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Every Monday after class, Winchester High School students gather with torches, steel grinders and wrenches to work on rebuilding the Chevy S10 pickup truck they dismantled just a few weeks ago. Watch them transform the truck from gas-driven to electric
Every Monday after class, Winchester High School students gather with torches, steel grinders and wrenches to work on rebuilding the Chevy S10 pickup truck they dismantled just a few weeks ago.
Forget about hybrid technology. In the school's makeshift chop shop, the students are piecing together their own, fully electric vehicle with the truck's skeletal remains.
The project is a part of the school's auto club, initiated by parent organizer Debe Holland.
According to Holland, whose two sons are participating in the club, the high school eliminated its auto shop program about five years ago due to budget constraints.
"When the auto shop was closed ... I thought that was a loss for the kids, so we started this as an after school club," she said. "What we decided to do was make it a 21st century auto shop."
For the past two years, about 24 students have been participating in the program. Last year, they converted an old Volvo station wagon to run on bio-diesel.
This year they're rebuilding the Chevy so it can run entirely on battery power.
The goal is to have it built in time to drive in the En Ka parade this May, according to adult volunteer and technical leader Joe Randolph.
He decided he wanted to help the students build the vehicle after Holland advertised the program and the need for expert volunteers.
"One of the things that I think is nice about this project is it introduces the concept of an electrical car to students," said Randolph. "But it also introduces them to the limitations."
In order to run what was recently a functioning gasoline powered vehicle on electricity, the truck's entire engine was ripped out, and the bed was reconfigured to tilt up like a dump truck.
A total of 12 lead acid batteries are being installed and will power the electrical motor that has been attached to the original transmission.
The 12 batteries will allow the vehicle to reach speeds of up to 60 mph, and be driven for between 30 to 40 miles before needing to be recharged, according to Randolph.
"I think it's coming along really good," said Wes Holland a 14-year-old freshman, who's been helping build the truck. "We really accomplished a lot."
Wes first became interested in cars in the fifth grade when he participated in the high school's former auto shop mentor program.
He worked with former high school teacher Justin Fisher last year to help build the bio-diesel car.
"I'm thrilled that not only my sons, but all these kids are getting a better knowledge of auto mechanics," said Debe Holland. "But I also love the fact that they are learning about technology that they're going to use for the rest of their lives."
The En Ka Society, the Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence, the high school Parent Faculty Association and the John and Mary Murphy Foundation have stepped forward to fund the program.
Several adult volunteers with professional expertise are helping the students with the project, including Project Manager Larry Rucki, Dave Folkerts, Bob Batcheldor, Beat Arnet and Terry Lannon.
According to Randolph, an added benefit of powering the truck with electricity is that it will eventually rely almost exclusively on solar power. A solar panel array, which will soon be installed on the roof of the high school as part of the Winchester Solar Challenge, will provide enough electricity to charge the truck's batteries, he said.
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OAKLAND — With police facing intensifying criticism from city leaders for again failing to prevent a small number of agitators from vandalizing downtown businesses during the tail end of mass protests, Chief Sean Whent gave no assurances Tuesday that he would get tougher on vandals.
"Our focus in all these things is about safety of people over property," Whent said on KQED's Forum program. "That includes the safety of citizens and police officers."
To illustrate the risks faced by police, Whent said that officers who raced across Broadway late last night to arrest vandals smashing windows at a Men's Warehouse were attacked by the crowd.
"That's why we ended up deploying gas to basically rescue the officers out of there," he said.
Whent's comments contrasted sharply with those of Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, whose force also has faced off with violent protesters following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager.
Beck warned the agitators Tuesday that "if you come here again tonight, you will go to jail," the L.A. Times reported.
Mayor Jean Quan told KQED that police must do better but that the vandals are a slippery foe for an understaffed police department. "It's a fine line to honor the tradition of protest in the city and on the other hand to get enough resources out to do the violence prevention," she said.
Monday's protests in Oakland were the largest and most violent since Saturday's jury verdict in a case that has sparked a national debate about racial profiling. Hundreds of protesters briefly took over a section of Interstate 880 early in the evening. Shortly after 11 p.m. a much smaller group of masked vandals began smashing windows downtown. One waiter at a downtown restaurant was hit in the face while trying to stop a hammer-wielding vandal.
"If I was a retailer thinking about coming to downtown Oakland, I wouldn't do it given what's transpired the last few nights," Councilman Larry Reid said. "My business couldn't be protected, and my employees couldn't be protected."
Reid and other city leaders fear that after years of being accused of acting too aggressively against protesters — and paying out tens of millions of dollars in police misconduct lawsuits — officers now are showing too much restraint.
The department currently is under federal supervision after failing to satisfy court-mandated reforms. The court-appointed federal overseer, former Baltimore Police Commissioner Thomas Frazier, had previously excoriated the department's handling of the 2011 Occupy Oakland protests that resulted in 44 officers facing disciplinary charges.
Former Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente said police are being reigned in by outside powers calling the shots. "The result is that they're not doing what they are supposed to do when they see people committing a crime or violating the law," he said.
Frazier could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Whent said he didn't think the fallout from the Occupy protests or recent million-dollar settlements awarded to protesters had made officers shy away from conflict.
"If it's in the back of their minds, that could be a possibility, but I don't think that is the case," he said during an afternoon news conference.
Whent said that police were caught off-guard by the size and intensity of Monday's protest. After hundreds of demonstrators marched onto the freeway, police reassigned officers from elsewhere in the city and received additional help from nine outside police agencies.
With their numbers augmented, police were able to flank protesters, which put them in a better position to target troublemakers, Whent said. Police made nine arrests Monday, after making just one the previous two nights of protests. Whent said that might not seem like much but added that there were relatively few agitators interspersed among the protesters. "It's very difficult to march into a crowd of several hundred people to grab a few who are breaking windows," he said.
Councilman Dan Kalb wouldn't criticize police but said the only way to stop the vandals was to bring them to justice. "We need to arrest people who are breaking windows and committing violent acts," he said. "And we need to arrest as many of them as possible."
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The federal government should expand access to offshore oil and gas, phase out the wind production tax credit and preserve a key Energy Department loan guarantee program promoting clean energy, a broad coalition of former senators and industry, environmental and labor officials said as part of sweeping recommendations the group issued Wednesday.
The Bipartisan Policy Center's 20-member Strategic Energy Policy Initiative dipped into other contentious debates over energy exports, military biofuels investment and climate change in recommending a host of ideas in its report. The recommendations are intended to expand both conventional and alternative energy production along with energy efficiency.
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Not all members of the diverse group agree on each individual recommendation.
"Taken together, however, we believe this set of recommendations provides the blueprint for a balanced and effective plan for enhancing the nation's prosperity, energy security and sustainable environmental quality in the 21st century," according to the report.
That's an approach Congress should emulate, one of the initiative's leaders said.
"It's a clear indication of what can be done," said former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), who joined former Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) as one of the leaders of the effort.
