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Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine
I was at a loss for words. I was supposed to protect these people and I had failed, badly. There was barely even a fight between the elves and I before they knocked me out. Larry didn't do anything to save those people but he obviously came in and saved me. There was no way the elves would just let me live. They would have wanted to eat me.
"Why?" I asked.
"Why what?" Larry replied.
"Why did you save me and not these people?"
"I'm sure you would like me to say it's because by the time I arrived they were already dead, but in reality I just didn't want to."
"Then why save me?"
He leaned in real close. I couldn't see his face still but his breath was horrendous. "I have plans for you."
I was really uncomfortable with that answer but I knew he wasn't going to tell me what those plans were.
"But," he started as he stood back up straight, "I'm not going to tell you yet." See?
I couldn't even respond to him.
"Well," he said. "Even though this conversation is very riveting I have things to attend to."
"I don't know who or what you are," I began, "but I can promise that one day I am going to kill you."
He simply laughed.
"I don't think so, Wes," he said. "See you later."
Puff. He was gone just like before.
I looked at all the carnage around me and had no idea what I was supposed to do. It wasn't like I could just leave and let everyone see this but the friends and family of these people were going to wonder where they all went. Even still, there wasn't really much to identify anyone with and I'm sure everyone's blood was all mixed together by now. I couldn't leave everything like this.
The next two hours were spent cleaning up the entire area. Any left over body parts were thrown into a pit I dug and burnt to ashes. When I was just about done I heard someone walking up behind me. Relying completely on reflexes I whipped out one of my Desert Eagles and pointed it directly at the would-be attacker.
"Alex," I sighed.
It was hard to tell if she was scared of me.
"I thought I told you to go home?" I pointed out.
"I didn't," she said. She was stunned; baffled by everything she had obviously just seen.
"How long have you been there?"
She just shook her head.
"The whole time?" I asked her.
"Yeah," she replied.
"I'm sorry."
"It was horrible."
"I can you promise that this won't haunt you."
"How can you promise that?"
"I'm going to erase your memory."
I flashed my beam of light before she could say anything more. After the light faded and she regained her wits she just stared at me.
"What happened?" she asked me.
"I found you wandering in the woods here," I lied.
She looked at me like she didn't know what to say, like she was confused, which was understandable.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"Nobody," I replied. "Let me take you home."
I brought her back to my car and then brought her home. When she got out of my car she looked back a couple of times and still seemed very confused. There was something very odd about her.
While I was heading out of the town I felt severely depressed. It seems unlikely but I have honestly never let someone die on my watch. I felt wrong. I felt really bad. I was going to make sure that didn't happen ever again…


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Hailey Baldwin Flashes New Ring While Out With Kendall Jenner: From Justin Bieber?
Well what do we have here? Hailey Baldwin was spotted out and about with pal Kendall Jenner and she was sporting a large silver band on her ring finger? Did Justin Bieber give you that piece of jewelry Hails?
Hailey Baldwin's romance with Justin Bieber, 21, just keeps heating up and we've got to wonder if he's been doing a little jewelry shopping for his new lady. The 19-year-old model was sporting a large silver ring on THAT finger while out at lunch with fellow model Kendall Jenner, 20, on Jan. 12. Judging from the print on the band it looks like it came from Tiffany, so what girl wouldn't love a ring that comes in their perfect robin's egg blue boxes! It's definitely the perfect romantic gift!
Hailey showed off her stunning model's frame on her Beverly Hills jaunt, wearing a super stylish $2,500 Isabel Marant biker jacket with long red sleeves. She paired it with distressed black skinny jeans that showed of her long, lean legs while she kept her hair simple, just tying her long blonde locks back into a pony tail. She kept her make up super minimal to show off the beautiful glow that Justin totally adores. To hear more about Justin and Hailey, head over to iTunes and download the latest HollywoodLife podcast for free!
She sent Beliebers into a frenzy when she rang in 2016 with the "Sorry" singer during a romantic Caribbean getaway, and it definitely wasn't just a one time thing. The pair is still going strong as they were just spotted Jan. 11 having lunch together in Beverly Hills. Not to mention his sweet tweet about his new lady on January 4 where he said, "Feels good to just be happy :)" with a photo that showed him cuddled in close to Hailey. So sweet!
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Several farmers participating in the Zambia Northwest program recently stepped forward to share their results:
John: "My standard of living has improved since I've been applying the conservation farming methods I've learned. This means my wife and I can put more food on the table for our six children than ever before, and I'm able to pay school fees for all of them."
Obieness: "My life has changed for the better since I started getting conservation agriculture training. I'm a widow with seven children, and life has been a challenge for me. But after learning more appropriate ways to farm, I'm expecting good yields on my maize and groundnuts (peanuts) this year. For the first time in my life, my community respects me as a responsible and caring parent because I am able to provide for my family. What a proud mother I am!"
Simeon: "This empowerment program has made me appreciate farming so much more, thanks to everything I've learned about conservation agriculture. Through mulching and using environmentally friendly ways to manage pests, I've harvested more. My successes gave me the confidence to enlarge my maize field, and I even added a new field of cassava. Because we have more to eat and I can make money from selling our excess, I feel like a person who has found a lucrative new job."
