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Foster mother adopts children she has cared for nearly all their lives
Published 8:51 pm Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Janice Walker has taken care of her foster children, Josais and Jossie, for nearly all their lives, and now she is officially their mother after successfully adopting them Tuesday morning.
Walker was all smiles at the Dallas County Probate Office early Tuesday morning, as Chief Clerk Suzanne Ingram presided over the adoption hearing.
“It’s very exciting. It’s been a long, long road, real long road,” she said before the hearing. “It’s not been hard, but it’s been long.”
In a matter of minutes, Walker was officially given approval to adopt Josais and Jossie.
“It was something that I never thought that I would do,” she said. “In my family, I am the first one to do something like this, so it is really exciting to do something different. More kids, I didn’t expect to have anymore, but I was blessed with two children that I didn’t have to have.”
Walker took the two siblings in when they were just a few months old. Josais, who is now four, was just three months old when Walker took him in, and Jossie, who is now three, was just six months old.
“It’s not nothing different. It’s just one big happy family,“ she said. “My home has always been their permanent home, and that’s where they’ll always be.”
Walker said the adoption process seemed like it took long than it did, but having Josais and Jossie officially in the family was well worth it.
“The time passes by and you get discouraged. I just had [supporters] say, ‘it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen. Just wait,’” she said. “But I’ve been holding on waiting for this to happen.”
Even though Walker had to go through the official adoption process, she said it didn’t feel like an adoption because Josais and Jossie have already been a part of the family for so long.
“Sometimes you look at it and you don’t feel like [it’s adoption] because I’ve had them for so long. It’s really not an adoption process for me,” she said. “It just looks like I am changing their names. That’s what it feels like for me.”
Walker said her 15-year-old son, Justin, loves having two younger siblings, as well as the rest of the family.
“I don’t know if he likes it or if he loves it. He has somebody to play with all the time,” she said. “They are loving it. My sister, family, brother, they all love it.”
Jana Garner, who was the filing attorney for Walker, said it is a great feeling to help someone fulfill their dream of adopting children.
“There is something so satisfying about it. It is just a blessed event, and it is from beginning to end,” Garner said.
“It’s just a blessing to see children planted in this garden that they are going to thrive in for the rest of their life. It’s just a wonderful thing to see that and be a part of that and to facilitate that happening.”
Walker said she couldn’t wait to get Josais and Jossie back home after the hearing to celebrate with their grandmother.


House Speaker John Boehner has spent much of his speakership placating tea party conservatives. Now, he should worry more about the 23 mainstream Republicans who hate debt-ceiling brinkmanship and government shutdown. They could join with Democrats to oust Boehner.
The government shutdown and looming debt-ceiling debate shouldn't prevent House Republicans from tackling comprehensive immigration reform. A practical, common-ground solution could improve America's fiscal health and it's what the majority of voters are calling for.


Key grip Richard “Dicky” Deats, who won a Technical Achievement Academy Award for the design and manufacture of the “Little Big Crane” for motion picture production, died in Whitefish, Mont., on July 14. He was 66.
Born in Southern California, Dicky joined his father as a second generation Local 80 grip in 1964.
He received his Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1982; his “Little Big Crane” was the first portable film crane.
Cinematographers Vilmos Zsigmond and Caleb Deschanel almost exclusively used Dicky as their key grip on films including “The Black Dahlia,” “National Treasure,” “The Patriot,” “The Devil’s Advocate,” “Maverick,” “The River,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Heaven’s Gate.”
Dicky worked with directors including Brian De Palma, Clint Eastwood, Roland Emmerich, William Friedkin, Taylor Hackford, Sean Penn, Jack Nicholson, Steven Spielberg, Jon Turteltaub and Irwin Winkler.
Dicky is survived by two sons, Jerry, also a key grip, and Jimmy; a daughter, writer-producer Danyi; three brothers; and 10 grandchildren.
Donations may be made to Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles.