Lott, a former Senate majority leader, also offered some advice to current Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: "Quit always trying to take up legislation where you know there's going to be a fight," and instead, pursue a bipartisan energy bill.
Lott said he and Dorgan were heading to Capitol Hill after their Wednesday morning news conference "to meet with one of the key players to talk about what we've recommended here."
"It is one of the most unique and interesting things I have ever been involved in — an advisory group that was that diverse," Dorgan said.
The blueprint recommends that Congress expand access to oil and gas exploration and production in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and says the Interior Department should speed up leasing off the mid- and South Atlantic states only in areas that have been "reviewed and approved based on a rigorous coastal and marine spatial planning process." It adds that lawmakers and Interior should update permitting and leasing onshore to include "adequate resources," consistent requirements and creation of a new commission to identify potential regulatory reforms.
The Interior Department should also "consider reopening its current five-year plan to include at least one lease sale in the Atlantic," the report says.
It argues against limiting liquefied natural gas and other exports, arguing more broadly that "restricting international trade in fossil fuels is not an effective policy to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions or to advance domestic economic interests."
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Kit Lofgren let her two dogs out in her front yard — on a small cul de sac of only nine homes in her somewhat rural neighborhood in Los Gatos, Calif. — and took her attention away from them briefly. When she turned back, the Labrador was still there, but Heikki, a 4-month-old Bernese mountain dog, had vanished.
Within minutes, Lofgren had neighbors combing the area, but the 11-pound puppy was nowhere to be found.
It was then that she and her neighbors remembered seeing the same man sitting in a truck on subsequent days.
It might not be up there with burglary or other types of property theft, but dognapping is on the rise, says American Kennel Club spokesperson Lisa Peterson, who tracks dog news around the country.
Police reports don't make a distinction between pet theft and other property theft, so there's no way to pinpoint the exact number of stolen pets each year, but anecdotally, officers say that pet theft is increasing this year.
"More people are reporting it ... and it seems to be occurring more frequently," says Lt. John Kerwick, president of the U.S. Police Canine Association, Region 7, New York, an organization of officers who work with police dogs.
In the first five months of 2008, the AKC noted three times as many dog thefts as the year before. (The organization tracked 30 from news reports and customers; the entire year before they only recorded 10.)
Stealing a dog to steal a beloved's heart?
Sometimes people steal a dog simply because it's a cheap or easy way to acquire one, especially in a tanking economy, says Allan Reznik, editor-at-large for Dog World and a judge on the CBS TV show "Greatest American Dog."
"I'm sure the economy and hard times make people desperate and more brazen in terms of what they think they can get away with," Reznik says. "I think it's easy to steal dogs and to dispose of them now because there are so many Web sites and outlets for selling a dog. If somebody were selling, say, a Cavalier [King Charles spaniel] for $1,500 rather than $3,000, with no papers, there are a lot of people who would say 'That's a gift; I'm not going to ask questions.' "
Some dogs appear to be stolen to literally be given as gifts, says Peterson.
Video: Economic woes take toll on pets "A couple of these thefts that we tracked happened around Valentine's Day earlier this year, so perhaps some people stole a puppy to give as a gift," Peterson says. "Other people take them just because they want them for their own personal pet and they don't want to pay for them or take the time to do it responsibly."
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Toy breeds, puppies, and purebred dogs that look expensive or unusual are most vulnerable, says Peterson. Among the stolen breeds tracked by the AKC in 2008 are Yorkshire terriers, poodles, Pomeranians, shih tzu, bulldogs, corgis, a Norwich terrier and a mastiff.
Plus, people increasingly view their pets as members of the family and are willing to cough up big rewards if they go missing.
"People realize that dogs have a street value, where they didn't before," Lofgren says. She believes Heikki was stolen because he was a puppy and because the thief knew he was an expensive dog.
Some thieves walk off with puppies from pet stores and animal shelters or take dogs tied up outside stores and coffee shops. Others break into cars where dogs have been left while their owners run an errand. Some have even posed as prospective puppy buyers to case breeders' homes, breaking in later to snatch the dogs, says Peterson.
Two armed men forced their way into a Los Angeles home last year, ordered the family of four to lay on the floor and stole four Yorkshire terriers puppies and one adult dog. The puppies, valued at $2,500, had been advertised in a newspaper and the men initially posed as buyers. A little more than a week later one of the suspects later turned himself in and four of the dogs were reunited with their family while one puppy remained missing.
It's not just dogs who are stolen, although they're the most common targets. Cats are at risk too. A kitten named Mugsy was smuggled out of a Boise, Idaho, shelter by a woman and three children in February, says Sheri Schneider, the executive director of Simply Cats. And it was the theft last year of a kitten named Ernie in Richmond, Va., that prompted proposed — but failed — legislation in that state to make stealing a cat a felony rather than a misdemeanor. (It's already a felony to steal a dog in that state.)
In most states, the value of the animal determines whether pet theft is a felony or a misdemeanor. In Ohio, it's a misdemeanor if the value is less than $500, while stealing a pet worth more than $1,000 from a home is considered felony grand theft.
Black market pets
There's a black market for dogs, Peterson says. People sell them on the roadside out of vans, at flea markets, or through online classifieds. Craig's List tries to combat this by banning the sale of pets except for a small adoption fee, but that doesn't stop some petnappers. A Spanaway, Wash., family recently was reunited earlier this month with their stolen Great Dane after someone posted it for sale on Craig's list for $150 this month.
Kerwick, the policeman who works with canines, says that while some dogs are targeted for stealing, most dog thefts are crimes of opportunity. "The average guy doesn't wake up in the morning and think about stealing a dog for a family member or himself, but the dog is there, there's no one watching, and they take him," he says.
Lofgren knew that her best chance for Heikki's return lay in killing his market value immediately. Posters and flyers with his picture went out to shelters, veterinarians, pet stores, Bernese mountain dog message boards, and missing-pet Web sites such as dogdetective.com and K9 Amber Alert. The San Francisco Dogwalkers Association mobilized members' eyes and ears throughout San Francisco.
"That turned out to be key, because the people who stole him tried to shop him in Dolores Park and the Financial District," Lofgren says. "We had dogwalkers with cell phones sending us photographs. It was impossible to walk down the street with a young Berner and not be accosted by somebody."
Heikki was returned two weeks later after a 4 a.m. phone call from a woman claiming her boyfriend had found the dog. Accompanied by a police officer, Lofgren's husband met the woman an hour later, paid the offered reward, and got their puppy back. Even though the woman's story was suspect and the boyfriend's truck matched the description of the one seen in the Lofgren's neighborhood, no one had written down a license number so there was no way to prove he'd stolen the dog, not merely found it, so no arrests were made.
Patty Mullins of Garden City, Mich., hasn't been so fortunate but she remains hopeful. A month after someone witnessed a man luring her Affenpinscher, Joey, to jump into a truck, she continues to post flyers throughout the area, hands them out to utility workers, postal carriers, and lawn service employees, checks shelters regularly, and walks the area daily searching for him.
"I know in my heart I will trip over my boy one day soon," she says.
