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Michael McGee | 10/10/2013, 10:06 a.m.
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What can we do about it? How is this my problem? Why doesn't she leave him?
These are questions bystanders sometimes ask when they discover those around them are dealing with domestic or sexual violence.
Over the last few years, men have been called upon to step forward and do their part to end sexual violence and domestic abuse. The yearly Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event, held Sept. 28 in University Park, was a moment for local men to show their support for the cause.
At the event – the third year in a row for Dallas County – female footwear served as an entertaining focal point for men to join in the dialogue. "The guys" gathered to walk a mile in Liz Claiborne or Prada heels in an attempt to get the message out about prevention and healing. Cara Leman, the chairman for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes for Dallas County, emphasized that males have a place in the fight.
"This is really to engage men in also being part of the solution to ending sexual violence," she said. "It's not just something that women can do to solve. We have to come together. So this is a really fun and enthusiastic way to get them to realize that, 'Hey, we can all be part of the solution, and come on board as well.'"
Don Walters, board director of The Turning Point Rape Crisis Center of Collin County, was one of those men who walked the long trek as he took to the streets dressed as Batman. He pointed out that, in today's cyber world, a community event such as the Walk a Mile campaign still has a place.
"That's important because you have actual interaction with people. You're not just sitting at a computer, texting one another, just e-mail, or Facebook, or Instagram. You're actually connecting with people," he said. "You really don't understand what somebody's going through or what these situations are unless you've got that human interaction going on."
Although statistics show over and over that women are the most common victims of sexual violence, Melissa Reilly, chairperson of the Dallas County Sexual Assault Coalition, commented on the changing definition, perpetrators and victims of such a crime.
"I think there's a lot more awareness that it's not 'date rape,'" she said. "It's not a stranger walking down the street. It can be somebody that you know, a family member, relative, boyfriend, girlfriend, ex-, partner. It doesn't matter. It can happen to anyone and anyone can be a perpetrator,"
Local crime data supports Reilly's claim. According to the website for The Family Place, in 2011 the Dallas Police Department Family Violence Unit reported 13,733 family violence calls resulting in 1,239 aggravated assaults, 16 murders, 11,529 assaults, 127 offenses against children, 66 rapes and 632 other related offenses. The recent alleged sexual assaults in the Fair Park area also underscore another aspect of the issue.
Leman acknowledged that the problem is even more widespread as some victims have gotten overlooked at times.


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May 10, 2013
The College of Music and Fine Arts at Loyola University New Orleans will host two jazz camps this summer.
The annual Loyola Summer Jazz Band Camp runs June 16-20. The program provides opportunities for students to increase their skills, understanding and appreciation of jazz by working closely with the Loyola jazz faculty for masterclasses, private lessons, improvisation and combinations with different instruments. Students also have the opportunity to attend evening concerts featuring Loyola faculty members and special guests.
The camp is open to non-beginners who have completed the grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 and who play piano, bass, guitar, drums, brass, woodwind or string instruments. Tuition is $200 for commuting students or $340 for students who also require room and board. The registration deadline is May 17. For more information, contact Loyola's Coordinator of Jazz Studies John Mahoney at 504-865-2164.
The 19th annual Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp, slated for July 1-19, offers intense music education classes to young student musicians between the ages of 10 and 21 years old. Students must be actively involved in a music education program in school or through private instruction. To qualify, students must also have a minimum of two years music study experience.
The camp features guest artists-in-residence Kevin Eubanks and Norma Miller. Eubanks, an American jazz and fusion guitarist and composer, was the leader of Jay Leno's The Tonight Show Band from 1995 to 2010. Miller is an American swing dancer whose lengthy career has included collaborations with a variety of performers and musicians, including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, among others. More information on "Satchmo" camp offerings, auditions and fees is available online or by calling 504-715-9295.
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SANFORD — A newly formed flight training company plans to offer multiengine flight training at the Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport.
By a vote of 5 to 1, Sanford City Councilors agreed, at their Jan. 22 meeting, to enter into a five-year operating rights agreement with Dash Aviation, LLC. Councilor Alan Walsh cast the dissenting vote.
Under the agreement, the company will pay a Specialized Aviation Service Operator (SASO) fee of
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Dash Aviation, LLC, is operated by Jake P. Speidel, an airline pilot with a privately owned aircraft based at the Sanford airport. The company proposes to offer a packaged flight training curriculum that consists of a combination of ground school, time in a flight simulator, and time in a newly acquired twin-engine aircraft. It is a service not currently available at Sanford or at nearby airports, according to Sanford Airport Manager Dana Parry. Successful completion of the course and an endorsement by the instructor pilot will allow the multiengine applicant to schedule a check-ride with an FAA Examiner, Parry said in a memo recommending approval of the contract. The multiengine rating is an important steppingstone for pilots seeking to fly a twin-engine aircraft for personal use or to acquire the qualifications for a commercial aviation career, Parry said.
During a discussion of the proposed agreement, some councilors objected to the $542 per year fee.
"I think the taxpayers of Sanford should get more than $542 a year for the investment we have made [in the airport]," said Walsh.
Councilor Brad Littlefield agreed with Walsh and suggested that Sanford look at what other, similar airports charge for the same operating rights.
Parry said the amount was comparable to what other airports receive, or even a bit more. He pointed out that the company would also be buying fuel from the fixed-base operator at the Sanford airport and would be leasing hangar space and office space. He also pointed out that the SASO fee is consistent with the fee imposed on similar flight training operations at Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport.
Parry said Dash Aviation plans to solicit students both locally and nationally and pointed out that the company would also bring more people to area restaurants and other area businesses.


