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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) said Monday it plans to take a first-quarter charge of about $100 million tied to Venezuela's currency devaluation.
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Shares of the blue-chip company ticked slightly higher in premarket action despite the disclosure.
J&J said a preliminary assessment indicates a first-quarter charge of about 4 cents per share, or roughly $100 million, due to the devaluation of the bolivar.
The currency devaluation, Venezuela's fifth in 10 years but first since 2010, is forcing the company to recalculate its local balance sheet at the new conversion rate.
However, J&J said it doesn't expect the change to impact the company's prior guidance for full-year EPS of $5.35 to $5.45.
A number of other companies have announced similar charges due to Venezeula's currency devaluation, including a $275 million hit disclosed by consumer-products heavyweight Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG).


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(CNN) -- No American family embodies mainstream Republicanism more than the Bushes, noted a New York Times article this year.
For three generations, Bush men have occupied towering positions in the party pantheon, and the party's demographic and ideological shifts can be traced through the branches of the Bush family tree: from Prescott, the blue-blooded Eisenhower Republican, and George H.W. Bush, the transitional figure who tried and failed to emulate the approach of the New Right, to George W. Bush, who embodied the new breed of tax-cutting, evangelical conservatism. Indeed, the Bushes' metamorphosis from genial centrism to deep-fried conservatism has both anticipated and reflected the party's trajectory.
But now, Jeb Bush, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, seems to be bucking the trend. He is seeking to return the party to its ideological moorings -- toward the centrism of his grandfather. Even before the GOP's ignominious defeat in November, Jeb was offering tough love to his party, suggesting that Republicans stand up to Grover Norquist and craft a bipartisan compromise to reduce the deficit significantly. But will Republicans listen? There are many reasons to believe they won't.
Prescott was a Manhattan investment banker who called himself a "moderate progressive." In the 1952 primary between conservative presidential candidate Sen. Robert Taft and moderate Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Prescott chose Eisenhower -- and became the president's favorite golf partner. Prescott rode Eisenhower's coattails into the Senate, where he focused on urban renewal, spearheading the 1954 Housing Act. An early proponent of the line-item veto, he received national recognition as an advocate of fiscal responsibility.
Prescott's son George H.W. left for West Texas in 1948 when Texas was still a one-party state. But change was afoot in the South, and by the time H.W. ran for U.S. Senate in 1964, he encountered a flourishing Texas Republican Party that had recently elected its first U.S. senator by attracting hordes of conservative Democrats. But the new rank-and-file Republicans were nothing like the Connecticut Republicans he knew -- or even like those in the Houston suburbs. Biographer Richard Ben Cramer imagined H.W.'s vexation at this new breed of Texas Republican:
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"These ... these nuts! They were coming out of the woodwork! They talked about blowing up the U.N., about armed revolt against the income tax. ...The nuts hated him. They could smell Yale on him."
Recognizing that his 1964 primary campaign would need to be more Goldwater than Rockefeller, he ignored the social problems Prescott had addressed. "Only unbridled free enterprise can cure unemployment," H.W. asserted, contending that government bore no responsibility for alleviating poverty. Though he lost, he began the transition to Sunbelt conservatism that would make him (barely) acceptable to Ronald Reagan as a running mate. But he never fully evolved: He famously reneged on his "no new taxes" pledge. His son George W. would complete the transition.
George W.'s first major legislative accomplishment as president was the enactment of a massive $1.6 trillion tax cut. He rode roughshod over the green-eyeshade types to pass a massive tax cut. When it produced runaway deficits, he accepted Dick Cheney's argument: "Reagan taught us that deficits don't matter."
In adopting Sun Belt conservatism -- sometimes clumsily -- George H.W. and George W. anticipated the Republican Party's ideological shift. Hence, in evaluating Jeb's prescriptions for fiscal responsibility, today's Republicans should recall the Bushes' past political palm reading.
Politics is about addition, not subtraction. Every year, as Republicans maintain the electoral coalition that responds to their platform, they face an inevitable subtraction from their base. That's because unyielding stances on taxes and deficits practically guarantee that young voters will continue opposing them, and the (older and whiter) constituencies who favor them shrink as a percentage of the electorate. Republicans who believe they can continue to win with their current coalition are like rats who believe they can outrun a treadmill.
As the nation approaches $16 trillion of debt and grapples with the baby boomer retirement, young voters will grasp that every dollar spent on entitlement programs is a dollar paid by already-strapped young workers. That may well push young voters to support the party with the most credible deficit-reduction plan.
According to 2012 exit polls, 60% of young voters (aged 18-29) supported President Barack Obama. Young voters also made up a slightly larger share of the electorate than they had in 2008. This is a huge problem for Republicans for three reasons. One, people tend to vote with higher frequencies once they hit t heir 30s. Two, generational cohorts tend to stick with the party they supported in their formative years. And most obviously, young voters are more likely to be around to vote in the future.
If it were just about math, Jeb could convince the party to adopt what polling shows are clearly winning positions. But as the work of scholars Gary Miller and Norman Schofield suggests, it's not a linear equation: It's about momentum and intensity within the Republican coalition.
That's because the newest entrants to a party's electoral coalition are usually its most robust -- and the hardest to roll in intraparty skirmishes. For Republicans, it is the mostly white and older tea partiers, who block electorally beneficial positions on taxes. The next newest entrants to the coalition are Christian conservatives, many of whom also strongly oppose tax increases.
Fiscally conservative and socially progressive Rockefeller types are the oldest group, but they've been leaving the Republican Party for decades. Whereas many of them supported Republican congressional candidates in the 1970s, far less did by the 2000s. So while this group is the easiest to persuade of the need for adjustments (indeed, many already share Jeb's views), they hold the least sway in the party.
What does all this mean? American parties since the Civil War have periodically shed the coalition elements that are most distant from their activist base. While Jeb's prescriptions are in the party's long-term interest, they will be difficult to execute, given the strength of the party's coalition members.
Can Jeb sway a resistant party base? It's quite possible: His family's odyssey has reflected the party's shifts for 50 years, and he's uniquely positioned to convince his peers. If Republicans listen, it will constitute a return to their roots -- and a reckoning with demographic reality.
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Gift honors career of celebrated Emporia State vocal music professorJune 13, 2014
She may not have directed a choir at Emporia State University since her retirement 31 years ago, but Rosamond Hirschorn's name remains associated with legendary excellence in vocal music education. Now, thanks to a gift from a former student, her name is also attached to an endowed professorship in the Department of Music.
Arthur Piculell of Portland, Oregon, has created the Rosamond Hirschorn Departmental Endowed Chair of Music Fund with a $500,000 gift in honor of his late wife, Dee (Wagner) Piculell.
The couple met as students at Kansas State Teachers College, from where both Art and Dee earned bachelor's degrees in 1959 — Art in Psychology and Dee in Music Education.
It was Miss Hirschorn's tutelage that inspired Dee's lifelong love of music. After the couple married in 1959, Dee Piculell taught school in Scott City, Wichita and Lawrence. Art earned a law degree from the University of Kansas.
"Recognizing the impact that Miss Hirschorn had on the lives of her vocal music students, including Dee, I hope the fund will enhance the level of excellence in music as exemplified by Miss Hirschorn's career," said Art Piculell.
Rosamond Hirschorn, a professor emerita of voice at Emporia State and a member of the Beach Hall of Distinction, lived in Emporia from 1948 to 1983. She conducted the women's vocal ensemble Treble Clef, whose members have maintained close contact over the years. After retirement, she moved to New York City, where, at age 92, she still teaches private vocal lessons.
"I am so moved and honored by this gift from Art and Dee," Miss Hirschorn said, noting that the endowment bearing her name is the most impressive of all the awards and recognition she has received in her long career.
"As a teacher, you rarely know if you've made a difference," she continued, recalling Dee as a vivacious, helpful and compassionate individual.
"I would never have guessed that I made this significant an impact on a former student, but in Dee's case, I'm delighted to know that I did!"
"Emporia State's vocal music program will reap the benefits of this gift forever, by helping us to attract and retain talented faculty," said Dr. Allan Comstock, associate professor of music and music department chair.
The Piculells developed residential communities and commercial investments in Oregon, Washington, and Arizona. "Life has been good to Dee and I, and we want to return the favor," Art said in a 2009 interview commemorating the 25th anniversary of the School of Business.
The Hirschorn Fund is the second large gift the couple has made to Emporia State. Ten years ago, the Piculells created the Dr. Herman B. Baehr Endowed Chair in Finance in the business school.
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A new antievolution bill in Missouri
Missouri's House Bill 2554, introduced on April 1, 2008, would, if enacted, call on state and local education administrators to "endeavor to create an environment within public elementary and secondary schools that encourages students to explore scientific questions, learn about scientific evidence, develop critical thinking skills, and respond appropriately and respectfully to differences of opinion about controversial issues, including such subjects as the teaching of biological and chemical evolution," and to "endeavor to assist teachers to find more effective ways to present the science curriculum where it addresses scientific controversies." "Toward this end," the bill continues, "teachers shall be permitted to help students understand, analyze, critique, and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of theories of biological and chemical evolution."
In 2004, the sponsor of HB 2554, Representative Robert Wayne Cooper (R-District 155), introduced two bills, HB 911 and HB 1722, that called for equal time for "intelligent design" in Missouri's schools. HB 911 moreover would have provided that "Willful neglect of any elementary or secondary school superintendent, principal, or teacher to observe and carry out the requirements of this section shall be cause for termination of his or her contract," a draconian provision that was absent from HB 1722. Both bills failed. In 2006, Cooper introduced a third bill, HB 1266, which would have provided that "If a theory or hypothesis of biological origins is taught, a critical analysis of such theory or hypothesis shall be taught in a substantive amount." Like HB 911 and HB 1722, HB 1266 ultimately failed, although it passed by a 7-6 vote by the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee.


