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|March 30, 2010, 03:31 PM
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Camping trip- target shooting out of state
I am a Mass resident and I am going to be going camping in either Maine or Vermont and I want to bring a couple my guns with me to do some plinking. I was wondering if I need to obtain some sort of temporary license of some sort to carry in the woods and shoot?
|March 30, 2010, 03:37 PM
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Check the game and parks sites for those states, or call the DNR office there and ask the ones that will know.
|March 30, 2010, 03:45 PM
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Vermont has no licensing requirements of any kind, so that one's easy. Maine requires a license for concealed carry - you can open carry without it, but I'd really recommend getting the license, and you need it to transport the handgun in a vehicle anyway. It's relatively painless to get a Maine non-resident license, particularly if (as I assume) you already have a Mass LTC.
Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean you can just walk out into the woods and shoot, even when properly licensed, so check with the appropriate state agencies on that part.
ETA: Note that Maine will not honor a resident Mass LTC, nor will it honor a non-resident NH permit. New Hampshire will not honor a non-resident Maine permit.
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|March 30, 2010, 08:30 PM
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Don't take our word for it !!!
Whenever I travel out of state, and I will be carrying I always contact the State Police of that state and ask them about any firearms laws. Don't trust you and your families safety to someone on an internet forum.
|March 30, 2010, 09:49 PM
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They don't sing This Land is My Land in school anymore, do they?
It seems imprudent to go into National Forest unarmed anyway.
|March 31, 2010, 08:54 AM
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i have a non res concealed permit for maine
i booked a week at a state campground and saw on the website
"no guns allowed....except during deer season"
called the park rangers....they said they werent sure if a non res
maine permit was allowed, but did say that if i got caught i would be in
a world of hurt (that sounds pretty sure to me) and why take the chance
they said call the state police
i did...got shuffled around to a few different people....they said: NO GO
so, i uninvited myself by cancelling my reservation and
voted with my feet and went camping in the very gun friendly state
of vermont, which got my hard earned bucks, instead of maine
i have no idea what the law is for long guns, so you still have
to do some homework......
Now I don't know, but I been told it's hard to run with the weight of gold.
Other hand I have heard it said, it's just as hard with the weight of lead.
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|March 31, 2010, 10:01 AM
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But a State campground isn't National Forest...it's a bubble inside the National Forest. In National Forest you are ok to be armed, unless you ask then the answer is no.
This is one of those things where you are expected to know the law and if you don't and ask then what do you think they will say?
Can't have a gun in the woods? That is absurd. Maybe not in the State campground but further into the woods and it'd be foolhardy to not have one and any police you run into out there will feel the same way unless you are acting stupid.
Your first clue was that no one could give you a straight answer and kept redirecting your call. until one man lied and said no. I bet he couldn't quote the statute to you. One about campgrounds maybe but not open forest land.
|March 31, 2010, 09:09 PM
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|March 31, 2010, 11:09 PM
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Here in the great state of Kentucky 90% of the campgrounds are RUN by the US Forest Service! If you are on US FOrest Land ... you have to abide by USDA / US Forest Service laws ... no matter what state you are in. US Forest Service Laws trump any state laws. There are big signs going into Land Between the Lakes .... "NO FIREARMS Unless During Respective Hunting Seasons". Can't say it any clearer than that.
|April 1, 2010, 12:17 AM
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Sorry to hear that, must be a regional thing. We're allowed to be armed in the mountains. I like Colorado!
|April 5, 2010, 10:14 PM
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National Park service, National Forest service, Bureau of Land Management and quite a few other Federal agencies follow state laws when it comes to weapons on their lands. If the state does not allow it, the federal agency will not allow it.
Yes, Federal laws usually trump state laws, but in this case, Federal laws just follow along with state laws.
Maine is currently trying to outlaw weapons in the National park there, and the park service has stated, they will abide by the law if passed. About eight or ten years ago, NC did not allow carry into a National Forest in their state, and the National Forests would not allow concealed carry due to state law.
Some examples, in Utah and Colorado, you can carry open or concealed in National Forests, National parks and BLM land. However, if a state does not allow open carry such as in TX, you cannot carry open in a National Park of Forest in TX (discounting hunting seasons); however, you can carry concealed.
|April 6, 2010, 12:47 AM
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Be very careful with any camping and guns combination on public land. Check the park websites for where you are going, and call the local ranger office to get the final word.
I've lived in FL, NC, and GA, and it's not legal to target practice or "plink" in the state/national parks in any of those states.
Park Rangers can and will search your campsite, it's just not worth it.
Find out what the law requires, and follow it.
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Our favorite wine-guzzling cul-de-sac crew is headed for some major changes on Cougar Town — and we're not just talking about the recent passing of Big Carl (R.I.P old friend!) Tuesday's hour-long season finale (8/7c on ABC) will see the gang migrate west to Napa for Jules (Courteney Cox) and Grayson's (Josh Hopkins) wedding. But will they actually tie the knot?
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Why kill Big Carl?
Bill Lawrence: I think that we've decided that because Courteney is a klutz in real life, I would expect people to be waiting for the death of her wine glass ever year.
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Lawrence: The one weird dilemma is, when you're talking about characters in their early 40s, you really can't do the will-they-or-won't-they or the stuff that comes with youth. For us, if Jules and Grayson are in a great adult relationship and they're getting along, then they're going to get married. There's not going to be any leaving at the altar or anybody coming in and messing things up at the eleventh hour. So it was just playing that arc out. We actually started to get panicky because it was not our intention, but we realized after we made it that that it could have easily been our series finale and that really bummed us out because it wasn't our intention.
Is there anything you would have changed had it been the series finale?
Lawrence: In retrospect, I don't know. It's a kind of hangout show. The tricky thing is you still want characters to move forward and I think that sometimes, rightly so, TV writers get annoyed with shows when there is no change whatsoever and they're doing the exact same episode and character behavior five years in. You have to walk that tightrope too because often people will really reject and react poorly to a completely new show. We haven't really thought about it because we haven't given a moment's notice to what the series finale would be.
