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To help finance her education, Renee went back to the hospital setting where she would qualify for tuition reimbursement. At that time, the hospital was having a critical shortage of nurses in the childbirth center, and they offered to provide Renee with all the training she would need if she made a two-year commitment. Renee felt she was ready for the challenge and plunged into the uncharted waters of labor and delivery. She recalls, "Labor and delivery was a whole new skill set, and I worked with a wonderful group of nurses who were very proactive and practiced shared governance. They were strong "http://nursinglink.monster.com/training/articles/7881-make-a-difference-as-a-patient-advocate">patient advocates, and I learned a great deal in the two years I was there."
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Many people--though, sadly, far too few of them public office-holders--cautioned in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 that we should treat the acts through a law-enforcement lens. That would allow us to demonstrate how a free society operates under duress, not by entrapping innocents in war but by dispensing justice tailored to where justice was due.Instead, of course, we did precisely what the terrorists hoped for: we flexed the biggest muscles possible, confirming in the minds of political adversaries that we were just a big bully after all and deserved to be treated inhumanely. Bin Laden became an afterthought.Sad to see, after new acts of terror, that Senator Graham has learned so little from such a bellicose folly. This is about much more than sating blood lust; it's about defining through our conduct who we _are_ as a nation--and how the rest of the world will perceive us.Steve
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If Congress were merely useless, the country would be better off. But it's worse than useless. In the iron grip of a Republican Party that is almost slavishly devoted to the Bush administration, it's downright destructive, especially to the interests of poor and working people.
Consider the budget that will soon be sent to the president for his signature. Members of the House and Senate have agreed on legislation that achieves something approaching $40 billion in savings over five years primarily by hammering the sick, the poor, the elderly and college students and their families.
This is the same Congress that genuflects each time the president asks for yet another gift-wrapped tax cut for the wealthiest among us. The textbooks tell us that the U.S. is a representative democracy, but only the upper strata are truly represented.
The nearly 800-page budget bill would allow states to jack up the premiums and co-payments of millions of low-income Medicaid recipients. It would also allow some Medicaid benefits to be rolled back.
One of worst aspects of the Medicaid provisions is that large numbers of poor people, faced with the higher premiums and co-payments, will inevitably decide to take a pass on the health care they need. Some will die.Continue reading the main story
"The Congressional Budget Office," wrote Kevin Freking of The Associated Press, "has concluded that such increases would lead many poor people to forgo health care or not to enroll in Medicaid at all -- contributing to some of the $4.8 billion in Medicaid savings envisioned over the next five years."
(I listened the other day to a story about a woman who had repeatedly postponed a visit to the doctor because she was broke and had no health insurance. It turned out she had breast cancer. By the time it was diagnosed, the cancer had already spread through much of her body. The prognosis for this woman is not good, and it should not be the policy of the United States government to encourage this kind of situation.)
You would think that a conservative, family-values, Republican-dominated Congress would, at the very least, go to the mat on behalf of child support payments. Think again.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which has closely studied the budget agreement, noted that "its reductions in child support enforcement funding would, according to the C.B.O., mean that $2.9 billion in child support that otherwise would be collected over the next five years -- and $8.4 billion that otherwise would be collected over the next 10 years -- would go uncollected instead."
As the center noted:
"The conference agreement also includes provisions that would delay certain [Supplemental Security Income] payments for up to a year for many poor individuals with disabilities who are found eligible for S.S.I. In addition, the bill cuts federal foster care aid in a way that will make it much more difficult for states to provide federally funded foster care benefits to certain relatives who are raising children because the children's parents are unable or unfit to do so."
This is ugly stuff: mean-spirited legislators hacking like wild men with machetes at the already ragged safety net. Poor children, the very sick and the disabled are among those most likely to tumble into the abyss.
The largest chunk of "savings" in the budget bill would come from student aid. With the special interests driving up in 18-wheelers to haul away our tax dollars, Congress and the administration apparently felt that mugging college students would be a good way to recoup a bit of those losses.
"This is the biggest cut in the history of the federal student loan program," said David Ward, who heads the American Council on Education, an umbrella group for public and private colleges.
Republican leaders in Congress, working in tandem with the Bush administration on this issue, tried to throw up the usual smoke screen. As The Times reported:
"Republican negotiators said virtually all the cuts in student aid would be borne by banks and other lenders, an assertion sharply disputed by Democrats and college administrators, who said that two-thirds of the savings would be at the expense of students and their families."
Because of some minor, last-minute changes that have to be dealt with, the House will have one more crack at this bill before it goes to the president. It would be an opportunity for some Republican "moderates," who should be appalled at what is happening, to step up and be heard.
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Sunday on 14th Feb 2016 Dog show Organized by the Kennel Club on Leisure Valley, Sector 10, Chandigarh. Dog show Inaugurated by Mayor Arun Sood. Huge crowd were seen in the dog show. Dogs and pets lovers were taking photos with the various beeds dogs.
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MAD Magazine takes potshots at Barack Obama's TelePrompter dependence, middle name, birth place, and former pastor in a new article, "How Barack Obama stacks up to the other 42 presidents."
The life of Indigo Red is full of adventure. Tune in next time for the Further Adventures of Indigo Red.
While George Washington's "head was carved into Mt. Rushmore, Obama's head was sculpted into a Chia Pet," the article starts.Read more at World Net Daily.
John Adams "got lost on his way to go live in the White House. Obama successfully reached the White House, but has been lost ever since."