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It wouldn't be a Bungie first-person shooter unless there was some form of competitive multiplayer involved.
Destiny may have had its gear-based sense of progression and grind inspired by the Diablo series, but it still intends on delivering a quality level of player vs. player gameplay, Eurogamer reports. By reaching the level cap in Destiny, your focus will be on finding the best gear possible while exploring higher levels and more challenging areas of combat. It is also this focus on gear and skills that has inspired Bungie to put a lock on Destiny's player vs. player combat until its new adventurers are ready.
While Halo's PvP gameplay would always provide a balanced, level playing field for multiplayer at the beginning of every match, Destiny will not be the same. Instead, Destiny is going to be oriented towards its gear-based sense of gameplay. This means that your capabilities in multiplayer are going to be based on your level, equipment, weapons and abilities. In order to prevent players in starter gear from flocking straight into the Destiny's multiplayer just to be out-gunned and mowed down by a player with better gear or skills, the ability to enter PvP combat must be unlocked through Destiny's main campaign. Bungie claims that unlocking this will take a few hours minimum. The good news is that once you unlock PvP, all of the other characters on your account can also join in on some competitive multiplayer.
Be prepared for a date with Destiny when it arrives on Sept. 9 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Pre-ordering Destiny will offer access to its beta, which will be opening first for PS3 and PS4 and eventually Xbox 360 and Xbox One.


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Desperate to regain the trust of his kingdom, Prince Lionheart reluctantly banishes his faithful servant and only friend, Rose Red. Now she is lost in the hidden realm of Arpiar, held captive by her evil goblin father, King Vahe.
Vowing to redeem himself, Lionheart plunges into the mysterious Goldstone Wood, seeking Rose Red. In strange other worlds, Lionheart must face a lyrical yet lethal tiger, a fallen unicorn, and a goblin horde on his quest to rescue the girl he betrayed.
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Thanks to advances in detection and treatment, more people are living longer with HIV -- but with increased life expectancy comes more complex care. In light of rapidly changing conditions in HIV care, HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau has developed the Guide for HIV/AIDS Clinical Care, a comprehensive roadmap for physicians, nurse-practitioners, dentists, and other clinicians on how best to manage the long-term care of patients. The newly-released volume covers more than 90 topics and provides guidance on a broad range of clinical care issues, including testing and assessment, health care maintenance and disease prevention, oral health, antiretroviral medications, and more.
Given the long-term implications for those living with the virus, there is no better time for a comprehensive guide book to provide easy access to crucial facts for a busy clinician.
For more information on the guide, please visit: http://hab.hrsa.gov/deliverhivaidscare/clinicalguide11/
Laura Cheever, M.D., M.S., is deputy associate administrator, HIV/AIDS Bureau, HRSA.
Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Possible Sexual, Injecting-Drug-Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV, Including Considerations Related to Antiretroviral Therapy
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Monday, February 14, 2011
2011 RootsTech Update 5
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sounds really exciting.ReplyDelete
Pleased you posted a pic of me that shows my best side (the back of my head) :-))ReplyDelete
Have to agree about the presenterless session
although I think the facilitator was a little biased towards Apple products she did a reat job.
The night at the planetarium was a bit of a fizzer for me - I went there and back within the hour.
That Barbara Renick moment was amazing. It perfectly captured the different vibe at this conference.ReplyDelete
It's worth noting, too, that Barbara has been on the more traditional conference circuit for years. It goes to show that the forward-moving folks have been out there for years...it just took a while for a forum to appear where they could really shine.
I enjoyed the IMAX show at the Planetarium. Unfortunately we lost you in the crowd walking over there. We came back to the hotel and ordered a burger later as we were starving. The brownies at the planetarium were good though.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the stealth picture of Jill and I looking like earnest interviewers.
I must get a blog post of that interview up before the next Rootstech comes around :)
As you can see I'm still catching up on my blog reading!


