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The Migration and Citizenship Section of the American Political Science Association has named Martin Ruhs's The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration the winner of the 2014 Best Book Award in the Migration and Citizenship category. The judging committee lauded Ruhs for his "innovative, rigorous, and very comprehensive treatment of the subject of international labor migration" saying additionally that his "command of knowledge and research skills demonstrates the best practices of scholarship."
Martin Ruhs is an Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education and a Senior Researcher at COMPAS. He is also an Associate Member of the Department of Economics, the Department of Social Policy and Intervention and the Blavatnik School of Government. Ruhs's research focuses on the economics and politics of international labor migration within an internationally comparative framework, which he draws on to comment on migration issues in the media and to provide policy analysis and advice for various national governments and institutions.
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Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools Programs 2001
Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools Expert Panel
In 1994, Congress directed the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, to establish "panels of appropriate qualified experts and practitioners" to evaluate educational programs and recommend to the Secretary of Education those programs that should be designated as exemplary or promising. Under the Education, Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994, each panel, in making this recommendation, was directed to consider 1) whether based on empirical data a program was effective and should be designated as exemplary or 2) whether there was sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the program showed promise for improving student achievement and should be designated as promising. The purpose of these panels was and still is to provide teachers, administrators, policymakers, and parents with solid information on the quality and effectiveness of programs and materials so that they can make better-informed decisions in their efforts to improve the quality of student learning. The OERI regulations implementing the statute leave to the judgment of the expert panels a determination of the nature and weight of evidence necessary to designate a program either promising or exemplary.
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools (SDFS) program and OERI established the Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools Expert Panel in May 1998. (This panel was one of five established by the Department; the others were in the fields of math, science, gender equity, and educational technology.) The 15-member Expert Panel for Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools was composed of educators, researchers, evaluators, program developers, and representatives from local and state education agencies, businesses, institutions of higher education, and medical and legal communities. Its task was to develop and oversee a process for identifying and designating as promising and exemplary programs that promote safe, disciplined, and drug-free schools. The Expert Panel initiative was a way of enhancing prevention programming by making schools and communities aware of programs that have proved their effectiveness when judged against rigorous criteria. The activity was also in keeping with the "Principles of Effectiveness" governing recipients' use of funds received under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, State Grants Program.
The Review Process
The panel initially met to set up a process for making determinations and to establish the criteria under which programs would be reviewed. The panel drew heavily on the considerable research on "what works" in prevention programming in combating both substance use and violence among youth. The panel developed seven criteria, under the four "criteria categories" provided in the regulations, for judging the efficacy and quality of programs that would be submitted for their review and consideration. These seven criteria follow this Introduction.
The Expert Panel had an open and widely publicized submission process that encouraged applications from any program sponsor who believed that his or her program might meet the review criteria. A total of 124 programs were reviewed under a two-stage field review process established by the panel. In the first stage, 19 individuals with special expertise in research and evaluation, as well as in safe, disciplined, and drug-free schools programming, formed a pool of Criterion 1 field reviewers. They were selected by the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) from a list of individuals nominated by state SDFS coordinators, program staff, and Expert Panel members. These Criterion 1 reviewers met and were trained in the review procedures and became familiar with the criterion--evidence of efficacy--they were to use for reviewing programs. During this first-stage field review, each of the 124 programs was scored for evidence of efficacy by two Criterion 1 field reviewers.
Programs with high scores on the evidence of efficacy criterion (Criterion 1) were then considered by two second-stage field reviewers. In the second-stage field review, a pool of 40 individuals different from those used in the first-stage field review was selected by the Department to serve as Criteria 2 to 7 field reviewers. These individuals were nominated by state SDFS coordinators and program staff for their expertise in safe, disciplined, and drug-free schools programming. These Criteria 2 to 7 field reviewers met and were trained in the procedures and criteria they were to use when reviewing programs. They reviewed submissions on the criteria categories of quality of program, educational significance, and usefulness to others.
The Expert Panel met and considered field reviewer ratings and comments from both stages of the process for all programs reviewed. The panel identified 33 programs it wished to designate as promising and nine programs it wished to designate as exemplary.
Each of the nine potentially exemplary programs was subsequently sent to a separate Impact Review Panel for further review by at least two of its members according to procedures established by the Department. The Impact Review Panel comprised a group of national experts in evaluation/research design and analysis and was established by the Department to review the strength of evidence of program effects for all five of the Department's Expert Panels. The Expert Panel then considered comments and scores from the Impact Review Panel on the nine potentially exemplary programs and made a final determination about the programs to recommend to the Department as exemplary.
This publication provides descriptions of the 9 exemplary and 33 promising programs selected by the Expert Panel in 2001. Contact information for each program is also provided. In the program summaries that follow, the sections "Program Description" and "Professional Development Resources and Program Costs" were prepared based on information provided by the developers at the time they submitted their programs for consideration. At the request of the Department, developers checked each program description for accuracy and added updated information regarding costs as relevant. The remaining sections--"Program Quality" and "Evidence of Efficacy"--are based on the assessments of the reviewers and panelists.

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Keep 'em On The Road
The Long Motor Corporation was founded in 1981, and in 1993, the first Chevrolet catalog was introduced under the LMC Truck name. I met LMC Truck's founder Leo Long for the first time in early November at the 2006 SEMA show only a few month's after I took over as Custom Classic Trucks' editor. It was an interesting experience and I discovered Leo to be a warm individual and a real nice guy. What surprised me was while Leo was addressing a room packed full of magazine editors he took the time to explain that it was up to us to communicate to our readers that they really need to take care of their trucks. Not because LMC Truck wanted to sell them a lot of parts, although that would be OK, but because there are some parts the aftermarket manufacturers will never reproduce because of the tremendous investment it takes to tool up, and then ultimately hope to turn a profit. On August 19, 2008 we got the bad news that Leo Long had passed away. It was a very sad moment indeed, but true to Leo's belief that I'm only as strong as my people and as successful as my customers' continued satisfaction, the LMC Truck legacy lives on. Collectively the many people whom the Long Motor Corporation has employed for over 20 years, including his wife Janet and the president Rebecca Hanrahan, have built a strong foundation from which the company continues to grow on.
Last September while I was in town for the Mid-West All-Truck Nationals held in Riverside, Missouri, I got a chance to get a firsthand look at LMC Truck's operation in Lenexa, Kansas. I took the following photographs while I toured the facility and it was truly an experience Iíll never forget. The first thing that becomes quite apparent is the place is absolutely huge. To give you an idea just how huge, LMC Truck stocks over 30,000 truck parts and accessories in what would be an equivalent of six football fields of warehouse space. In an age where one often discovers backordered parts are becoming more and more commonplace it's interesting to note that 95 percent of all LMC Truck products offered are stocked, orders are filled promptly, and with the central U.S. location customers receive their orders quickly.
