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1 Ethics and Morality* William Kanaga Retired Chairman, Arthur Young & Co. Thank you, Jerry,1 and thank you all for having me. I am going to depart really from what I had intended to speak to, Raj (Rajendra P. Srivastava), when I agreed to come. I hope it won't cause heartburn for you and for the others in the crowd. Before I left for eastern Europe in early April, I had prepared some draft remarks on the question of ethics in the community and the impact on the auditing profession. Jerry Sullivan and I can remember a few days discussing the aims and objectives of the Treadway Commission and how that might impact the profession. When I came back to the United States I decided to scrap the draft that I had and to deal with a more fundamental issue, which is the ethics and morality of society in general. I have a captive audience here to share some of the impressions that I gained in eastern Europe and those countries that have emerged from communism, as well as what those observations might mean to us. For the past month-and-a-half I have had the experience—I probably should say privilege, because it is a privilege—to spend time in and get some insight into an area of the world that is going through a major transition. I spent time in Albania and then in Siberia, plus two extended stopovers in Moscow. In talking with many of the citizens of those countries, both in the public sphere, govern-ment, cultural and private positions, a common theme emerges. During the communist dictatorships, some 75 years in Russia and almost 50 years in Albania, the leadership in both of those countries attempted to eliminate any kind of moral code and substitute for any moral decision making the absolute power of dictatorship. In both, the church came under direct attack. In Albania, the dictator Hoxha, went further than those in the other countries of eastern Europe. I have spent a great deal of time in Poland, Rumania, Hungry, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria, and in my opinion, Albania was the worst of the group . The dictator Hoxha imprisoned or killed all the clergy in this country, both Christian and Moslem, and destroyed the churches and mosques throughout the country. He left a few standing and they have been returned to the church authorities, but those few that were left standing were converted either into movie houses or into indoctrination centers. When I first went to Albania early last year when the doors opened, all evidence that there had been churches had been removed. * This paper is an audio transcript of the keynote speech delivered by Bill Kanaga at the sympo-sium. 1 Jerry Golden of Ernst & Young introduced Mr. Kanaga, who served as chairman of Arthur Young from 1977 until his retirement in 1985.
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Ethics and morality
Kanaga, William
Srivastava, Rajendra P., ed.
Accountants -- Professional Ethics:
Auditing Symposium XI: Proceedings of the 1992 Deloitte & Touche/University of Kansas Symposium on Auditing Problems, pp. 001-005
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A group of local tweens and teens, under the instruction of Mary DeCroce, a local artist, created a mural that brings children's books to life.
Six middle school and high school girls created the multimedia collage using painted faux finishes, paper and art objects on a pressed board during a mural workshop held in July at Southington Public Library. The idea began when the girls brainstormed their ideas related to mosaics that included found art objects. The "I Spy" books came to mind, and the students decided to emulate their mural after photographs from the books. The mural, titled, "I Spy With My Two Little Eyes, took eight weeks to complete with minimal guidance from DeCroce. The girls all worked on the background and bookshelf together, and then worked individually on their own section, which displays their favorite books including "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and "Harry Potter."
Carolyn Callahan, an eighth grade student from DePaolo Middle School, created her own section of the children's book, "As Small As An Elephant," and also helped paint the mural. Carolyn said she enjoyed sharing her passion for art with her peers.
"We all got to know each other as we worked together," Carolyn said. "You get to be creative, and everyone's art is different."
Carolyn also said she enjoyed working with DeCroce, who taught the students a number of techniques including marble finishes and scale designs. DeCroce said she was impressed with the students' ability to work together on the project with minimal help from her.
"This was 100 percent their idea, their design, their work," DeCroce said. "I was very proud of the final result."
Seventh grader Tessa Trota-Smith also participated in the workshop, where she said she enjoyed learning about a variety of art techniques, including mosaics. Tessa said when she heard about the workshop, she thought it was a fun way to spend her summer days doing she loves.
"I like how you can express your feelings through art," Tessa said.
The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain funded the workshop as well as the library's 3-D printer with a grant worth more than $5,000. The students shared their masterpiece with other young artists from surrounding towns and cities during a showcase at the New Britain Museum of American Art.
Kathryn Matsuzaki, the coordinator of School and Family Programs at the museum said she was amazed that this group of girls was able to complete the project in only eight weeks.
"It was so wonderful to see student artwork on the walls," Matsuzaki said. "It was meant to be seen by not only parents and family, but also meant to be seen by actual visitors."
Seeing their personalities shine through the artwork displayed at the museum, Matsuzaki said the workshops gave the students the opportunity to enhance their artistic skills and teamwork skills.
"Now they have something they can take with them," she said. "I was impressed at how professional and well done they created the artwork."
Bob Trojanowski, the vice president of operations at the foundation, said the workshop was a "gratifying experience" for students who are interested in the arts.
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CHICAGO - A study involving 27 orthopedic surgery residents suggests that surgical residents are often fatigued during their awake time, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Surgery, a JAMA Network publication.
Medical error is a problem worldwide, and a growing body of literature indicates that fatigue may play a significant role in medical error, according to background information in the study.
Frank McCormick, M.D., from the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program and Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues, evaluated surgical residents' sleep and awake periods that were continuously recorded via actigraphy, a wristwatch-type instrument worn to record and store data for sleep and awake intervals that can be used to assess individual mental fatigue.
Of 33 volunteer orthopedic surgical residents, 27 (82 percent) completed the study. The mean (average) amount of daily sleep for the residents was 5.3 hours, with individual mean amounts ranging from 2.8 hours to 7.2 hours.
The authors found that, overall, residents were functioning at less than 80 percent mental effectiveness due to fatigue during a mean of 48 percent of their time awake. Residents were also functioning at less than 70 percent mental effectiveness due to fatigue during a mean of 27 percent of their time awake.
Night-float rotations resulted in higher levels of fatigue than day-shift rotations, with night-float residents sleeping an average of 5.1 hours daily and day-shift residents sleeping an average of 5.7 hours daily.
In conclusion, "resident fatigue was prevalent, pervasive, and variable," the authors conclude.