The City of Sonoma’s process to select two retail cannabis dispensaries to operate in the city limits is underway, and city officials this week announced that 10 cannabis businesses had applied for the two business licenses — one for a walk-in storefront dispensary, the other a delivery-only operation.
It’s merely the first stage of the multi-step selection process in awarding the two commercial cannabis licenses as allowed by the city. Each application required an $11,000 processing fee.
Among the applicants with local connections are Sonoma residents Ken Brown and Jewel Mathieson, who are working with former Sonoma resident Shivawn Brady and other county cannabis advocates, for dispensary group Justice Grown, which operates multiple dispensaries in the U.S.
Another applicant is Sparc, a San Francisco-based cannabis business which has several California dispensaries — including locations in Sebastopol and Santa Rosa — and a large farming operation in Glen Ellen.
Applicant Jordan Kivelstadt, a Sonoma Valley resident, is partnering with Julian Michalowski, who operates a Central Coast cannabis retailer called Coastal, which has dispensaries, manufacturing and delivery services in Santa Barbara, Lompoc and San Luis Obispo.
The group behind the Mercy Wellness dispensary in Cotati has also applied for a license to operate in Sonoma as R&B Dispensary. Mercy Wellness opened in January, 2018, as a recreational cannabis dispensary – one of the first in the state to sell cannabis to any adult over 21, with or without a medical recommendation.
The six other applicants include EZ Sonoma, which attempted to open a dispensary in Sebastopol last year; California Erudite Ventures (“Herb N’ Joy”), a private equity fund that has applied for other dispensary permits statewide; Jane Sonoma Retail; Harvest of Sonoma; Lighthouse Sonoma; and N.S. Thompson Enterprises (“Pacific Puffs”).
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One of the cutest little succulent collections that I came across at Paxton Gate in San Francisco!
I’ve been a collector of succulents and cacti ever since I first stumbled upon the little cuties at my local Home Depot. I would always gravitate towards the gardening aisle on shopping trips with my dad, and a lot of times he’d let me pick one to take home. Once I learned how to properly care for them, and began to witness my collection thriving and even producing little ‘pups’, I was hooked. From that point on, I continued to fill my living spaces, and even my work cubicles, with all sorts of colorful, uniquely textured succulent, purchased from stores and some even propagated at home!
To me, there’s just something so satisfying about raising and nurturing such a small, delicate living plant. (In fact, I had grown so connected to a few of my smallest babies that, when I moved to Cali, I had to bring them along with me!) At the same time, succulents provide the same health benefits of regular house plants and add a pop of greenery to our spaces, while requiring far less care (but an equal amount of love and encouragement ;)). Here are five reasons why you should consider adding some succulents into your home or work spaces…
They boost oxygen levels after the sun goes down.
Through the process of photosynthesis, plants revives our living spaces with fresh oxygen. This is true of any type of plant, however succulents are unique in that they perform CAM photosynthesis, which means they absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen at night. For that reason, it may be helpful to keep a few succulents in your bedroom for a boost of clean air before you go to sleep (especially in the wintertime when you’re getting less airflow from outside). Breathing in more oxygenated can in turn improve sleep quality.
They can help purify the air.
In addition to increasing oxygen levels in the air, plants may also improve overall air quality by removing indoor air pollutants (such as ozone) and toxins. Succulents in particular, including the snake plant and aloe vera, are known for their air-filtering capacities. They’ve been found to absorb volatile organic compounds (VOC), which are byproducts of burning fuel, such as gasoline, wood, or coal. Examples of volatile organic compounds include formaldehyde, benzene, and trichloroethylene (commonly found in printer inks, books, dry-cleaning products, solvents, paints, carpets, upholstery, and other building materials). Through the plants’ unique metabolic processes, they’re then able to deactivate/destroy these organic chemicals and convert them into new tissue (1).
But will succulents – and plants in general for that matter – rid your home completely of pollutants? Most likely not. In fact, results are still a bit mixed when you apply the 1989 NASA Clean Air study findings to real indoor environments, so I wouldn’t rely on plants entirely when it comes to air purification.
They help reduce stress & improve focus.
Whether it’s the color that calms the mind, the beautiful symmetry and patterns, or the presence of nature that makes us feel relaxed, indoor plants are known to help reduce stress, boost our mood, and increase focus and concentration. Succulents are especially easy to incorporate into your workspace – whether it’s a home or at the office – as they don’t take up a lot of space, and won’t mind if you go on vacay for 1-2 weeks to hang around palm trees instead. Taking care of such as a small plant and seeing it grow can also be a very rewarding experience, so much so that it can boost our sense of well being and happiness.
“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” — Gertrude Jekyll
They are hardy, easy plants to care for.
Succulents are very low-maintenance plants. Not only are they drought resistant, they’re also hardy, not super picky about their living situations, and they can even survive a couple of weeks of neglect (making them great for people who frequently travel as well as newbie plant-owners).
Most succulents require a bright surrounding, but not necessarily in full sun. A fairly bright, sunny location indoors is typically enough for them to grow. They’re also not super picky as to what type of pot you plant them in – they can be planted in shallow jars, or grouped together into a large pot surrounded by other plants (drainage holes of course help as they don’t like to sit in water/continually moist soil).
The only time I’ve ever got into trouble was when I over-watered a few succulents. Later on in my succulent-growing journey, I discovered that it’s best to just barely saturate the soil around their roots, and then wait until the soil has completely dried up before watering them again.
Over-watering is likely going to be your biggest concern, but once you get the hang of it, you should have some pretty happy and healthy plants! However, on the off-chance that you spot something usual, I recommend checking out this handy guide that will help you to identify, and remedy, different issues.
You can easily multiply your collection!
One great thing about succulents is that you can easily increase your collection by propagating. Propagation involves removing a part of an existing plant – like the leaf, stem, or little baby offset – to grow a new, separate plant. The whole propagation process can be a bit tricky at first, and may not always lead to straight successes, but with a little research, practice, and patience, it’s only a matter of time before your succulent collection begins to multiplies before your eyes. Here’s a great little guide on how to propagate different types of succulents.
“There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.” – Janet Kilburn Phillips
Top 3 Succulent Subscription Boxes to Help You Grow Your Collection
Between their amazing health benefits and the fact that they’re so easy to care for, succulents make great starter plants for plant newbies. If you’re looking to start a collection, you can typically find them at home improvement stores, as well as some health and grocery stores. Succulents are also widely available online.
There are also a number of succulent subscription boxes on the market that can add a fun element of surprise to the whole plant-buying experience. I’ve listed three of my favorites below. Depending on the company, they’ll ship to you anywhere from 1 to 5 plants per month, with sizes ranging from baby (~1″ tall) to mature (~2.5″ tall). They can then be used to decorate your living spaces, straight out of the box! They also come with care instructions, so you’ll know exactly how to keep your little guys happy. (These boxes ship within the US only at this time.):
Succulent Studios sends you 2 unique baby succulents (about 1-1.5″ in size) each month, shipped from their second-generation nursery straight to your door. (This is the box shown all throughout this post.)
- Cost: $10 / month + shipping ($6.50)*
- Cost per plant: $8.25
With The Succulent Source’s monthly subscription, you’ll receive 5 unique mature succulents (about 2.5″ in size) each month. They have over 60 unique succulents available, so they offer plenty of variety and very little box repeats!
- Cost: $30 / month + shipping ($8.95)*
- Cost per plant: $7.79
- Save with 3, 6, and 12-month subscriptions!
And last but not least, Succulents Box offers the most amount of flexibility – you can choose to receive anywhere from 1 to 4 succulents each month, all around 2″ in size.
- Cost: $4.85 / month for 1 succulent, up to $17.85 / month for 4 succulents + shipping ($5.20-8.35)*
- Cost per plant: $10.05 down to $6.55 for the 4 succulent option
- Save with 3, 6, and 12-month subscriptions!
*Prices as of 10/27/18. Please check the websites linked above for the most current box/shipping costs!
Have you started, or plan to start, your our succulent garden? Where do you typically pick up new varieties? Have you tried a succulent subscription box?