Clara: "As a widow taking care of six orphans in addition to my son, I'm amazed and proud that I am standing on my own two feet where farming is concerned. I am thankful for all the farming instruction and support I've received from the staff. I've learned how to fertilize my fields with manure tea (liquid manure) and improved my yields of maize and groundnuts with a number of other practices that were new to me. The NCM team has visited me on many occasions to encourage me and suggest corrections when things weren't going as planned. My yields improved and allowed me to make more money from selling what we didn't need to eat just as I had to pay for an operation for my son."
Caption: Preparing fields
Zambia Northwest Program
Led by Nazarene Compassionate Ministries
Dorcas, a farmer who participates in one of the program's Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLA), can hardly contain her excitement about the improvements program activities have made in her life. "Before this I only grew crops, and did not have any other sources of income or protein. Look! I now have chickens running around in my compound, and they give me eggs and meat. I am also selling them in the market and making some cash. For a 4-month-old chicken I've raised I can earn up to ten times what I paid for the chick."
All of the farmers involved in these VSLAs are like Dorcas – they have limited sources of income and have always relied mainly on rain-fed agriculture to feed their families. After the staff of local partner ADS-Mt. Kenya East convinced Dorcas and the other farmers of the importance of saving money together, they began meeting regularly to encourage each other to save and to share learning and experiences. They also received training on group leadership, managing loans, and establishing by-laws to ensure that all members respect the rules of the group.
Periodically, group members take out loans from the pooled savings, and pay them back with modest interest. Annual payouts from the collective savings can be heady experiences: many members are astonished to learn they have saved a substantial amount for the first time in their lives. Most use their loans to purchase farm inputs, pay their children's school fees, and diversify their farm activities, and now see a way out of poverty.
Dorcas says, "I am definitely happy to be a member of my VSLA.''
Caption: Dorcas feeds some of her chickens
Kenya Tigania
Led by World Renew and Local Partner
"My name is Rekha. I am thankful and happy that my children are well-fed and healthy and that I have a steady income, but this wasn't always the case.
My husband and I used to have a small home near the road in our village, but we were forced to leave it because of road expansion. We moved to a different village, but because we didn't own land, we built a small place on public land. Soon afterward, my husband left for India to look for work.
The big problems started when we lost everything during a major windstorm that destroyed our home. When my son got sick, we didn't have money for his treatment. I borrowed some from a moneylender, and had to borrow even more to continue caring for him. I started sharecropping and growing rice, but I was all on my own and extremely worried about how I would pay back the loan.
That's when the staff of [local partner] BICWS stepped in. They encouraged me to join a farmers group, and I leased a small plot of land for growing vegetables. I began to attend classes on vegetable farming, ways to protect my plants from pests, and making compost fertilizer to enrich the soil and improve the nutritional quality and taste of the food. My children and I not only eat fresh vegetables every day, we also sell some at the local market. In one season I earned enough to pay off the medical loan. In the future I hope to earn enough to purchase my own land. Once again, I am grateful from my heart to the program for the support and knowledge I've gained."
Rekha, particpant Napal Bhatigachh program, Nepal
Caption: Rekha and 3 of her 4 children
Nepal Bhatigachh Program
Led by Mennonite Central Committee and Local Partner BICWS
When Nehal was notified that her family was given priority to receive rabbits and training, her stress-related health conditions started to subside. She had been at her wits' end trying feed and manage all the daily struggles experienced by her family of seven without a source of income. With instruction on animal husbandry and small business management, she soon had enough rabbits for food, and more to sell to take care of household expenses. And her children, whose school attendance and grades had suffered, are now better able to focus on their studies.
Despite deteriorating living conditions and the lack of employment opportunities in Gaza, 100% of the families involved in the rabbit program have managed to add variety to their meals and increase their weekly intake of protein. This in a context in which at least 92% of the population must resort to such coping strategies as reducing portion sizes or number of meals, eating market leftovers or purchasing food on credit. According to latest data provided by the Socio-Economic and Food Security Survey, 47% of the population across the Gaza Strip are either moderately or severely food insecure and struggling to meet food needs. Local partner Al Najd identifies families experiencing the greatest need and offers instruction and support.
Sabren, too, is pleased and grateful to begin the process of breeding rabbits to improve her children's diet and earn money. She lives with her family of eight in an overcrowded apartment, and her husband is unemployed. She's thrilled with the fast progress she's made in learning basic rabbit care and feeding, and is already able to include this rich protein source in weekly meals. As she completes training in small business management she'll be able to sell some to relieve the tight financial situation they've been living in. For Sabren, the biggest reward is the smiles on her children's faces.
Caption: Sabren's rabbit operation
Palestine Gaza Program
Led by Mennonite Central Committee and local partner Al Najd
12 communities, 255 households, 1,785 individuals
Where they once had to face hunger months and mounting debt, Ngor and her family have experienced a complete change of fortune by growing mushrooms through the Cambodia East program. "I am grateful for the chance to improve my family's life," Ngor says.
Before this opportunity, the family scraped by on the rice and cassava they grew in a small field. When food and money grew scarce before the next harvest, Sron, Ngor's husband, would migrate to distant towns to find work. Ngor and her three children would often subsist on snails and crabs they found in the rice field. The couple was unable to pay for their children's schooling, and if anyone became ill they could not afford treatment. During times of crisis, they got into debt by borrowing money at high interest rates.