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David Arquette has a really funny guest spot where he flirts with your wife on-screen in an episode that you wrote. Are you all really that comfortable with each other?
Lawrence: [Laughs] I'm a very uptight Connecticut-type guy and Courteney and David and Christa [Miller] are all so comfortable with it that Kevin and I just thought it would be funny to throw them all in that situation. We were more uncomfortable than they were.
Groundhog Day plays a big role in Jules' bachelorette party. What made you choose that movie?
Lawrence: Among most comedy writers, it is literally one of the all-time favorites. We waste time by doing lists of best movies and that sort of stuff and that [movie] always comes up. ... Courteney in real life and Jules have giant blind spots when it comes to pop culture. We just thought it would be a really fun episode because Courteney herself and Jules never really got into and clicked into Groundhog Day.
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To switch gears, what was it like going to the Upfronts this month as a part of the TBS family instead of ABC?
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After doing so much grassroots marketing this season, does it feel like a weight has been lifted off of your shoulders because TBS is going to do a big marketing push for the show?
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Lawrence: Kevin and I will really talk closely with TBS as partners and see what they want to do. One of the first things you'll see is that Kevin and I and a bunch of the cast members on our way to Austin, Texas next weekend for the ATX Television festival. So we're doing more of the same already. Plus, the show is a lot easier to promote when TBS also purchased the 61 episodes we've already made which they will be showing in addition to our new episodes.
You tweeted a couple of weeks ago that the first six episodes of Cougar Town were your least favorite. Is there any hesitation for them to air again?
Lawrence: I think that the way a series grows is part of the fun. The only thing that's changed in television is I don't think any series has truly come out of the gate being the show that it is. Even my favorite ones like Family Ties and Seinfeld — they all evolved. It's just now with the way we cover television, you don't really have the time to evolve and that's what makes it nerve-wracking. ... To be honest, in those six episodes, there's a lot of funny stuff that I still go back and smile at. I just felt like Kevin, the writers and I kind of hung Courteney out to dry a couple times, but I like watching those episodes now to see how the show changed.
News recently broke that there will be a new showrunner taking over for Season 4, but you told fans to "chill". Is there anything else you want to tell fans about the change?
Lawrence: I don't have a job. I'm going to try really hard to get new shows on for Warner Bros. but I'm not going to go home and sit in my bedroom while my wife and all those guys are off doing Cougar Town. ... All the cast is staying around and most of the writers are staying around, and you'll see [Kevin's name] and my name all over the place.
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The trouble is that these strengths are secrets that newbies don't know, so I'm taking the lid off and exposing them. (Seasoned speakers can take a few clues from this list, too.) Here are the six secret strengths of the beginning public speaker:
- No bad habits to unlearn: Any speaker coach will tell you that it takes longer to unlearn bad speaking habits than it does to learn new ones on a clean slate. You'll advance further and faster in your learning as a presenter if you're starting from scratch. The takeaway here: Get training as fast as you can, as early as you can, in your career, before you build up a flotilla of flawed speaking tactics.
- A healthy respect for the audience: Over time, some speakers take the crowd out there for granted. Not so the new speaker, who's more likely to anticipate with care what the audience will find of interest, how long to speak, and how to be generous with question time. I think this stems in part from a more recent recollection of what it's like to be in the audience, combined with fewer assumptions about speaking in general.
- The appropriate level of nervousness: New speakers make no bones about it: They're nervous. Anything might happen. What will the audience think? What if they forget something? All those worries are a great to-do list for preparation--a list that many more experienced speakers skip over. Here, nerves are your friends.
- A willingness to prepare: Speaker trainers also will admit that the one chore that most speakers skimp on is preparation, yet it's the one chore that will help a speaker most, both in confidence and in looking at ease and (ironically) unrehearsed and natural. Newbies are far more willing to prepare, and thus more likely to score when they speak.
- The honesty to admit what you don't know: Unlike the more experienced speaker who may be invested in an image as such, most beginners don't bother pretending that they've done a keynote or even a panel discussion. That removes a big barrier to training and learning. If you're too busy pretending to know how to speak well, you'll never get the insights that come from taking a lesson.
- A seemly reticence: Some seasoned speakers don't seem to know how to wind up their remarks. While newbies may err on the other side of the spectrum and speak too briefly, they can't be accused of being windbags, for the most part.
As a speaker trainer and coach based in Washington, DC, and working all over the U.S., I've seen and worked with plenty of new and beginning speakers. Do you have a question about getting started in public speaking? Leave it in the comments and I'll answer it here on the blog.
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This story originally appeared on Everyday Health.com.
Stress can make your hair fall out and cause you to lose sleep, and it can also seriously impact your cardiovascular health. Here are three recent studies on how to gauge and manage stress for ideal heart health:
1. A new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism looks at how hair analysis in elderly people can reveal potential heart disease risk.
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"Because scalp hair can capture information about how cortisol levels have changed over time, hair analysis gives us a better tool for evaluating that risk." said study co-author Laura Manenschijn, MD, in a press release.
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2. Research published in Medical Hypotheses, and conducted at Boston University School of Medicine, New York Medical College, and the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, found that pairing standard treatments a mind-body yoga approach to managing stress helped atrial fibrillation patients maintain their health and stay on treatment.
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3. Another recent study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that the risk for stress-related heart attack increased significantly for unemployed middle-aged to elderly people and rose higher with each subsequent job loss.
"In a very stressful situation [like unemployment], you can actually get a severe release of adrenaline and sympathetic nerve discharges that cause the heart to beat irregularly," said John Higgins, MD, a sports cardiologist at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.