(Arch Surg. 2012;147[5]:430-435. Available pre-embargo to the media at http://media.
Editor's Note: This study was supported by a grant from the Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation, by a departmental grant from an academic enrichment fund, and by hospital grant support from the Center for Quality and Patient Safety. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc.
Invited Critique: Surgical Fatigue - What Dreams May Come
In an invited critique, Thomas F. Tracy Jr., M.S., M.D., of Hasbro Children's Hospital and Brown University, Providence, R.I., writes, "There is a lot to like in this study by McCormick and colleagues ... Their actual determination of fatigue during certain periods is not startling, but its pervasiveness is a finding we simply cannot avoid and may have paid lip service to in the past. It is unlikely that the data in this study will be refuted."
"Tested cognitive errors that occur in judgment or performance during fatigue infer medical error or the potential for it. Unfortunately, we have few examples of direct specific correlations from large-scale cause or high-fidelity systems failure analysis that clearly define the fatigue-harm axis across surgical services," Tracy continues.
"From this and other studies, it seems we have made things worse by our attempt to fill mandates of prescribed work hours on the basis of activities external to health care delivery systems. If we are really serious about this, it may be time to debate work hours and methods in training centers to mitigate patient error with the inclusion of these measurements to adequately design shift configuration," Tracy concludes.
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SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - "Wannabe cop" George Zimmerman wrongly profiled Trayvon Martin as a criminal, followed him with a gun and provoked him into a fight that resulted in the shooting death of the unarmed black teenager, a prosecutor said on Thursday.
"A teenager is dead," Florida state prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda told the jury in closing arguments of Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial. "He is dead through no fault of his own. He is dead because another man made assumptions. Because his assumptions were wrong, Trayvon Benjamin Martin will no longer walk on this Earth."
Sounding indignant, de la Rionda portrayed Zimmerman as a predator, not the good citizen who, as portrayed by the defense, was attacked by a 17-year-old whose actions led to his own death.
Defense lawyers were due to present their closing arguments on Friday, followed by a final prosecution rebuttal, after which the jury would begin deliberating a case that inspired renewed national debate on race, profiling, gun rights and self-defense.
Time and again, de la Rionda accused Zimmerman of lying about what happened on the rainy night of February 26, 2012, when he spotted Martin inside a gated community in the central Florida town of Sanford.
Zimmerman called police, saying he believed Martin was suspicious and noted that there had been break-ins in the neighborhood.
But Martin was a guest in the home of his father's fiancée, who lived inside the gated community, and was returning from a nearby convenience store with a snack in preparation for watching the NBA All-Star game.
De la Rionda tried to undermine Zimmerman's assertion that he was not following Martin but looking for a street address to relay to police. The prosecutor sought to reveal inconsistencies in Zimmerman's statements and repeatedly quoted him speaking in police jargon.
The prosecutor asked rhetorically why Zimmerman left his car and followed Martin. "Because he's got a gun," de la Rionda said. "He's got the equalizer. He's a wannabe cop. My God, it's his community and he's gonna take care of it."
Earlier on Thursday, Seminole County Judge Debra Nelson gave jurors the option of convicting Zimmerman of the lesser charge of manslaughter. Prosecutors wanted the sequestered, all-female jury to have the option of choosing a lesser offense that still carried a potentially lengthy sentence.
If convicted, Zimmerman could be sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder and up to 30 years for manslaughter.
The defense preferred an all-or-nothing choice of second-degree murder, confident it had shown Zimmerman acted in self-defense and concerned the jury might opt for what lead defense lawyer Mark O'Mara described as a "compromise verdict."
In his closing statement, de la Rionda avoided mentioning race but said Zimmerman "profiled" Martin, suggesting he assumed Martin was a criminal because he was black.
The prosecutor also paraphrased civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in defending witness Rachael Jeantel, a young woman of Haitian and Dominican origin who was on the phone with Martin when the teenager encountered Zimmerman.
Jeantel had used what de la Rionda called "colorful language," such as when she quoted Martin as referring to Zimmerman, who is white and Hispanic, as a "creepy ass cracker." She also testified that Martin told Zimmerman to "get off," suggesting Zimmerman initiated the confrontation.
"I had a dream that a witness was judged not by the color of her personality but by the content of her testimony," de la Rionda said.
In his final comments, de la Rionda spoke of the life cut short by Zimmerman, who briefly shook his head 'no' as he sat in the courtroom.
"They can't take any more photos," the prosecutor said, referring to pictures of Martin taken by his relatives in happier times. "That's true because of the actions of one person, the man before you, the defendant George Zimmerman, the man who is guilty of second-degree murder."
Considering that legal analysts have generally portrayed the prosecution case as weak, de la Rionda received positive reviews.
"He has to work within the confines of what he's got, and he was animated," said Alison Triessl, a California-based defense lawyer who has followed the trial closely. "I loved the question about who was the one who was really scared here."
Attorney David Weinstein of Clarke Silverglate in Miami saw the prosecutor as effective, such as when he showed the last picture taken of Martin - an autopsy photo.
"He walked the jury through the evidence and pointed out the inconsistencies with the defense's arguments," he said. "He was confident in the job that his team has done and he ended with a sympathetic tug on the jurors hearts. He was not overly dramatic."
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Armadillos are becoming more common in portions of Missouri, particularly in the southern and central regions of the state. Their range has been expanding in the United States since the 1850s, when the armadillo moved into Texas from Mexico. Originally, the species was only found in South and Central America.
As populations continue to expand, the possibility of encounters with humans will increase (Figure 1). This guide provides general information on armadillos, their damage and their control.
Figure 1. Armadillos are becoming increasingly common lawn and garden pests in Missouri.
Armadillos are about the size of opossums. Their tracks are identified by three toe prints and sharp claw marks. The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcintus) is so named for the nine moveable rings of armor between its shoulder and its hip shields. Rings of armor also protect its long tail.
