text: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 July Board of Directors: Strategic Plan Updates Continue to Focus on Showing Value of PT Services The Board at its July meeting developed updates to APTA's Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan, last updated in July 2011, outlines goals, objectives, strategies, and metrics for the next 1-3 years that will support achievement of Vision 2020. The plan includes a number of key decisions made by the House of Delegates in June 2012. Final wording of the 4 outcomes and their supporting objectives is in process and will be shared with members once the Strategic Plan has been adopted by the Board in December. The 4 outcomes are in the areas of: Effectiveness of care to improve quality of life; Patient- and client-centered care across the lifespan; Professional growth and development; and Value and accountability. Through small-group exploration, generative discussion, and prioritizing, the Board and key APTA staff identified several focused objectives that APTA can target for budgeting resources over the next 1-3 years. Key to the planning process was consideration of 2012 House decisions such as Physical Therapist Responsibility and Accountability for the Delivery of Care (RC2-12) and Feasibility Study for Transitioning to an Entry-Level Baccalaureate Physical Therapist Assistant Degree (RC20-12). Updates from the APTA strategic planning process will be posted to APTA.org, at www.apta.org/StrategicPlan, as they become available. Comments I believe that we as a profession have stepped backwards in many respects. Even now I am told that we should become DPT's and yet our medicare requirements as stated require that a physician sign off on a plan of care.I live in a region that is now dominated by DPT's that work in popts.I am no longer a member of the APTA after 15 years as my options and career evaporated.The DPT requirement has done very little to expand our profession. Look at the CMS regulations and try to figure out how that has effected our real life efficientcies and value. We have essentially been regulated so heavily and irrationally that even quality therapists are stiffeled by regulations that make little sense in the real world of clinical practice. Posted by jeff parks on 7/31/2012 8:51 PM Jeff Parks is so ontrack with his comments. Our profession is in reverse. The DPT requirement is only selling sheepskins. New grads now know no more than I learned ;in fact, not even as much as I learned 31 years ago. We are giving exercise away to exercise physiologists and personal trainers, and soft tissue work to massage therapists just like we gave chest PT to respiratory therapists years ago. Regulations have made it very difficult to practice effective PT. It is time our profession wakes up before we become extinct. Posted by John McCollum on 8/3/2012 5:10 PM I completely and totally DISAGREE with both Jeff and John (although I respect your opinion and I thank you for your courage in posting it here). You're conflating Medicare regulation with the DPT degree. Both present challenges to the individual practitioner but doctor-level status is the way OUT of burdensome physician supervision. Right now, nursing is in the spotlight - nurses are expected to relieve the primary care physician shortage in America. But, physical therapists in most settings see some of the highest volumes of ambulatory adults for the top-ranked conditions. Physical therapists are well-positioned to augment primary care for musculoskeletal conditions. We probably need the DPT credential to satisfy political and social constituencies that we can do so safely and effectively. Further, Medicare Accountable Care Organizations may be able to replace volume-driven payment with a more patient-focused reimbursement model. This should INCREASE demand for therapy services as patients shift away from surgical and medical solutions, to therapeutic and behavioral solutions. True, physical therapy in 2012 is different than it was in 1997 (to use Jeff's time frame). So is medicine. The forces affecting healthcare are challenging for everyone but I would argue that Regulation and Professionalism (Medicare and the DPT) are shifting healthcare policy in favor of physical therapy. Tim Richardson, PT http://www.PhysicalTherapyDiagnosis.com Posted by Tim Richardson, PT on 8/11/2012 5:47 AM