Kim Campbell Thornton is an award-winning author who has written many articles and more than a dozen books about dogs and cats. She belongs to the Dog Writers Association of America and is past president of the Cat Writers Association. She shares her home in California with three Cavalier King Charles spaniels and one African ringneck parakeet.
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AMERICUS, Ga. - Three first half goals was all the North Georgia Saints needed to blank the Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes Saturday afternoon at Hurricane Field, 3-0.
NGCSU used a quick start to gain early momentum as North Georgia's Jamie Gleeson took a pass from Juan Hurtado and headed in a goal for the Saints a little under three minutes into the match.
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Rod Livingston of Richmond, Ind., is hoping to become flush with success.
The Palladium-Item reported that Livingston is the inventor of Dry-Flush, an odorless, waterless toilet designed for use in RVs and boats, now being manufactured in Connecticut and sold by distributors around the world. Livingston and his business partner have applied for patents for the toilet, the only waterless unit that has both flushing action and a bagging system for waste.
Though he has launched about a dozen products over the years, "this is the first one that looks like it's really going to take off," Livingston said.
"There have to be a lot of things that fall into place just right" for an invention to succeed, he said. Not only does the product have to work, it has to be easy and cost-effective to build. In addition, there must be a need for the product, a market and the opportunity to take advantage of that market.
"The toilet is hitting all of these things right now," Livingston said.
Livingston majored in physics in college then went into the service. After he got out, his first job was with Discovision, a company that was working on a product that eventually became the compact disc. "We just invented stuff right and left."
Livingston had long been interested in owning an RV, but the self-proclaimed "geeky engineer" wanted to build rather than buy one. "I don't ever buy something I think I can make myself," he said.
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A Catholic priest laicised by the Vatican after a child abuse case says he suspects the church paid the alleged victim in return for evidence against him.
John Gerard Nestor was a priest in the Wollongong Diocese in NSW when he was charged with the indecent assault of a 15-year-old altar boy in 1991.
He was convicted and sentenced to 16 months in jail in Wollongong Local Court on February 18, 1997.
But in October of that year, he won an appeal against the conviction, serving no time behind bars.
Tony Abbott, then-parliamentary secretary in the Howard government, provided a character reference for Mr Nestor in the lower court, describing him as a "beacon of humanity".
Mr Nestor now alleges the complainant in the case received compensation by the church.
"I suspect - and I have reason to say it, I don't know it (for sure) - that he was promised money in return for giving evidence against me, by the church or officials of the church," he told AAP.
"Because they didn't particularly like me."
A spokesperson for the office of Bishop Peter Ingham, the Bishop of Wollongong, said the Diocese categorically denied the claims.
Mr Nestor also said he does not want the case referred to the royal commission into child sex abuse, which is set to examine institutional handling of abuse allegations.
"Mistakes have been made in my regard and I want the church to concentrate and focus on what it needs to be doing - bringing the gospel to the people," he said.
Following the successful appeal, Mr Nestor applied to the Catholic Church to be re-instated into priestly ministry, but the church never allowed him to return.
The then-Wollongong Bishop, Philip Wilson, now Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, advised Mr Nestor in writing that, "significant additional material that I have received ... has been a cause of worry concerning your suitability for a further pastoral appointment in this diocese, or any other".
Mr Nestor appealed to the Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy, which decreed he be reinstated in 2001.
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Mr Nestor told AAP at his home in rural NSW that while he accepted the decision, the Church had embarked on a decade-long campaign to remove him because it was "embarrassed" by the Vatican's initial ruling in his favour in 2001.
"When I appealed to the Vatican, they saw it as a threat," he said.
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"The guy who was running my case - a very conservative man who was a Catholic and who would do his utmost to protect the church - said to me (then), `you would be forgiven for thinking these people were trying to get you into jail'."
He said the "additional material" uncovered by Archbishop Wilson which led to his laicisation, was questionable and not as "strong" as the allegations aired in court.
"They were all stuff that even if they were proved, you would say, `so what does that mean, what does it prove?"
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(NEW YORK) -- A tsunami warning was downgraded to an advisory for the state of Hawaii this morning, following a 7.7 earthquake off the coast of British Columbia Saturday night.
Although waves up to six feet were predicted, the first waves that reached the islands were much smaller.
"We appear at this stage to be very, very fortunate," said Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie.
Residents in low lying areas were evacuated.
Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle said while the waves were not as big as expected, officials have to remain cautious.
"These events are capricious. They're dangerous. You have to always err on the side of safety," Carlisle said.
Carlisle told ABC News affiliate KITV that it is now safe for residents from the evacuated areas to return home and roads were reopening.
But Carlisle said he won't give the "all clear" because previous incidences show the danger might not be over.
"In some instances, after the last great warning, there was danger that lasted for two full days in certain areas. We do not want somebody to go into the water and risk that type of danger," he said.
The 7.7 quake that triggered the tsunami warnings was centered around an island north of Vancouver in Canada.
A 5.8 aftershock was reported just after the first earthquake.
No major damage has been reported.
Jay Albrecht with the National Weather Service said the quake's impact was felt as far south as San Francisco.
"There is a tsunami advisory that's been issued for the Southern Oregon and Northern California coast and that goes from about 80 miles northwest of San Francisco, northward to a location about 10 miles southwest of Florence, Ore.," Albrecht said.
Tsunami advisories were canceled for Canada and Oregon.
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Marilyn Ridgeway, age 83, of Port Jervis, NY passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at her home.
She was born on February 29, 1929 in Port Jervis, NY, the daughter of the late Albert and Kathryn Garland Ridgeway.
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Passport to Africa: Experience an Evening of Hope, Justice and Transformation
We are a small San Diego-based non-profit working with 50 rural communities in Uganda, East Africa to sustainably empower women & children to reach their full potential through improved health care, education and microenterprise.
In our short existence, we've been able to deliver dramatic results:
Our 4th birthday celebration and fundraiser will be a high-profile and intimate gala among celebrities, spiritual and personal development experts, and passionate supporters. We are bringing from Uganda, our primary partner on the ground who has helped us to achieve everything we've built. Her name is Sister Ernestine Akulu, a nun, nurse, founder of a big hospital and big visionary.
We want to transport guests to Africa "in spirit", so they may witness how their support has enabled the people of Uganda to find hope, enact justice and therefore dramatically transform the lives of thousands of people who would otherwise not have the opportunity to rise above their circumstances.
Our most passionate and long-term supporter/donors, celebrities, high profile spiritual and personal development experts, and other very special guests. This event is by invitation only, very exclusive.
Event info: http://www.justlikemychild.org/pass…frica.html
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The event logo will need to include the following:
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2. Thursday, October 28th
3. It should be whimsical, and communicate a sense of African culture - art, masks, dance, colors, etc. Should reflect a passion to make a difference, be compelling and enticing. It would be best to incorporate the colors from our logo and tone of our web site which can be viewed at http://www.JustLikeMyChild.org
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Merchandise Associates are responsible for generating sales by providing outstanding customer service, expanding and maintaining product knowledge, and general sales floor merchandising. They are also responsible for the replenishment of product. Merchandise Associate will be measured on the ability to complete all duties, responsibilities, and competencies contained in the job description.
