Welcome to Donald Trump's America. Trump has been president for less than a month and has already signed 19 executive orders. Perhaps the most controversial executive order is the 120-day suspension of the refugee program and a 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. from citizens of seven countries: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan.
The travel ban, informally known as the Muslim ban, has affected the lives of millions of citizens and refugees from the seven countries as well as American citizens travelling to and from those countries.
Not only have refugees and citizens from the countries listed on the ban been denied entry into the United States, but those with green cards and visas were also denied entry and several people in United States were deported.
Many Americans feel this executive order discriminates against those of Middle Eastern descent and Muslims.
A CBS News poll determined that a majority of Americans, at 51 percent, disapprove of the ban, while 45 percent approve. On the same poll, 57 percent of those polled think the refugee ban goes against the United States' founding principles.
Not only does this travel ban go against the very foundation that this country was built on, it unfairly targets millions of people of Middle Eastern descent, especially those who are Muslim.
To make things more interesting, President Trump's list of countries on the travel ban does not include Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the two countries where the terrorists that carried out the attacks on 9/11 originated, which have ties to the president's business interests.
This has been a common issue many citizens have with Trump, as many Americans feel he should not continue to have his business interests along with the country's interests as outlined by the Emoluments Clause of the United States Constitution.
The fact that Trump conveniently chose to leave out those two countries from the travel ban because of his business interests is unconstitutional.
So far, we are nearly 3 weeks into Trump's presidency and we have already taken major steps backwards as a country. The immigration ban is by far the biggest step backwards.


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Columns, Sports
4th and Inches: Conference Championship preview
January 23, 2023 10:19 pm by Brett Abrams
AFC Conference Championship
The Cincinnati Bengals will travel to Kansas City on Sunday to take on the Chiefs in what will be a rematch of the 2022 AFC Conference Championship game.
The Bengals were the underdog victors of the matchup last year, but it's unlikely the National Football League will discount Cincinnati again. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has proven to be the same guy who led a magical Louisiana State University team to a NCAA National Championship in 2020.
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Burrow's former college teammate, receiver Ja'Marr Chase, joined Burrow in Cincinnati and the pair has quickly become one of, if not the best QB-WR duo in the league.
Although they had a rocky start to the 2022-23 season, the Bengals have bounced back with 10 straight wins en route to the AFC Championship. Under Burrow and head coach Zac Taylor, Cincinnati hasn't lost a game since October.
On the other hand, the Chiefs have been a consistent force in the league throughout the year. Kansas City's offense led the league in passing yards throughout the regular season.
Superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes and head coach Andy Reid have created a dynasty in Kansas City likely to last for years.
However, the Chiefs were met with a major blow to their offense when Mahomes suffered a high ankle sprain against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday. While Mahomes has declared his intent to play in Sunday's matchup against the Bengals, it's unlikely he can perform at full strength.
A high ankle sprain is a devastating injury that typically requires about a month of recovery. Additionally, Mahomes suffered the injury on his right foot –– the foot he relies on when stepping into his throwing motion.
Fortunately, Reid said that the injury isn't as severe as the high ankle sprain Mahomes suffered in 2019. Yet when he returned to action in the second half against the Jaguars, Mahomes was clearly in pain and labored through every step on the field.
A significant aspect of Mahomes' game is his ability to create plays outside of the pocket. His sheer arm talent when on the move can turn a broken play into a large gain. With the injury, Mahomes' inability to escape the pocket and create something out of nothing is sure to slow down the Chiefs' air raid offense.
The Bengals are likely going to apply extra pressure on Mahomes for the majority of the game. Yet, despite the injury, Mahomes has unprecedented arm talent and could still find a way to cause nightmares for Cincinnati's secondary.
Although the matchup won't be easy, regardless of Mahomes' injury, Cincinnati has a much easier path back to the Super Bowl than it did the year prior.
NFC Conference Championship
The Philadelphia Eagles will face off against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game on Sunday to decide which team will represent the NFC in the 2023 Super Bowl.
This marks San Francisco's third trip to the NFC Championship game in the last four years –– all under head coach Kyle Shanahan. However, the 49ers' path to Sunday's game is nothing less than extraordinary.
Former third overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft Trey Lance started the season under center for the 49ers. However, Lance suffered a season-ending injury in Week 2.
San Francisco had a capable backup in Jimmy Garoppolo, the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl in 2020. Seemingly in a stroke of bad luck, Garoppolo broke his foot in December.
These two injuries sent rookie quarterback Brock Purdy into the spotlight. Purdy was the last pick of the 2022 NFL Draft –– dubbed Mr. Irrelevant.
Hope was dwindling, but only for a short time.
In his first career start, a week after being thrust into the starting role, Purdy and the 49ers defeated the Tom Brady-led Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Many doubted if Purdy would be able to keep San Francisco afloat even after beating Tampa Bay. Those who doubted doubt no more.
The 49ers haven't lost a game with Purdy leading the offense and the team catapulted into the second seed in the NFC before the start of the postseason.
Purdy's success, given fan and critic expectations coming into the league, is nearly unfathomable. The only quarterback to have had this kind of success this early in their career as such a low draft pick is Brady –– the seven-time Super Bowl Champion, undisputed GOAT of the NFL and the same quarterback Purdy defeated in his first career start.
San Francisco's No. 1 ranked defense played a huge role in the team's success and is the perfect complement to the electric offense led by Purdy and Shanahan.
Purdy still has a long way to go before proving himself as an elite NFL quarterback, and the Eagles are just the next obstacle in Purdy's storybook rookie season.
For nearly the entire season, the Eagles were the best team in the NFL. Quarterback Jalen Hurts' meteoric rise has not only led the Eagles to the NFC Championship, but it also lands him in the running for the Most Valuable Player of the year award.
With weapons around him like receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, as well as a dominant running game, Hurts has arguably been the best quarterback in a league of great quarterbacks.
Philadelphia's defense is also elite and has racked up the most sacks of any team by a large margin.
The 2023 NFC Championship game has the potential to be a historic matchup. Both teams are elite on both sides of the ball. Both franchises are looking to solidify their spot as elite squads for years to come.
It's a game that very well may come down to the wire and a game many football fans won't want to miss.
Author: Brett Abrams
Phyllis Freiman
January 25, 2023 at 5:09 pm · Reply
Great article. Gives good insight to the games this weekend

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from model.contact import Contact
import random

#def test_delete_first_contact_from_homepage(app):
#    if app.contact.count() == 0:
#       app.contact.create(Contact(firstname="test"))
#    old_contacts = app.contact.get_contact_list()
#    app.contact.delete_first_contact_from_homepage()
#    assert len(old_contacts) - 1 == app.contact.count()
#    new_contacts = app.contact.get_contact_list()
#    old_contacts[0:1]=[]
#    assert old_contacts == new_contacts

#def test_delete_first_contact_while_editing(app):
#    if app.contact.count() == 0:
#        app.contact.create(Contact(firstname="test"))
#    old_contacts = app.contact.get_contact_list()
#    app.contact.delete_first_contact_while_editing()
#    assert len(old_contacts) - 1 == app.contact.count()
#    new_contacts = app.contact.get_contact_list()
#    old_contacts[0:1]=[]
#    assert old_contacts == new_contacts

def test_delete_rand_contact_from_homepage(app, db, check_ui):
    if len(db.get_contact_list()) == 0:
        app.contact.create(Contact(firstname="test"))
    old_contacts = db.get_contact_list()
    contact = random.choice(old_contacts)
    app.contact.delete_contact_by_id_from_homepage(contact.id)
    new_contacts = db.get_contact_list()
    old_contacts.remove(contact)
    assert old_contacts == new_contacts
    if check_ui:
        assert sorted(map(app.contact.clean, db.get_contact_list()), key=Contact.id_or_max) == \
               sorted(app.contact.get_contact_list(), key=Contact.id_or_max)

def test_delete_rand_contact_while_editing(app, db, check_ui):
    if len(db.get_contact_list()) == 0:
        app.contact.create(Contact(firstname="test"))
    old_contacts = db.get_contact_list()
    contact = random.choice(old_contacts)
    app.contact.delete_contact_by_id_from_homepage(contact.id)
    new_contacts = db.get_contact_list()
    old_contacts.remove(contact)
    assert old_contacts == new_contacts
    if check_ui:
        assert sorted(map(app.contact.clean, db.get_contact_list()), key=Contact.id_or_max) == \
               sorted(app.contact.get_contact_list(), key=Contact.id_or_max)