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Fox has debuted a short promo for "Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey," its Seth MacFarlane-produced follow-up to Carl Sagan's groundbreaking 1980 series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage."
The clip, which was shown during the Saturday broadcast of Game 3 of the World Series, takes just a few bits from the longer trailer Fox unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con this summer, which I included below.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist who been criticizing the scientific inaccuracies of the film "Gravity," hosts the science-themed series and is seen in the promos.
"Cosmos" premieres in Spring 2014 on Fox and the National Geographic Channel. You can watch the original "Cosmos" on Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services.
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Economists Tell Spanish Gov't Its New Copyright Laws Are A Mistake
from the good-for-them deptWe recently pointed out that, following several very reasonable copyright lawsuit rulings in Spain (that recognized private copying shouldn't be illegal, and that secondary liability didn't make sense), the Spanish gov't was backing copyright reform, supported by the entertainment industry, and would basically make Spanish copyright law mimic all the mistakes found in many other countries. Thankfully, some economists are speaking up to let the Spanish gov't know that this sounds like a terrible mistake. As TorrentFreak notes:
The report, published by the economy research center FEDEA, harshly criticizes the Government's plans to clamp down on the file-sharing public. They say that the current proposals are a "useless and an ineffective way to defend the artists because it is already an ancient form of fighting piracy."You may recognize the name of one of the professors involved. Michele Boldrin is the co-author of Against Intellectual Monopoly, and took part in our CwF+RtB experiment last year, and even co-wrote a nice guest post on the site.
According to professors Fernandez and Boldrin, the proposed legislation only benefits the major labels and artists "at the expense of users and lesser-known artists." They further say that it would be more effective for the entertainment industry to explore new business models instead of clinging to an old model that has proven to be ineffective.
"The Internet has changed the playing field and there are new rules that would allow a substantial reduction in property rights," Professor Pablo Vazquez said commenting on the report. The researchers therefore advise the Government to stop its war on piracy and come up with legislation that would allow for reduced copyright terms .
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By Gathering Data On Americans In One Place, The Government Is Creating An Attractive Target For Hackers
As if we needed another reason to oppose mass spying on the American public, Zdnet reports that the NSA database could be hacked by Chinese or -other lurkers:
What's missing in this discussion [of NSA spying] is this: how secure is the NSA's spying system?If a foreign entity wanted to spy on US companies or individuals, would it try to tackle the problem directly by targeting the specific company or individual in its electronic spying attempts? It might, but that's a lot of work for an uncertain payoff.
A much more efficient approach would be to hack into a surveillance system that already has access to the information. Far better to hack into the NSA spying system at Google, or at Facebook, or at Microsoft (if such an NSA system exists, of course).
Everyone knows that there's no such thing as a completely secure system. The greater danger in the NSA's spying activities is not from the NSA itself, but from the many nefarious foreign national, and international criminal enterprises, that find a way to exploit the existing spy systems so thoroughly crafted, and so thoroughly extensive, that have been built by the NSA.
The danger from allowing the NSA to have deep access into the data systems of US companies is that that very system creates an enormous vulnerability that would not have existed. Hack into part of the NSA spy network and you have access to a mass of private data that would be near impossible to collect in any other way.
It's ironic that the NSA's activities to improve the security of the US have created the nation's largest security risk of them all.
Remember, the Chinese have already hacked the most advanced American weapon systems, Congress, America's largest banks, and other sensitive targets.
And the more centralized any system is, the more vulnerable it is.
Information is safest when it is diversified in many different places. By gathering data on Americans in one place, the government is creating an easy mark for hackers.


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A seismic safety project to strengthen BART's Transbay Tube will mean service delays over 14 months for some train riders late at night on weeknights.
Passengers taking the underwater tube between Oakland and San Francisco are subject to delays of up to 15 or 20 minutes after 10 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, BART officials said. Those are the nights when crews will install giant steel plates along certain sections of the 3.6-mile-long tube to make it more resistant to earthquakes.
Begun last week, the project is expected to last for 14 months.
"We want people to know to leave at least 20 minutes earlier if they're catching a late-night flight or have to be somewhere else at a given time," said BART spokeswoman Luna Salaver. "We know this is an inconvenience for riders, but this project gives us a stronger tube."
The unusual nature of the project makes passenger delays unavoidable, forcing BART to single-track trains through the tube during construction, officials said.
Crews must haul their heavy equipment into the tube each work night, and then haul it back out before train service begins the following morning.
"It's like setting up and dismantling a construction site each night they work there," Salaver said.
The transit system custom built a truck with a crane to haul the four-ton plates into the tube, where they will be bolted and welded in place.
The plates will shore up tube sections identified as needing reinforcements to withstand sideways movements during an earthquake.
For security reasons, BART does not identify which tube sections need bolstering.
About 193,700 passengers ride through the Transbay Tube each day.
The tube escaped damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and reopened hours after the quake.
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Activity 1: Cultural Conflict
End the activity by having students consider whether battles like Horseshoe Bend are inevitable. Create new groups, and assign each one to research a current world conflict. Ask students to use newspapers, magazines, and other sources to list the histories, goals, and justifications of each side. After they have presented their information to the class, have students write a short position paper which examines the statement: "War and aggression are inevitable components of human behavior." Then have the class compare current events with Horseshoe Bend.
Activity 2: What Else Was Happening?
1793 Eli Whitney improves the cotton gin
Break students into groups of four to six. Ask them to decide whether these events were connected to Horseshoe Bend and, if so, how. Did these events help cause the battle? Did they illustrate long-term trends that also affected the battle? Were they connected in some other way? If necessary, have them reread sections of their textbooks to get more information. After they have worked in their groups, have them discuss their answers with the rest of the class, making sure to have them explain why they decided what they did.
Activity 3: The Trail of Tears
Have students separate into small groups to research the names of towns and cities in their immediate region to see if any of them are derived from original American Indian inhabitants. Local historical societies often have material that will provide this information. Have students further research to find out if any European American/American Indian battles took place in their area. If so, have them determine if the causes and effects were similar in any way to the Creek's stand at Horseshoe Bend. If not, have them determine how the United States obtained the land they live on, and then compare that acquisition with the way in which the U.S. acquired Creek lands. If there are local tribes, invite a representative to speak to the class. Finally, ask the students to discuss whether the tribes should receive compensation because of past government treaty violations. Why or why not? If so, what should it be?