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If you go into the store without a shopping list, you're more likely to impulse shop. Unnecessary items only add to your grocery bill, and usually not your meals. So make sure you have a complete shopping list, including the snacks and drinks you'll be buying. Try to stay on track and avoid the displays at the end of aisles. They usually have great sale items, like tortilla shells, but are displayed with full-price items, like taco sauce, seasoning, chips, and salsa, that you might feel compelled to buy to complete your taco dinner.
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Jenny Martin, coupon whiz and creator of Southern Savers, a Web site dedicated to couponing, believes that you should never buy an item at full price. With the constant flow of coupons, sales, and discounts, you should only buy an item at its "rock-bottom low price." "It's a learning process," she says, "but once you buy a jar of pickles for 10 cents, you'll never be able to go back to full price."
Start off by collecting coupons. 88% of coupons are in the Sunday paper, and since no other days have coupons, start your search there. You can also find printable coupons online at RedPlum, SmartSource.com, and Coupons.com. If you call a manufacturer and say you'd like to try a product and would like a coupon, they will sometimes send one to you. Also, sign up for store and manufacturer newsletters and check their Web sites for coupons.
Once you collect your coupons, you can go ahead and use one on an item you need right away, but the trick to saving the most money is to double up your coupons, or even triple up, and use them when the item goes on sale. Most stores will allow you to combine a store coupon with a manufacturer coupon. This way you'll be able to purchase the items at their "rock-bottom low price."
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Most of the time the only difference between brand-name products and store-brand products at the grocery store is the packaging. Look beyond the label and compare the ingredients. You'll find that most of the time the ingredients are the same, but the price is different. So don't just grab the brand you recognize. Do a little research to find the best deal for practically the exact same thing.
4. Eat Healthier
By simply reducing your portions you can save a lot of money. Start by using a salad plate as your dinner plate. There's a greater tendency to serve larger portions on bigger plates because of the empty space. Once you get used to the portion sizes of the smaller plate, you'll then know how much you need to buy at the grocery store. The USDA recommends that a serving of meat should be 2 to 3 ounces, or the size of a deck of cards. A serving of fruit or vegetables should be the size of your fist, and a serving of rice should be the size of a cupcake wrapper. Keep this in mind when purchasing your groceries.
Don't buy calorie-packed food that has little nutritional value. Stick to foods that will fill you up but aren't loaded with sugars such as sodas and bakery items. Fruits and vegetables are full of fiber and water, which will keep you full, but won't add many calories. Beans are another great option because of their fiber content.
5. Buy Produce In Season
While blueberries make for a delicious addition to yogurt and cereals, and squash would be an easy side to whip up for a weeknight meal, they aren't always in season. Buying produce out of season is much more expensive because of the greater cost and effort in production. Determine what produce is in season and buy accordingly.
6. Don't Always Buy Fresh Produce
When produce is out of season, buy it frozen, canned, or dried. It usually costs less than fresh produce and has the same nutritional value. While fresh produce usually loses some of its nutritional value in transit, vegetables, for example, are frozen at their peak of ripeness when they have the greatest nutritional value.
7. Buy "Must-Go" Foods
Don't mistake these discounted "must-go" foods as expired food. Grocery stores usually mark down dairy products, baked goods, produce and meat as they get close to their sell-by date, not after they have reached that date. These discounted items are still perfectly safe for you to purchase. Ask your store when they mark down these items and you can plan your produce shopping in advance.
8. Check Unit Prices
Just because a product is cheaper doesn't always mean you're getting the best value. Check the unit prices (the cost per ounce or per pound) when comparing products to see if you're getting the best value. If the unit price is not listed, simply divide the total cost by the number of units.
9. Watch the Register
Prices are constantly changing at the grocery store. Diligently watch the register to make sure you're getting the advertised price for each item. Policies vary, but some stores will give you an additional discount or even give you the item for free if there is a pricing error.
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Growing your own produce can really help you save money at the grocery store. Take herbs, for example. A pack of herbs from the grocery store can cost anywhere from $3 to $6 and you can use the pack for one, maybe two meals. Potted herbs, on the other hand, cost from $2.50 to $4 and they last for about eight months.


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The Mission US game combines serious scholarship in American history with compelling and engaging gameplay and art direction, giving players a chance to experience history through first-person characters who must navigate events and periods central to the nation. On April 23, 2014, at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, the 2014 Games for Change Festival honored the latest installment in the multi-part game, Mission US: Cheyenne Odyssey, co-produced by WNET/Thirteen,American Social History Project and Electric Funstuff, with its Most Significant Impact Award. The award, selected by a panel of experts from the academia, the gaming industry and philanthropy, is given to video games targeted at specific social issues with proven actions and outcomes.
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– WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair will be appearing with his daughter, NXT Diva Charlotte, at the February 24th NXT live event from Melbourne, Florida at the Melbourne Auditorium.
– Speaking of Flair, The Nature Boy texted WrestleNewz.com earlier this week with an update on his condition, having flown back to the U.S. from Japan due to an apparent blood clot.
"Thank you for your concern," he texted. "I made it back, and I'm now in San Fran. My leg is hurt with a condition called septic bursitis. Ouch!"
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tdol, thanks for a very good link It is really useful. Thanks again
If you are teaching English as a Second Language in an English speaking country, then teaching your learners their new culture is very important. If learners are to fit in and become productive members of their new society, they must understand the cultural mores of the place.
I teach in a very multi- cultural high school in a Toronto suburb, and teaching our students their new culture is paramount to their learning experience. They need to know how things are done - from the most mundane - to understand how to function in a place so very different from the one they have come from.
Now, I do not know which English culture you would teach if you are teaching English in your own country, as culture varies greatly from England to the US to Australia to South Africa, to give a few examples. Is there even a common English culture to really speak of?
In my opinion, teaching culture is also as important as teaching English. The leaner should be supplied the knowledge of culture of the language they study. why?. Because for each sentence the native speakers speak, they are in a certain situation. So the learner will not understand why the foreigners say so and why it is completely different from their culture.
for example:
in English, if you make an unintended touch, you say sorry
but in Viet Name, people usually smile and say nothing
There are certainly enough differences to raise the question.Originally Posted by Kas55
I agree about the Vietnamese example, but there are so many English cultures around the world. What might be acceptable in say, Britain, might not be in say, New Zealand. If you decide on British culture, then you will have to teach your students that one and hope that it will serve them well wherever they may travel or live. Also, remember that humour is very different in each English -speaking country too.
i agree there are many aspects of British cultures. But not most of them are quite different from other countries' culture.
for example: in English: die= pass away. in My country, people also use the same word.
Moreover, Student can induce some,
We can't teach all culture but we can teach what is highlight and connected to our lessons.
You are quite right. The basics of English culture are probably all the same, but if you would go to Australia, for example, you would find words and expressions being used quite differently from those in Canada.
Just to give you an idea - do you know what a 'doona' is? Well, in Australia, it's a duvet and a 'dunnie' is a toilet. The bottom line is, that your students must be made aware of the fact that colloquial expressions and slang in each English speaking country can be very different, and that even the accents can pose a problem in understanding.
I am a native English speaker and I have lived in a few English- speaking countries in my life, and I can tell you that sometimes I barely understood a word of telephone conversation in Australia!!
I understand what you are thinking of. but you see, you can't teach completely the British culture , in general, or any kind of culture. the students can get experience outside the class. As i said, we should teach what is connected to our lessons
in fact, the culture is once experienced by students, they behave or speak in right situations.
except for special classes open for culture purpose, for example, people want to immigrant to a country
I understand where you are coming from, but I still do not think you can ever separate teaching language from culture. They should always be taught interactively if your students are to be truly proficient and comfortable in the target language. Naturally, they will only pick up the culture of a country when they are living there, but you still need to teach customs etc in the ESL classroom. Knowing just the grammar and how to speak the language will not suffice once they find themselves in an English - speaking country for any length of time. Sure, they may know how to ask directions, even how to order in a restaurant or understand a doctor, but will they know which piece of cutlery to use, how to greet a woman, how to conduct themselves in social business gatherings etc etc?
When I learned French, I also learned French culture, and I can't even begin to tell you what a help that was.