"Before [Andrew] Jackson, there had never been a president born west of the Appalachian Mountains. Before Obama, there had never been a president born … wherever it was he was born."
About James Madison, Mad wrote, "Madison's wife introduced ice cream to the White House. Obama's wife introduced a vegetable garden. Seriously? Come on ... "
Obama's campaign slogan of "Yes We Can" also was in the bull's-eye: About John Tyler, Mad said, "The campaign phrase 'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too' is every bit as vague and irrelevant as 'Yes We Can.'"
The magazine had no qualms suggesting that Obama will not win re-election. About Grover Cleveland was this: "Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. There's no certainty Obama will even want to run in 2016."
About Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "FDR stood up to Germany and Japan. Obama can't even stand up to Mitch McConnell.
About Millard Fillmore, Mad joked, "While in Europe, Fillmore had an audience with Pope Pius IX. Obama, meanwhile, was in the audience during Jeremiah Wright's tirades."
George H.W. Bush: "Bush paved the way for his oldest son to become President. At this rate, Obama's paving the way for another Bush son to become President."
Gerald Ford: "Ford declared that 'our long national nightmare is over.' Obama would never say that, knowing our current nightmare still has several years to go."
Jimmy Carter: "Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with Habitat for Humanity. Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize because ... uhhhh ... help us out here."
On Martin Van Buren: "Van Buren was the first president to be born an American citizen. Obama was the first president to bust his lip open playing a pickup game of basketball."
On Benjamin Harrison: "Harrison was considered one of the best extemporaneous speakers of his day. Obama is considered one of the best Teleprompter readers of his day."
On Herbert Hoover: "As we go to press, angry poor people have not yet set up 'Obamavilles.'"
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So, today I decided to have a bit of a vintage indulgence, and I found out about a place less than 15 mins away in Little Marlow called Home Barn. The website bills the place as having "an inspiring collection of unique vintage furniture and accessories with an eclectic mix of industrial, reclaimed, antique and modern treasures for your home and garden."
Well, that's certainly true! From the vintage tin Coca-Cola cafe table outside, to the collection of jars and bottles, long-lived wooden furniture including old school desks and chunky kitchen benches, a full printing press, artwork, metal letters, a few pieces of taxidermy, industrial cabinets….even a full chandelier hanging from the barn rafters. I'll let the photos do the talking…
I was quite tempted with some chairs, as one of the things my flat is still lacking are a dining table and chairs. I don't want to spend a fortune as most of the time it wouldn't be used, and I also want something as neat as possible with chairs that can be stacked when I don't need them. There were a couple of options at Home Barn today but in the end I decided it needn't be rushed and it's the kind of thing I'm likely to find on Freecycle or similar.
However, I couldn't leave without satisfying my penchant for bottles and jars, and came away with 6 test tubes (£1.50 each) and a ground-glass stoppered bottle – photographed here with the colourful background of my rug, they form the basis of a modern upcycled spice rack idea I have. They also threw in the two small keys from a giant bowl for free (destined for jewellery!), and to top it off customers can pick up a free MollieMakes issue on the way out – I got Issue 13 from back in April which came with free rose buttons.
I highly recommend a visit to Home Barn if you're in the area – if you're even vaguely interested in vintage, upcycled or recycled home style, you can't fail to be inspired with a visit there.


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Varun Tej is a James Bond Now!Mar 24, 2016 03:55 AM
Mega Prince Varun Tej will be seen as a James Bond in his next film Rayabhari directed by ace filmmaker Krish. The movie will go on sets very soon.
A successful passionate director 'Krish' was lauded with 'Gamyam' till 'Kanche' but not tasted much box-office success. This is not affected or deter the director and now ready to come for directing another interesting genre film.
According to the latest buzz, Krish's next movie will be a spy thriller and the tentative title of the film is 'Rayabari'. Much discussion has been happing from the last few weeks about this movie and now he will come with a variety of film.
As per the buzz, Krish has ready to rope again with 'Kanche' hero Varun Tej and Pragya Jaiswal for this spy thriller movie. The details regarding this project have not been announced officially but will be started early next year.
Mega fans will wait few more months to know more information about 'Rayabaari' film of Varun Tej and Krish combination. As we all know that Krish has created wonder at the box office with different genre films and this time also many people are expecting more from him with the upcoming movie.
As we all know that James Bond films always offers lavish entertainment, in which guns, style, girls and smile etc will common. Previously, Mega Star Chiranjeevi also appeared as a James Bond in 'Goodhachari No. 1' and 'Rudhranethra' movies.
Now, this kind of role has ready for Varun Tej so all fans are excitingly waiting for this film. However, all are hope that the movie will finish successfully and get good success again.


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Education In The West Of England, 1066-1548
By Nicholas Orme
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Subjects: Cornish Studies, Education, History, South-West Studies
This book is a study of all the known schools in the six counties of the West of England, from the Conquest to the Reformation. Most are described for the very first time or in greater detail than ever before. 120 schools are included: those of principal cities, smaller towns and villages, the new endowed schools and chantry schools of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and the educational institutions of the monasteries and religious houses.
The account of each school covers (as far as possible) its origins, constitution, endowment and history up to the middle of the sixteenth century. Biographies are included of more than 100 founders, benefactors and schoolmasters. A full introduction explains the background of medieval school history and draws attention to points of special interest in the West of England. There are also ten maps and genealogies.
The study covers a wide range of topics. As well as making a valuable contribution to the history of education, it casts a new light on the history of the Church and of lay society in the Middle Ages. Medieval people emerge as far more involved with education and learning than is generally thought. There is much in the text of interest to local historians concerned with local towns and villages.