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I dont understand how guys used to call the Spurs colors and uniforms boring yet think this black and white Brooklyn **** is tough
I dont understand how guys used to call the Spurs colors and uniforms boring yet think this black and white Brooklyn **** is tough
Because this **** dope.
It's Brooklyin, bro.
All I"m saying is, don't let Dolan hire Isiah.
Either way, Knicks orange+ blue is really hawt. The uniform that actually made it to #1 list somewhere I saw was the Celtics. The Celtics clean green look is actually pretty classy
Favorite Team: Knicks
Favorite Player: D. Rose
Favorite Position: PG
That's a nice floor. Don't think I've seen anything like it it the NBA, unique like the old parquet floor in the old Boston Garden. Looks like a nice building, I hope I can get tickets for game 1 vs the Knicks.
....the house that Kidd built?
Eh, can't wait to ruin their housewarming party with a win on Nov 1.
All the marketing, colour and personnel changes to cover up their abysmal record over the last 4 seasons.
Their court is sh*t.
It's not like I don't have any legitimate reason for saying that either. That reason being, they're a bunch of poo fingering butt trolls. F*CK the Nyets.
I'm so happy that was my 5,555th post.
Its aiiight but i like our court and colors better
I'd say it looks okay but because it's Nyets the only thing I can say is **** their court, they're getting smashed anyway.


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I just wanted to say thanks for all the effort that all involved have put into this project.
I first played Shining Force 1 and 2 for the Sega Genesis some 19 or so years ago. I was 45 yrs old at the time!
Now, at 65, I can finally finish S.F.3 in English. It has been a long wait! Been using the latest version of Yabause
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September 2008
The Schools Profiled in This Guide
The guide examines eight exemplary magnet high schools, analyzing their common characteristics and profiling them as models of success. The site selection process, detailed in Appendix A, involved screening on several levels. As a whole, the eight schools demonstrated that their students, including those with disabilities and those from minority or economically disadvantaged backgrounds, are developing proficiency on their state's assessments and content standards. The selected sites serve students that mirror the diversity of their district population in terms of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic background, and demonstrate success with reducing or eliminating minority-group isolation. Each of these magnet schools made adequate yearly progress, or AYP, for at least three years, 2004-06, and each one has used a magnet focus to support high achievement though a rigorous curriculum that applies to all students. Each of the sites has graduated at least one class of students that started at the school in ninth grade. Another achievement criteria for school selection concerned student proficiency rates: Researchers looked for schools that scored at least at the 50th percentile in math and reading on state standardized tests, with demonstrated evidence of continued improvement over several years, or for those that were consistently high achieving in the 90th-percentile range annually.
The schools were selected to represent a range of magnet types, including those with selective and nonselective admissions criteria; an inter-district model; programs with multiple- and single-focus themes; and those with a clear career focus. Selected variables for each school are provided in table 1 and also in the individual school profiles in Part II of this guide.
To understand the components of their success, a case study of each school was developed. An external advisory group provided insight for creating a research-based conceptual framework for analyzing the schools, as detailed in Appendix A. The group made recommendations for schools to consider, and determined site selection criteria. A two-day visit was arranged at each school to talk with administrators, teachers, parents, and students both individually and in focus groups. Artifacts and sample tools were collected from each site, some of which appear in Part I of this guide to illustrate specific strategies implemented at the school level.
These schools are trailblazers in education. Some were launched in response to court-ordered district desegregation of schools. Others were created out of efforts to engage in high school reform and innovation. But from their inception, all of these schools shared the goals of raising the standard of academic programs offered to students in the community and providing those from lower-income families and diverse ethnic backgrounds opportunities for education excellence.
The schools profiled in this guide demonstrate a range of magnet program types. Three schools have more than one magnet strand within the same school. G.W. Carver Magnet High School (Houston) offers students programs in mechanical, electrical, and architectural engineering, applied technology and visual arts. Galileo Magnet High School (Danville, Va.) offers the International Baccalaureate Programme, air and space technology, biotechnology, and advanced communications and networking. Northeast Magnet High School (Wichita, Kans.) houses a law program on the same campus with a visual arts and a science strand. Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences (Chattanooga, Tenn.) (CSAS) offers a Paideia model, a curriculum derived from the pedagogic ideas of American Aristotelian philosopher Mortimer J. Adler and combines seminars, coaching, and didactic instruction.7 Several of the schools offer in-depth study in career-related fields. For example, Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School (Los Angeles) provides internships focusing on careers in the health professions, such as physical therapy, nursing, and medicine, while both Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Dallas) and Design and Architecture Senior High School (Miami) prepare students for future careers in the arts and have admission and audition requirements. Two of the schools, Carver and CSAS, are part of districts with a K-12 magnet program that features a continuous theme and focus throughout the grade levels. And Metropolitan Learning Center (Bloomfield, Conn.) is an interdistrict school whose interdisciplinary theme emphasizes global and international studies. These schools have expanded the range of school choice for the families and communities they serve by offering outstanding educational programs that are innovative and rigorous.
Their distinct programs and qualities notwithstanding, these eight schools share five common elements and strategies:
Table 1. Selected Variables of Profiled Magnet High School Sites
Five Common Elements and Strategies of the Profiled Schools
Innovating for Excellence: These schools are pushing the boundaries of innovation in education to create trailblazing programs that inspire students and teachers to do their best work. Technology and partnerships provide cutting-edge resources for students, engaging them in state-of-the-art research programs and professional-grade projects.
Promoting Equity: These magnet high schools serve a diverse group of students and work to ensure the success of all of them. All students are held to high academic standards and have access to rigorous learning opportunities and, when needed, support through tutoring and small group workshops. Outreach to parents and families, opportunities for research and internships are some other strategies that they use to empower students from all backgrounds.
Forging Community Partnerships: These schools engage support from the community, families, university, and business partners with the intent that all students achieve academically. External resources and supports enable them to offer high-quality programs.
Designing Rigorous Academic Programs: These schools focus on preparing their students for college and successful professional careers. Their rigorous graduation requirements exceed those of the host district, with the goal of preparing students for admission to selective university programs. Several of these schools offer Advanced Placement courses and dual enrollment programs with local universities, setting the expectation that college is attainable for all of their students.
Building a Culture of High-quality Teaching: The featured schools have exceptional teachers who encourage creativity through innovative theme-based curricula with meaningful learning experiences that connect classroom study to real-world applications and experiences. With theme-based programs that are atypical of traditional high schools, these magnet high schools offer an integrated curriculum that seems to encourage teachers to be collaborative. Just as teachers hold high expectations for students, the school leadership holds teachers to rigorous standards for high-quality instruction.
Part I of this guide explores these common elements and strategies in more depth. Examples are provided from the eight schools to highlight how they implement these shared features. Sample materials collected from the schools are provided throughout this section to illustrate some of the tools and strategies these schools use to support their work.
Part II profiles each school to highlight individual and distinctive characteristics including its history, mission, organization, community partnerships, student support, and achievements. These narratives are intended to provide a more comprehensive understanding of each school site.
The guide is based on case study research of eight magnet high schools and involved a visit by researchers to each site, interviews with district and school staff, focus groups with members of the school community, and a review of school- and district-related documents. Thus, the guide is based, in part, on documented information about a school and its outcomes, in part, on researcher observation, and, in part, on the perceptions of those interviewed, including staff, parents, and students. Because it is not based on experimental research that can yield valid causal claims about what works, readers should judge for themselves the merits of these practices. Also, readers should understand that these descriptions do not constitute an endorsement of specific practices or products.


