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In May 1985 the Philidelphia Bomb Disposal Unit dropped a bomb from a helicopter onto a commune run by revolutionary ecologists MOVE, killing eleven people and burning down sixty surrounding houses. Before dropping the bomb they shouted, "Attention MOVE, This is America!"
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Paul Watson founder of Sea Shepherd, the infamous whaler ramming, trawler sinking, driftnet sabbing er.... explains the politics of extinction!
We All Live In Bhopal - "The cinders of the funeral pyres at Bhopal are still warm and the mass graves still fresh, but the media prostitutes of the corporations have already begun their homilies in defence of industrialism and its uncounted horrors." - A look at the Bhopal 'accident' and some of its wider implications for all of us.
A Winnowing For Tomorrow`s World. - What happens to evolution after the great dying? Norman Myers, one of the first ecologists to call western attention to the tide of extinctions occuring in the tropics, examines the road from nowhere.
Away With All Cars! - "A sincere and zealous protestation against the over-abundance of motorised carriages together with some suggestions towards the elimination of this disgorge in the form of an open letter to all motorists." - A positive view of a viable future transport strategy, rather than the usual idiot pleas for more dirty diesel buses or nuclear (ie. electric) powered cars, or millions of acres of genetically engineered, chemical sodden biodiesel crops.
The Simplicity - "Civilised agriculture is a war with the spirit of life and war with the cosmos." A short piece on the folly of modern agriculture.
Future Primitive. - In this essay John Zerzan takes recent anthroplogical and archaeological revisionism to an ultimate conclusion. "Life before domestication/agriculture was in fact largely one of leisure, intimacy with nature, sensual wisom, sexual equality and health." Does civilsation (literally meaning - the culture of cities) represent only the recent, yet near total, degradation of human life? (60k- in 2 parts )
Industrial Domestication: - Industry As The Origins Of Modern Domination.Dead trees EF!
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Big Data for Small Business: 3 Ways to Use Customer DataKaren Axelton
You've probably heard and read a lot about "big data" in the past year, and you're going to hear a lot more in the coming year. But if you feel like big data is only for big businesses, you're not alone.
Companies like Amazon and Netflix use complicated algorithms to decipher what customers want based on past online actions and preferences, then serve up real-time discounts, deals and suggestions. But in one recent survey of small businesses, entrepreneurs asked to describe big data said things like "No clue," "Data that's too big for us," "More than I can comprehend," and "Too much data to deal with."
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- Segment your marketing lists to develop more personalized marketing campaigns.
- Use website analytics to see which products and services get the most visits and clicks so you can focus on items that sell and cut back on those with less interest.
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If you were ready to give up on big data, don't—use the small data you've got, and you'll see big results.
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The family and friends of knitting shop owner Izzy Chambers are busy making ready for her marriage to Sam Perry. Izzy's beloved aunt Nell has even hired gardener Claire Russell to make her backyard perfect for the ceremony. Long divorced from her ultra-strict husband, Claire has returned to Sea Harbor, Mass., to face the past. Soon after a book-shop discussion of cold cases focusing on the death of Claire's daughter, beautiful local teen Harmony Farrow, Harmony's BFF Tiffany Ciccolo is found dead in the basement of the beauty salon where she worked. Tiffany had a crush on Andy Risso, member of a popular local band. Since Andy was formerly Harmony's high-school flame, the police have him high on the suspect list. Nell and her friends realize they have to solve both murders before they can present Izzy with her beautiful wedding shawl and provide a perfect wedding day.
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The Tech code l is for live action. This is the code used most often for VHS videorecordings. If a note states animation technique is used, then the code can be either a for animation or c for a combination of live action and animation. If no code is on the record, use l
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London : |b BBC-TV, |c 1972 ; |a New York : |b Released by Time-Life Films, |c 1975. Dat tp: p Dates: 1975, 1972
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245 field:
The GMD |h [videorecording] is used after the |a.
508 field (Credits note):
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508 Producer, Sam Thomas ; director, Lesley Selander.
511 field (Participant or Performer note):
Accept this information, without expanding on it. If no information is here, generally accept the cataloger's judgment. Exceptions can be made if a prominent narrator, presenter or performer is not named anywhere in the record.
[Only first indicator 0 (no print constant provided) or 1 (cast), is now valid.]
Example: 511 1 Jackie Gleason, Art Carney.
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538 field (System details):
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6xx fields (Subjects):
These are treated the same as for printed material.
7xx fields (Added entries):
For the most part, accept another library's decision. Exceptions can be made, if necessary. Do whatever authority checking is necessary.
Videocassettes and other nonprint materials are placed on the non-print labeling shelves in Catalog Maintenance after cataloging. Both rush and non-rush videocassettes go on these shelves. Rush videocassettes require a red rush flag.
Affix a yellow stickie to the case, stating Digital/Media (DMC) or other branch, the call number, PAL or SECAM if appropriate, and Video cass.If destination is Gov Docs, yellow stickie reads DMC-GD. (Item and bib locations would remain gd.)
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Dear Heart Friends:
I have just returned from Staples where I printed and bound copies of the first draft of the book for my co-editor and for Dr. Fedderly, who will write the Foreword for the book. It's 200 pages without any clip art or photos. So one of my first jobs with the line editing is to cut, cut, cut. Michelle Jestice and I cut The Heart of a Mother by at least 10% twice before we were done. I think if I cut HOF by 10%, that will be a good start. I'm not sure I want to cut it by 10% twice. The Heart of a Mother was over 400 pages when I realized that I had to cut, cut, cut.
I have really had fun this week with finishing up my phone calls to the contributors. I still have 6 or 7 calls to make. It has been so much fun putting a voice to the essay. Or in one case, putting someone else's voice to the essay -- since one of our contributors is deaf and I had to use a special relay service to communicate with him. I am hoping that this contributor will sign his essay so we can make it available to other deaf readers in ASL. As a former teacher of the deaf, this is something very special to me -- I'll certainly be letting all my deaf friends know about it!
I appreciate those of you who left a note that you want a copy of the book. I know you won't be disappointed. These gentlemen have really shared some special stories, advice and wisdom. I only hope that my editing and organization does them justice.