Fortunately, the program offered them a chance to turn their lives around. In addition to becoming a mushroom farmer, Ngor belongs to a women's Self Help Group whose members support each other and save money together. She and Sron have earned enough to buy seedlings for a variety of crops, build storage for raw materials for their operations, get electricity in their house, and get their children back in school. The family's long-range plan is to buy a small truck and motorbike, drill a well, and build a toilet.
While the program was originally intended to help women find a sustainable source of income, it has ended up increasing the standard of living for the entire area. In fact, growing mushrooms is providing such steady money, and there is so much work available, that most husbands no longer need to migrate.
Participants learn from program staff and local mentors how to build mushroom houses and grow the fungi, which is in high demand in their country. Thera Metrey, a company formed by World Hope International, purchases mushrooms from participants at a fair price and transports them to the wholesale market in Phnom Penh. The program also helps participants learn to sort and grade their produce, and is seeking alternate markets for products that were previously seen as worthless, such as small mushrooms.
Caption: Ngor and family in front of their mushroom house
Cambodia East Program
Led by World Hope International
5 communities, 1,100 households, 5,500 individuals
Marshila says her life has been transformed by the India Banka Dumka Jamui program's emphasis on agriculture, nutrition and sanitation. As a child bride, she had little knowledge about the world or ways to improve her family's health. To her, food was for filling the belly to have the energy to work. The family generally ate only rice and potatoes and, even though lemons, guava and custard apple grew in their yard, Marshila did not know enough about them to add them to meals.
She always wondered how she could save her children from disease and malnutrition, so when the program offered agriculture and nutrition training in her village she jumped at the chance.
The first training she received through her Self-Help Group (SHG) helped her to understand the importance of nutrient-rich foods and a diversified diet for good health. She learned about "Tri-color Meals" – white for carbohydrates, green for vegetables, and yellow for protein-rich legumes. She now grows vegetables in her kitchen garden and has learned delicious ways to serve them. She has taken to heart the lessons on the importance of a clean home environment, and her children think it's fun to wash their hands before meals.
Marshila's SHG also gives workshops on dramatically increasing rice yields, and basic animal husbandry and veterinary skills for caring for goats. Women in her remote village, formerly isolated and hopeless, now feel they are part of the larger world. Their SHG and Village Organization belong to a wider federation whose members share knowledge and envision transformation.
Photo caption: Kitchen gardening improves family health
Photo courtesy of LWR
India Banka Dumka Jamui Program
Led by Lutheran World Relief and local partner PRADAN
12 communities, 640 households, 2,163 individuals
My name is Panna. My husband and I live with our two daughters, ten and five, and our three-year-old son in a small home at the side of the road. Only a year ago, we were just surviving, and my children were having health problems. I didn't know how dangerously sick my son was, though, until one day, the staff of [local partner] BICWS Nepal was monitoring door to door. When they saw my child they said, "This baby is very weak," and advised me to take him to the health post. The doctor there said he was malnourished and should be admitted to the hospital.
It was a scary time, but my little boy is well now, thanks to a six-month treatment. I was invited to join a mothers' group, and we learned how to make "super flour" by roasting and grinding together two types of legumes and one type of whole grain to make a complete protein. I feed my children a porridge made of this lito pitho, fruit and vegetables. It's made a huge difference in their health!
We also received training on planting kitchen gardens right by our houses. I'm growing okra, leafy vegetables, and pumpkins, and my fruit trees – lychee, jackfruit, banana, mango – are coming along. It's a relief and pleasure to be able to give my children food that I grow myself. We continue to learn about nutrition, preparing wholesome meals, and sanitation to make sure our children stay healthy.
I am thankful to the program for saving my little boy's life and for all the help I've received in making a better home for my family.
Caption: Panna and her healthy son
Nepal Bhatigachh Program
Led by Mennonite Central Committee and Local Partner BICWS Nepal
9 communities, 2,603 households, 13,748 individuals
In remote Armenian mountain villages, employment opportunities are hard to come by and life is a challenge. Gifts of chickens, lambs and beehives passed from one neighbor to the next mean nutrition and income for hungry and poor families.
Uncle Jahan, who cares for his disabled wife and carries out all house and garden chores, has worked hard all his life. He saw low yields due to the harsh climate, depleted soil and lack of seeds. He was delighted to receive four beehives from a neighbor, and expects a good honey harvest this year. The lime blossom honey cheers and nourishes his wife, and the income from honey sales allows them to move beyond subsistence to hoping and dreaming again. Jahan also joined a training event on healthy meals intended for community women. "Why not?" he smiled. "I do all the cooking."
A younger villager, Shoger, supports her family of three as well as her disabled brother and his three children. Thanks to the 15 chickens and a rooster she received, she now has 10-12 eggs a day. Shoger says, "For a mother, the most desirable thing is to have healthy children and provide proper meals. These chickens are one of the best things that ever happened in my life. My thanks to all the wonderful and kind people living in the U.S. who have thought about us so far away."
Photo caption: Children help deliver chicks
Armenia FHSLD Program
Led by United Methodist Committee on Relief
3 communities, 156, households, 352 individuals
Before Saralin joined a Self-Help Group (SHG) through FRB's India Umsning program, she'd struggled for 10 years as the head of her household to make ends meet and keep her two children in school. Besides farming, she also tried raising poultry. However, due to her lack of expertise, she didn't earn as much as she expected from either activity.