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When Michael Closson moved from New York state to Palo Alto in 1972 to work at Stanford University, his new job as assistant dean of undergraduate studies was nothing to sniff at. Still, within four years he had left the school to co-direct a local nonprofit.
"I made good contacts, and it got me to the West Coast, but I realized even then that my personality and interests were really suited for working in small communities," he said of his job at Stanford. "Even though I studied sociology, I was always more interested in changing society than studying it."
He applied that principle first in 1976 by co-directing New Ways to Work, which would be the first in a long trail of nonprofits that would lead him up and down the West Coast and finally back to Palo Alto to direct Acterra, a local environmental education and action organization.
Now, after 10 years of running the organization, Closson is retiring, but he's left his mark.
Since he took the helm of the organization in 2003, its staff has doubled in size, from 11 to 22; its assets have increased from $600,000 to $1 million; and the organization has implemented a host of new programs to get community members active in energy efficiency and environmental conservation.
Acterra was formed in 2000 as the result of a merger between two environmental nonprofits, Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation and Bay Area Action. It aims to provide tangible lessons to develop environmental consciousness in the community by using activities and an education-based approach, according to its website.
Environmentally focused organizations like Acterra gained special importance during the early 2000s, said Peter Drekmeier, an environmentalist and former mayor of Palo Alto.
While there had previously been a lot of focus on the environmental policies of state and national governments, Drekmeier said "a lack of leadership" in Washington during the George W. Bush administration spurred local government and organizations to fill the void.
Closson said budget crises and a gridlock in national-level politics make organizations like Acterra all the more important today. Besides, it's just the kind of work he feels he's cut out for.
"I'm more of a local-focus kind of guy," he said. "I like working with local people; I like the personal connection. It's important to have new federal policies, but I'm not the person to work on that."
He thinks Acterra and organizations like it can influence larger policy-making decisions by getting people involved in environmentalism at the local level, thereby building grass-roots momentum behind issues.
"The big enchilada here is climate change -- people are not giving it the lip service it deserves," he said. "My analysis is we need new technology (and) new policies, and ultimately we'll need hundreds of millions to change their behavior, and that's the big thing: inducing, and convincing and nudging people to change our behaviors so we live more in harmony with our environment."
Acterra's programs are aimed at influencing people to change their behavior, from governments to companies to people.
The organization's environmental awards celebrate businesses for being more sustainable or environmentally conscious. Acterra also recruits volunteers to help restore and protect habitats in such places as the Pearson-Arastradero Preserve and the San Francisquito watershed. It has several programs that train interested volunteers to become local environmental "leaders."
Possibly the most successful of these has been the Green@Home program. The program trains volunteers to conduct in-home energy audits so that they can educate homeowners to save energy and reduce their carbon footprint.
This mostly involves instructing homeowners to unplug power-draining amenities or replace aging appliances, but Closson said that's only the superficial benefit of the program.
He said the key of the educational components to programs is that they spur people to change the way they look at the environment and the way they treat it.
"There's a linear thinking that you educate people to change their consciousness and then they change their behaviors, but sometimes it happens in reverse," he said, using the implementation of curbside recycling as an example. "Once it reached a critical tipping point of people putting their recycling on the curb, people started to think 'I'd better start doing that, too,' ... so their consciousness changes."
He's looking forward to seeing Green@Home expanded even farther using an approach he describes as "high-touch and high-tech." Acterra is partnering with High Energy Audits, a Los Altos Hills company that produces readouts of energy use based on information gathered from homeowners' Smart Meters.
With detailed data at their fingertips, volunteers can give more specific and informed advice to homeowners, but the program will also save time and allow them to reach more clients, Closson said.
"Right now it's pretty labor-intensive," he said. "Five hundred-plus volunteers go out in teams of two and do free home-energy audits. Now, you can be much more efficient about how you handle visits because 10 or 20 percent of homes you can do through email or phone conversations.