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The Hagerstown Community College men's soccer team had five players rewarded for their outstanding play this year, by garnering MDJUCO and NJCAA Region XX Awards.
Jonah Smith earns
JUCO awards
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The Hagerstown Community College men's soccer team had five players rewarded for their outstanding play this year, by garnering MDJUCO and NJCAA Region XX Awards.
Freshman Jonah Smith (Waynesboro/Waynesboro Area) was the only Hawk named to the All-MDJUCO team, as a second team member. Smith was also awarded First Team All-NJCAA Region XX. He led HCC with 31 points, from 10 goals and 11 assists, while starting and playing in all 20 matches this year.
Smith took two years off from playing soccer after he graduated from high school. He began playing for HCC this fall.
Freshman Akheem Riley earned First Team All-NJCAA Region XX honors. Freshman Jusseth Velazquez was named Second Team All-NJCAA Region XX. Sophomore Adam Carrier Second Team All-NJCAA Region XX honors, as well as making the NJCAA Region XX Division I All-Tournament Team. Freshman Dillon Eyler was named Second Team All-NJCAA Region XX, as well as making the NJCAA Region XX Division I All-Tournament Team..
"We are extremely proud of the players earning postseason honors this year," said HCC head coach Brian Eichelberger. "Having five players recognized for their hard work is really rewarding and the fact that four are freshman really makes us excited for their potential next season."
SU notches historic
women's soccer win
SLIPPERY ROCK – The first career goal for sophomore Caitlin Sheehan and a valiant effort in net from senior goalkeeper Shelbie Rackley propelled the No. 24 Shippensburg University women's soccer team to its most historic win in school history on Friday afternoon: a 1-0 defeat of PSAC foe Edinboro for the Raiders' first-ever NCAA Tournament victory from host Slippery Rock's Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
Rackley made all seven of her saves in the first half as the Atlantic Region No. 3-seed Raiders (12-5-3) won in their NCAA postseason debut and moved past the No. 6-seed Fighting Scots (12-6-2) for the second time this postseason (a 4-3 penalty-kick shootout decision in the PSAC Semifinals).
Shippensburg advances to play No. 12-ranked and No. 2-seeded Rock (13-3-2) on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the NCAA Second Round/Atlantic Region Semifinals.
BYU overcomes
Mount St. Mary's
PROVO, Utah —Rashad Whack scored a team-high 19 points, but it was not enough as Mount St. Mary's fell at BYU, 108-76, at the Marriott Center on Friday night.
The Cougars took a 20-point lead at the half to earn the victory.
Whack finished the game with 19 points, six rebound and four steals while hitting 5-of-15 from the floor. Julian Norfleet chipped in 17 points and six assists while freshman Bryan Ashe added a career-best 11 points in his first collegiate start. Fellow freshman Khalid Nwandu had a solid floor game with six assists and four rebounds.
The Mount (0-3) grabbed an early 11-9 lead at the first media timeout after a Miller three-pointer. After five consecutive BYU points, Whack three-point goal evened the score at 14-14 before the Cougars went on a 23-to-5 run to take a 37-19 advantage.
The Cougars stretched the lead to 54-34 at the half on back-to-back three-point baskets.
The Mount returns to action on Sunday, November 17, with a 2:00 p.m. game at UMBC.
Lady Mountaineers
fall to Idaho 81-63
CHICAGO — The Mount St. Mary's women's basketball team fell 81-63 on Friday night to defending Western Athletic Conference champion Idaho in the consolation round of the Preseason WNIT on the campus of Loyola Chicago.
The Mount (0-3) was led on offense by Sydney Henderson, who finished with 20 points to record her third-consecutive game with at least 20 points. Henderson, now 12 points away from 1,000 for her career, also led the Mount with nine rebounds and five assists on the night. Jacqueline Brewer did her part with a season-high 17 points, including 11 in the first half.
Idaho (1-1) held a 37-27 halftime lead and was able to extend it throughout the final 20 minutes for the 18-point win.


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WARNING: Upton's Light Bulb Ban Poses Health Risks
Michigan's hazardous cleanup procedures for broken, mercury-filled curly-cue light bulbs.
Muslim Jihad Battleplan Hearings in Congress
Next House Homeland Security Committee chairman to hold hearings on radicalization of Muslims in America.
Obama Plays Russian Roulette
Obama administration stonewalls Senate on START negotiations record. Reagan officials voice opposition.
Muslim Brotherhood Front Group Trains Airport Screeners
Training in the special treatment of Muslims and the handling of the Koran.
Upton's Shocking Votes on Energy-Related Bills
If Republicans follow Fred Uptons lead, theyll lose conservatives nationwide.
Oklahoma Sharia Ban in Court
US Court weighs injunction against Oklahoma's new constitutional amendment banning Sharia law.
Dave Camp: 'Repeal ObamaCare, Rewrite Tax Code'
Rep. Dave Camp talks about the IRS Commissioner warning of looming disaster unless Congress takes action fast.
First Lame-Duck Votes in Senate
The Senate votes for cloture today on enhanced enforcement of the gender- and race-based Paycheck Fairness Act.
Earmark Ban Shootout in the Senate
Ban on earmarks hotly contested even among Republicans.
White House Doctored Offshore Drilling Report
Inspector General finds White House altered report while attempting to justify drilling moratorium.
Upton Too Liberal on Energy and Commerce
Upton's voting record on abortion funding, taxation, federal spending, and energy development show he is too liberal for a leadership role.
Many Threats Loom in Lame-Duck Session
We aren't out of the woods yet when it comes to the constant power grabs courtesy of the Left.
Fort Hood Jihadi Massacre One Year Ago
Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan killed 14 Americans one year ago today. Rep. John Carter (R.-Texas), the House Republican Conference Secretary, warns that the politically correct atmosphere that long protected Hasan from exposure still permeates the military. From Carter's office | Read More »
More Tough Love from Sen. McConnell
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is delivering a speech at the Heritage Foundation this morning. His staff made excerpts available to HUMAN EVENTS prior to delivery. In the speech, McConnell continues his tough rhetoic supporting repeated votes on repealing Obamacare. | Read More »
Oklahoma Bans Sharia Law
The menace of Islamic Sharia law is blocked in Oklahoma; other states on the lookout for unequal practices built into this system of ruthless, sexist, anti-humanitarian judicial rulings.
Boehner to Obama: Change Course
House Republican Leader John Boehner was in Washington, D.C. last night at the National Republican Congressional Committee shindig celebrating the historic win for House Republicans. Boehner, the presumptive new Speaker of the House for the 112th Congress, topped off the | Read More »
McConnell Congratulates Rand Paul
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky congratulates his new colleage-to-be Senator-elect Rand Paul in a statement shortly after the race was called. "For nearly two years, Kentuckians have said they want their government to focus on jobs and the economy. | Read More »
'Obama 1984' (Video)
From the folks who brought you the very popular "Call Me Senator!" video, RightChange.com offers its own closing argument to the 2010 midterm elections and a kick-off to the 2012 cycle. "1984 Obama" is out today—starring (in their own words) President Obama, | Read More »
Election Day! Make it Count
There has been much back and forth on the airwaves and in print about just where hope and change went wrong. We can talk into the wee hours about the arrogant liberal "progressives" shoving through the trillion-dollar stimulus spending without letting | Read More »
GOP Senate Candidates Buck, Miller, Kirk and Rossi Lead in Latest Polls
The latest surveys from Democrat-affiliated Public Policy Polling in the Illinois, Washington State, Colorado and Alaska U.S. Senate contests show Republican candidates maintaining leads over their opponents on the eve of the election. Below you'll find key excerpts on each race. KIRK LEADS | Read More »