This blog site is a place for Anna Jaworski, author of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Handbook for Parents and My Brother Needs an Operation, and editor of The Heart of a Mother and The Heart of a Father, to keep readers updated on important news related to Baby Hearts Press and important information for the heart community. For more information about Baby Hearts Press, please visit us at http://www.babyheartspress.com.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The Heart of a Father - Publication Date Set!
Greetings, friends! I have some very exciting news to report regarding The Heart of a Father. I finally received all of the essays I have been waiting for! We are still in the process of editing the essays, but now the book has all of the material I feel it needed to be complete. It feels good to finally be at this point.
I have set Fathers Day 2009 as our publication date. We need time to get the book to the printer, to receive it and then send it out to reviewers. We still need to create the back cover -- which will depend up quotes from the reviews we get from early readers. We are hoping to receive some pre-publication publicity and book reviews in magazines and newspapers. Sometimes it feels like putting the book together was a piece of cake compared to the tasks we have before us -- and we aren't quite done putting the book together yet!
I am excited that we have agreed upon the front cover and that I have hired an interior designer to help with inserting art and photos in the book. I really needed extra help putting this book together. I did almost everything myself with The Heart of a Mother (except for hiring an excellent editor to work with me -- Michelle Jestice), and it was extremely time-consuming. With all of the other things I'm involved in now (robotics coach, swim official, having a senior in high school and taking Alex to college 5 days a week), I'm afraid it would take me over a year to get everything together. With the help of my dad and Sue, my interior designer, I am hopeful we'll get the book to the printer in a much more timely manner.
Once we send the book to the printer, Sue will post a pre-order form on the website. I am eager to see who wants to order the book. I am hopeful the heart community will welcome this new resource which shares so many heartfelt stories, expert advice and downright insightful experiences of men from around the world.
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Foreign Service group threatens lawsuit over ambassador nominee credentials
The union representing America's Foreign Service professionals is threatening to sue the State Department for information on the qualifications of recent ambassadorial nominees unless the material is provided by late Thursday.
The American Foreign Service Association said Wednesday it would ask a court to compel the production of documents known as "Certificates of Demonstrated Competence." The group said the department had ignored previous requests to release the documents under Freedom of Information Act.
The threat comes as the White House faces harsh criticism about a handful of President Obama's ambassador nominees who have scant knowledge or expertise about the nations where they would serve, and amid heightened scrutiny of the time-honored presidential practice of selecting political donors and friends for these high-profile posts.
"AFSA remains concerned about the qualifications of several recent nominees," the organization said in a statement. "AFSA's goal is to ensure that the nation has the most qualified persons serving as ambassadors. AFSA believes that the president and the American people deserve nothing less."
Several of Obama's recent ambassadorial nominees were high-dollar campaign fundraisers and donors for the president, raising concerns they were rewarded for their lucrative political support. At least three nominees have raised concerns after poor performances in their confirmation hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
During the confirmation hearing of Obama's nominee to Argentina, Noah Bryson Mamet, the nominee admitted he'd never been to the South American country. The nominee to Norway, George Tsunis, also flubbed some key facts about the Scandinavian nation at his confirmation hearing. Colleen Bradley Bell, a soap opera producer nominated for ambassador to Hungary, also recently struggled to answer what America's strategic interests are in that country.
Last month, AFSA, which represents about 16,000 current and retired diplomats, released a set of guidelines for choosing and confirming ambassadors in a bid to increase pressure on the administration to raise the bar on the quality of its ambassadorial picks.
The proposed guidelines were put together by a panel of former diplomats and include leadership, interpersonal and managerial skills, the ability to formulate high-level policy and knowledge of the foreign area.
The guidelines reiterated that theses posts "should normally be accorded to career members," while acknowledging that those outside the Foreign Service ranks "can bring other highly valuable experience and attributes."
White House spokesman Eric Schultz said last week that the administration would review AFSA's recommendations.
An AFSA survey has found that 37 percent of ambassadors during Obama's presidency are or have been political appointees.
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I can't remember the source, but I recall that there is evidence that quitting everything at once is a better choice than doing it piecemeal. Of course it probably varies from pt to pt. I've found that if I allow something in the beginning, it's considered OK by the patient and becomes very difficult to stop later.
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Well, the edible THC is healthier than inhaling its smoke, but it will still cause a job loss when the employer unexpectedly requires urine sampling. I rather doubt it is more dangerous than alcohol, which, according to some new research, is unhealthy at any dose. I am not aware of statistics showing that THC causes as many deaths and accidents as alcohol does. I've never had THC in my body in any form, but I am told by some people that smoking it had little or no effect on them. I have not heard anyone say that about alcohol.
I tell my patients that people who die in house fires usually are not dying by roasting but by smoke inhalation. Smoke, whether tobacco or MJ, is harmful to the respiratory system and the rest of the body. It seems that my patients have a more difficult time stopping tobacco smoking than MJ. In any case with people who have addictive personalities, it is very hard for them to stop these habits. So I work on one at a time, giving them suggestions on how to do it, like skip the morning coffee and/or substitute cocoa or tea so that they don't feel they have to light up with that cup. Or use an e-cigarette with the coffee. The nicotine is less harmful than inhaled smoke. Trying to stop more than one habit at a time is very difficult. Another motivation for stopping MJ is telling them the job they just got may require drug testing at times. MJ will get them fired. It is surprising the effect that can have on the newly motivated Suboxone patient. Once the bupe kicks in and they get a new life (truly a born again experience), they will do almost anything to keep that life.