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There are certain aspects of building a race car or fast street car that directly affect the car's performance, like the engine, transmission, and rear gear. But there are other aspects that affect the car in a more indirect way. Parts like lightweight wheels and fiberglass body components can help make a car quicker by shaving pounds from the vehicle. But other items like aftermarket axles, a driveshaft loop, and frame connectors actually add weight to a vehicle. Parts that add weight to a car are often necessary in the interest of safety, or required by racing sanctioning bodies, but some of these parts, like subframe connectors, offer benefits that "outweigh" (no pun intended) the pounds they add to the vehicle.
If you're a regular reader or subscribe to Mopar Muscle, you've likely been following along as we put together a '64 Dodge Polara, that will first be used as a fun street/strip car, and then evolve into a dedicated drag car. Eventually, our Dodge will compete in the Nostalgia Super Stock class of drag racing, and perhaps even run in the Nostalgia FX classes if we get the car to run single-digit elapsed times. So far this has been a fun project, and we're building the car like many of our readers would, by getting it running and driving, then upgrading the car as we have fun with it.
When we purchased this Dodge, it was somewhat of a basket case, but through hard work we've put it back together, adding high-performance suspension components from Calvert Racing, disc brakes from Wilwood, and differential components from Strange Engineering. We've also installed a powerful big-block, topped with Indy 440-1 cylinder heads and a race-prepped 727 transmission, so our Dodge should have enough power to run respectable elapsed times at the track. Expecting hard launches from our high-torque engine, we knew we would need to stiffen the chassis of our Dodge, and the best way to accomplish this goal is with subframe connectors.
Nearly all Mopar muscle cars are built with a unit-body (commonly called unibody) construction method. Instead of building the car with a separate frame, and then attaching the body to the frame, unibody construction actually incorporates the frame and body together as one structure. This construction method simplifies work on the assembly line and makes total vehicle weight lighter, but the downside is a sacrifice in chassis stiffness and rigidity.
When used in a high-performance street or racing application, unibody cars can flex and distort, causing chassis misalignment or even worse — wrinkled or cracked sheetmetal. Early Mopars like our '64 are even more prone to damage, since they are manufactured from thinner metal in the floors and frames than later Mopars. In fact, most hardtop models like our Dodge, flex enough that the body gaps will grow when on the car lift, and you might even notice the doors don't open or shut the same when the car is on a lift or jacks. Body flex such as this is counter-productive to handling or straight line performance, and needs to be corrected not just so the car performs better, but also in the interest of safety and durability of the vehicle.

Installing subframe connectors is the most common way to improve chassis stiffness in unibody cars, but most sub-frame connectors only connect the car at the front and rear frame areas. When researching connectors for our car, we found that U.S. Car Tool offers subframe connectors that are different from others. The U.S. Car Tool connectors don't just tie the subframes together at the front and rear, but are laser cut to follow the contour of the car's floor, allowing the top of each connector to be welded in place at multiple areas along the floor of the car. This type of subframe connector uses the car's floor to form the "box" of the connector, and also allows the car's floor and upper structure to complement the extra stiffening offered by the connector. The end result is a chassis that is far less prone to flexing under the high loads imposed by a big engine or aggressive driving.
U.S. Car Tool offers a variety of products for Mopars, as well as the tools and equipment used during a restoration or car build. Their subframe connectors are designed specifically for the various body styles of Mopars, including early B-Bodies like ours. Instead of being manufactured from standard rectangular or round tubing, the U.S. Car Tool subframe connectors are formed in a U-shape, with the upper edge of each side laser cut to follow the car's floorboards. While this manufacturing style does add a little to the installation time, the end result is a connector that is attached to the car at the front and rear subframes, as well as along the entire upper surface of the connector. This type of manufacturing not only provides a stiffer chassis, but these connectors are lighter than conventional connectors since less material is used for their construction.
We ordered our connectors from U.S. Car Tool, and had them at our shop in just a few days. Our initial impression of these products was favorable, and they were professionally packed in a way that prevented damage during shipping. Trial fitting the connectors, we found them to fit nicely between the subframes of our Dodge, and also follow the contours of our stock floorboards. Of course if your car's floors have been replaced, these connectors will only fit as well as the new floor panels since they were designed using a stock car as a template.

Even with stock floorboards, we did need to knock down a few high spots on each connector, and had to push the floor down slightly from inside the car to make contact in a couple of areas. This is not the fault of the frame connector, but rather the tolerances of manufacturing, and a nearly 50-year-old car that has seen its share of street use. Using a floor jack to hold the connector in place, we marked the high spots on the frame connectors and traced the connectors on the floorboards to show where they would mount.
After removing the front seat and carpet (to prevent fire, right Randy?) we put the car on a lift and used a propane torch and scraper to remove the undercoating from the car's floors where the connectors would be welded in place. After removing the undercoating, we used a sanding disc to remove the paint and any remaining undercoating, exposing the bare metal of the floors for welding. With this accomplished, a grinder was used to knock the high spots off the frame connectors. Test fitting the connectors multiple times and making minor tweaks is the best way to ensure a tight fit, and within little time, we had our connectors properly fitted and ready for welding.
To weld the connectors in place, the car's weight should be on the wheels. To accomplish this and to give ourselves enough room for welding, we placed jackstands under the rear differential housing and the lower control arms to support the car. Once we had the connectors welded in multiple locations at the front, back, and along the floor, the car can be lifted again for finish welding. We "stitch" welded the connectors along the floorboards, welding one-inch sections at a time, working back and forth along both connectors until they were welded along 75 percent of the floor area. It is impossible to weld 100 percent of the area where the floor meets the connector, but just weld as much as you can, and at least 50 percent is recommended.
All told, it took the better part of a day to install our connectors, and after welding and painting the connectors, they look as if they were installed by the factory. Even better, when the car is on the lift, body flex is minimal, the doors open and shut properly, and body panel gaps remain consistent. We can't wait to get our car to the track and really put the frame connectors to the test. Along with the rollcage we eventually plan to install in our Dodge, these connectors will brace and stiffen our car's chassis to handle all the power our big-block can put out. Check out future issues of Mopar Muscle as we get our '64 Dodge to the track for testing! mm

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Materials and Cutting
Designer: Fiber Mosaics
From Quilting Ideas, 2001
Materials for Pinwheels Quilt
7--5/8-yard pieces of assorted bright prints for blocks and binding
4--2/3-yard pieces of assorted bright florals for borders and binding
5-1/4 yards of muslin for blocks and borders
7-1/4 yards of backing fabric
86x101" quilt batting
Finished quilt top: 80x95"
Finished block: 5" square
Quantities specified for 44/45"-wide, 100% cotton fabrics. All measurements include a 1/4" seam allowance unless otherwise stated. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated.
Cut the Fabrics
To make the best use of your fabrics, cut the pieces in the order that follows.
From each assorted bright print, cut:
4--3-3/8x42" strips
2--2-1/2x20" binding strips
From each assorted bright floral, cut:
5--3-3/8x42" strips
2--2-1/2x20" binding strips
From muslin, cut:
28--3-3/8x42" strips
24--3x42" strips for borders


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Leonardo DiCaprio oversees auction to fund green campaigns
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO is teaming up with a top auction house to sell off an impressive collection of art to raise funds for conservation causes.
The Titanic actor will work with staff at Christie's in New York for The 11th Hour Auction, which includes 33 works by the likes of Banksy, Peter Beard and Julian Schnabel.
The money raised by the sale will fund innovative conservation projects chosen by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and an expert panel of environmentalists.
In statement on his official website, the star writes, "My Foundation has worked on environmental issues since 1998, and despite the great efforts by organizations all over the world, our planet is in trouble. The modern world is placing enormous pressure on the very natural systems that sustain us; we are destroying our forests, polluting the air and water, over fishing our oceans and facing overwhelming extinction rates of plants and animals. Nature is abundant and it is resilient, but we have to take action now to protect our planet before it's too late. Given that less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to environmental conservation projects, we are grateful that Christie's and the participating artists are providing this incredible opportunity."
The auction will take place at Christie's in New York on Monday (13May13).


