library
Collins Gallery, Mulnomah County Central Library
Please join us for an exhibition of Stafford's correspondence, November 1-December 16 in Multnomah County Central Library's Collins Gallery. The exhibit draws from some 30,000 original letters housed in the William Stafford Archives at Lewis & Clark College, where Stafford taught for 30 years. The letters illustrate the many facets of a successful and productive writing life. Correspondence on display includes exchanges with editors, trade and fine press publishers, illustrators, academic colleagues, writers of all ages seeking advice, and fellow poets (among them, Marvin Bell, Robert Bly, Gerard Burns, James Dickey, Donald Hall, Lawson Inada, John Haines, Richard Hugo, Ted Kooser, Philip Levine, W.S. Merwin, Naomi Shihab Nye and James Wright).
Opening Reception:
Sunday, November 4, 2:30-4pm
The afternoon of Sunday, November 4, join us for the exhibition, light refreshments, and brief remarks from poet/author Kim Stafford and co-curators Paul Merchant and Jim Carmin. Paul Merchant was (until recently) the William Stafford Archivist at Lewis & Clark College. Jim Carmin is the John Wilson Special Collections Librarian at Multnomah County Library.
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Stolen dimes can give you the niggles
"I always tell my grandson honest people is just like having money in the bank. Anybody can help you. Anybody can trust you. That's it. There's no other way around. That's how the Indians were."— Athabaskan elder Altona Brown of Ruby, Alaska, from Native Wisdom for White Minds
I was maybe 6 or 7, when I packed up my Barbie doll and case and walked to my friend's house.
As many of you know, I never liked dolls but the action figures of the day—especially my Johnny West doll and horse—were a little more interesting.
While playing at her house, I discovered a dime in her Barbie case that I wanted real bad.
When she wasn't looking, I slipped it into my Barbie case all the while thinking what I could buy with that dime. Ten pieces of candy from the neighborhood store or maybe one of those paddles with a rubber ball attached by elastic string.
What I wasn't prepared for was that feeling that worms its way into your gut and niggles at you until you do something—or don't.
I'm sure I didn't know what conscience was at the time but I learned what it felt like all through the rest of that day and night.
The next day, the thief sneaked the dime back into her friend's Barbie case and the niggle went away.
But the coward never confessed until now.
The closed-door deals in Washington, D.C. on health care—brought to the forefront by a promised vote to move forward on the issue in exchange for exempting Nebraska from Medicaid expansion costs—brings back that memory of childhood anxiety caused by stealing a dime.
As adults, we sometimes become so distanced from our feelings, we lose our ability to discern especially in a controlling and competitive culture where we fear if we don't take something, someone else will get it.
And the notion, offered by a high-ranking U.S. senator, that the tit-for-tat deal represents what legislating is all about undermines the trust many of us have in our elected representatives.
We are harmed the most when we are dishonest and collectively that practice places us and our society in dangerous waters.
Peeling away the layers that keep niggles at bay must happen first.
Only then are owning up to stolen dimes and under-the-table deals possible.
And finally a chance for positive change.
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The end of the beginning
This stage marks the halfway point of the Tour but the sprinters will have already past most of their winning opportunities. After today, the only two stages where they will be expecting to get a look-in are in Montpellier and 11 days down the line on the Champs-Elysées. Consequently, it will be a surprise if they allow this stage to elude them. That said, there will be many baroudeurs who have come up with a similar assessment of their own prospects, unless they are the kind of breakaway specialist who can stay the pace on seriously big climbs. A bunch finish… probably.
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"The last stage before the Pyrenees and that always means breaks. For us, there's a balance to be struck because we'll have Tony Martin for GC. We'll want him to have an easy day if possible, so I'll be busy trying to enlist help from elsewhere."
Matt White says...
"A day for the pure sprinters but maybe the last until Paris. A bottle royale for the speedsters."


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2007-08-02 / Obituaries
Louise Brendlinger memorial service scheduled
A memorial service for Louise Brendlinger will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m. at the Central Baptist Church on Narragansett Avenue.
Brendlinger, of 178 West Reach Drive in Jamestown, died July 20 at home with her family. She was the wife of Richard Brendlinger and the mother of Tom, Michael and Lisa.
A native of Manchester, UK, a parallel memorial service will be held for her English relatives and friends in London at the same time at St. Stephen's Church, Richmond Road, East Twickenham. A dinner will follow at the Petersham Hotel, Richmond.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory can be made to the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Rhode Island Hospital.