An understanding of the life history and habits of armadillos is helpful in developing an effective control program. Armadillos are mainly nocturnal, which means they are active at night. However, they occasionally move about during the day. They burrow in the ground and have extremely strong legs that are adapted for digging. They often root about in ground litter searching for insects, grubs and other invertebrates. Armadillos have poor eyesight and depend on their sense of smell to locate prey under the soil.
With their sticky tongues, armadillos capture insect prey and swallow them whole. Lacking front teeth, armadillos chew larger prey with the help of peglike molars.
While searching for food, armadillos seem oblivious to anything else and may come in close contact to humans before becoming alarmed. When startled, they jump in the air, which greatly reduces their chances of surviving an encounter with a vehicle. Armadillos travel noisily through the woods — so noisily that deer hunters in the Ozarks are often surprised that the trophy buck they heard was actually an armadillo searching for food. Armadillos can run well and are good swimmers.
A female produces only one litter each year, usually in March or April, after a 150-day gestation period. Armadillos are unique in that they give birth to four young, all of the same sex. Inside the female, one egg becomes fertilized. This egg then divides into four eggs, each one exactly the same as the original. These eggs grow into four identical young that resemble miniature adults. The armadillo is the only mammal in Missouri that reproduces in this manner.
Armadillos do not tolerate freezing temperatures, which is the main reason they have not moved farther north. As winter arrives, their food supply becomes scarce and frozen ground conditions prevent them from digging in search of food. To escape the cold, armadillos retreat underground. However, they are unable to hibernate and will either freeze or starve to death in such conditions.
Armadillos usually dig a burrow 7 or 8 inches in diameter and up to 15 feet in length for shelter and for raising young. Burrows are often located in rock piles, around stumps and brush piles, and in dense woodlands. Armadillos often have several den locations in an area to use for escape.
Most armadillo damage occurs as a result of their rooting in lawns, golf courses, vegetable gardens and flower beds. Their rooting and burrowing behavior can also cause damage in pastures and affect livestock. As they search for food, they dig shallow holes in the ground. These shallow holes, 1 to 3 inches deep and 3 to 5 inches wide, are characteristic signs of armadillo activity. Armadillos also uproot flowers and other vegetation while searching for food. They also cause damage when they burrow under foundations, driveways and other structures.
Armadillos have been known to carry the bacterium associated with human leprosy (Mycobacterium leprae), but no conclusive evidence that humans can contract leprosy from contact with armadillos has been found. The Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases in the Southeastern United States summarizes what is known about the link between armadillos and leprosy:
Damage caused by armadillos is usually localized and is most often a nuisance rather than an economic loss. However, if a damage control program is warranted, here are a few techniques that may be helpful:
Armadillos can climb as well as burrow. Fencing or other barriers may exclude them under certain conditions. A fence slanted outward, with a portion buried in the ground, can be effective.
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Because armadillos feed on invertebrates in the ground, eliminating that food source will often cause them to look elsewhere for food. However, ridding the soil and vegetation of all insects, worms and grubs is not practical and may be detrimental to the plants and other life forms in the area.
Removing debris and brushy areas from around your home may discourage armadillos. However, brushy areas are often valuable habitats for songbirds and other wildlife.
Armadillo damage is often localized to a particular area. If the damage is isolated to a garden area, an electric fence can be an effective form of control. A single strand 3 to 4 inches off the ground should be sufficient. However, be careful when placing an electric fence in areas where children play.
Armadillos can be captured in 10-by-10-by-32-inch live or box traps, such as Havahart, Tomahawk or homemade traps. The best locations to set traps are along pathways to armadillo burrows and along fences or other barriers where the animals may travel.
The best trap is one that can be opened at both ends. Its effectiveness is improved by using "wings" of 1-by-4-inch or 1-by-6-inch boards about 6 feet long to funnel the animal into the trap (Figure 2). This trap does not need baiting. If bait is desired, use overripe or spoiled fruit. Other baits that may be effective are fetid meats or mealworms.
Although live-trapped armadillos can be relocated to other areas, this practice can pose several problems and is generally not a good idea.
Figure 2. Live traps can be effective in catching armadillos, especially if boards are placed at the opening to direct the animals into the trap.
Spotlighting and shooting armadillos at night is an effective and selective method of control. However, this method requires constant vigilance to find the animals. In addition, local regulations on discharging firearms may prohibit this control method.
No toxicant or repellent is currently registered or known to be effective for armadillo control. Although certain fumigants may be effective, none are currently registered for controlling armadillos.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) (http://mdc.mo.gov/) provides statewide wildlife damage management services and technical assistance through the Private Lands Services Division and the Wildlife Damage Management Program. For more information, contact a wildlife damage biologist with the MDC or visit Private Land Assistance on the MDC website.
Subject to federal regulations governing the protection of property from migratory birds, any wildlife except deer, turkey, black bears and any endangered species, which beyond reasonable doubt is damaging property may be captured or killed by the owner of the property being damaged, or by his/her representative, at any time and without permit, but only by shooting or trapping except by written authorization of the director, or, for avian control, of his or her designee. Except as authorized, use of traps shall be in compliance with 3CSR10-8.510. Wildlife may be so controlled only on the owner's property within twenty-four (24) hours and shall be disposed of only in accordance with his/her instructions. Deer, turkey, black bears and endangered species that are causing damage may be killed only with the permission of an agent of the department and by methods authorized by him/her. Mountain lions attacking or killing livestock or domestic animals, or attacking human beings, may be killed without prior permission, but the kill must be reported immediately to an agent of the department and the mountain lion carcass must be surrendered to him/her within 24 hours.
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Lyrics:First verseI had a gal and her name was Lou, Thought unto me dat gal was true, But with another coon she flew, It almost broke my heart in two, I went to the place where she resides, And for dat wench I loudly cried, Somebody hollored from inside, ""Who do you want?"" and I replied, ChorusI want my Lulu My baby Lou, I loves her true Indeed I do, I want my Lulu My baby Lou, I'd rather die than lose Lulu. I want my luSecond verseUp to de door like a cat I ran, There stood a dangerous big black man, Had a piece of lead pipe in his hand, I drew my gun, de fight began, De coon took de lead pipe beat my head, Left me a laying dere for dead, When I cam too that coon had fled, Den I got up and loudly said.(Chorus)Third VerseRound dat ere house until dark I stayed, I sharpened up my razor blade, Den a big hole in de door I made, Crawled inside while my plans I laid, I sneaked up de stairs with stealthy tread, Carved the big coon and thought him dead, Den with my Lulu off I fled, And as we left dat house I said.