Mills Fleet Farm store hours are 7am - 9pm Monday through Friday, 7am - 8pm on Saturdays and 8am - 6pm on Sundays (except Fargo, ND is open 12pm - 6pm on Sundays).
Merchandise Associates are responsible for:
- Providing excellent customer service by responding with a sense of urgency to our customers' needs while completing other tasks.
- Maintaining stock levels on the shelves.
- Setting up new displays.
- Accurately operating cash registers.
- Assisting in preparations for upcoming sales events.
- Maintaining a clean and neat department (ie. clean shelves, displays, and work spaces).
- Having a good product knowledge of the department and basic knowledge of all store products to drive sales.
- Helping in other areas/departments of the store as needed.
- Following all company policies and procedures and ensure a safe working environment.
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- Paid Time Off*
- Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan*
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NEW YORK CITY (CNN) – A patient admitted to a New York City hospital with a high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms Monday is being tested for Ebola.
He recently traveled to a country in West Africa where Ebola has been reported, Mount Sinai Hospital said in a statement.
The patient was placed in strict isolation, and doctors are working to determine the cause of his symptoms. They expect to get test results back in a day or two.
"Odds are this is not Ebola. It's much more likely that it's a much more common condition," said Dr. Jeremy Boal, chief medical officer of the Mount Sinai Health System.
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta says about half a dozen people have recently returned from West Africa and gotten tested because of symptoms consistent with the disease. None of those cases has been confirmed as Ebola.
Meanwhile, an American suffering from Ebola is expected to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday from Liberia, where she contracted the deadly virus.
Missionary Nancy Writebol is set to travel aboard an air ambulance equipped with an isolation unit. It will land at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, and from there she'll be rushed to Atlanta's Emory University Hospital about 20 miles away.
"The reports from our medical doctors there on site caring for her is that she's in a more weakened condition; however, today has been a good day," said Bruce Johnson, president of SIM USA, where Writebol was working in Liberia.
He told CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" that her husband had told him Writebol's appetite was returning and that she had asked for potato soup.
"We're just grateful and very cautiously optimistic about how she's doing right now," Johnson said.
Writebol is one of two Americans stricken with the disease while aiding Ebola victims in the latest outbreak in West Africa. Ebola has killed more than 700 people in three nations: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Their evacuation to Atlanta marks the first time anyone infected with the virus has been known to get treatment in the United States.
Both patients will be treated at an isolation unit where precautions are in place to prevent it from spreading, unit supervisor Dr. Bruce Ribner said.
The first American evacuee, Dr. Kent Brantly, was making progress since he arrived in Atlanta from Liberia on Saturday, a U.S. official said.
"It's encouraging that he seems to be improving," Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CBS' "Face the Nation."
"That is really important, and we are hoping he will continue to improve."
Brantly, 33, is the first known patient with the deadly virus to be treated on U.S. soil. He landed at Dobbins and was quickly rushed to Atlanta's Emory University Hospital.
Ebola doesn't spread through airborne or waterborne methods. It spreads through contact with organs and bodily fluids such as blood, saliva, urine and other secretions of infected people.
There is no FDA-approved treatment for Ebola, and Emory will use what Ribner calls "supportive care." That means carefully tracking a patient's symptoms, vital signs and organ function and taking measures, such as blood transfusions and dialysis, to keep patients stable.
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All the new digital platforms have created a proliferation of non-journalistic sources of news and information that has forever changed the media landscape.
Bloggers, Posters, Reviewers, Tweeters, Video bloggers, Facebook "friends" have all become part of our content consumption menu.
This has played havoc in the journalism world, which has struggled mightily with the need to differentiate itself from the new voices who come from a different place.
It's not that bloggers without journalist training aren't valuable, they just play by different rules. They may have significant conflicts, for example, like being paid to blog about a product or being employed by the company or industry they are blogging about. And while those are no-no's in the world of journalism, they can also be seen by the general public as reasons the the blogger may be better informed on something going on with a product, or inside a company.
Someone writing about new television sets for BestBuyOn.com clearly works for a business that has an interest in people buying more tv sets. If you are thinking about buying a TV set, and you believe a BestBuy employee may know more about TV's than most people, that may not bother you.
So while I believe Journalists and the lack of bias will play a role in information dissemination, it's also true that we have to allow for the fact that our readers are looking for the best information for themselves, and that may not always have to come from an unbiased journalist.
But it also means that the business of journalism must clearly differentiate itself and constantly remind the public of the difference between a journalist and someone who writes with a vested interest. It is particularly important because in the new digital world the content offered by both worlds LOOKS the same. BestBuyOn.com sure LOOKS a lot like CNET. But at least BestBuyOn.com is obviously produced by BestBuy. Joe's TV blog may not be so obviously sponsored by Reebok if he doesn't say it.
So it is particularly hard on the industry when those lines are blurred. The latest example is the case of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews who, it turns out, is a paid endorser of Reebok shoes, among other products. While her fans may care more about whether or not she's wearing Louboutin on the red carpet, her role as a sports sideline reporter is supposed to involve a semblance of journalistic integrity. So it was a few weeks ago when she reported from the Rose Bowl that TCU football players were slipping on the field despite their new NIKE cleats, no one thought much about the comment. A couple weeks later, it's revealed that she is a spokesperson for Reebok, perhaps Nike's most visible competitor.
Hmmm. The conflict is at its most dangerous point exactly when the viewer DOESN'T think much about the comment. Believing Nike cleats to be inadequate during that game is an interesting observation for fans, but takes on a a new light when you think about how many coaches and athletic directors from every school in the country — the very people who buy athletic equipment for their programs — might have been watching the Rose Bowl.
Sports journalism has never been at the top of the credibility mountain. Anchors and sports athletes or coaches who have turned into sports commentators have a history of endorsing products or brands. Still, ESPN has reserved the right to grant permission for endorsement deals on a case by case basis. And Erin Andrews, while a sideline reporter, has certainly also established herself as much as an entertainer, particularly with her stint on Dancing with the Stars.
But media companies are putting their reputations at stake in allowing this confusion. Broadcast journalists particularly are paid enough to not have to endorse products, which is a much different situation than a blogger trying to eck out a living. This is a profession, and the definition of professional conduct has included the avoidance of even the appearance of conflict. If that is to remain as one of the cannon's of our profession, we need to police it.
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Moore & Scarry necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Home town delights as Ukolova and Prokopeva progress in Moscow
The pair who are seeded ninth in Moscow beat Canada's Jamie Lynn Broder and Kristina Valjas 2-0 (21-13, 21-14) to book their place in the second elimination round.
"We're very happy to have won the pool because it wasn't an easy pool," Ukolova said.
"It is always tough in the main draw and this season all the teams are all around the same level, so we are really pleased to have finished top and guaranteed a ninth-place finish. Now we will just wait to find out who our next opponents are."