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Review: The Race for Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
Source: supplied by publisher via Edelweiss
Formats available: hardcover, ebook, audiobook
Genres: historical fiction, World War II
Published by HarperCollins on August 11, 2015
Normandy, 1944. To cover the fighting in France, Jane, a reporter for the Nashville Banner, and Liv, an Associated Press photographer, have already had to endure enormous danger and frustrating obstacles—including strict military regulations limiting what women correspondents can do. Even so, Liv wants more.
Encouraged by her husband, the editor of a New York newspaper, she's determined to be the first photographer to reach Paris with the Allies, and capture its freedom from the Nazis.
However, her Commanding Officer has other ideas about the role of women in the press corps. To fulfill her ambitions, Liv must go AWOL. She persuades Jane to join her, and the two women find a guardian angel in Fletcher, a British military photographer who reluctantly agrees to escort them. As they race for Paris across the perilous French countryside, Liv, Jane, and Fletcher forge an indelible emotional bond that will transform them and reverberate long after the war is over.
Based on daring, real-life female reporters on the front lines of history like Margaret Bourke-White, Lee Miller, and Martha Gellhorn—and with cameos by other famous faces of the time—The Race for Paris is an absorbing, atmospheric saga full of drama, adventure, and passion. Combining riveting storytelling with expert literary craftsmanship and thorough research, Meg Waite Clayton crafts a compelling, resonant read.
The background of the the story in The Race for Paris is based on the reports of real-life female war correspondents who fought to cover World War II from the front lines, just like their male colleagues. These were women who were told they couldn't go near the front, because "we don't have any female latrines and don't plan to dig any" in spite of the fact that their male counterparts were generally housed in confiscated chateaus with running water and no need for any latrines.
And there were always plenty of available jeeps with drivers to take the guys to the front whenever they asked, but no matter how many spare jeeps were available where the women were segregated, there were never any for them.
While this may sound petty, the facts were that the Army didn't want women covering the war, and put every roadblock possible in their path. Pioneering reporters and photojournalists like Ruth Cowan, Martha Gellhorn, Dickey Chapelle and Margaret Bourke-White covered it anyway, often going AWOL from their restricted stations in order to cover the war the way it needed to be covered.
The story in The Race for Paris is a kind of amalgamated and fictionalized version of the escapades of those early female war correspondents, as it follows a young newspaper woman, a celebrated photojournalist, and the fully accredited military photographer who provides them with cover and transportation and makes their exploits possible.
This story actually begins in 1994, as journalist Jane Tracy attends a museum exhibit dedicated to her book of the war photography of her friend and companion on that now long ago quest, Liv Hadley. It was Liv's photographs that told the story, which Jane narrates in her memories as she views the exhibit.
Liv and Jane, at Liv's insistence, go AWOL from their posting by hitchhiking a lift from a friendly ambulance driver on his way back to the Front to pick up more wounded. He'll take them out, but once there, the women are on their own.
In the summer of 1944, every reporter in France wants to be the first to reach Paris to cover the liberation of the long suffering City of Light, under Nazi occupation since 1940. The reporter with the first byline from "Free" Paris will make their career. Everyone wants to be first, and the competition is fierce.
At the same time, the camaraderie is abundant. They are all in this together, at least until that last sprint for the finish. Liv and Jane find military photographer Fletcher Roebuck in the same hunt that they are on, but with a difference. Fletcher is photographing German defenses, and is a British officer rather than a civilian correspondent. He can, and does, commandeer transport and supplies. And he is an old friend of both Liv and her husband, newspaper editor Charles Hadley.
Fletcher can't resist either Liv or her obsession with being the first photojournalist in Paris. At the same time, he can't bear the thought of Liv and Jane on their own, hopping from company to company in a mad attempt to reach Paris and stay one step ahead of the MPs who are chasing them and return them to the U.S., in handcuffs if necessary.
So Fletcher falls in with the female journalists' need to cover the war, no matter what the cost is to themselves. And even though they can't file their stories out of the very real fear that the MPs will track them down by following their transmissions, they still write and photograph the campaign to take Paris from the ground where the soldiers fight, and not from the sanitized and censored press corps camps.
But Paris is not enough.
Escape Rating B: While Jane is telling the story, it is really Liv's story that she tells. This seems appropriate, because Liv was the photographer, and Jane was the journalist. Liv was the pictures, and it's an exhibit of her pictures that frames the story, but Jane was always the words.
So Jane finds herself as an observer in the events. She watches as Liv's candle burns so bright it burns out, and she watches Liv's feelings about her marriage and fear that while she is in Europe traveling in horrible conditions and sometimes under both enemy and friendly fire, her husband is back in New York with multiple mistresses. And at the same time dealing with his underhanded attempts to get her back home via the MPs, and her own fear that if she isn't out there taking new pictures and scaling new career heights, she won't be interesting enough to keep him.
And at the same time, Jane is observing the very mixed-up feelings of their little trio, as Fletcher falls in love with Liv, and Jane falls for Fletcher. The three of them are an emotional train wreck as they trek across Europe with any unit that will have them and not turn them over to the MPs.
Their journey is often harrowing, but frequently lightened by camaraderie with the troops. They write (and film) stories of both hope and brutality, and come away utterly changed. And they live in fear, fear that they will be shot or shelled, and an even greater fear that they will be captured before they finish their self-appointed mission.
Sometimes the story breaks down into a series of incidents, but it feels as if that mirrors both their journey and the feelings of the troops that they covered. The old army motto of "hurry up and wait" is in full force. They hurry to their next destination, and then wait endlessly for something to happen. And everyone was waiting for the liberation of Paris.
At the end, I was left with some mixed feelings. Their journey to cover the war felt very much like the way it must have been. I would have liked more stories about what they covered and how they felt about it. The framing story, while it turns out to have been not just necessary but carried an emotional punch, also led to what felt like a bit too much emphasis on the triangle between Liv, Fletcher and Jane. I wanted more war stories and less romantic emotional angst. There was enough other angst to go around.
But I came away thinking about the conditions under which the female correspondents were forced to work. The men got everything handed to them, and the women were hemmed in and cordoned off and held back at every turn. Then they were arrested when they questioned their treatment. This wasn't about their safety, they only wanted to work under the same conditions as the male correspondents. If it was safe enough for one civilian, it should have been safe enough for another. Notwithstanding the combat deaths of the 54 war correspondents killed in action in WWII. Only 500 correspondents were accredited, so that's a pretty big slice of what was supposed to be a non-combatant position.
The way that Liv's husband treated her rankled. On the one hand, he encouraged her to cover the war. On the other hand, he started rumors and badgered the MPs to restrict her movements and eventually try to arrest her when she broke out. If he had been the one out covering the war instead, while she would have worried just as much, she wouldn't have encouraged him on one hand and tried to take it all away with the other. Her treatment embodied the whole era – she did every bit as good as job as any of the men, but was constantly told that she wasn't supposed to be there at all. But they all were, and their contributions kicked open the doors for women war correspondents in (unfortunately) future wars.
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On 7 January 2016, the applicant made a request to the hospital under the FOI Act for a copy of "all digital and written data" relating to his medical files. On 3 February, the hospital requested an extension to the deadline for responding to the request, under the provisions of section 14(1)(a) of the Act. The hospital wrote again to the applicant on 3 March and stated that it required a further extension to the deadline. However, there is no provision in the FOI Act for an extension beyond the four week period provided for at section 14(1)(a), in relation to an original decision by an FOI body. Consequently, the applicant submitted a request for an internal review on 3 March 2016 on the basis of a deemed refusal of his request (section 19(1) of the Act refers). The hospital issued a decision on 21 March and stated that it had granted access to all records. However, that decision letter did not provide the applicant with any details about rights of review, either by the hospital, or by this Office. Following communications with this Office, the hospital issued an 'effective decision' letter to the applicant on 3 June, in which it affirmed its original decision and apologised to the applicant for the delay. On 7 June 2016, the applicant sought a review by this Office of the hospital's decision.
The applicant confirmed to this Office that he was seeking a review on the basis of other records that might exist concerning meetings the hospital may have had about him. The applicant indicated that he requires a formal decision on the matter. Consequently, I consider it appropriate to conclude this review by way of a formal, binding decision.
In carrying out my review, I have had regard to the correspondence between the hospital and the applicant as set out above. I have also had regard to the submission and other communications from the hospital, to communications between this Office and the applicant and to the provisions of the FOI Act.
This review is solely concerned with whether the hospital was justified in its decision, on the basis of section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act, to refuse access to additional records concerning meetings about the applicant on the ground that no further records exist.
The Office's understanding of its role in these cases was approved by Quirke J in the High Court case Matthew Ryan and Kathleen Ryan v the Information Commissioner (available on this Office's website, www.oic.ie).
While the applicant provided information to this Office in support of his request, he also acknowledged that he has no evidence that any meetings took place at the hospital. I appreciate that the applicant has suffered poor health and that his treatment is a matter of great concern to him. However, the FOI Act is concerned with records which exist and can be found as opposed to records which ought to have been created.
In response to a request from this Office, the hospital provided details of the searches undertaken to locate records relating to any meetings the hospital may have held concerning the applicant's personal medical requirements. In its submission, the hospital stated that typically notes regarding a patient's treatment would be found "first and foremost in the Healthcare Record". It also stated that searches had been conducted in a number of other areas and departments within the hospital, including its archived FOI and complaints folders. The hospital also stated that it had received several FOI requests from the applicant in relation to his healthcare record and that in response to those requests, it had granted access to records.
The position of the hospital is that it has taken all reasonable steps to look for records of relevance to the applicant's request. I do not believe that the FOI Act requires me to direct the hospital to carry out indefinite new searches. In view of the information provided by it relating to the searches undertaken and the records identified in the schedule, I consider that the hospital has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the whereabouts of any further relevant records. I find, therefore, that section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act applies and that the hospital was justified in its decision on the ground that no further records exist or can be found after all reasonable steps to ascertain their whereabouts have been taken.