To keep the shelves full, the folks at LMC Truck explained to me that they coordinate directly with manufacturers to obtain those everyday necessities as well as the hard-to-find parts, and go to great lengths to keep them in stock, so LMC Truck customers can keep 'em on the road!


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A Cookie for a Heart
During a recent Shabbos table discussion, my son asked me if I had ever cried to weasel my way out of trouble. I said, "Are you kidding? I'm a Litvak," I said gesturing at my eyes, "Ice comes out."
My son cracked up. "Stones!" he riposted.
It's kind of scary how tough I can be. I don't go in for chick flicks (except for the ones based on Jane Austen books—but that's because they're literary). I love action shows, movies, and books, and I never need the tissues proffered me at my many children's circumcisions, bar mitzvahs, and weddings.
Not Girly-Girl
On the one hand, I'm not girly-girl. On the other hand, even when I'm feeling emotional, there is little outward expression. When I was in eighth grade, for instance, my mother was summoned to meet with the principal of my day school over my bad classroom behavior. Rabbi Lerner said to her, "When reprimanded, she is not contrite. She just stares at me blankly. She has no more emotion than this jade ashtray on my desk," said the rabbi, pointing out the large green immovable object on his even larger desk.
My mother took me out of that school immediately. Thank God.
Today, I can still face both tragedy and joy without moving a facial muscle, if I so please. And the truth is I do please. I don't like getting emotional in public. It implies a loss of control. It's . . . MESSY.
I Bake
What I do instead is, I BAKE.
Maybe this is a case of I bake therefore I am. I may be a failure in the tears-on-demand department, but boy can I ever bake. And the more I feel, the harder I have to bake, producing ever more complicated confections lest I lose control and well, cry. That's my theory, at any rate. The only way to test it is to take my oven away—please don't!
At any rate, when I discovered my daughter was hosting the final sheva brachos party for my son and daughter in-law, I asked my daughter if I could bake something for the event. I needed a vehicle through which I could express my deep love for my son and his bride, and my happiness at their new union. Pleased (or perhaps relieved) at my daughter's consent, I riffled through the pages in my recipe scrapbook, seeking just the right recipe.
Buttery Dough
It would have to be very labor intensive. It would have to have butter in the dough. It would have to have extraordinary flavor and exquisite texture.
And then I found it. Torn in places, crumbling, stained, and yellowed; a page of my mother's recipes, typed by her own hand just for me when I was a young bride of 18. That was way before the age of personal computers. Right at the top of the page was my dear mother's recipe for Apricot Horns. Next to the recipe's title, my mother had typed: (This is a bit of work, but worth it).
It took many hours to make this recipe and the results were outstanding: everything I could have wanted. I watched my family members take delicate bites out of those cookies, savoring their shocked, pleased expressions as one by one, they entered the apricot horn experience. My own personal catharsis was now fully realized.
And now for the recipe—I may not cry easily, but lucky for you, I'm good at sharing.
450 grams (1 lb.) butter, 450 (1 lb.) grams cottage cheese & 4 cups sifted flour.
Blend ingredients together with hands to form a dough. Shape into 2.5 centimeter balls (1 inch) & refrigerate overnight.
Filling: 450 grams (1 lb.) dried apricots, 2 cups sugar—simmer apricots in water to cover until tender. Drain and puree in food processor. Add sugar while still hot and process until combined. Cool.
Coating: 3 cups ground almonds (can be made by processing whole, almonds until almost powdery), 2 ½ cups sugar, 6 egg whites slightly beaten with fork to blend, confectioner's sugar.
Mix sugar & nuts. Roll each dough ball into a 7.5 centimeter (3 inch) round (make only 10-12 horns at a time so dough will remain cold).
Place a teaspoon of filling in center. Roll up in the shape of a horn.
Dip into egg white
& then roll in nut mixture.
Place on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.
Bake at 190 Celsius (375 degrees Fahrenheit) for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.
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Juliette Paull
Oil on canvas810mm x 760mm
Price: £2500Plus £50 for UK delivery Buy
About the ArtistIn Juliette Paull's own words "Painting is a constant exploration; a questioning of nature and the many different forms it takes around and within us. My paintings are internal landscapes exploring the fragility and strength of the human state.
"I continue to explore the 'unspoken' in my current body of work. 'Elemental Truths ' deals with cycles, growth and change internally and externally. The paintings develop intuitively, always as a group so they form a dialogue together – they tend to fight with each other until a harmony is achieved. What lies at the core of my work is a desire to express things that cannot be described in words. My aim as an artist is to create work that is raw, honest and straight from the heart."
Juliette was born in 1983. She now lives in West Cornwall and occupies a studio at Trewidden Gardens.
2005 – 2007: Falmouth School of Art BA (Hon's) Fine Art
2002 – 2004: Glasgow School of Art BA (Hon's) Fine Art
Awards and competitions
2014: Selected for The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2011: Selected for The Chichester National Open Art Competition
2011: Selected for The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2009: Selected for The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2008: Millennium Art Fund, recipient of a bursary from an anonymous benefactor and supporter of the Millennium Gallery, St. Ives


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It is very wet out, but it is time to start planting tomatoes (officially anytime after May 10). Every year I do an article on growing tomatoes, and generally it is the same article, however there are a few tweeks every year.
Todd and Cindy Mattingly of Springfield announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Sarah Mattingly, to Robbie Smith, son of Crystal and Bobby Smith of Springfield.
Mattingly is a 2006 graduate of Washington County High School and a 2010 graduate of Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's degree in speech and language pathology. She is currently earning her master's degree at Western Kentucky University and will graduate in December 2011.
Washington County football player Qwan Turner is set to sign a letter of intent to play college football today at 1 p.m.
Look to this week's issue of The Springfield Sun to see where he went, and learn more about his future on the field.
The Washington County Commander baseball team defended its 5th Region All-A Classic championship at Idle Hour Park Thursday with an 8-0 win over Bethlehem. With the win, the Commanders now advance to face Christian Academy of Louisville for a trip to Lexington to play in the All-A Classic state tournament at Whitaker Bank Park, home of the Lexington Legends.
Read more about the Commanders' success in next week's Springfield Sun.
He's been on the job as Washington County's new head football coach just over two weeks, and Eric Sagrecy has already started to fill his coaching staff.
On Monday the former Washington County High and Georgetown College player announced that he was bringing on two coaches who followed a similar path in their careers.
Bobby Joe Mattingly, a teacher at North Washington Elementary School, and Scott Mudd, a teacher at Washington County Middle School, were named the first two assistants on Sagrecy's staff.
The Washington County track team competed in Lebanon last week in the Marion County All- Comers meet.
The Commanders had some success individually, although the boys' team came in fourth out of seven teams, while the girls' team was sixth out of seven.