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Writers convene to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Sarah Schulman's cult classic novel "After Delores."
Panelists, from left to right: Davey Davis, Kay Gabriel, Tina Horn, Sarah Schulman
Sarah Schulman's acclaimed 1988 novel is a noirish tale about a no-nonsense coffee-shop waitress in New York who is nursing a broken heart after her girlfriend Delores leaves her; her attempts to find love again are funny, sexy, and ultimately even violent. "After Delores" is a fast-paced, electrifying chronicle of the Lower East Side's lesbian subculture in the 1980s.
Davey Davis writes about culture, sexuality, technology, and genderqueer embodiment. Their first novel, "the earthquake room," was released by TigerBee Press in late 2017. You can find them on Twitter at @k8bushofficial.
Kay Gabriel is the author of "Elegy Department Spring" (BOAAT Press, 2017), the finalist for the 2016 BOAAT chapbook prize selected by Richard Siken. She's one-fifth of Negative Press, a gay Marxist poetry collective, and an editor for Vetch. Find her provocations on Twitter @unit01barbie.
Tina Horn is a non-fiction NSFW writer, audio producer, queer punk, and true karaoke believer. She produces and hosts the kinky slut podcast "Why Are People Into That?!," and is the author of two nonfiction books, "Love Not Given Lightly," and "Sexting." She is a Lambda Literary Fellow and the winner of two Feminist Porn Awards. TinaHorn.net / @TinaHornsAss
Sarah Schulman is the author of 19 books, most recently THE COSMOPOLITANS (chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the best American novels of 2016), CONFLICT IS NOT ABUSE (winner of The 2017 Publishing Triangle Nonfiction Prize) and MAGGIE TERRY, a novel of murder and discovery which will be published in September 2018. A playwright, screenwriter, and AIDS historian, Sarah is currently collaborating with the great Marianne Faithfull on a stage play, "The Snow Queen" featuring 24 of Marianne's songs from her long career.


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HEALS, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in Huntsville, Alabama dedicated to providing accessible quality, school-based primary health care for children through collaborative efforts with the Huntsville City/Madison County school systems and the medical community.
By providing on-site medical, dental, optometry care, and social services at our participating schools, HEALS, Inc. makes an immediate difference in the lives of many children.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Paul Millsap had 16 points and 15 rebounds to help the Utah Jazz hold off the Washington Wizards 92-88 on Wednesday night.
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text: What's most striking about the collaboration between Nike and Pendleton Woolen Mills is how it manages to capture the best of each legacy brand's style. The collection's central piece, the Nike N7 Pendleton Woolen Mills Blanket, $298, has the quality and comfort one expects from Pendleton, though its design—high-contrast black and white, as opposed to their usual colorful mix—has an chic, innovative, and decidedly Nike feel. Better yet, it's not just the buyer who benefits from this piece. A portion of the proceeds from sales of the blanket goes to the American Indian College Fund, which provides scholarships for American Indian students. It's a fitting cause, as the blanket's mix of patterns and use of repeats and scale is inspired by traditional Native American dress—and knowing that the blanket's purchase supports a worthy cause gives the buyer a new level of warmth.


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MARLTON - A large home crowd turned out at the Cherokee High School last night to see if its wrestling team could ambush sister school Shawnee on Senior Night.
Let's just say by the end the silence was deafening because impressive Shawnee put a major butt whipping on the Chiefs to the tune of 46-10.
Although sectional-bound Shawnee (16-2) suffered a pair of tough losses the previous weekend and will be a home underdog today against Camden Catholic, none of that can take away from a team that is putting together one of the best seasons in school history.
The toughness of this team was never more evident than last night as the Renegades more or less outwrestled Cherokee (18-6) from start to finish. This is not to say most of the bouts were easy because after the first eight only one bonus point had been recorded - a major by Cherokee's undefeated Joe Lemerise at 138 pounds.
The thing to remember, however, is much of Shawnee's strength is in the upprweights and Cherokee needed to build up a sizable lead in a match that was a throwback to the old days in that it started at 106 pounds.
Time after time Cherokee took down in the lower weights and time after time it could not get out. The result was a couple of big early wins for Shawnee, most notably Connor Muli's 4-2 win over D.J. Mele in a bout in which he spent the last period and a half on top.
'It's something we talk about and work on hard,'' said Shawnee coach Tom Mann when asked about his team's ability to dominate the Chiefs from the top position. 'Connor, Anthony (Ward) and (Ed) Moody all did a great job riding their opponents.''
Moody got the match started with a 7-4 win over Connor Cosgrove and Ward nipped Jared Barlow, 2-1, at 152 pounds to give Shawnee a 15-10 lead. What followed at 160, however, was the bout that really turned a somewhat competitive match into a rout.
Namely Jared Meeks' stunning pin of Cherokee's A,J. Nicholas at 160 pounds. It was stunning because not only was Nicholas favored, but he also nearly pinned Meeks twice and had a 9-0 lead in the third period. It was here where there was a remarkable turnaround as Meeks pancaked Nicholas off a whizzer for a fall at 5:08.
It was also here where Shawnee started trotting out many of its big guns. As a result Shawnee swept the last nine bouts, including a major by once-beaten Austin Wetterau at 170, and first-period falls from Alex Foley (182) and Brian Keyser (195).
'It wasn't looking good, but I knew I had to keep fighting for my team,'' said Meeks. 'If you don't give up and keep battling, you never know what will happen. It was a big win for me.''
As it was for the entire Shawnee team.