"It's a nice combination because we can do the customer relations and we can also play the honest broker because we don't have a horse in this race," he said.
While the organization is making moves to use more technology, Closson, who earned his doctorate in sociology from Cornell, said he doesn't have a technical background or even a life-sciences background.
"I just spent time in the woods and in the streams, screwing around and learning to love nature and not be scared of it," he said.
His affinity for nature may have been part of what motivated him to start trying to protect it. After co-directing New Ways to Work in Palo Alto for six years, he went to work converting military facilities to areas for civilian use. Often that meant scrubbing them of toxins to make them available as open-space preserves. As his work there began to wind down, he helped organize the 30th anniversary of Earth Day in Seattle, where he stayed for another three years as the executive director of Biodiversity Northwest, which works to preserve old-growth redwoods. He worked there until he was tapped to lead Acterra.
Closson says his work has been most fulfilling when Acterra has touched lives -- particularly young ones -- with its programs.
That's the real exciting stuff: when 10, 15 or 20 percent start to get hooked and come back to regular programs and when high school and college interns go on to make their careers or major in ecological studies," he said.
Even though he's beginning to see youth get involved in environmental issues, he said, overall the change isn't happening nearly quickly enough.
"I'm hopeful but not optimistic," he said. "I have to say that about us avoiding the serious impacts of climate change. I don't think we've realized the enormity of the threat because even though it's rapid in geological terms, it's slow in human terms."
Part of the reason Closson, 74, will leave the organization is to focus more on implementing new programs and less on the ins and outs of running a nonprofit.
"I spend an awful lot of time doing administrative work -- managing the staff, hiring, raising money -- and it's fun, but I'd like to spend more of my time actually doing programs that are focused on climate change and not as much on administrative activities," he said.
Drekmeier said the the role of executive director can be a taxing one, involving long hours and some certain sacrifices.
"There's a lot of pressure behind an executive director," he said. "He's a wonderful role model for living his passion. Sometimes there's not a clear delineation between his work and social life -- he carries it with him wherever he goes -- and that makes him a great ambassador for Acterra."
With a burn rate of about $120,000 a month, the organization would run out of money after three months if it stopped fundraising, Closson said. That puts extra pressure on him as a fundraiser.
"There's always a low level of stress," he said. "I've adjusted to it pretty well because I've been doing it so long. It's not overwhelming -- I don't lose sleep over it or anything -- but you're always conscious of it."
While the organization looks for a replacement for Closson, he's using the five months he has left trying to make the transition smooth.
He thinks his replacement must have an entrepreneurial spirit and be able to develop new projects. The new director would also have to be adaptable as new climate-change issues come up.
"Water is a big issue and is going to be a big issue, and I'm sure we're only going to get more involved than we are already," he said.
Now that the organization has seen increased interest from businesses, it's ready to become more Silicon Valley-focused. Acterra Board Chair Judith Steiner said she's interested in seeing an executive director with experience in the corporate world or in working with corporations who can bridge the gap between nonprofit and corporate cultures.
Drekmeier thinks Closson's replacement will have big shoes to fill.
"Organizations develop around leadership," he said. "Michael is such a strong leader that they won't find someone with his exact skills. That's the challenge to make transition possible."
During his retirement, Closson hopes to continue to work in environmentalism on a local level and is particularly interested in promoting the use of distributed rather than centralized energy sources. While he'll have fewer resources and won't have the advantage of the credibility that being executive director of a nonprofit like Acterra lends, he said one can "do an awful lot just by talking to people."
Closson's experience, skills and activities at Acterra have put him in an excellent position to consult with other nonprofits, Steiner said.
"Basically he has a vast knowledge of players in the community; he works with local government; and he's a good writer," she said.
Of course, retirement won't be all work for Closson. Four days after he retires, he'll be on a plane to the United Kingdom, where he'll spend three weeks hiking from the Irish Sea to the Baltic Sea. He also hopes to spend more time in his beloved Sierra Nevada mountains.
"The ideal world is one where I can take projects for a couple months or do something where I'm only working 15 or 20 hours a week that I can space out to have some fun and relax," he said. "I'm definitely going to play more."