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All Kinds of Kids: Differing Abilities Bulletin Board Set
Help kids learn to respect and value all people, regardless of differences in their interests, abilities, and appearances. This bulletin board set features close-up photography of kids with special needs. Includes eight 11" x 17" posters.
Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Inclusive Classroom
The second edition of this engaging and informative book has been completely revised and updated to reflect the latest statistics and research to help students on the autism spectrum succeed in school. Drawing on 25 years of experience working with students with ASD, Barbara Boroson guides teachers to create a classroom community that is attuned to the needs of children with ASD and allows all students to learn and grow. 240 pages.
Differing Abilities Flannelboard Set
Help children learn that while everybody is different, everyone has similarities. Increase awareness and promote sensitivity for all. Includes 14 vivid felt pieces and a trilingual lesson guide; English, Spanish, and French.
Early Learning Language Library Boxed Set
Designed for building vocabulary, plus expressive and receptive language skills in all young children, this boxed set includes 160 full-color photographic learning cards organized by some of the most popular early-childhood themes. On the back of each photo card is a wide range of guided questions. Together, the photo and the questions can be used as a springboard for stimulating conversations and prompting discussions. Also included is a resource guide with word lits and activity ideas in English and Spanish. 160 cards. Grades PreK-K.
This must-have resource includes practical strategies to assist elementary school children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in developing learning and social competencies. Includes goal-setting techniques as well as ideas to help ADHD kids focus on their strengths. 64 pages.
Let's Learn Sign Language Learning Cards
These beautifully illustrated cards show finger spelling and hand positions, along with a written description, for 160 essential words. Cards include greetings and manners, following directions, verbs and adjectives, everyday words and phrases, animals, people, and emotions. No prior knowledge of sign language is needed to successfully use these cards. 8 1⁄2" x 5 1⁄2". 160 cards. Grades PreK-2.
Help your children with ADHD and children who are otherwise wiggly and overly busy learn how to pay better attention and focus for longer periods of time! Includes games and activities to strengthen listening, concentration, visual and auditory memory skills, assist children in learning relaxation techniques, provides children healthy ways to burn excess energy, impulsivity, and many more. 64 pages.
Photo Conversation Cards for Children with Autism & Asperger's
Help children develop social and communication skills with full-color photo cards that include a social/communication skills story printed on the back. Each situation is described in detail and socially appropriate responses are provided for children to practice. Includes topics such as meeting and greeting people, personal space, manners, safety, good sportsmanship, emotions, making and keeping friends, and more! 90 cards.
Practical Strategies for Supporting Young Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder
This comprehensive guide showcases the diverse capabilities of students with ASD and prepares early childhood educators to work effectively with students ages 3–5 with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). Each chapter offers several strategies to address specific academic, social, and behavioral needs common to many young children with ASD. Includes teacher tips, sample resources, and relevant student goals. 200 pages.
Sign Language Fun in the Early Childhood Classrooms
This Multi-sensory approach can help all students improve language and literacy skills. Includes teaching suggestions, games, activities, songs, rhymes, literature recommendations, and reproducible sign language cards. 64 pages.
Children will learn over 230 American Sign Language signs through 25 songs sung to familiar melodies for: the alphabet; names; easing transitions; movements and actions; colors; counting and numbers; self-esteem and feelings; manners; and songs just for fun. Build language and literacy skills, and motivate young learners through their desire for constant movement. 64 pages.
Teaching Tips for Challenging Behaviors
This fantastic and dynamic resource includes tips on record-keeping, physical development, language and literacy, attention span, cognitive development, social and emotional development, dealing with parents, and ways to help students monitor their own behavior. A must have for every teacher of young children! 128 pages.
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Campaign for America's Future Urges Policymakers to Enact Bold Jobs Initiatives: No Easy Solutions to Tepid Job Growth
WASHINGTON - Today's job report may only add to the fears that are roiling stock markets across the world. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports tepid jobs growth in July, with 117,000 jobs. This is slightly better than the dismal record of the last few months, but it is not enough to help the 25 million Americans who are in need of full-time work. And the economy is not producing enough jobs to employ new workers coming into the workforce, much less the unemployed and underemployed already searching for jobs.
Statement from Campaign for America's Future's co-director Robert Borosage:
"This tepid jobs report and the growing fears about the global economy make it clear that Washington has been fixated on the wrong question. A smaller percentage of our population is employed today than when the recovery officially began. We need serious initiatives to generate jobs and put people to work.
"Once more in July, government employment declined, the result of budget cutting at all levels, and subtracted from already inadequate private sector growth. While Washington was fixated on a debate about how deep to cut spending, pink slips were going out to teachers, firefighters and cops. The cuts forced in the debt ceiling debacle will only make that worse.
"There are no cheap or easy solutions to get people back to work. Consumers are still paying down debts. Companies are sitting on cash waiting for customers. Markets for our products abroad are declining. Interest rates are already near zero, as investors flee to the US Treasuries.
"The federal government must act in this situation – and that will require reversing the pre-mature focus on deficit reduction. We need a bold agenda to put people back to work, while building a new foundation for long term growth including:
• A major effort to rebuild America. With our decrepit infrastructure an increasing threat to our economy and to human lives, interest rates at record lows and the construction industry flat on its back, there will never be a better time to build the infrastructure for the 21st century. National and regional infrastructure banks can mobilize the capital and insure that the projects are chosen on merit.
• Generate green energy jobs. Clean energy is central to the green industrial revolution that is sweeping the world. We should be investing now in wind, solar, geo-thermal, seeding research, retrofitting public and private buildings. This will put people to work now, while making America once more an industrial leader.
• Make it in America. The unsustainable trade deficits cannot continue. We should instill buy America provision in all government procurement, while challenging the mercantilist trade policies of China and other nations.
• Put young people to work. Expand Americorps, create an Urban Corps to retrofit buildings, a Green Corps to repair parks and plant trees, a Service Corps to create jobs in non-profit organizations. We cannot allow a generation to come out of high school or back from Afghanistan and Iraq and fall into despair.
• Save vital public services. It is folly to lay off teachers, police and other vital services in this downturn. Direct support for vital services will save jobs – and keep our communities strong.
"Our politicians and policymakers need to worry less about their Wall Street and big business contributors and worry more about Americans who want jobs and cannot get them. The best solution to the deficit remains getting Americans back to work. Washington will spend trillions of dollars over the next decade. Accelerating some of that to put people to work now is simply common sense."
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Not surprisingly, clients in custody cases usually tell us they want "primary custody" of their children. You'll often hear lawyers use the same phrase – "primary custody". So, it might surprise you to learn that you could read the Texas Family Code, front-to-back, and never see the term "primary custody". That phrase has become a sort-of legal shorthand among lawyers and judges. And, chances are, it means a lot less than you think it does.
To start with, the Family Code breaks up what most people think of as "custody" into two separate, but related, concepts: "conservatorship" and "possession." "Conservatorship" refers to the decision-making rights a parent has on behalf of his or her child (the right to make educational decisions, or to consent to medical treatment, for instance). "Possession", of course, refers to the times a parent is entitled to physical possession of the child.
Regarding conservatorship, the Family Code tells judges to presume that it is in the best interest of the child that the parents be named "joint managing conservators." See Texas Family Code §153.131(b). Generally, this means the judge is going to give each parent a pretty equal set of decision-making rights for the child, unless there are some exceptional circumstances in the case (family violence or drug use, for instance). The exception to this is that the Family Code tells the judge that he or she should, in most cases, give one parent or the other the "exclusive right to designate primary residence" of the child. See Texas Family Code §153.133. That is what lawyers mean when they use the phrase "primary custody."
This relates to the issue of possession because the Family Code tells the judge that, whichever parent does NOT have the "exclusive right to designate primary residence", should usually have possession of the child according to the "Standard Possession Order". See Texas Family Code §153.252. Most clients misunderstand the Standard Possession Order and, as a result, lose sleep when they're dealing with a contested-custody case. They often think that, if the other parent wins "primary custody", they will almost never see their kids and be reduced to distant observers of their kids' lives.
Fortunately, this isn't the case. The Standard Possession Order provides the "non-primary" parent with more time with their kids than most people realize. As a starting point, the Standard Possession Order gives the "non-primary" parent the first, third and fifth weekend of every month. By default, those weekends are only from Friday at 6:00 p.m. to Sunday at 6:00 p.m. But the Family Code allows the "non-primary" parent to elect for those weekends to be extended – to start earlier (Thursday after school) and end later (Monday morning when school resumes). The Code also gives the "non-primary" parent 30 days in the summer, and splits holidays equally between the parents.
The attached calendar illustrates the time the "non-primary" parent would have this year assuming each parent makes the standard elections to maximize their time with the kids. The bottom line is that, when you count up the nights that the child will spend with each parent, the "primary" parent will have more (212 nights, or 58%) than the "non-primary" parent (153 nights, or 42%). Obviously, you'd rather have 212 than 153. But hopefully this makes clear to anyone worrying that they're "never going to see" their kids that that's just not the case.
2012 Expanded Standard Possession Order Calendar