Shawnee (16-2) 46 Cherokee (18-6) 10
106: Edward Moody, SHAW, dec. Conner Cosgrove, CHER, 7-4. 113: Jimmy Goldschmidt, CHER, dec. Ryan Surman, SHAW, 6-1. 120: Alex Baider, CHER, dec. Sean Cahill, SHAW, 8-7. 126: Timmy Lattimer, SHAW, dec. Billy Lobosco, CHER, 6-2. 132: Connor Muli, SHAW, dec. D J Mele, CHER, 4-2. 138: Joseph Lemerise, CHER, maj. dec. Grant Wetterau, SHAW, 14-2. 145: Brennan Humphrey, SHAW, dec. Josh Karichner, CHER, 9-3. 152: Anthony Ward, SHAW, dec. Jared Barlow, CHER, 2-1. 160: Jared Meeks, SHAW, pinned A J Nicholas, CHER, 5:08. 170: Austin Wetterau, SHAW, maj. dec. Jordan Krug, CHER, 18-5. 182: Alex Foley, SHAW, pinned James Wash, CHER, :16 195: Brian Keyser, SHAW, pinned James Wash, CHER, 1:10. 220: Evan Wayns, SHAW, forf. . 285: Liam Holmes, SHAW, dec. Christopher Cole, CHER, 7-0.


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The threat from the degradation of materials in engineered products has been well documented over the years. And yet little effort appears to have been made to developing a better understanding of corrosion and the mitigation of its effects.
Assessment of Corrosion Education makes a number of short- and long-term recommendations to industry and government agencies, educational institutions, and communities to increase education and awareness.
The diverse and distributed nature of the construction industry presents special challenges for occupational health and safety protection. Among other things, the work environment and the workers change daily and exposure to hazardous environments are difficult to track. For the same reasons, it is difficult to conduct research designed to improve worker health and safety. Nevertheless, construction-related fatalities and injuries have declined significantly in recent years in part due to the research programs of the NIOSH Construction Research Program. To evaluate the effectiveness of its activities, NIOSH asked the National Academies to review 15 specific NIOSH programs including its Construction Research Program. This report provides the context and analysis of the program, an evaluation of its relevance and impact, and recommendations for future research and for program improvement.
Heavy-duty trucks and buses now consume about 21 percent of the fuel used for surface transportation in the United States. As gasoline and diesel fuel prices have risen in the past few years, the pressure to find ways to increase fuel use efficiency by these trucks and buses has grown significantly. In 2000, four federal agencies and 15 industrial partners formed the 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP) to manage a cooperative R&D effort towards a safer and more efficient fleet of vehicles. In 2007, DOE--which now leads the partnership--asked the NRC to conduct an independent assessment of the 21CTP. This report provides a discussion of the organization and background of the Partnership; an analysis of its management strategy and priority setting; and an assessment of the Partnership's technical goals for engine systems and fuels, heavy-duty hybrid vehicles; reduction of parasitic energy losses, engine idle reduction, and safety.
In order to ensure effective military operations and continued warfighter safety, the functionality and integrity of the equipment used must also be ensured. For the past several years, the Nondestructive Evaluation Branch at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has focused actively on the development of embedded sensing technologies for the real-time monitoring of damage states in aircraft, turbine engines, and aerospace structures. These sensing technologies must be developed for use in environments ranging from the normal to the extreme, confronting researchers with the need to understand issues involving reliability, wireless telemetry, and signal processing methods. Additionally, there is a need to develop science and technology that will address the sensing of a material state at the microstructure level, precursor damage at the dislocation level, and fatigue-crack size population. To address these issues, the National Research Council convened a workshop at which speakers gave their personal perspectives on technological approaches to understanding materials state and described potential challenges and advances in technology. This book consists primarily of extended abstracts of the workshop speakers' presentations, conveying the nature and scope of the material presented.
To meet the objectives of the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE), NASA must develop a wide array of enabling technologies. For this purpose, NASA established the Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP). Currently, ETDP has 22 projects underway. In the report accompanying the House-passed version of the FY2007 appropriations bill, the agency was directed to request from the NRC an independent assessment of the ETDP. This interim report provides an assessment of each of the 22 projects including a quality rating, an analysis of how effectively the research is being carried out, and the degree to which the research is aligned with the VSE. To the extent possible, the identification and discussion of various cross-cutting issues are also presented. Those issues will be explored and discussed in more detail in the final report.
As part of the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE), NASA is planning for humans to revisit the Moon and someday go to Mars. An important consideration in this effort is protection against the exposure to space radiation. That radiation might result in severe long-term health consequences for astronauts on such missions if they are not adequately shielded. To help with these concerns, NASA asked the NRC to further the understanding of the risks of space radiation, to evaluate radiation shielding requirements, and recommend a strategic plan for developing appropriate mitigation capabilities. This book presents an assessment of current knowledge of the radiation environment; an examination of the effects of radiation on biological systems and mission equipment; an analysis of current plans for radiation protection; and a strategy for mitigating the risks to VSE astronauts.


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Well I think I have been lazy long enough and it's time for me to get on the ball and start doing the store highlights again. Well this time I am highlighting SD Wears by Desdemona Young. She has been with Car Wash since the beginning and has some awesome clothes for both men and women.
First up we have the SD Icon Tops and SD Icon Pattern Pants. These super sexy tops are sold in a pack of 4 colors for 175L. The pants are also sold in a pack of 4 different patterns for 175L.
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This Beautiful gown is SD Awaken outfit in Dawn. In picture 2 is the SD Vestige Gown in Storm. Both sell for 175L.
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- Primary Category: Portfolios
Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
# of Pages: 96
- Publish Date: Oct 30, 2010
- Keywords Marcos Semola, Black & White, Rio de Janeiro, Photography, Art, Street, Classic-Noir, Advertising, Brazilian, Italian, Brasil, Brazil, Freelancer, Designer, Gallery, Galeria, Portfolio
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Marcos Semola is Italo-Brazilian born in 1972 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. IT Executive, MBA professor and photographer, member of ABAF - Brazilian Association of Photographic Art, Getty Images and the London Independent Photography, Marcos has been producing authorial images found in private collections and art galleries around the world, especially London, Paris and Rio/Brazil, and includes national and international exhibitions where his best known work in street-noir style, "Direct Transitive" and "Mind your Step" won recognition and expression. It is self-taught and enthusiast of art-photography whether film or digital, reason why he has also devise collective projects, share and exchange as much information with other practitioners. His photographs are sold with a limited edition, signed by the author and on museological quality paper and cotton Hahnemuehle, exclusively in Brazil by Susi Cantarino art dealer, gallery Metara, Rua Teixeira de Melo 25, Ipanema, Rio/Brazil


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State plastic bag ban gaining support
California would be the first state to ban plastic and most paper bags from grocery, convenience and other stores under a proposal that appears headed for a major legislative victory this week.