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Q: TQFTs with target category of higher type than the source In the classical version of the Cobordism Hypothesis, such as, e.g., in Jacob Lurie's On the Classification of Topological Field Theories, one considers the $\infty$-category of symmetric monoidal functors from the $(\infty,n)$-symmetric monoidal category of (framed) $n$-cobordism to some $(\infty,n)$-symmetric monoidal target category $\mathcal{C}$. One of the first things one proves is that this category of functors is actually an $(\infty,0)$-category. For instance, if $n=1$ one can take $\mathcal{C}=Vect_k$ and one sees that the datum of a 1-dimensional tqft is the choice of a finite dimensional (i.e. fully dualizable) vector space $V$, so that the datum of a natural transformation between two such tqfts is a morphism of finite dimensional vector spaces $f:V\to W$. These are the data attached to the (oriented) point. Next one looks at what happens for the data attached to 1-dimensional manifolds and sees that $f$ is constrained to be an isomorphism (the quickest test here is to notice that $f$ has to induce an isomorphism between the dimension of $V$ and the dimension of $W$, in the category whose objects are elements of $k$ and whose morphism are only the identities). As this simple example shows, what is crucial here is that 1-dimensional manifolds has come into play. This means that if we had restricted our attention to 0-dimensional manifolds instead, i.e., we would have considered a symmetric monoidal functor from the symmetric monoidal $(\infty,0)$-category of 0-dimensional cobordims to the symmetric monoidal $(\infty,1)$-category of vector spaces over $k$, we would have had complete freedom in the choice of $f$.
This suggests that in general $n$-dimensional cobordism "eats" $n$ non-invertible levels in the target, so that the $\infty$-category of of symmetric monoidal functors from the $(\infty,n)$-symmetric monoidal category of (framed) $n$-cobordism to some $(\infty,n+k)$-symmetric monoidal target category $\mathcal{C}$ is actually an $(\infty,k)$-category.
Apart from the interest in this result in itself, I'm interested into it for the following possible application to the characters of finite groups: a representation $(V,\rho)$ of a finite group $G$ can be seen as a $k$-$k[G]$-bimodule, and so as a morphism from $k$ to $k[G]$ in the $(\infty,2)$-category of algebras, bimodules, bimodule morphisms. If this naturally induces a morphism of 1-dimensional tqfts from the tqft $Z_k$ defined by assigning to the point the algebra $k$ and the tqft $Z_{k[G]}$ defined by assigning to the point the algebra $k[G]$, then we would also have a natural morphism $\varphi_\rho:Z_k(S^1)\to Z_{k[G]}(S^1)$, i.e., from $k$ to the class functions of $G$. This should be nothing but the trace of $\rho$.
Is this correct? Is this point of view already expanded in some reference?

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February is almost over so here's a list of all the articles about our movie of the month, An Affair to Remember (1957), starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.
Feb. 18: A feature on the Empire State Building in old Hollywood films.
Feb. 23: A feature on Grant's other 1939 film, Gunga Din.
Feb. 27: The onscreen partnership of Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant.


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Azim Khamisa
In 1995, Azim Khamisa's 20-year-old son, Tariq, was delivering a pizza when he was shot to death by a 14-year-old gang member. Experiencing the pain, grief, frustration, and anger that a parent would, Azim decided that the only way he could better the situation was to use the tool of FORGIVE to ensure that this type of tragedy happens less frequently in the future. After meeting with the father of the boy who shot Tariq, Azim decided that he would bring his message of forgiveness and mutual respect to groups of young people all over the country. The foundation in his son's memory, the Tariq Khamisa Foundation, raises awareness and engages youth to resist a culture of violence and learn to live in harmony with one another. This lesson addresses the following SEL strategies and you can have students look for these issues and examine them in themselves.
As a former pro football player, Brian Cox understands the value of teamwork and community in achieving a goal. After retiring from the NFL, Cox came back to his native Los Angeles, witnessing the destruction that gang violence had wrought on his old neighborhood. As an administrator for the Parks Department, Cox became the director of the South Park Recreation Center and began efforts to improve the park. Through the common bond of football and community, Cox and his supporters led a campaign to improve the park to create a safe space for youth to gather and practice sports. Eventually gaining the trust of the community, Cox has transformed the park from a gang hangout to a vibrant family destination, improving the surrounding neighborhood at the same time. This lesson addresses the following SEL strategies and you can have students look for these issues and examine them in themselves.
Palo Alto High School student Kevin Ward challenges the stereotype of African-Americans as "gangsters," and says that "smart is the new gangster." The 16-year-old is working to bridge the achievement gap for students of color, through the school's Unity Club and a program called Bridge, connecting students from affluent Palo Alto and East Palo Alto, a neighboring low-income community. This lesson addresses the following SEL strategies. You can have students look for these issues and examine them in themselves.
The son of Filipino immigrants, Laurence Tan was studying to be a doctor when the vision of becoming a teacher presented itself in a dream. Now a fifth grade teacher in Watts, CA, Laurence uses the tool of TEACH to inspire and educate students in an area where opportunities are slim. Laurence has also helped establish the Watts Youth Collective with former students, an organization that promotes social change through media. Laurence's 12-hour teaching days and his work with the collective are efforts to produce positive changes in each individual and the community. This lesson addresses the following Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies and you can have students look for these issues and examine them in themselves. Self-awareness: Laurence Tan maintains a sense of optimism and belief in the idea that what he does has a positive impact on others, in particular his students and former students. This optimism and confidence drives him to continue to be a positive influence in their lives. Self-management: Despite the long hours, sometimes 12-hour workdays, Laurence Tan strives to make a difference in his student's lives by helping them learn to the best of their abilities as well as encourage them to make a change.
Dr. Joseph Marshall Jr. is an author, activist, and veteran street soldier. Founder of the anti-violence movement Alive & Free, Marshall draws audiences from across the country to his weekly radio program, Street Soldiers—a name Dr. Marshall uses to describe people working to eliminate violence in their communities. To help keep his own community safer, Dr. Marshall co-founded the Omega Boys Club after years of working as a middle school teacher and seeing too many of his students lost to drugs and violence. This lesson addresses the following Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies and you can have students look for these issues and examine them in themselves. Self-awareness: Dr. Marshall helps students become aware of their own lives and make the choice to be part of "the solution." Self-management: Dr. Marshall says that "change begins with you." He provides tools and opportunities for students to change themselves. Social awareness: Dr. Joseph Marshall Jr. started a worldwide anti-violence movement aimed at keeping youth alive and free. Relationship skills: The Alive & Free model is based on positive role models and relationship-building for youth along with helping them get to know each other.
"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. And you cannot oppress a people who are not afraid anymore. We are the future, and the future is ours." Erica Fernandez has memorized these words, originally spoken by Cesar Chavez, and put them into action. Beginning in Oxnard, CA, Erica used the power of PROTEST to rally against a large energy corporation that planned to erect a liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline around affluent California coastal communities and through Oxnard, primarily occupied by monolingual Spanish-speaking immigrants. Not only would the LNG pipeline cut through the agricultural land vital to the economy of Oxnard, it would bring millions of tons of pollutants to one of the most beautiful areas in California. This lesson addresses the following Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies and you can have students look for these issues and examine them in themselves. Self-awareness: Erica realizes that although English is not her first language and that she faces cultural barriers by being female, she is able to turn these "disadvantages" into advantages. She recognizes that she has a voice, that even as a woman she can still help her community and that she has the "power to act."
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Chukou Thao, executive director of National Hmong American Farmers, immigrated to Fresno, CA with his family at age 8, after Laotian citizens were granted asylum in the US after the Vietnam war. Many of the first Hmong farmers suffered from discrimination, so Thao left his "cushy" job at the city of Fresno to ORGANIZE his community in a fight against injustice. Using the experiences of community members, Thao has grown NHAF to promote economic development, training and assistance to create positive social change in his community. This lesson addresses the following Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies and you can have students look for these issues and examine them in themselves. Self-awareness: Chukou Thao recognizes the injustice happening to the Hmong community and realizes that he has the ability to help fight for those that are unable to speak for themselves. Self-management: Chukou Thao gives up his "cushy" job to help organize and push for fair treatment of Hmong farmers. Social awareness: Although Thao did not experience the discrimination directly, he is personally familiar with the life of a Hmong farmer because his parents were also farmers. He realizes that to combat this discrimination he must help get the Hmong community to unite and organize.
Slater Jewell-Kemker is a 17-year-old filmmaker and reporter who celebrates the best of humanity, empowering young people to change the world with media and technology. Through her work, Slater has empowered a global network of young environmentalists and met with important trendsetters and lawmakers. By using the tool of EXPRESS, Slater and the youth that join her are creating positive social change. This lesson addresses the following Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies and you can have students look for these issues and examine them in themselves. Self-awareness: Slater is confident in her own abilities and is therefore able to talk to all sorts of different people. Self-management: Slater started filmmaking from an early age and realizes that although she is young and sometimes not taken seriously she doesn't let it stop her from being a prominent voice of change for her generation. Social awareness: Slater is aware that if the youth of this generation do not speak up, as is often the case, then no one will do so for them. Therefore, she not only speaks on behalf of those who will not speak but also encourages others to speak up as well.
Kiki is an extraordinary Sacramento student who, through her perseverance, strong character, and ability to forgive, has been able to celebrate life, finding happiness and success. Ten years ago, Kiki and her sisters were badly burned in a house fire in their native Vietnam that took the life of their mother. Raised by her father after securing treatment in the United States, Kiki and her sisters endured taunts and bullying and were separated when their father died of lung cancer a few years later. They have since been reunited. However, Kiki does not focus on the pain from her loss. In her own words, "There is of course a part of me that is still hurting, but not from the fire. I'm hurt at the fact that I didn't forgive myself and others earlier...But now I have learned to forgive completely. I'm ready to move on to my next journey in life." This lesson addresses the following SEL strategies and you can have students look for these issues and examine them in themselves. Self-awareness: Kiki recognizes the pain she felt from years of teasing but learns to forgive others and believe in herself. Self-management: Kiki gains confidence in herself and her abilities and because of this she does not allow hurtful comments to keep her from her dream of going to college.
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Actually, it is not the age of the brand that sometimes hinders it from using social media effectively, but it is the aged mindset of the brand's keepers that does.
1. Social and digital is no longer 'new media'. It is pretty much standard issue these days, and should be an integral part of a brand's presence and outreach efforts.
2. Most brand's consumers are likely to be spending more and more time online, in digital spaces, on social networks, on mobile devices. If a brand is missing there or is poorly represented, it is missing a great opportunity to reach, engage, influence and even sell to its audiences. Yes, the bridges between brands and consumers are increasingly built using digital and social as foundation.
3. Social media is a treasure trove of insights into consumer behaviour, needs, passions and even direct feedback on one's brand and competition. Not being tuned in is like being blind and deaf to one's audience. A risky proposition that is best avoided.
4. There is a lot more than social happening on social media. There is the opportunity to provide customer service, sales enablement and support, generate leads, as well as stimulate purchase and nurture loyalty. These opportunities start in the social spaces a consumer is in. Used right, it can become a crucial business enabler for most brands.
5. Even for brands whose buyers are older and perhaps less social, social media plays an important role to reach and influence the younger influencers, who usually are socially active in the space.
1. Being present where its audiences are is of paramount importance. Not just a passive presence though like many brands have via their websites, but one that is tuned in, active and responsive to one's consumers. The best presences are those that seamlessly integrate websites and social so there is a well-meshed brand experience and communication across all digital spaces.
2. Accepting that a linear, push narrative that a brand controls is passé. The controls of the brand's narrative have shifted to its audiences, and the sooner a brand accepts this and plays by these new rules, the better.
3. Oft repeated and often forgotten is the need to be accessible, authentic and responsive. That is the only way a brand can win positive acceptance from an audience that is growing more demanding, discerning and fickle by the day.
4. Not tripping over social 'cute' by making a hash through creating countless hashtags or chasing eyeballs and engagement through shallow contests and freebies. A brand must remain true to its essence and not blindly embrace the latest social shiny toy just because it seems the cool thing to do. Watch out for Pokemon Go inspired brand action over the coming weeks and you will see what I mean.
5. Walking the digital and social media talk oneself. Just as you cannot expect to learn swimming without getting into the water, you cannot learn the dynamics of the digital space without wading into it yourself. If an Anand Mahindra can get social and be social, what is your excuse for not being in the space yourself Mr. CEO and Mr. CMO?
6. Get help by all means as you get on your social way. There are smart agencies, specialists, advisors out there… even peers who have been there, done that for one to tap as one gets ready to walk the digital social trail oneself. There is help out there for everything from where you should be on social, to the how and how many right through to building and orchestrating full blown digital and social campaigns for your brand. Often this help is but a tweet away.
7. Commit to the space and be willing to make investments over time. Whoever tells you social media or social media marketing is free, is lying. It takes time and money to create, manage, nurture and grow one's brand presence in the digital space. The payback can be exciting when done right. And the costs can be high when done wrong. Remember, there is even a price you end up paying when you do nothing.
Come to think of it, these guidelines apply just as much to younger brands and marketers as they do to older, more traditional and established ones. Look around you as a marketer or as a consumer.
The brands you relate to and find yourself engaging with or influenced by will invariably be the ones that adopt these fundamental principles of the social media digital game. Now your brand can play this social digital game, and win.