List of Maps and Text Figures
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Medieval Schools
Distribution and Continuity
Institutions and Endowments
Masters, Pupils and their Work
Higher Education
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1. Five Cities and their Schools
2. Towns and Villages with Schools, but not Endowed
3. Endowed Schools and Chantry Schools
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If you happen to be a professional working in downtown Fort Lauderdale, then you probably would like to live in a home near work that is equipped with a luxury bathroom.
At least, that is the finding of a recent study, conducted by PMG Associates Inc. and commissioned by a company called Lauderdale Publishing.
The study showed that of the 2,500 professionals in Fort Lauderdale, one out of six would be willing to pay $1,000 per month to live downtown. That is, if they can have good security, good parking and a luxury bathroom.
``This is not a joke. More people said they wanted a luxury bathroom than a luxury kitchen,`` said Sherry Friedlander of Lauderdale Publishing.
I can understand that. There`s really not much need for a luxury kitchen, although you would have more elbow room to make your peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
But a luxury bathroom would seem to be a must if you are going to live and work in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Here, as I see it, would be the ideal set-up:
After you wake up, you stumble into your luxury bathroom, splash some water on your face and punch on the personal computer, mounted right there by the towel rack.
Presto. You know exactly how your soap inventory and your FPL stock are doing.
Then you step into the shower, which is a precise mock-up of War Memorial Auditorium in Holiday Park.
This not only gives you plenty of elbow room, but also comes in handy in case you invite the Philharmonic Orchestra of South Florida to give a concert as you lather up.


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I don't think tiling window managers are the thing of the future, I'm using a tiling window manager right now and I've been using it for quite some time. They just are not (were not) that mainstream I guess. But once you use and accept the concept of automatic tilling you barley spend any more time on moving and resizing windows and the idea of going back to overlapping windows is just ... well it's madness
The only drawback, to me at least, is that some chrome rich applications use a lot of space and you still need to maximize them or everything looks cramped.
However I find it sad that drag&drop is still considered an expert feature.
I find it sad that D&D is still a feature. If ever there were an error-prone computing activity, D&D would be it. If the computer illiterate aren't dragging-and-dropping, that's a good thing; it means fewer people coming to me, asking where their files ended up after their finger slipped.


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Our country is at a rare and dangerous juncture. The old order is crumbling, and virtually all the centers of power that govern us have been discredited by events. The president is irrelevant, weak and unbelievable, even to his own party. The Democratic majority controlling Congress is stalled by its own shortcomings. The treasury secretary, given his arrogant approach to the financial crisis, is not to be trusted as a steward of the public interest. Nor are the conservative Federal Reserve and its chairman. The private power of Wall Street is utterly disgraced and desperate.
This condition of vulnerability is sure to prevail for at least the next three months, until a new president and new Congress take office. In the meantime, the governing elites are clinging to the old order, trying to salvage it by delivering massive amounts of relief from taxpayers to the failing financial institutions. The American people correctly see this approach as a historic swindle that rewards the villains at the expense of the victims. A Nevada real estate broker asked the Washington Post, "Instead of having a bailout, why don't we have indictments?"
Indictments can wait, along with fundamental reforms. Right now the country needs to confront the fire raging through the financial system and engulfing people and productive assets in the real economy. Aroused and angry, the public, for a change, can play a decisive role in the political arena, as it did when the House rejected the bailout package. That shock to the system was valuable therapy. People can drive politicians to begin facing reality and to develop a more forceful strategy for national recovery, an approach that serves the country as a whole and has a far better chance of succeeding. The sooner our leaders recognize that the old order is gone, the sooner Americans can begin reconstructing a more viable and equitable economy.
The calamitous unwinding of financial institutions in recent months has an ominous resemblance to events that unfolded after the stock market crash of 1929, when three years of recurring waves of bank failures and economic contraction led to massive suffering. The government, led by the Federal Reserve, was scandalously derelict during that crisis. This time Washington has reacted more aggressively but still hasn't found a strategy to stabilize finance or reverse the gathering recession.
Another total collapse like the one in the 1930s may still be avoided if politics changes direction. We do have some factors in our favor. First, our living standard is abundant by comparison, despite our indebtedness to foreign nations. Second, the New Deal created economic mechanisms that remain in place as automatic stabilizers, like federal deposit insurance to prevent disastrous runs on banks like the ones that wiped out more than 10,000 back then.
Given the political paralysis, people have to find their own way. Corny as it sounds, the necessary first step is honesty–getting a clear understanding of what we are facing and what can be done, then forcing our views and ideas on the governing circles in both parties. The bitter tragedy of our era is that the hard lessons Americans learned during the crisis of the New Deal years have been tossed aside–either repealed or systematically subverted–by the present generation of governing elites. Democratic partisans who claim an aura of innocence are falsifying the past. For the last generation, Democrats have colluded with conservatives in the destruction of New Deal law and principle. And Democrats do not yet have a clear idea of how to restore those lost lessons and update them for our present predicament.