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NYC – Gramercy – Kids Martial Arts
The kids martial arts curriculum at the Gramercy location of Tiger Schulmann's Martial Arts helps your children achieve success in all aspects of their lives.
Martial Arts training improves focus, discipline, fitness, and builds confidence in the children that study with us here at the Gramercy location of Tiger Schulmann's Mixed Martial Arts. We like to call that development Kidfidence. And it isn't just about your child having the confidence, focus, and strength to tackle any of life's challenges. It is about helping your child find his or her their place in a 30 year legacy of former and present students who are Ivy Leaguers, successful doctors, lawyers, teachers, scientists, and everything in between.
Unlike other kids martial arts programs, our's has withstood the test of time. Tiger Schulmann's Mixed Martial Arts has been an institution of excellence for more than 30 years thanks to Master Daniel "Tiger" Schulmann, his team of expert instructors, and their continual refinements and innovations to our kids martial arts curriculum. The curriculum, which is a blend of the most effective martial arts styles, techniques, and values, and in-depth knowledge of child psychology, is sure to make parents happy and our fun twist on these time-honored traditions keeps our students coming back for more. And it's easy to see why.
Here at Tiger Schulmann's, we like to keep things in the family. That's why the Gramercy school is owned by dedicated Tiger Schulmann's instructors, who have all been Tiger Schulmann's students themselves. They continue to train every week with Master Schulmann and his brother Ron, an 8th degree black belt, at our headquarters in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. We take your child's development very seriously. All of our instructors have a minimum of 10 years of high-level martial arts training before they are chosen to teach your child and are then required to train in child psychology as well.
That's why our bully prevention and self-defense techniques really work. But don't just take our word for it… the Tiger Schulmann's MMA Competition Team has the championship belts to prove it. So come by and see why the Gramercy location of Tiger Schulmann's Mixed Martial Arts is the best place for your child. Because it's a fact, confident kids are happy, successful kids. And the parents of confident kids are proud parents.


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The State Of Cinema (as per Jonathan Lethem)/
One of the many cool things of the San Francisco International Film Festival is the prestigious State Of Cinema address. Last year Jonathan Lethem gave it. Let me know who you think should give it for 2013.
Jonathan Lethem: State of Cinema Address from San Francisco Film Society on Vimeo.
Others that have given the State Of Cinema address include Tilda Swinton:
Christine Vachon, Walter Murch, theatre director Peter Sellars, photographer Mary Ellen Mark, Wired editor Kevin Kelly, animator Brad Bird and critics B. Ruby Rich and Michel Cimen. Pretty awesome, right?
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PMW Bulletins
Abbas and PA leaders use the term "alleged Temple"
by Itamar Marcus
Aug. 23, 2012
Abbas and the PA used term "alleged Temple"
at least 97 times in 2011 and 2012
in its ongoing campaign to deny
Jerusalem's Jewish history
Mahmoud Abbas:
"No peace, security, or stability"
without evacuation of Jews from Jerusalem - "our holy city"
by Itamar Marcus
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has again denied Jerusalem's Jewish history and the existence of the Temple, referring to the "alleged Temple" in a statement this week.
The use of the term "alleged Temple" to deny Jewish history has been Palestinian Authority policy under Abbas for many years. Palestinian Media Watch has documented that the entire Palestinian Authority leadership and the structures under its control actively and repeatedly use the term "alleged Temple."
"Alleged Temple" 97 times:
Palestinian Media Watch
checked its archives and found that the official PA press reported the use of the expression "alleged Temple" at least 97 times by heads of the PA, its institutions and its media, just in 2011 and 2012. This number refers only to the use of this term. The PA has
denied Jewish history
in Israel and Jerusalem hundreds of times as part of its official policy, and has also fabricated an
ancient Palestinian history
in the land. Mahmoud Abbas himself in a speech that was read by his advisor on the eve of Israel's Independence Day, both denied Israel's history and falsely claimed the existence of a 9000 year-old Palestinian history, adding: "Netanyahu, you are incidental in history. We are the people of history. We are the owners of history." [PA TV (Fatah), May 14, 2011]
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PA leaders cite "alleged Temple"
The following is a partial list of PA officials, institutions, and others cited in the PA press who used the term "alleged Temple," some of them numerous times, in 2011and 2012:
Mahmoud Abbas, PA Chairman
Ahmad Al-Ruweidi, Advisor to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas
Muhammad Hussein, PA Mufti
Mahmoud Al-Habbash, PA Minister of Religious Affairs
Ahmad Qurei (Abu Alaa), former PA Prime Minister, head of PLO Jerusalem Dept.
Tayseer Tamimi, former PA Chief Justice of Religious Court
Salim Al-Za'anoun, Chairman of the Palestinian National Council
Sheikh Yusuf Ida'is, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Islamic Law
Yusuf Salameh, speaker at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and former Minister of Religious Affairs
Mahmoud Al-Aloul, member of the Fatah Central Committee
Dmitry Dliani, member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council
Kamal Al-Khatib, Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Movement in Israel
Sheikh Ishaq Feleifel, columnist in the religion section of the official PA daily
Adel Abd Al-Rahman, columnist for the official PA daily
Islamic-Christian Council for Jerusalem and the Holy Places
Official PA TV news readers and reporters
WAFA, the official PLO and PA news agency
The PA's official daily
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida
To view complete texts and the many other explicit denials of Jewish history in Jerusalem, view the "
Rewriting history
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The following is from Abbas' statement denying the existence of the Temple, demanding the evacuation of all Jews from East Jerusalem, and claiming Jerusalem to be the "eternal capital" of a Palestinian state:
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas:
"[Israel's actions in Jerusalem] ultimately aim to achieve dark goals: Destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and build the alleged Temple... take over the Muslim and Christian holy sites, and destroy its institutions in order to empty it, uproot its residents, and continue its occupation and Judaization…
All of Israel's actions in Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque... will not negate the fact that the city, its Al-Aqsa [Mosque], its Dome of the Rock and its churches are Arab – Islamic and Christian... and will not produce a [Jewish] right based and illusions and legends… There will be no peace, security, or stability unless the occupation [Israel], its settlements and settlers will be evacuated from our holy city and the eternal capital of our state."
[WAFA, Aug. 21, 2012 and
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida
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Emmys 2014: The Best and Worst Dressed
From Julia Louis Dreyfus in Carolina Herrera to Lena Dunham in Giambattista Valli to Lizzy Caplan in Donna Karan Atelier, senior style reporter Elizabeth Holmes breaks down the best and worst fashion of the 2014 Emmys red carpet.
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CW is gearing up for their new Green Arrow live-action TV series, as they've already cast their main character, the arrow-shooting, millionaire vigilante Oliver Queen.