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LONDON (AP) -- Industrial production across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro unexpectedly slumped in October, official figures showed Wednesday, in another sign that the region's recession is getting worse and weighing on big economies like Germany.
Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, said industrial production fell by a monthly 1.4 percent, in contrast to expectations of a modest 0.2 percent increase. The fall also follows a 2.3 percent drop in September and provides further evidence that the eurozone economy is struggling despite the current calm in the financial markets.
Germany, Europe's biggest economy, fared particularly badly in October, with its industrial sector posting a 2.4 percent monthly decline in output. Germany has actually seen its industrial sector, made of heavyweights such as car companies Daimler AG and Volkswagen AG, shrink for three straight months.
"If any further evidence were needed that the economic weakness is no longer confined to the periphery, German industrial production has dropped by 3.8 percent in the last year, a bigger fall than that seen in both Spain and Greece," said Jonathan Loynes, chief European economist at Capital Economics.
The eurozone fell back into a mild recession in the third quarter _ officially defined as two straight quarters of negative growth _ after its economy contracted by a quarterly rate of 0.1 percent.
Coming in the wake of a bigger-than-expected 1.2 percent drop in retail sales in October, Wednesday's figures have reinforced expectations that the eurozone recession has deepened heading into the final quarter of the year. Industrial output is a core part of the eurozone economy, not least in Germany which has prospered over the past few years through the export of its high-value products, such as cars and machinery.
James Ashley, senior European economist at RBC Capital Markets, said the figures are "certainly consistent with the general message from the `soft' survey readings which suggest that the risks to our euro area Q4 GDP forecast of -0.2 percent are skewed to the downside."
Analysts said the latest bleak economic figures are unlikely to prompt the European Central Bank cutting interest rates any time soon, a move that could potentially breathe some life into the economy by making it cheaper for businesses and households to lend.
Last week, the ECB's president Mario Draghi indicated that there was a discussion to reduce the benchmark rate from the record low 0.75 percent but gave no real steer to markets to anticipate lower borrowing costs.
"For now, we continue to think that the ECB will leave policy rates on hold in 2013; these figures though, quite clearly, highlight the risk that we have long emphasized of a possible final cut," said RBC's Ashley.
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Skip to comments.Petraeus, Allen supported Kelley's sister in child custody [Note from Whitehouse, Kerry + Sheldon]
Posted on 11/14/2012 8:04:06 PM PST by BunnySlippers
Khawam not only tapped her military connections in her custody battle but also invoked broader contacts as she sought greater access to her son.
In emails with her ex-husband, Khawam wrote that Senator Kerry asked about the son and whether he would be coming to Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 2012.
She also wrote that Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island invited the son to a summer clambake in the state, and that the son "would greatly appreciate attending this family clambake."
Included in the court file is what appears to be a handwritten note from Whitehouse, writing, "I am excited to hear that you, Natalie and (the son) may be coming to the family clambake. That would be terrific!"
The Whitehouse note was addressed to Gerald Harrington.
Harrington served as national vice chairman of finance for Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, according to a biography posted on the website of Harrington's lobbying firm, Capitol City Group.
A spokeswoman for Kerry said Kerry was introduced to Khawam by Harrington, whom the spokeswoman described as Khawam's boyfriend.
A spokesman for Whitehouse also said Whitehouse knew Khawam through her relationship with Harrington, whom Whitehouse has known since college. "Ms. Khawam attended the Senator's clambake fundraiser this summer as Mr. Harrington's guest, and he was glad to see them there," the spokesman said.
(Excerpt) Read more at metro.us ...
You hang around this woman and "KAWHAM!!!" there's some trouble.
Funny how none of the major news entities have reported on the connections.
This woman is a blood sucking leech. The only thing she'll get out of all this is a book deal (maybe).
Add the fact that Gen Petri 's wife was a huge Obama bot / leftists and got a WH appointed job to this mix
See my comments from the Napolitano thread regarding General P. This is the biggest bushwhacker setup from since whenever! Comment 28.
More proof that these folks are all in bed together.
I swear sometimes it's all a game off good cop bad cop and the retire to closed chambers, slap each other on the back while sipping cognac and laugh "boy we sure put one over on the rubes"!!
Kerry knew immediately this broad didn't have enough money.