The training she and her SHG received in kitchen gardening and livestock rearing has transformed her life. Saralin now produces a variety of nutritious vegetables in different seasons to meet her family's needs. And, after comprehensive livestock management training at a vocational center, her poultry business is thriving.
What Saralin learned gave her the confidence to take a loan from her SHG to purchase 500 chickens. It took her only two months to start earning a profit from selling eggs and chickens. She quickly paid back her loan, bought more chicks, and is even applying for a bank loan to further expand her business.
Through hard work and the steps she has taken to improve her life, Saralin has set a great example for other community members. She is now seen as one of the progressive poultry entrepreneurs in the village.
Says Saralin, "Since my Self Help Group formed, we've learned the importance of working together as a group, and have reaped the benefits of helping one another in the community."
Story courtesy of Shamborlang Lakhiat
Caption: Saralin's thriving poultry farm
India Umsning Program
Led by World Renew and local partner NEICORD
12 communities, 500 households, 2,500 individuals
The simple gift of a piglet from FRB's Dominican Republic Bateyes program changed the fortunes of two mothers. And they, in turn, are "paying it forward," enabling 10 neighboring families to make life-changing improvements to their circumstances as well.
Ramona is a widow with three children who feared she would become destitute. But things started to turn around when she received and raised her first piglet. She gave four of that sow's initial offspring to neighbors and sold eight, using the proceeds to invest in more animals. She's sold over 50 pigs to date and made more than $4,000. Ramona's business has thrived with help from her children and the day laborers she hires from among her neighbors. She now has nearly 100 animals and a brighter future.
Likewise, Juliana, mother of three, saw everything improve thanks to that one small gift. She has made $620 so far from selling piglets after giving six to neighbors. She's thrilled that the money helped her send her two sons to school and pay for their school supplies, uniforms, backpacks, shoes and transportation.
Best of all, Juliana's pig business has brought her back to her community. She used to be a domestic worker in the nation's capital, Santo Domingo, and made the commute home only on weekends. Now, she earns enough to stay home, raise and sell pigs, and run a small grocery store she and her husband opened in their home.
Photo courtesy of CWS. Caption: Juliana with one of her pigs
Dominican Republic Bateyes Program
Led by Church World Service and local partner Servicio Social de Iglesias Dominicanas (SSID)
22 communities, 465 households, 3,255 individuals


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Freshman applicants should submit a portfolio of 12 to 20 pieces that represents your best and most recent work from high school (secondary school). Your portfolio can include examples of drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and work in other media. It should emphasize your strengths. The portfolio may also represent your interests and involvement outside the classroom. It is strongly suggested that some samples of drawing from observation (rather than from imagination or copied from photographs) be included.
The Admission Committee assesses the way you express your thoughts and ideas visually. Your previous training and technical abilities are also evaluated. Portfolios are evaluated on an individual basis, in the context of the specific educational background and experiences of each applicant.
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- Enroll in high school art classes, which build skills and experience sequentially, over 2 to 3 years. They should focus on fine arts, design, and color skills. If available, also consider specialized classes in such areas as video, photography, digital art, or visual communications.
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Summary as enacted with Governor's Recommendation: (all summaries)
Virginia Research Investment Committee. Expands the role of the Virginia Research Investment Committee (the Committee) to include, in addition to awarding grants and loans from the Virginia Research Investment Fund, providing guidance and coordination in the use of public funds to support research and commercialization efforts throughout the Commonwealth. Effective January 1, 2018, the bill moves responsibility for the development of the Commonwealth Research and Technology Strategic Roadmap (the Roadmap) from the Center for Innovative Technology to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council), which shall submit the plan to the Committee for approval. The Council would consult with public institutions of higher education, make recommendations on the industry sectors in which the Commonwealth should focus its research and development efforts, and establish a process for maintaining an inventory of the Commonwealth's current research and development efforts. Before implementation, the Council would submit the Roadmap to the Governor for final approval. The Roadmap would be used to determine areas of focus for awards from the Virginia Research Investment Fund and the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund.
01/11/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101632D pdf | impact statement
02/02/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105127D-S1 pdf | impact statement
02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1371ER) pdf | impact statement
04/05/17 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1371ER2) pdf
04/05/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816) pdf
Governor's recommendation
01/11/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101632D
01/11/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/23/17 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
02/01/17 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 1-N 2-A)
02/01/17 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
02/02/17 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
02/02/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105127D-S1
02/03/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
02/06/17 Senate: Read second time
02/06/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
02/06/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17105127D-S1
02/06/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1371S1
02/07/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
02/09/17 House: Placed on Calendar
02/09/17 House: Read first time
02/09/17 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
02/14/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology
02/14/17 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
02/14/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/15/17 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
02/17/17 House: Read second time
02/20/17 House: Read third time
02/20/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
02/22/17 Senate: Enrolled
02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1371ER)
02/22/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/22/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/23/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
02/23/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
03/20/17 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
04/05/17 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (35-Y 5-N)
04/05/17 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (97-Y 0-N)
04/05/17 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
04/05/17 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
04/05/17 Senate: Reenrolled
04/05/17 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1371ER2)
04/05/17 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
04/05/17 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/05/17 House: Enacted, Chapter 816 (effective - see bill)
04/05/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816)


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Phil is actively involved in getting kids and families outdoors to help combat "nature deficit disorder" through a number of volunteer and conservation organization programs. He is currently involved in "No Child Left Inside" initiatives and last March was recognized as the National Wildlife Federation's, 2013 "Volunteer of the Year."