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Stock market down for a fourth day in a row
August 19, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is closing lower for the fourth day in a row, the first time that's happened this year.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 70 points, or 0.5 percent, to 15,010 Monday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell nine points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,646.
Technology stocks fell less than the rest of the market. The Nasdaq composite index edged down 13 points, or 0.4 percent, to 3,589.
Retail stocks fell after Saks reported a wider loss. Banks fell after the Federal Reserve said they needed to raise more funds.
Investors are getting worried about higher interest rates. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.88 percent.
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Parts of a police report on whether murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko had contact with the British intelligence service before he died will be kept secret at the Government's request, it has emerged.
The Metropolitan Police investigated whether Mr Litvinenko was in touch with MI6 prior to his death in November 2006, a pre-inquest review hearing was told.
Counsel for the inquest Hugh Davies said the contents of the police report are known to his team and to the coroner, Sir Robert Owen. However, they will not be disclosed to the other interested parties represented at the inquest, at the request of the Government.
Mr Davies said: "Claims have been made to the effect that Mr Litvinenko had contact with British intelligence service prior to his death. As part of its investigation, the Metropolitan Police Service made an inquiry into these claims.
"Pending the outcome of the disclosure exercise currently under way, the product of these inquiries which are known to you sir, and counsel and solicitors to the inquest, has been redacted from the report at the request of Her Majesty's Government.
"This redaction, of course, should not be taken as indicating one way or the other whether Mr Litvinenko did indeed have any such contact."
Mr Litvinenko, 43, was poisoned with polonium-210 while drinking tea at a meeting, allegedly with two Russians - former KGB contacts Andrei Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun - at the Millennium Hotel in London's Grosvenor Square.
At the start of the hearing, held to establish how the inquest will be conducted, Sir Robert said: "It has been almost six years since his death in November 2006. Such a delay is regrettable.
"There will be no further delay. It is manifestly in the interests of the interested persons, in particular his widow Marina Litvinenko and his son Anatoli Litvinenko, of the other interested persons and in the wider public interest that the inquest is brought to a conclusion with due expedition.
"It's my intention to commence the substantive hearings at the first practicable opportunity as early in 2013 as is consistent with the completion of the necessary preparatory steps."


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The Detroit Greenways Coalition is a group of stakeholders and city officials that meets monthly and promotes greenway development within the city. This Coalition has developed a Detroit Greenway Vision which calls for over 70 miles of greenways throughout the city. That vision also includes bike lanes to bridge gaps between the greenways and to connect with neighborhoods. These bike lanes are a subset of the over 400 miles of bike lanes proposed within the Detroit Non-Motorized Transportation Master Plan.
In addition to providing technical assistance to greenway projects, the Detroit Greenways Coalition has worked with city officials to develop a Complete Streets Policy to facilitate non-motorized development. The group has also promoted awareness of bicycling opportunities throughout the City through several bicycle events, such as one-day tours and the establishment of an earn-a-bike program for neighborhood youth.


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Balloons ready to march in Stamford if winds hold
STAMFORD -- "I think I see the Lorax! Look, there's Clifford! Is that Big Bird, dad?"
These were the excited cries of children Saturday on Hoyt Street at the SAC Capital Balloon Inflation celebration the day ahead of the UBS Parade Spectacular.
"It's freezing," said more than a few parents, trying to stay warm as the temperatures dipped quickly towards the 30s in shadows of the buildings where 16 giant balloons were being inflated.
But Downtown Special Services District President Sandy Goldstein said people were excited for the parade no matter the temperature.
"I'm blown away by this" she said as kids riding dads' shoulders, being pushed by parents and grandparents, streamed by. "Look at those smiles."
The DSSD produces the event, now in its 20th year. If forecasts hold, it may be one of the coldest and windiest parades since it began in 1993.
The National Weather Service is forecasting mostly sunny skies Sunday with a high of 29 and winds blowing between 21 to 28 mph and gusts as high as 43 mph.
Goldstein was optimistic. She said if the wind stays below 25 mph, "we fly."
If not, there's still a parade to see.
Hoyt Street looked like the region's largest playdate Saturday afternoon and people were having a good time as some thumping club music filled the air, circus performers juggled, walked among the crowd on stilts or rode unicycles. Several characters, including Popeye, Bluto and Snoopy walked around giving out high fives to kids and adults.
The big attraction was the balloons, which slowly filled with helium. This year, there is a concern about wind and DSSD staff were gauging the wind as the balloons filled.
"It's nice to see everyone outside," said Cheshta Jain, of Stamford, who brought her daughter Vidipta Roy, 7 and son Vivaan Roy, 5 months, to see the balloons inflated. "In the winter, normally everyone is hiding inside."
Jain said she didn't think the family would brave the temperatures tomorrow, as Vivaan, warmly bundled in his carriage napped happily, but she said that more like it was a wish than a statement of fact.
The inflation party drew people from the city and from far beyond, including Amy Silverstein-Kawahata, who came in from Boston, "just for this."
Her sister lives in the area and heard about the party so Silverstein-Kawahata brought her son Owen, 4, to see it.
Likewise, Oxford residents Martha and Neil Mackrell brought their son Nolan, 2, to the party.
There were people who never miss the parade and people who haven't been to one in years.
Ryan Walsh, a Stamford native, was bringing his New York-raised wife Kate and their 10-month old son William to their first parade. He said he hasn't seen the parade in probably 10 years, but is excited for his son.
"He loves Sesame Street," Kate Walsh said, noting the presence of several Sesame Street balloon characters. They were standing in front of Big Bird as they slowly filled up.
Around the corner, Cookie Monster was already full. The blue monster clutching his cookie was tied down on his back with ropes, looking somewhat like Gulliver when he was captured by the Lilliputians in Swift's famous work.
Many people said they planned on coming to the parade, too, despite the possibility that high winds will ground the balloons and cold temperatures will require lots of layers.
People are going to come, Goldstein said, because it's for the kids and because it's fun. There's lots of entertainment, she said.
Anthony Russo and Christy Fortunato's family will be marching in the parade for a second year in a row, with the added bonus that Thomas, Christy's 14-year-old is now old enough to hold the balloon. They were at the inflation party scoping out the balloons. She said you don't know which one you'll be assigned to until you get there at 7:30 a.m.
"Come on!" Thomas said, urging his mom and Russo to get moving.
If you decide to get moving today, the parade steps off at noon at the corner of Summer and Hoyt streets.


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New York City Ballet, formerly (1946–48) Ballet Society, resident ballet company of the New York State Theatre at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The company, first named Ballet Society, was founded in 1946 by the choreographer George Balanchine (artistic director) and Lincoln Kirstein (general director) as a private subscription organization to promote lyric theatre. It is a descendant of the American Ballet company. In 1948 Ballet Society gave its first public performance at the Center Theater of the New York City Center of Music and Drama and changed the company's name to the New York City Ballet. From 1950 its prestige grew with foreign tours. It was moved to its present home in 1964. The company performs during summer sessions at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga, New York.
In addition to ballets choreographed by Balanchine, the company performed works by the choreographers Jerome Robbins (ballet master 1969–90), William Dollar, Todd Bolender, Francisco Moncion, Lew Christensen, and Sir Frederick Ashton. Its principal dancers have included Maria Tallchief, Tanaquil LeClercq, Melissa Hayden, Patricia Wilde, Violette Verdy, Suzanne Farrell, Gelsey Kirkland, Patricia McBride, Helene Alexopoulos, André Eglevsky, Jacques d'Amboise, Edward Villella, and Peter Martins.
After the death of Balanchine in 1983, Robbins and Martins shared the responsibilities of ballet master. Robbins retired in 1990, and Martins continued in his charge until 2018, when he retired amid accusations of various incidents of misconduct, including sexual harassment. An investigation did not corroborate the allegations.


