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Generational fairness has been a big theme of the austerity crusaders, whose most strident advocates tend to be financiers and business titans of substantial net worth. Yet their calls to radically reduce social investment out of a sense of generational equity diminishes the prospects of young people. The true generational injustice has little to do with the projected public debt and everything to do with the real crisis going on right now. Today's young adults—especially 20- and 30-somethings with young children—face shrinking opportunity and growing insecurity.
The fate of today's infants and toddlers is inextricably connected to that of their millennial--generation parents. Two-thirds of children under the age of 5 are raised by parents younger than 34. The true generational injustice is a threadbare to nonexistent social contract that has made it harder than ever before for the young to either work or educate their way into the middle class—and stay there if they're lucky enough to arrive. The prolonged downturn intensified the struggle; state and federal budget cuts only deepened the damage.
More than three years after the official end of the recession, more than 5.6 million 18- to 34-year-olds want a job and can't find one. An additional 4.7 million young adults are underemployed—they're either working part time when they really want a full-time position, or they've simply given up on their job search. High unemployment is unlikely to abate anytime soon without much greater public investment, direct action to create jobs, or both. If we continue to add jobs at the current rate, it will be 2022 before the country recovers to full employment, and even under those conditions workers younger than 25 will face unemployment rates double the national average—and flat or declining wages.
While much media attention has focused on young college-educated grads who can't find work or are working at jobs that don't require their degrees, the greatest pain accrues further down the income and education ladder. Less-privileged young people are experiencing joblessness at levels not seen since the Great Depression. Young African Americans face joblessness at a rate double that of young whites, and the gaps between those with college degrees and high-school diplomas is even wider. Most children of baby boomers will not be able to achieve even their parents' standard of living.
And Baby Makes Broke
The millennial generation is now in its peak childbearing years, and more than in any previous generation, the cultural and economic expectation is that both mom and dad will be in the workforce throughout their children's lives. Compared to baby boomers and gen-Xers, millennials are much more supportive of policies that would make child care widely more available and affordable and that would provide paid family leave for new parents. With good reason: They earn less than their parents did at their age, they have more debt, and both men and women have come of age expecting to be full participants in both parenting and bread-winning. Our society is not meeting their needs—and as this sizable generation continues to progress through its childbearing stage, austerity measures are likely to make the child-care crisis even worse.
Compared to other rich nations, the United States spends considerably less of its national wealth on child care. The United States ranks 32nd out of 39 rich nations in spending on child care as a percentage of gross domestic product, which means that high-quality care is spectacularly expensive, and as a result, in short supply. Most public child-care spending is targeted toward single parents, delivered primarily through Head Start, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and the Child Care Development Block Grant. But none of these supports is fully funded, so the supply of available slots falls short of the demand for services. State and federal budget cuts have further shrunk the number of children and families who will benefit from early care and learning programs.
More than one in three young families lived in poverty in 2010, the highest share on record. The price of child care is rising faster than inflation, with average monthly fees for two children exceeding median rent in every state. Because of these high costs, professional child care is unaffordable for many families, and only a fraction of families with working mothers put their children in paid care. Lower-income families are increasingly turning to their own extended family—grandparents and other relatives—to watch their children while they're at work. The quality is dramatically uneven, and lower-income children are much more likely to end up in less stable and developmentally rich child-care settings.
Single parents, mainly single mothers, have a particularly tough time. Without the benefit of a second income, they often have trouble making ends meet. Just as this generation is experiencing growing inequality in their pursuit of higher education, their ability to provide top-quality care for their young children depends greatly on where they fall in America's increasingly skewed income distribution.
For low-income families who don't have relatives to provide care, paying for child care takes a substantial bite out of their incomes. The national average for center-based child-care costs in 2010 was $8,900 for full-time care for an infant and $7,150 for full-time care for a preschooler. Families making less than $1,500 per month with children under the age of five that paid for child care spent more than half of their monthly income on child-care expenses. It's not uncommon for young children to be bounced around between several different settings during their formative years as child-care subsidies decrease with their mom's earnings or cuts in state funding result in longer waiting lists or loss of a subsidized slot due to tightened eligibility. Investing in the critical first three years of life has been shown to be essential for a strong cognitive and social foundation. Reaching vulnerable children at birth is especially critical in preventing early and persistent learning gaps. Yet our nation, unlike other advanced and wealthy nations, leaves this stage of life largely to chance.
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama made a commitment to ensure universal pre-kindergarten for four-year-olds. Given the enormous political pressures to continue cutting the federal budget, it's a long shot that we'll be able to achieve universal pre-K anytime soon, let alone make significant strides toward ensuring all infants and toddlers are provided with nurturing and developmentally appropriate care while their parents work. Indeed, the issue of child care more broadly remains at the margins of political debate, gaining prominence only when existing funding is threatened or cut.
The Generational Earnings Gap
While the cost of child care has nearly doubled since the mid-1980s, over the same time the typical earnings of young people—many of whom need to purchase that care—have failed to keep pace. Between 1980 and 2011, typical earnings for young workers declined for all but college-educated women. Everyone else either lost ground or stayed in place—failing to either match or exceed what their parents earned a generation ago. Overall, young men in their mid-twenties to early thirties are earning 90 cents for every dollar their father earned in 1980, while young women overall have pulled ahead, earning $1.17 in 2010 for every dollar earned by their mothers in 1980—a gain entirely driven by college-educated women.
But these averages mask large differences in the generational earnings gap that has occurred for non-college-educated young people. The typical inflation-adjusted earnings for young men with no education beyond high school are 25 percent less than in 1980, a loss of more than $10,000. Young women without any college credentials earn less too, but their loss is $2,500. The declines continue for young people with some college or an associate's degree, though the drop in earnings power is less severe. It's important to note that the generational decline in earnings power was well under way before the recession hit, and it shows no sign of improving in the absence of public policies to increase the minimum wage, enforce existing labor laws, universalize career paths in health-services occupations, and bolster the practical right to collective bargaining. There are millions of jobs that can't be shipped overseas or replaced by robots—think home health-care aides, stockers, day-care workers, waiters, cooks—and these jobs will continue to be the largest source of new positions in the next decade. The only way to improve job quality for millions of workers in these occupations is through public--policy choices and collective-bargaining rights, aimed at professionalizing jobs and pay levels, improving working conditions, and providing pathways out of entry-level jobs.
In the meantime, going to college remains the best route to the middle class. It's become a common refrain that a college graduate today will earn more than $1 million more in his or her lifetime than someone without a college degree. What's less appreciated is that the so-called college premium isn't due to the average college grad making out like gangbusters; it's because everybody else's earnings have taken a nosedive.
Some in the media have taken the job slump of recent college grads and their rising debt burdens as a reason to question whether a college degree is still worth it today. But that's the wrong conclusion. The more appropriate question to ask in the wake of $1 trillion in college debt is whether our debt-for-diploma system is a good way to provide access to college and a real chance at upward mobility.
The Debt-for-Diploma System
What gets lost in the trendy conversation about whether college is really worth it is the radical nature of the current status quo. Today, two-thirds of college-going students borrow to help pay for the cost, graduating with an average of $26,000 in undergraduate debt. African Americans and lower-income students are much more likely to borrow, and at higher amounts, than their white and more privileged peers. Fully eight out of ten African American college students take on debt to pay for college (average graduating debt: more than $28,000), compared to just over six out of ten white students, who graduate with $4,000 less debt than their African American counterparts. Not everyone makes it to commencement, of course. Today, dropping out often means leaving the college gates with debt but no degree—a fate that befalls almost 30 percent of college students who take out loans, leaving them with less income to defray debt.