crmark,interesting to ponder about, mj becoming recognized as more injurious as country procedes towards making it more easily available...but is treatment for mj dependency w/o med****ist any better than that for opioid dependency w/o med****ist? otherwise the right approach would be just ask folks to just say no to both and we wouldnt have to bother w bup ---that vs the approach of not denying rx that works for a frequently fatal illness just because the pt also happens to have another illness (nonfatal) for which there is no rx that works very well .....for me tho, even more troubling is --(use this for an example) --the writer of very successful books on how to parent adolescents notes in passing that it is common for teens to go to drinking parties in parent's homes and she does not seem to regard this as an issue .. i read the evidence to say that w highly addictive substances which can be harmful...the only time one for sure has free will enough to just say no is before the very first use....and what we see is that teens are just going nuts to say yes to the first use of mj and etoh...the questions are , imo, DOES use of these make life better or not?..i am sure of my answer, but could i be wrong? ...seems to me that teen using is but the symptom of a disease ---and the disease is that of being clueless to that which would be our common human destination --nonsubstance highs -- like the significance/evocation of John Eberhart's "Lament for a Red Planet --"Ten thousand hundred thousand dusty years ago, did my river flow. It stroked the stones and spoke in tongues and splashed against my face" -- and Chris Hedges "Powerful Acts of Love" , "It is choosing to create good in the world...It is the small, inconspicuous things we do that reveal the pity and beauty and ultimate power and mystery of human existence" --- and -- like -- for teens -- that their clearminded peers do already know very well that the kids who really are coolest and those who get most out of any social setting and stand out as superior beings are doing so without the need of any substance....ie "Song of Myself".. "my soul stands cool and composed before a thousand universes"...o if only this could be so for so many more of this giving and needing earth's teeming coming of age citizens -- even if only for their own benefit in their own lives...
Good pun Dave! I had a "fling "with MJ as a member of the "older" generation-today's MJ is at least 100 times more potent and more dangerous than we realize. I have a patient right now in residential treatment who is exhibiting "unmasked schizophrenia" that we're increasingly seeing in young MJ smokers. There is overlap of the endorphin and endocanabinoid systems-that's why MJ relieves opioid WD symptoms. The endocanabinoid system is also now being implicated and recognized as instrumental in the withdrawal syndromes and development of tolerance for other drugs of abuse. Just doesn't make intuitive sense to allow, condone, even promote continued MJ abuse in an opioid addict who is serious about recovery. Would be like telling my alcoholics it's ok to keep drinking "near beer"!
crmark, you may be right. I wonder if the tendency to accept marijuana but not cocaine has anything to do with the younger generations of physicians who have had their fling with the weed and found it not too bad. Or is it the fact that so many opiate addicts also use the weed and that would reduce the treatable population if they were "weeded" out (pun intended) of the therapy group?
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Follow live coverage of Manchester United v Aston Villa here
Manchester United take on Aston Villa in the weekend Premier League clash at Old Trafford on Saturday (4 April).
Where to Watch
Kick-off is at 3pm BST. Radio commentary of the game will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live. Catch the highlights of the game on Match of the Day on BBC One and BBC One HD at 10:30pm BST.
United are enjoying a great run in the league after their two consecutive victories over Tottenham Hotspur (3-0) at Old Trafford, followed by a 2-1 win over Liverpool at Anfield before the international break.
Louis van Gaal will be hoping that his side can continue their impressive run when they take on Villa at home. The Dutchman will be without the services of his compatriot Robin van Persie, who is still out for the clash. A victory on Saturday will be very crucial for United as they look to finish the season in top four.
Villa come into the fixture with a narrow 1-0 defeat at the hands of Swansea City at Villa Park. Their new manager Tim Sherwood has a huge task on his hands, especially with several players still recovering from injuries.
The last time the two teams met each other ended in a 1-1 draw, despite Villa being down to ten men for the most part of the second half. In this calendar year, Villa have managed only one win in the away fixtures.
What Managers Say
Louis van Gaal: "I said, 'you have to do this, or do this differently' and he [Fellaini] was open and wanted to perform that. He's had an unlucky season because he was injured and ill a lot of times, but when he's been fit he's always played for me, more or less. I was looking for balance in the team and he can bring that."
Tim Sherwood: "It is a massive week. We hope we can get a few bodies back on the pitch to give us a bit more impetus. United is the only game I'm focusing on. We need to get something out of that game. It's a wonderful place to go and play. There are a few in our dressing room who have gone there and won and the boys are confident we can do it again."
Betting Odds (888Sport.com)
- Manchester United to win: 4/13
- Draw: 74/17
- Aston Villa to win: 10
Team Form
Manchester United
- Last Five (all competitions): W W L W W
- Last Result: Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United
Aston Villa
- Last Five (all competitions): L W W W L
- Last Result: Aston Villa 0-1 Swansea City
Team News
Manchester United
- Injured: Robin van Persie (ankle)
- Doubtful: Chris Smalling (illness)
- Suspended: Jonny Evans
Possible XI: De Gea; Valencia, Jones, Rojo, Blind; Carrick, Herrera, Fellaini; Young, Mata, Rooney
Aston Villa
- Injured: Aly Cissokho (groin), Kieran Richardson (calf), Nathan Baker (knee), Chris Herd (knee), Libor Kozak (broken leg), Tom Cleverley (inelligible)
- Doubtful: N/A
- Suspended: N/A
Possible XI: Guzan; Bacuna, Vlaar, Clark, Hutton; N'Zogbia, Sanchez, Delph, Sinclair; Benteke, Agbonlahor


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The Redcoats Are Coming!Part Four: An In-depth '60s Garage Band Biography
Thanks to The Redcoats' producer, The Lance Monthly was able to contact the band's rhythm guitarist, Zack Bocelle. Though originally approached to participate in an email interview, Zack's first submission was so interesting and entertaining that we thought it best to print exactly as written. Zack's story will be told in nine monthly installments. This is the fourth installment.
Randy and I returned to our very parochial school that September, and one morning while we were getting dressed in our nice white shirts and little blue clip on ties, "The Dum Dum Song" came on the radio. I can't even describe that feeling. It seemed someone had called WOND and told them that two of the Redcoats were local kids. I still suspect Dad, of course, but he'll never own up to it.
All of a sudden the phone started ringing, and it was the DJ calling, while he was still broadcasting from the station. He wanted to talk to us on the air. We talked to him a little bit, and explained to him that we didn't have too much time because we had to get ready for school. I guess he thought that was funny, but he said okay and played the song again.