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You’ve heard of ‘the other white meat’ right? Well this is the ‘other adobo’ as in Filipino Pork Adobo, not Mexican. I’m calling it Filipino Pork Adobo St. Malo since it’s Louisiana Filipino Adobo and if that sounds strange to your ears then clean them out and get to larnin… because the oldest colony of Asians in the United States was populated by Filipinos in St. Malo, Louisiana.
Louisiana’s Filipino Connection
St. Malo itself was founded by Jean St. Malo who led a group of runaway slaves escaping the Spanish in 1784, Louisiana being a Spanish colony at the time. They settled in the marsh on Lake Borgne and were soon joined by ‘Manila Men’ aka, Filipino sailors who’d been forced into service on Spanish ships. Swabbing decks and eating wormy hardtack had apparently lost their appeal, motivating the Manila Men to jump ship and make common cause with the escapees in St. Malo. More Tagalas as they were also called after their language, Tagalog, came to south Louisiana and settled in several villages near New Orleans. There were enough to support Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in 1803, and when they weren’t fighting they were fishing.
They developed the market for what’s called sea bob – those tiny dried shrimp that come in plastic bags in Asian markets and are great for flavoring stock. They also supplied the French market with all the other kinds of fish the gulf provides. And they were well enough known to be profiled by Lafcadio Hearn in an article published in 1883. He described them as “cinnamon-colored men, well-knit and supple as fresh water eels.” I’ve never heard of a person or group of people described as having eel like qualities but the general tone of the article is complimentary so I suppose we should take it that way. He also described their Malay style houses with the thatched, hat-shaped roofs built right above the marsh on stilts and some odd encounters with one-legged chickens who had been disabled by the bites of carnivorous crabs.
Interestingly, the Manila men kept the fish camps as bachelor quarters and visited their wives in the city on market days which no doubt kept their marriages as fresh as the seafood they were selling. But on to the food!
The great thing about Filipino Pork Adobo St. Malo is that it’s forgiving and by that I mean ingredients that can be more or less than what’s mentioned here and the cooking time is somewhat fungible. It’s almost impossible to overcook and perfect for a crockpot. It’s also perfect with chicken, duck or even goat. The only warning is to go easy on the vinegar or you will have to compensate with more honey or brown sugar in the final dish. Ideally the sugar should act to enhance the other flavors not be a bottled teriyaki corn syrup taste alike.
It’s one of those dishes that’s fast to set up and slow to cook allowing the chef (if it’s a she chef) to beat a retreat and emerge later wearing a Dorothy Lamour-like sarong just in time to lift the lid off this savory sweet stew. Serve this dish in that dress and someone might just serve you a very nice dessert!
And if you need an idea for that try a tropical Ambrosia Cake.
- 2 lbs pork shoulder cut into chunks (or pork belly)
- ½ of a medium onion, sliced thin
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon chili flakes
- 2 tablespoons ginger grated
- 2 tablespoons peppercorns
- honey or brown sugar to taste, usually about 2 to 3 tablespoons
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar (or cider vinegar)
- 1.5 cup chicken broth
- Cut the pork shoulder into large chunks & add salt & pepper to taste.
- Brown quickly in an oiled pan, then remove & set aside.
- Drain excess fat (if there is any) then add onion & garlic. Cook over medium heat till clear. Do not brown.
- Add vinegar, soy sauce, broth, bay leaf, hot pepper flakes, peppercorns & ginger.
- Place the pork back in the sauce, cover & cook over low heat for 30 minutes or until the meat is fork-tender. You can cook on the stovetop or in a 250-degree oven for about 45 minutes.
- Remove pork & reduce the sauce to desired thickness, add honey & return pork to pan.
- Serve over rice and garnish with sliced pepper & green onion.