There is no doubt that smoking is a habit that can ruin your health. There are so many suggestions on how to quit smoking today making it difficult to know which is actually effective. Adjusting your lifestyle, however, can help in breaking free from smoking today. Discussed in the article here are useful tips to help quit smoking.
Lots of people are able to quit smoking by use of nicotine therapy. The most commonly used approaches used to achieve this are nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges as well as Ejuice. Their mode of action is by way of reducing nicotine amounts found in your body. Gradual reductions in nicotine amounts will play a major role in helping you quit the smoking habit. You will still feel the nicotine effect but you won't have to bear the negative side effects of cigarette smoking.
There are triggers that are known to increase the craving for cigarettes. There are people that are able to overcome the urge to smoke even when exposed to such, but the truth is that most give in. Keeping off smoking triggers is a prudent thing to do no matter what category you fall under. If for example you tend to smoke while speaking on phone, make a habit of scribbling on a piece of paper as you talk.
It is important to have additional plans even after you have decided to quit smoking. Many people that have quit smoking attest they were able to do so with the support of other people. Aim at always being surrounded by individuals that will offer support in every step of the way. Surrounding yourself with folks that keep telling you about the importance of quitting is of great importance.
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HIV and malaria both constitute global health threats, respectively affecting more than 30 million and 200 million people worldwide. This news brief from October 2008 describes new research that reveals an unexpected evolutionary link between the two.
This article includes a set of discussion and extension questions for use in class. It also includes hints about related lessons that might be used in conjunction with this one. This example could be easily integrated into instruction on basic selection, particularly as a supplement to discussion of the classic sickle cell anemia example. Get more tips for using Evo in the News articles in your classroom.


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Conf/CfP - The Second Annual Early Modern Women Writers' Colloquium, 25 - 27 March 2018, Cyprus
Literature, Writing
The Second Annual Early Modern Women Writers' Colloquium (2018)
Now in its second year as a strand within the annual academic conference "Othello's Island", the Early Modern Women Writers' Colloquium has demonstrated the interest in developing a regular annual event dedicated to exploring the lives of women writers in the Renaissance and early modern periods.
For our second year in 2018, we are following the successful format established in our first year, by teaming up with the organisers of Othello's Island, a well-established conference on medieval, renaissance and early modern studies, held annually in Cyprus. Again we will be organising a semi-autonomous conference strand ("the Colloquium") within the Othello's Island conference, focusing on the lives and work of women during the Renaissance and early modern periods.
As a whole, Othello's Island attracts around 100 delegates, whose topics include archaeology, art history, history, and literary studies, to name but a few. The Early Modern Women Writers' Colloquium runs alongside this at the Centre for Visual Arts and Research in Nicosia, Cyprus, allowing for interesting cross referencing to the work of speakers in the Othello's Island Conference, and shared resources and events.
For 2018 the convenors of the Early Modern Women Writers' Colloquium will be Dr Stella Achilleos of the University of Cyprus, andProfessor James Fitzmaurice of Northern Arizona University.
The aim for 2018 is for the Early Modern Women Writers' Colloquium to be open-minded, allowing a diverse range of approaches and topics related to Renaissance and early modern women to be discussed. This might include the lives of women durng the periods, the work of specific women writers or other women artists, or the role and activity of women in wider society and culture. In the case of women writers and artists, this might also include consideration of their contemporary and posthumous reputations.
The Early Modern Women Writers' Colloquium is fully intergrated into the wider Othello's Island conference. This means delegates can mix-and-match attendance at talks in the strand with talks on other topics at the conference.
Those taking part are also welcome to join in with the social events for the wider conference, including group meals and trips to some stunning medieval and renaissance sites.
If you are interested in giving a talk at the conference on the early modern women strand please submit a proposal for a paper as early as possible. Standard papers are 20 minutes long, followed by 5 or 10 minutes for questions.
If your paper does not fit in this area you should submit it instead to the main Othello's Island conference (click here for the Othello's Island Conference website).
Proposals for papers for the early modern women strand should comprise a cover sheet showing:
1. Your title (eg. Mr, Ms, Dr, Prof. etc.) and full name
2. Your institutional affiliation (if any)
3. Your postal address, e'mail address and telephone number
4. The title of your proposed paper
With this you should send a proposal/abstract for your paper of no more than 300 words and a copy of your CV/resume to: info@othellosisland.org with the subject line EMWW2018.
All papers must be delivered in English. Attendance of speakers is mandatory - we do not allow Skype or proxy presentations.
The deadline for submissions of proposals is 22 December 2017.
Early submission is strongly advised. We aim to have a decision on the acceptance of papers within four weeks of submission.
If you have any questions please contact Professor James Fitzmaurice at j.fitzmaurice@sheffield.ac.uk
For more information please click "Further Official Information" below.
AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2021, UK
Online - Virtual Exhibition 2021, Silent Book Contest, Italy
KANAC Creative Writing Competition 2020, Nigeria
Scottish Arts Club Short Story Competition 2022


I recently purchased an 01 civic ex coupe that had been in an accident and had not ran for about 5 years. I finished the body work and I was trying to get it started but it won't start and the green key light flashes so the immobilizer is not recognizing the key; I'm guessing that from being without power so long it lost communication. Can anyone tell me how to reprogram it with the key so that I don't have to give a lot of my meager budget to the dealer?