Randy and I never really thought anything like this would happen, and we never gave it too much thought. We were late for school that day, and found that the Sisters of Mercy were not very merciful when it came to being tardy. They started bugging us about the length of our hair, and they seemed to really get upset, when in my best cockney accent, I said "But we're only tryin' ta look like Jesus, Sister," and tried to look all hurt and innocent. We were told we'd either have to get haircuts, or leave the school. So we gave in and cut our hair.
In the meantime, WOND did a telephone poll on our song. It seemed that people liked it, so they started playing it more and more. The more they played it, the worse things got at school. Even the other kids started acting strangely. It was all very flattering and nice, but it was decided that we were too much of a distraction, and that we would have to leave anyway.
Randy and I had always been very active in organized sports. We knew all the kids at Pleasantville High, so we'd fit right in . . . or so we thought. But we weren't Zack and Randy Bocelle anymore. We were the Redcoats. Even the principal of that school said we were a distraction, but at least we could grow our hair back. We thought it was all pretty silly, and John said that things would settle down once they stopped playing "The Dum Dum Song" on the radio.
We went to Wildwood one weekend and were very distraught to learn that Steven would be leaving for Europe and then he'd be going to law school. Steven said that John's dad would handle the business end of things from now on. Even John's dad knew THAT wasn't going to work, so he set out in search of a professional manager.
John Spirt was the heart and soul of the Redcoats, but Steven Rappaport was the brain and wisdom. Our guidance. Mike, Randy and I, well . . . we were only the body. And the body had just lost it's brain. The Redcoats lost our Brian Epstein. It was horrible, but Steven told us we were great, and that as long as we kept on working toward our goal, he was sure we'd make it. He said he still believed in us, and told us to get back to work, so we did, but we all missed him real badly. He was always one of us. Music has an almost magical quality to it. Every once in awhile you'll hear something that really just grabs you.
John and Mike continued to write, and one day they came to us with a song they'd just finished. I don't even remember the name of the song. All I know is there was this piece of music in the middle of the song that just touched my soul. I made them stop and said, "You knowwhat? That should be a song all by itself. It's beautiful."
Neither Randy nor I ever had anything to do with the creative process before. John looked at me like I had two heads. I made them play that section quite a few times, and to this day I can't figure out why I was so taken by it, but I was. And I don't know if it's one note, or a specific combination of notes that's in tune to the strings of one's heart, but somehow John had stumbled upon just the right piece of music that just screamed out at me. I HAD to make them stop. I just had to. And being the true friends they were, they simply said okay, and went back into the other room to try.
They weren't gone very long, and when they returned, they had completed one of those songs that maybe Laurie Records was right about. They had written a song - a beautiful song - a song like no other song they'd ever written before. As fate would have it, this song would help us achieve national recognition. And as fate would have it, this song would also prove to be the death of our dream. The song was called "Suspicions." (To be continued)
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The Fitzroy St denture repair shop stood where Next is now, facing City Road. Just to the left of the shot is the shop that is currently Starbucks
The Old English Gentleman pub, Fitzroy Street, closed after a fire
Willow Place, to the East of Willow Walk, now under the Western Car Park
James St; the nearest 3 houses survive; those from 4 (bricked up) upwards were demolished and replaced by new Council housing
A small shop with house next door at 50 Fitzroy St, now under the Grafton mall
The Little Kettle was a hardware shop. It was later the site of a squat against the development. It was across the end of Gold Street from Waffles (out of shot beside the cameraman)
Houses in Wellington St now demolished
21 John Street; bricked up houses were a common sight around the Kite (see also James St above). This one had had its front door unbricked prior to improvement for Council rent. It is still a Council house today
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Dow Tops 18,000; What's Next for Markets?
The DJIA hits a milestone following strong GDP data. J.P. Morgan's David Lebovitz discusses the markets' mood with Paul Vigna on the News Hub. Photo: AP.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... Libor is a market analyst at JPMorgan Asset Management's Global Market strategy team ... he joins on the set with his thoughts on the date given how oriented could see again so did his dance of Dow eighteen thousand has gone up Timeful Wyoming fewer than ten points early this month and fell came back I can these big round numbers illegitimate study exactly how big a deal is this Overland I think it's new to the Nelnet it is psychologically it's a big deal the market has been all over the place in the fourth quarter we think that it ... made up now October we were in eighteen sixty two won the Essen P five hundred now rallied to all-time highs on both major indices like to get this a psychological barrier ... more than anything else we saw this numbers confirmed in the consumer confidence survey this morning right ... yes it was revised down whose buys them but we two people are feeling good going into the end of the year I think that the strong growth in the tightening labor market deftly reflect that ... before a couple that with reverted to MarketWatch talk with this ... this quarter has been extremely volatile yes I had something changed in the market ... will I think ... are around the holidays you when trading volumes in that exacerbates ... any move I think that people are ... looking for the next step and are curious what two thousand fifteen a scandal that we think about what turned around ... the little tantrum we saw the market had in the fall it was really the beginning of earnings season but I think the market has been much more focused on the macro recently ... to be honest in the U S even the US is still a mixed bag mom so I think the one we get those earnings announcements in the first quarter its gonna provide a lot of clarity on the big issues the impact of oil the impact of stronger dollar cetera it so we get them for Micra news investors are just grabbing at straws ... let's talk about the micro because it was the GDP report out this morning ... five percent growth in the third quarter annualized rate ... that's a big number ... up the economy really growing strongly so I think that the economy is growing that strongly and when I look at today's report there were two things that jumped out in the first ... was the bomb in consumption ... for the US is a consumption driven economy we're seeing the Consumer ... wire on all cylinders ... the investment numbers were a little bit better a lot of people are saying where's the investment in the US is not enough yes ... you the consumption numbers first because those are what make businesses feel more confident to the consumer comes back they start spending more money ... revenues take up CEOs are more comparable implementing capital spending projects but the U S economy it's certainly the strongest in the world right now ... so that the of the report the came at eight thirty AM was durables report the November girl yes durable goods orders are ... up a little fresher than third-quarter GDP Apsel and showed a slightly different picture in terms of business investment which is a critical part of the economy it is the thing I'll say about durable goods it's a lot like housing starts report their very volatile aspect of Mr flaky surveys ... if you well on your I think that the fact that we're seeing consumption come back online is much more important is me think about two thousand fifteen year the durable goods spending the investment spending that will come ... as people are comfortable with the sea sustainability ... of stronger growth on the I think the strength in consumption should really be people's focus ... for


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Considering that I, too, am appalled by this ridiculous mandate, I willingly reposted my support of the opposition to my page.