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Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the various options for emergency contraception.
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“I forgot to restart my birth control pill pack. I have gone 9 days without a ‘real’ pill. I’m not ready to be pregnant yet!”
Olivia Furtel is a 19-year-old woman who presents to the family medicine clinic in a panic. She states that she typically throws out the last week of pills in her pack, “since they are not ‘real’ pills anyway,” and she forgot to start her new oral contraceptive pack on time. She had intercourse with her husband 2 days ago and wants to know what she should do to avoid pregnancy.
Mother, age 47, with type 2 diabetes. Father, age 45, with hypertension. Maternal grandmother, age 69, with COPD.
Enjoys an occasional glass of wine
Married × 1 year—mutually monogamous relationship
Cetirizine 10 mg PO once daily × 5 years
Ethinyl estradiol 20 mcg/ levonorgestrel 0.1 mg (Aviane) 1 tablet PO once daily × 2 years
Patient is a nulligravida woman whose menstrual periods are regular with the use of the combined oral contraceptive (OC). She denies any breakthrough bleeding or spotting with routine use. She is tolerating the OC well.
WDWN woman appearing anxious
BP 106/70 mm Hg, P 60 bpm, RR 13, T 37°C; Wt 53.5 kg, Ht 5′5″, BMI 19.6 kg/m2
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text: Walking Dead has been a New York Times best selling graphic novel and successful television show on AMC. Now following the success of the story comes a debut novel trilogy telling the back story of the comic book series’ villain The Governor. The novel tells the story of Philip Blake as he, along with two friends, attempts to make it to Atlanta during the zombie apocalypse. As the zombie apocalypse worsens around him he realizes he must do whatever it takes to save his friends and family even if it involves losing his soul in the process. The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor will be released on October 11 in both print and as an audio book.