"Most of us know the common risk factors for heart disease, like high cholesterol, high blood pressure and genetics, but about 25 to 35 percent of heart disease remains unexplained," said Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, director of cardiac imaging at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. "Psychosocial factors likely play a role in these unexplained cases. More and more studies have been looking at stress, anger, sudden stress and major life changes like losing a job, and all of these can have a major effect on cardiovascular events."
To help minimize stress and improve your heart disease, try these simple tips:
Schedule time to relax
Listen to soothing music
Set structure and boundaries in your work and personal life
Find support in family and friends
Eat a diet low in fat, cholesterol, and salt, and high in fiber
Exercise regularly and make it fun
Quit smoking and minimize alcohol consumption
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PORTLAND — Federal prosecutors say the owner of three women's health clinics in the Bangor area has agreed to pay nearly $300,000 to settle claims that he improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid.
Authorities say in 2009, Dr. Robert Grover and the clinics informed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services there were problems in their billings, including overbilling in excess of allowable amounts for gynecological services and billing for services never performed.
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Anxious to return to his studies, he enrolled at the Art Students League. However, again he only attended for a few short months. This was undoubtedly due to the fact that he had already begun to receive commercial commissions and had never stopped independently studying.
(Above: In addition to his glamorous magazine covers created during the 1930's and 40's, Brad Crandell painted advertising art for many high profile accounts. Along with Haddon Sundblom, and Harry Anderson, Crandell also made pictures for Coca-Cola. These were typically done in oil, and likely reflected the art director's preference, or perhaps Crandell's fee. Oil on canvas: 50" x 36")
Crandell truly studied all of his life. At the Art Institute; and the Art Students League, he never advanced beyond the basics of working in charcoal as well as drawing and sketching from life and sculpted casts. For Crandell the sound fundamentals he had been taught would carry him far.
(Above: Veronica Lake's appearance in Preston Sturgis' Sullivan's Travels made her an overnight sensation. When Crandell was tapped to produce this portrait for the November 1941 cover of Cosmopolitan, the movie studio brass instructed him to avoid portraying her trademark peek-a-boo hairstyle, being copied by women around the country. Many were working in factories contributing to the war effort, and Uncle Sam considered the look a safety hazard.)
He was amazed at the work of the "Old Masters", and diligently studied them. He would have loved to live in the era when apprentices studied under the great masters of art. Learning first how to draw, then to paint.
(Above: The pastel illustration of Ingrid Bergman for the December 1942 cover of Motion Picture, showcases Crandell's considerable abilities. Bergman is completely idealized, yet maintains an absolute on-model likeness of the famed actress.)
Crandell felt that nothing truly great could be achieved or accomplished without hard work in any field. He deplored careless work. "Unskilled painting over inaccurate drawing." He truly felt it was an illness of the times - a desire to slide through life without working.
(Above: Bradshaw Crandell, Oct 24, 1949. At the time, he was enjoying celebrity status that rivaled the movie stars of the era. Seen here in an advertisement for Lord Calvert.)
Although he had been producing advertising illustration for various clients, his first major contract was to produce a cover illustration for Judge magazine, in 1921. This event, a mere four years after graduating from high school, would set in motion a career that would take him to the top of his field as a magazine cover artist.
(Above: At 39.5" x 29.5", and masterfully rendered, "Fine Feather", a pastel illustration produced for Gerlach - Barklow, becomes difficult to discern whether it was produced as an oil painting, or pastel picture.)
* Kent Steine is an artist, author and teacher. His renowned series of "Masters" articles for Step-By-Step magazine remain some of the best ever written on the history of illustration. With this week being the anniversary of Bradshaw Crandell's death, I'm very grateful to Kent for sharing the story of this fabulous artist with us. An abridged version of this week's series of posts originally appeared as an article in SXS magazine.


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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Mixing it up: Old touches dress up modern re-do
ADDRESS: 802 Nalle Street
NEIGHBORHOOD: Fifeville
ASSESSMENT: $120,300 (assessed before renovation)
SIZE: 2,250 fin. sq. ft.
LAND: 0.99 acres
CURB APPEAL: 9 of 10
LISTED BY: Ellen Pratt, Keller Williams 989-7068
Several years ago, in a review of a group of three houses on Fifth Street SW, we noted, "The cold wind of 'positive urban renewal,' more commonly known as gentrification... is nowhere more evident than in the two-square-block area around... this 0.17-acre lot where Dice Street meets Fifth" ["Chilly blasts: Winds of change shake Fifeville," January 15, 2004].
Anyone who's familiar with that area knows that developments like Walker Square, the Cream Street 10, Oak Grove Cottages, and UVA students' "ecoMod" renovations have indeed been a breeze that's changing the neighborhood from affordable working class to high-end and pricey. And the change is also affecting houses up and down streets leading to that area– notably King Street, Grove Street, Nalle Street, and Dice itself.
This early twentieth-century "farm house" on Nalle Street is a prime example. The original one-over-one structure with narrow stairway was enlarged with a two-story addition and side hall around 1920. A decade later, according to information from the agent, a third set of two-story rooms (a kitchen below and bedroom above) went on the back. When the current owners bought it, the place was known in the neighborhood as the "refrigerator house" for the many old iceboxes littering the collapsing front porch– and in fact, the house had been condemned by the City as unsound.
Now, however, after a total ground-up re-do by Gate Pratt of Limehouse Architects, the place is ready to begin the new century as a hot property instead of an icebox repository– not a brassy new hot property, but a refined hot property with a foot still firmly in the past courtesy of recycled and reclaimed elements from other houses near and far.
Pratt reports that the foundation was lifted and all footers and supports replaced. Many original heart pine and oak floors were refinished and supplemented with more floors salvaged from a classic house in Amherst County. The iron fence surrounding the front yard surrounded the Albemarle County Courthouse before the Court Square renovation a couple of years ago. A sideboard from the Amherst County place takes up an entire wall of the dining room. And last but not least, pretty front doors with stained glass surrounding big glass windows were brought across Main Street from an Anderson Street demolition.