In the past, I've used Facebook as a means to inform folks about everything from politics and social issues to zombie make-up and adorable kittens. As my husband became increasingly embarrassed by my outspoken tirades (usually of the political / religious variety), I had agreed to abdicate my "soapbox" (his words, not mine) in order to make him feel less embarrassed by his outspoken and passionate wife.
However, with the advent of this threat against the faith that I hold dear, I reasserted my rightful place as Newsfeed Nancy, willfully blasting my opinion to anyone who would hear me. A few friends commented, a few more messaged me, and one actually left a nasty note on my wall that I had to delete (my mother, nephew or young cousins could've seen it - eeps!).
Anyway, the prevailing consensus with these comments (both in the thread and the messages sent to my inbox) was that this wasn't a big deal and the government wasn't actually trying to force anything on anyone. Catholics could simply "not take advantage" of birth control and all would be well.
It would force the Church to pay for the option... it's akin to forcing us to buy a gun for someone we know aims to kill a child. After all, the Church doesn't only hire practicing Catholics.
Besides, this is about forcing us to participate in something that goes against everything we teach. This isn't as simple as just "preaching against" birth control or suggesting folks not "take advantage."
We'd still be footing the bill for abortions (abortifacients). That is against the Catholic faith, and to be forced by a government into abiding by such a thing is against the 1st Amendment.
Much as in other countries, it would force Catholic institutions to shutter as opposed to stoop so low as to adhere to this grave offense.
My belief is that is part of our government's intent, anyway. They were successful with Catholic adoption agencies that refused to cater to homosexuals, in Germany with the entire Church for refusing to marry homosexuals, and now they're attempting it here through subversive laws that aim to cripple our institution in the eyes of everyone else who doesn't seem to think there's anything even remotely wrong with their actions.
And again, by "us" I don't simply mean Catholics. I mean anyone with the intelligence and decency to realize we're being quietly bent over a barrel to feel the steel end of someone's rifle up our behinds...
And again, the Catholic Church doesn't only cater to Catholics - they serve non-Catholics, too... and as the Catholic institutions shutter as they refuse to be a party to this nonsense, there are going to be a ton of people who lose their jobs and even more people who go without healthcare / education / work that they would otherwise have access to.
If Obama had stuck by his promise to allow religious institutions a pass on paying for this stuff, I wouldn't be opening my mouth against him. But since he went back on his word, and is now opening the door to all sorts of persecution against us for simply living our faith and not expecting to pay for things that go directly against it... he should be absolutely ashamed of himself. This goes against the 1st Amendment... DIRECTLY. Shameful."It's not a big deal" they say. "It's just birth control" they say. Yeah, and already look at the wide-reaching consequences of this being "not a big deal." And if they're willing to start with an issue "so small" that reaches its tentacles out so far, what next? I shudder to think of the rights they are eying to siphon from us next...


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(Reuters) - The United States added North Korea's Strategic Rocket Force to its sanctions list for ties to weapons development and illicit finance activities, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday.
Treasury also listed officials of previously sanctioned North Korean banks for activities tied to the North's weapons proliferation activities, it said.
The additional sanctions are designed to stop the North from evading existing U.S. and U.N. sanctions and prevent Pyongyang from accessing the U.S. financial system, the Treasury Department said in a statement.
"As a result of today's action, any property or interest in property of the designated persons in the possession of U.S. persons or within U.S. jurisdiction must be frozen," the statement said.
The extent of the entities' financial holdings held in the United States being targeted was not immediately clear.
Treasury said the Strategic Rocket Force was responsible for a series of ballistic missile launches in 2014 including two medium-range Rodong-class missiles in March last year.
The North is under various U.N. Security Council sanctions for its missile and nuclear tests, which ban trade and financing that aid the country's weapons programs and any tests that involve the use of ballistic missile technology.
Six individuals who are officials of the previously sanctioned Tanchon Commercial Bank and the Foreign Trade Bank were added to the sanctions list.
Three shipping companies with ties to a previously sanctioned firm involved in arms shipments were also added, Treasury said.
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No the panic wasn't over the blog readers we met. More on them later!
This morning I decided to check the reinstalled 175A alternator and duly climbed back into my favourite compartment. After ensuring all my appendages were clear of hot or moving parts the engine was started and the green LED illuminated on the PDAR… all good! Then I asked Jan to check the ampmeter and tell me how many amps were going into the battery bank
"What! are you sure?"
"10", "9", "7", "6"
Hells bells we have a major problem. I turned off the engine and checked the wiring, finally disconnecting the Sterling PDAR wire to the alternator field coils. Turned the engine back on. "Jan, what's the amp meter reading?"
"10", ''6"
Thinks to myself….. This can't be right. The smaller alternator should be producing at least 40 amps on its own.
"Jan, where's the decimal point?"
Reply "I don't know, it's too dark in here to see the display without more light and my glasses!"
Engine gets switched off whilst wife finds glasses. Engine then gets turned back on.
"What's the reading?"
"120", "101", "90", "85"
Relief…… Amazing how much difference a simple dot can make to your blood pressure.
It took less than an hour for the Bulk stage on the domestic battery bank to finish. A significant difference to the previous charging regime. Obviously the big alternator has been slowly failing over the previous months and we hadn't noticed it.
Now for the blog reader part of the post.
A boat came down the flight and moored behind us late yesterday afternoon. I was in a hurry to get to Cox's Automotive and when the steerer stopped to introduce himself as a blog reader I didn't spend as much time in conversation as I would have liked. Sorry about that reader! I'm also rather embarrassed about forgetting your name, particularly as you mentioned you've previously left blog comments. Just goes to show how fixated I was about the alternator. But the person in the family with the memory remembered and so I can mention Kees. I did manage to take a photo of your boat before we slipped away this morning.