The path to our current debt-for-diploma system is the result of several overlapping trends. The first is a steady decline in public investment in state colleges and universities, down 26 percent per full-time equivalent over two decades. This, more than any other trend, fueled the tripling of public university tuition in one generation. Second, as tuition spiraled, the purchasing power of the Pell grant dwindled from covering about $70 out of every $100 in college costs to around $30 of every $100 today. In addition, many states and colleges shifted their aid programs to play the rankings game and attract the highest-scoring students, diverting scarce resources away from students with financial need. The result of all of this is a widening level of unmet need—the amount of money after all available aid that students need to either earn or borrow to pay for school. Students from modest backgrounds coped with the yawning gap between their resources and the cost of college by working more hours at part- or full-time jobs and piling on debt. Having to work while attending college reduces one's chance of graduating within five years—or graduating at all. The whole system serves to harden class lines.
The debt-for-diploma system has distorted the way we think about the returns to a college education. Vanishing from our discourse is acknowledgment of the vital role higher education plays in a democracy or the vast public benefit we all derive from an open and affordable college system. The debt that is now required to attend college has essentially commoditized and privatized what has been since our nation's founding a public good. Our national discussion about college has become dominated by business-speak. Major foundations and a growing cadre of public intellectuals have commandeered the dialogue to press for a greater return on investment by ensuring today's college degrees have labor-market value. But in a debt-for-diploma system, "labor-market value" becomes harder to define or achieve. Has a teacher with $30,000 in student debt who is making $25,000 a year achieved labor-market value? What about the music-studies major who took out $15,000 in loans and makes a living teaching piano lessons to neighborhood kids and serving lattes, while performing in the all-volunteer community symphony? Does his degree produce defensible labor-market value? Does the answer change if we add to the analysis that the teacher is the first to go to college in her family while the Wall Streeter comes from a well-heeled family of Ivy Leaguers? How about the business major who takes out $60,000 in loans and lands a job on Wall Street making $150,000? No question her degree has good labor-market value. Does it make her investment better than the teacher's investment? Suppose the Wall Streeter used her knowledge to enrich herself at the expense of her customers or helped crash the economy? The very premise of labor-market value presumes that markets accurately value social goods, of which education is a prime example. The fact that society needs tax-supported primary and secondary education in the first place is long-standing proof that markets do not value education correctly.
The debt-for-diploma system has consequences of bigger import than whether it helps an individual land a job that makes going to college "worth it." As debt financing has become the required gateway for attending a four-year university, we're experiencing growing gaps by race and class in who enrolls and completes four-year degrees. Smart and passionate young people from modest or poor backgrounds are doing the best they can to avoid debt by enrolling part-time and working full-time—the two biggest factors for dropping out. Meanwhile, our nation's most elite colleges are engaged in a battle of "who has more luxuries" so they can entice well-heeled students who will pay full price.
Until about the mid-1990s, state universities and colleges were affordable for middle-income households, with summer jobs helping fill any leftover financial need. Lower-income students could pay the bill with grants and part-time jobs. Debt was the exception, not the rule. Well-funded public universities and generous financial aid is what made America's older population the most educated in the world. The debt-for-diploma system has made America's younger population the 14th most educated in the world, while our older population ranks No. 1 in education attainment. Every year, millions of smart and passionate young people downscale or abandon their dreams because college has become so financially complicated. For those lucky enough to make it to graduation thanks to five-figure student loans, their monthly loan payments will exert a slow drag on their pocketbooks, slowing down their savings and ability to buy a home and even distorting key life decisions like getting married and starting a family. So the economic pain and diminished prospects of the parents will be reflected in the next generation.
Our nation has a long, rich history of expanding access to higher education through generous public investment—a path that has been abandoned in one generation. At the other end of the education spectrum, however, our system of early childhood education and care has overwhelmingly been treated as a private good, with access to high-quality care largely dependent on whether a family can afford to pay top dollar.
What Can We Afford?
Outlays on social goods such as child care or higher education have always drawn conservative opposition. But the struggle has intensified as the super-affluent have gained more power and influence over our political priorities and decision-making. It turns out that the rich, who have private options, also have different opinions than most Americans on key policies that shape opportunity and living standards. Because policymakers engage much more directly and routinely with this relatively small group of affluent Americans, their priorities and preferences are much more likely to shape the agenda and the terms of the debate.
A recent survey funded by the Russell Sage Foundation found that the policy preferences of those with average annual incomes of more than $1 million vary widely from those of most citizens. This survey found that the general public is more open than the wealthy to a variety of policies designed to reduce inequality and strengthen economic opportunity, including raising the minimum wage, ensuring jobs for all who want one, and protecting our most vulnerable residents.
But the affluent don't just hold different opinions about public policies—they are much more able to convert those preferences into policy changes. In his recent book, Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America, political scientist Martin Gilens concludes that "the American government does respond to the public's preferences, but that responsiveness is strongly tilted toward the most affluent citizens. Indeed, under most circumstances, the preferences of the vast majority of Americans appear to have essentially no impact on which policies the government does or doesn't adopt." Gilens shows that, in many cases, public-policy outcomes would have been quite different if Congress and the president had been equally responsive to all income groups.
The role that the donor class plays in both shaping and affecting the outcomes of policy is particularly critical on economic policy, notably high-income Americans' stronger opposition to taxes (which are essential to affording anything) and corporate regulation. In his 2008 book, Unequal Democracy, political scientist Larry Bartels writes that "the preferences of people in the bottom third of the income distribution have no apparent impact on the behavior of their elected officials."
Our nation is pulling apart—politically and economically—in a toxic, mutually reinforcing cycle that confers more political advantages to the privileged few, while the majority of Americans struggle under an economic system whose rules are written to increasingly reward only those at the top. The millennial generation is coming of age and growing into adulthood at the pinnacle of this inequality era—and all indications are they will be worse off than previous generations. Their children are likely to be still worse off. This is not because of happenstance, nor is it due to the ravages of the lingering downturn. The descent of this generation has its roots in political changes that began just when they were being born, when conservatives began their assertive and effective assault on our common good.
Privileges at birth were never supposed to define one's life in America, and while this has always been more aspirational and mythical than we'd like to think, it is perhaps the idea that most defines us as Americans. Throughout most of our history, we've taken deliberate steps toward closing the gap between this idea and our actual lives. Today we are no longer on a path toward more equality of opportunity, and this generation's challenges provide ample evidence of our retreat. There is nothing inevitable about this fate, but altering the prospects of young Americans and their own children will require drastically different politics and policies.


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NEW YORK (CBS New York) — Streets throughout the city remained untouched by snow plows Wednesday, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg said his administration will concentrate more equipment on residential areas where the problems remain.
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"We will not rest until every street in this city is cleared," Bloomberg said.
New York's sanitation commissioner said most of the streets in the still-snowbound city will be plowed by 7 p.m., with every last one done by Thursday morning.
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Bloomberg said things were improving. Fifty city buses were still stuck in the snow Wednesday, down from 600 a day earlier. Some 1,200 extra laborers had been hired to shovel out crosswalks and bus stops.
Bloomberg said he couldn't explain why this storm proved so tough, compared with others in the past that seemed just as severe.
"We had the same plan with the same equipment," he said. "The question is, 'Why didn't it work this time?"'
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Three days out from the storm, the misery is getting old, especially in the outer boroughs where residents want a piece of the mayor.
"I'd like to tell him that all of his focus should not be on Manhattan. And although tourists do give us revenue from tax dollars, I'm a taxpayer here and I would prefer my street be done so my husband can go to work and I can go to work," one woman stuck in traffic told CBS 2's Pablo Guzman.
Though some streets in the most neglected areas of the outer boroughs, like Middle Village, Queens, were attended to on Wednesday, residents said that hardly gets the mayor off the hook.
"No, I don't think so. I think he will be remembered with this," one man said.
Over in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn some streets were cleared, but, again, the anger did not subside.
"How come Manhattan is clean and this one is not clean, if he feels for my neighborhood?" one woman asked. "I pay taxes, too."