The pair recently won silver at the Anapa Open to go with the gold medals on Russia's Black Sea coast in 2013.
For Ukolova in particular there is particular importance to showing her full potential in Moscow as she hails from the Russian capital.
"Of course it is great to play in Moscow because it is my home town," Ukolova added. "I have to thank all the fans because today there was a lot of rain and a strong wind but they stayed in the stands and kept cheering us on."
Last year's bronze medallists Elsa Baquerizo McMillan and Liliana Fernandez Steiner also wrapped up pool play with three wins from three.
They ensured that they go straight to the second elimination round by beating Russia's Ekaterina Syrtseva and Alexandra Shiryaeva 2-0 (21-17, 21-15).
"It is the first time this season we've topped the group, so it is a good sensation," Baquerizo McMillan said. "We played them in the European Championships last week and we had to beat them to finish fifth and it was a tough match, so we had to be concentrated today."
So far in 2014 they have won a number of national tour events before they reached the quarterfinals of the CEV European Championships last week.
The pair won their first World Tour medals when claiming bronze in Moscow a year ago and while they have twice won silvers at FIVB Open events, they are aiming to add to their collections in 2014.
"It has been the best start to the season in our five years on the World Tour," Baquerizo McMillan said. "Our goals are getting higher and we are trying to be more consistent and starting strongly, so we started very well this year and I hope we maintain our game."
"We want to get another one of course, but not just because it is here," Fernandez Steiner added. "We'd love to repeat our podium finish from last year."
The double-gender US$800,000 FIVB Moscow Grand Slam runs from Wednesday, June 11 through to Sunday June 15. It is the sixth event and the second Grand Slam on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar that features nine Grand Slams and 11 Open tournaments.
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[110th Congress Public Law 405] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office] [DOCID: f:publ405.110] [[Page 122 STAT. 4287]] Public Law 110-405 110th Congress An Act To amend section 5402 of title 39, United States Code, to modify the authority relating to United States Postal Service air transportation contracts, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Oct. 13, 2008 - [S. 3536]>> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Air Carriage of International Mail Act. 39 USC 101 note.>> assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Air Carriage of International Mail Act''. SEC. 2. AIR CARRIAGE OF INTERNATIONAL MAIL. (a) Contracting Authority.--Section 5402 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting the following: ``(b) International Mail.-- ``(1) In general.-- ``(A) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Postal Service may contract for the transportation of mail by aircraft between any of the points in foreign air transportation only with certificated air carriers. A contract may be awarded to a certificated air carrier to transport mail by air between any of the points in foreign air transportation that the Secretary of Transportation has authorized the carrier to serve either directly or through a code-share relationship with one or more foreign air carriers. ``(B) If the Postal Service has sought offers or proposals from certificated air carriers to transport mail in foreign air transportation between points, or pairs of points within a geographic region or regions, and has not received offers or proposals that meet Postal Service requirements at a fair and reasonable price from at least 2 such carriers, the Postal Service may seek offers or proposals from foreign air carriers. Where service in foreign air transportation meeting the Postal Service's requirements is unavailable at a fair and reasonable price from at least 2 certificated air carriers, either directly or through a code-share relationship with one or more foreign air carriers, the Postal Service may contract with foreign air carriers to provide the service sought if, when the Postal Service seeks offers or proposals from foreign air carriers, it also seeks an offer or proposal to provide that service from any certificated air carrier providing service between those points, or pairs of points within a geographic region or regions, [[Page 122 STAT. 4288]] on the same terms and conditions that are being sought from foreign air carriers. ``(C) For purposes of this subsection, the Postal Service shall use a methodology for determining fair and reasonable prices for the Postal Service designated region or regions developed in consultation with, and with the concurrence of, certificated air carriers representing at least 51 percent of available ton miles in the markets of interest. ``(D) For purposes of this subsection, ceiling prices determined pursuant to the methodology used under subparagraph (C) shall be presumed to be fair and reasonable if they do not exceed the ceiling prices derived from-- ``(i) a weighted average based on market rate data furnished by the International Air Transport Association or a subsidiary unit thereof; or ``(ii) if such data are not available from those sources, such other neutral, regularly updated set of weighted average market rates as the Postal Service, with the concurrence of certificated air carriers representing at least 51 percent of available ton miles in the markets of interest, may designate. ``(E) If, for purposes of subparagraph (D)(ii), concurrence cannot be attained, then the most recently available market rate data described in this subparagraph shall continue to apply for the relevant market or markets. ``(2) Contract process.--The Postal Service shall contract for foreign air transportation as set forth in paragraph (1) through an open procurement process that will provide-- ``(A) potential offerors with timely notice of business opportunities in sufficient detail to allow them to make a proposal; ``(B) requirements, proposed terms and conditions, and evaluation criteria to potential offerors; and ``(C) an opportunity for unsuccessful offerors to receive prompt feedback upon request. ``(3) Emergency or unanticipated conditions; inadequate lift space.--The Postal Service may enter into contracts to transport mail by air in foreign air transportation with a certificated air carrier or a foreign air carrier without complying with the requirements of paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) if-- ``(A) emergency or unanticipated conditions exist that make it impractical for the Postal Service to comply with such requirements; or ``(B) its demand for lift exceeds the space available to it under existing contracts and-- ``(i) there is insufficient time available to seek additional lift using procedures that comply with those requirements without compromising the Postal Service's service commitments to its own customers; and ``(ii) the Postal Service first offers any certificated air carrier holding a contract to carry mail between the relevant points the opportunity to carry such excess volumes under the terms of its existing contract. ``(c) Good Faith Effort Required.--The Postal Service and potential offerors shall put a good-faith effort into resolving disputes concerning the award of contracts made under subsection (b).''. [[Page 122 STAT. 4289]] (b) Conforming Amendments to Title 49.-- (1) Section 41901(a) is amended by striking ``39.'' and inserting ``39, and in foreign air transportation under section 5402(b) and (c) of title 39.''. (2) Section 41901(b)(1) is amended by striking ``in foreign air transportation or''. (3) Section 41902 is amended-- (A) by striking ``in foreign air transportation or'' in subsection (a); (B) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: ``(b) Statements on Places and Schedules.--Every air carrier shall file with the United States Postal Service a statement showing-- ``(1) <<NOTE: Alaska.>> the places between which the carrier is authorized to transport mail in Alaska; ``(2) every schedule of aircraft regularly operated by the carrier between places described in paragraph (1) and every change in each schedule; and ``(3) for each schedule, the places served by the carrier and the time of arrival at, and departure from, each such place.''; (C) by striking ``subsection (b)(3)'' each place it appears in subsections (c)(1) and (d) and inserting ``subsection (b)(2)''; and (D) by striking subsections (e) and (f). (4) Section 41903 is amended by striking ``in foreign air transportation or'' each place it appears. (5) Section 41904 is amended-- (A) by striking ``to or in foreign countries'' in the section heading; (B) by striking ``to or in a foreign country'' and inserting ``between two points outside the United States''; and (C) by inserting after ``transportation.'' the following: ``Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the Postal Service to make arrangements with noncitizens for the carriage of mail in foreign air transportation under subsections 5402(b) and (c) of title 39.''