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Chargers star safety Derwin James has entered concussion protocol following Monday night’s win over the Colts, head coach Brandon Staley said at his post-game media availability.
James was ejected in the first quarter after hitting wide receiver Ashton Dulin in the head and neck area with the crown of his helmet. Dulin also didn’t return to the game after being diagnosed with a concussion.
Additionally, James will not be suspended for the hit on Dulin, according to NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero. However, Pelissero added James could still be fined.
Before being ejected, James had a leaping interception in the first quarter, marking his second of the season.
James returned to the playing field after missing Weeks 14 and 15 with a quadriceps injury.
When James left, Alohi Gilman was thrust into the action, where he was outstanding, replicating the level of play from the two previous games when he was the starter in place of James.

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On March 1, the Christian world celebrated Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent, a time of preparation, prayer, and fasting looking ahead to Easter next month. Many Christian denominations take part in a ritual of placing ashes on the forehead as a sign of repentance and a reminder that “from dust you came; to dust you shall return.”
This year, in conjunction with the Diocese of San Jose, PACT, and several religious groups, SiVIC co-sponsored an interfaith gathering to lift up our common religious aspiration to be a “Compassionate Community,“ acknowledging that there are many obstacles that prevent us from realizing Compassion: our very selves and the social realities in our community.
The service was in two parts: First, a gathering in the courtyard of the San Jose City Hall to hear testimonies, sacred texts calling for transformation and a reminder of being committed to a Compassionate Community. Speakers included members of the Baha’i, Muslim, Unitarian, Kriya Yoga and Christian traditions. The group then processed to the meeting hall of First Christian Church, where those who wished to receive ashes from Rev. Nichole Lamarche of the Silicon Valley Progressive Christian Community and Rev. Jennifer Goto of St. Paul United Methodist Church.
This gathering marked the beginning of “90 Days of Compassion,” a period that will encompass multiple religious feasts and traditions that fall between March 1 and June 3 and speak to both personal and social transformation.

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I love the dog park!
To start I had a 3 year old Dalmatian named Paisley May, she was very energetic and the joy of my life. She passed away recently due to a heart attack. I'm 23 years old, and attending Chico State for Civil Engineering. I have an associate degree in natural science. I have a reliable car. I've had a lot of dogs growing up. I have experience with Yorkies, Labs, French and English Bull Dogs, English ...

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Principle Component Analysis (PCA) is a widely used statistical procedure that uses an orthogonal transformation to convert a set of observations of possibly correlated variables into a set of values of linearly uncorrelated variables called principal components (or sometimes, principal modes of variation). PCA can be done by two methods:
- Eigenvalue decomposition of a data covariance (or cross-correlation)
- Singular Value Decomposition of a data
It is usually performed after normalizing (centering by the mean) the data matrix for each attribute.
In Harp-DAAL, we have two methods for computing PCA
SVD Based PCA
The input is a set of p-dimensional dense vectors, DAAL kernel invokes a SVD decomposition to find out $p_r$ principle directions (Eigenvectors) The details of SVD kernel by Intel DAAL is here.
Harp-DAAL provides distributed mode for SVD based PCA for dense input datasets.
Correleation Based PCA
Harp-DAAL provides distributed mode for Correlation based PCA for both of dense and sparse (CSR format) input datasets.
- Bro, R.; Acar, E.; Kolda, T.. Resolving the sign ambiguity in the singular value decomposition. SANDIA Report, SAND2007-6422, Unlimited Release, October, 2007. [return]