All this recycling and reusing and creative design is exciting and laudable. But how does it present as a finished product?
A pretty house with beautiful wood, new windows, many French doors (even a pair in a bedroom), architectural novelties like the sideboard, an exposed fireplace "nook" in the center bedroom upstairs– very appealing and cozy– a big kitchen/master bedroom addition with a cantilevered second-floor deck, and superb tile work in both full baths. On-demand hot water is another plus, in our book.
But at the same time... strange old light fixtures (two weirdly hanging over the stairway), a design decision with the rear addition that created an awkward little do-si-do entry (up two stairs) to the new master bedroom from the landing, mismatched countertops in the kitchen– one pretty marble one on an island (with the sink, which faces into the dining room instead of into the kitchen or out a window, another odd choice)– and granite over the counters. The two fireplaces have been "restored"– that means left as they were (coal burners, not currently working)– and an unadorned concrete block wall holding up the driveway necessitated by Nalle Street's steep drop-off.
Across the driveway is a duplex that the same owners are offering for $289,000– they've paired the parcels so that they share the hiked-up driveway, and they've secured permission for construction of buildings in the backyard of each for a one-car garage and apartment. Gorgeous views of Carter and Brown's Mountains from the master bedroom and deck require the good will of neighbors not to build view-blockers, so being able to control some building around the place is a plus.
Nalle Street is indeed feeling the winds of change– renovations are under way in every direction. So there's probably not much worry about this place holding its value (although whether the asking price reflects its "value" is up to buyers, of course). Accessible to downtown, the Corner, and the UVA hospital, with off-street parking and modest ground for garden or foundation plants, for people who like a salad of history mixed with "green," it could be a find.
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Busiest day in court for former fugitives: Daniel Bradley Limbacher, 22, pleads guilty December 7 to second-degree murder in the death of his friend, Shawn G. Hatcher, whose bullet-riddled body was found near Oakwood Homes on U.S. 29 June 18. Limbacher, who was arrested at a Houston bus station, will serve 15 years of his 40-year sentence. The same day, Benjamin Lopez Rivera pleads guilty to breaking and entering his girlfriend's apartment, which was set on fire and destroyed March 18. Rivera was arrested in a laundromat in Florida. Liesel Nowak has both stories in the Daily Progress.
Worst day in court for Scott Peterson: A jury sentences him to death December 13 for the murder of his pregnant wife, Laci.
Worst day for heavy metal: Nathan Gale shoots Damageplan's Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott onstage December 9 at a Columbus, Ohio, concert and kills three more people before police gun him down.
Worst Washington area trend: Arson. Fires are set in 30 new homes in the new Hunter's Brooke subdivision in Charles County, Maryland, early December 6, burning 10 to the ground. And a regional arsonist is believed to have set 45 fires in the DC area over the past 21 months.
Oddest flashback to Allan Bakke: The Office of Civil Rights in the Education Department is investigating a complaint that UVA discriminates against white undergrad applicants, according to the Chronicle for Higher Education. The civil rights office has been asked to look into similar allegations involving UVA's and William and Mary's law schools, NC State's undergrad admissions, and Maryland's School of Medicine.
Latest Delegate Rob Bell bill: Bullying in school. Bell hosts a forum with clinical psychologist Peter Sheras December 15.
Biggest interstate custody appeal: Vermont civil unions v. Virginia's anti-gay marriage law. The ACLU, Lambda Legal, and Equality Virginia file December 8 on behalf of Janet Miller-Jenkins, whose former partner, Lisa Miller-Jenkins, took the child she bore while the couple was together to Virginia and obtained sole custody.
Harshest gesture for the new neighbor: A legal challenge. Hydraulic Road area resident Renae Townsend appeals Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge's certificate of occupancy for its new headquarters, where abortions will be performed, to the Albemarle Circuit Court, Julie Stavitski reports in the Progress. Townsend and five other Garden Court townhouse residents have filed a separate lawsuit against Planned Parenthood and the Albemarle Board of Supervisors.
Biggest defender of Christmas: John Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute, appears on Fox's O'Reilly Factor December 8 to explain how to mesh the religious holiday with public institutions. A guide, "The Twelve Rules of Christmas," is available on the Rutherford website.
Best time to go to Monticello: Before December 31. The cost of an adult ticket goes up a buck in 2005 to $14.
Grandest library opening: The Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture at UVA is dedicated December 8, ending months of construction in the middle of Grounds and providing a new home for the university's special collections.
Worst loose mattress: The U.S. 29 bypass is closed for about three hours December 7 after a mattress in the road causes a multi-car accident around 5:30pm between the Ivy Road and Fontaine exits.
Worst way to try to collect a reward: By telling police of your own involvement in the crime. Eric Daugherty, 21, provided information about an arson in Schuyler in hopes of collecting a $2,000 reward, and was indicted December 6 on five felony counts, according to a Reed Williams story in the Progress. Two others also face charges in the August 16 fire.


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Once upon a time there was a girl named Amber.
Amber decided that school was not for her. Fortunately, she had loving and supportive parents.
One day Amber was offered an exciting new job. To celebrate, she added an apostrophe to her name, thinking it would make her seem more sophisticated. Again, her parents were supportive.
Unfortunately, introducing herself as "Amber - the apostrophe is silent" did not yield the results Amber was hoping for. Still, she did make some new friends at work: Cassie the C...er...Cat, and "Long Lips" Lisa.
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Which Lisa and Cassie were always there to commiserate with:
Then one day, after an unfortunate misunderstanding between the girls and a city health inspector looking for "clogged plumbing", disaster:
Amber said goodbye to her newfound - albeit diseased - friends, and despaired over finding another job to suit her rather unique skill set and wardrobe. Fortunately, her ever-supportive parents were way ahead of her:
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Thank you for creating what has been one of the best learning experiences of our lives. We traveled all the way from Australia to attend your camp in Golden, Colorado and it was worth every penny! Andy was a fantastic teacher with great personal skills. He has our highest commendation for creating a safe, exciting and fun environment for learning.