Shoppers who don't bring their own totes to a store would have to purchase paper bags made of at least 40 percent recycled material for a minimum of 5 cents or buy reusable bags under the proposal, which would take effect Jan. 1, 2012. A spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he supports the bill, which will be voted on in the Assembly this week and could go to a Senate vote this year.
The measure would go further than plastic bag bans in at least five California cities, including San Francisco.
San Francisco's ordinance applies only to chain supermarkets and pharmacies, but the state measure would bar the items from all food and convenience stores, and it would also restrict retailers from handing out free paper bags.
"AB1998 would ban all of the single-use bags that have been polluting our oceans and waterways and threatening marine life," said the bill's author, Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, D-Santa Monica.
19 billon bags a year
Californians use 19 billion plastic bags a year, and the state spends more than $25 million annually to collect and bury the items, Brownley said. Environmental groups said only 5 percent of the bags are recycled, a figure the plastics industry disputes.
"It's time for a uniform, statewide policy so consumers know what to expect wherever they go," she said at a news conference in Sacramento on Tuesday. She was joined by actresses Amy Smart, Rosario Dawson and Rachelle Lefevre.
Environmental groups have pushed the ban for years, noting the damaging effects of plastic bags on the marine environment, particularly for animals that ingest or are entangled in bags. Business groups, including those representing grocery stores and the plastics industry, have argued against similar proposals in the past.
The measure got a big boost, however, when Brownley secured the support of the California Grocers Association, which represents chain and independent supermarkets, convenience stores and mass merchandisers in California and Nevada.
Ronald Fong, the group's president, praised the bill as a "uniform statewide standard that will level the playing field" and make environmental gains "with the least disruption" to businesses. He said Tuesday that it is his group's No. 1 legislative priority this year.
Environmental groups also cheered the bill's creation of a statewide law. Sarah Abramson Sikich of Heal the Bay noted that 20 jurisdictions around the state are weighing similar bans but that the "patchwork is confusing for consumers and challenging for retailers."
The plastics industry remains opposed.
Tim Shestek of the American Chemistry Council, which represents 140 companies, said the bill could put at least 500 manufacturing jobs in Southern California at risk, and that lawmakers should focus on recycling.
Higher prices
"This bill will result in increasing consumer grocery prices with the requirement to pay for paper bags. They will cost at least a nickel, and it could be higher," he said. "We think recycling is the answer. Burdening Californians with a new tax or putting people in an unemployment line is not something the Legislature should be doing."
Environmental advocates and Brownley, however, said the bill could be a sign of things to come. Oregon has introduced similar legislation, 14 states have laws dealing with the issue, and legislators in Washington, Florida, New Jersey and North Carolina have expressed interest in the California proposal, they said.
Brownley called the bill a "signal to the nation that we are going to wean off this costly habit," though no one expects a federal ban anytime soon.
"I think, like many issues, Congress will wait and see what the states do on this," said Daniel Jacobson, legislative director of Environment California. "Like so much of the good environmental work that has happened, California's leadership will start it, we'll see six or seven other states adopt it, and then members of Congress will start to pick it up from there."


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Your morning roundup for March 10, the day that a big-and-wide guy gets called to task for playing fast-and-loose with his words.
• C.F. Catfish Strother, one of the biggest Alabama fans in the state, is befuddled. One of his many trees is dying. "I don't know if an Auburn fan come down here and retaliated from that oak tree down in Auburn or not. But it sure could happen. I know I'm going to soil test to ascertain if it did happen," he said while soliciting tax-free donations to pay a botanist. "Somethin' ain't right." [YouTube] (H/T Brendan "I'm an Auburn student and this is hilarious to us" K.)
• Oh look, here's video and photos of Miguel Cabrera's DUI stop! [WPTV]
• The NCAA hoops-officiating boss didn't much like seeing Rutgers get absolutely screwed by the refs at the end of St. John's "win" at the Garden yesterday, either. In fact, John Adams deemed it "unacceptable." [ESPN]
• Kevin Love broke Moses Malone's consecutive double-double streak during Minnesota's win over the Indiana Pacers last night. The win was his team's 16th of the season. The streak is 52 games and counting. [Star Tribune]
• Carmelo Anthony hit a 19-foot shot to lead the Knicks past the Memphis Grizzlies last night. Two Knicks fans in attendance rather enjoyed the outcome [Commercial Appeal]. This guy seems to have enjoyed it more [BuzzFeed].
• Air Canada will take its buku sponsorship dollars elsewhere if the NHL doesn't do something about head shots. They said so in a strongly worded letter. [Toronto Sun]
• Montreal Police have received a plethora of calls demanding charges be filed against Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins, for his brutal hit on Max Pacioretty. [Globe and Mail]
• Martin St. Louis had a pretty shoot-out goal in the Lightning's win over the Blackhawks last night. Check 0:40 of the video. [Tampa Tribune]
• Through to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals: Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Tottenham Hotspur, and Schalke. The other four will be decided on Tuesday and Wednesday. [UEFA]
• A Philadelphia sportstalk-radio host cursed up a storm on TV once he thought his mic was off. It wasn't. Cue anchor's recovery talking about a gender war! [Crossing Broad]
• Some young jagoff cost his team an Illinois high-school basketball title because ran across the court to celebrate in the student section before the game was over. The refs apologized to the coach, who understood they made the right call. [Sun Times]
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I presume it contrasts parayer with the actual act of confession, where people confess the sins of the activities. The mere existence would refer to the belief that humankind is fallen, so prayer establishes the dialogue between a postlapsarian fallen being and the creator. (This is how I read it, but I am not a practising Christian, so there could be other ways of looking at it)
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The American Meat Institute (AMI) released a video tour of a pork slaughter plant hosted by leading animal welfare expert Temple Grandin, Ph.D., professor of animal science at Colorado State University. The video is available on the Institute's dedicated animal welfare web site http://www.animalhandling.org/.