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Rolling vineyards amidst majestic mountains: a visit to the Cape wine country ensures a breathtaking experience. This is where the Cape wines originate. The Mediterranean climate is ideal for various types of grape such as chenin blanc, chardonnay and of course, pinotage, the national grape. You can sample these delicious Cape wines in characteristic Dutch estates near Cape Town.
There are various routes to the most famous wine regions: Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Paarl and Constantia. A tour through Wynland is a journey through the rich history of the Cape. On 2 February 1659, Jan van Riebeeck wrote: 'Today – God be praised – wine pressed for the first time from Cape Grapes!' As the founder of the Cape trade post, he planted the first vines to provide exhausted sailors with wine. What's more, the wine turned out to be an excellent remedy for scabies as well! Nowadays, Cape wine production is flourishing with some 400 million litres of wine bottled each year.
"Napoleon ordered the legendary Vin de Constance when he was exiled on the island of St. Helena."


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Former Clinton and Bush Cabinet Members, Now Oil and Gas Lobbyists, Expect Keystone XL Green LightRead time: 4 mins
Steve Horn | November 17, 2012
By Steve Horn • Saturday, November 17, 2012 - 12:21
The Tar Sands Blockade of TransCanada Corporation's "Keystone XL South" continues in Texas, but former members of the Clinton and George W. Bush cabinets believe the northern half will soon be green-lighted by President Barack Obama.
In a Nov. 13 conference call led by the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), an oil and gas industry front group, CEA Counsel John Northington said he believes a "Keystone XL North" rubber stamp is in the works by the Obama Administration.
"I think the Keystone will be approved in fairly short order by the administration," Northington said on the call.
Northington has worn many hats during his long career:
[He] served in the Clinton Administration at the Department of the Interior as Senior Advisor to the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. Mr. Northington also served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management with energy policy responsibility for the former Minerals Management Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Mr. Northington began his government service at the Department of Energy, where he served as White House Liaison, Chief of Staff for the Office of Fossil Energy and Senior Advisor for Oil and Natural Gas Policy.
After his tenure working for the Clinton Administration, he walked through the revolving door and became a lobbyist, representing many clients over the past decade, including the oil and gas industry. Northington has represented ExxonMobil, Devon Energy, CONSOL Energy, and Statoil. ExxonMobil, Devon and Statoil all have a major stake in the tar sands.


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|A Clockwork Orange
|Tuesday, 12 June 2001
The notion of gangs of teenaged boys who recreationally commit home invasions, raping and maiming, only to return innocent-faced to unaware parents seems more like real life than fiction these days. Still, Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his droogs (that's "friends") have a unique style, what with their penchant for narcotic-spiked milk, sparkling clean white outfits and black bowler hats. Alex loves both Beethoven and show tunes: he sings and dances to "Singing in the Rain" while raping a woman and battering her husband -- all part of a typical "fun" night out. When Alex is finally caught and sentenced to prison, he sees a way out by volunteering for an experimental cure that buys his freedom at the cost of his free will. Alex's violent, sadistic impulses now make him sick -- and defenseless against the violence of others.
Director/scenarist Stanley Kubrick often seemed to view characters as symbols rather than people (taken to an extreme in '2001'), but he changes the rules for Alex. McDowell as Alex is like an evil elf, drawing us in with his friendly, sympathy-craving narration, taking a tone that's a polar opposite to the brutality of his actions. Kubrick -- and the splendid McDowell -- toss us back and forth from being momentarily charmed to absolutely horrified to pitying Alex against our will, involving us emotionally as well as intellectually. We're fascinated from the start of Chapter 2, when Alex's smirking, asymmetrically made-up face fills the screen. As the shot gradually pulls back to include Alex's body, then his friends, then the bar that they're in, Kubrick gives us the sense that Alex's environment is an extension of the character.
While there are a few small white spots that appear on the print, most notably in Chapters 2 and 8, the colors here are vivid and the images sharp. Chapter 9 has a couple of shots (facing an open, daylit window) that look a little washed out, but this may be due entirely to the original lighting. Chapter 4 has enormous clarity in its whites, blacks and blue shadows and the hues are especially rich in Chapter 12 as Alex and his mates fall to quarreling.
Although the soundtrack is in mono, the sound mix is clean and distinct. Screams and classical music (a recurring mixture here) co-exist boldly, neither compromising the other. The echoing ambience of the large spaces Kubrick favors is preserved with integrity and Chapter 30, which relies on a character hearing a song from the floor above through his ceiling, gives us the sense of sound transcending a physical barrier without muffling or distortion. Only in Chapter 13 does the sound briefly lose its punch.
Many filmmakers have tried to invent mythologies that impose themselves on the consciousness of the viewer. With 'Clockwork Orange,' director Kubrick, author Burgess and actor McDowell create a reality onscreen that is saddening yet utterly compelling and cohesive.