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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's warning to superdelegates not to vote differently from delegates elected in primaries was seconded today by former Colorado Gov. Roy Romer, a superdelegate and former Democratic Party boss. "The ultimate issue is who has the most delegates," Romer told reporters at a breakfast meeting today. He remains uncommitted, though he had favorable words for Sen. Barack Obama's recent speech on race and Obama's experience as a former state senator. While he said that he's open to a miniprimary in June among Democratic Party superdelegates, he predicted that the remaining primaries would deliver a delegate winner. "The rest of the primaries are going to give us a decision here. My judgment here is also that the superdelegates are going to follow the results of those delegate counts," he said. "Any decision that goes against the delegate count is a very difficult decision." Asked if it wasn't heading to an Obama victory over Sen. Hillary Clinton, Romer explained, "The math is very compelling. I don't think it's done because you've got some primaries you've got to run . . . but I've got to tell you that you get down to the unlikely scenario of you have one candidate has the delegate count; the other candidate has the popular vote count. This is a delegate convention; it's like the Electoral College. That's the rules, and you've got to stay faithful to what it is that you agreed to."
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Painted Credenzas. Among the exciting phases for newlywed is building their residence and creating a lovely house with good quality furniture from the bare space. It's enjoyable to observe how two different preferences in style and design will combine in the furniture that they can choose to set up their home. Which includes choosing the foundation, dining table set in place, sofa and recliners, coffee table, nighttime stands, etc. When buying custom furniture, be sure to get the amount of customization you will need.
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Marc Lane (chapter chair) took some time out to answer our questions about the SEA Chicago Chapter.
When did you become a chapter?
What has been your biggest achievement(s) since becoming a chapter?
- Host of the 2011 Social Enterprise Alliance National Summit
- Spearheads Illinois Task Force on Social Innovation, Enterprise, and Entrepreneurship
- 2012 Host City for the Global Social Capital World Forum ~ Living Bridges. SEA-Chicago convened SEA, Chicago Ideas Week, GroupOn Grassroots, The MacArthur Foundation, and Illinois Task Force On Social Innovation in a discussion on The Next Generation of Social Enterprise. The event was attended by nearly 200 local social innovators, practitioners and community leaders, and transmitted Livestream "world wide". More than 1,000 tweets went out around the event.
- Finally, we have grown to become the largest "go to" resource that serves the Midwest and beyond on Social Innovation and Enterprise and have attracted the industry's leaders as members of the board of directors.
What is the social enterprise community like in your city/region? How does your chapter fit into that community?
Within 2012, several Chicago-based social enterprise incubators / accelerators have launched including Impact Engine, Panzanzee and Praxis Labs. These incubators are hoping to capture social-purpose start-ups, train them, position them for debt service/angel investors and release them; then repeat the process creating a unique pipeline of social ventures coming out of Chicago. Furthermore, innovation and tech start-up incubators/accelerators, like 1871 and Chicago Built have either added a component for social enterprise or consider themselves to be social enterprise-friendly. For example, 1871, an start-up incubator, co-working facility and social enterprise, attracts social innovation programs like the Moral Pitch, sponsored by the Acumen Funds' Chicago+Acumen group and programming from Impact Engine which was partially created by former CEO of Silicon Valley start-up OpenTable, Chuck Templeton, which is a 12-week social enterprise launch pad.
Unemployment Still Remains High
According to a recent survey, by NetImpact, an industry association, more than 70% of college students and 50% of workers surveyed were looking for jobs in social impact. Nearly 60% of the college students surveyed were even willing to take a pay cut in order to work for a company that represents their values. Pamela Hartigan, Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, states, College career centers are not yet in a position to give them the right kind of advice. I've seen a steady stream of graduate students knocking on my door to get guidance.
Brittany Graunke, Founder and President of Zealous Good, and a highly engaged member of SEA Chicago community, represents this pool of talent. Prior to starting her for-profit company, she was employed at Bain & Company and was a graduate of Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business. Her subscription-based website links nonprofits seeking in-kind donations to generous donors seeking to rid themselves of unwanted items. She's now in her second year of operations and as of June, she had over 100 nonprofits subscribed and $204,049 in-kind donations.
However, the economy is holding this potential market from growing because the unemployment rate for Chicago, as of June, was 9% -- still above the State's rate of 8.7%. This has disproportionately hit recent college graduates who are the most interested and eager labor pool for the social enterprise industry. According to Andrew Sum, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northwestern University, nearly half of all recent college graduates are either malemployed [college grads working in positions that do not require a college degree] or unemployed and the number is growing.
Chicago is not on the Map, yet, for Social Innovation
It is well-known that the United Kingdom and Singapore have thriving networks of social enterprise and its utilization of the model is well woven within government legislation and within the fabric of both economies. Specifically, the UK's government Big Society policy that aims to create a climate that empowers local people and communities. Within the Big Society Manifesto, its priorities are to support co-ops, mutuals [British equivalent to the B-Corp], charities and social enterprises. Big Society is big business, as the UK government has plans to unlock $78 billion pounds in charitable assets for big society and have over up to 25% of public service contracts to the private and voluntary sectors.
Singapore is taking social innovation to another level, but creating a Social Enterprise Stock Exchange and in order to build a stock exchange with only mission-driven companies it requires critical mass of investors. This is a challenging feat, but Singapore is pretty close to turning that into a reality. Benchmarking the US against the international landscape of social enterprise, demonstrates we are well below the curve, but most importantly Chicago is below the national curve. The east and west coasts have thriving networks and resources that make for a breeding ground for social enterprises. Specifically, Silicon Valley, New York and Seattle they rank highest because of its talented labor pool, the high-level of educational opportunities and research around social innovation, and the cultural attitudes towards giving to charitable causes. Although Chicago is home to huge tech giants like Groupon and Grubhub, it was not too long ago that YouTube and PayPal started out here, but left for uber innovative and the tech-cool city of Silicon Valley, because they felt the west coast was a better fit.