According to Deadline, Stephen Amell will be our new Green Arrow (sorry, Smallville's Justin Hartley). An earlier casting call revealed that Queen is a 27-year-old "reformed bad boy" who turned into a different man after he spent five years shipwrecked on a dangerous island. Now that he's returned, Queen wants to make a difference in his hometown, Star City.
Best known for his work as the new-prostitute-in-town on Hung, Amell certainly looks like he can fill the part. But will this future Mayor of Star City be channeling a script written in the cheesy Smallville style? Only time will tell. The pilot will be written and produced by Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim.


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Sequester deal may take months
To say that the meeting between congressional leaders and President Barack Obama was unproductive might be an understatement.
And as the meeting wrapped up, a new reality began to take hold: The sequester may be here to stay.
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Next to no progress was made at the White House, said several sources familiar with the meeting, and both sides hewed closely to talking points, as $85 billion in budget cuts loom.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who has sworn off closed-door negotiations with the president, said inside the meeting that the House has acted twice in passing a bill to delay the sequester, so now it's up to the Senate. Those bills were passed in the 112th Congress and are no longer operative.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) snapped back that "there is that pesky thing called the Constitution that says that was then, this is now."
( Also on POLITICO: When does sequestration start?)
"You couldn't pass it again," Reid said, according to several sources.
President Barack Obama signaled Friday that he would not force a government shutdown in late March as a leverage point for resolving the standoff with Republicans.
( See also: Full coverage of the sequestration)
That means Obama's strategy for turning off $85 billion in spending cuts set to kick in Friday now rests solely on the White House building enough public pressure onRepublicans for them to return to the negotiating table.
"There's no reason why we should have another crisis by shutting the government down in addition to these arbitrary spending cuts," Obama told reporters after meeting with congressional leaders.
It was long assumed that the White House and Congress would use the expiration of government funding on March 27 as a vehicle for replacing the indiscriminate cuts of the sequester with more targeted spending reductions — and, if the president got his way, fresh revenue from closing tax loopholes.
But with the president removing it as an option, a deal could be months away — a reality that Obama acknowledged Friday.
( PHOTOS: How sequestration could affect you)
"My hope is that, after some reflection, as members of Congress start hearing from constituents who are being negatively impacted, as we start seeing the impact that the sequester's having, that they step back and say, all right, is there a way for us to move forward on a package of entitlement reforms, tax reform, not raising tax rates, identifying programs that don't work, coming up with a plan that's comprehensive and that makes sense?" Obama said from the White House briefing room. "And it may take a couple of weeks, it may take a couple of months, but I'm just going to keep pushing on it."
Obama spent an hour with congressional leaders, but it was clear they accomplished next to nothing. The meeting began at 10:18 — just a smidge more than 12 hours before the sequester was scheduled to begin —and ended at 11:10 a.m.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) emerged from the meeting reiterating that Republicans wouldn't budge on revenues as part of a sequester solution. Instead, they want a replacement solely based on spending cuts.
( PHOTOS: Best lines from Obama's sequestration presser)
"But let's make it clear that the president got his tax hikes on Jan. 1," Boehner said outside of the White House. This discussion about revenue, in my view, is over. It's about taking on the spending problem here in Washington."


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2012.03.28: James and special guest Janice Kerfoot attempted to create The Big Drone with two circa 1972 Fisher Price Happy Apple chimes apiece and some radio re-insertion delay tricks. We now have carapple tunnel syndrome for our efforts.
Two live improvisations were performed, and the following musical selections were played:
- "Notre Dame Cathedral Bells" field recording, by Molasses.
- "Bell Set #1" by Michael Nyman
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(AP) — Illinois lawmakers adjourned yesterday without approving bills proposing tax incentives for Archer Daniels Midland Co., chemical distributor Univar and newly-merged OfficeMax and Office Depot.
The Senate OK'd two bills Tuesday. One would give ADM up to $30 million in tax breaks. The other calls for roughly $58 million in incentives for Univar and OfficeMax.
However, the House adjourned after a pension vote.
The proposals are aimed at keeping companies in Illinois and creating jobs.
Univar wants to relocate to Illinois from Washington state. Naperville-based OfficeMax merged with Florida-based Office Depot last month. ADM wants to relocate from Decatur.
On Monday, a House committee considered another plan giving roughly $92 million in incentives to all three. It also proposed a satellite television tax.


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June 17, 2014
There's a new update on the main Mass Effect Saves page!
* PC Users: After you download, visit the Mass Effect 2 Import Walkthrough to know how to import your save into Mass Effect 3! As long as your directory structure is correct as outlined in the walkthrough, ME3 should find your save just fine! If you do not have Mass Effect 2 installed, just create the folder structure yourself exactly as shown in the walkthrough.
* Xbox 360 visitors: Please visit the Xbox 360 page to see how both masseffectsaves.com AND NOW masseffect2saves.com are useful to you!
* PS3 users, I'm sorry but so far I haven't found a solution for save game exporting and importing. Please visit this thread on the masseffectsaves.com message board if you would like to help test. If anyone knows of one PLEASE PLEASE contact me and let me know. Thanks!
* I'm getting a LOT of people submitting saves with the text box field blank or just the text box questions copied and pasted. These submissions are being DELETED without notification right now. I just don't have the time to contact people right now. Please do not upload if you don't have the time to fill out the text box field correctly!
* And now a special announcement for our Russian friends:
Для отправки сохранённой игры следует обязательно заполнить большое белое поле ввода ("Text Box"). Язык заполнения - исключительно английский, так как данный сайт англоязычный. Без требуемого описания полученная игра будет, к сожалению, удалена. Правила заполнения описаны на странице: http://www.masseffect2saves.com/modsavesubmit.php
Я ежедневно проверяю полученные игры и одобряю те, у которых есть необходимое описание. Если описания нет, мне приходится такие игры удалять. Это занимает несколько часов времени. Пожалуйста, не присылайте раз за разом один и тот же файл.
Спасибо, что зашли.
Thank you Yuri for your help with this!
* In the last couple of days we've been mentioned by The Escapist, Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun and more! Check out the Media Mentions Page under the 2012 mentions for more!
Important info if you are here to DOWNLOAD a Shepard:
* Please note that when you pick a Gender and Alignment selection above, you will then need to pick a romance option to see the available saves. The romance names will populate on the same bar as the gender / alignment above. If you don't see an option for the romance you want, that means no one has uploaded a save for the combination yet, check back later & encourage your favorite internet communities to upload saves!
* When searching for a Shepard, if under "DLC" you see "Unknown", this means it's an OLDER save and will have, at most, the Cerberus Network and maybe Kasumi finished. You will need to do all remaining DLC yourself. Newer saves will have specific DLCs listed. You will PROBABLY want to load up the save in ME2 yourself first and make sure that everything is done as it says it is, and possibly complete anything that isn't done BEFORE starting ME3. Email or tweet me if you find submissions that are wrong about DLC/companions completed.