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The BEST Salsa Recipe!
This Restaurant-Style Salsa recipe only takes about 10 minutes to make, it's easy to customize (to make it extra spicy, smoky or tangy if you'd like), and it's SO irresistibly delicious.
Happy Dos De Mayo!
Which also means…happy birthday to me!
My birthday feels a little extra-special this year because it also happens to mark exactly one more month until my wedding. (Can't wait!) But every year, my birthday also happens to conveniently fall on the week of Cinco De Mayo, which I must say I couldn't have planned better myself. Mexican food on my birthday for life! (Literally!)
Last year for my birthday, I had all of my friends over for an epic chips-and-salsa-a-thon, which was downright dreamy. Instead of cooking, Barclay and I drove around town all afternoon and picked up a dozen or so different salsas from our favorite Mexican restaurants. And then we whipped up an enormous batch of my classic margaritas, opened up a zillion bags of chips, and had all of our friends over for the most delicious taste test ever. Totally my kind of birthday.
This year's plans are TBD, thanks to my sweet fiancé who knows how much I love a good surprise. But I did go ahead and whip up a batch of this salsa recipe to have on hand for my bday and Cinco De Mayo this week, which I've already been putting to good use. And hey — since I don't eat many sweets or crave a traditional birthday cake anymore — this seemed like my kind of birthday treat recipe to share on the blog today. ?
Restaurant-Style Salsa Recipe | 1-Minute Video
It's actually one that I shared on the blog a few years ago. But — like many of the recipes around here lately while I've been busy with wedding planning — it's one that I recently re-photographed and updated to share with those of you who might have missed it the first time around, because I'm convinced that everyone needs this recipe in their lives.
Seriously, it's been my go-to homemade salsa recipe for years. And for someone who makes homemade salsa nearly once a week, that's sayin' something.
But the best part? It's incredibly quick and easy to make! Also, since it uses canned fire-roasted tomatoes (gotta use the fire-roasted), it's a really accessible recipe to make year-round, even beyond your regional tomato season.
To make it, simply toss all of your ingredients together in a food processor or blender…
…puree until the salsa reaches your desired texture…
…then taste and season as needed.
If you'd like a smokier salsa, I strongly recommend adding in a chipotle pepper or two in adobo sauce. If you'd like a spicier salsa, you can add in an extra jalapeño (or just add in the seeds from the original one). If you'd like a tangier salsa, you can't go wrong with extra lime juice in my opinion. And as always, don't be afraid to add in extra salt to kick up the flavor if needed!
Then, once your salsa is all seasoned and ready to go, partay like it's yo birthday and DIVE IN.
Seriously, I've made this recipe probably hundreds of times, and still never grow tired of it. So if you need some chips and salsa in your life this week — as I believe everyone always does — I can't recommend it enough.
Enjoy, amigos!
The BEST Salsa Recipe!
This restaurant-style salsa recipe is easy to make, and full of amazing fresh flavor.
- 2 (14-ounce) cans fire-roasted tomatoes, drained if you like a thicker salsa
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 (4-ounce) can diced green chiles
- 1 bunch (about 2 cups loosely-packed) fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 cup diced white onion
- 1 jalapeno, stem removed (and seeded, if you want less heat)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Pulse all ingredients together in a food processor or blender until smooth, or your desired consistency is reached. Season with additional salt and pepper if needed.
- Serve immediately, or refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 3 days.
Optional modifications:
- If you want it extra spicy, add in the entire jalapeño with seeds, or even add in two jalapeños. (Or if you want it less spicy, you can leave out the jalapeño seeds, or omit the jalapeño entirely.)
- If you want it extra smoky, add in 1-2 chipotles in adobo sauce.
- If you want it extra fresh and tangy, add in extra lime juice.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
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Just made this salsa last night, we had a taco party and made your Mexican shredded chicken, as well as your classic margaritas! Everything was a major hit, especially the margs! I will definitely be making all three of these things again and again, thanks so much for inspiring such a fun and tasty night for my friends and I!
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I am both pro-choice and pro-life and the 2 views are not in conflict with each other because I am also very pro-education.