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Thanksgiving in Morocco, Peace Corps style
"La." (no).
"But, but… Welican, l'rajl mn bed tkellm…" (But the gentleman last evening said…)
I couldn't believe it. I had arranged this. More importantly, I had my tutor arrange this in the Berber language the day before so there would be no misunderstanding. With my language skills, who knows, but Idris did this. I was there.
"Welican…" (but), I say in Arabic.
Perplexed, I stand at the bakers counter with my beautifully prepared bird, waiting for it to be put it in the public oven.
"La," said the baker.
My bird, sitting pretty in its shiny new pan, is being denied its Thanksgiving purpose.
I am a Peace Corps Volunteer, living in Morocco; my training group of 64 and I have been here for 15 months, we have one more year to go. The year before, we spent out first Thanksgiving away from our friends and families as a group, in Fez. Last year, Morocco was still new, the adventure exciting, and the pleasure of seeing everyone again plus the ceremony of officially swearing in as Volunteers made the emptiness of being away from our loved ones bearable. This year is the first, and only year we will spend Thanksgiving in our sites, our new communities, our homes. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, a holiday without marketing influences, and the focus is a lovely meal amongst close friends and family. It is hard not to be melancholy when for the second time in as many years I am away from those closest to me so I arrange to host the volunteers in my region and we are going to have a big, family Thanksgiving. Everyone is excited. We divvy up the food responsibilities and everyone makes their arrangements. We make some accommodations: Thanksgiving will be on Saturday, but that is what Peace Corps is all about, making it work.
My responsibility is the bird. Two days earlier I had gone to the edge of town to purchase my fare. I chose him from a nice congregation of happy white birds frolicking in the pen. Little did they know an American was near and it was the end of November. The man asked me if I wanted a big one or a small; I said in between. Combining Americans and Moroccans for Thanksgiving, I was expecting 18 for dinner. He showed me a bibi (turkey in Arabic) and thinking the feathers make the bird look bigger, I thought he a good selection. I asked him if he would be our dinner. The bird agreed. He was placed on the guys moped, I in my friend's car, and we went to his hanut (shop) where the bird was prepared. As they plucked the feathers from our soon to be Thanksgiving pride, the bird wasn't getting any smaller. Completed and done, they put my beast on the scale. 11 kilo's! Nearly 25 pounds! He was a joyful bird, and a big one!
Turkey is a food that is enjoyed in Morocco however, from what I have seen, the food is generally prepared traditionally, either in tagine or couscous. A tagine is a one-dish meal of meat, fish or poultry that is slowly cooked on a fire in a covered terracotta pot. Couscous is flour rolled into tiny balls and steamed in a pot over cooking vegetables. The traditional eating method is with your right hand, so, in the case where meat is a part of the meal, the meat has been cut into smaller bits so that the meat can be broken up with your fingers while eating. Therefore, the concept of putting a whole 25lb bird into an oven is rather alien. In fact, like most people in my town, I didn't have an oven that would hold a 5 lb bird mush less a 25lb one. My oven, which is the common purchase in my town, looks like a toaster over. Many people use the public ovens, daily, because they don't own an oven at all. So, the day after I purchased this beast, a beast where I needed to take a rack out of my refrigerator so that it would fit, I accosted Idris, my language tutor, and dragged him to the nearest public oven, a fascinating large wood fueled mud dome where the bread is cooked next to the fire, and had Idris discuss the cooking needs of this creature with the manager. The manager listened and agreed to my request to have the bird cooked there; I was to return in the morning.
I now stand at that same counter, my bird proud in it's pan, and the manager we spoke with the evening before is nowhere to be seen.
"La," the morning manager says. He tells me there would be no room for the neighbor's bread if my bird was in the oven. He does have a point, but now my bibi, lathered in butter and stuffed with bread bits, has nowhere to go. My Thanksgiving is threatened.
I return home where my fellow Peace Corps Volunteers, Anny, Megan, Mahri and Matthew are busy preparing our feast. I tell my tale and I leave the bird behind to search out a new public oven. I go to ask my favorite bread seller. The opening of his oven is too small but he knows one that is bigger. I go to another, and another and everyone advises me to go to this same place. I return to retrieve the bird and Matthew, bless his heart, comes with me, carrying our prize. We navigate through the maze of cobblestoned streets asking people where this baker is. 'It's close, it's close', everyone says however it may be close when carrying a loaf of bread but not while carrying 25 pounds of turkey dinner. Matthew, a darling, 5'6" slight young man of 24 with the slim body of a dancer yet strong as the son of a Minnesota fireman would be, is taking baby baby steps, arms stiff with strain as we round the bend. Matthew's arms disintegrate as we reach the counter of our destination and bird meets the counter with rather large bang. "Salam Alikum," I say in the traditional greeting, trying to act like I do this everyday. "Walikum salam," this new baker replies with skeptism. We speak, he inspects the bird, "La," he says, shaking his head. His oven doors are too small.
I call a Moroccan friend, Abderrahmane, who suggests we go to his mothers. Matthew looks at me in panic at the thought of carrying this thing any further so I rush home to retrieve my bike. Megan returns with me and placing the bird on the bike, Megan and I cross-town while Matthew goes home to prepare his grandmother's potato salad. We continue through the twists and turns of the old town, I, on one side wearing my now signature straw hat, a familiar site in the community, holding the bird and a bike handle and Megan, with her bright red curly Irish hair, holding the bird from the other side. Even in Morocco, a fully dressed fully exposed bird on a bike is unusual so everyone we encounter stops to ask what we are doing. We tell them about Thanksgiving, we tell them about our quandary, and, of course, everyone recommends the same public oven, the last oven we had just visited that was too small.
We arrive at Abderrahmane's mother's house and as is anywhere in the world, mother's in Morocco are great… Hadisha opens the door and greets us as though people come to her house every day with fully dressed birds on their bike to place in her oven. As Mother's are the same world wide, so are sons. Abderrahmane did not tell his mother we were coming. We discuss our plight, she laughs and giggles and agrees to help. We inspect the oven, it may work. She opens the doors, and, drum roll please, it fits! Humdullah! (Glory be to God). We tell her we will return every 20 minutes or so to baste the creature and relieved that we will have our meal, leave to finish our last minute errands.
As we complete our shopping, Matthew calls to tell me my neighbor, Latifa has also come up with a solution. Latifa, a remarkable literate woman of around 40 who married in her late 20's for love has somehow carried her big, 5' x 2 ½' very archaic heavy metal propane gas oven, essentially a 2½' x 2' box with a shelf on the bottom for the gas container, no temperature control, just fire, an article that resembled something the French left behind many years before, into my garden. Everyone thinks it will work. The thought of having to bring a hot, fully cooked bird back on parade led Megan and I to a quick decision: retrieve the bird and bring him back home. Abderrahmane's mother is shocked and somewhat disappointed she will not be a part of the day's entertainment and tries to convince us that her oven is the best alternative but when we open the door to baste the turkey, we find the bird on fire! It is too close to the flame.
I react immediately and use Hadisha's lovely clean white dishtowel that happens to be in my hand to beat the flames (and bird!) till they are out. I place our wayward feast back on the bike, and hand Hadisha her now charred and filthy dishtowel. "Thank you," I say as I struggle desperately to keep the small shred of dignity I have remaining.
Megan and I resume the bird's tour of Tiznit, going home a different route so we do not run into people we have already passed. Having to explain this second chapter in the turkey saga would be just too much to handle. We get home with only a few interruptions, open Latifa's oven that resembles Abderrahmane's mother perfectly and, the bird does not fit! It is maybe a half an inch too tall.
"We can bring it back to Hadisha's," Mahri says. I love Mahri. She is the most insightful, level headed, 28 year old woman I've ever met, a wonderful 2nd generation Peace Corps Volunteer who grew up in Japan and is fast becoming my best friend in Peace Corps. I am very lucky to have her as a neighbor, 100 k away, however do not want to take this bird on yet another tour of town…
"We can cut it down and roast it in bits," says Anny, an amazingly bright and multi talented Eli who I suspect we will see much of throughout the years. This may be Morocco but it is still Thanksgiving, and I am the first to admit: there is too much of my mother in me to allow the Thanksgiving bird look anything less than perfect, even if it is not. Anny is from the South, she understands. We study the bird…
"Let's try something else…" I say.
I do the only thing I can think of. I retrieve my leatherman, an updated Swiss army knife, and pull out the saw blade I used two days previously to prune the fig tree in my garden. I flip the bird over, hold it down as best I can with my left hand and I crush, crack then cut the vertebrae from the spine of the bird with my right. I lean in to stabilize the bird as it slips and slides in the pan and I struggle not to detach my finger in the process. A spine-ectomy is the only solution.
I dislodge the spine, flip it back over, re-stuff the dressing that has left the cavity of the beast, and not so gently compress the bird into the pan. I maneuver it a bit more as I place it into the oven and, it works. The bird fits, with a little room to spare. I think we have it.
The cooking marathon continues; everybody making the dishes they are missing most from the meal they would be having at home with their families. Anny is now making pumpkin pie having made rolls and rolls of croissants earlier. Matthew has finished his grandmother's potato salad and is now working on mashed. We baste the bird in between cutting and dicing and everyone is busy; Mahri is the decorations committee, setting the table, putting candles out in the garden, moving furniture. We are all buzzing, focusing on our tasks yet everyone stops every time I go to baste the bird, is it working?
Manuela and Lahcen are the first to arrive. Manuela is amazing. A Canadian expat who met Lahcen, her Moroccan husband on Skype and now lives in Mirleft, a small village on the coast near by. She has that ability to just live from her heart, and someone whom appears to be my lifeline to sanity. It is so nice to have a friend that lives here who is not related to Peace Corps but still understands the madness we go through to fit into this culture. Idris, my tutor and Said, another friend come and the music begins. Idris, Said and Lahcen have been playing music together for years and the friendships between men here are refreshing, very warm and unrestrictive. Being a conservative culture, men and women do not have friendships as we do in the states so men form bonds with each other that we are unaccustomed to. Idris, Said and Lahcen love spending time with us so they can be friends without the restrictions of their culture that lies outside my door. Said told me recently, I was the first foreigner he had ever become friends with. Latifa, wonderful Latifa somehow understand and lets me be. As far as I know, she tells no one of the parties I have had here, although, this is the fist one I have invited Moroccans, and Moroccan men in particular. I am rather nervous about this but this is Thanksgiving and this is my family.
The new Health PCV's come, four, and bring more goodies. Meredith especially is a wonderful cook and she's conquering the obstacles we all face trying to cook with equipment and ingredients we are not familiar with. Maggie, an American child of the 60's who lived it hard landing in my town 5 years prior and now sells jewelry on Ebay comes and everyone is congregated in the living room, happy. I slip away… it is the moment of truth. Time to check the bird…
Mahri sees me and slips out to help. We open the oven doors; it looks beautiful. A perfect golden brown, juices flowing, visually, it is done. We do not have the benefit of a turkey thermometer so I take it out and we carry it to the kitchen. The leg joints are soft, the meat is moist and tender, we look at each other. I take a little piece and try it, and smile. Mahri does the same, we are in agreement. It is amazing! I put some foil over the bird and let it repose as we get ready for the feast.
This is not what Peace Corps is supposed to be: a gourmet extravaganza of mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, croissants, grandma's potato salad… and turkey. A bird whom I met personally, agreed to be our dinner, has been paraded around town, cooked for about an hour, charred on top, reposed for 30 minutes or more in travel. It has been flipped on to it's belly, stuffing flying everywhere as a saw broke it's spine and cooked with only our senses to decide if it is ready. I don't know what did it, or if it is the combination of all but this beast is the juiciest, most tender, best turkey any of us has ever eaten. It is perfect, the evening is perfect, and although we are all missing our loved ones at home, we are not missing them nearly as much as we thought we would, this menagerie of people, my Moroccan Family.