It is refreshing to find someone who understands their field well enough to be able to deconstruct difficult and often hard to pinpoint concepts. This is a rare talent. We appreciate all of the careful thought that you and Andy have put into creating the mountain bike skills curriculum. The content was well-organized into different sections, and logically progressed from foundational skills (like body position and braking) to more difficult skills (like cornering). It is obvious that you have spent a lot of time not only thinking about how to mountain bike, but also how to teach it to others.
Learning these mountain biking skills has truly made us "betterriders". Thank you for the opportunity to attend your camp and we look forward to attending a core skills camp #2 !
I learned more today than in the last 10-11 years of just riding" (in a rushed 3.5 hour lesson, BetterRide camps are 19-22 hours over 3 days!)
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In an interview with SB Nation Arizona, Steve Nash looked at the Suns' roster and declared, "if I was outside this picture and a betting man, I would probably pick us to be outside of the playoffs." What does this mean?
Putting aside the question of whether a franchise player should be saying these sorts of things—that's Bleacher Report's turf ("Slideshow: 15 Things Franchise Players Shouldn't Say")—let's look at why Nash is saying this. Simply: he's lowering expectations. The Suns lost Amar'e Stoudemire this off-season and replaced him with...Hedo Turkoglu and Hakim Warrick. They let Leandro Barbosa go, but have playoff hero Goran Dragic to take his place. Norse god Louis Amundson left as well, so it's easy to see that the team looks different going into this season. But has it changed enough to warrant this from Nash?
"Maybe we need to take a step back, regroup, be a little bit more patient, build a really good team and see how good we can be later in the year instead of jumping out of the gate and be like, 'Oh, we've got to finish top two or three in the West and give ourselves a chance to win the West and go to the Finals.' That stuff can come if we really improve, but we can't put that type of pressure on ourselves right away because we are a new team."
Turkoglu, Warrick, and Josh Childress should all play well in Alvin Gentry's system, and the team still has Grant Hill, Robin Lopez, Jason Richardson, and, you know, Steve Nash. The nerds are pessimistic — Basketball Prospectus's annual puts them at 37-45 — but I can see that team finishing in the conference's top eight.
So what is Steve Nash doing? Here's a theory: He's engaging in another subtle, characteristically soft-spoken power play with Suns management. He signed an extension last summer—after sort of forcing the Shaq trade, mind you—and knows he's getting older. He sees this roster and doesn't think it's as good as the one that took the Lakers to six games in the Western Conference Finals. He's warning the fans that the Suns might be disappointing this year, and that they should aim their disappointment at the folks who put the roster together. Superstars pull this stuff all the time, and they usually catch hell for it. Part of Steve Nash's brilliance is that he does it so politely, it hardly even registers.
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Lamar University will host "Space Day" Friday, June 15, in the Dishman Art Museum from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. The event will include a discussion with veteran astronaut Bernard Harris and a student competition.
Harris will discuss his experiences as the first African American astronaut at NASA to walk in space, as well as the extreme conditions he encountered during his two shuttle missions. Harris will also discuss the importance of the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and ways to develop critical-thinking and retention skills in students in these fields.
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The second most important reason for the football game to unfold this weekend is to determine the champion of pro football.
The most important reason is to wager on the length of the national anthem, the coin flip, or whether Kobe Bryant scores more than the 49ers.
Prop bets … other than Roman numerals, does anything louder shout 'Super Bowl'?
In that spirit, then, here could be some unofficial, even-money 2013 Philly-sports propositions of this-time-of-the-year stature:
What will be higher: Flyers total playoff games or home runs hit by Phillies pitchers?
At No. 4, will the Eagles select an offensive player or a defensive player?
Andrew Bynum regular-season games played … or Chase Utley home runs?
Michael Young home runs … or Roy Halladay wins?
Number of Flyers head coaches between now and Dec. 31, over-under 1 1-2?
Total Villanova NCAA tournament games … or Phillies managerial changes?
Regular-season points scored by Bynum … or Jimmy Rollins' batting average, sans decimal point?
Number of prime-time Eagles regular-season games … or number of regular-season starting Eagles quarterbacks?
LeSean McCoy total touchdowns … or Spencer Hawes scoring average?
Nick Foles regular-season starts … or Kyle Kendrick wins?
Sixers' trips to the draft lottery … or postseason Union goals?
And finally, in the spirit of the Super Bowl:
Eagles next Super Bowl trip … over-under eight years from now?
Of all of the Phillies' muffled offseason moves - and there were too many - one carried an understated statistical appeal.
That Yuniesky Betancourt … hmmmm … interesting …
Betancourt, 30, had 16 homers in 2010, 13 in 2011 and seven in 57 games last season. And for a team that so often has struggled to score, and with the infield so aging that it will need regular nap time, that has to make him more valuable as a backup infielder --- and run-producer - than either Freddy Galvis or Michael Martinez.
'We'll see how it goes,' Ruben Amaro said.
Could go well. Michael Bourn, who once was projected as the hottest free agent in baseball, is still jobless. Good idea, committing to Scott Boras.
Paintball sounds like a good idea.
By his 3,000th pre-Super Bowl press conference Thursday, San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh was down to praising his scout teams, revealing that the extra weeks of practice time would benefit his young players in future years. Makes sense.
But even with full respect for the spoils-to-winners equation, why should two teams be entitled to two extra weeks of essential training camp to develop players not to win this Super Bowl, but to win the next one? And if that is happening, how long would it be until the other 30 teams start scheduling their young players for formal end-of-January work, too?
Last weekend, the AFC ran up 35 Pro Bowl points … and lost to the NFC by 25. Since it's not a professional-grade football event, the theory goes, the NFL should distance itself from it in a brand-protection initiative. Roger Goodell even has forwarded that threat.