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We headed for the last five locks just before 9.00am with Jan walking ahead. A boat had gone up in the dark last night which meant they would all be against us. Well we're not in a hurry!
However when I reached the lock landing I was slightly peeved to see Mr Tupperware had decided it was a great place to leave your boat.
At the third lock we met a boat coming down and a volunteer lock keeper. The first of two we saw assisting on the flight. Waiting above the fourth lock was a hire boat with a German family aboard. They were doing the Warwickshire ring and with thee healthy and active teenagers aboard making short work of the locks.
As we started to fill the top lock a boat appeared from the opposite direction. Good timing! The lady introduced herself to Jan as a blog reader and that they had also started a blog. Of course we asked for their blog details. <blog link here> Nice to meet you Sharon and Richard.
We then crossed another boat we've seen before. NB Swamp Frogs.
There are always some interesting sights on the canals
The last pump out was in York and whilst the tank hadn't reached half full we decided to stop at Springwood Haven Marina to lighten the load. Jan also took the opportunity to buy the latest canal boat magazine and a map of the inland waterways. We must have bought a number of these maps but always given them to relatives so they can follow our journey.
I also asked for the central heating diesel tank to be filled thinking we might have consumed a significant amount of fuel during the last two weeks. It took 7 litres _
A very nice narrowbeam dutch barge passed whilst we were stopped and the couple called out they read the blog. Thank you Chris & Elaine.
Despite having previously decided not to; we stopped and moored in Turdsville (AKA Nuneaton). We were both quite surprised to see the moorings empty. Last time we passed this way it was hard to get a vacant spot. However the dog faeces are still there! Jan put the washing out to dry whilst I did a few small tasks. During the afternoon Jan baked a shortcrust apple slice and a pizza.
My precious……. with ice cream of course
We had just finished eating the pizza when Jan said "You know I've seen a number of groups of youths walking past the boat and it is Friday night! Do you think we should stay here tonight?" No we shouldn't! So we packed everything away and moved out of Nuneaton stopping just short of Bridge 18. Hopefully there will be less chance of yobs with a skinful now passing us in the early hours.


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I'll never forget it.
A few years ago I was attending a conference for coaches. In all, there were a few hundred of us there to learn. Some of the attendees were experienced trainers while others were still new and wet behind the ears.
So there we all sat in a large hotel convention room eagerly waiting for the speaker to take the podium. We didn't even know what the title of the presentation was going to be but we knew the presenter. His name was Dan John and he is a pretty big deal in strength training circles; both as a coach and as an athlete himself. I didn't know what he had in store but I knew he was going to share the secret… He was going to teach the thing that was going to change everything.
His words shocked me…
After taking the stage and telling a few jokes Dan got to the meat of the issue. "You all want to know what the best strategy is, don't you? You all want to know what works, right?"
Yeah, yeah, yeah… We were on the edge of our seats to know.
"Everything." he casually said. "Everything works…"
He continued, "You want to lose weight? There are hundreds of ways that can work. You want to gain muscle? Again, lots of ways. More flexibility? More endurance? More strength? Everything works…"
We all scratched our heads a little bit confused as though waiting for a punchline.
"…for about 2 weeks." he finished. "Everything works for about 2 weeks. Even stuff that seems kind of crazy, if you attack it hard enough, will give some amount of results for about 2 weeks. If you want better than that, though… If you want staying power beyond 2 weeks you need something more than a quick trick. You need to do things in a way that makes sense for the long term."
The more I thought about what he said the more it made sense in terms of training. Since then, though, I've found that the advice makes sense in other domains as well.
Take Internet Marketing (IM), for example…
There are lots of tactics out there; tips and tricks to help you to make money online through IM. Lots of programs offer proof that the tactic works. Just remember, everything works… for about 2 weeks.
You can message your Facebook friends with offers all day and you will get some sales… until they all drop you like a spam-filled potato. You can email your list a new offer every day or even send ten emails a day pushing an offer and you will get some sales… until the people start smashing the unsubscribe button so fast that Aweber's servers can barely keep up.
These are just a couple of obvious examples but they make the point pretty well… Everything works… for about 2 weeks. If you want your business to last longer than 2 weeks, though, you need to offer more than tricks for a quick grab… You need to offer value because value, my friends, never goes out of style.
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This project involved the development of design thinking for a new family home on a steeply sloping site in Salisbury Heights, South Australia.
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|Friday, Dec. 8
|6 p.m.
|Welland Campus
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|Humber leads, 31-9
The Storyline
Top-ranked Humber women's basketball will be concluding the first half of its 2017-18 schedule Friday evening when they head to Welland for a matchup with Niagara (6-2, 5th West). The game will be available live online, with tipoff set for 6 p.m.
Last Time Out
Humber established a new OCAA record Nov. 29, defeating UTM (3-6, 9th West), 94-54, at the North Campus Gym.
The win was Humber's 68th consecutive regular and postseason conference victory, breaking the mark of 67 established by head coach John MacInnis and the Algonquin Thunder from Nov. 2011 – Jan. 2015. The Hawks matched that mark with a 28-point win over No. 15 Fanshawe three days prior.
Ceejay Nofuente paced the way for Humber with a quadruple-double, finishing with 15 points, 13 rebounds, 12 assists, and 11 steals. Aleena Domingo finished with a game-high 22 points and added ten rebounds, while Felicia Velasquez and Miea Campbell-Johnson recorded 11 points each.
90s Babies
The Hawks have scored 90-plus points in nine consecutive games this season, the longest streak in the Ajay Sharma era. Humber's previous high was two (six different occasions).
Doubling Down
Humber has recorded ten double-doubles in ten games this season.
Scouting Niagara
The Knights enter this contest red-hot, sitting on a five-game win streak, outscoring their opponents by 14.8 points per game. Mary Ingribelli – fifth all-time on Niagara's career scoring list – is sixth in the league in scoring, averaging 18.3 ppg. Courtney Kilyk is leading the team in rebounds (62) and assists (35).