* The import page will tell you how to get your new ME2 save to show up in ME2 for a NG+ or to just finish up any quests or DLC that save doesn't have completed.
* If you have completed or near completed saves, please consider also submitting some. We have over 210, but about half of them don't have all the DLC completed. If you download an incomplete one, please consider coming back and uploading when you complete it. Please competely read the submission page before submitting. Thank you! :)
Important info if you are here to submit a Shepard:
* When submitting a Shepard, filling out the text box field correctly is, as always, mandatory or else your Shepard won't be used. So please read the submission page in full and open the form page in a new window so you can fill the text box out correctly! Submissions with empty text boxes will be deleted. Submissions with copy/pasted text boxes will... be given a weary sigh as I go and correct them. ;)
* If you are submitting an updated version of a save you already submitted to the site, it'd be easiest for both of us if you find the old version of your save on the site, then submit an entirelly new save with the updated file. Copy/paste your old data from the previous submission, add in the answers to the new questions about DLC, then at the end of the text box field link to your old save and put a note saying this is an updated version of the old save. I'll delete the old version and edit out your notes about it at the bottom. Thanks!
* If you are a 360 user and would like to submit a save, please run it through the converter (See the Xbox 360 page for more info on this) to convert your save to a PC save before attempting to submit. Each file uploaded is automatically checked to ensure it complies to what a PC ME2 save should look like (so we don't get viruses and malware and such uploaded.) Thanks!
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* Aside from downloading and submitting ME2 saves, please keep visiting http://www.masseffectsaves.com for all the Mass Effect information, for ME2 mods, and updates to both sites. Most of the links above will take you back to masseffectsaves.com.
* Please note that only masseffectsaves.com, masseffect2saves.com and soon to be masseffect3saves.com are a part of the masseffectsaves network. We've found copycat sites that have stolen our content and your saves, and we are dealing with these to the extent the law allows. They are not affiliated with us in any way. If you have any questions about what is and isn't a part of our sites, or find content stolen, please let us know. Thanks!
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Science and Technology for CTBT
To build and strengthen its relationship with the broader science community in support of the Treaty, the CTBTO invited the community to a scientific conference CTBT: Science and Technology 2011 (S&T2011), which was held from 8 to10 June 2011 at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria.
This multidisciplinary scientific conference, designed to foster partnerships on many levels, attracted working scientists and technologists, science administrators, scientific representatives to the CTBTO's policy-making organs, and representatives of agencies that fund research and development in areas potentially relevant to the Treaty's verification system.
Conference Goals
The three major goals of the conference were to:
- Discuss advances in science and technology relevant to test ban verification.
- Explore scientific applications of the CTBT verification infrastructure.
- Encourage partnerships and knowledge exchange between the CTBTO and the broader scientific community.
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Aiming High - Introductory Video
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Scientific Advances in CTBT Monitoring and Verification
Review of Presentations and Outcomes of the 2011 SnT Conference
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(includes abstracts for oral presentations and poster submissions).
Four page PDF brochure providing important information on the conference "CTBT: Science and Technology 2011", presenting the conference themes and introducing the Programme Committee.
The S&T2011 Conference
The conference included keynote talks and oral presentations, poster contributions, and panel discussions. Based on the science and technology needs of the CTBTO, contributions of original research or overview presentations related to the following five themes:
- The Earth as a complex system
- Understanding the nuclear explosion source
- Advances in sensors, networks and observational technologies
- Advances in computing, processing and visualization for verification applications
- Creating knowledge through partnerships, training and information / communication technology
Important Documents
- Introduction by Project Executive L. Zerbo
- Scientific Posters (List of PDF files)
- Oral Presentations (List of PDF & ZIP files)
- Conference Programme (PDF)
- Overview of Oral Presentations (PDF)
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- Highlight on the S&T2011 (27 June)
- Slideshow of the S&T2011 (19 June)
- Statement by CTBTO ES Tibor Tóth (8 June)
- Statement by Dr David Strangway (8 June)
- Press release on the S&T2011 (8 June)
- Statement by Michael Spindelegger (8 June)
- Video Message by UN SG Ban Ki-moon (8 June)
- Statement by UN SG Ban Ki-moon (8 June)
- Statement by Dr Richard Garwin (8 June)
- Media advisory on the S&T2011 (6 June)
- Media advisory on the S&T2011 (25 May)
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- Address by Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger (8 June, Language: German)
- Banning Nuclear Explosions: A Test Ban Treaty Primer (8 June, Time.com: Battleland)
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- Understanding the nuclear explosion source
- Advances in sensors, networks and observational technologies
- Advances in computing, processing and visualization for verification applications
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- Session On The 11 March 2011 Japanese Event And Its Aftermath


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Kaye Beach
Jan. 2, 2016
FortySix News reports that Rep. Bob Cleveland and Lewis Moore will be holding the next public meeting on the REAL ID Act at the state capitol on Jan. 5th at 10 AM in Room 206.
FortySix News also provides the transcript of the Question and Answer portion of the last REAL ID meeting that was held on Now. 18th, noting that:
Several major things discovered in the transcripts below:
The question was asked multiple times – How does this improve safety? No real coherent answer was ever given.
During the discussion the question was asked about the Dictator Clause in the REAL ID Act when the answer never happened due to an alarm that went off at the state capitol making everyone evacuate. When the session resumed the question was never brought up again. The Dictator Clause allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to arbitrarily add anything to the list of official purposes that require a person to produce a REAL ID. Things that have already been suggested recently are guns and ammo.
The extension to be able to get onto an aircraft really was set till 2020, but could be changed to an earlier date at the discretion of the Director of Homeland Security.
Read more from FortySix News: New Meeting Called to Get Answers About REAL ID, Exclusive: Discussion Transcript Included


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Obama honors LBJ, Civil Rights Act: 'We've got a debt to pay'
AUSTIN - President Barack Obama on Thursday called on a new generation of Americans to take up the mantle of advancing civil rights that Lyndon Baines Johnson set in stone by passing the landmark Civil Rights Act a half-century ago.
Invoking the memory of the Texas-born Johnson in an emotional speech to a standing-room-only crowd at the LBJ Presidential Library, Obama, the nation's first African-American president, said he and other members of his generation benefited greatly from Johnson's enactment of civil rights, voting rights and social rights legislation during the "Great Society" of the 1960s.
"Because of the civil rights movement, because of the laws that Lyndon Johnson passed, new doors swung open," Obama said in a speech frequently interrupted by applause.
The crowd included many of the civil rights leaders of the 1960s who helped Johnson push through the civil rights bills, other U.S. civil rights figures in the decades since and most of Texas' minority lawmakers who have come into power, in part, because of Johnson's legislative achievements.