Phil is a free-lance outdoor adventure writer and host of a weekly radio show called "What's in Outdoors".
Phil co-authored an Emporia State University, Kansas School Naturalist publication titled "Last Child on the Prairie".
Appreciation, history, preservation and education concerning Kansas' secret treasures, the Flint Hills prairie is one of his passions.
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Local protest against mental health profiling Monday 1/21/12 in Northampton, MA
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Local protest against mental health profiling Monday 1/21/12 in Northampton, MA
In the days since the Newtown school shooting, the media and politicians of all stripes have used those diagnosed with mental illness as a scapegoat. On the federal level, the White House has released a plan "to reduce gun violence" that includes $55 million in funding for teachers and schools, working with law enforcement, to "detect and respond to mental illness in children and young adults"--i.e. to diagnose them with stigmatizing, and potentially criminalizing, mental illness labels, despite the fact that statistical research shows there is no significant link between mental illness and violence. In New York State, a law has been passed (the "NY SAFE Act") which expands forced outpatient drugging via court order of people diagnosed with mental illness, allows for the revocation of gun licenses for people diagnosed with mental illness, and which requires mental health professionals to report to law enforcement if they believe a patient may harm themselves or others--destroying any possibility of trust between therapists and their patients.
We cannot remain silent in the face of this rush to demonize us and profile us as potential killers. Occupy Psychiatry has called for a National Day of Action to Stop Mental Health Profiling on Martin Luther King Day. This Monday, I invite everyone who can to come to a protest outside Edwards Church (297 Main St, Northampton MA) (on the corner of Main St and State St), at 12pm this Monday, 1/21/2013, Martin Luther King Day. It is being held as part of the National Day of Action to Stop Mental Health Profiling 1/21/13 MLK Day. I will be there with flyers and posters, and posterboard for you to create your own. - Sarah Harper for Freedom Center


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No. 725, June 5, 2014
Protection for California Wolves, Pups for OR-7
What an epic week for West Coast wolves. On Wednesday, responding to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to protect wolves under the state Endangered Species Act. The decision came just hours after it was confirmed that OR-7 -- the famous wolf that wandered into California in late 2011 and returned periodically -- had sired pups in southern Oregon.
The decision in California is a groundbreaking victory in our work to return wolves to parts of their historic range. As populations expand, it's vital that wolf families, like the one OR-7 just started, be protected from guns, traps and poisons.
And about those pups: Government biologists spotted two of OR-7's offspring earlier in the week and say there could be more; typically litters include four to six. It's the first time wolf pups have been born in the Oregon Cascades in decades.
Learn more in our press release, which also includes a photo of the new pups, and read more in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Landmark Study: Population, Consumption Driving Massive Wildlife Extinctions
A new study led by acclaimed conservation biologist Dr. Stuart Pimm of Duke University finds that wildlife are going extinct at a pace not seen in millions of years -- 1,000 times faster than the background rate. The primary drivers are human population growth and increased resource consumption.
It's the latest wake-up call that, if we're going to save a diversity of life on Earth, we need to move fast and begin addressing these key issues at the source. We've already lost magnificent species like the passenger pigeon, ivory-billed woodpecker and sea mink. Without action we stand to lose hundreds of others, including polar bears, American wolverines and Hawaiian monk seals.
The findings contained one hopeful note, however: Mammals, birds and amphibians would have moved 20 percent faster toward extinction over the past four decades if not for conservation efforts.
Read more in our press release and this Huffington Post op-ed by the Center's Noah Greenwald.
New Power Plant Rule Doesn't Do Enough to Fight Global Warming
The Obama administration's new plan to cut global warming pollution from power plants simply doesn't go far enough to address the climate crisis. Years ago scientists warned that developed countries like the United States must, by 2020, reduce their emissions 25 percent to 40 percent below 1990 levels to avoid climate catastrophe. The rules unveiled Monday would, by 2030, reduce existing power plant emissions by just 7.7 percent below 1990 levels.
The plan comes on the heels of a report from federal scientists that global warming has already dangerously increased flood risks to American cities and is delivering intense heat waves, along with drought and heightened risks of wildlife extinction. Tackling the climate crisis will require much more than what the Obama administration has proposed.
"This is like fighting a wildfire with a garden hose," said the Center's Kevin Bundy. "We're glad the president has finally turned the water on, but it's just not enough to get the job done."
Read more in The Nation.
Massive Climate Rally in New York City in September -- Save the Date
Mark your calendar: The biggest demonstration in the history of the climate movement will happen in New York City on Sept. 20 and 21. The People's Climate March will be held just as world leaders and members of the United Nations gather to discuss the climate crisis. If we expect real action on global warming, we need to make our voices heard.
Join thousands of other activists for this important event. This peaceful protest for a healthy climate future will include a massive march through New York City with street theater, music, speakers and whatever creative energy you and your friends can bring.
Join the Center, 350.org and other allies for a monumental call to action on global warming. Circle the dates on your calendar and start talking with your friends.
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Big Win Against Toxics: Dangerous Rat Poison to Cease Production -- Thank You
After years of pressure from the Center, ally groups, government agencies, and you, our supporters, the maker of the rodenticide d-CON has finally agreed to pull its most hazardous products from store shelves. The poison d-CON is notorious for its extreme toxicity and ripple effects on creatures other than rodents, including children, cats and dogs living in houses using the product -- and even endangered species, from San Joaquin kit foxes to California condors, which eat poisoned rodents and are poisoned in turn.