From Deep
Friday has the makings to be a 3-point contest, as both teams rank first and second in the league in 3-point percentage. Humber leads the conference, shooting 36.5 percent (97-for-266) from beyond the arc, while Niagara trails slightly behind, hitting 32.8 percent (62-of-198) from deep.
On Nov. 11 against Redeemer, two-time CCAA Player of the Year Ceejay Nofuente became the first Humber women's basketball player to score 1,000 career points.
Top Spot
Since the beginning of the 2016 season, Humber has been the top-ranked program in the country.
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Sitting at 958 points, Aleena Domingo needs 42 points to become the second player in program history to score 1,000 career points.
All-Time List
Nofuente now sits seventh on the OCAA all-time scoring list with 1,104 career points, five points behind three-time scoring champion Lindsay Panchan's (Durham 2014-17) mark of 1,109.
At the Helm
Ajay Sharma returns to the sidelines for his seventh season and is seven wins from tying Humber Hall of Famer Jim Henderson (1991 – 2000) as the all-time winningest head coach in program history.
Sharma has directed the Hawks to a period of unprecedented prosperity in the form of three consecutive CCAA tournament appearances – including the first national championship in program history – and three straight provincial titles. Sharma owns a 125-22 (.850) career record.
What's Next
With the conclusion of the OCAA season for 2017, Humber will head south to participate in the Daytona State Holiday Classic Dec. 29-30. The Hawks will play against the Daytona State Falcons and Chipola Indians, both members of the NJCAA.


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In a bid to consolidate its existing foothold in UK, DFC Global Corp. ( DLLR ) acquired Monte Caja Oro, a chain of 27 stores that are located primarily in the Catalonian and Andalusian regions of Spain.
The transaction finally cost DFC Global nearly $6 million in addition to its payment for the pawn pledge inventory's value. This acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings.
Post the acquisition, DFC Global - an international diversified financial services company - now has stores in 58 locations in Spain.
All these stores of Monte Caja Oro primarily offer gold-buying services and also pawn lending on gold jewelry. With the new acquisition, DFC Global is expected to become a leading secured pawn lender in Europe.
Moreover, DFC Global's current efforts of expanding itself across Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania, given the huge population of these areas and attractive operating characteristics, are expected to bolster the company's top-line and bottom-line growth in the upcoming quarters. These continuous expansions through acquisitions are also giving the company ample scope to broaden its product suit and widen its geographic footprints.
DFC Global has consistently adopted the inorganic route to ramp up its growth profile. In Jun 2012, DFC Global acquired the leading pawn loan provider in Romania - Express Credit. With the acquisition, DFC Global strengthened its pawn lending business on gold jewelry, highly valuable and small-sized electronics and automobile along with gold-buying services.
Among others in the credit services industry, FleetCor Technologies Inc. ( FLT ) signed an agreement to acquire DB Trans S.A., a leading Brazilian payment solution provider who caters to independent truckers in Brazil, in Aug 2013.
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A bitter dispute over whether a gay conservative group should co-sponsor the conservative movement's largest gathering of the year has led some prominent supporters to withdraw from the event next month.
Riding the winds of success in November's midterm elections, this year's
But some conservative pillars, including church-based groups like the Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America and Liberty University and others like the
At least one reputed presidential hopeful, Senator
"GOProud is working to undermine one of our core values," said Mathew D. Staver, dean of the Liberty University School of Law. Letting gay men and lesbians attend the conference is one thing, he said, "but they shouldn't be allowed to be co-sponsors."Continue reading the main story
Every winter since 1973, an A-list of conservative and libertarian interest groups has gathered for CPAC, as the conference is known, to hear luminaries like
It was at CPAC, in 1994, that
Planners expect some 10,000 people to attend this year's conclave.
Long-simmering tensions concerning the importance of family issues erupted a year ago when the American Conservative Union, the organizer of the event, allowed GOProud to take an active role as one of dozens of co-sponsors. The dispute boiled over as preparations began for next month's meeting, sharply splitting the union's board of directors.
GOProud, founded in 2009, claims to have 10,000 members and holds conservative views on
The clash reflects a fissure within conservative circles that deepened with the rise of the religious right in the 1980s, pitting those with a libertarian bent, who are most concerned with limiting government, against those, mainly led by evangelical Christians, who see same-sex marriage and
A host of large and small church-based groups is boycotting the conference because of GOProud's role. Its status was also cited by some secular groups, including the Heritage Foundation and the Media Research Center, when they dropped out this year.
Similar differences may bubble up as Republicans vie for the presidential nomination, although nearly all the hopefuls say they oppose same-sex marriage and abortion. Many of the likely candidates, including self-identified evangelicals like
But Mr. DeMint, who attended last year, has refused an invitation this year. "With leading conservative organizations not participating this year, Senator DeMint will not be attending," his spokesman, Wesley Denton, said in an e-mail. "He hopes to attend a unified CPAC next year."
Former Gov.
David A. Keene, the longtime chairman of the American Conservative Union and its annual conference, said that the conservative movement's different strands had always argued but had come together when they needed to.
"We try to give an umbrella for all the groups that are legitimately conservative on most issues," Mr. Keene said. This year's conference has more co-sponsors and vendors attending than ever, he said, about 130 of them. The label for those making contributions and aiding in planning was changed this year from co-sponsor to "participating organization," but their status remains the same.
Mr. Keene, in remarks that could further inflame his opponents, said that he would not oppose participation by a group that shared conservative views on free enterprise and defense but favored abortion rights. When the first CPAC meetings were held in the 1970s, he said, many conservatives supported abortion rights, in the tradition of Barry Goldwater.
"We figure that the debates and the discussions of issues are worthwhile," he said, up to a point. He added, "If you're for socializing the country or stripping our national defense, you're probably not a conservative."
Mickey Edwards, a former Republican congressman from
But Cleta Mitchell, a Republican lawyer on the union's board who opposes the inclusion of GOProud, said that Defense of Marriage was "not an issue for debate, but a fundamental principle." She said the fight would resume before next year's conference.