Bobby Corona told Guzman the plows started coming through his Throggs Neck neighborhood about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, but when told the mayor said he cares about all parts of the city he wasn't satisfied.
"I doubt that seriously. I think he's only concerned about Manhattan," Corona said.
On Oakland Street in the West Brighton section of Staten Island, streets were somewhat cleared after plows started coming through on Tuesday night, but, like with many of the other New Yorkers Guzman spoke to earlier, the anger remained.
"He said last night that everything was pretty good now because the theaters were open. Who cares about the theaters?" the man said.
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It's not just pedestrians that are struggling, either. It's scores of city buses, and even worse, emergency vehicles, that are stuck.
"Too many ambulances went down blocked streets, for example," Mayor Bloomberg said. "What they should have done is stay at the corner of the main street and walk down – or struggle down," Mayor Bloomberg said.
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Some local lawmakers are demanding hearings and a formal investigation into what went wrong when the snowball was dropped.
"People can't get back and forth to work, and we need to understand what happened and why. This is just the beginning of a very challenging winter season, and if this is a sample of what we can expect from the administration when we have bad storms, then we have a serious problem and we need answers – and we need answers now," said State Sen. Malcolm Smith.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg also said he's "extremely dissatisfied" with how the city's emergency response system performed during the post-Christmas blizzard. Ambulances got stuck in the snow trying to answer 911 calls, and more than 49,000 calls swamped 911 operators in one day. That's the 6th busiest day in the system's history.
"It seems these calls overwhelmed the system," Bloomberg said.
The mayor said the city needs to focus on clearing unplowed streets after the storm, and "we'll do the post-mortem afterwards."

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Originally, in the south of Gargano, where the Tavoliere plain meets the Adriatic Sea, there was a coastal lagoon: The Salpi lake i.e Margherita di Savoia. This area has been inhabited since the Neolithic after the foundation of Salaria, of which only the ruins of the city walls and fragments of objects remain. Many findings such as the ruins of huts typical of the Bronze Age have been discovered in this area and are currently preserved in the Trinitapoli and San Ferdinando museums. Still today, as for the city of Salapia, it is possible to visit the ancient quay, built using large slabs dating back to the 8th century B.C. and the magnificent Villa San Vito, one of the most interesting site from an archaeological and naturalistic point of view.
Along the Ofanto valley stands Trinitapoli that together with Margherita di Savoia is a naturalistic oasis and also a protected area. Here, it is possible to see herons, swamp raptors, and mute swans. The contrast between the wild nature and the lunar landscape is mitigated by the beauty of the pink flamingos nesting on the quay.
The see, however, always offers the most precious treasures. Along the coast towards the south, near Torre Pietra, in the waters in front of the ancient Salaria, called the Daunian Venice, at the bottom of the keel, it is possible to see a Roman wreck, in which a little Neptune statue and many amphorae still in good condition have been found.
These findings and others, such as the daunian funeral stele, probably prove that the Mycenaean sailors came here across the Mediterranean to buy amber and noble metals and settle along the banks. Running along the coast parallel to the Trajan Way it is possible to see Barletta. Many legends link its story to the see but surely the most mysterious one regards the Colossus of Barletta, It is a bronze statue which is 4.50 metres tall and represents an emperor wearing military clothing. The Colossus stands on the left side of the Santo Sepolcro church. Moreover, the capitals of the Cathedral's ciborium sculptured by artists from Jerusalem, prove the close link between Barletta and the overseas countries during the crusades. The view of the Puglia Imperiale lands from the see is striking! The beauty of Trani, for example, one of the 100 Italian art cities, can leave the visitor breathless. Trani, standing in the middle of the Apulian coast, flourished in the 12th and 13th century because of the trade with the near East and the thousands crusaders leaving from its harbour.
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The final score was 62-51 in favor of Florida Gulf Coast but the game was closer than that final score might suggest.
In the previous meeting between the two teams Florida Gulf Coast prevailed 75-57.
"Gulf Coast has beaten some teams in the league by 40 points," Lady Bisons coach Frank Bennett said. "We just have to keep on fighting.
"We have to keep gaining confidence and keep getting better."
The Lady Bisons trailed 12-2 after 3:30 minutes. Florida Gulf Coast led by as many as 13 points in the first half. The Lady Bisons trimmed the lead to 33-24 at intermission.
In the second half with 18:23 on the clock Lipscomb forward Leah McAlister left the game with a leg injury and did not return. She had nine points and six rebounds at the time.
That injury gave the momentum to Florida Gulf Coast which led by 21, 47-26, with 12:26 remaining. That was the biggest lead for Florida Gulf Coast.
The Lady Bisons never gave up chipping away at the lead. They pulled to within nine, 55-46, with 3:58 left on a 3-pointer by guard Miaca Bowman.
Despite the large scoring margins for much of the game the Lady Bisons did not allow Florida Gulf Coast to get a shot off on numerous occasions.
"Our defensive intensity was outstanding," Bennett said. "In the second half Florida Gulf Coast was on the verge of shot clock violations time after time.
"Our first shot defense was unbelievable against the highest scoring team in the league. We held them 11 points below their average. Hopefully we can carry that over because that kind of intensity level can beat a lot of teams."
Guard Jenna Bartsokas was the only Lady Bisons player to finish in double figures with 14.
Forward Hannah Phillips tied with McAlister for the team lead in rebounds with six.
Florida Gulf Coast placed three players in double figures _ guard Sarah Hansen with a game-high 17 and a game-high eight rebounds, guard Shannon Murphy with 14 and guard Courtney Chihil with 11.
The Lady Bisons held Florida Gulf Coast to 33.3 percent from the field, 18-of-54. But the Lady Bisons only shot 36.7 percent, hitting 18-of-49 and 15 percent from 3-point range, hitting three-of-20.
"Florida Gulf Coast was switching hard and denying the ball and making it hard for us to move the ball," Bennett said. "It took us awhile to adjust to that.
"Late in the game we were getting some good things to happen by spreading out their defense more. But it took us awhile to do the things we needed to do to get the ball moving."
The Lady Bisons are 8-13 overall, 5-7 in the A-Sun. Florida Gulf Coast is 16-1 overall 9-1 in the conference.
Monday at 7 the Lady Bisons are back on the court against Stetson at Allen Arena.
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations.


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WASHINGTON – The White House on Wednesday dismissed allegations by Republicans that newly released emails prove that there were political calculations in the Obama administration's response to the 2012 attack on a U.S. facility in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
Republicans say the emails released Tuesday by a conservative watchdog group are the long-sought-after "smoking gun" showing that the administration tried to spin the tragedy to minimize damage to President Obama in the final months of his 2012 re-election campaign.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a briefing that the emails released Tuesday by Washington-based Judicial Watch weren't about Benghazi specifically, but instead referred to a different set of talking points that addressed unrest across the region.
"The email and the talking points were not about Benghazi," Carney said. "They were about the general situation in the Muslim world."
The emails were released to Judicial Watch in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed against the State Department. They were not among dozens of emails that the White House released last year in an effort to clear itself of allegations that officials had tried to escape blame for the incident.
Judicial Watch President Thomas J. Fitton said the idea that the emails are not about Benghazi is "ludicrous" because his organization sued for Benghazi documents specifically.
The attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
The following Sunday, Susan E. Rice, then the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and now the president's national security adviser, said on five talk shows that the attack was a "spontaneous reaction" to a protest in Cairo prompted by anger about an anti-Muslim video posted on YouTube, a claim that turned out to be false.
Carney said Rice's comments were based on the best information the administration had at the time. He said she was working off of two different sets of talking points. One, produced by the CIA for lawmakers and White House officials, blamed the attacked on an impromptu demonstration.