Reckitt Benckiser, the parent company of d-CON, had been challenging a decision by the EPA to limit the sale of super-toxic rat poison to avoid unintentional poisonings -- but it agreed last Friday to stop producing its super-toxic rat poisons and pull the worst products from store shelves by early 2015.
The Center will continue to pressure d-CON and other pesticide companies to eliminate dangerous products. And this momentous back-down by Big Pesticides couldn't have occurred without your passionate engagement on the issue: Nearly 50,000 letters were written by Center supporters opposing d-CON. Thank you.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Rare Flower Wins Protections; 2,200 Acres in California, Nevada
Webber's ivesia is a tiny yellow flower in the rose family that grows only in California and Nevada -- and only in special rocky, clay-based soils that can take 1,000 years to form. This plant has been ravaged by human-related threats -- including invasive plants, more frequent and intense wildfires, off-road vehicles, roads, development, grazing and climate change -- that have whittled the Webber's ivesia down to just 16 known populations, some of which may already have disappeared since they were documented.
Luckily this little flower has been defended by the Center for a decade, and now our work is paying off. We petitioned to protect the Webber's ivesia under the Endangered Species Act in 2004 and included it in our landmark agreement in 2011 to speed up protection decisions on 757 species around the country. As a result the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday granted the plant final federal safeguards, along with 2,170 acres of protected "critical habitat."
Read more in our press release.
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Seabirds From Oregon Clearcuts
Logging companies are lining up to clearcut three parcels of forests in western Oregon that are home to 750 acres of prime habitat for federally protected marbled murrelets, seabirds that come inland to nest and breed in mature and old-growth forests.
On Tuesday the Center and allies filed a notice of intent to sue the two timber companies to stop this clearcutting, which will eliminate the trees that murrelets need for nesting and leave them more susceptible to predators, pushing them closer to extinction.
The parcels, totaling 2,728 acres, once belonged to all Oregonians as part of the Elliott State Forest in Coos County. The state recently sold the land to the timber companies for $4.2 million, even though the parcels are valued at $22 million. The lands should never have been sold in the first place, but now that it's happened, we're not going to allow them to be clearcut.
Read more in The Oregonian.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef Threatened by Fossil Fuel Exports -- Take Action
Eager to become the newest energy powerhouse, Australia is about to sacrifice one of the world's most precious ecological jewels -- the stunning Great Barrier Reef -- to last century's dirty fossil fuels. Australia has already approved four gas export terminals inside the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, a region off the country's northeast coast that's home to more than 400 corals, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 kinds of mollusks.
In 2012 the Center sued to stop the United States from funding two of the gas terminals, and UNESCO is now vowing to list the World Heritage Area as "in danger" because of Australia's relentless development.
An expansion of the country's Abbot Point coal port is also of major concern. It would dredge and dump 3 million cubic meters of material in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, muddying the famously clear waters and burying habitat. Increased shipping across the reef would harm endangered dugongs, sea turtles and whales. And more coal would mean more devastating greenhouse gases anywhere the stuff is burned.
Act now and tell Australia's environmental minister that coal and coral don't mix; then learn more about the Center's work to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
Wild & Weird: Do Gender Stereotypes Create Deadlier Hurricanes?
Hurricanes are extremely violent weather events that -- according to an extraordinary new report -- are made even more deadly by sexism. A team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, using archival data, recently discovered that tropical cyclones with female names have historically killed more people than storms with male names.
The naming process occurs before any given storm's formation, and therefore does not reflect a storm's severity; names are simply given to make communication about the storm easier, and alternate between male and female as new storms form. But, as the new study argues, subconscious sexism lurks behind a cyclone's nom de guerre. Relying on social biases fixed to gender, some prospective storm victims may be subconsciously perceiving that hurricanes bestowed with female names will be weaker -- and therefore taking fewer precautions. "Changing a severe hurricane's name from Charley to Eloise could nearly triple its death toll," says the study.
To uncover how sexism influences human behavior toward storms, the team of behavioral scientists provided nearly 1,000 test subjects with a list of hurricane names and asked them to guess the storms' severity. A majority concluded that the male storms would be more intense. They were then asked to read several scenarios with more details about an incoming storm. Though the descriptions described nearly identical storm situations, the subjects were more likely to say they would evacuate their homes for Hurricane Christopher than for Hurricane Christina.
Get more on the study from the Associated Press.
Kierán Suckling
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Photo credits: OR-7's wolf pups courtesy USFWS; OR-7 courtesy USFWS; polar bears courtesy Flickr/Martha de Jong-Lantink; coal power plant courtesy Flickr/davipt; wolves by John Pitcher; Keystone XL protest courtesy Flickr/Josh Lopez, 350.org; California condor courtesy Flickr/ZakVTA; Webber's ivesia by Sarah Kulpa, USFWS; elephant courtesy Flickr/Matt Rudge; marbled murrelet courtesy Flickr/Andrew Reding; dugong courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Julien Willem; Hurricane Irene courtesy Flickr/NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center.