This is a prime example that Chicago is not on the map for social innovation and entrepreneurship, but it could be on the fast track with its new Mayoral leadership. The Chicago Sun Times recently covered a story in late June, where Mayor Rahm Emanuel stated, He's determined not to let the the next big thing' get away. Emanuel is doing this by creating programs like ThinkChicago, which selects highly talented college students and exposes them to entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as providing full access to Chicago Ideas Week (CIW). CIW debuted last year and is a seven-day event featuring marquee speakers and interactive sessions that Emanuel and Groupon Founder, Brad Keywell, envision to be the best known idea symposium in the nation. The CIW also manages the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation Fellowship, which is a highly competitive program bringing three social entrepreneurs from across the globe to Chicago Ideas Week and provides them with robust trainings and workshops to assist with exposure, scale and expansion.
At the same time, the State of Illinois is positioning itself to be a leader in social enterprise with a recent Executive Order created by Governor Pat Quinn for The Taskforce on Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise. The purpose of the Task Force is to make recommendations on how to strengthen the capacity of Illinois to work cooperatively to create, scale, and sustain innovative social programs; build the capacity of nonprofit organizations and government to pursue entrepreneurial ventures; and attract funding to Illinois to support these ventures. The Task Force will advise the General Assembly, the Governor, and agency heads The Chair of the Task Force, Marc J. Lane, Esq., was the driver in launching the Chicago Chapter, convening and identifying board members and has served as Board Chair of the chapter for three successive years.
What are you currently working on as a chapter?
We recently were awarded a $10,000 grant from Boeing Corporation to help the Chapter build capacity. This will be a priority for the chapter in 2013. Equally important, with the launch of the Task Force on Social Innovation, four members of SEA-Chicago serve as Task Force Committee members and the Chapter's chair, Chair's the committee.
The purpose of the Task Force is to make recommendations on how to strengthen the capacity of Illinois to work cooperatively to create, scale, and sustain innovative social programs; build the capacity of nonprofit organizations and government to pursue entrepreneurial ventures; and attract funding to Illinois to support these ventures. The Task Force shall advise the General Assembly, the Governor, and agency heads.
What are you most looking forward to for your chapter?
SEA Chicago plans on completing future strategic planning processes, but plans on sustaining the programs and activities stemming for the strategic plan. We plan to sustain these activities by the following:
- Seek out additional funding opportunities with Foundations, Corporations and Government agencies
- If, the Chapter Board decides to move forward the Social Enterprise Certification Program will become a source of revenue
- Create fee-based workshops and programs
- Increase membership and awareness of SEA Chicago Chapter
- Create additional fee for service activities
- Partner with other educational programs, incubators/accelerators and higher education institutions, specifically continuing to pursue MOU efforts with Kellogg School of Management to be a key partner in the planning and execution of a Certification program
- Continue to strengthen and align the chapter with the White House Office of Social Innovation initiatives
- Develop more speaking opportunities
What are your hopes and dreams for the social enterprise field in your city/region and as a whole?
Anticipated outcomes from capacity building to support growth of the chapter:
- Create a strategic planning task force of Board Members, existing social enterprises and SEA Chicago Chapter members to help ensure successful outcomes of planning: creating a Task Force allows us to maximize our capacity as an organization without exhausting our leadership's capabilities to keep the shop running, while planning for our future.
- Developing robust and relevant educational programs: since SEA Chicago's inception, it has been a priority in developing educational programming to fill learning gaps within the industry. Furthermore, it is important that SEA Chicago develop not just an annual program, but a three year program that increases in the sophistication and business savvy of our membership base by continuing to challenge and support those organizations that need more seasoned support.
- Creating opportunities for peer support and networking through strategic partnerships and collaborations with other like-minded social innovation organizations and agencies: it is important to continue to bring opportunities to our membership and partner with other programs, agencies and organizations. We specifically want to examine how we can support the efforts of the Illinois Task Force for Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise, as well as any opportunities with the White House Office of Social Innovation. Finally, we plan to definitely work closely with the current incubators by potentially becoming a two-way referral partner to link members to opportunities and incubator participants to the additional resources SEA Chicago has to offer.
- Aligning SEA Chicago with national, state and regional programs: SEA has made significant strides within the past two years and was asked by the White House Office of Public Engagement, which is part of the White House Office of Social Innovation to submit a white paper that would make a case for supporting social enterprise at the federal, state and local levels. The white paper was submitted to the Office of Social Innovation in July.
We would support similar advocacy activities that would encourage government intervention by 1) utilizing government seed capital to create Social Enterprise Investment Funds and 2) significantly expanding preferential government purchasing programs. These are two recommendations provided in the SEA white paper to the White House Office of Social Innovation.
- Advocate and support public policy advancing social enterprise as mentioned in earlier responses, SEA Chicago continues to advocate for business entity models like the L3C and B Corp, as well as support larger SEA National public policy and initiatives to advance social enterprise.
- Developing a feasibility study for a Social Enterprise Certification Program. This idea was inspired by Unilever's advancement in the certification industry through its success for co-establishing a certification of sustainable fisheries program, along with the World Wildlife Federation, called the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). The MSC is a gold standard for ecolabels which have become a consumer trusted brand for those purchasing seafood. Over twenty years has past and the ecolabels have generated nearly billions in revenue for the MSC. Unilever is spearheading a similar initiative for a national organic standard for personal care products and test new labeling on product lines, like Burt Bees. SEA Chicago would be interested in examining the feasibility from both a:
- Business/Practitioner Perspective nonprofit managed and/or independently managed social enterprises can apply and receive a certification seal that would essentially designate the organization as a sustainable social enterprise based upon specific criteria, code of conduct and/or guiding principles (TBD). Certification may potentially include a rigorous training program and can be customized to support organizations at all levels of social entrepreneurship activities (i.e. emerging, existing red and existing black).