In testimony before the House Intelligence Committee last month, Michael J. Morell, who in 2012 was deputy CIA director, said that although the agency believed that al-Qaida-linked individuals were involved from the beginning, the agency's initial assessment was that the attack in Benghazi was spontaneous.
Republicans have seized on Rice's explanation, which mentions the video while the CIA talking points did not. The protests in Cairo were widely attributed to anger over the video.
Morell testified that it wasn't until Sept. 18, two days after Rice's TV appearances, that the CIA got the Libyan government's assessment of video footage from the Libyan Consulate's security cameras, which showed the front of the building just before the attack with no sign of protesters.
"It became clear that we needed to revisit our analysis," Morell told lawmakers.
The second set of talking points, written by the White House communications staff to prepare Rice for her television appearances, sought to deflect criticism from the president's policy in the region as violent protests erupted across the Middle East.
In the emails released Tuesday by Judicial Watch, a White House official listed goals for Rice's public appearance, including "to underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure of policy," and "to reinforce the president and administration's strength and steadiness in dealing with difficult challenges."
That official, Benjamin J. Rhodes, is the White House deputy national security adviser for strategic communication and speechwriting.
Republicans said the emails reveal that the White House put politics before transparency. "It is outrageous that it took a federal judge to force the White House to comply with the law," said Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus. "If the White House felt this talking points memo was classified, what else don't we know about Benghazi." Priebus said the White House is stonewalling to protect Hillary Rodham Clinton, who at the time of the attack was secretary of state and is now a leading contender for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.
Carney said the newly disclosed emails weren't released before because they were not specifically about Benghazi.


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Called Back to the Essentials
Rabbi Ted Falcon, Pastor Don Mackenzie, and Sheikh Jamal Rahman, known collectively as the "Interfaith Amigos," have been learning and teaching together since 2001. They blog weekly for YES! Magazine.
Rabbi Ted Falcon concluded his blog last week with this sentence: "We seek to deepen a spiritual dialogue in order to collaborate more effectively and more lovingly in the work that is before us." It's the same work that is before every human being. It is the same work for which the great world religions arose: to deal with the violence too often used to solve problems or to accumulate wealth for the wealthy, to promote full access to all human and civil rights for everyone, and to take compassionate care of the Earth.
Considering the way things currently stand, it seems our religious traditions have accomplished little in dealing with these crucial issues. If we don't attend to these important issues now, we may well conclude our time on Earth.
A Long History of Being Called Back
We who study and celebrate our religious affiliations might feel that our own spiritual path has been around forever and needs to be around forever. But the truth is that Abrahamic religion has been around for only about 2,500 years. Prophetic Judaism was the evolution of Hebrew religion around the time of the return of the residents of Judah (Jews) from their exile in Babylonia. The prophets called us back to the essential principles of faith: compassionate, caring community and the universal principles of love and service.
This calling back represents a theme common to all three of the Abrahamic faiths. Each time we rise to a new level of spiritual awareness, we incorporate our new insights into our texts and practices. Over time, though, we forget ourselves and drift away from those central principles, leaving a religion empty of the substance of spirituality—until we are again "called back."
Christianity began during another calling back, this one by Jesus of Nazareth, a rabbi; Islam, likewise, began with a calling back by the prophet Mohammed, who believed that the revelations he received when he was alone were meant to help Christians and Jews in pre-Islamic Arabia recover the substance of their faith. The religions we practice today are actually a tiny dot at the end of a very long story of the human quest for greater meaning in life—for the source of creation, for redemption and forgiveness, and for new life.
Exclusivity and Ego
We who are religious leaders were taught to defend our faith. In some ways, this is less crucial for Christians and Muslims, since there are nearly two billion of each. But for Jews, who comprise significantly less than 1 percent of the world population, there is a real possibility of extinction. So it may be that Jewish defenses of their faith need to be taken more seriously.
Perhaps this is why Rabbi Rami Shapiro reacted so strongly to the statements that Ted Falcon made in our interview with Tom Ashbrooke on the NPR show On Point. In response to the exclusivity that follows from the belief that Jews are the only chosen people, Rabbi Ted said he believed that Jews are chosen for the way of Torah, but are not God's only favorite people. Rabbi Rami responded in his blog:
And if God chooses everyone, then God chooses no one, which undermines the entirety of classical Judaism, to say nothing of contemporary Jewish claims to Israel as the Promised Land.
Rabbi Rami is certainly entitled to that opinion. But defense of the exclusivity of one's faith can lead to stalemates where nothing of value happens. The problem becomes even more difficult for me when he asserts, "If Christian claims are only true for Christians, then they aren't really true."
As a Christian, I resent his assessment. I do not believe that Christian claims are true for everyone. I believe they are true for Christians. As a rabbi, he has overstepped the boundaries of his authority about my understanding of my faith. He could say, instead, that he wonders about my understanding. Then we could keep talking. For interfaith work to be successful, there must be openness to dialogue.
On the other hand, his concerns have caused us to think more clearly about what we are trying to do, and that is always helpful. We want to bring all the particulars of each of traditions to bear on the difficult issues we face. We want to name the difficult parts so that we can see them as invitations to understand what needs healing in ourselves. We believe that the exclusivities are reflections of our own ego issues, and are not truly reflecting the essential core teachings of our respective faiths. In the end, the question is not about who is right and who is wrong, but rather about what we say to keep the conversation moving forward.


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The Gift of Encouragement
I remember the first time I told my Mom the publisher wanted me to go on a book tour for Cake Wrecks. She responded by telling me about an author she'd seen at a big warehouse store the previous weekend, sitting alone behind a card table and looking desperate.
"I just don't want that for you," she said.
Motherly concern aside, you could say my mom has a real gift for encouragement.
Kind of like these people:
"Oh, and happy engagement. I guess."
This is your moment. Enjoy it.
Q: What do you get the birthday girl who's allergic to birthday cake?
A: A birthday cake with an apology. ("More cake for us! Woot!")
As we get older, we look for signs from our loved ones that age is really just a number, it's about staying young at heart, etc, etc.
"Well, sure, NOW I am."
And there's nothing quite so encouraging as ill-concealed shock at your personal accomplishments:
"We had you guys pegged at two years, tops. Wow!"
And finally:
"Note that we haven't expressed any sadness over this fact, or stated whether Kyle is happy regarding his imminent departure. However, the fact that we're having cake would seem to indicate a celebration of Kyle's coming absence."
"Wow, you got all that from four words?!"
"No, I'm reading the card."
Thanks to Edmund H., Rachael G., Kim K., Sarah C., G.D., & Kyle C. for the encouraging words.
Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, come see me on my book tour starting next month!


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Winsted Road accident claims life of motorcyclist (UPDATED)
TORRINGTON - A motorcyclist was killed near 3568 Winsted Road Wednesday evening.
The motorcyclist has been identified as John Coon, 42 of Alpha Ave., Winsted. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Campion Ambulance personnel.
Torrington Police received numerous calls reporting the accident which occurred at 6:47 p.m.
Coon had been traveling north on Winsted Road on his 2004 Yamaha R1 when the accident happened. The bike left skid marks in the road before striking a vehicle and then the guardrails along the shoulder of the road. Responding officers found the Coon had sustained trauma to his head and torso and was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The Torrington Police Department Accident Investigation Team was called to investigate the crash.
Winsted Road was closed for several hours while the scene was processed and was re-opened at approximately 12:30 a.m.
Along with Torrington Police, the Torrington Fire Department, Torringford Volunteer Fire Department, Torringford Fire Police and Burville emergency services responded to the call.
The case is open and under investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed this accident is asked to contact Officer Wityak of the Torrington Police Accident Investigation Team at 860-489-2000.
Reach Michelle Merlin by email at firstname.lastname@example.com, on Twitter @michellejmerlin or by phone at 860-489-3121, ext. 324. Updated by Jenny Golfin.