Obama said while LBJ's civil rights laws of the 1960s "are a foundation" for the future, "we cannot be complacent." He urged younger Americans to recognize that civil rights is more than a law, that "our rights, our freedoms are not given, they must be won."
"At a time when cynicism is often passed off as wisdom ... politics is seen as a fool's errand," the president said, adding that the legacy of the civil rights movement is that it is an evolving commitment that must be nurtured and maintained.
"That means we've got a debt to pay," he said. "That means we can't be cynical."
He said if there is one lesson that he hopes young people learn, "it's that with enough effort, and enough empathy, and enough perseverance, and enough courage, people who love their country can change it."
While Obama spoke, about 100 immigration activists from a group called United We Dream staged a protest that cut through the heart of the University of Texas at Austin campus, eventually staging across the street from the LBJ Presidential Library, where they were met by more than two dozen police officers.
Four activists had chained themselves to a Martin Luther King Jr. statute on campus overnight to protest Obama's immigrant deportation policy.
In objection of the estimated 2 million people deported since Obama took office in 2009, the group sang and marched through campus, donning shirts that read "Obama Deports Parents" and waiving signs calling him "Deporter-In-Chief."
"We're at the level where push has come to shove," said Deborah Alemu, a protester who heckled San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro this week at an immigration panel. "We're really desperate for some type of relief for our families."
Three of the activists - identified by the group as Patrick Fierro, Emily Freeman and Alex Gomez - were arrested outside the library after trying to cross a police barricade.
Fierro, a 36-year-old veterinary technician who was one of four protesters to spend the night shackled to the MLK statute, said he was protesting to "send a message to Obama that enough is enough."
"We're focusing on Obama because he has the power," he said. "I want to let Obama know he needs to stop the deportations."
State Sen. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, who attended the speech, said she had hoped Obama would address immigration but called his remarks "terrific."
"I was hopeful that he would suggest that the last, next big struggle is immigration reform - to assure the civil rights of all residents in this country," she said. "But you know, when you balance the backdrop of what we're doing here today is to honor the legacy of Lyndon Johnson and the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. I think he stayed on message."
Reporter Peggy Fikac contributed to this report.


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Something to Think About
Jesus is in the business of saving people. Paul says: "If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved", and adds: "Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ" Romans 8:38.39. Could it be that simple? But rather than being a source of great joy, radical simplicity of the Gospel offends most people. The saving prescription is so simple that even a child will embrace it, and an elderly person whose mental faculties are already weak will find in it his or her ultimate comfort. It states: "Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:9.13.
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Legislative meddling with executive problems
America's Constitution was once celebrated as a radical and successful blueprint for democratic governance, a model for fledgling republics across the world. But decades of political gridlock, electoral corruption, and dysfunction in our system of government have forced scholars, activists, and citizens to question the document's ability to address the thorniest issues of modern political life.
Does the path out of our current era of stalemate, minority rule, and executive abuse require amending the Constitution? Do we need a new constitutional convention to rewrite the document and update it for the twenty-first century? Should we abolish it entirely?
This spring, Harper's Magazine invited five lawmakers and scholars to New York University's law school to consider the constitutional crisis of the twenty-first century. The event was moderated by Rosa Brooks, a law professor at Georgetown and the author of How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon.
In a Walmart parking lot in Portsmouth, Virginia, in 2015, a white police officer named Stephen Rankin shot and killed an unarmed, eighteen-year-old black man named William Chapman. "This is my second one," he told a bystander seconds after firing the fatal shots, seemingly in reference to an incident four years earlier, when he had shot and killed another unarmed man, an immigrant from Kazakhstan. Rankin, a Navy veteran, had been arresting Chapman for shoplifting when, he claimed, Chapman charged him in a manner so threatening that he feared for his life, leaving him no option but to shoot to kill—the standard and almost invariably successful defense for officers when called to account for shooting civilians. Rankin had faced no charges for his earlier killing, but this time, something unexpected happened: Rankin was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder by Portsmouth's newly elected chief prosecutor, thirty-one-year-old Stephanie Morales. Furthermore, she announced that she would try the case herself, the first time she had ever prosecuted a homicide. "No one could remember us having an actual prosecution for the killing of an unarmed person by the police," Morales told me. "I got a lot of feedback, a lot of people saying, 'You shouldn't try this case. If you don't win, it may affect your reelection. Let someone else do it.' "
About fifteen years ago, my roommate and I developed a classification system for TV and movies. Each title was slotted into one of four categories: Good-Good; Bad-Good; Good-Bad; Bad-Bad. The first qualifier was qualitative, while the second represented a high-low binary, the title's aspiration toward capital-A Art or lack thereof.
Some taxonomies were inarguable. The O.C., a Fox series about California rich kids and their beautiful swimming pools, was delightfully Good-Bad. Paul Haggis's heavy-handed morality play, Crash, which won the Oscar for Best Picture, was gallingly Bad-Good. The films of Francois Truffaut, Good-Good; the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, Bad-Bad.
I was in Midtown, sitting by a dry fountain, making a list of all the men I'd slept with since my last checkup—doctor's orders. Afterward, I would head downtown and wait for Quimby at the bar, where there were only alcoholics and the graveyard shift this early. I'd just left the United Nations after a Friday morning session—likely my last. The agenda had included resolutions about a worldwide ban on plastic bags, condemnation of a Slobodan Miloševic statue, sanctions on Israel, and a truth and reconciliation commission in El Salvador. Except for the proclamation opposing the war criminal's marble replica, everything was thwarted by the United States and a small contingent of its allies. None of this should have surprised me. Some version of these outcomes had been repeating weekly since World War II.
In 1973, when Barry Singer was a fifteen-year-old student at New York's Yeshiva University High School for Boys, the vice principal, Rabbi George Finkelstein, stopped him in a stairwell. Claiming he wanted to check his tzitzit—the strings attached to Singer's prayer shawl—Finkelstein, Singer says, pushed the boy over the third-floor banister, in full view of his classmates, and reached down his pants. "If he's not wearing tzitzit," Finkelstein told the surrounding children, "he's going over the stairs!"
"He played it as a joke, but I was completely at his mercy," Singer recalled. For the rest of his time at Yeshiva, Singer would often wear his tzitzit on the outside of his shirt—though this was regarded as rebellious—for fear that Finkelstein might find an excuse to assault him again.
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"Nowadays, most states let just about anybody who wants a concealed-handgun permit have one; in seventeen states, you don't even have to be a resident. Nobody knows exactly how many Americans carry guns, because not all states release their numbers, and even if they did, not all permit holders carry all the time. But it's safe to assume that as many as 6 million Americans are walking around with firearms under their clothes."