The pork plant video tour and brochure augment the beef plant video tour, also hosted by Grandin, which was released in August 2012. Since its release, the beef plant video has been viewed nearly 50,000 times on line and in countless classrooms and other settings
The pork video tour starts on the farm in a finishing barn, depicts pig loading on trailers, unloading at the plant, stunning of pigs to make them insensible to pain, which is required by law, the bleeding process, carcass chilling and fabrication of carcasses into cuts that consumers eat. The video details the widespread use of the AMI animal welfare audit, developed by Grandin for the industry in 1997, and now a global standard.
Grandin selected the two plants that are featured in the video as representative of typical beef and pork slaughter plants. She was on-site for the taping and narrated the videos in her own words.
"I'm really pleased the American Meat Institute is working on putting these videos out because I think we need to show people what's done in the industry when it's just done right in a typical large plant," Grandin says in the introduction to the video. The brochure also includes a series of commonly asked questions about animal welfare with answers provided by Dr. Grandin.
"We recognize that many consumers want more information about how livestock are handled and processed in U.S. meat and poultry plants. Our Glass Walls Project is an effort to increase transparency," said AMI Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Member Services Janet Riley, who also serves at liaison to the Institute's Animal Welfare Committee. "We were fortunate that Dr. Grandin, a leading expert on animal handling and welfare in meat plants, agreed to host the video tours and played such a pivotal role in their production. We are proud to offer an honest look inside our plants and to show the public our long-standing commitment to ensuring optimal livestock welfare."
To view the videos or download the brochures, visit http://www.animalhandling.org/.
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To look at the Reverend Doris Green today, with her perfectly pulled-together, casual chic elegance, her big, friendly smile and bubbling laughter, her utter respectability as a community advocate, you would never guess she had ever been down and out. But it's her background as an abused child, a young gang member, and a battered wife that fuels her passion for prison ministry, the strong sense that she could have been the one behind bars -- for life.
West Side
July 22, at Edna's soul food restaurant off the corner of Kedzie and Madison on Chicago's impoverished West Side. The backroom walls covered with framed photos of celebrities and political figures paying tribute to owner Edna Stewart. Edna's was a stop for all of the Civil Rights campaigns of the 60s. More than just a place for leaders and grits, Edna's is a place for former prisoners to get another chance at turning their lives around. It's the restaurant's policy to hire them.
So it's a particularly fitting place for Rev. Green to speak to young black women of the West Side who are participating in the search for an AIDS vaccine. They not only lend their bodies to science, but they go through regular rounds of HIV education and awareness. Recently, they had seen a flyer informing them that former inmates were at higher risk of HIV infection.
To prevent any stigma that might arise from this awareness, the vaccine study coordinator invited Rev. Green to speak. These young women are more than just study participants. They are members of the Participant Community Advisory Board (PCAB) in the study, and Rev. Green is a member of the study's general CAB. She is passionate about promoting awareness of the virus and the social ills that breed it, but equally passionate about not adding stigma to the people who are already infected, particularly men who are or have been in prison.
Her summery cotton outfit, a long billowing blouse over culottes, white with bright flowers to match her bold jewelry, makes her look styled and polished, the picture of "fresh as a daisy." Outside, before the presentation begins, motorcycles roar by. It reminds her of growing up on the West Side. "I used to be in a motorcycle gang," Rev. Green said. "I had a devil on the back of my jacket. Can you believe that?" She laughs at the thought.
The conversation begins. One young woman says that HIV is not about who you are, but "what you be doing."
"'What you be doing,'" said Rev. Green. "I like that.
"I always remember someone along the way who helped me, who showed me something that I wasn't maybe quite ready to see, but that's why I want to reach others."
"I have more than 27 years doing prison ministry," she continued, "and what I truly understand is that in HIV we have the same thing going on. In Illinois, 65% of inmates are African Americans, a huge population of our loved ones. The HIV rate, like the rate of incarceration, primarily affects the African American community. Those people in prison are no different from the people in my community. The people with HIV in prison are the same as the people with HIV in our community. These are not enemies. These are our people."
It's an understanding she developed throughout those 27 years.
By the time she was 12, Doris Green had gone through severe trauma -- witnessing the death of her beloved mother, suffering molestation, experiencing the death of a close friend, and attempting suicide.
At the age of four, she watched as her mother, a battered wife, died of a heart attack. Her father, who had gone into real estate at her mother's urging and with the use of her business sense, raised his seven children on his own until he began living with one woman after another. A drunk, he was physically abusive, beating them all.
The family moved to the West Side when Doris was nine. Coming home from school one day, the friend she always walked with did not show up. Crossing the busy four lanes of heavy traffic on Ashland Boulevard by herself, she saw the brains of an accident victim on the street. She later learned she had seen the remains of her friend.
Somehow, this death made her see her mother's death for what it was: permanent. Until then, she had been hoping for her mother's return. Now, wanting to die herself, she stood in the same street where her friend had been killed, but was saved by a man who stopped his car and yelled at her to get out of the street or he would "whup your butt."
Death and a suicide attempt were not the only traumas she experienced. At the age of five or six, a cousin in his late 20s had carried her up to the attic of her house and fondled. She was afraid to tell anyone. At the age of 11, during a sleep-over with her best friend, the friend's father carried his daughter out of the room during the night. He came back to fondle Doris. She was terrified and, not knowing what to do, she pretended to be asleep. She never told her father, fearing he would kill the man.
It took a long time for her to understand how all this trauma led her down the path she took -- or the path that took her.
"I Could Have Been the One in Prison"
Like many of the inmates she was to meet later, she was living in a world of violence with little to no emotional nourishment.