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Haribo is in hot water again for those sexy sweet wrappers reports Brandrepublic: Haribo in 'carnal' sweet wrapper complaint.
The complaint stems from the letter to the Daily Mail from Simon Simpkins from Pontefract, West Yorks about the "lurid" illustrations used on the wrappers. It has been run as a story in The Sun.
We wrote about a similar letter of complaint they had received back in 2004: Moaom fruit chews new wrapping too sexy. Is this an arranged complaint? Or , is it simply a new person that only just now discovered the sexy wrappers, which works with my theory that 'virals' repeat after a few years.
Brandrepublic has a theory - or had a theory that the letter of complaint came straight from Haribo headquarters :Maoam carnal complaint letter a publicity stunt
- but if you go there now you'll meet the text : The requested news item could not be found, it may have been unpublished or you reached this page from an incorrect URL. Hmmm? Mistake, or did they have to pull the article?
Update: that was a mistake. :) They article is now found with the headline: Maoam says carnal wrapper complaint was genuine.
Haribo is also based in Pontefract and given that it is currently running a sampling campaign for a new Haribo product ChewToo, Brand Republic questioned whether the complaint might have been a publicity stunt.
However, a company spokesman said it had received the complaint via email from Simpkins as he claimed in his Daily Mail letter, and it handled it in the same way as it would any other.
Either way, this new letter of complaint has gotten all the UK 'no sex please we're british' on the case - which is great if it was a planned PR stunt for the randy candy, here's a quick google-pick of all the articles.
The Telegraph: Haribo's MAOAM candy criticised for 'sexual' sweet wrappers
Even all the way down under: HeraldSun: Haribo MAOAM sour candies feature 'fruits in pornographic poses'
Some people have filthy minds and like finding fault with everything. They are unsatisfied with life and so must cause trouble to create drama. There is nothing sexual about those images except in the minds of the Hollywood perverts (this Simpkins guy and others) who should seriously be kept away from children and small animals. I can't imagine someone whose mind is so messed up that they would want to have sex with cartoon fruit. This Simpkins guy must be like the Chucky Cheese Manson of perverts.
I think that these are some of the most delightfully wonderful candy wrapers I have ever seen; much better than most of the garbage out there people try to shove in my face to sell their products I couldn't use or want.


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Learn a little about a couple from Virginia Beach who volunteers with us restoring sand dunes at NAS Dam Neck Annex time and time again!
How long have you been volunteering with the National Aquarium?
Three years ago we saw an article in our local newspaper about your need for volunteers. Our thoughts were "Gee, a day on the beach…doing something worthwhile…what could be better?!"
Why do you continue to help?
It's obvious our shorelines need help. We like that it's a short-term commitment. We know we'll be there volunteering for the two days of the event (yes, we do BOTH days), and then we're free to go do something else.
At the end of the day, although we're tired, we have such a good feeling, a sense of accomplishment, a connection to the Earth and its beauty.
What is your most memorable experience from an event?
We have so many great memories…
Lots of men working to get the truck un-stuck in the soft sand, pelicans flying in formation just 20 feet over our heads, gentle rain cooling us off, sighting dolphins, kids making sand angels in between planting flats of dune grass.
We have fun getting to know the people working next to us. There are Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, people with multiple college degrees, people who couldn't wait to get out of high school, home-schooled families, people with handicaps, people with huge muscles, locals, out-of-towners—all there to help. Since Bill spent 30 years in the Navy, we enjoy being around the active-duty sailors and marines who also come to help.
The people from the National Aquarium and our local Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center are such fun. We especially like their willingness to answer all of our questions about marine science. We get mini science lessons for free! How cool is that?
Some of the many things learned while working:
The wind can start piling up sand behind each slat of the dune fencing almost immediately. Pretty ghost crabs get really big and, although they generally come out of their burrows at night, you can see them when you arrive in the morning. Dime-sized mushrooms can grow on the beach.
If learning about Cris and Bill's volunteer experience has inspired you to join us in the field, you can sign up for one of our upcoming restoration events.


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DOJ Continues To Obstruct Efforts For Megaupload Users To Get Their Files Back
from the because-hollywood-once-told-us-someone-was-dr.-evil dept
Torrentfreak has an update, noting that everyone's in a stalemate and nothing seems to be happening:
The whole situation is bizarre. Individuals who had legitimate content stored on Megaupload are still asking for access to get back their content, but the DOJ doesn't seem to care at all. In fact, it's coming up with increasingly bizarre excuses to justify shutting down an entire business based on the entertainment industry's say so, and seems to have no qualms about how many people this has created massive problems for.
This effort was stopped because the U.S. didn't want Kim Dotcom to have access to the files. Hoping to get out of this stalemate the Court then suggested that all affected parties should get together and come up with a solution, thus far without success.
"In separate written requests in the past year both Carpathia and Megaupload have asked Magistrate Judge Anderson – who was appointed by Judge O'Grady to mediate the cloud storage server data issue – to preside over follow-up negotiations on data preservation and consumer access," Rothken tells TF.
"The US DOJ has shown little interest in such negotiations and the Judge has not been inclined to set any additional meetings," he adds.
As the Aereo case is about to be heard, and various concerns about its impact on cloud computing are being raised, people should look over at what's happening with Megaupload's servers and be even more concerned. If the broadcasters succeed in redefining what is a "public performance," it's entirely conceivable that the DOJ could choose to do the same to other cloud services you rely on -- and there seems to be no recourse whatsoever.