But Slick Willie wants her phone number.
Don't know about the wife of Gen. Allen, but Petraeus' wife Holly is a far-left Elizabeth Warren supporter.
My guess is she strong-armed her husband into helping the Lebonese woman in a battle against the George Bush appointed banking operative in Iraq whose name is Wolfe. Natalie was also being helped in her fight against Wolfe by John Kerry who as we know, along with Warren is another far left Bostonian.
See post 28 . Napolitano;Silencing general Petraus.
See post 28 . Napolitano; Silencing General Patreus
I can only imagine the secret info the general left wing wacko wife leaked to the Dems during the Bush years !
Those Bushes are naive !
I really don't think there was much pillow talk involved lol.
There's a word I haven't seen much of recently: "alot." (Maybe I just don't frequent the right blogs.)
But our endlessly creative internet continues to give us new words, like "whitehouse." (Where the "president" lives.)
BTW: Since the re-election of the illegal alien through vote fraud, I am going to refer to him at all times as the "president."
Good point
imagery of govt sleaze here
R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods. BUMPS in the road of the socialists/socialites.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say a father has been charged with felony murder in the BB gun shooting death of his 18-month-old son.
Officer Kim Y. Jones says the boy's father, 23-year-old Jesse L. Sellers, was arrested Friday and also charged with cruelty to children.
Jones says police were called to an apartment complex in the morning on a report of a child shot in the chest. Police say the boy died at Grady Hospital.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Sellers was being held without bond in the Fulton County Jail. The boy's uncle, Willie Dickerson, told the newspaper the shooting was an accident.
Police say they recovered a BB gun from inside the apartment.


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'Fully funded': Labeling a school budgetEDITORIAL
December 27. 2012 11:35PM
Manchester School Superintendent Thomas Brennan has to submit a budget for next year that keeps school spending below the city's voter-approved spending cap. School board members this month asked him to submit a second one that would "fully fund the Manchester district and meet state standards," as board member Art Beaudry's motion put it. Though this will not tell parents and taxpayers very much, it will provide a lovely opportunity for some political grandstanding.
That grandstanding has already begun. At the school board meeting two Mondays ago, member John Avard said, "We need to know what the number is that is going to keep us in compliance with state guidelines. We have to see what a fully funded budget looks like."
Board members who advocate spending more money love this game because they get to define the terms. By the definitions imposed by the board, the higher-spending budget will be "fully funded" and the one that complies with the voter-imposed spending cap will not be. It should be obvious that simply calling the higher budget "fully funded" does not make the lower budget a dereliction of the city's duties. But that is how the cap-compliant budget was portrayed this past year, and the same way it will be portrayed next year, as though the city can measure its commitment to students by raw budget numbers alone.
Ignored in this political exercise will be the assumptions made in the creation of the "fully funded" budget. By definition, the full funding will mean increasing employee compensation per the existing contracts. But the contracts are to be renegotiated next year. New contracts might allow the district to hire more personnel at a lower per-person cost.
The so-called "fully funded" budget also would not necessarily include things like shifting costs by finding corporate sponsors (approved this year by the school board), or cutting costs by finding more efficient ways of doing things.
Taxpayers should not fall for this rhetorical trick.


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Thursday, December 27: Cats
Thursday, December 27: Cats
Now, one for the cat people; tonight we take in a cat show where not a hair is out of place, go on a TNR mission - trap neuter return – in search of feral cats, and visit an animal ER where the issue of fat cats is a very real concern. Plus, we'll meet a trainer who's taken in a collection of wild cats in order to educate the public.
Show Resources:
Angelcat Haven [feline rescue; low cost neutering/spaying]
MetroWest Humane Society
30 Pond Street
Ashland, MA 01721
(508) 875-3776
Jungle Encounters
P.O. Box 108
Uxbridge, MA 01569
(508) 380-4722
Foster Hospital for Small Animals
200 Westboro Road
Grafton, MA 01536
(508) 839-5395


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GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of hundreds of children from a Southern California elementary school Monday while police searched buildings to make sure the campus was safe.
An anonymous caller phoned the R.D. White Elementary School in Glendale at around 8:30 a.m. and said there was a bomb at the campus, police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said.
The school's 880 students were evacuated to a supermarket parking lot about a block away and parents were allowed to take them home for the day, Lorenz said. No bomb was found and the all-clear was given around midday.