The Marie M. and James H. Galloway Foundation donated the family's ranch, located in Shelby, Texas, to the Texas A&M Foundation. The proceeds of the sale, which garnered $2.35 million, were used to establish an excellence endowment for the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE).
Levi McClenny, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University who holds a fellowship from the Data-Enabled Discovery and Design of Energy Materials (D3EM) training program, is working with Dr. Ulisses Braga-Neto on a research project using state-of-the-art machine learning tools to gain a better overall picture of what happens at the microstructure level in materials. Moreover, he is pursuing a full understanding of the fracturing process in order to predict when breakage or deterioration would occur in military vehicles and other structures and ultimately prevent this from happening in the first place.
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Classrooms in Motion BLOG shares active learning concepts from the Center for Teaching Excellence workshop, Interactive Teaching Methods, presented by Dr. Catharina Laporte (Department of Anthropology and CTE Faculty Fellow) and Samantha Shields (CTE).
"Under Dr. Laude's leadership, retention and four-year graduation rates are higher than ever at UT. His approach is holistic in nature, focusing on recruitment, admissions, first-year experiences, gateway course pass rates, year-to-year retention and barriers to timely graduation. We are indeed fortunate to have a fellow research-intensive campus within the state share best practices and lessons learned regarding efforts in areas that concern all institutions of higher education."
The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) is proud announce this year's Montague-CTE Scholars.
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Deadline for request for proposals extended to December 1st.
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.class Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload$2;
.super Landroid/telephony/PhoneStateListener;
.source "HtcWifiControlRoamOffload.java"

# annotations
.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/EnclosingClass;
    value = Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/InnerClass;
    accessFlags = 0x0
    name = null
.end annotation

# instance fields
.field final synthetic this$0:Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;

# direct methods
.method constructor <init>(Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;)V
    .locals 0

    .prologue
    .line 100
    iput-object p1, p0, Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload$2;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;

    invoke-direct {p0}, Landroid/telephony/PhoneStateListener;-><init>()V

    return-void
.end method

# virtual methods
.method public onSignalStrengthsChanged(Landroid/telephony/SignalStrength;)V
    .locals 3
    .param p1, "signalStrength"    # Landroid/telephony/SignalStrength;

    .prologue
    .line 103
    const-string v0, "HtcWifiControlRoamOffload: "

    const-string v1, "Receive mPhoneStateListener"

    invoke-static {v0, v1}, Landroid/util/Log;->d(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)I

    .line 104
    iget-object v0, p0, Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload$2;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;

    # setter for: Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;->mSignalStrength:Landroid/telephony/SignalStrength;
    invoke-static {v0, p1}, Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;->access$102(Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;Landroid/telephony/SignalStrength;)Landroid/telephony/SignalStrength;

    .line 105
    iget-object v0, p0, Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload$2;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;

    # getter for: Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;->mSignalStrength:Landroid/telephony/SignalStrength;
    invoke-static {v0}, Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;->access$100(Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;)Landroid/telephony/SignalStrength;

    move-result-object v0

    if-eqz v0, :cond_0

    .line 106
    invoke-virtual {p1}, Landroid/telephony/SignalStrength;->getGsmSignalStrength()I

    move-result v0

    # setter for: Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;->mobile_signalStrength:I
    invoke-static {v0}, Lcom/android/server/wifi/HtcWifiControlRoamOffload;->access$202(I)I

    .line 107
    const-string v0, "HtcWifiControlRoamOffload: "

    new-instance v1, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    invoke-direct {v1}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;-><init>()V

    const-string v2, "Receive mPhoneStateListener, getGsmSignalStrength"

    invoke-virtual {v1, v2}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    move-result-object v1

    invoke-virtual {p1}, Landroid/telephony/SignalStrength;->getGsmSignalStrength()I

    move-result v2

    invoke-virtual {v1, v2}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(I)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    move-result-object v1

    invoke-virtual {v1}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->toString()Ljava/lang/String;

    move-result-object v1

    invoke-static {v0, v1}, Landroid/util/Log;->d(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)I

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    return-void
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Qualcomm's New Snapdragon X2-Powered AR Smart Glasses Cut The Cord For Wireless Mixed Reality
by Paul Lilly — Friday, May 20, 2022, 08:00 AM EDT
We've all heard that a carpenter is only as good as their tools, and that certainly applies to more than just whittling wood and building tables. In the realm of tech, and specifically extended reality (XR) experiences, Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2 5G platform is a powerful tool for device makers and developers. Everyone needs to set an example now and then, though, and Qualcomm's new Wireless AR Smart Viewer Reference Design (try saying that one times fast), powered by its Snapdragon XR2 platform, is the cord-free blueprint that could lead to some nifty consumer devices in the near future.
That's what Qualcomm envisions, anyway. The idea is that its reference design can help OEMs and ODMs to cost-efficiently prototype their own hardware solutions, and ultimately deliver lightweight, premium AR glasses to the marketplace "to enable immersive experiences that unlock the metaverse."
Invoking the metaverse will undoubtedly elicit groans from some, but don't overlook the tech that's play here. Qualcomm's reference glasses are purpose-built for wireless XR experiences, and it's sleeker and more powerful than previous designs.
"The AR reference design hardware, developed by Goertek, has a 40% thinner profile and a more ergonomically balanced weight distribution for increased comfort. SeeYA provides the dual micro-OLED binocular display enabling 1920x1080 per eye and frame rates up to 90Hz and a no-motion-blur feature to deliver a seamless AR experience," Qualcomm explains.
It also features dual monochrome cameras, an RGB camera, six degrees of freedom (6DoF) head tacking, hand tracking with gesture recognition, Wi-Fi 6E/6 and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity, and a 650 mAh battery for up to around 30 minutes of runtime. What's really innovative, though, is its split processing architecture that distributes workloads between a wirelessly connected smartphone and the built-in hardware.
Qualcomm is uniquely positioned to facilitate this kind of setup, given its expertise in both wireless and mobile chipsets. These reference glasses leverage Qualcomm's FastConnect 6900 mobile solution to achieve what the company claims is a less than 3ms latency connection between the glasses and smartphone (and under 20ms motion to photon). That said, this can also work with other wireless solutions, though it's optimized for FastConnect 6900 for lower latency and less jitter.
This split approach is part of the reason why Qualcomm is able to build a slimmer set of glasses. Unlike other goggle solutions in the market, these glasses don't have to incorporate the entire processing engine. That was the case with the previous generation Qualcomm reference platform that had to be tethered to a smartphone, but the latest gen is even more svelte, and ditches the cord.
Hands (Eyes?) On With Qualcomm's Wireless Smart Viewer Reference Design
We had a chance to demo the reference glasses and found that the experience was very smooth, with little perceived latency. Just as importantly, we didn't experience any motion weirdness or fatigue.
In our time with the headset, characters represented were more basic polygon style beings, though we're told it's only because developers hadn't yet taken the time to render human participants in more detail. Other areas of the demo were full renders of photorealistic objects and scenery.
Qualcomm was demonstrating XR experiences that we could walk into and experience visually, while still seeing our physical surroundings. The game demo was especially cool. We were able to sit down (crouch, really) on a couch and get right next to a guy who was playing a video game, and see it from his perspective.
There was also a cooking demo that took place in a kitchen where we could watch food prep in action. We were able to see the ingredients and watch it get all put together from a chef's perspective. it was all very cool and has implications that extend beyond gaming and into collaboration, education and industrial applications, in addition to consumer retail experiences. We also found that this was less much less disorienting than VR goggles that otherwise isolate you from your surroundings.
Qualcomm is currently sampling its reference design to select partners and expects to make it more widely available in the coming months.
Tags: Qualcomm, VR, (NASDAQ:QCOM), AR, snapdagon xr2, wireless ar smart viewer