In a perfect world, every child would be born to 2 responsible parents that loved it, wanted it, had the means and skills required to take care of it, nurture it, properly educate it, and help it to become a productive member of society.

But we don't live in a perfect world, do we?

And people do make mistakes. That is why there are erasers on pencils and backspace keys on keyboards...and abortion.

Unless and until we can find a way to eliminate the mistakes before they are made, then the eraser is still needed, and the backspace key...and abortion, and all of those will continue to exist.

If you want to end abortions, then end the mistakes that lead to them...by educating people to make better choices.

Instead of telling kids that babies come from the stork or by swallowing watermelon seeds, start at an early age and tell them where they really come from.

And don't tie the hands of educators that want to provide children with knowledge by forbidding them from teaching how the human body works, how and why pregnancies occur, how one can prevent pregnancies. This is valuable information they will need, even if they do wait until marriage to have sex.

Arming your kids with the facts doesn't lead to wild orgies of teens having sex. On the contrary... Show a classroom full of 14 year olds a video of a live birth, with a nice close-up of the woman's twat opening wide to pass the head of a baby, and it's likely to scare the crap out of them and give them something to think about and make them not want to have sex for at least a year.

Telling them about birth control choices and making them available prevents them from getting pregnant, in the event that they do decide to be sexually active. And don't forget to educate them on the psycological effects of abortion and the lingering effects it has on the mind of the mother that decides to take that route, so they won't see abortion as a first line birth control choice.

Do whatever it takes to change the attitudes of young women who regard taking care of a baby as being all fun and games, like playing house, or playing with baby dolls, so they don't deliberately get pregnant with a child they are unable and unprepared to care for. And make them understand that caring for a child isn't like caring for a pet dog, cat, or hamster. They need to understand this before they get pregnant with the first one and not find out after the fact, which can lead to aborting a second pregnancy.

Give them enough information and better choices and they won't make so many damn mistakes that lead to abortion. There is so much to consider before getting pregnant. Teach them this and don't wait till after the fact to tell them. End abortion by ending unwanted pregnancies...end unwanted pregnancies with knowledge and understanding.

If my daughter made a mistake, which is highly unlikely because I have educated her myself, I would hope she would seriously consider giving her baby a chance at life, like I did, but I would also hope she would make that choice after careful consideration about what kind of life that baby would have and how it would impact hers, and exactly how she will provide for it and not eventually become a burden to her child at the same time. But in the end, the choice is hers and not mine, and I don't have the right to make that choice for her. If my daughter decides she is not ready to be a mother, than I am not ready to be a grandmother, as well.

Whether you like the definition or not, babies are perfect parasites, by the technical definition of what a parasite is, and not one that can be cured with a little bit of medicated soap.(funny how we don't see "save the pubic lice" protests, huh?)

Parenthood is a permanent condition. When you decide to have a baby, you are stuck with it and it's effects for life, not just till it becomes legally an adult. Even if your child dies before you do, you don't stop being a parent...you just become the parent of a dead child.

I wonder how many old women died from falling out of bed, severe bone fractures caused by the osteoporosis that began with a baby leeching the calcium from their bones when they were young.

Yes, you may have contributed to the cause of death of your mother by your actions before you were born. Kids also need to know and understand things like this before they get pregnant.

And just like you can't end typos by outlawing backspace keys, you can't end unwanted pregnancies or abortions by making it illegal...you only end legal abortions, driving women to seek their abortions illegally, putting them at great risk of death by having an abortion performed by an untrained person in a tattoo parlor or butcher shop, or doing it themselves with a coat hanger at home, rather than a nice safe medical clinic by a trained doctor.

Outlawing abortion can kill both your daughters and grandchildren at the same time, which is much worse than just losing your grandchildren, and I would never forgive the one that takes my precious daughter away from me with their thoughtless laws.Apphttp://email@example.com


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Maile Broccoli-Hickey has been involved in immigrant services in Houston and Austin for over 13 years. During that time, she has worked as an English instructor, translator/interpreter, program manager, and advocate. Maile is a graduate of the LBJ School of Public Affairs where her research focused on adult language acquisition and immigrant rights. She draws equally on the education she received as a secretary, food service, and factory employee in her work supporting Texas' immigrant community. Maile founded English at Work while waiting tables at Guero's Taco Bar in 2005.


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Horticultural purists aren't big fans of doubles. They feel hybridizers can unnecessarily complicate a simple form, making it fussy and ungainly. I don't like all doubles, but I do enjoy double tulips. Most are scented and they seem to last longer that the singles, especially Black Hero, the double of Queen of the Night. The ones here are Montreaux, as forced by the local botanical gardens for their spring flower show. Double tulips, for the most part don't seem to buckle under their own weight.
This can't be said for double daffodils, which emerge earlier and can get clobbered by spring rains. They stems don't hold up the way tulip stems do. I've had these Obdams for years, and they invariably end up face down in the mud. But they're still lovely.