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While it looks as though the big regulatory issues affecting advisors are on the back burner, advisors still face heavy regulatory burdens in the year ahead, says Kenneth Bentsen, president and CEO of SIFMA. Bentsen is taking on the role of chief executive of SIFMA after former Senator Judd Gregg stepped down last week. Bentsen talks about SIFMA's future, what regulatory issues are on the horizon and what type of legislation the industry should watch for in the coming months.
WealthManagement.com: What's up next for SIFMA? Will Gregg's departure impact the initiative he spearheaded to educate Main Street investors on the importance of the financial markets?
Kenneth Bentsen: No, it will continue to be among the highest of priorities. And we're fortunate that Judd has agreed to serve as a senior advisor. That's a critical initiative of our board of directors—it's the Chet Helcks and Jim Rosenthals [SIFMA's past and present chairmen] who are the market participants and the real driving force on this issue. Across the board, regardless of the firm, it's a unifying theme. We're also looking at working on how we relate to customers, as well as customer rights and responsibilities and business continuity issues. And we're working with the foundation to enhance education around capital markets.
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Bentsen: There's a lot still out there, and financial advisors, both institutional and retail, are seeing activity. The Department of Labor's ERISA fiduciary re-proposal staying out there, the agency is still doing analytical work. And we expect to see the money market fund rule soon from the Securities and Exchange Commission. This will have a larger impact on the producers, originators of the funds, but it could impact the structure of the funds and by extension, advisors.
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IRVINE, CA--(Marketwired - Jan 27, 2014) - LoanScoreCard™, provider of automated underwriting engines and compliance solutions, has QM-readied the Freedom Mortgage Wholesale Division. By extending Freedom's Wholesale website capabilities, brokers now have access to a QM assessment tool that provides accuracy and improved efficiency while saving time for both the originator and the wholesaler.
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Lord Yorbert Royce was the Lord of Runestone and head of House Royce in the late reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.
Lord Yorbert was the Lord Protector of the Vale during the minority of Lady Jeyne Arryn. In that capacity he attended the Great Council of 101 AC in her stead.[1]
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Smoking a hookah is getting more popular among young people, but it can be just as bad as smoking cigarettes.
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Do you need Georgia Boating education?
You need education if you were born after Jan. 1, 1998, and will be operating a motorized vessel in Georgia.
There is no minimum age requirement to take this online course.
You do not have to be a resident of Georgia to take this online course.
Boating education is currently required in several U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
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Persons 16 years of age or older may legally operate any boat or PWC on Georgia state waters if they have a proper identification card, such as a driver's license (or legible copy) or any other government-issued identification that contains a description of the person, a photograph, and the date of birth, on board.
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IMRSV (formerly Immersive Labs) has moved from designing "smart" billboards that changed ads depending on the person watching them to creating software that can turn any video camera into an analytics tool. The software, called Cara, collects real-time anonymous data on any people in the camera's vision, such as gender, age, and the amount of time they've been in the vicinity. Because the information is gathered instantaneously, a developer can design a program that creates instantaneous responses. Developer Jason Sosa says Cara isn't as much of a privacy risk as other face recognition technologies because it "doesn't record images, it doesn't save video, it doesn't collect any personal information. It's simply gathering stats." Also unlike similar software, developers can use it for a fairly reasonable $39.99 per month.
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Upon the release of the digital billboards, Sosa and his IMRSV colleagues began to receive requests from many different business sectors to design real-time detection software that could, for example, determine how many people were standing in line at a fast food restaurant or adjust a home's temperature based on who was in it. Cara adds the element of sight to the many different sensors that comprise the Internet of Things. With it, Sosa says that someday soon "my living room [can tell] my kitchen that I'm coming."
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"Gimmie, Gimmie just one more chance."
Last week, Louisville television anchor John Boel was nominated for regional Emmys in four different categories.
He won them all.
Before November of 2010, Boel had won 70 Emmy awards in a 25-year career as a television anchor and reporter.
But after his second DUI, John was On the News, In the News which became the title of his autobiographical book.
When I met him at the Kentucky Book Fair, he had been unemployed for over a year.
He had also been sober for most of that time and a regular at recovery meetings.
After spending the day with he and his wife Brenda at the table next to mine, I went home and wrote a Huffington Post blog about him and his book that night.
It was perfect timing. A lot of influential people in Louisville, like WHAS radio personality Terry Meiners, were helping John and a couple of months later, WAVE3 gave John a second chance.
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There are two schools of thought about forgiveness. One is articulated by Jesus, who said to turn the other cheek. The other is articulated by the fictional character The Godfather, who believed that all wrongs must be avenged.
Most of us live somewhere in the middle. If you are like me, there are some people I forgive and others where I tend to hold grudges. I'd like to be more like Jesus, but realize like the Godfather that if forgive everyone for every reason, people would walk all over me.
However, God gave me a unique talent. I'm good at picking out people who will make the most of a second chance. I don't bet on many horses in the comeback category, but find the winners when I do.
Everything about John Boel told me that he would make the most of a second chance.
He is a focused and driven guy who does stuff like compete in Ironman races. I always wonder if John and I would have been friends before he fell off the wagon. Guys like John always seem a little too perfect for a someone like me, whose every ounce of being screams imperfection.
Getting knocked down put John in the same universe I live in. Hoping that the world would overlook his imperfections and see the whole person.
The people at WAVE3 saw the whole picture and gave John a second chance. One that he made the most of.