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Last month it was reported in Vanguard that the average salary for Federal Fire Fighters in the City of Glendale was $52,803, with a starting salary of $43,485. In comparison, the average salary of a Glendale fire Fighter/ officer was $132,454, with the average pay of Captain making $172,043 based on 2012 Compensation records. This includes, but not limited to wages, overtime, salary perks and bonuses for specialized skills or training, and cash payments for vacation and sick leave.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), in August of this year, approved a list of 99 pension sweeteners that includes salary perks and bonuses for specialized skills or training to be added to the cities and county's burden of pension cost obligations, overriding Gov. Brown's 2012 pension reform. Most local government entities that comprise cities and counties employees across California, who are contracted with CalPERS to manage its pensions, including the City of Glendale, will now benefit from CalPERS newly revised interpretation of the 2012 pension reform act. CalPERS said that it didn't know how much the bonuses would add to the cost of worker pensions, even though cities submit detailed pay and bonus information that is used to calculate retirement pay. Some public pension funds that operate independently from CalPERS disagreed with its interpretation, that base pay is what the Legislature and the governor had intended.
Gov. Brown, who pushed through a 2012 law to stop workers from using questionable perks to unjustly inflate their retirement pay, wants the action reversed. He recently asked state agencies to scrutinize whether the 99 pension sweeteners are legal and appropriate.
What else can we expect from CalPERS labor driven pension board. The repercussions are staggering. The City of Glendale presently has well in excess of 118 employees with pensions well in excess of $100,000, many earning more in retirement than when they were active (pre-retirement) based on 100% of their salary base pay.
The long-term cost of pensions calculated with salary perks and bonuses is in the billions of dollars over and above base pay alone. But CalPERS, a labor-dominated board, voted without estimating the potential cost. In an extraordinary show of union power, it persuaded voters in 1992 to amend the state constitution, requiring the pension board to place more emphasis on providing benefits to workers and less on the cost to taxpayers. In 1993, CalPERS successfully sponsored a bill that gave it the authority to determine what bonuses could be counted toward pensions. Henceforth, the 99 sweeteners.
CalPERS has proven to be a partisan political player, advancing public-employee interests instead of acting as an unbiased servicing agency—its true mandate. (2) At the LA Times request, CalPERS analyzed salary and bonus costs for Fountain Valley and found that the bonus perks could hike a worker's gross pay as much as 17%. Some Glendale employees are retiring with pensions over 60% higher than 90% of their last years base salary.
Salary Perks and bonuses can include supplemental pay, extra money that public employees earn when they briefly fill higher-paying jobs. higher pay for maintenance workers who replace street lamps from an aerial bucket, school district employees who supervise kids during recess, librarians who provide direction or resources to library patrons, and policemen who are good marksmen. Aren't all cops expected to be good shots? Aren't all librarians expected to assist the public?
Glendale use to successfully contract out its EMS service to a private ambulance service, costing between $500,000 and $800,000, with actual paramedics manning the ambulances, not "Basic Life Support" technicians …… More importantly residents were satisfied with the EMS. Now the City pays millions more annually for Fire fighter salary perks and bonuses, overtime, and spiked pensions.
This was a direct result, back in the early 1990's,(coincidentally around the same time that CalPERS successfully sponsored a bill that gave it the authority to determine what bonuses could be counted toward pensions), that former fire chief Hayes was able to convince the city council that they could bring in millions of dollars annually from EMS billings. He inadvertently failed to mention the additional costs to the city to pay for employee overtime, salary perks, bonuses, and higher pensions.
Since the GFD took over the EMS service, overtime and additional pay escalated from $1.5 million in 1999 to over $7.2 in 2012, with only six structure fires in 2012. Almost 90% of the fire department's responses is attributed to EMS responses.
On January 9, 2012, the GFD implemented the paramedic engine/BLS ambulance program, transferring two highly trained paramedic firefighters from the GFD ambulance, onto each of the nine fire engines. The ambulances are now staffed with two hourly non-sworn Basic Life Support technicians to man the ambulances, that required fire engines to accompany the BLS ambulances to the hospital putting the fire engines out of commission indefinitely until released by the hospital, resulting in additional unnecessary overtime. Some of the best practices in the fire service are being compromised under the banner of tradition and culture, at the expense and risk of public safety. Even fire fighters assigned to administrative, working a 40 hour work week with no overtime, receive an annual 11% bonus for their pain and suffering of not being able to work overtime.
Extra pay shall be defined as compensation over and above the unit employee's base salary for special assignments, differentials, and bonuses.
Fire Engineer performing Fire Arson Investigation duties as designated by Fire Management shall receive extra compensation in the amount of one thousand three hundred eighty dollars ($1 ,380.00) per month above their base salary.
Fire Arson Investigation duties shall receive Firearm Proficiency Pay based upon their scale of proficiency as demonstrated upon the approved firearms target type course. The rate of compensation per month for firearm proficiency pay is set forth in the MOU between the City and GPOA.
extra compensation is granted in recognition as the full and complete compensation for performing the assigned duties and responsibilities of the Fire Arson Investigator assignments. Fire Arson Investigation Pay shall be paid only during those periods or portions thereof when unit employees are actually performing Fire Arson Investigator Duty.
Qualified unit employees designated by Fire Management to receive the Firefighter/Paramedic Pay, Engineer/Paramedic Pay, and Captain/Paramedic pay shall receive extra compensation above their base salary Initial date of assignment by Fire Management through 12th month of assignment 8% per month, and 13th month in the performance of paramedic duties and thereafter: Increase to 16% per month . Firefighter/Paramedic Pay shall be paid only during those periods or portions thereof when eligible unit employees are designated by Fire Management to receive the Firefighter/Paramedic Pay as set forth in this agreement.
All unit employees not receiving Paramedic Assignment Pay as outlined above shall receive Emergency Medical Services (EMS) pay of 1% based on top step of the Firefighter classification. Qualified unit employees designated by Fire Management to the positionof Firefighter/Staff Assistant shall receive extra pay above their base salary of Five percent (5%) per month based on top-step of the Firefighter classification.
Foreign Language Proficiency Program is to provide linguistic assistance for non-English speaking person(s), shall receive extra compensation above their base salary in the amount of one hundred forty dollars ($140.00) per month above their base salary, and for hearing impaired individuals who make use of sign language, shall receive extra compensation above their base salary in the amount of one hundred forty dollars ($70.00) per month above their base salary . This extra compensation shall be paid only during those periods or portions thereof when such employees are actually assigned to the Foreign Language or Sign Language Interpreter Proficiency Program.
The proposed 2014 general fund budget, which pays mainly for fire services, library, parks and other general services, is slated to be roughly $182 million, increasing approximately $11 million compared to 2013. The fire department has requested roughly $2.9 million more. The GFD's projected budget for 2014/15 is about $56 million. The fire department has 16 new recruits set to become firefighters this year after they finish fire academy training, the first in four years since room for new staff only recently became available after recent retirements. (Note, there was over 4,000 applications submitted for these 16 slots). Officials hope to hire six more firefighters next year, said Brand Villanueva, fire department spokeswoman. Fire fighters generally work 3 days and get 9 days off. This is the equivalent of 9 days work days out of a given month.
The GFD's actual salaries, including overtime, salary perks and bonuses increased from $17.7 million in 2001 to 32.8 million in 2012, a 85.3% increase, that includes a recession and a lack luster economy since 2008. This begs the question, why did the City Council negotiated to pay overtime to firefighters, at time and a half, when they are already salaried personnel earning a substantial base pay, and the City averages 10 structure fires or less per calendar year. The State of California does not pay state employees on salary overtime. Instead, they earn CTO – Compensating Time Office, at straight time, not time and a half, that can be used like accrued vacation.
If it wasn't for the Fire department misrepresenting to the city Council that they could bring in over a million dollars in billable revenue annually, if the paramedic ambulance service was transferred to their authority, it would be very difficult for the city fire department to justify maintaining 9 fire stations including all the overtime, salary perks and bonuses.
Several attempts have been made by concerned Glendale city residents to see how many city workers currently employed and/or hired over the past ten years are family members or relatives of other active or retired city employees. The Glendale City Attorney rebuffed all those requests as if they have something to hide. This appears to be indicative that nepotism may be prevalent in the City of Glendale. Maybe the LA Times should conduct an investigation of the City of Glendale as well.
It's evident that salary perks (bonuses) was never intended for to be included as part of pensions. This was a direct result of CalPERS's becoming a labor dominated board. It's absurd for labor union members to be serving on the CalPERS Board. It's a direct conflict of interest for labor board members to be voting on the very issues that benefits the public sector employees who's mandatory dues and fair share fees financially support the labor board member's own salaries and benefits.
This is a prescription for fiscal irresponsibility and dereliction of duty that will put every local government city entity, contracted with CalPERS in harms way, dealing with future unsustainable pensions and benefits, budget deficits, and substantial reductions in city services. With respect to layoffs, guess who gets laid off first? It's not fire or police officers. It's the lowest common denominator of expendable, lowest paid, non-essential employees, providing services to the public, i.e. libertarians, maintenance workers, parks and recreation, business license, building & safety, public works, Glendale water & power services, etc… that does little to help the budget.
It's incomprehensible that police and fire personnel was able to keep 1% of their annual cost of living increase when they have the highest pensions in comparison to non-uniform personnel. Having said that, eliminating 2% COLAs for non uniform personnel, and reducing fire and police's COLA by 1.5% annually, and 90% of their healthcare benefits, will substantially reduce future increases in pension and health benefit obligation. In California, most local government entities, including Glendale, only paid for current health benefit obligations. No money is withheld from employees or set aside for future retirement health benefits. It's totally unfunded.
With respect to salary perks and bonuses, it's sporadic, earned during the employee lifetime employment. There is no continuous contribution for future retirement pension cost obligation when it isn't regularly being earned. What is evident, and a no brainer, is that every local government employee in their last year of employment will spike their pension, by earning every conceivable salary perk and bonuses available to maximize their beginning pension.
This is why pensions should be limited to "the normal monthly rate of pay or base salary " excluding salary perks and bonuses that can be manipulated in the last year of employment, to game the system by taking advantage of a obvious loophole in the system at taxpayers expense.
Mr. Landon is a Certified Public Accountant since 1977. He Retired from the State Controller's Office, Division of Audits, Financial Bureau for the state of California. He has acted as lead auditor specialist in mandates, oil and gas, and unclaimed property audits. He was also an Outreach Coordinator in the Los Angeles Executive Office under California State Controller Gray Davis. Mr Landon's Experience includes special assignment with the California State Lottery that included preparation of reports on the installation and implementation of internal controls in the Revenue and Collection unit. He addressed fiscal concerns on security, integrity and accountability; documented deficiencies and offered alternative solutions. Mr. Landon is engaged in multiple civic organizations that advocate for fiscally responsible governance.