. (6) Section 41910 is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting ``The United States Postal Service may weigh mail transported by aircraft between places in Alaska and make statistical and -administrative computations necessary in the interest of mail service.''. (7) Chapter 419 is amended-- (A) by striking sections 41905, 41907, 41908, and 41911; and (B) <<NOTE: 49 USC 4105-41910, 41912.>> redesignating sections 41906, 41909, 41910, and 49112 as sections 41905, 41906, 41907, and 41908, respectively. (8) The chapter analysis for chapter 419 is amended by redesignating the items relating to sections 41906, 41909, 41910, and 49112 as relating to sections 41905, 41906, 41907, and 41908, respectively. (9) Section 101(f) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking ``mail and shall make a fair and equitable distribution of mail business to carriers providing similar modes [[Page 122 STAT. 4290]] of transportation services to the Postal Service.'' and inserting ``mail.''. (10) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 3401 of title 39, United States Code, are amended-- (A) by striking ``at rates fixed and determined by the Secretary of Transportation in accordance with section 41901 of title 49'' and inserting ``or, for carriage of mail in foreign air transportation, other air carriers, air taxi operators or foreign air carriers as permitted by section 5402 of this title''; (B) by striking ``at rates not to exceed those so fixed and determined for scheduled United States air carriers''; (C) by striking ``scheduled'' each place it appears and inserting ``certificated''; and (D) by striking the last sentence in each such subsection. (11) Section 5402(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended-- (A) by inserting `` `foreign air carrier'.'' after `` `interstate air transportation','' in paragraph (2); (B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (23) as paragraphs (8) through (24) and inserting after paragraph (6) the following: ``(7) the term `certificated air carrier' means an air carrier that holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under section 41102(a) of title 49;''; (C) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (24), as redesignated, as paragraphs (10) through (25), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (8) the following: ``(9) the term `code-share relationship' means a relationship pursuant to which any certificated air carrier or foreign air carrier's designation code is used to identify a flight operated by another air carrier or foreign air carrier;''; and (D) by inserting ``foreign air carrier,'' after ``terms'' in paragraph (2). (c) <<NOTE: 39 USC 101 note.>> Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2008. Approved October 13, 2008. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3536: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008): Sept. 26, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 27, 29, considered and passed House. <all>


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Action Not Disability
Six Charities, who together, promote independence for disabled people through tax effective giving. By supporting Action Not Disability your money is helping the charities; Leonard Cheshire, SSAFA, Livability, Queen Elizabeth Foundation, Motability and Treloars.
A donation to us means you can directly help disabled people, injured members of our armed forces and their families with rehabilitation, housing, transport and education providing invaluable support when they need it most.View website Watch video
Action on Hearing Loss
Hearing loss currently affects more than 10 million people in the UK – that's one in six of us. And it's growing – by 2031 a massive 14.5 million people in the UK will have hearing loss.
Supporting Action on Hearing Loss through your pay will help us to create a world where hearing loss doesn't limit or label people, where tinnitus is silenced and where people value and look after their hearing.
We want:
- to cure hearing loss and tinnitus
- more support for people with hearing loss
- no one to be isolated through their hearing loss
- people to protect themselves against hearing loss and tinnitus
- people to acknowledge their hearing loss and take action
Your donation could provide support for people with hearing loss and tinnitus, provide day-to-day care for people who are deaf and have additional needs, and support research into cures and treatments for hearing loss and tinnitus.
Registered Charity No. 207720 (England and Wales) and SC038926 (Scotland).View website Watch video
Bag Books
People with the most severe learning disabilities cannot understand even the simplest children's book - words on a page are meaningless and pictures hold no interest. The multi-sensory stories made by Bag Books use a mixture of pictures, touch, smells, sounds and actions to involve the participant in the story even if they can't understand the words. Bag Books benefit over 18,000 people each year and are used in over three quarters of all the learning disability Special Schools across the UK. However, all our books are hand made and take an average of 8 hours to construct so we need your help to fund their production.
Registered Charity No. 1026432View website Watch video
Blindcare is an equal partnership of nine large and small charities, most covering the whole of the United Kingdom and all working for people who are blind or visually impaired.
Through the work of our partner charities we are able to provide education and training for visually impaired adults and children to help them make their way in the world; to provide mobility support to help blind people lead full, active lives; to conduct international research into the prevention of blindness and to provide vital treatment, including the restoration of sight.
- Action for Blind People
- Fight for Sight
- Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
- International Glaucoma Association
- Midland Societies for the Blind
- Royal Blind Society
- Royal London Society for Blind People
- Royal National College for the Blind
- Royal National Institute of Blind People
Registered Charity No. 1020073View website Watch video
Capability Scotland
Capability Scotland works with disabled children and adults – and their families and carers – throughout Scotland. By pledging your support through Payroll Giving, you will be helping disabled people of all ages to achieve full equality and to have the same choice and control over their lives that non-disabled people take for granted.
Registered Charity No. SC011330View website Watch video
Contact a Family
Contact a Family is the only UK-wide charity that supports families with disabled children, regardless of the disability of the child, and offers specialism in rare disorders.
We currently reach over 340,000 families with disabled children by providing a range of practical and emotional information, support and advice services. This includes helping them to access the resources and benefits available to them, a free helpline, access to respite and family outings, and offering peer support as well as workshops to develop vital skills for the whole family.
Registered Charity No. 284912. Scotland No. SC039169View website Watch video
Deaf Multilingual Community Support
We are a small, Deaf led CIC that supports Deaf people in London and the South East.
Because of communication barriers, this community is often isolated and unable to access many services, including health, employment, training, benefits and much more.
Our Deaf staff offer free information, advice and communication support.
They have first hand experience and empathy of the issues that deaf people face each day.
Our aim is to offer Deaf people the opportunity to become more integrated into society, improve their quality of life and give them a chance to florish!.
deafPLUS / visionPLUS supports both deaf and visually impaired people. We do this in the following ways:
- Promoting independence – helping deaf and visually impaired people to choose equipment that will help them in their daily routines, and also help them safe.
- Developing potential – Supporting people into employment, providing skills training and volunteering opportunities.
- Promoting Wellbeing – Providing social opportunities to overcome isolation. Providing health workshops and materials.
- Promoting Change and Understanding – working to improve awareness of deaf and visually impaired people's needs.
We are a national organisation with five centres (Bath, Birmingham, Whitechapel, Farnborough and Ealling) and two mobile advice centres.
Registered Charity No. 1073468View website Watch video
Disability Challengers
It's all about play!
Challengers is a registered children's charity, established in 1979, dedicated to providing exciting and challenging play and leisure opportunities for disabled children and young people. We do this through our play and youth centres in Guildford and Farnham and through our range of community based projects across Surrey and, increasingly, the surrounding areas.
A significant benefit of our service is that it provides families with short-breaks during high pressure times e.g. at the weekend or during the school holidays, enabling them to do 'ordinary' activities such as shopping or spending time with their other children. Families have told us that this lifeline of support keeps them strong.