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Had a discussion with a friend today about easy ways to align your scroll saw blade to the table. Surprisingly, It was a lot more difficult to explain than I thought it would be, so I figured I'd just make a quick video and show the process instead. This process is nothing new, but I'm sure there are a few out there that might not know how to do it this way so I wanted to show you as well, just in case! BobScroll Saw Forum


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Senior (2015-16): Became the first ever CoSIDA Academic All-America in program history… repeated as member of the Division I-AAA ADA Scholar Athlete team… was named SoCon NCAA Woman of the Year nominee, NCCSIA All-State First Team, All-SoCon First Team by both the league's coaches and media, SoCon Preseason First Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team... averaged 22.0 points per game and finished the season ranked No. 11 in the country in scoring average… she led the league in points per game, free throw percentage (.812) and minutes plated (38.2)… she averaged 5.1 rebounds per game, 38.4 percent from the field and 29.0 percent from three-point range… she tallied 90 assists in her final season and 68 steals… she led the team in multiple statistical categories as she played in and started all 30 games for the Spartans… She became the all-time leading scorer December 28, 2015 with a 29-point performance against UMES to break Angie Polk-Jones' record of 1,585 points that stood for 26 years… she was named the SoCon Player of the Month in November 2015 and December 2015 becoming the first ever in UNCG women's basketball history to win back-to-back POTM awards… she was a three-time SoCon Player of the Week recipient this season becoming the first in women's basketball program history to earn the award four or more times in her career…. She led all scorers with 20 points at #2 South Carolina (11/15/15)... scored a career-high 42 points against High Point setting an individual game record surpassing the previously standing 35-year old record… she scored double figures in all 30 games this season and began the season scoring 20+ points in nine straight games… she posted her only double-double of the season against Cleveland State when she grabbed 14 rebounds, 13 defensive, and scored 18 points for the Spartans… Mason played a full 40 minutes in 10 of UNCG's 30 games of the season and never played fewer than 32 minutes in a game…
2014-15 (Junior): Played in all 30 games, starting every game at guard ... named to the SoCon All-Conference second team ... leads the team in minutes played (1,109), field goals made (170), three-pointers made (34) free throws made (86), assists (104) and total points (460) ... second in the conference with 37.0 minutes per game ... Third in the SoCon in scoring at 15.3 points per game ... second on the team with 64 steals ... became the 24th UNCG player to score over 1,000 points after hitting the mark against Mercer (Jan. 12) at Fleming Gymnasium ... scored double figures in 25 of 30 games ... poured in 20 points or more eight times, including a season-high 25 points at Samford (Feb. 9) off 9-of-19 from the field ... earned her first career double-double with 20 points and a career-best 10 rebounds at ETSU (Jan. 17) ... made five field goals or more in 21 games this season ... one of six Spartans to average 20 or more minutes per game ... played all 40 minutes in eight games against USC Upstate (Nov. 20), at VCU (Dec. 14), vs. Florida A&M (Dec. 29), against Samford (Jan. 10), against Mercer (Jan. 12), at Wofford (Jan. 31), at Furman (Feb. 21) and Western Carolina (Feb. 27) ... was the leading scorer for UNCG in 17 games ... dished out a career-high eight assists at VCU (Dec. 14) ... hit 43 of her last 55 free throw attempts, including a 7-for-7 performance at Samford (Feb. 9) ... Had four-straight 20 point games before scoring 15 in the SoCon Tournament against Chattanooga (March 5) ... her 460 total points is a new single-season high ... was awarded a SoCon Commissioner's Medal (3.5 GPA or higher) ... made the SoCon honor roll.
2013-14 (Sophomore): Played and started all of the Spartans' 30 games … One of 10 players to average double figures in minutes played … Led UNCG in scoring (398 points) and scoring average (13.3 points per game) – also good for ninth in the Southern Conference - and paced the Blue and Gold in steals (43) (seventh in the SoCon) … Finished second on the squad and fifth in the league in assists (99) and assists per game (3.3) … Knocked down a team second-best 32 three-point field goals … Led the Spartans in scoring in 15 games and netted double figures 20 times … Set a new career high in points with 27 at Furman (Jan. 27) on 10-for-18 shooting from the field … Scored 20 or more points in seven contests … Drained a career-best nine free throws against ACC member Clemson (Dec. 5) at Fleming Gymnasium … Notched a personal-high seven assists at Appalachian State (Feb. 15) … Pulled down seven rebounds in consecutive home games against Davidson (Feb. 8) and Georgia Southern (Feb. 10) … Knocked down multiple three-point field goals in eight contests … Played a career-high 42 minutes in UNCG's overtime game with Davidson (Feb. 8) in Greensboro.
2012-13 (Freshman): Played and started in all of UNCG's 31 contests during the season … Was tabbed the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year by the league's media members and was selected to the SoCon All-Freshman Team by the head coaches after pacing the Spartans with 12.5 points per game to go along with 64 assists and 48 steals … Finished 13th overall in the league in scoring average while also ranking in the top 15 in steals, three-point field goal percentage, three-point field goals made and minutes played … Paced UNCG in minutes played, field goals made, field goals attempted, three-point field goals made, three-point field goals attempted, assists, total points and scoring average while ending up second in steals and third in total rebounds … Tallied the fourth-most field goal attempts in a single-season in UNCG's history and the most in the Division I era with 409 … Paced the Blue and Gold in scoring in 10 contests … Scored in double figures in all but nine games … Reached the 20-point plateau four times with a career-best 25 in the Spartans' 87-75 road win at Wofford (Jan. 28) … Also tallied four assists and two steals in the contest … Racked up a career-high five three-point field goals on the way to 21 points in UNCG's game against No. 23 Florida State (Dec. 22) at the Greensboro Coliseum … Pulled down a season-high eight rebounds twice – at Samford (Feb. 9) and in a narrow overtime loss against Davidson (Feb. 20) at Fleming Gymnasium … Hit nine field goals as part of a 21-point effort at UAB (Dec. 30) while also adding a personal-best six assists … Recorded three blocks in a 49-39 win over NC Central (Dec. 19) at home … Knocked down five free throws in games against Norfolk State (Dec. 15) and at Wofford (Jan. 28).
High School: A three-sport standout who was an all-county performer in basketball and softball in addition to turning in a top-10 finish in the 100-meter hurdles at the state track meet for Chamblee (Ga.) Charter High School ... Helped the Bulldogs to region runner-up finishes in 2009-10 and 2011-12 and an undefeated regular season and No. 1 state ranking in 2010-11 ... Named the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's AAAA Girls Basketball Player of the Year as a senior ... Also earned all-region honors in softball and started for the North squad in the DeKalb County All-Star game ... An Honor Roll and National Honor Society student ... Played club basketball for the Atlanta Celtics.
Personal: Bryahna Lucy Marie Mason … born in Chamblee, Ga. … daughter of Cydney T. Parker and Issac Mason … has one sibling Isaiah … majoring in African American studies and economics.