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The Black Hills region of western South Dakota and northeast Wyoming is one of the most challenging forecast environments in North America. At some time or another nearly any weather scenario possible on the continent, with the exception of tropical cyclones, is possible in this area. From raging blizzards and sub-zero cold to extended drought with blistering heat, those who have lived for any length of time in the Black Hills have probably seen it all.
The purpose of this website is to provide as much information as possible about the climate and weather of the Black Hills by exploring some reasons why certain weather events take place. This site is also intended to serve as a resource by providing observations and climate data taken over a period of many years by the National Weather Service in Rapid City, along with links to the latest forecast information for the region. While no single source can contain all there is to know about weather in the Black Hills region, it is hoped that this site will provide readers with a deeper understanding, appreciation, and respect for the weather in the region we call home.
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Kansas City-St. Joseph Bishop Robert W. Finn said he often hears this phrase from "good people" with regard to "undocumented brothers and sisters" living in the US. "How can you support them when they are breaking the law?"
In his homily at the opening Mass last night for an immigration conference sponsored by the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, Bishop Finn began to answer that question. "You and I love and respect the law. We do not easily absolve ourselves from its expectations," he said. "As responsible citizens we must also ask at all times, 'Is the law just?'"
The conference, being held at Rockhurst University, will look much further into the question. Bishop George Murry, S.J. of Youngstown, Ohio, is keynote for the event and we will post his remarks on Monday. For now, Bishop Finn's homily in full:
Dear friends in Christ,
In our first reading tonight, from the Letter to the Hebrews, we are reminded, "Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have entertained angels." (Hb 13:2) This evening it is a joy for me to welcome His Excellency Bishop George Murry of Youngstown Diocese in Ohio. I hope that the warmth of our hospitality will balance the snowy and cold weather here in Kansas City.
I have had the privilege of working with Bishop Murry over the last years, particularly during our time together on the Bishops' Committee on Priority and Plans. Bishop Murry chaired that group and oversaw a significant work in the reorganization of the Conference. At the time I chaired the Bishops' Task Force on the Life and Dignity of the Human Person. We were writing a strategic plan to more effectively draw together various agencies of the Bishops' Conference around common goals. One fruit of that work was the interaction of the Pro-Life Secretariat, the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and the Bishops Committee on Immigration, during the Health care debates. As is sometimes the case, our efforts were not as successful as we hoped, but we nonetheless achieved a meaningful solidarity in speaking with one voice.
I also wish to welcome our friends and co-workers from the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, and of course, all of our guests.
The Scripture's call to hospitality has a particularly poignant application for our reflection in this teaching conference on the Church's principles concerning the care of migrant people. You recall the Old Testament account of Abraham welcoming the three mysterious visitors, Angels of the Lord, the foreshadowing of the Trinitarian Godhead. His hospitality, to which the Letter to the Hebrews refers, was rewarded with an heir. The venerable Patriarch and his aged wife Sarah were given the gift of a son, Isaac, child of the Promise, and a type and image of the Eternal Son, Jesus Christ.
Abraham passed God's test. He welcomed the strangers, realizing as did the Bedouins of the day, that to neglect to do so was to abandon fellow wayfarers to be consumed by the desert. More than providing minimal shelter, Abraham and Sarah receive the visitors warmly as friends. Though they were different and unknown, the guests were received as valued persons.
In the New Testament Jesus Christ again and again affirms this connectedness between us as brothers and sisters. "What you do for the least of my brothers and sisters," He insists, "you do to Me." (Mt 25:30) Set in the imagery of the Final Judgment, this is God's test for us. In the account of Saul's conversion, the risen Jesus speaks from heaven, "Saul, Saul, Why do you persecute Me?" (Acts 9:4) Jesus identifies Himself as one with the disciples under attack. The clear teaching is that every person has a God-given dignity, and inestimable and irrevocable value as a son or daughter of the Eternal Father – as one identified with Christ Himself – regardless of race or language or nationality or status. All are ennobled as part of Christ; as"Alter Christus," "other Christs;" or as one modern day saint insists "Ipse Christus," "Christ Himself." What we do; what we fail to do – This is for Christ.
This deep truth of our faith must color and guide our acts in solidarity with one another. This belief tells us how to look at each other. The work of justice is broad and directed toward the good order of society. Let us affirm the prerogative and responsibility of nations to set laws to maintain their sovereignty, and to define the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. At the same time this mystery of the innate goodness of each person – requires us to put hatred and suspicion aside as we encounter the migrant.
Again, in the Letter to the Hebrews the author bids us to look deeper than we might be inclined. "Be mindful of prisoners," he writes, "as if sharing their imprisonment, and of the ill-treated as of yourself, for…" he reminds us, "you also are in the body."
Dear friends, so many times I have been told by good people concerning undocumented brothers and sisters, "Bishop, they are breaking the law. How can you support them when they are breaking the law?" You and I love and respect the law. We do not easily absolve ourselves from its expectations. As responsible citizens we must also ask at all times, Is the law just? Can we do better to protect good order of society and at the same time support the basic needs and human aspirations of people not unlike ourselves?
I love the unborn and I have many times spoken and acted, peacefully and prayerfully, in the defense of their most fundamental right to life. They are not affirmed as human persons in our country's law. We will never rest until that injustice is reversed. We ought not to be satisfied with the present circumstance of the undocumented migrant until our leaders work harder to reform immigration in our country. The law of human dignity, and the integrity and protection of families, must be able to live side by side with meaningful border controls and a responsible and obtainable path to citizenship. Immigration reform is a volatile issue in our country and, true enough, elected officials are caught in the divide. But we must be willing to work hard in support of meaningful reform. It will require the good will of both political parties, and it will require an expanded vision.
The principle of reciprocity teaches us what we already have come to know as a country of immigrants: that we are stronger because of diversity. New cultures, rich in faith and family, truly bring a gift to our communities. They give as much as, and often more than, they receive. They share the image of God. They remind us who we are; they reveal to us the universality of God's family.
These hours today and tomorrow, dear friends, are an opportunity for purposeful dialogue on the Church's authentic social doctrine and the principles that animate justice and charity.
May the Holy Spirit help us to reach greater unanimity from many languages, cultures, and points of view. Mary, Mother of us all, and Queen of all Nations, assist us in finding a safe path to peace.


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PHILADELPHIA -- Ruby Tuesday, Inc. will pay $255,000 and furnish important equitable relief to settle a federal sexual harassment lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit against Ruby Tuesday, Inc., a general manager subjected Michelle Gydosh, of Stroudsburg, Pa., and other female employees to sexual harassment at its Stroudsburg restaurant. The manager's unwelcome harassment included making crude sexual propositions to women, frequently making sexually explicit and graphic remarks to them about their appearance, and making lewd comments in their presence about other women. The EEOC said that some of these women affected by this unlawful harassment were teenagers.