Who do we support?
We support any child or young person with any impairment through our Preschool (age 2-4), Play (age 4 - 12), Youth (age 13 - 18) and Young Adult schemes (18-25). We do not set any geographical boundaries and young people do not have to be on a 'disability register' to access our service – if they can't access mainstream leisure then they can come to a Challengers scheme. Our facilities are also open to families, special schools, hospitals, children's homes and other organisations. Our unique non exclusion policy means that we do not exclude and will always find a way.
What do we do?
We offer a wide range of fun activities for children and young people to take part in. The breadth of activities that we provide mean that we can offer disabled young people something to do and somewhere to go from the age of 2 to 25. Our Play Schemes are typically based around 'free play' where we encourage and support children to make free choices about the activities they take part in. Our Youth and Young Adult Schemes are caring, relaxed and friendly places where disabled young people can make friends, try new activities or just hang out.
Registered Charity No. 4300724View website
Downs Syndrome Scotland
Down's Syndrome Scotland is currently celebrating its 30th year of providing services, support and information to people with Down's syndrome, their families and professionals. We work to help people with Down's syndrome reach their full potential. Our Family Support Service provides home visits to families; training to teachers, coaches and carers; and support and information via telephone, e-mail and social media.
Our Down's Syndrome Sports initiative provides dance, football and swimming to children and adults with Down's syndrome. We also provide a Parent Contact Service, which provides parent mentors to families needing information and support on various issues from schooling to independent living.
Registered Charity No. Registered in Scotland No. 356717 Scottish Charity No. SC011012View website Watch video
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
We provide mobility and freedom to blind and partially sighted people. We also campaign for the rights of people with visual impairment, educate the public about eye care and fund eye disease research.
We have been expertly breeding and training guide dogs for more than 75 years, providing many thousands to blind and partially-sighted people of all ages and from all walks of life.
We also deliver confidence-building rehabilitation services to adults, young people and children - including long cane mobility training and communication and daily living skills.
Registered Charity No. England and Wales (209617) and Scotland (SC038979)View website Watch video
Brain injury – The hidden disability
A brain injury can happen to anyone at any time. The effects are devastating and last a lifetime. It can affect every aspect of you: walking, talking, thinking and feeling and can mean losing the life you lived and the person you once were. There are an estimated 500,000 people in the UK living with the long- term effects of brain injury.
Through our free Nurse led Helpline, the Emergency Fund, Acute Trauma Support Nurses and our Group and Branch network we provide vital help to those affected by brain injury. A regular donation will help to provide this much needed support.
Registered Charity No. 1025852View website Watch video
Leonard Cheshire Disability
Leonard Cheshire Disability is a charity supporting disabled people in the UK and around the world to fulfil their potential and live the lives they choose.
2017 marks 100 years since the birth of our founder, Leonard Cheshire. Find out about the events and activities we have planned for his centenary!
Archive photo of Leonard Cheshire with an image of a modern-day disabled woman superimposed
We work for a society in which every person is equally valued. We believe disabled people should have the freedom to live their lives the way they choose. To have the opportunity and support to live independently, to contribute and participate fully in society.
That belief is at the heart of everything we do.
For over 65 years, we have supported disabled people in many different ways, to reflect what they tell us they want. This includes providing care in:
- people's own homes
- supported rented accommodation
- residential homes
- day centres
- respite services
We make a difference to the lives of thousands of people by supporting them to develop skills through employment, volunteering and digital inclusion projects.
We campaign alongside disabled people to bring about changes for the better, and to challenge ignorance and unfairness in society.
Internationally, we are part of a Global Alliance of Leonard Cheshire charities which works to improve the lives of disabled people in 54 countries.
Registered Charity No. 218186View website Watch video
Listening Books
Listening Books provides a postal and internet based audiobook service to over 50,000 members who find it difficult to read the printed word in the usual way
Our service is quick and easy to use and it will open up the wonderful world of books to people who find it difficult to read in the usual way. We support the National Curriculum from Key Stage 2 to A-Level and have a huge range of fiction and non-fiction titles for both adults and children. Listening to audiobooks allows children and young people to listen to the same books their friends and peers are reading, improve comprehension and word recognition as well as helping to instil a greater understanding and enjoyment of literature. For older members, audiobooks, as well as being an enjoyable activity, can for some provide welcome relief from pain, boredom and loneliness, lifting them out of what are often challenging circumstances.
We are very fortunate to enjoy the support of Stephen Fry as our patron.
Im proud and delighted to be patron of the first audiobook charity to offer downloads to its members and excited about what this will mean for all print impaired people who can now listen on-the-go.
Stephen has been patron of Listening Books since 2005. As a creator and huge lover of literature, and reader of the best selling Harry Potter audiobook series, he understands the importance of promoting the spoken word for all.
Registered Charity No. 264221View website Watch video
For the last 70 years, Mencap has been at the forefront of helping people with a learning disability by challenging laws and prejudice, fighting for equality, and providing vital services.
Our vision is a world where people with a learning disability are valued equally, listened to and included. Our challenge, alongside people with a learning disability and their families, is to make this world a reality.
Right now, people with a learning disability face inequalities in every area of life. We need to tackle the issues head on through tireless campaigning and the delivery of high quality support and services to the people who need us.
Registered Charity No. 222377View website Watch video
Motability is a national UK charity, which helps disabled people and their families to become mobile, by enabling them to use their Government funded disability allowances, to lease or buy a car, powered wheelchair, or scooter. Motability also operates a grants program to help people who need special and often expensive adaptations to their vehicles. For this we need to raise over £2 million this year.
Registered Charity No. 299745View website
National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society
NRAS works to support the 690,000 people living with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and the 12,000 children and young people with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), their friends, families, carers and healthcare professionals. Established in 2001 it is the only patient led charity which deals specifically with Rheumatoid Arthritis. NRAS offer crucial support, information and advocacy services with the aim of improving the lives of those affected by RA and JIA.
Registered Charity No. England and Wales No: 7127101 Charity Nos: 1134859 SC039721View website Watch video
Nordoff Robins
Nordoff Robbins is the leading music therapy charity in the UK, dedicated to changing the lives of people facing suffering and hardship for over 40 years. We support thousands of people through our own centres and by working in partnerships across the UK including care homes, schools and hospitals.
Music affects us like nothing else - it changes the way we feel, move and think in a unique way. Nordoff Robbins music therapy transforms lives of some of the most vulnerable and isolated people. Our work through highly trained therapists, can enable a child with autism to communicate, give relief to a young person facing cancer, help a traumatised refugee to smile again, reduce anxiety for someone living with dementia or provide real comfort and light for a person facing terminal illness.
Registered Charity No. 1514616View website Watch video
Papworth Trust
Registered Charity No. 211234View website Watch video
Quarriers is a charity providing practical support and care for children, adults and families. We challenge poverty and inequality of opportunity and choice to bring about a positive change to people's lives. We offer families resilience to deal with the challenges that life brings. We give people affected by epilepsy a new life. We offer young homeless people support to unlock their potential. We give adults with disabilities more opportunities in life, and importantly, a voice.