Klara Esposito, who lives a block from the campus, received a call from the school and came to pick up her two children, 10-year-old Tony and 7-year-old Daniel.
"I mean after Connecticut, it was just too scary," she said, referring to last month's massacre by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. "I just ran here like a maniac."
"A few teachers told me it was all just a drill," her son Tony said. "And I was thinking if it was just a drill, why were there so many policemen and firemen and helicopters? I'm really scared."
Glendale is a foothill suburb of Los Angeles.


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Yale Unbeaten In Its Last Three Games Against Pioneers
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's soccer team played one of its best games of the season last year in a 2-0 victory over Sacred Heart at Reese Stadium. The Bulldogs will look to duplicate that performance when they travel to Fairfield to meet the Pioneers on Tuesday. Kickoff at Campus Field is slated for 4:30 p.m.
Here is the key information for the game between the two Connecticut rivals.
• The 2-0 final score was a bit deceiving in Yale's season opening loss to Fordham on Friday. The Bulldogs created good scoring chances and at times carried the play. Yale, though, struggled to finish, something that was a problem at times last season as well. The Bulldogs didn't score their first goal last year until the fifth game. They don't want to wait as long again this fall.
• Peter Jacobson was Yale's most dangerous player in Friday's game. He had four of the Bulldogs' nine shots, including three that were on goal. Jacobson has enjoyed great success against Sacred Heart in his career. He has scored in each of his previous three games against the Pioneers.
• Senior Cody Wilkins returned to Yale's lineup against Fordham. Wilkins had missed all of last year and half of the 2011 season with an injury.
• Sacred Heart (2-3) is playing its second straight Ivy League opponent. The Pioneers were blanked 5-0 at Penn on Sunday. The loss snapped a two-game winning streak.
• Sacred Heart has allowed 13 goals in its five games.
• Aaron Burrell leads SHU with two goals. Three other players have scored once.
• The Pioneers were picked to finish fourth in the Northeast Conference preseason poll.
• Yale leads the all-time series between the teams 5-2-2 and is unbeaten in the last three meetings.
• Live stats and video will be available for the game.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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Minnesota State deploys immersive video technology to make space truly multi-
Linköping, Sweden, 24 July 2012: In a fine example of how immersive and visualization technologies are being applied to new market sectors, Minnesota State University in Mankato (MSU) has installed a 360-degree video projection setup driven by Dataton WATCHOUT to add fresh creative possibilities to a key event space. For this project, WATCHOUT was provided by wide-screen, multi-display and interactive audio-visual specialists, Show Sage.
With no fewer than 17 projectors being combined to provide a display canvas totaling an impressive
32,640 x 1,200 pixels, the Centennial Student Union ballroom at MSU uses WATCHOUT to control the content feeds for each projector, edge-blending multiple images together from up to 28 different digital and analog sources.
"As well as being used as a single immersive event environment, the ballroom can be divided into as many as five smaller spaces, depending on bookings," says Terry Dahl of Video Services, Inc. (VSI), who installed and programmed the room's AV system. "With WATCHOUT, event planners can populate this giant video canvas with almost any type of still image, animated graphic or video – all at their native display resolution and regardless of how much of the canvas is being used at any one time.
"Despite its immense capabilities, WATCHOUT is incredibly easy to use, and that was a key consideration here because many of the ballroom's users are not always highly trained AV systems professionals.
"We are very satisfied with the way WATCHOUT has performed and the Student Union is hugely impressed."
Fredrik Svahnberg, Marketing Director, Dataton, concludes: "Each passing week seems to bring us a new application for WATCHOUT. Seeing our system permanently installed in a multi-use space such as a student ballroom is a great vote of confidence not just in the flexibility and performance of WATCHOUT, but also its usability.
"The MSU installation is a landmark project for Dataton which was backed up by Show Sage's technical support and expertise. We look forward to seeing many similar such applications in the future,"
About Dataton
Renowned Swedish show control developer and manufacturer, Dataton has firmly established themselves on the international market since the 1980s. The company's flagship products include the award-winning Dataton WATCHOUTâ"¢ multi-display production and presentation system as well as the intuitive Dataton PICKUPâ"¢ audio guide. WATCHOUT version 5 is a multi-display, timeline-based software system that comprises stereoscopic playback and 3D effects, and a strong array of groundbreaking features, including enhanced live interaction.
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