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An older article but still interesting. There were many things I already knew about Portland but also a few I hadn't heard before. The comment about Portland being more liberal could be said about most cities.
Where the square is a triangle
Oddities are everywhere in this hip, diverse city, so different from its neighbors
By Judith Gaines, Globe Correspondent December 11, 2005
This quirky city was once known, fittingly enough, as ''Quack." Examples of its pleasure in things odd are everywhere. Monument Square, in the heart of downtown, is actually a triangle. The famous Casco Bay Bridge doesn't span any part of Casco Bay. (It crosses the Fore River.) The area near the local sewage treatment plant provides some of the best bird-watching in the state. And the city is home to what must be the only topless doughnut shop in the country.
With a population of 64,249, Maine's largest city is concentrated in a small geographic area, and it has always had a spunky, creative, somewhat wacko charm that endears it to other Mainiacs, while also setting it apart.
Its population is younger, hipper, and more liberal than elsewhere in the state. Public buses here have bicycle racks.
It's also more diverse. According to the last census, almost 9 percent of Portland's population is nonwhite, compared with 3 percent in the state. Officials say 51 languages are spoken at Portland High School. Mayor Jill Duson (whose term ends this month) isn't just the first black female mayor in the state but also only the second black woman ever elected to any office in Maine, she says.
Portland is so different from its neighboring communities that less than a year ago an issue of Down East magazine asked: Is it really part of Maine? Editors noted that all five Green Party candidates in 2004 elections came from districts in Portland, and one of them won. On issues like gun control, gay rights, hunting, and environmental politics, the magazine observed, Portlanders hold significantly different views from voters in the rest of the state.
Portland is home to the state's biggest symphony, top art museum, its only professional sports teams, and its largest concentration of restaurants. In a state almost without skyscrapers, the few high-rise buildings clustered along Congress Street, Portland's main thoroughfare, are as close as Maine gets to a downtown financial district. Although Augusta is the capital and legislative center, the state Supreme Court and the largest concentration of lawyers are here.
According to Guinness World Records, Portland is the only city in the country with one street on which a person could satisfy all his or her educational needs. A preschool, two elementary schools, a middle school, two high schools, and a branch of the University of New England are on 2-mile-long Stevens Avenue.
Some people have both their winter and summer homes in Portland. They spend winter on the mainland and summer on one of several Casco Bay islands technically inside the city limits: Peaks Island, Great Diamond, Little Diamond, Cushing's and Cliff islands among them. (For a quirky island tour, you can ride the mail boat as it delivers letters, freight, and passengers to the islands.)
The city houses at least two oddball, one-of-a-kind museums: The Umbrella Cover Museum (on Peaks Island), displaying all sorts of umbrella covers, humble and exotic, from around the world; and The Museum of Cryptozoology, dedicated to animals whose existence has not yet been confirmed, such as Big Foot, assorted sea monsters, and the like.
Especially in the historic Old Port, the city boasts a large assortment of one-of-a-kind shops and many distinctive galleries. Among them is SPACE, which sponsored an event in September that included rolling a huge swath of sod down Congress Street, making it an impromptu park, and turning dumpsters into theaters for puppet shows, dance, and other performances.
Other art openings take place in similarly unconventional settings. Just a few weeks ago, a hair salon called Head Games hosted the opening of an exhibit by photographer Arthur Fink. Fink said he was drawn to the salon as a place to show his work because of its light and space, and he likes the idea of new art constantly appearing throughout the city in surprising places.
For Portlanders, Fink said, being quirky ''is a way of staying fresh and alive, and making new connections."
Now through mid-February, visitors also can see the arresting sculptures of Pandora LaCasse, which she describes as ''little oases of light and cheer to warm the dead of winter." An abstract sculptor, LaCasse wraps trees, poles, and homemade forms in strings of colored lights all over the city. In a park at Middle and Exchange streets, turquoise ovals hang from pink trees. On Congress Street, fanciful orange and red megaphones cluster in front of the Time and Temperature Building. On Commercial Street by the harbor, blue and green spheres protrude from some shops, as if they were big water bubbles.
Portland's quirkiness is long-standing. Right from the start, it developed a reputation as a liberal, free-thinking place.
Maine was settled in part by people who objected to what they considered the Puritanical, restrictive ways common in Massachusetts, and they seem to have gravitated particularly to Portland, established in 1786. When Maine became the nation's 23d state in 1820, Portland was its first capital.
One guidebook describes Portlanders in the 1800s as ''boozehounds" and says waterfront laborers routinely took ''grog breaks" in the mornings and afternoons. Munjoy Hill, in the east end of town, was known as ''Mount Joy Hill," in honor of the prostitutes who frequented the area.
One of the city's towering oddities is the Portland Observatory, which looks like a lighthouse in a distinctly urban setting on Congress Street. Sandwiched between the Portland Free Methodist Church and the Fire Department and across from Colucci's Hilltop Superette, it is actually an old signal tower, erected in 1807 as a communication aid for ships heading to port.
Over the years, several well-known distilleries have had headquarters here, including McGlinchy's and the John Morgan Brewing Co., and the city remains famous for its microbrews such as Shipyard, Allagash, Geary's, and Gritty McDuff's. It has a flourishing nightlife, with several nightclubs and saloons where you can hear local bands. So many bars are crowded into the Old Port that a person can bar crawl without having to drive.
Most of Portland's attractions are concentrated on its peninsula, a compact area about three miles long and less than a mile wide. Still, outlying areas bear exploration as well. Within the city limits are at least two waterfalls and a network of about 30 miles of trails that meander around the Back Cove, along the Fore River, around the harbor, and through the Maine Audubon Sanctuary, which has two important sites in the metro area. Bird-watchers especially enjoy a trail that passes the city's sewage treatment plant, where ospreys have erected a huge nest on an abandoned railway trestle, and where you can sometimes see a bald eagle or exotic sea gulls.
Just north of the city limits but well within Metro Portland is Mackworth Island, a good place to witness the local pleasure in fun and fantasy. Given to the state by Percival Proctor Baxter as ''a sanctuary for wild beasts and birds," the island now is home to the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, but a 1 1/4-mile trail around the perimeter is open to the public. The path passes a pet cemetery (the final resting place of 13 Irish setters and one horse); a ''listening tree" said to be able to understand the sign language of the hearing impaired as well as entreaties from more conventionally speaking people; and an extensive ''community village for fairies," where children are invited to build fairy homes out of natural materials.
On a recent day, Delaney Derrig, 7, a second-grader in nearby Westbrook, was beginning construction of one of these little twig dwellings under the watchful eye of her grandmother. She said fairies are drawn to the area ''because there are homes for them. They need somewhere to live."
Portland also is a restaurant town. Many locals proudly claim it has more restaurants per capita than anywhere in the country except San Francisco. One list shows 187 restaurants in Portland, or one for every 343 people.
City regulations do not allow food chains downtown, and the restaurants can be as quirky as the city itself. You will never pay more for less food than at Bandol's, where the portions are so tiny as to be laughable. (A recent entree of braised veal on a potato pancake with chanterelle mushrooms measured no more than two inches in diameter, including the sauce.) Hugo's, the trendiest spot in town, with somewhat bigger portions and considerably better food, offers cod tongue tempura.
Street & Company, the favorite of many locals, may be one of the few restaurants in the country that serves no meat; it's strictly about seafood. Silly's, a popular cheap eats joint near Munjoy Hill, sells an avocado milkshake, which is better than it sounds. Joe's Boathouse boasts a local favorite known as ''The Zook," a wrap with fresh chicken, tomato, onion, and homemade caper mayonnaise.
Sitting at Joe's, you can watch the comings and goings in the outer harbor and gaze upon another local oddity: Fort Gorges. This looks like a huge granite square floating in the bay with some grass on top. In fact, it's an old fort built on Hog Island in 1858 to defend Portland Harbor. However, no shot ever was fired from it.
The topless doughnut shop, part of an adult center called Platinum Plus, looks more like a plush nightclub lounge than a morning breakfast spot. But it's open Monday through Saturday, 6-11 a.m., and it does sell doughnuts, $1.50 apiece. They don't make their own, though, a young blonde woman called ''La Bomba" told me when I finally mustered the nerve to go in. When I asked who does, she giggled and said, ''It's a secret."
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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by Barbara L. Sherf
Tears welled in my eyes as I watched my father tell his rich stories of life on the farm picking tomatoes for Campbell's Soup Company and riding in local rodeos over and over in a rambling way while filming him at a stable where we used to ride horses.
What was I thinking when I decided to attempt to do a video of his life for his 85th birthday? I felt guilt and shame for not filming him five years ago, when we had written a book of our stories together for his 80th birthday. His memories and the stories were much fresher then. The Alzheimer's was early stage. Clearly it had progressed. The camera does not lie.
"How did it go?" my sister asked after the interview.
"He was animated and talkative on the car ride, but sitting in front of the camera with the little red light blinking, well, he struggled. With some photos and creative editing, I'll be able to put something together," I responded. "He wasn't even interested in riding. It was sad."
Now, looking at the computer screen of images of this former cowboy who has shrunk both physically and mentally, I wondered again if I could pull it off. Knowing it might be the last party we threw with family and friends from his hometown of Maple Shade, New Jersey, I wanted to make it all come together in one nice, neat package. But the package was unraveling before my eyes.
Looking into the camera, he talked of the lovely rides he had with his daughter, Barbie, in the Wissahickon Valley. I finally stepped in, reminding him of the fact that I was "Barbie," his riding partner, and that we had written a book together titled "Cowboy Mission: The Best Sermons are Lived…Not Preached."
The irony slapped me in the face. I had not practiced what I had been preaching.
Here I was starting a new business to help other families capture the stories of their loved ones in both print and DVD, and I had not done the critical video with my own father when his memories were still fresh.
I remember sitting with my first paying customer, Lula Pidcock Mohr, after her son, Bob, had seen an article about what I had done with my father and our book. He contacted me wanting to capture his 92-year-old mother's story before it was too late.
After sitting with Lula for two painful hours, I wondered if I could capture her story as her memories were clearly fading. As I was about to leave, her granddaughter offered me a set of Lula's journals that had been written a decade before. Taking the diaries, I sat in a corner booth of a nearby diner for two hours developing a series of questions based on her earlier recollections. From there I was able to put together a booklet and an oversized article for her 93rd birthday party, where her grandchildren came up to her after reading the piece, saying things like "I didn't know that about you, gammy."
But the story gets better. Six months later, when Lula's stepbrother, who was 20 years younger, was flying in from California to visit, Bob called me again to ask, "Is there any value to having the two of them sit for an interview and videotaping some of the family history?"
"Absolutely," I said, knowing that her ancestors were the first white settlers of Bucks County and had come over on a boat with William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.
And so the three of us and a two-man camera crew drove to the vacant family homestead and set up on the lawn to interview them. We then went to a restored old barn that had burned to the ground, killing four horses, when Lula was a little girl. She cried remembering the devastating episode. We journeyed to the home where she and her husband had raised their four children, then on to Pidcock Creek in Washington Crossing Historic Park, and finally to the family cemetery, where her father was buried after dying during the influenza epidemic when Lula was a toddler.
It was a rich, powerful testament to all that this woman had endured, and I received two lovely thank you cards from her telling me how the project, especially the video, had changed her life.
Within six months I was in a hospital room where she was dying of cancer. While a bit confused about what was going on, she looked up, said my full name and held my hand. We did not say much for it had already been said and done.
Her son called me about a month later to say that his mother had died but that it had been a meaningful transition.
"I took a big screen TV and a looped version of the video into her hospice room 48 hours before she died. Family members and staff watched her story over and over, and she would not let anyone turn it off or even turn it down," he said. "I believe it was a confirmation of her life and closure for her."
Goosebumps stood on my arms, and tears came streaming down as I stood by Lula's father's grave, where her ashes were being interred and where we had previously filmed her story. The minister told the audience that he had not known Lula but that he and his wife watched her half-hour video on the Internet the previous night.
He spoke of her life and her rich history and commitment to family, noting that he was only able to deliver a proper eulogy based on hearing the family stories and seeing the video. He spoke of the value of capturing our loved one's stories before it is too late. The camera in my mind captured the testimonial, and I replay it nearly every day.
And so that was my motivation for capturing my father on video; to give him and all of us closure and a confirmation of the things he had done and the people (and horses) that surrounded him in this life.
Barbara Sherf is an author, motivational speaker, and founder of Capture Life Stories. She did manage to put together a video about her father, which can be viewed at www.CaptureLifeStories.com. She lives in Flourtown with her husband and golden retriever.