The only way to preserve the tradition --- which does attract 10,000,000-plus gamblers, I mean TV viewers --- is to embrace its oddity. Why not make the defensive All-Stars play both ways for the first half, the offensive players do so after intermission?
At last that way, all sides would be embracing the whimsical nature of the event, all while increasing the curiosity factor. The Pro Bowl, yes, does scream pro-athlete arrogance. But it's worth trying to save.
Andrew Bynum is about to return to basketball activities … otherwise known as his job. But when he enters the Sixers lineup for the first time, and he will, that doesn't necessarily ensure immediate success.
The other day, associate head coach Michael Curry was asked if the Sixers were ready for a Bynum return?
'We're excited,' he said. But ready?
'We're excited,' he said. Got it.
Pa Kettle … I don't get it. And the odds aren't looking very good for Ma, either.


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Peoples Meadows have been suggested by members of the public as their favourite places to see meadow wild flowers. They encompass a range of sites; many with public access, some historic and others modern. Whilst these submissions have not been verified against the criteria of this project they remain valuable places for people to enjoy our wonderful flora.


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That's enough talk about the problem of under-representation.
Now it's time for African immigrants and other minority groups — who are on pace to become the new majority in Brooklyn Park — to step up and take leadership roles on local park boards, PTAs, philanthropic groups, city commissions and local governments. It's time to use their growing population numbers and increasing clout to move from civic spectators to policymakers.
That was the message at the "Civic Engagement Conversation" at Brooklyn Park City Hall. More than 300 people packed the City Council chambers last Thursday evening. Every chair was full and a standing crowd lined the walls as city staff scrambled to set up overflow rooms.
The mayors from Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center greeted the gathering before the crowd broke off in small groups to discuss why immigrant and minority groups are underrepresented in local government and other agencies and how to change it.
"It is time to move out of isolation and take action on issues that affect them. We have to shift our role from mere observers to active participants," said Abdullah Kiatamba, executive director of the nonprofit African Immigrant Services, which hosted the event. "If you really care, what are you willing to do?"
Brooklyn Park, a city of 77,000, is nearly 50 percent minority. About 21 percent of the city is foreign-born. Brooklyn Center, a city of 30,000, is about 55 percent minority, according to U.S. Census data. About 23 percent of its population is foreign-born.
The goal of the meeting is twofold: to create some standing groups of people interested in different areas, including education, housing and public-police relations, and to spur members of the community to take more roles on boards, committees and in government, Kiatamba said. "We will create a circle of community that will last after the event," he said. "We want partnerships across race and culture."
In one small-group discussion, people listed universal reasons why immigrants and minority groups have not taken a more active role in civic life. It included hectic schedules juggling family and work commitments and the perception that a lone voice will not be heard.
Kiatamba said it can also be intimidating for some immigrants to step forward and join civic life.
"I think another issue is trust based on poor experiences in the past or distrust in government in general," said Elizabeth Tolzmann, Brooklyn Park's community engagement coordinator
Many at the event expressed a desire to see more action and less talk.
"I don't want to talk about the achievement gap. I just want to do something about it," said Frances Woodson, a Minneapolis education consultant.
At the meeting, some participants said it's also time to address tensions between African immigrant communities and African-Americans.
"It's time for the African and African-American communities to enter into a greater dialogue. We share more similarities than differences," said the Rev. Jerry McAfee of New Salem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. "We need to have a serious conversation about how we can help each other."
Like many at the event, McAfee said this movement to increase minority civic involvement has to push past conversation into action mode.
"Starting a conversation is always important, but if it ends at talking, it's to no avail," said McAfee, who lives in Brooklyn Park.
African Immigrant Services partnered with the Diversity and Equity Department of North Hennepin Community College, the city of Brooklyn Park's Diversity Team, and the Northwest Civic Engagement Coalition to make the event happen.


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Anne Frank was persecuted as a Jew, whereas Barbro Karlen was born into a Christian family in Sweden. The knowledge that one can be born Jewish in one lifetime and Christian in another could have prevented the Holocaust. Similarly, if Israelis knew they could be reborn as Palestinians, if Muslims knew they could be reborn as Christians or Jews, if Sunnis understood they could reincarnate as Shiites; conflicts and wars based on these cultural differences would end. IISIS is dedicated to the positive social change that evidence of reincarnation can bring.
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PLYMOUTH, NH - The Little East Conference women's and men's basketball doubleheader between the University of Massachusetts Boston and Plymouth State University to be played on Saturday, February 13 in Plymouth, NH has been moved back 90 minutes.
The women's teams will play at 2:30 p.m., while the men's teams will square off at 4:30 p.m. The original times of the contests were at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., respectively.
The game times were pushed back to enable players, coaches and staff from UMass Boston to attend the funeral of former men's basketball player, Tommy Howe, who passed away on February 6. A funeral mass is scheduled for February 13 at 11:30 a.m. at Saint Adelaide Parish at 712 Lowell Street, Peabody, MA.


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Obama's problems in the South
Ever since his national debut at the 2004 Democratic convention, Barack Obama's calling card has been that he practices consensus-oriented politics that transcend traditional divisions. But four years after his historic presidential election, the country he sought to bring together is even more divided than when he launched his candidacy. And no place is more polarized than the South.
Any hope that the nation's first black president would usher in a period of reconciliation in the old Confederacy has crashed on the rocks of a harsh reality: African-Americans overwhelmingly support him and whites make up much of the opposition. Far from being a transformational figure in the South, Obama has instead reinforced the region's oldest and sturdiest divide.
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He's hardly the only one at fault. Republican leaders have opposed him at nearly every turn on policy, and some GOP party activists have pushed a rumor-mongering campaign about his background that is a stand-in for a crude bigotry that's no longer socially acceptable.