A lot of well-known people are trying to make comebacks in a public way. Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer are running for office in New York. Tiger Woods is battling back as a golfer and scores of celebrities battle addiction problems in a public way.
Making a comeback is not limited to celebrities. I just helped a young man get admitted to college after he flunked out a few years ago. I've helped a number of people get readmitted into college and will go to any length, including visiting the president of the school, to make it happen.
Almost all of the people have come through on the second chance. Usually with honors.
There are just as many people that I did not choose to help. I'm not sure why I pick one and not pick another. Usually it is a gut feeling about whether a person would appreciate the opportunity.
The movie Donnie Brasco is a wonderful illustration of a parlance of the street and the whole philosophy of giving your "stamp of approval" for a person by "vouching" for them.
If you "vouched" for someone and they did not come through, like in the true story of Donnie Brasco, the consequences could be deadly.
John did not know I had planned on "vouching" for him until he saw the article in print. I think divine providence kicks in, but I knew after the first hour at the Kentucky Book Fair that he would be the subject of my next column.
I suspected that helping to get John in the public eye would help get him back on the air again. I knew I had to try. Being on the television news is a difficult position to obtain and getting a job in a city where you were publicly bounced off the air is nearly impossible. It would have been easy to write John off and forget about him.
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Congratulations John. You have made me proud.
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It's the all-time classic superhero question: Who do you prefer, Superman or Batman? And yet we don't appear to have a thread on it. Therefore I have taken the liberty of creating one, complete with a cheesy reference to
in the title.
This is a thread designed to allow people to say which of the two characters they prefer in the most general sense, and why. Obviously this is a theme that runs through a lot of discussions on here, but I thought it deserved its own space. We can like both heroes and I certainly do, but if you had to choose one, who do you prefer?
I've said in a lot of other threads why I prefer Clark Kent/Superman over Bruce Wayne/Batman, but to summarize:
Superman has all the power in the world, but instead of using it for selfish ends, he uses them for the greater good
Clark is more optimistic and tends to see the best in people
His background embodies small town, Norman Rockwell-esque Americana and working class roots rather than inherited wealth
Clark Kent is not a billionaire, but works an ordinary 9-to-5 job like everybody else (which happens to dovetail with my own career and interests)
I love science fiction and Superman is all about that: Krypton, space travel, superpowers, mad scientists, aliens, you name it.
As far as wish fulfillment goes, having all of Superman's powers would be way more awesome for me than having a ton of gadgets and the coolest car ever. Flight alone would be incredible.
Kryptonite may be an overused story element, but it is an excellent metaphor
The analogy of Superman as a secular Messiah for the modern age is fascinating to me and I find it interesting to read about the parallels between him and religious figures such as Jesus (
Death and Return of Superman
Kingdom Come
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Even though The Joker, let's face it, is the better arch-nemesis, Lex Luthor in the modern era is for me a more realistic one in terms of what he represents - the colossal power of monetary wealth combined with a terrifyingly capable intellect. What better antithesis could you have to a virtually invincible demigod?
The character of Batman would not exist without Superman.
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JLo wants Selena Gomez to play her in a movie
Jennifer Lopez is looking at the next generation of actors and she has high hopes for Selena Gomez.
Jennifer Lopez's big break came from playing another superstar and she is already looking to the next generation of actresses to play her if a film is ever made about her.
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"I would want Selena Gomez to play me in a movie," Lopez reportedly said, according to E! News Latina. "She is a cutie!"
The actresses have more in common than many might think. Gomez was named after singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, who Lopez portrayed in the 1997 film, Selena. And this isn't the first time that Gomez and Lopez have been compared to each other. Jason Evigan, a producer who worked on Gomez's album, Stars Dance, told MTV, "I think it's going to take her to the next level. I kind of feel she's going to be like a new JLo kind of thing."
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"Being part of the Disney Channel was such a blessing, and I'm super happy with what my show accomplished, but acting is something I would like to take on more seriously," she recently told Teen Vogue. "I don't necessarily feel accomplished. I want to create a whole different persona when it comes to acting."
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"Lady," a starkly emotional piano-driven ballad, makes clear that Stevie Nicks has, for too long, hidden behind effects — be they electronic, sartorial or otherwise. Stripped of artifice, Nicks connects on an elemental level that she simply couldn't while swaddled in synths or shawls.
Known to her deepest fans as the demo "Knockin' on Doors," this track provides a striking full-length preview of what's in store on 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault, due October 9, 2014 via Warner Bros.
Filched copies of poorly recorded sessions work initially inspired 24 Karat Gold, which finds Nicks — as the title suggests — returning to officially unreleased songs for inspiration. (She's already issued a similarly updated version of her long-bootlegged "The Dealer," earlier this month.) In keeping with this intimate theme, the album cover will include candid Poloroid shots from throughout Nicks' career.
24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault was co-produced by Nicks, Dave Stewart (who worked with Nicks on her most recent studio effort, as well) and longtime collaborator Waddy Wachtel. Before this album arrives, look for Nicks to join a reconstituted Fleetwood Mac for a new tour that begins September 30 and continues through December, her first since the late-1990s with Christine McVie.
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Compare The Fighter's Final Boxing Match With the Real Fight
Spoiler: They are not exactly the same.
Below is the championship fight from The Fighter intercut with footage from the actual fight (plus some unimpressed commentary). It will probably not surprise you to learn that the movie took some dramatic liberty.