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Billowy Meringue Frosting tops a moist and buttery lime-flecked cake whose subtle coconut flavor comes from canned cream of coconut.
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Milk-Braised Pork with Cheesy Grits
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FAmNA - The Fedora Ambassadors of North America is a collection of folks who want to share the Fedora message with others in their area, at events and in general.
What you should know about Fedora
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NEW YORK - Terrified women leaping to their deaths. Locked exits trapping workers. Piles of clothing blocking stairwells to safety.
The fire that raced through a garment factory in Bangladesh last week and killed 112 workers bore eerie echoes of another blaze more than a century ago: the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York City. While the March 25, 1911, Triangle fire that killed 146 workers spurred the organized labor movement and led to workplace safety improvements, experts question whether the same will happen in Bangladesh.
"Profit and efficiency and competition always trump safety and health," said James Gross, a labor relations professor at Cornell University. "There's all this hoopla, and then not a lot happens after."
In Bangladesh, officials blamed the high death toll in part on the lack of an emergency exit in the eight-story building that housed Tazreen Fashions Ltd., a factory that made clothing for such U.S. retailers as Wal-Mart, Sears and Disney. Likewise, Triangle survivors testified that as the fire raced through the top three floors of a 10-story building, a crucial door that would have helped many escape was locked.
Most of the workers at the Tazreen factory were women from the poorest region of the South Asian country. Young, poor immigrant women - mainly Jews and Italians - dominated the workforce at Triangle.
Stacks of yarn and clothes blocked part of the stairway in Bangladesh, and dozens of fire extinguishers in the building appeared unused. At Triangle, the stairway was blocked by crates of blouses and other goods, and water buckets were not adequate to cope with the fire.
"All around me the others were screaming and hollering," Triangle worker Celia Saltz Pollack recalled later as part of a project to interview survivors. "The door was locked and I pushed over to the door of the elevator. When the elevator stopped on our floor, I was swept into it by the pushing crowd."
A state commission convened in response to the Triangle fire drafted 20 laws aimed at improving workplace safety, including requirements for fire drills, occupancy limits in buildings and clearly posted exit signs.
"I'm heartsick. It's tragic," said Suzanne Pred Bass, the great-niece of Katie Weiner, who survived the Triangle fire, and of Rose Weiner, who did not. "It's not just reminiscent; it is the same event replayed again."
Bass said what breaks her heart is the fact that she hasn't seen the same degree of public outrage that followed the Triangle fire.
"I think we need, in this country, to have a boycott of Bangladesh clothing until their factories are safe," she said. "Until their unions are protected."
But unions are scarce in third-world countries like Bangladesh, where workers have few protections, said Ethan Snow, a spokesman for Unite Here, a union that represents garment and textile workers in the U.S.
"The reason why these major companies have moved to these countries is because there are no unions," Snow said. "And because there is no democratic process on the shop floor for workers."
The fire has drawn attention to a problem that labor groups, retailers and governments have known for years: Bangladesh's fast-growing garment industry - second only to China's in exports - is rife with dangerous workplaces. More than 300 workers there have died in fires since 2006.
The country annually earns about $20 billion from exports of garment products, mainly to the U.S. and Europe.
Labor Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju said Thursday that factories without emergency exits - or with only one such exit - will be forced to close until they upgrade their safety infrastructure.
The factory's owner, Delwar Hossain, said he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency exit.
"It was my fault. But nobody told me that there was no emergency exit, which could be made accessible from outside," Delwar Hossain was quoted Thursday as telling The Daily Star newspaper. "Nobody even advised me to install one like that, apart from the existing ones."
Nazma Akhter, president of the Bangladesh Combined Garment Workers Federation trade union, called for the arrest of the factory's owners and management to send a message to the industry as a whole.
Companies that do business with local factories need to feel some pressure, according to the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability and the American Society of Safety Engineers, two groups that are doing research on worker safety.
"It's not enough to condemn local factory owners for these conditions and to expect long term change," said Thomas Cecich, a vice president of the sustainability group, in a statement Thursday. "The corporations that source supply chain products, as well as their stakeholders, have tremendous power to influence the conditions in which supply chain workers operate."
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Portland Bound!
I'll be speaking on a few panels, meeting my darling blogger friends, eatin' lots of Voodoo Donuts, hanging out at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Galarama, and getting a new tattoo at Skeleton Key!
I hope to blog a little while I'm there if time permits. So stay tuned!
12 comments:
- Alpha Blonde said...
So lucky!! Can't wait to see pictures and have fun!
- August 24, 2011 at 10:19 PM
- Jacinta said...
OMG Bianca, you'll actually be in my neck of the woods :) Is this open to the public or a blogges's only?? If it is open, would love to see you, totally enjoy your blog :)
- August 24, 2011 at 10:27 PM
- T said...
Have fun!!! Can't wait to hear all about it.
- August 25, 2011 at 5:12 AM
- Sheridanna said...
AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! So so so excited for you! I can't believe it's already here! Have fun & be safe! Can't wait wait to hear all about it!
- August 25, 2011 at 7:48 AM
- Jen said...
See you soon, girl!
- August 25, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- Erin said...
Yay, see you tomorrow!
- August 25, 2011 at 5:27 PM
- Jess of Midwest Vegan said...
Cool! Can't wait to see a recap!
- August 25, 2011 at 9:43 PM
- Tender Branson said...
I'm so jealous. Portland is number one on my list of places to visit in the states. have a great time.
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- August 27, 2011 at 1:53 AM
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- JL goes Vegan said...
I was so, so happy to meet you! 'Til the next one...
- August 29, 2011 at 7:22 PM
- Chocolate-Covered Katie said...
Bianca! You are famous! I just saw you in VegNews and had to run over here to tell you... even though, um, you of course already know you are in there. Duh. But I had to tell you anyways. I was so excited! :) :)
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