- Corporate Social Responsibility Perspective corporations can apply and receive a certification seal that would essentially designate that as supporting sustainable mission driven social enterprises based on business to business transactions. This would be based upon specific criteria that could be identified in tiers, similar to LEED certified, gold silver SEA certified, which would indicate a level of engagement a corporation conducts with social enterprises.


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Ubuntu update flawSubmitted by Ty on August 28, 2006 - 7:00am
An update was released for Dapper on 21 August 2006 UTC, which has been found to cause problems on certain systems.
A subsequent update published 17 hours later corrects this, so if your system is fully up to date now and you have no obvious graphical system failures, then you are highly unlikely to be affected. However, delays to the system of update distribution mean that you should make sure you have fully updated before rebooting your computer. You can read more about the issue to ensure you will not be affected, and learn what steps we are taking to ensure this does not happen again.
Unofficial Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) Starter GuideSubmitted by Ty on August 28, 2006 - 6:00am
Check out this Ubuntu starter guide maintained by the Linux Center of University of Latvia. A great resource for anyone using Ubuntu. It's Wiki based too, so feel free to contribute.
Flash 9 for Xubuntu (Kind-of)Submitted by Ty on August 28, 2006 - 5:00am
When Flash 8 and 9 weren't released for Linux, I thought, "why doesn't someone just edit Flash's code and change the 7 to a 9?" Turns out it's possible. Here's how.
Intel to help Vietnam's communists go open-sourceSubmitted by Ty on August 28, 2006 - 4:00am
The Vietnamese Communist Party's decision to move its computer systems to open-source software got a boost on Friday from Intel, the world's largest chip maker.
Under terms of a memorandum of understanding signed on Friday, Intel will help the Communist Party's Central Committee for Science and Education (CCSE) set up a laboratory, called OpenLab, for testing and developing open-source software. Over the next three years, the lab will oversee the installation of the software on 27,000 PCs running Intel processors, the chip maker said.
GIMP vs. Photoshop - What still needs to be done?Submitted by Ty on August 28, 2006 - 3:00am
We all know that the GIMP is more or less the de-facto standard for image editing in Linux, where Adobe Photoshop is the standard on the Mac and Windows (and some Linux boxes using Crossover Office) The question is the following: Does GIMP have what it takes to dethrone Adobe Photoshop as the standard?
Kerala logs Microsoft outSubmitted by Ty on August 28, 2006 - 2:00am
After the cola ban, it is now the turn of Microsoft to log out of Kerala. Children in 12,500 high schools in the state, India's most literate, will not be taught Windows. Instead, instructors are lining up Linux for them. This is because Kerala has chalked out a plan for migrating its high school students to free software platforms in three years.
GIMP 2.2.13 ReleasedSubmitted by Ty on August 28, 2006 - 12:00am
Version 2.2.13 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program is a bug-fix release in the stable 2.2 series. Please see the NEWS file for a detailed list of changes. The source code is available from ftp.gimp.org. For some platforms binary packages are already available, others will follow.
NVIDIA Linux Display Driver Version 1.0-8774 releasedSubmitted by Ty on August 27, 2006 - 11:00pm
A new NVIDIA display driver has been released. Added support for X.Org 7.1, XVideo with the Composite X extension when using X.Org 7.1 and improved interaction with newer Linux kernels are some highlights.


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Vancouver, BC (Marketwired) - Turquoise Hill Resources (NYSE: TRQ) (NASDAQ: TRQ) (TSX: TRQ) today announced that Oyu Tolgoi LLC has signed a new power purchase agreement (PPA) with the National Power Transmission Grid (NPTG) of Mongolia. The PPA was executed in connection with the power import arrangement between NPTG and the Inner Mongolia Power International Corporation (IMPIC). The new arrangement takes effect on July 4, 2017, subsequent to the expiry of the existing IMPIC agreement, for a term of up to six years, with possibility of early cancelation after the fourth year, if a domestic power plant is commissioned earlier.
Jeff Tygesen, Chief Executive Officer of Turquoise Hill, said, "Electrical power is a critical operational component for Oyu Tolgoi and we are delighted with the contract extension. IMPIC's performance has been very good with high-level cooperation and reliability of power supply. This extension is essential for Oyu Tolgoi to have secure access to power while it is working with the Government of Mongolia on establishing a permanent domestic power source."
With the signing of the Southern Regional Power Sector Cooperation Agreement (SRPSCA) in August 2014, the Government of Mongolia and Oyu Tolgoi agreed to work together to source bridging power from IMPIC until a permanent domestic power source could be finalized. After approximately two years of collaborative work, the joint negotiation team from the Government and Oyu Tolgoi have secured this bridging power arrangement
In accordance with the SRPSCA and the 2009 Investment Agreement, Oyu Tolgoi remains committed to the domestic source of electricity and is engaged with the relevant Government authorities and the government selected investors to progress the development of a domestic power plant. Pursuant to the SRPSCA, while Government authorities and Oyu Tolgoi collaborate towards the development of an Independent Power Producer (IPP) plant at Tavan Tolgoi, Oyu Tolgoi's obligation under the Investment Agreement to source power from within Mongolia is temporarily satisfied and the timing requirement of the obligation is suspended. Both the Government and Oyu Tolgoi have the right to withdraw from cooperation on the IPP at Tavan Tolgoi, and if either party ceases to participate in the project, Oyu Tolgoi will then have four years from the official withdrawal date to secure an alternative domestic power source.