GOProud was founded by Christopher R. Barron, a public relations consultant, and Jimmy LaSalvia, now its executive director, to "give a voice to gay conservatives."
Mr. LaSalvia said the group, which is financed by private donors, consistently opposes federal interference on matters that should be left to states and localities. He noted that some prominent conservatives share this philosophy and had opposed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, for example, without being attacked.
"The reason the boycotters applied a litmus test to us is because we were born gay," he said.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, described GOProud as trying to "force public affirmation of homosexual conduct." His organization quietly stopped attending CPAC a few years ago, he said, because it allowed participants with nonconservative values. But recently, he publicly castigated the conference for the GOProud decision in particular.
The decision by the Heritage Foundation, the conservative policy group, to drop out of CPAC surprised some. "GOProud was one element in the decision," said James Weidman, a foundation spokesman.
The most prominent evangelical group to remain is Focus on the Family, which said it would reconsider its participation next year if CPAC continued to allow GOProud to participate in the planning.
Mr. Keene is scheduled to step down as chairman of the Conservative Union in April to become president of the
But Mr. Barron, the GOProud chairman, said he was confident that the Conservative Union would not reverse course. "I think 10 years from now," he said, "people will forget there was ever a discussion over whether a truly conservative gay group should participate."Continue reading the main story


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Apple today released iOS 8.4, the latest iteration to its mobile operating system which comes with Apple Music, company's first music streaming and 24×7 radio service. The Cupertino-based company today also releases OS X Yosemite 10.10.4, the latest update to its desktop operating system. You will be delighted to know that the new update fixes the infamous 'discoveryd' issue.
OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 doesn't bring with it any new feature but provides a big roller to squash plenty of bugs while also offering handy performance improvements. The chief among which is the removal of Discoveryd process, a problematic issue that spread haywire in the form of multi networking issues for many computers on OS X Yosemite.
For those unaware, Apple introduced Discoveryd as a new networking process in Yosemite, and replaced the mDNSresponder. The new process, however, caused an array of issues, including slow wake from sleep, duplicate machine names, unusual Wi-Fi loses, battery drain, and resource hog among others. With the new update, the company is replacing it with older mDNSresponder.
Among other improvements, Migration Assistant is getting some reliability, so are iPhoto and Aperture libraries. Below is the full change log:
You can snag the update from App Store.


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This first installment of a two-volume history tracks the ascent of Afghanistan as a hotbed for terrorism.
Beginning with the 1998 Taliban assault on the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, debut author Hadi explores the evolution of modern terrorism in Afghanistan. The book's first half is dedicated to the Taliban, who represent the latest (and perhaps most troubling) in a long line of armed groups that have made peace impossible in the country, as well as a recap of the nation's turbulent history of invasions. In the second half, Hadi launches into a sustained analysis of events since 1978, the year of the Soviet incursion and the beginning of Afghanistan's ongoing period of nearly incessant conflict. The author breaks down the various players and phases of the long war up to the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud in September 2001, with particular attention paid to the way in which foreign powers tipped the scales for one faction or another. While the Taliban are excoriated for their many atrocities—Hadi hates the group even more than most people do—the author also identifies the actors who have helped create the instability in Afghanistan. He singles out the self-serving actions of the Soviet Union and the United States, as well as the terrorism-tolerant regimes of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Hadi writes in a dense, breathless prose that sometimes veers into awkward or unpredictable directions. The reader quickly gets used to his habit of making unsubstantiated claims like "Historians agree that no other country of comparable size and population to Afghanistan has seen so much action in the course of history." Hadi is clearly deeply versed in his country's recent events, and his conclusions as to how it reached its present state of volatility reside well within the mainstream view. Even so, at no point does the reader feel that this is an objective historical account. Hadi has decided who the villains of this chronicle are, and he shows no interest in masking his disdain for them.
A colorful account of the rise of Islamic radicals in Afghanistan.


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Sue Scheff™ is a Parent Advocate who promotes Parent Awareness and who is about Parents Helping Parents. She believes that educating parents about an extremely confusing industry is the first step to finding the best help for their teen.
Parents are completely foreign to the industry of teen help until they experience problems with their own teens. Sue Scheff™'s personal experiences when her daughter was abused in a program in 2000 are what prompted her to create her organization, Parent's Universal Resource Experts, Inc. (P.U.R.E.™).
She is well aware of the dangers in the industry and has dedicated her life to helping parents by providing the knowledge they need to see through the glossy brochures and slick DVD's or videos.
Sue Scheff™ recognizes the politics in the teen-help industry and helps sift through the confusion. She offers assistance in how to research and investigate schools and programs - hints and tips that can make all the difference in the world for their child and family.
Sue Scheff™ has a built a network of parents over the past seven years. She has connected many parents throughout the country who were silently suffering with today's teens and issues, letting them know they are not alone in their feelings.
Mothers are typically the ones calling, the ones hurting, the ones fearing for the safety and well-being of their troubled teen. Often times their lives are a mess from the turmoil teens have created within their household. As a result of this, M.E.S.S. (Mother's Existing and Silently Suffering) is currently being created by a parent. Fathers suffer also, however the majority of parents calling are mothers.
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The World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS aka WWASP) attempted to silence Sue Scheff™ by putting her through a 2+ year legal battle. Her desire to be a voice for those who were silenced and to fight for the rights of children helped her during a time when she was emotionally ripped apart. She won against the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS aka WWASP) in a Jury Trial in their home state of Utah.
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Sue Scheff™ was contacted by Zadig Production in France in 2002 to assist with a documentary that outlined the alleged abuse of teens today in facilities as well as her publicized trial that she won against WWASPS in 2004. The film aired in Australia in 2006, however is not yet scheduled for release in the United States.
Sue Scheff™ has appeared on CNN Headline News, Fox News, KFI Talk Radio with John and Ken and a vast number of media articles regarding her victories in court. Many people would have turned away from the fight, however Sue Scheff (TM) fought to be a voice for families as well as for those that are being defamed and slandered on Internet Forums, as she was. In the end, it was 5 years of litigation to not only defend freedom of speech, but know there are limits with slanderous comments and invasion of privacy.
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