Sexual harassment violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC attempted to reach a voluntary settlement before it filed suit (Civil Action 08-1592) in U.S. District Court for the Middle of Pennsylvania.
"Sexual harassment is always unacceptable, but when some of the victims are vulnerable teenagers, it is especially unconscionable," said EEOC Acting Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru.
In addition to the monetary payments to Gydosh and the four other women who were sexually harassed, the three-year consent decree resolving the suit provides equitable relief including annual training of all managers and supervisors at the Stroudsburg site, imposing supervisory accountability requirements mandating all managers and supervisors to administer their work areas in compliance with the company's policy against sexual harassment, requiring the redistribution of its policy against harassment to all employees at its Stroudsburg location, and the posting of a notice regarding the settlement. Ruby Tuesday denied liability in the consent decree.
"The consent decree resolves egregious harassment," said EEOC Acting Regional Attorney Debra Lawrence. "It also addresses the broader issues of how to prevent a recurrence of such harassment. The EEOC believes all Ruby Tuesday employees in Stroudsburg will benefit from the supervisory accountability provisions and training provided for in the decree."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the Commission is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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We Nova Scotians, like many other areas in the country, are experiencing a very uncharacteristically mild winter season. We have had very little snow, and what comes down is usually gone in a few days. We haven't even had a long stretch of freezing days. There is a cold day and then it shoots up to +8. I know some of you are laughing at our +8, but we do live in Nova Scotia...right? +8 is balmy when the alternative is -20. ;0)
I do enjoy our distinct four seasons. However, I would never complain if the winter one was a tad shorter. But those who enjoy winter sports such as: skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, and skating need a bit more snow and cold than we have had this year. Even if it does not look like winter outside, it does inside. When the Christmas decorations are packed away, then I get out the snowmen, snowflakes, skates, and sled decorations. We will enjoy them until after Valentine's when I am ready to "hurry spring along".
I filled my jar lanterns about half full with Epsom Salts
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One of my many "flaky friends".
One kind word can warm three winter months.
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North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, but the weapon is incapable of reaching the United States, South Korea's defense minister said today.
Kim Kwan-Jin denied earlier reports by Japanese media that it could be a KN-08, believed to be a long-range missile that could potentially hit the U.S. mainland. That missile was showcased at a parade last year in Pyongyang but it is unclear whether officials actually have the capacity to launch it.
Kim told parliamentary lawmakers in Seoul that the reasons for the latest movement are unclear but "could be for testing or drills."
READ MORE: N. Korea's Real Power, Kim Jong Un's Aunt, Uncle
Experts believe it could be a medium-range missile called Musudan, known to carry a range of 1,800 miles.
Some experts in Seoul say North Korea might be considering a test-launch April 15, the birth date of the country's founder and leader Kim Jong Un's grandfather.
Minister Kim added that North Korean military forces have not shown signs of preparing for a full-scale conflict. "[North Korea's recent threats] are rhetorical threats. I believe the odds of a full-scale provocation are small," he said.
But there are still possibilities of North Korea's initiating a small-scale provocation against South Korea, for example, similar to an exchange of fire in 2010 on the South's Yeonpyong Island.
A spokesman for the North Korean People's Army released a statement earlier today saying the military has been "authorized to attack the American imperialists using smaller, lighter, and diversified" nuclear weapons. "We are ready any day, could be even today or tomorrow," and "the moment of explosion is approaching fast," it said.
Many North Korea analysts believe the series of statements and declarations are for their internal use, a way for different organizations and institutions within the North Korean regime to demonstrate loyalty.
"Some of the statements or the content of the statements are clearly disconnected from reality," Daniel Pinkston of International Crisis Group said.
"It is targeted at the domestic audience. The average North Korean has no capacity to really assess the credibility of the statements," he said. "And almost all people in North Korea are going to look at that and their assessment is going to be, 'Wow, we are really powerful, we have a strong leadership.' It's very impressive to them."
North Korean authorities also maintained its entry ban on South Korean workers and cargo lined up to enter the inter-Korean Gaesong Industrial Park for the second day. South Korea's Unification Ministry urged the North to lift the passage restrictions and normalize business production. At the moment, commuters are only allowed to leave the North, but not enter.
Seoul's financial markets have also taken a hit. The stock market plunged more than 2 percent at one point, ending down 1.2 percent, the biggest daily fall this year. South Korean currency -- the won -- weakened 0.5 percent against the U.S. dollar, the lowest since September.


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Meet beautiful little Emberlyn.
She was was born with Type 4 Caudal Regression Syndrome, which means her spine is severely short, resulting in her having no hipbones, tailbone, or pelvic bones.
Emberlyn was actually born with legs, but was unable to use them.
Over time, her legs became a health issue. Her mum, Joanie, had met older children with Type 4 CRS, whose legs dragged behind them, causing infections and sores, and becoming an obstacle to their independence and mobility.
Unfortunately amputation soon became her only option.
Because prosthetics must have a fulcrum, or a hinge to connect to… it became apparent that prosthetics are not an option for Emberlyn.
Six months later, Emberlyn's older sister, Ellyna was celebrating her third birthday at their local McDonald's Playland in their hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Incredibly some other kids bullied Emberlyn, with two boys pointing and making fun of her. Ellyna stepped in front of them and said, "That's my sister."
The boys continued to point, so Ellyna took a step toward them and stared them down. The boys then ran off.
That night, Ellyna had a princess-themed birthday party, Emberlyn's favorite character is Mickey so Ellyna decided they should both wear Minnie outfits.
Before Ellyna blew out her candles she said, "I wish my sister could see Disney World."
The moment was touching, but broke Joanie's heart.
"When I heard my daughter say that, I was so proud of how selfless a three-year-old could be but I never felt more helpless. I knew we couldn't afford a trip to Disney," said the single mother of two.
"In fact, we had never been on vacation. The only time we left Lincoln was to bring Emberlyn to the hospital in Omaha. I hate to say this but we call those trips 'vacation' so Emberlyn would feel better."
When Chive Charities heard this story they sprung into action on a fund raising drive.
Firstly they raised over $50 thousand dollars to purchase a brand new wheelchair-accessible van to get the family back and forth from Lincoln to the hospital in Omaha.
The charity then set about raising funds to send the family to Disney World on a week long holiday, raising another $10 thousand dollars to make magic happen for little Emberyln.
The nice people at Disney World found out about Emberyln's arrival and arranged for her very own Princess Breakfast!
Emberyln's mum went on to say:
"I have never seen Emberlyn so happy. Words will never be able to express the gratitude I feel for the Chive community. Just when I thought I didn't know how we were going to make it, you showed up. It sounds corny but it was the closest thing to magic I've ever witnessed. "
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