Oyu Tolgoi is actively engaged with the Government preferred consortium led by Marubeni Corporation with participation from other domestic and foreign investors in delivering a comprehensive energy plan for Oyu Tolgoi and South Gobi region of Mongolia.
Forward-looking statements
Certain statements made herein, including statements relating to matters that are not historical facts and statements of the Company's beliefs, intentions and expectations about developments, results and events which will or may occur in the future, constitute "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements and information relate to future events or future performance, reflect current expectations or beliefs regarding future events and are typically identified by words such as "anticipate", "could", "should", "expect", "seek", "may", "intend", "likely", "plan", "estimate", "will", "believe" and similar expressions suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. These include, but are not limited to, statements respecting anticipated business activities, planned expenditures, corporate strategies, and other statements that are not historical facts.
Forward-looking statements and information are made based upon certain assumptions and other important factors that, if untrue, could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements or information. There can be no assurance that such statements or information will prove to be accurate. Such statements and information are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and future business strategies, local and global economic conditions, and the environment in which the Company will operate in the future, including the price of copper, gold and silver, anticipated capital and operating costs, anticipated future production and cash flows, and the status of the Company's relationship and interaction with the Government of Mongolia on the continued development of Oyu Tolgoi and Oyu Tolgoi LLC internal governance. Certain important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements and information include, among others, copper, gold and silver price volatility; discrepancies between actual and estimated production, mineral reserves and resources and metallurgical recoveries; development plans for processing resources; matters relating to proposed exploration or expansion; mining operational and development risks; litigation risks; regulatory restrictions (including environmental regulatory restrictions and liability); communications with local stakeholders and community relations; activities, actions or assessments by governmental authorities; events or circumstances that may affect the Company's ability to deliver its products in a timely manner; currency fluctuations; the speculative nature of mineral exploration; the global economic climate; dilution; share price volatility; competition; loss of key employees; additional funding requirements; capital and operating costs, including with respect to the development of additional deposits and processing facilities; and defective title to mineral claims or property. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements and information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. All such forward-looking statements and information are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by the Company's management in light of their experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors management believes are appropriate in the circumstances. These statements, however, are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements or information.
With respect to specific forward-looking information concerning the continued development of Oyu Tolgoi, the Company has based its assumptions and analyses on certain factors which are inherently uncertain. Uncertainties and assumptions include, among others: the timing and cost of the construction and expansion of mining and processing facilities; the timing and availability of a long-term power source (or availability of finance for the Company to construct such a source) for Oyu Tolgoi; the ability to draw down on the supplemental debt under the Oyu Tolgoi project financing facility and the availability of additional financing on terms reasonably acceptable to Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Rio Tinto and the Company to further develop Oyu Tolgoi; the impact of changes in, changes in interpretation to or changes in enforcement of, laws, regulations and government practices in Mongolia; the availability and cost of skilled labour and transportation; the obtaining of (and the terms and timing of obtaining) necessary environmental and other government approvals, consents and permits; delays, and the costs which would result from delays, in the development of the underground mine (which could significantly exceed the costs projected in the OTFS16 and the 2016 OTTR); projected copper, gold and silver prices and demand; and production estimates and the anticipated yearly production of copper, gold and silver at Oyu Tolgoi.
The cost, timing and complexities of mine construction and development are increased by the remote location of a property such as Oyu Tolgoi. It is common in mining operations and in the development or expansion of existing facilities to experience unexpected problems and delays during development, construction and mine start-up. Additionally, although Oyu Tolgoi has achieved commercial production, there is no assurance that future development activities will result in profitable mining operations.
This press release also contains references to estimates of mineral reserves and mineral resources. The estimation of reserves and resources is inherently uncertain and involves subjective judgments about many relevant factors. The mineral resource estimates contained in this press release are inclusive of mineral reserves. Further, mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The accuracy of any such estimates is a function of the quantity and quality of available data, and of the assumptions made and judgments used in engineering and geological interpretation (including future production from Oyu Tolgoi, the anticipated tonnages and grades that will be achieved or the indicated level of recovery that will be realized), which may prove to be unreliable. There can be no assurance that these estimates will be accurate or that such mineral reserves and mineral resources can be mined or processed profitably. See the discussion under the headings "Language Regarding Reserves and Resources" and "Note to United States Investors Concerning Estimates of Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resources" in Section 16 of the December 31, 2016 MD&A. Such estimates are, in large part, based on the following:
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information or statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, which contribute to the possibility that the predicted outcomes will not occur. Events or circumstances could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those estimated or projected and expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements are included in the "Risk Factors" section in the Company's Annual Information Form dated as of March 23, 2017 in respect of the year ended December 31, 2016 (the "AIF").
Readers are further cautioned that the list of factors enumerated in the "Risk Factors" section of the AIF that may affect future results is not exhaustive. When relying on the Company's forward-looking statements and information to make decisions with respect to the Company, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. Furthermore, the forward-looking statements and information contained in the press release are made as of the date of this document and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. The forward-looking statements and information contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
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Luton's leading homeless charity for young people is to close down after escalating financial problems.