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We made tacos and veggie tacos with all sorts of toppings. I made queso dip and we had guacamole and of course, salsa. There were lots and lots of tortilla chips too. We also made black beans and rice.
Here's a picture of the table before we added the rest of the taco stuff.
It's not that exciting looking, haha. Honestly, my mom and I decided to make this years party more low-key. Usually I go crazy and try to make too much food/decor/whatever and burn myself (and my mom) out trying to get everything done at the last minute. So it was nice to just relax this year!
I thought it was sweet that one of my sister's friends bought her a Kirby figure since I had made her a Kirby cake.
As you can see someone bought McKenna the Trouble board game so I acted out the old commercial from when I was a kid where they all go "Gettin' into trouble!!" at the end and they had no clue what I was doing....
Here's McKenna with her cake! :)
I didn't actually get a picture of the 2 of us that day.... So here's one from the day we had a family dinner to celebrate her birthday.
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The Intersection of Race and Students With Disabilities
Jacintha is the mother of nine kids, kids who don't all have the same father. She is black, with a history of drug abuse. And she lives in a once-thriving section of Miami—Overtown—that was sliced up by highways, turning a thriving community into a destitute one, said Elizabeth Harry, a professor of special education at the University of Miami.
Although the school requested permission to evaluate one of her sons, Robert, for an evaluation, suspecting he might have a disability, it took months before the evaluation ever happened. In the mean time, his school started sending Robert, 11 at the time, home halfway through the school day. Jacintha was told Robert couldn't benefit from a full day of school, Barry told a group at the Council for Exceptional Children's annual convention in Denver.
By the time he got his diagnosis of emotional/behavioral disability, one disproportionately used for black males, the school year was nearly over.
"This was a black school, in a black neighborhood," said Elizabeth Harry, a professor of special education at the University of Miami. "Racism is endemic: Many of us who have been victims are perpetrators of it."
Robert, it turned out, actually had ADHD.
Harry said strategies including response to intervention are making a dent in the overidentification of some students of some backgrounds as having particular disabilities. But it may not be enough to overcome deeply rooted stereotyping all by itself.
She said it took her just a few minutes at Jacintha's home, where she shared photo albums chronicling each of her children's lives and where there was discipline—enough that the toddler of the household knew where his mother kept her pens—to see that stereotypes about black women with many children had colored the school's treatment of this woman and her son with a disability.
Harry told another story, about a girl named Kanita, who was being raised by her grandmother. Kanita was also labeled as having an emotional/behavioral disability, in part because of the way she reacted whenever her mother came up in conversation. She would become withdrawn. At 9, Kanita's grandmother said, the little girl had begun to understand what it meant that your mother was in prison and not raising her.
Kanita's grandparents owned their home and a nearby dry cleaning business. And Kanita had close relationships with her extended family. But she was sad, nevertheless, Harry said.
The psychologist told the grandmother that "kids in this neighborhood aren't embarrassed by that."
"Tell me if this isn't endemic racism," Harry told the crowd.
Eventually, although Kanita excelled in school, scoring in the 98th percentile on a state math test, she was transferred to a separate school just for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.
In addition to the use of RTI, many states now monitor the percentage of children by race labeled by disability. Those rates are decreasing in some places, Harry said, but the numbers need to be looked at closely. Some states simply rewrote the rules on what numbers mean a particular racial group is overrepresented in a given disability.
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Kathy English brings more than 25 years of IT marketing, product management, healthcare business and industry marketing experience to Cisco's Go-to-Market team. During her tenure at Cisco, Kathy has led the team focused on healthcare industry solutions marketing, expanded her role to cover Public Sector Segment Marketing and most recently, covered all vertical industry markets strategies, plans and programs. Today, Kathy leads the Data Center Go to Market team. In this role, Kathy and her team develop GTM marketing strategies, plans and plays that will accelerate customer, influencer and partner adoption of Cisco's Data Center solutions, services and Capital portfolio. Kathy, her husband, Mark and Maltese puppy, Sophia, live in Santa Clara where she is very close to our corporate office.Her husband is Italian and a rock guitar playing musician while Kathy opts for the more classical approach to music by playing the flute and saxophone.Her Registered Nursing license drives her to keep all of us focused on good health and work/life balance!
Prior to joining Cisco, Kathy was employed by Medsphere as the Vice President of Product Management and, after establishing the product management team expanded her responsibilities to manage the product development and quality assurance groups. With Medsphere, she established the open roadmap, interoperability strategy and an open development approach for one of few open source strategies for healthcare Electronic Health Record's. Prior to joining Medsphere, Kathy was SVP of Product Management and Marketing at Picis, a venture backed clinical information solution company. During her ten year tenure at Picis, she spearheaded global product direction and was instrumental in creating, defining and delivering solutions surrounding "automation of the critical care continuum" and "total perioperative automation" which further evolved into "high acuity automation". Along with the strategy, Kathy was responsible for detailing the integration plan after acquisition of two new interdependent software packages and driving the package to partners such as GE Healthcare and Siemens (EU). Prior to Picis, she was the product manager of clinical systems at Compucare (now QuadraMed). Earlier in her career, Kathy held sales and marketing positions at a Fortune 500 healthcare company known as Support Systems International (now HillRom), a division of Hillenbrand Industries.
Kathy earned a degree in Nursing from George Mason University and has over seven years of experience in patient care and nursing management in critical care, surgery and oncology. Her nursing experience consisted of bedside care delivery for patient's in the high acuity areas of the hospital in both large teaching facilities (INOVA Health Systems) and community hospitals (Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center). Her critical care experience included emergency, neonatal, trauma and cardiac focused environments. In addition to bedside care, Kathy held charge nurse roles as well as participated in the hospitals' standards committee to define the critical care aspect of the Nursing standards of care and policy. Kathy's bedside care delivery occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s and Kathy has remained engaged with the nursing community through on site visits, observation and validation as part of the requirements gathering for nursing workflow automation solutions. Kathy is a member of CARING, an active blogger and subscribes to a number of nursing list serves.
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British subjects have never had the broad protections for freedom of speech or the press that American citizens take for granted as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but historically, the United Kingdom has been a beacon for free expression when compared to the rest of the world. Today, however, the right to freely express oneself in the U.K. is increasingly under threat, as exemplified by hundreds of bizarre prosecutions in recent years. The debate is heating up, though, as lawmakers consider reforms that would expand or quash liberty.