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351 - The 1859 Bogert Sale
Sage, Augustus B. CATALOGUE OF THE EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE CABINET OF COINS AND MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF HENRY BOGERT, ESQ. New York: Bangs, Feb. 28-Mar
Sold to t**********r for (85.00 + 14.88) = 99.88
352 - A Bit of Western Gold Rush Americana
Savage Mining Co. ACCOUNT BOOK. THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO. Virginia City, March 2-May 9, 1877. 17 by 10.5 cm. Original tan calf on stiff card c
353 - The Schingoethes' Work on College Currency
Schingoethe, Herb and Martha. COLLEGE CURRENCY: MONEY FOR BUSINESS TRAINING. Port Clinton, 1993. 4to, original pictorial boards. 463, (1) pages; well
Sold to c****3 for (35.00 + 6.13) = 41.13
354 - Bryan Money
Schornstein, Fred. BRYAN MONEY. Lake Mary, 2001. 4to, original pictorial boards; matching jacket. xxii, 112 pages, illustrated. Fine. A comprehensive
Sold to r*****n for (40.00 + 7.00) = 47.00
355 - Scarce Seitz Catalogue
Seitz, Paul S. SPECIAL OFFERINGS: UNITED STATES GOLD-SILVER-COPPER COLONIAL COINS. Glen Rock, March 1949. 8vo, original printed card covers. 16 pages.
356 - Early Reminiscences of the Mint
[Sellers, George Escol]. Ferguson, Eugene S. . EARLY ENGINEERING REMINISCENCES (1815-40) OF GEORGE ESCOL SELLERS. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonia
357 - Smythe Paper Money Catalogues
Smythe, R.M. & Co. AUCTION CATALOGUES. Sixteen auction catalogues (2004-08), including: 241, 247, 249 (two different catalogues), 253, 260 (two ...
358 - International Paper Money Convention
Society of Paper Money Collectors. THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PAPER MONEY CONVENTION. Under the Auspices of the Currency Club of Chester County, November
359 - An Unexpected Storehouse of Numismatic Information
Sound Currency Committee of the Reform Club. SOUND CURRENCY 1896. A COMPENDIUM OF ACCURATE AND TIMELY INFORMATION ON CURRENCY QUESTIONS INTENDED FOR W
Sold to c*****w for (70.00 + 12.25) = 82.25
360 - Anderson Dupont I
Stack's. ANDERSON DUPONT CATALOGUE. PART I: U.S. LARGE CENTS, 1793 TO 1857. New York, Sept. 24-25, 1954. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 92, (2)
361 - Anderson Dupont II
Stack's. THE ANDERSON DUPONT CATALOGUE, PART II: UNITED STATES SILVER AND COPPER COINS. New York, Nov. 11-13, 1954. 8vo, later red cloth, gilt. 118, (
362 - The Empire Collection, Hardcover
Stack's. THE EMPIRE COLLECTION: UNITED STATES SILVER AND COPPER COINS. New York, Nov. 12-15, 1957. 8vo, original deep maroon pebbled cloth, gilt, in m
Sold to S*******7 for (50.00 + 8.75) = 58.75
363 - Kramer Gold Coins
Stack's, and Superior Galleries. THE CHARLES KRAMER COLLECTION: UNITED STATES GOLD COINS, UNITED STATES TYPE COINS, UNITED STATES PROOF COINS. New Yor
364 - Stack's 1992 Floyd Starr Sale
Stack's. THE LEGENDARY COLLECTION OF FLOYD T. STARR: UNITED STATES COINS. "PHILADELPHIA ESTATE." New York, Oct. 20-22, 1992. 4to, original pictorial b
365 - Milas, Shasky, et al.
Stack's. UNITED STATES COINS. FEATURING THE EDWARD MILAS COLLECTION OF NO MOTTO U.S. HALF EAGLES. THE DR. DONALD R. SHASKY COLLECTION OF U.S. THREE CE
Sold to a*******s for (20.00 + 3.50) = 23.50
366 - Stack's Finkelstein Sale
Stack's. 60TH ANNIVERSARY SALE, FEATURING THE SEYMOUR FINKELSTEIN COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES COINS. New York, Oct. 10-12, 1995. 4to, original pictori
367 - The Coins of 1796
Stack's. THE JOHN WHITNEY WALTER COLLECTION. THE COINS OF 1796. A UNIQUE CONDITION CENSUS DIE-STUDY YEAR SET. New York, May 4, 1999. 4to, original gra
368 - Dombrowski & Orwen Collections
Stack's. UNITED STATES GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS. 64TH ANNIVERSARY SALE. FEATURING SELECTIONS FROM THE ROBERT DOMBROWSKI COLLECTION, THE WILLIAM R
369 - The 2000 Americana Sale, Featuring the Perkins Connecticuts
Stack's. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF AMERICANA. COLONIAL AND FEDERAL COINS, MEDALS AND CURRENCY ... FEATURING THE GEORGE C. PERKINS, ESQ. COLLECTION OF CON
370 - 65th Anniversary Sale
Stack's. 65TH ANNIVERSARY SALE. UNITED STATES GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS ... FEATURING SELECTIONS FROM THE HOLECEK FAMILY TRUST, THE FLOYD T. STARR
371 - The Taichert Collection
Stack's. THE MARVIN TAICHERT COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES TYPE COINS TO BE SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY. New York, May 9, 2001. 4to, orig
372 - The "Dallas Bank" Sale
Stack's/Sotheby's. THE "DALLAS BANK" COLLECTION. HIGHLY IMPORTANT UNITED STATES GOLD COINS FORMED BY THE LATE H. JEFF BROWNING. New York, Oct. 29-30,
373 - The 67th Anniversary Stack's Sales
Stack's. 67TH ANNIVERSARY SALE. THE QUELLER FAMILY COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES HALF DOLLARS: 1794-1963. AS FORMED BY DAVID QUELLER. New York, Oct. 15-
Sold to r*******0 for (35.00 + 6.13) = 41.13
374 - John J. Ford Sales
Stack's. JOHN J. FORD, JR. COLLECTION. PARTS III, VIII, X, XI, XV, XVII, XIX AND XXII. 2004-13. 4to, original matching pictorial card covers. Fine. In
375 - Byers Collection of U.S. Half Dollars
Stack's. public auction. THE GEORGE "BUDDY" BYERS COLLECTION U.S. HALF DOLLARS. New York: October 17, 2006. 8vo, original printed card covers. 218, (6
376 - Flying Eagle & Indian Cents
Steve, Larry R., and Kevin J. Flynn. FLYING EAGLE AND INDIAN CENT DIE VARIETIES. Jarrettsville, 1995. 4to, original printed card covers. xiv, 230, (4)
377 - St. Louis Stamp & Coin List of CSA Notes
St. Louis Stamp and Coin Co. FOR SALE. CONFEDERATE NOTES, AT LOW PRICES. Single sheet [27 by 20 cm] printed on one side, listing 71 different notes, m
Sold to a******a for (25.00 + 4.38) = 29.38
378 - The Wyatt Sale, with Photographic Plates
Superior Galleries. THE RUSSELL & EUDORA BELL WYATT COLLECTION SALE AND OTHER IMPORTANT PROPERTIES. Century City, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 1985. 4to, or...
Sold to a******a for (160.00 + 28.00) = 188.00
379 - The 1986 Robinson S. Brown Sale, with Photographic Plates
Superior Galleries. THE ROBINSON S. BROWN, JR. COLLECTION OF LARGE CENTS 1793-1857, CATALOGUES BY JACK COLLINS. West Hollywood, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 1986.
Sold to a******a for (70.00 + 12.25) = 82.25
380 - The Jack H. Robinson Catalogue, with Photographic Plates
Superior Galleries. THE JACK H. ROBINSON COLLECTION OF LARGE CENTS AND HALF CENTS. Beverly Hills, Jan. 29-30, 1989. 4to, original processed brown full
381 - The Roger Cohen Sale, Hardcover with Photographic Plates
Superior Galleries. THE ROGER S. COHEN, JR. COLLECTION OF HALF CENTS. Beverly Hills, Feb. 2, 1992. 4to, original tan-gray cloth, lettered in copper; e
382 - Swiatek & Breen on Commemoratives
Swiatek, Anthony, and Walter Breen. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNITED STATES SILVER & GOLD COMMEMORATIVE COINS, 1892-1989. Wolfeboro: Bowers & Mere...
383 - Swiatek Encyclopedia of Commemoratives
Swiatek, Anthony. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE COMMEMORATIVE COINS OF THE UNITED STATES. Chicago, 2012. 8vo, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. (2), 712 pages
Sold to m*****t for (50.00 + 8.75) = 58.75
384 - Thompson & Mathewson on Sunken Treasure
Thompson, Tommy. AMERICA'S LOST TREASURE: A PICTORIAL CHRONICLE OF THE SINKING AND RECOVERY OF THE UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMSHIP CENTRAL AMERICA, THE S
385 - Original Volume of American State Papers on Finance
United States Government. AMERICAN STATE PAPERS. DOCUMENTS, LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE, OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE FIRST SESSION OF
Sold to c*****w for (170.00 + 29.75) = 199.75
386 - Coinage Laws of the United States
United States Government. COINAGE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1792 TO 1894, WITH AN APPENDIX OF STATISTICS RELATING TO COINS AND CURRENCY. Washington,
387 - United States Mints
[United States Mint]. FIVE WORKS ON THE U.S. MINTS. Includes: a later reprint of Don Taxay's The U.S. Mint and Coinage; a later reprint of George Evan
Sold to r*****s for (30.00 + 5.25) = 35.25
388 - Nevada National Banks
Warns, M. Owen. THE NEVADA "SIXTEEN" NATIONAL BANKS AND THEIR MINING CAMPS. Chicago, 1974. 4to, original white and blue cloth, gilt. xiv, 390 pages; i
389 - Western Americana
[Western United States]. SIX TITLES ON WESTERN AMERICANA AND HISTORY. Includes: Loomis's 1968 Wells Fargo: An Illustrated History; Watkins's 1971 Gold
390 - White's Money & Banking
White, Horace.MONEY AND BANKING ILLUSTRATED BY AMERICAN HISTORY. Fifth edition, "Revised and Continued to the Year 1914." Boston: Ginn, 1914. 12mo, or
Sold to c*****w for (20.00 + 3.50) = 23.50
391 - The American Institute of Architects Gold Medal
Wilson, Richard Guy. THE AIA GOLD MEDAL. New York, 1984. 4to, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. ix, (1), 245, (1) pages; illustrated, partly in color.
392 - A Different Kind of Numismatic Literature
Winkler, John K. JOHN D.: A PORTRAIT IN OILS. New York: Vanguard, 1929. 8vo, original orange cloth lettered in black; 1927 Mercury dime embedded into
393 - Indiana Obsolete Paper Money
Wolka, Wendell A., Jack M. Vorhies and Donald A. Schramm. INDIANA OBSOLETE NOTES & SCRIP. Iola: SPMC, 1978. 4to, original maroon cloth, gilt. (...
394 - Wolka's Massive Work on Ohio Obsoletes
Wolka, Wendell. A HISTORY OF NINETEENTH CENTURY OHIO obsolete BANK notes AND scrip. N.p.: SPMC, 2004. Thick 4to, original maroon cloth, gilt. 1041, (3
395 - ANA Centennial Edition Red Book
Yeoman, R.S. A GUIDE BOOK OF UNITED STATES COINS. 45TH (1992) REVISED EDITION. ANA CENTENNIAL EDITION. Racine: Western, 1991. 8vo, original red leathe
396 - 50th Anniversary Edition Red Book
Yeoman, R.S. A GUIDE BOOK OF UNITED STATES COINS. 50TH (1997) REVISED EDITION. ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Racine: Western, 1996. 8vo, original burgundy leat
397 - With 2000 ANA Banquet Blindstamp
Yeoman, R.S. A GUIDE BOOK OF UNITED STATES COINS. 54TH (2001) REVISED EDITION. New York: St. Martin's, 2000. 8vo, original red leatherette, gilt. 350,
398 - 2005 FUN Special Edition, Signed by Bressett
Yeoman, R.S. A GUIDE BOOK OF UNITED STATES COINS. 58TH (2005) REVISED EDITION. FUN EDITION. Atlanta: Whitman, 2004. 8vo, original red leatherette, gil
399 - 2008 ANA Special Edition
Yeoman, R.S. A GUIDE BOOK OF UNITED STATES COINS. 61ST (2008) REVISED EDITION. ANA EDITION. Atlanta: Whitman, 2007. 8vo, original red leatherette, gil
Sold to S******e for (50.00 + 8.75) = 58.75
400 - Scarce Farran Zerbe Booklet
Zerbe, Farran. MONEY REFERENCE / COIN VALUES. (Tyrone, 1916). 15.5 by 8.5 cm, original printed paper covers, depicting rare American and pioneer gold