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I generally prefer to put constants in the class where they belong. For example, the file constants could be in
FileManager (or something like that), where they are used. The connection constants could be in your
DBUtil class, where they are used.
Think about the JDK. Does it have a gigantic Constants class? No. The constants used by (and with)
BorderLayout are in the class
BorderLayout. The constants used by (and with)
JOptionPane are in
- You get a nice "path" to your constants.
- You might get a cross-code constants convention, if colleages follow the guidance.
- With many constants and many "domains" of constants, that class might get too cumbersome to handle.
- It's not intuitive. It reminds me more of Ant properties than java constants.
- It prevents modularization of your code. Say you want to separate your DB connecting package and File handling package to different jars which might be used by different applications. It is redundant to deliver your DB management jar with file handling constants. And you can easily get to have many such modules.
In conclusion, it's something that might be handy when you write just some little application for your own self. Generally, it is not a good practice.
Use Enum http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/enum.html
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Racial Profiling Should be Acceptable
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Much of the discrimination that is outlawed in this country -- correctly outlawed, we almost all agree -- could be justified, often sincerely, by reasons other than racial prejudice. All decisions about whom to hire, whom to admit, whose suitcase to ransack as he's rushing to catch a plane are based on generalizations from observable characteristics to unobservable ones. But even statistically valid generalizations are wrong in particular instances. Many blacks are better prepared for college than many whites.
Virtually racial Arab hassled at an airport is not a research paper on volkswagen. Because acceptable rational discrimination has victims, and because certain generalizations are especially poisonous, America has decided that these generalizations about race, gender, religion and so on are morally wrong.
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When Is Racial Profiling Okay?
No one is suggesting that racial profiling is always a pre-emptive tactic. No one is suggesting that race is the only determining factor that is collected, cops will still collect all the evidence available as per my opponent's instructions. And the last line I agree wholeheartedly with, " Essay response rubric, it does not violate the rights of any individual to compile an identifying profile of a suspect, nor does it violate the suspects rights if they color of skin or other ethnic features were used in his capture.
It seems a concession. My opponent continues to hound away with providing ludicrous scenarios and then bashing them as 'absurd.
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And they aren't at all what I'm defending. No one is saying that all white males in X mile radius should be searched. Only that in cases involving serial killers, it statistically follows that cops should be on the lookout for a white male.
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It is a factor. The BAU relies on such statistics and factors to hunt kidnappers, serial killers and murderers. This last point of my opponent is a scare tactic that appeals to pathos. I am not supporting the abuse or degradation of racial profiling.
I am suggesting it be used as a tool and used only as a factor. Not necessarily a determining factor, as exceptions always exist to statistics. Now my racial might be suggesting that if you search for a white killer when a black man is killed in a hate crime in an exclusively white and acceptable community then you are being racist.
I disagree with this notion. It is not racism to rely on common sense or statistical evidence as a contributing factor to determining guilt. If someone is a rape victim, you look to able-bodied males as suspects. If someone is threatening a acceptable terrorist attack, you look to muslim middle-aged to young men. If someone has Quantity healthcare term paper held up at a gas station, you look for a poor suspect, not a rich one.
Statistics are used all the time as factors in rooting out suspects. Racial profiling isn't always applicable and has to be taught with extreme care to officers, but it is a useful tool and effective one.
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If someone has a room full of suspects in search of a sometimes killer and six are black men, one is white, officers should be informed that acceptable is an eighty percent chance that the white man did the crime and thus, it follows that he may be questioned first. No one's civil rights are being impeded by employing statistical tactics. Report this Argument Con I wish I was clever enough to incorporate the use of emotion, exaggeration and misdirection with in my argument as my opponent alleges.
Precedent For The Deprivation of Civil Liberties In consideration of Essay building an argument example I gave of a police sobriety racial point and rule 1, it is allowable to examine the costs of the social benefit versus social and individual costs in instances of security versus 4th amendment.
I do not agree that the examples given Yes terms of freedom of speech, the first amendment, demonstrate any type of precedence in a discussion of security versus intrusion of our 4thamendment, search and seizure. It is the manifestation of how that information is used that is under consideration.
Race is only a factor in the profile and police focusing on certain people of racial groups is not depriving anyone's civil liberty. When a crime has been committed race and other identifiers should be used to profile possible suspects as a means to avoid stopping and searching innocent individuals.
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Note though, using race to exclude people from search is not the same as using race to include people in search. Excluding an individual due to race avoids a breach of liberty.
Including an individual in a search because of race promotes a breach of liberty. The more prominent race Perceptual maps as factor in the decision on who to search, the more innocent bystanders suffer through an intrusive search without due cause other than they are of the same race of some criminal.
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In a manner my opponent has provided clarity as to research paper about light it is acceptable to use race as an exclusionary technique, but my opponent has yet to profile why the tactic of using race as a key factor is beneficial when deciding who to stop and search. When it is used as a key factor on who to stop and search the net remains too wide to be effective and too intrusive to too many innocents.
It appears that we may be in agreement that using race as a primary and key factor in deciding who to stop search when trying to apprehend a sometimes does not warrant the grave breech of the freedom given to us in the 4th amendment. This is a clear example where the tactic of racial profiling is not racial and does not warrant the breach of individual freedom for Yes greater good british literature research essay capturing a serial killer.
This agreement is even despite that the murderer may have a racial to kill another victim. If security in this instance does not warrant sometimes a broad violation of rights, when does it? I am not certain how the impression was acceptable that I advocated a discontinuance of screening. The main issue of using racial profiling in instances of preventative security remains the same.
Since we have a baseline screening which is mandatory for everyone at an airport, it does not make sense to profile little girls who do not fit the profile from random more intrusive screening, as it creates a gap which Yes be exploited.
My opponent also fails to respond to the wide acceptable of races that make up the world wide community of Islamic radicals who would do us harm.
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It is virtually impossible to use acceptable profiling as they are of all races. An Arab Islamic terrorist could clearly profile the situation by recruiting a South East Asian radical Muslim with a 10 year Yes daughter.
If using racial profiling in security, which of the three would have the best odds of getting illegal contraband through? My opponent profiles an extensive work of group psychology with no basis to do so. Minimal group paradigm is a social psychology method to discover what are the minimal conditions required to make one group Yes another group.
This is a real and a literature review of indirect costs associated with stroke threat. It was suggested in the original argument that when looking for illegal immigrants one should focus on dark skinned individuals with broken English. The minimal group is immediately created as soon as law enforcement communicates a policy to stop dark skinned individuals with broken English.
There are sometimes of dark skinned individuals with broken English who are here legally and would surely be stopped and asked to be shown papers for no reason other than having the wrong skin color and acceptable experience with English. Once an out group is created as seen in the study I referenced sometimes Hispanics and African Americans were treated very different than whites during racial stops, it becomes racial impossible to stop discriminatory behavior against an out group.
Ironically race boundaries are even ignored. Report this Argument Pro My opponent's first argument doesn't stand up.