In recent years, authorities have been fiendishly prosecuting individuals merely for what they say on social media services such as Twitter and Facebook. Using controversial laws purporting to criminalize "insulting" or "offensive" comments, for instance, prosecutors have brought well over 1,000 cases each year since 2009. The numbers are steadily rising, too, according to data obtained by the Associated Press through freedom of information requests showing that 1,286 people were convicted last year merely for what they said in electronic communications.
Consider the case of 20-year-old Azhar Ahmed. After reports that some British troops had been killed in Afghanistan, he made a post on Facebook saying that soldiers should "should die and go to hell." He reportedly deleted the offensive comments almost immediately, saying he had written them in anger. Still, he was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to 240 hours of so-called "community service." Ahmed got off easy though — more than a few victims of the U.K. speech police have actually been jailed for their supposed "crimes."
In another incident that attracted international attention, a 19-year-old man was arrested and held for a day after posting a picture of a burning paper poppy on Remembrance Day, a day to commemorate those who lost their lives defending freedom that is often associated with the poppy. He was finally released on bail and may still face charges. "What was the point of winning either World War if, in 2012, someone can be casually arrested by Kent Police for burning a poppy?" wondered lawyer David Allen Green, who has worked on other free speech cases.
Just last week, an atheist who ripped up a Koran in front of some Muslims was defending himself in court against charges of "causing religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress, by demonstrating hostility based on membership of a particular religious group," according to news reports about the case. After long deliberations, the trial ended in a hung jury, but the Crown Prosecution Service might still decide to go for a re-trial.
Christians in particular have found themselves in the crosshairs of the speech police. Several street preachers, for instance, have been arrested just for criticizing homosexuality. In a 2010 case, Dale Mcalpine was arrested after he told a homosexual police officer that homosexuality was a sin. And as The New American reported recently, 81-year-old pro-life activist Edward Atkinson has been persecuted relentlessly for his activism on behalf of unborn children.
While free speech is supposed to be protected in the U.K., there are countless "exceptions" that could land somebody in jail merely for what they say. On the list of verboten expression: speech that is abusive, insulting, distressing, indecent, likely to cause a breach of the peace, racist, incites religious hatred, seditious, obscene, defamatory, scandalous to a court by criticizing judges, and more. Also prohibited is possession of information that could be used by a terrorist or even imagining the death of the monarch. Libel laws in the U.K., meanwhile, are among the most restrictive in the world, which critics say seriously stifles freedom of speech and of the press.
Incredibly, despite widespread domestic and international criticism of the growing free speech restrictions, politicians have sparked a firestorm of controversy recently with threats to further regulate the press by creating an "independent" media regulator. Led by Lord Justice Leveson, who chaired an "inquiry" on the media and just released a 2,000-page report, the political class is seeking to clamp down further on journalism and even on individuals using social media services such as Twitter.
While the campaign has been met by resistance among the press and British subjects — even Prime Minister David Cameron said he had "serious concerns and misgivings" about the plot, despite support for it from some members of his party — free speech groups are sounding the alarm. Last month even the "Index on Censorship," which receives funding from the European Union, the United Nations, the state-funded BBC, and billionaire George Soros, said the trends on free speech in the U.K. were "worrying" and that this would be a critical moment for freedom of expression in the kingdom.
"Even 'light' regulation opens up the possibility of the government curtailing the media's ability to stand up to power and hold government and politicians to account — a vital component of our democracy," the group said about the scheme in its "UK Free Expression Scorecard," released late last month. "This politicization of press control would be a major breach of the principles of freedom of expression and a free press. There are fundamental reasons why politicians and media should be distinct from and independent of each other."
For free speech advocates in the U.K., however, there has been some good news as well. Among the most important developments is an increasingly popular campaign to stop the criminalization of "insulting words" by removing that clause from the "Public Order Act." The effort has united homosexual activists, atheists, Christian groups, comedians, and others who say the language has a chilling effect on freedom of speech.
"Increasingly the police and other law-enforcement agencies are misinterpreting the legislation to such an extent that it is impinging on the right to free speech," explained Lord Geoffrey Dear, the House of Lords member who drafted the amendment, in an opinion column for the U.K. Daily Telegraph. He described the term "insulting" as subjective and vague — and apparently many lawmakers and much of the public agree.
After originally opposing the move, Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer with the Crown Prosecution Service announced earlier this month that he thought it would be OK to remove "insulting" from the statute. However, in a letter he wrote to Lord Dear, he essentially admitted that individuals could still be prosecuted for "insulting" remarks if they were simply characterized as "abusive" instead.
Still, the House of Lords voted overwhelmingly in favor of the plan to drop the criminalization of "insulting" language, with 150 in favor against 54 opposed. The lower house of parliament, the House of Commons, must still approve the changes, but free speech campaigners expect to succeed — especially after such a broad public alliance came out in favor of the changes while the press highlighted some of the most outrageous arrests and prosecutions justified under the controversial statute.
Meanwhile, lawmakers in the U.K. are also debating changes to the famously stringent libel laws. Among the stated aims of the proposed reforms is to re-balance statutes on defamation in favor of freedom of speech. However, even Parliament's human rights joint-select committee has blasted at least one of the changes currently being debated that could force website operators to take down material based on somebody's order, regardless of whether there is a valid legal defense. The committee recommended setting a higher threshold before news providers would have to either take down content or fight it out in court.
Of course, the U.K. is still a bastion of liberty when compared to nations ruled by unabashed tyrants such as the communist regime in Beijing, Islamist dictatorships, or the Castro autocracy in Cuba, for example. Much of Europe also has governments that impose strict restrictions on free speech, ranging from the criminalization of "Holocaust denial" in Germany and other nations to criminal sanctions imposed on people who criticize homosexuality or religions. So-called "hate speech" laws have also proliferated, and in 2003, the Swedish Justice Department actually investigated the Bible.
With the debate heating up in the U.K., free speech advocates worldwide hope the British people will lead the way toward greater liberty by standing up for freedom of expression. However, with the political class aiming to impose even more infringements on individuals and the press, the outcome of the battle remains far from certain — and even if liberty wins these fights, there is still a long way to go before the U.K. or most of Europe can truly claim to support freedom of speech.
Related articles:
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U.K. Euthanasia Expands from Elderly to Infants
U.K. to Move Ahead With Legalizing Same-sex Marriage
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