Registered Charity No. SC001960View website Watch video
Revitalise is a national charity providing respite care in a holiday setting for disabled people and carers. Revitalise also offers inspirational opportunities for volunteers through one of the largest and most diverse volunteering programmes of any UK charity.
Revitalise run three accessible holiday centres in Chigwell in Essex, Southampton and Southport. Our mission is to enable disabled people in the UK to access essential breaks with care, and provide inspirational opportunities for volunteers. We firmly believe that disabled people should have the same rights, freedoms, responsibilities and quality of life as those without disabilities.
A Revitalise respite holiday is a refreshing twist on traditional respite care. We offer a break that feels like a proper holiday. This is why at Revitalise we talk about respite holidays rather than respite care – we provide holidays with care.
Our guests come to us not just for the care they need but also for a fabulous holiday experience.
- 24-hour on-call nursing care
- Plenty of support from lively volunteers
- Fully accessible facilities
- Quality hospitality
- Fantastic excursions and entertainment
- Relaxed and friendly environment.
- The expert nursing and care staff at our centres can provide support for people with more than 150 different disabilities, including Alzheimer's and dementia.
Registered Charity No. 295072View website Watch video
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution provide, on call, a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service around the coast of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
We also provide a seasonal lifeguard service on over 200 beaches in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Jersey.
The RNLI lifeboat service in the UK receives no Government funding and relies entirely on voluntary contributions to save lives at sea.
Registered Charity No. 209603View website Watch video
Royal National Institute of Blind People
Every day 100 people start to lose their sight. Your support helps us rebuild lives devastated by sight loss.
RNIB is the leading UK sight loss charity. There are around 2million people in the UK sight problems and RNIB's pioneering work helps people live with sight loss. We are campaigning to end preventable sight loss -over 50 per cent of all sight loss is avoidable - and need your help to succeed.
We offer friendly support, expert advice, Talking Books, a wide range of practical products and training to help people learn new ways to get on with everyday life.
Registered Charity No. 226227View website Watch video
Were Scope, the disability equality charity. We wont stop until we achieve a society where all disabled people enjoy equality and fairness.
Were a strong community of disabled and non-disabled people, who provide practical and emotional information and support when its needed most. We use our collective power to change attitudes and end injustice.
We campaign relentlessly to create a fairer society. And we wont stop until we achieve a society where all disabled people enjoy equality and fairness. At home. At school. At work. In our communities. Well provide support and advice at times of need. To get the best start in life, to work, to be financially secure and to be independent. Together well challenge stigma and end the injustice.
Become a Disability Gamechanger by donating through your payroll giving today and show the world that youre making a difference for disabled people.
Registered Charity No. 208231View website Watch video
SeeAbility is a UK charity that provides extraordinary support and champions better eye care for people with learning disabilities and autism, many of whom have sight loss.
We have one of the most comprehensive in-house teams of specialists in the country, which includes consultant behaviour analysts, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, optometrists and vision rehabilitation workers. Our skilled support workers are all trained by the specialist team, applying their expertise in everyday situations so they have the skills needed to provide life-changing support. This means each person we support gets exactly the right kind of expert attention that they need when they need it.
We also share our expert knowledge proactively across the UK to raise awareness and increase access to eye care and vision services.
Your support means that you are helping people we support to overcome huge barriers, to achieve exciting new things every day: some big, some small, all extraordinary. You can learn more about our work at www.seeability.org
Registered Charity No. 255913View website Watch video
For everyone who is deafblind. For everyone living with complex disabilities. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.
For over 60 years, Sense has developed an unrivalled depth of knowledge, skill and expertise to help people learn to communicate and express themselves be it through speech or sign, touch or movement, gesture or sound, art or dance. We help people develop the skills to enjoy everyday things like having a conversation, enjoying friendships and living independently.
Our experts offer personalised support through our centres, holidays and short breaks, or in peoples own homes. We are here for everyone who needs us, for as long as they need us providing early intervention for children, helping young people access education, and supporting the transition into adulthood and beyond.
In addition to practical support, we also offer information to families, and campaign for the rights of people with complex disabilities to take part in life.
Registered Charity No. 289868View website Watch video
Sound Seekers
Sound Seekers is dedicated to helping deaf and hearing-impaired people, especially children, in the developing world. We develop and support projects that improve access to education, lessen the impact of hearing loss and raise awareness of deaf people's abilities and needs.
Sound Seekers favours cross-country running over sprinting. We partner with major hospitals in our seven project countries to establish audiology services. That means we support hospital staff to be trained in basic audiology then provide them with the kit they need to assist people with hearing impairment, including fitting hearing aids. We organise volunteer placements for UK audiologists to visit and support the African staff running these services, to ensure that their skills are maintained and upgraded. We are also piloting ways to identify particularly at-risk children early, so that they can be treated as soon as possible.
We are building long-term capacity in Africa, providing skills so that African medical staff can treat African people, reducing dependency on the developed world. And we would like to do more, particularly on education of deaf children, and investing in prevention and ear care so that people don't lose their hearing in the first place.
Registered Charity No. 1013870View website Watch video
United Response
United Response is an award-winning, national charity supporting adults and young people with a wide range of disabilities and mental health needs to live the life they choose.
Registered Charity No. 265249View website Watch video
WheelPower exists to provide, promote and develop opportunities for men, women and children with disabilities to participate in recreational and competitive wheelchair sport. From a health and welfare aspect participation in sport is extremely beneficial, promoting fitness, independence and motivation, and helping prevent sickness.


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In a surprising announcement, "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi told the world of her newest business venture…a boxing team.
Yup, we said it, a boxing team.
And although the pint-sized self-proclaimed Princess of Poughkeepsie can take a punch – think back to the New York teacher that laid one on Snooks back in 2009 – we're fairly certain no one saw Snooki moving into the world of professional fighting.
Team Snooki Boxing will feature three Irish brothers, Patrick "Pajo", Eddie and Paul Hyland – all champions in their respective classes.
The Hyland Brothers will headline a night of boxing at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City on Saturday, January 28, 2012.
"We are incredibly excited to introduce The Hyland Brothers and Team Snooki Boxing. We've seen what these boys can do, and expect nothing less than continued success and 'living up to the hype' for each of them here in the States," Vice President of Final Round Promotions Mike Pascale said in a press release.
Tickets to the event are on sale now.


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Around 10:30 PM Central time last night (April 2), Google's Webmaster Central Blog feed seems to have been hacked, albeit not maliciously. Take a look at the screen shot below. Many entries of various photos from what seems to be a photographer's website.
Clicking the user link on the posts takes you to mismo334's (Joe Hewes) Flickr page.
Seeing as how it's not April 1st, I doubt it's a joke on Google's part. I also can't see how it could be intentional. No Google representatives have publically addressed what happened as of yet. So what's up?
Share ideas below. We'll update the post as more information becomes available.