Luton Accommodation & Move-On Project, better known as LAMP, celebrated its 20th anniversary last year.
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"As highlighted in the press recently, property prices and hence rental levels in Luton have risen significantly in the last year, housing benefit payments have not kept pace with these increases. In addition, the needs of the young people turning to LAMP have becoming greater and more complex, adding to the cost of supporting them.
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She told the cop "f***in' do it again". He did it again. It has been a long time since cops were, protectors and public servants. They have adapted the, us against them, attitude in places other than Chicago since 68. [/quote
Yeah, & some asshat on Youtube stated that she deserved it for saying that, & I told him that with that attitude, at least something that makes me happy about that is that he'll be getting the same coming to him, for the apathy & inaction is enabling them to bring forth their agenda, as too few people take the time to look at the truth...


text: Does anyone have info on proper weatherproofing of Alcatel Lucent 9442 RRH2x40 radio heads? We have crews installing these RRHs, and they are either leaving them open, or just using the plastic dust cap that comes with the RRH. This can't be right, having DC connectors open to moisture? One of our CMs thinks we should be using NEMA-4 cable glands, but those aren't on the BOMs, and I'd have to find out what size would work. Does anyone have a satisfactory method of weatherproofing these connectors?


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A CAMBODIAN official responded Thursday to Thai media reports of a planned protest by People's Alliance for Democracy members outside the Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on Monday.
The English-language daily newspaper The Nation reported earlier this week that PAD members planned to protest outside the Cambodian embassy in Bangkok in response to comments made by Prime Minister Hun Sen during the weekend's ASEAN summit in Hua Hin, Thailand, during which he said that Thai ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a 2006 coup, had been treated unfairly by Thai authorities.
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I'm not surprised you're whacked, you've had a lot on! I love the picture of your half-made mice all resting on their fabric beds, and your grandparents' mill mice are such a lovely idea. I think having little tiny scissors and watches and local bobbins is wonderful, it really brings them to life. Hope you feel better soon! xxReplyDelete
Sorry to hear you're ill, hope you're feeling better soon. All the little details which you put in to your makes add up to make such wonderful creations. Good luck with your studio, it will be so handy for you to have a good sized working space at home.ReplyDelete
Your creations are as stunning as ever. Hope you feel much better soon xReplyDelete
Was just wondering how you were. Lovely lovely mice, and so exciting to find the bobbins! Hope you feel better soon xReplyDelete
Your utterly lovely and cute mice deserve a studio of their own :-) !! Hope you feel better soon !ReplyDelete
It's so wonderful to hear from you and what you are doing. I love your mice they are so beautiful, you are knew very clever lady. Hope you will soon be feeling better. xxReplyDelete
Hope you're feeling better soon, and can get to work on your lovely new craft room. I love your gorgeous little mice - they are works of art, and I would've been just as excited at finding the bobbins.I bought some on a holiday to Yorkshire years ago, and they are displayed on my shelves, a little piece of history. I'm sure that your mum will love her mice :)ReplyDelete
Cathy x
Take care of yourself.ReplyDelete
Loved the story of those bobbins & love your mice too. Gorgeous family photos too. Many thanks.
That looks like a wonderful space to renovate for your work place. The chimney and the "found" brickwork will be beautiful when fully revealed. How exciting! A lot of work to be sure but fun also in the process of changing things around to suit yourself.ReplyDelete
What a splendid post. I'm sorry you've been hit with a cold. But yay on being well enough to craft. Your mice are so dapper!ReplyDelete
Hope you feel better soon. You will have a fantastic studio in the basement when it is finished! That's a lovely idea to make those mill mice. My mother worked in a linen mill before she trained to be a nurse.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous16 February 2015 at 12:15
I do hope you feel better soon. The mice are adoreable and what a great find!! Take care of yourself. xReplyDelete
I hope you feel better soon. Your soft sculptures are such wonderful creations.ReplyDelete
I hope that you are feeling much better very soon. You have a lot of mice on the go right now don't you, I think that you most definitely need your own space to work on them and keep all the mice in a row! Look after yourself. xxReplyDelete
Your little mice are so sweet! It sounds like serendipity that you found those bobbins in the antique store that day. Good luck turning your basement into a studio: it looks like you will have some lovely light down there too.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 February 2015 at 19:06
loving the new work place you have and you are producing some lovelies!! Love the story of the bobbins and will watch the new studio transformation with interest. Hope you feel better soon xx lots of love Joy xxReplyDelete
I'm going to really enjoying watching as you make that space into your studio - and this batch of mice are adorableReplyDelete
Sending you an armful of well wishes. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous creations in the making and the little treasures you have collected. What fun a new studio. Can't wait to see what you do.ReplyDelete
what wonderful creations you make. I too am struck down with the same lurgie. As I keep saying to people keep away as I am a walking germ factory.ReplyDelete
Your newest flower, Gill in Canada
I love the little scissors and the old bobbins- your mice have got so much character. Hope the cold is better soon.ReplyDelete
Love the new room idea and will watch as it grows. Get well soon xReplyDelete


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This fall, Fox will air "Don't Ask," starring John Goodman as a gay dad. But despite a spattering of TV shows with gay characters that have turned the eye of the gay and lesbian community, there has not been one network that has intentionally courted them. At least, not until C1TV.
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Hi all!
I've noticed that the mininova editor has three oscilators.
I would like to create some sounds from scratch using these instead of selecting a patch and start alternating it with the editor.
How do i manage to work with only the oscilators (so with no filters and effects). What do i do?