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2005 XC Recap: Moser opened up quickly by being the first collegiate across the tape at the home opener with a 5k XC PR (17:57). Unfortunately her season was cut a little short due to an injury...2005 T&F: Set personal bests at 800m and 1500m early in the season. She went on to finish 3rd, gaining All-Conference honors in the Big West Championship 10k final and then took 7th in the 5k final.
2004 XC Recap: Had a breakout season from start to finish. Hadas won the opening meet at the UCSB Lagoon in a 5K cross country personal best of 18:22.67 gaining her a spot on the travel squad. At the Big West Championships she finished 17th in a 6K personal best of 21:33.6. She went to Regionals and Nationals being the only Gaucho who did not race at the NCAA championship a year ago and improved from a year ago to be a consistent top 7, often displacing other programs' front 5.
2004 Track & Field Recap: Hadas qualified for the Big West Championships in the 1,500m as a true freshman...ran a personal best 4:40.99 in the Big West trials.
2003 XC Recap: Hadas opened the season with a 13th place finish at the UCSB Lagoon Open in 18:49...ran 18:53.7 at the Riverside Invitational...helped Gaucho "B" squad to first place tie at Titan Invitational.
High School Notes:
Hadas won Pacific Coast League XC championship in 2002 and was the runner-up in 2001...runner-up at 1600m and 3200m at the 2003 PCL Championships ...University HS team captain junior and senior years for XC and Track.
Personal Bests
800m: 2:17.00
1500m: 4:32.00
5000m: 16:52.76
10000m: 37:22.84


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The Town of Smyrna will host its first major music festival Thursday night. There's been fanfare and promotion and people seem excited. Is Smyrna going to be the next music hotspot in Delaware?
Unlike last weekend's Firefly Music Festival, "Smyrna at Night" will likely not draw 80,000 music fans to the streets of downtown Smyrna. That's OK, though. "Smyrna at Night" is not trying to be the next Firefly.
"We want it to be like a street party and for it to have a laid-back, fun street-festival vibe," the Town of Smyra's defacto Public Information Officer Dawn Thompson has said. "We're all very excited about it."
The event was announced Tuesday, May 27 when Gable Music Ventures posted a partial lineup to its Facebook page. Two more lineup announcements followed until the entire list—14 deep—had been released.
The last musicians announced included The Joe Trainor Trio, Harper's Fellow, the Tim Hein Band and Mike Weyrauch.
Those four acts join 10 others: Nadjah Nicole, Bullbuckers, The Late Saints, The Honey Badgers and Justin McNatt of the Justin McNatt Band, Brooke Dicaro, Lovebettie, the Richard Carl Band, the Kevin McCove Band and the Billy Penn Burger Band.
Lovebettie, a four-piece Pittsburgh band, was originally scheduled to do an acoustic set but just before the final lineup notice, GMV took to Facebook to say, "We just can't wait any longer to announce that instead of doing an acoustic set, Lovebettie is bringing the whole band to close out the festivities at the Smyrna Opera House."
Lovebettie holds the recent distinction of having Rolling Stone Magazine refer to it as a "band to watch." Self-described as "pioneers of swagger rock," band members have defined their sound as a mix of soul, rock and pop. Fronted by Alexandra Naples, who sports a shock of electric red hair that she backs up with an explosive, leading-lady voice and compelling keyboard skills, the band has garnered the attention of classic acts like Bon Jovi to attention-grabbers like Lady Gaga.
When the event was announced earlier this month, Gable Music Ventures co-owner Jeremy Hebbel said that organizers were committed to getting a diverse lineup of local and regional bands. True to his word, the final list contains a little bit of rock, folk, blues, R&B, ska, country and more.
With so many bands to see in one night, Mayor Joanne Masten said she just doesn't know at which stage friends and neighbors can expect to spy her.
"I want to see them all," Masten said. "I listen to a lot of country but I know the caliber of bands that Gable Music Ventures has booked is amazing and there is going to be something for everyone."
In addition to music, Thompson has been working on non-music elements of the festival like parking and vendors. She said earlier this month that she has reached out to a list of about 40 vendors selling everything from food to fashion.
Ultimately, 11 vendors have agreed to attend the festival: Bethany Blues, Crave Eatery, Vanderwende Farm Creamery, Not By Bread Alone Caterers, BK Catering, Mean Green Smokin' Machine, Mr. Swirl, Dino's Ice Cream Truck, Drunk'n Baker and Sno-Ball Factory.
Both Sheridan's and Odd Fellows will also have food available as well.