Looking for love and trying to please the first man to pay attention to her, she became pregnant at 14 and had to drop out of high school. She soon fell into the pervasive trap of her community -- gangs, sexual rampage, parties, and clubs fueled by drugs and alcohol, and men more than able to use and abuse.
Later, after going to jails and prisons to speak with inmates, she was struck by how similar their stories were to her own life. With the help of a ghost writer, she compiled a few of the stories into a book, yet to be published, contrasting their stories with hers.
In her book, a prisoner explains, "I know that men and women get tricked into the 'sporting life' -- a life that looks full of glamour, excitement, and pleasure, but is only filled with pain and suffering." Explained another prisoner, "Now let me talk straight: the sporting life isn't all that it's meant to be. I lost a lot of buddies in gang wars over drugs and territory. Sure, dealing dope puts a wad of money in your wallet. I bought fast cars, fast women -- whatever I wanted. Then I got bored. I couldn't understand why I had it all, but felt so empty! Here I had money, women, cars, drugs, and I was unhappy. How could this be?"
Rev. Green adds her view. "The sporting life is full of false glamour and the deceitfulness of riches. It's a life that tries to fill your emptiness with worldly possessions. But money, drugs, and cars don't last forever, and men looking for a good time don't want to settle down."
She looked at the prisoners she ministered to and she felt, "But for the grace of God, I could have been the one in prison." She later adds that when she was ready to leave the "sporting life," she didn't know how to escape it.
From Church to Spirit
After more than a decade of this crippling lifestyle, she began attending church as a result of having a religious sponsor in Alcoholics Anonymous, which she had joined with the abusive man she lived with in an effort to encourage him in his recovery. She says she later realized that she also was abusing alcohol, and was on the verge of becoming an alcoholic herself.
It was while in church that a group speaking about its prison ministry touched her heart. She joined the ministry as a volunteer. Her work began a lifelong passion.
There was the violent killer whose life had been surrounded by violence, as had hers. She could relate to his rage, and how close she had come to being angry enough to kill.
There was the battered wife, accused of participating in a homicide. Her story took Rev. Green right back to the night she came close to killing her husband.
In time, however, she turned away from the religious path to a spiritual one.
At Edna's, she told the story of reaching out to God to ask why, why was her life filled with so much pain? She heard a voice, clear as if it was next to her. That day she reached a new understanding. She went home and said "I'm sorry" to her husband. He yelled at her, "Get outta my face!"
"I walked away," said Rev. Green. "I ain't no fool," she said with a laugh.
In her book, she explained this part of her healing from a lifetime of abuse. "This may sound strange, but I went back to all the men who had ever hurt me, and asked them to forgive me. I asked them to forgive me for the anger and bitterness I had held against them over the years." In that request for forgiveness, she was able to release those bitter feelings that were keeping her a prisoner.
"There's a need for healing in our community," Rev. Green said during an interview. "At one time in my life, I thought religion would solve a lot of our problems. But I had to sit back and look at that. It makes people become so vulnerable, so that they don't even take care of themselves. 'Well, Jesus is going to heal me.' There's hopelessness in a lot of that for some people, because they're already depressed. They're looking for something coming out of the sky [she makes a flourish with her hands for emphasis], or wait until they go. There's no reality of now. What can I do now while I'm living on this earth to protect myself?
"I'm finding, for me, peace and serenity in spirituality," she said. "I don't know how to give that to anyone. I'm not perfect. No one is going to be while on earth. [She laughs.] I'm okay with that. But I'm learning how to live in a realm of healthiness for me. I'm not saying everyone has to be spiritual. It just worked for me, in treating people in the way that I wanted to be treated."
Her life on the way from down to up hasn't been without setbacks. Her youngest child, the light of her life, who has his mother's big smile -- in fact, looks just like her -- developed an addiction and spent time in jail. Today, like his mom, he works in social services.
She and a prisoner fell in love and were married. As a result, the ministry she had helped to found, Men and Women in Prison Ministries, was barred from several institutions. She and her husband later divorced.
But no matter what the setback, others helped her get through, and that's what she hopes to do in return.
"I was in that space where they are, and someone came and gave me something," said Rev. Green. "It's all about… how do people start not caring about stuff and things, and start caring about people, themselves and others. How does that happen? I've lived the other life, the promiscuous, drinking, forbidden one. I've come away from that now. I should have been in prison, with the life I've led.
"So how to translate that into our community? I went through losing a mom at a real young age to being abused as a child, and in relationship after relationship, finding my way through shelters with my babies, holding on and having people around me who cared about me. From one step, to the next step, to the next one. It's all steps. All of those things that happened to them happened to me too. I don't talk about it much, but it happened. I always remember someone along the way who helped me, who showed me something that I wasn't maybe quite ready to see, but that's why I want to reach others," said Rev. Green. "I'm just giving back what was given to me. I want to inspire people to want to love themselves."
She's not naïve about prisoners. She knows there are predators. As she explained at Edna's that day about HIV, "We do have that small population of people who know and don't care. 'I got it and I don't care if I give it to you.'" At the same time, she sees the forces working against people. "There are laws to keep people in prison for the rest of their lives," she said. "Property crimes are a felony. People go to prison forever for stealing $300."
Then HIV was thrown into the mix, crystallizing even more the injustices at work in her community, and providing a new path for service -- for awareness, advocacy, and hope. Death, that old familiar face, returned to her life.
"One day I looked around [in the prisons] and people were gone. They had died. I wondered, how could so many people be dead?" she remembers. The constrictions of her old neighborhood returned in full force. They had died for lack of clean needles, for lack of health care. They died from stigma and shame, and how that keeps people from taking care of themselves or asking for help. The despair of it fueled a new passion for Rev. Green.
Her recognition as an advocate grew. Today she is Director of Correctional Health and Community Affairs for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, and still maintains her ministry.
From the wreckage of her youth, she learned it didn't have to touch her spirit. Abused, battered, a victim -- that's not who she was. As with recovery, she could start today, and every day, to build a new life for herself, filling it with all the good things she wanted -- peace, faith, and a sense of purpose for her life. She has released herself from the pain of her past, and is now free. Her greatest desire is to help others find the way out.
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