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But it's not merely racism that explains why the South remains as politically polarized now as it has ever been. The lagging economy, redistricting, changes in the media, long-term political trends, how Obama and Republicans have governed and, indeed, old-fashioned prejudice have all contributed to perpetuating the status quo in Dixie, say over a dozen Democrats and Republicans from the region.
"I worry about where we are," said Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), who has written extensively on the politics of race and culture.
Webb recalled talking to Obama on more than one occasion about how to address the racial split, most recently in June.
"I think he wants to do something in this area, and that's about all I can say," said the Virginian, not wanting to relate the details of their conversation. "I've done my best to put this in front of him."
Asked what exactly the president wanted to address, Webb paused before responding: "My observation is that, how can it be that in the party of Andrew Jackson, only 28 percent of white working males support the Democratic Party? It's difficult to talk about these things."
The South, like the rest of the country, is a complicated place. It's at once the heart of the Obama resistance but also a region that is crucial to his reelection hopes. If he loses Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, it's a virtual certainty that he'll be a one-term president. Look for no further explanation as to why the Democratic convention is being held in Charlotte, the prototypical New South city, than the importance of North Carolina to the Obama White House.
So for political purposes, there are effectively two Souths now. There's Virginia, North Carolina and Florida, which have become pivotal in presidential races, and there's the Deep South, which is ignored by both White House candidates.
Politics in the former is not just literally black and white. In the latter, however, that increasingly is the case. Democrats in the Deep South are in danger of now becoming the black party and Republicans effectively the white party. That has both Democrats and Republicans worried.


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Ferguson set for Stoke challenge
Sir Alex Ferguson is relishing the prospect of his Manchester United side facing the unique challenge presented by Stoke at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
Following Saturday's FA Cup defeat to Liverpool, an encounter with Tony Pulis' battlers would not normally be viewed as the ideal method of recovery. However, a draw at the Britannia Stadium in September represented the first points dropped to the Potteries outfit since they were promoted to the Premier League in 2008.
"You know what Tony Pulis's team will be like, they are the same all the time," Ferguson said. "They will be 100% committed and they always get stuck in. You have to cope with that."
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Kathy Bechtle
(M.B.A.) was recently named senior client manager by Bank of America Merrill
Lynch for the Central Connecticut market. Based in West Hartford, she will
support commercial clients with $5 million
to $50 million in annual revenues throughout the region by delivering
strategic, integrated financial advice and solutions (including credit, cash
management, foreign exchange and equipment financing) available to Bank of
America Merrill Lynch clients. Bechtle, who has been in the banking industry
for 30 years, came to Bank of America through its acquisition of Barnett Banks
in 1998. Her previous responsibilities include roles in credit review, retail
area management and corporate banking. Bechtle most recently served as a Middle
Market senior lender in the South Florida market.
(Tina) Bullock (M.A.S.) 1989 recently ran a successful campaign to
become a District 3 School Board Member in Clay County. She was sworn in Nov.
18, 2012 and participated in her first board meeting that same evening. Prior
to that, Bullock retired as an long-time education and as the principal of
Keystone Heights High School.
Neese (B.S.N.) was awarded a Ph.D. in Nursing in May 2012 from Barry
University in Miami Shores, Fla. She lives in Port St. Lucie, Fla. and works as
a nurse at the Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter.
Fusto (B.A.)graduated in May
2012 with a second master's degree from Teachers College and Columbia
University in New York. Since leaving UNF, he has centered his life around
education. In addition to his job as the head of upper school (grades 6-9) and
assistant headmaster (K-9) of a junior boarding school in New England, he has
founded and directs an educational program in the Dominican Republic in which
he takes hundreds of students from the United States to live and work in
orphanages on the islands. In 2011, Fusto published two books, "The Next Best
Thing to Being There" and the teacher guide to the Emmy award-winning
documentary "Which Way Home."
Dunston (B.B.A.) recently accepted a new position as benefits consultant
with USAble Life, a Florida Blue partner and will be responsible for the
Orlando market.
Carper (B.A.) completed her master's of business administration in
August 2012 from Wake Forest University in Charlotte, N.C. After six years as a
publicist in New York City, the former Presidential Envoy and Honors Program
student now works in card sponsorship risk management for Bank of America in
McKee (B.B.A.) was elected to the Florida Defense Lawyers Association
(FDLA) Board of Directors as the representative for the Young Lawyers. McKee,
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the Chair of the Editorial Board for the Trial Advocate Quarterly, the flagship
publication of the FDLA. After graduating from UNF, McKee received her law
degree from Stetson University College of Law in 2007.
Xiao and Christy (Rogers) She (B.S) welcomed their daughter, Audrey, July
10, 2012.
Marty Khan (Ed.D), a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve and serves as a
policy planner with the U.S. Military Delegation at NATO Headquarters. As a
planner, he has worked on geopolitical and security cooperation issues at a
number of commands in several countries in both Asia and Europe. He was also UNF'sformer Director of Internal Auditing.
He recently wrote an article, Talking to the Islamic World: How NATO must
communicate its pro-Muslim support, in "per Concordiam (the NATO journal)."
Gillette (M.S.N., B.S.N., 2005) is working as a nurse practitioner at
Parkway Plastic Surgery in Jacksonville. Prior to joining the practice, she
worked as a registered nurse for 15 years.
More than 30 members of the Alpha Chi Omega UNF Alumnae Chapter
attended their annual Founder's Day celebration in October. The brunch took
place at Marsh Landing Country club. Many of the alumni are very active in the
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I can switch it on, do a days work then the next time i switch it on i get a message saying " all settings lost system can't recover"
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Air Fresheners Unregulated, Potentially Dangerous, Group Says
Certain air fresheners contain chemicals that may be harmful to human health.