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Just so you know it's not all doom and cold, metal gloom when it comes to stories about our future robotic overlords, here's a nice story that combines the internet's love of robots with the internet's love of, well.. cats.
Oh, and there's some interesting elements for gaming fans in this one, too.
Software engineer Taylor Veltrop recently posted a video showing the culmination of a year's work making a programmable Nao robot into his fully controllable, cat-grooming robotic avatar. In the video, Veltrop uses a combination of Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Kinect controllers, a treadmill, and a head-mounted display to make the robot first approach the cat, and then begin brushing his feline subject.
As you can see in the video (posted below), Veltrop's interaction with the robot is based on several levels of input. He sees through the robot's eyes using the head-mounted display, and moves the robot around using the treadmill and the motion-sensing abilities of the Kinect.
Possibly the most interesting element of his experiment, however, is the use of Wii and Kinect controllers to manipulate the robot's arms and hands and sense his movement in space.
Also interesting? The fact that the cat doesn't flip out and either run away or swat at the robotic creature approaching it with no small amount of noisy, jerky movement.
According to Veltrop, the next step in his experiment is to incorporate audio input and output mechanisms into the robot — something he says shouldn't be too difficult, given the microphone and speakers already present in his head-mounted display.
(via Kotaku)
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Ohio, June 18th, 2013 – Joe Sylvester Motorsports, one of the highest rated Monster Truck teams in the nation, is officially announcing the signing of Rigid Industries as primary sponsor for the remainder of the 2013 season.
Joe Sylvester, owner/operator of the Bad Habit Monster Truck in the Monster Jam Series, is the newly crowned Young Guns World Champion in the series with an impressive fifty five race wins, twelve final round victories, and an outstanding sixty two total freestyle wins within seven years of monster truck competition.
Joe will make history once again on September 1st as he will try to regain his Guinness World Record of the longest jump in a monster truck. A record he held once before with a 208ft jump. Joe will debut a brand new body style and wrap by Ripped Vinyl for the BAD HABIT Truck at the Return of the MONSTERS Event in Canfield, OH on June 22-23 that reflects the new partnership with Rigid Industries.
"I am extremely excited and thankful about our new partnership with Rigid Industries and to have the opportunity to be an ambassador for the best LED lighting company in the world. Their product and image fits perfectly with our demographic and my personality," said Joe Sylvester. "The American Made Rigid LED lights we use on the monster truck really add a unique style to the BAD HABIT Monster Truck along with our XD Series wheels. It is an image totally new to the monster truck world and I am happy to be a part of it."
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Fall Ball – Day Three
No, beer isn't on tap in the minor league clubhouse, but when this neon sign is lit it means the Tempe Angels won that day.
"Deliveries don't throw strikes. Deliveries protect your arm." — Pitching coach Zeke Zimmerman lecturing a group of young pitchers on Friday.
The rain that passed through Southern California Friday night and Saturday worked its way to Phoenix by the middle of Saturday afternoon. As the last out was recorded, the first drop fell, and within a few minutes a deluge drenched Tempe Diablo.
Before that, the Angels' fall instructional league team won 6-4 over the Maryvale Brewers.
This was the second game for rehabbing Dallas McPherson. After playing third base for three innings on Friday at the Cubs' camp, Dallas was the DH in Saturday's game. In three plate appearances, he homered, walked, and singled. He was then replaced at DH by Chris Pettit.
Click Here to watch Dallas' home run. You need Windows Media Player and a high-speed Internet connection (cable modem, DSL) to watch.
Jordan Walden got the start for the Angels. I should mention that "start" doesn't mean much in these games. Typically the "starter" goes two innings; if he exceeds his pitch count, he can be relieved early. The next guy in line is often a starter himself. Innings three and four on Saturday belonged to Mike Anton, who was a starter during the summer for Tempe. After them came Tremayne Holland, Ryan Brasier, and Lou Green, all three of which were relievers this year. Holland worked the 5th, then Brasier had the 6th and 7th. Ryan ran into trouble in the 7th, so Green relieved him early and also worked the 8th.
If you look at the day's roster, you'll see a "JIC" next to certain pitchers' names. That means "Just In Case." Because Green relieved earlier than scheduled, the Angels used a JIC to pitch the 9th. Mason Tobin, a Tempe starter who also pitched for Orem, was the 9th inning JIC.
The Angels got out to an early 5-1 lead, but the Brewers rallied against Brasier. With two outs in the top of the 8th, Green relieved Brasier. The Brewers had runners on 1st and 3rd. On the first pitch, the runner on 1st took off for second, hoping to draw a throw from Angels catcher Anel de los Santos. As Anel threw down to 2B Wil Ortiz, the runner on first froze midway as the runner on third broke for home. Ortiz threw the ball right back to de los Santos, who blocked the plate and applied the tag for the third out.
Click Here to watch the play at home.
You'll hear a Brewers fan next to the camcorder complain the runner was safe, but I looked at the tape frame-by-frame and saw he was out. Anel's foot blocked the front of the plate, causing the runner's lead foot to bounce off and around Anel's ankle. Anel slapped down his mitt to apply the tag an instant later. The umpire got it right.
I mentioned in an earlier entry the stats for instructional league games aren't reported because the rules aren't always enforced. Saturday was one example. Although the Angels won, the bottom of the 9th was played anyway because the Brewers had a pitcher who needed work.
I could see a massive storm cloud approaching from the south, so it was a question of whether he could record three outs before the cloudburst arrived. The first drops fell as he delivered his final pitch, and by the time the out was recorded it was raining.
That didn't stop the Angels coaches from holding a post-game drill, though, as the position players were led over to another field for work in the downpour.
As Dirty Harry said, a good man knows his limitations, and I drew the line at standing in the rain, so I headed inside to wait it out. It stopped raining about 30 minutes later, and I started the six-hour drive for home.
(I refilled the gas tank in the Arizona desert for about $2.45/gallon, or 30 cents/gallon cheaper than in SoCal. Travel tip: if you're driving between California and Arizona, always gas up on the Arizona side.)
Inside the clubhouse delivery entrance is a neon sign with an Angels logo and a Coors Light ad. No, beer is not on tap in the clubhouse. (Nor is there any alcohol I've ever seen.) But you do see various knick-knacks such as the neon sign. Apparently these are collected from vendor shows, samples given to the parent club, personal acquisitions, etc. Some stuff came over from the clubhouse at the Angels' former facility, Gene Autry Park (AKA "The GAP") in Mesa.
Long-time Angels fans know of the tradition that the halo on the old Big A scoreboard by the freeway is lit after every win. A similar tradition was started this year at Tempe by Dan Ricabal, who was the Tempe pitching coach until Pedro Borbon Jr. resigned in May as the Cedar Rapids Kernels' pitching coach. Dan was sent to Cedar Rapids to replace him. But before he left, Dan started a "Light the Halo!" tradition at Tempe. If the Tempe team wins, the neon sign is lit for the rest of the day.
I've posted on FutureAngels.com video highlights from Day Two. Click Here to watch the highlights. The 13-minute video includes some great instruction sessions with Bruce Hines, Zeke Zimmerman and Tom Gregorio, along with game highlights. Day Three highlights will be on-line in the next couple days.
My thanks and gratitude to all the managers, coaches, front office staff, and players for their patience over the last three days. I've always found "fall ball" so fascinating. This is where the young players first learn how to really play the game — and yet almost no fans are ever around, although they could be, to listen and observe. Where else could you sit down and listen to a Bruce Hines, a Zeke Zimmerman, a Kernan Ronan — all with decades of experience — teach how to play Angels baseball? And it doesn't cost you a penny. You just have to show up. But no one ever does.
Except the ******* with the camcorder and the good sense to get out of the rain.