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Eagle Eye writer Taylor Laber wants readers to know that help is available to anyone struggling with suicidal thoughts.
Hey. It's the kid who wrote about suicide a year ago.
I don't want to get too deep, but, I've recently attempted suicide by cutting myself along my wrist. I've done it twice within two weeks now. Thankfully I've been getting the help that I need.
Despite my recent struggles, it makes me happier that the phrase "I want to kill myself" has been used a lot less, because I can now express my needs and get help without being dismissed as making a joke by peers and possibly teachers.
However, there's still a lot of work to do in society regarding suicide.
Suicide isn't a topic discussed enough. It's often ignored or misinterpreted as being selfish or inconsiderate, when the case is the complete opposite.
Suicide is, nine times out of ten, never done for selfish and inconsiderate reasons.
In fact, the reason many contemplate suicide it is because of their perception of themselves, often feeling like they're not enough for the people in their lives. From experience I know that being called selfish doesn't help this feeling at all. If anything, it gives your mind another reason to end your life early– if you're selfish and not enough for those you love, then what's the point?
While suicide doesn't always stem from self-worth issues, it's a heavy factor. Other factors include the emotional pain they experience due to past or current events in their lives.
Being under this kind of pain alone is not okay, and that's why it's important to talk about it.
All kinds of people– including adults– sometimes believe and push their mentality of suicide being selfish upon those feeling this way. It's important to educate peers and others about suicide, along with mental illness, so it can be prevented from taking more lives.
Children often don't understand mental illness due to the lack of education surrounding it. While it's understandable to shield them from such a heavy topic, it's still very important to help them learn that people experience mental illnesses and sometimes are even born with it.
I've experienced trauma, PTSD and depression since I was in elementary school. In my life during those early years, I never understood why I acted so different from others and couldn't handle certain situations. It lead to a lot of self-loathing and self-hatred, only fueling my suicidal thoughts.
When children are exploring the world and the people that live in it, it's important to teach them that people struggle with certain situations and react differently because of something partially out of their control. It's also important to teach them that it's okay, and that it's never a problem to ask for help.
If you're currently struggling with suicide or depression, please reach out to a teacher, peer, or the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
If you're too nervous about using your voice, you can always text HOME at 741741 (US only).
As someone who experiences these feelings and thoughts during my everyday life, it's important to not be alone.
I am a little late on this, but instead of cutting yourself and then seeking help. Seek help when you have the urge to self-harm. Suicide is never the way to go. Also, In my opinion suicide is selfish in so many ways. One of my friends committed suicide last year and he left me & all his friends and family in the dark. It truly leaves an emotional scare when some takes their own life. I can not even explain the feeling I and many people feel/felt when someone in their life has committed suicide. You can always reach out to people and they will help you. No matter who you are and what you have done their is still someone who cares about you.


Hobo With a Shotgun, Small Sur w/ the Missionaries, Dogtown Roadhouse & More!
There is a lot going on this weekend around town and out of town. Here's our Top 3 for the week! Scroll below the Top 3 to see a lot of other great happenings!
On Friday (6/17) the Shadowbox will present the debut of director/writer/producer Jason Eisener's first full-length film, Hobo With a Shotgun! In a random train yard a hobo steps off a train with hopes of starting a new life. Quickly realizing this is a town where crime rules and justice drools he decides to take up the mantle of law. Armed with a pawn store shotgun and a fucked up set of morals he takes to the town to rid it of evil. Starting at at 8pm and only costing $5 this film is worth seeing more than once! The Shadowbox is located on Kirk Ave, downtown Roanoke.
On Sunday (6/19) the Missionaries will be hosting new friends from Baltimore, Small Sur! This show will take place at 1515 Roanoke Ave. with donations requested for the traveling group. Small Sur has garnered a lot of attention recently through their live shows and recordings with mentionings from blogs such as Tiny Mix Tapes to NPR to their own Baltimore City Paper. The Missionaries will also be playing that evening sharing their own blend of myth inspired folk. This show will start at 8pm, donations! Above is a video interview of Small Sur by a Portuguese TV station in Coimbra, Portugal.
On Saturday (6/18) the Dogtown Roadhouse in Floyd celebrates its 1 year anniversary! Starting at 11am and running all the way to midnight Dogtown will be bringing back some of their favorite bands and people throughout the last year to celebrate. Music for the evening includes Wyndy Hill Travelers, Grass Monkey and DJ Joneski! Come out and celebrate with Dogtown, pick up a wood fire oven pizza and one of the great microbrews on tap!
Wednesday (6/15-26) Frogger (a play by Adam Hahn) directed by Cheryl Snodgrass. Studio Roanoke, downtown. 8pm.
Saturday (6/18) Goodwill Falcon, Rugby and Nobles at the Bazaar. 9pm, $5.
Tuesday (6/21) Gleaming the Cube at the Shadowbox. In celebration of "Go Skate Day". 8pm, $5. All proceeds go to the Skateistan charity.