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A study of 14 common household air fresheners has found that most of the surveyed products contain chemicals that can aggravate asthma and affect reproductive development, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). "There are too many products on the shelves that we assume are safe, but have never even been tested," said Dr. Gina Solomon, NRDC senior scientist. "The government should be keeping a watchful eye on these household items and the manufacturers who produce them."
The study assessed scented sprays, gels, and plug-in air fresheners. Independent lab testing confirmed the presence of phthalates, or hormone-disrupting chemicals that may pose a particular health risk to babies and young children, in 12 of the 14 products—including those marked "all natural." None of the products had these chemicals listed on their labels, according to the report. On September 19, NRDC, along with the Sierra Club, Alliance for Healthy Homes, and the National Center for Healthy Housing, filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Consumer Product Safety Commission to report the findings.
In response to the petition, the U.S. drug store chain Walgreens pulled three of the assessed air fresheners from shelves in its 5,850 stores nationwide, and will conduct its own testing on the products to evaluate their safety, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Some 75 percent of U.S. households use air fresheners, according to NRDC. The industry is now worth $1.72 billion in the United States, a 50-percent increase over 2003.
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The four environmental organizations want the U.S. government to enforce health and safety testing of the air fresheners, as well as to ban the use of any ingredients that cause allergies or that are listed on California's "Proposition 65" list of chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive harm. They are also calling on the government to require manufacturers to list the full range of chemical ingredients on consumer labels. "More than anything, our research highlights cracks in our safety system," Solomon noted.
Air freshening products typically only mask odors rather than removing them, and many operate by delivering chemically derived scents into the air that may be inhaled or absorbed through the skin, according to NRDC. "There are plenty of good alternatives," Dr. Solomon said. "The best way to avoid the problem is to simply open a window instead of reaching for one of these cans."
This story was produced by Eye on Earth, a joint project of the Worldwatch Institute and the blue moon fund. View the complete archive of Eye on Earth stories, or contact Staff Writer Alana Herro at aherro [AT] worldwatch [DOT] org with your questions, comments, and story ideas.


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Initiative Includes Women's Advisory Panel Led by CFP Board Chair Nancy Kistner, CFP®
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. Board of Directors Chair Nancy A. Kistner, CFP® announced today an initiative to increase the number of women entering the growing financial planning profession, including the number of women CFP® professionals.
"As more and more Americans need help to meet their financial goals CFP® professionals – and those who aspire to join our ranks – have an important opportunity to help Americans get back on track and take control of their financial lives," Kistner said. "Growing the ranks of female CFP® professionals not only makes good business sense, but it builds the heart and soul of this profession, which is all about helping Americans achieve financial security. When more women advisors are helping more women clients, they are also helping spouses, children, families and communities."
Kistner, who also serves as the Managing Director and Wealth Planning Solutions Market Director at U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, made the announcement during a keynote address at the Women Advisors Forum in New York City.
Currently, only about 23 percent of the 68,000 CFP® professionals are female – a statistic that hasn't budged for a decade. With fields like education, medicine and law, among others, seeing more gender parity, Kistner said in her remarks, "it is well past time that we welcome more women in financial services, particularly financial planning."
To inform the initiative's efforts, CFP Board has appointed a Women's Initiative Advisory Panel made up of leading experts in the financial planning field. The Advisory Panel will help to identify the challenges women face when becoming certified and beginning a career in financial planning, as well as recommend solutions to increase the ranks of female CFP® professionals. Kistner will serve as Chair of the panel, in addition to leading the overall effort.
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The panel will meet twice in 2013, beginning with a spring meeting to closely examine the problem. Following this inaugural meeting, CFP Board will draw upon the panel's discussion to conduct in-depth quantitative and qualitative research. The panel will meet again in the fall to review the research findings and make recommendations, resulting in the release of a report by CFP Board detailing research conclusions, as well as recommended solutions to increase the number of American women providing ethical and competent financial planning advice.
"While there are certainly challenges to encouraging more women to attain certification and enter the financial planning profession, the opportunities are enormous," said CFP Board's Chief Executive Officer Kevin R. Keller. "CFP Board is dedicated to increasing the ranks of women in financial planning, beginning with research to better inform our understanding of the challenges and barriers women face, and to help identify actionable solutions to grow the number of women CFP® professionals." Ten Reasons Women Should Become CFP® Professionals – From Remarks by CFP Board Chair Nancy A. Kistner, CFP® at the Women Advisors Forum (5/15/13)
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German Company Fired Memphis Employee Due to Bipolar Disorder, Federal Agency Charges
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A German-based company with a facility in Memphis that grinds food products as well as other chemicals and minerals violated federal law by discriminating against an employee because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
The EEOC's suit asserts that Probat, Inc., doing business as Bauermeister, Inc., violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) when it discharged the employee because of his disability, bipolar disorder. After a medical leave of absence, the employee informed the company president of his disability. The company president requested numerous medical evaluations, but then refused to accept the release-to-work documents submitted by the employee's medical providers and refused to allow the employee to return to work. Bauermeister then fired the employee, the EEOC said.
The EEOC filed suit, Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-2851, in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Western Division, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The agency's lawsuit seeks monetary relief in the form of back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, reinstatement and an injunction against future discrimination, among other items.
"The ADA, as amended by the Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act, prohibits employers from taking actions based on assumptions about how a disability will affect an employee's ability to perform the job," said Katharine W. Kores, district director of the EEOC's Memphis District Office, which has jurisdiction over Arkansas, Tennessee and portions of Mississippi. "Here, medical providers released the employee to return to work and the employer refused to return him. Discrimination against people with disabilities continues to be a serious problem in the workplace. This agency is committed to its responsibility in enforcing the ADA."
Bauermeister, Inc. employed approximately 40 employees at its Memphis, Tennessee facility during the relevant time period. The parent company, Probat-Werke, is headquartered in Emmerich, Germany. The Probat Group of Companies has eight manufacturing and technology companies in Germany, Italy, Brazil and in Vernon Hills, Ill.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.