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According to the popular 1960 beach movie, Fort Lauderdale is "where the boys are." The city's reputation as America's Spring Break capital, however, has been replaced with the more favorable image of a prime family tourist destination, attracting more than 10 million visitors annually. The most popular beach resort in Florida is even more rightly famed as the "Yachting Capital of the World," with more than 40,000 registered crafts calling its waters home. The city also prides itself on being the "Venice of America" with more than 300 miles of navigable waterways. Fort Lauderdale boasts world-class theaters, museums, sightseeing, and shopping. The city sits 24 miles north of Miami and is named after a series of forts built by the United States during the second Seminole War. The forts took their name from Major William Lauderdale, who was the commander of the detachment of soldiers who built the first fort. Look hard and you might find remnants of three of them today. More people seem to be interested in taking a water tour aboard the "Carrie B." Note: Upon disembarkation, please collect your bag, go through customs and hand your bag to your tour driver who will stow and lock it underneath your bus. Disembarkation tours end at the airports; therefore guests who have post-cruise packages at local hotels must disembark at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. Guests will then be responsible for their transportation to the hotel.
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This is by means of a FREE (fortnightly) community drop-in style meeting where there is a warm and welcoming team of volunteers enabling a supportive peer group community, together with one-to-one Coaching and an 9 week course. The course investigates the hindrances to our giving up our dependencies, which are often rooted in our emotional history, and then teaches us to set achievable goals to reach our target.
It is not the kind of dependency that is important but, rather, being ready to own that you have a problem and then learning about its hold on you that is really necessary.
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Andrew Delbanco – College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be
Winner of the 2013 O.L. Davis, Jr. Book Award, American Association for Teaching and Curriculum
Each year, the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC) acknowledges an Outstanding Book in Education. AATC, as a recognized major society in the common fields of curriculum and teaching, selects a book that merits high praise and recognition. The award is given in recognition of scholarship that adds substantively to the body of knowledge about the practices and theories of curriculum and teaching.
"At a time when vast changes in higher education are happening, author Andrew Delbanco of Columbia University calls attention to the purpose of college education (historic origins to the present). It is a very good read."- Chara Bohan, Committee Chair
As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience–an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers–is in danger of becoming a thing of the past.
In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In arguing for what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise.
In a brisk and vivid historical narrative, Delbanco explains how the idea of college arose in the colonial period from the Puritan idea of the gathered church, how it struggled to survive in the nineteenth century in the shadow of the new research universities, and how, in the twentieth century, it slowly opened its doors to women, minorities, and students from low-income families. He describes the unique strengths of America's colleges in our era of globalization and, while recognizing the growing centrality of science, technology, and vocational subjects in the curriculum, he mounts a vigorous defense of a broadly humanistic education for all. Acknowledging the serious financial, intellectual, and ethical challenges that all colleges face today, Delbanco considers what is at stake in the urgent effort to protect these venerable institutions for future generations.
In a new preface, Delbanco addresses recent events that threaten the future of the institution.
Andrew Delbanco is the Mendelson Family Chair of American Studies and the Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. His many books include Melville: His World and Work (Vintage), which won the Lionel Trilling Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times book prize in biography. He is a recipient of the 2011 National Humanities Medal for his writing that spans the literature of Melville and Emerson to contemporary issues in higher education.


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A state Civil Service Commission report supports the town's 2012 decision to fire police officer Adam C. Levesque for falsifying records and witness tampering.
MIDDLEBORO - A state Civil Service Commission report supports the town's 2012 decision to fire police officer Adam C. Levesque for falsifying records and witness tampering.
The ruling, based on a magistrate's hearing and released May 1, 2014, said that Levesque, hired in 2001, began having problems by 2010 when he tipped off a suspected drug dealer that he was under surveillance and botched an investigation.
Levesque claimed he did not intentionally warn the drug dealer, but admitted telling his wife, who might have passed it on to the dealer's girlfriend at the school bus stop, according to the report.
As a result Levesque was suspended for eight days without pay and signed a "last chance agreement," giving the town just cause to fire Levesque if he engaged in any further misconduct, according to the report.
Despite the last chance agreement, Levesque came under suspicion in 2012 for falsifying records while working state-funded overtime on the "Click-It or Ticket" program.
The program involved officers making safety stops on vehicles, and then checking for seat-belt violations. Officers had to make a minimum number of stops.
Sgt. Deborah A. Batista flagged Levesque's reports when she noticed he was logging in stops of two close friends, Special Police Officer William J. Ferdinand and Park Superintendent Francis J. Cass.
An internal investigation was launched, and Middleboro Police Chief Bruce D. Gates, who appeared in the Civil Service hearing, put Levesque on paid administrative leave, ordered him to turn in his badge and service weapon – a Sig Sauer P226 – and told him not to talk to the witnesses, Ferdinand and Cass.
Under questioning, Ferdinand said he had never been stopped by Levesque as part of the program. Although ordered not to discuss the investigation, Ferdinand later admitted Levesque pressured him into saying what transpired during questioning, according to the report.
According to the testimony given during the Civil Service hearing, Ferdinand was suspended from working details for two-weeks. Ferdinand has since been hired as a full-time officer.
Cass admitted under questioning that Levesque asked him to participate in a police department program and he agreed. Levesque told Cass he needed to pull over a certain number of vehicles, but promised Cass that he wouldn't list Cass's name in the computer, according to the Civil Service decision.
Levesque was fired by Middleboro during a closed door hearing in August 2012 when selectmen found he broke the last chance agreement by falsifying records. Within days he appealed the termination to the Civil Service Commission, which took nearly two-years for agency to reach the 32-page decision.
Angela McConney Scheepers, administrative magistrate for the Civil Service, oversaw the hearing and found Levesque's conduct in witness tampering and his later untruthfulness "so egregious, that I find they provided sufficient reason for his termination."
She said Levesque lacked integrity, comported himself without maturity, common sense or good judgment and demonstrated he cannot remain a police officer, the report said.
Town Manager Charles J. Cristello and Gates have to refused to comment on the report. Levesque's attorney, Timothy G. Kenneally, was unavailable for comment.


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Clippers backup small forward Matt Barnes didn't make the trip to Minneapolis because he has a bruised left eye, the team announced Wednesday afternoon.
Barnes was injured during the Clippers' game against the Grizzlies on Monday night when he was hit by an inadvertent elbow from Memphis forward Zach Randolph.
The Clippers said Barnes will miss the game against the Timberwolves on Wednesday night and against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night.
With Barnes out, Clippers Coach Doc Rivers probably will turn to rookie Reggie Bullock to provide some backup minutes at small forward behind starter Jared Dudley.
Rivers is high on Bullocks, who has played in seven games and averaged 3.4 minutes per game and 0.6 points on 12.5% shooting.
He has made just one of his eight field-goal attempts and missed all six of his three-pointers.
It has been a tough season so far for Barnes, who is averaging 5.9 points and 3.3 rebounds in 20.0 minutes per game.
Barnes was fined $25,000 by the NBA last week for inappropriate language he used on Twitter after being ejected from the Clippers-Oklahoma City because of a fight with Serge Ibaka.
He has played in just eight of the first 11 games because of a right thigh bruise.
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Millions of kids suffer with ear infections that many times become a chronic problem leading to ear tubes. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, three out of four children will be diagnosed with an ear infection by the age of three. Ear infections are the most common reason for childhood visits to the pediatrician. Although research shows that antibiotics are not the most effective treatment for ear infections, 96%-98% of physicians immediately treat ear infections with antibiotics. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a 'watch-and-wait-approach' based on the evidence-based research. This research indicates that antibiotics are rarely effective and actually lead to repeated ear infections. Many parents are becoming concerned with antibiotic resistance and are looking for other solutions to help with ear infections.
ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed neuro behavioral disorder in children today with 1 in 10 kids being diagnosed. This prevalence has sky rocketed over the past generation. Following diagnosis, children are commonly given a prescription for Ritalin. This medication is a schedule II controlled substance that has effects similar to both amphetamines and cocaine. As more parents are learning about the effects of medication on their children, they are looking to alternative treatments for ADHD. Pediatric chiropractic care can be an effective, natural, and very safe option for parents.
Torticollis is a condition characterized by a head to tilt to one side. In infants and children, this condition is commonly caused by intrauterine position and the birth process itself. Infants with this problem will tend to have difficulty feeding on one side and may develop plagiocephaly (see below for more information). Pediatric chiropractic care is a very effective way to resolve this problem.
Dr. Katie Sleigh, a chiropractor in Arlington Heights, IL, reports that she is often asked by parents when they should bring their child in to see a chiropractor. Infants and kids don't commonly complain of headaches or back pain, the typical symptoms that motivate adults to see a chiropractor. Many parents do bring their kids in with hopes that chiropractic care can help ailments such as torticollis, colic, bedwetting, and constipation. BUT should a parent wait until their child has those or other symptoms to have them checked?
Ear infections are common in many children and can be extremely painful for many children. Antibiotics are the conventional treatment for ear infections. However, research now shows antibiotic treatment is often times no more effective than the child's own immune system. Gentle pediatric chiropractic adjustments may help many, many kids get relief from ear infections without the use of medications or surgery. Since no parent wants to see their child suffer, we suggest you check out this video clip with a parental testimonial.
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Within the next year-and-a-half, Dana Corporation's Spicer Driveshaft Division (Toledo, OH) should be producing a variety of bi-metallic driveshafts (and potentially other structures, like engine cradles and space frames) at high volumes using magnetic-pulse welding equipment. Until this point, successful magnetic-pulse welding has been limited to small tubes with diameters measuring in the fractions of an inch; Dana's new prototype machine can magnetically weld tubes the size of a typical driveshaft—several inches in diameter. While this news might not be that shocking, as magnetic-pulse theory has been around for decades and is used for a variety of automotive applications (such as forming oil filters and welding aluminum air conditioning tubing, for example), it actually represents a huge leap forward in the technology. The result: these driveshafts may soon be saving considerable weight on the gas-sipping SUVs of the future.
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Magnetic-pulse welding isn't complicated. Take two cylindrical materials and fit them together with one material sleeved over the other. Surround this sleeve with an electrical current passing through an inductor coil, and the magnetic forces that are created will accelerate the outer material toward the inner, welding them together.
The process requires the outer material to be conductive, otherwise the magnetic force won't affect it. (This can be useful in that it is possible to weld through plastic or other non-conductive materials. For example, a metallic part can be welded to another part while still enclosed in a plastic housing without disturbing the housing.) The other necessity is that the current has to be delivered to the coil in a symmetrical fashion to create an even distribution of magnetic energy. If the magnetic force is not distributed symmetrically, unintended deformation occurs, usually jeopardizing the weld and ruining the part.
The stumbling block with magnetic-pulse welding, as far as Dana was concerned, is that it had never been optimized for larger diameter materials. The larger the material, the greater the amount of current necessary to create a magnetic force capable of accelerating the material fast enough to create a weld. Smaller diameter materials have relatively forgiving power requirements, i.e. lower amperage is much easier to control than higher amperage, specifically when it comes to switching the current. Instantaneously delivering the huge amount of current necessary to develop a symmetrical magnetic force capable of accelerating larger diameter materials was considered to be impractical, if not impossible. In the case of a four-inch diameter aluminum tube used in a driveshaft, for example, it is necessary to switch over one million amps in 100 microseconds to create the force to accelerate the tube at 900 miles per hour to produce a weld.
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This is the prototype magnetic pulse welding machine, the brainchild of Dana's Boris Yablochnikov, Ph.D., lead scientist, Advanced Design. He has been working on this technology since the 1970s, previously in the former Soviet Union, and now in conjunction with Manufacturing Technology Inc. (South Bend, IN).
To transfer the current necessary to weld a large diameter material like a driveshaft, Yablochnikov developed an integrated switch/inductor coil. "What's different about this technology," says Jim Duggan, chief engineer, Advanced Design, "is that we're able to transfer energy at a very efficient level." This efficiency is Dana's secret to making magnetic-pulse welding work for large parts. It is worth noting that Dana claims a typical magnetic-pulse weld requires approximately 100 times less energy than an equivalent MIG weld.
Beyond the technological development, Manufacturing Technology is designing the production equipment, which uses precise tooling to hold the workpiece within the coil. This allows the straightness of a driveshaft to be directly associated with the tooling. (This is not possible with MIG welding because of the deformation of the workpiece caused by adding heat.) The result is that magnetic-pulse welding produces extremely straight and even welds, which is an advantage when the shaft is balanced. As Duggan explains: "If you can hold the tube in the machine straight, the part will be straight."
Of course, throughput of a production version of the magnetic-pulse welding machine has to be comparable to that of conventional MIG welding processes. Since the machine discharges its current to produce a weld in less than one second, its cycle time is much more dependent upon the fixturing of the workpiece and the recharge time than the actual welding time. The prototype machine can recharge its capacitors in roughly 10 seconds. Since this time can be used for fixturing, Duggan says that throughput should be at least as good as that of MIG welding.
The Product
This bi-metallic driveshaft has been constructed with a different configuration than a conventional one, made possible because of the magnetic-pulse welding process. In a conventional driveshaft, it is necessary to bolt a CV joint to a companion flange from the axle or transmission. This is done because it is impossible to MIG weld a heat-treated bearing element like a CV joint. "Since the CV joints are heat-treated, any thermal welding process would destroy the hardness and distort the joint," explains Duggan.
But since the magnetic-pulse process produces no heat, it allows the CV joint to be welded directly to the aluminum tube. This means that the flanges can be eliminated, which simplifies assembly. Duggan continues: "The elimination of the flanges could be possible by connecting directly to the male spline interfaces for a weight and part count savings."
This is just one example of the advantageous use of magnetic-pulse welding for joining aluminum and steel, thereby taking advantage of aluminum's lighter weight and steel's greater strength. "Marrying these materials allows us to design specific lightweight, compact components utilizing the benefits of the materials and the process," says Duggan. And you might call that a match made in Toledo.


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Officials say details surrounding Behiel's attempted suicide at the Contra Costa County jail on March 21 will be presented by Sheriff David Livingston to a jury for deliberation, as is standard with any fatal incidents where officers are present, Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said. A "large number" of deputies were present, Lee said in March, but details about the death have not been released.
Behiel was arrested in San Ramon on weapons charges, suspicion of a probation violation and resisting arrest. He had been at the facility less than 16 hours and had not yet been issued a cell when he tried to asphyxiate himself in the busy area of the jail with multiple rooms, Lee said.
Medical staff at the jail tried to save him while fire and ambulance crews were called. He was taken to the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, where he died the next day in the intensive care unit.
An autopsy performed March 25 showed he died of asphyxia, and the coroner ruled the death a suicide, Lee said.
The inquest, which will be open to the public, will be held at 9 a.m. Oct. 10, at the A.F. Bray Courthouse in Martinez, located at 1020 Ward Street, Dept. 16, Room 2012.
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I majored in Mandarin Chinese at Rutgers University and also studied Chinese at Donghai University in Taiwan. I have excellent pronunciation, and can help you also master Mandarin pronunciation, as well as grammar, sentence structure, reading and writing, etc. Chinese is an amazing yet very difficult language. Let me help you build a great foundation for becoming fluent and expressing yourself in Chinese!
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On top of it all, he is very approachable and easy to work with. Highly recommend!
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Mastering the fundamentals is essential to language learning. I focus on building a strong foundation of accurate sounds and tones, using familiar examples to make connections stick. Step by step, we cover everyday essentials, including numbers, colors, greetings, and phrases and expressions that will help you feel confident in Chinese-speaking environments.
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Photography has been one of my main areas of focus for over ten years. I am trained in both film and digital formats and specialize in demystifying the DSLR so that you gain a good understanding of manual settings and how to use each to improve your photos.
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I've been teaching Chinese for almost 8 years and my students have gone on to develop a deep love of Chinese language, culture and more! Within the first few lessons, you'll start learning and speaking simple practical Chinese characters and sentences and as time goes on, you'll be able to write and speak Chinese fluently.I typically use worksheets, living textbooks,Chinese songs, role play and more. I love working with students of all experience levels.
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In addition, finding an opportunity where I can assist the kids, middle school and high school students and adults who love to learn Chinese college staff while maintaining my teaching proficiency in traditional or simplified Chinese characters is both welcome and rewarding to me.
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I am both patient and enthusiastic as a teacher. I speak Mandarin Chinese as my native language, and can help my students progress to a high level. Once I have determined the student's level, I work with them to help them improve according to their goals.
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I began tutoring Mandarin in January 2015. As a native speaker, I can guide you to a very high level, and help you learn to speak with a proper Chinese accent.
Please note: Online classes are available for Mandarin Chinese only. Piano lessons are only available in person.
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My daughter (K) just turned 5 but is pretty mature for her age and has expressed an interest in learning the piano so we signed up for individual lessons with Lella. At the start of class I mentioned again (I had noted it at booking time as well) that K has had zero experience with music instruction. Immediately Lella sat with K on the piano bench and started explaining treble clef sign, bass clef sign and what hands they relate to. Lella also has a thick accent as I was trying to follow along with her explanations with a little difficulty. She even asked if K speaks Chinese and I said "no" so she said "you're Indian right?" My daughter would look around from time to time while Lella was explaining at which point Lella would just keep seeing "Pay attention sweetie!" Then she asked my daughter to write the numbers 1-5 in a book and when she said she didn't know how to write the number 2, Lella laughed and said "you know, but you forgot right" so I spoke up and explained "no she has not been taught to write her numbers yet, but she can read/recognize them" to which Lella seemed very surprised, so I felt the need to say, "she's still in preschool. But if you write them she'll be able to tell you what they are." So then Lella switched to counts, explaining about the values of different notes. She asked my daughter if she had questions, to which my daughter said "I think I understand what you're saying, if it's just a circle that means four, but if it's a circle with a line..." And before she could finish her thought Lella said "no that's not a line, it's a stem". At another point when Lella asked if she had any questions, my daughter slowly said "yes... what's velour?" And when Lella looked confused I had to step in and explain that Lella was saying "value", the amount of counts for a note. By the end of the half hour lesson, Lella had reached her explanation of middle C, which she described to my daughter saying "this is middle C because it's in the middle, there are two black keys, then on the left is C. Can you find another one?" When K didn't respond right away, she repeated herself, and again another time. So I said "she really has had no previous music experience, I think you need to even explain to her that those are called keys, like there are black keys, white keys..." And Lella just looked at me confused.
At the end of the lesson I agreed to buy the theory book so we can practice that at home, and Lella asked if I can sit in on the next lesson to help explain things to my daughter, because she "doesn't really focus". I agreed to sit in on the lesson, for my own benefit so I can help her with HW since I also don't have music experience. But I also mentioned to Lella that her accent is quite strong and I think my daughter was having trouble understanding her, and Lella seemed surprised by that comment.
I don't know... it says on Lella's profile that she has worked with young kids but I can't really see how the class was any different from how she would teach me, an adult with no prior music experience.
Oh! I forgot to mention something so basic - when we met Lella she thought I was someone else so I re-introduced myself and introduced my daughter. Then as we were saying goodbye at the end of class I realized Lella had never introduced herself to my daughter, so I asked "oh, what would you like K to call you, Ms. Li, or Lella? Ms. Lella?" She said Lella was fine so I turned to K and said "Tell Lella bye K." It just hit me, I mean that's something about creating a relationship with a young student. Speaking to them directly, making that connection. Lella was really smiley which gave the impression she was friendly but she never really made a connection with K who is the student, not me.
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会说中文吗?I painstakingly studied every day while living in Shanghai, and after three years I was able to pass the HSK4. I love the strange tones, the inflections, the writing, the reading, all of it. I have plenty of materials to help students study each character and put together the strange grammar.
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I love learning languages in my spare time and practicing when I can. When I'm not looking a bit silly doing that, I'm usually reading, at a baseball game, hiking, or hanging out with friends. I keep active, making sure to run or climb a mountain when I can. However, it's equally as strong as my love for foods of all kinds.
I really look forward to getting to work with you and helping you with whatever I can!
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I play the banjo, do all forms of arts, and have a never-dying crave for traveling. I lived in Brazil and Finland for a little while. I have a talent in learning new languages and am passionate about teaching them.
I have taught Chinese to people of all age. I specialize in teaching listening and speaking. If you would like to take lessons with me in person, then I am good at teaching reading and writing as well. My strength is in my patience for my students. I understand that learning a new language, especially Chinese, is not an overnight progress. As a language learner myself, I emphasize with the frustration, yet the excitement of learning the language and the cultu
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The textbook and workbook she had me get have been helpful, and I've been supplementing by practicing on my own using Duolingo. I think the combination has been really effective for learning the language. Yuexin has been great for correcting my pronunciation and teaching me how native speakers would actually speak and write.
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I am also a chinese poet and song writer. Can teach from basic to advanced.
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1. Played flute for > 20 years.
2. Have >6 years of teaching students. Interest driven study.
3. Have abundant knowledge in flute, guitar and other instrument of multiple genres.
4. As a Chinese, I speak mandarin/English and can teach chinese bamboo flute and traditional chinese pipes like Xiao, and Dizi.
5. I love kids and I am very patient.
6. I am also an independent music producer, having original flute music can apply my techniques in studio to facilitate flute teaching( for online only).
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Sam can do both in-home and online lessons. The in-home lessons are great, no need to travel.
Overall Sam is a great teach and very affordable.
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Grew up in America (born in Taiwan) for over 13 years and native speaker of both English and Mandardin Chinese.
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I enjoy tutoring (doing it ever since I was in high school for my classmates) and helping other overcome problems that I have encountered myself because it enhances my own understanding and makes me happy that my self-studying is helping others. Sometimes, my students even bring up alternative ways of thinking that I have never thought of before!
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I am from China. Both Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese Chinese are my native languages. Want to learn Chinese? Speak Chinese fast and easily? Learn how to read and write Chinese characters? Get to know the Chinese culture, customs and traditions? Let's get started!
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I graduated from University of International Business and Economics in Beijing China and received a Bachelor's degree in Management.
I worked for a Fortune 500 global technology company for nine and a half years. I have been working as a lead teacher at a child care center in the United States since 2016, supervising and engaging children in age appropriate activities between Newborn and 12 year old classrooms.
I have worked with students both individually and in groups to help them learn to process new content and improve study habits. I utilize various teaching materials and approaches to suit the student's level of understanding the subject. Adjust to
I am patient and have a sincere love for teaching Chinese. I am flexible. I truly care about your progress and will be available for out-of-class queries.
I look forward to meeting you! :)
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My name is Junling and I'm a native Chinese. For the last two decades I have moved seamlessly between East and West, and understand both China and the U.S. very well.
I worked for Chinese biggest national TV station as a reporter and producer for 5 years. After that, I was researcher and translator for Fortune magazine and Time magazine. My previous job was media relation manager at American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.
I have very good interpersonal and communications skills in both English and Chinese.
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I worked for Chinese biggest national TV station as a reporter and producer for 5 years. After that, I was researcher and translator for Fortune magazine and Time magazine. My previous job was media relation manager at American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.
I have very good interpersonal and communications skills in both English and Chinese.
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