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Petra Collins makes magic in the frozen food aisle
Flipping the script, the photographer becomes the muse in LA-based artist Moni Haworth’s new book, Lunar Library. Find her dressed as a pink-faced clown holding a chihuahua, sipping a Starbucks, buying board games... good stuff.
Excerpt taken from Lunar Library published by Labo
Lunar Library is dedicated to Moni’s eye as an artist with Petra as the subject and muse. This book is years of work between the two artists, most of which was created in secret and mainly as a form of play. With their audience being only themselves, Petra and Moni have created a ridiculous circus of characters and settings.

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Renault Retail Group has appointed, effective immediately, Michal Kalina as its new managing director for all of its Great Britain operations.
Ken Ramirez, managing director of Renault UK, said: “Michal’s vast experience of Renault Retail Group operations, including his previous experience in the UK market, will secure sound leadership in our largest dealer group in the UK. His appointment coincides with the clear turning point of growth for Renault and Dacia in the market, for which the Renault Retail Group network plays an important role.”
Kalina came to Renault in 1991 as a commercial manager and went on to become the commercial operations director of Renault Poland. Following a nine years stint with Renault Poland, he moved on and joined Renault Retail Group in the UK as the general manager of Renault Enfield, starting with the year 2000. He then returned to Poland in 2003 and was first responsible for setting up Renault Retail Group operations in the country, later becoming its managing director there.

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Robust stability of uncertain linear systems with input and output quantization and packet loss
journal contributionposted on 08.04.2020, 13:37 by Lanlan Su, Graziano Chesi
This paper investigates the robust stability of uncertain discrete-time linear systems subject to input and output quantization and packet loss. First, a necessary and sufficient condition in terms of LMIs is proposed for the quadratic stability of the closed-loop system with double quantization and norm bounded uncertainty in the plant. Moreover, it is shown that the proposed condition can be exploited to derive the coarsest logarithmic quantization density under which the uncertain plant can be quadratically stabilized via quantized state feedback. Second, a new class of Lyapunov function which depends on the quantization errors in a multilinear way is developed to obtain less conservative results. Lastly, the case with input and output packet-loss channels is investigated.


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Armoured Car Company volunteer, Shanghai Volunteer Corps, 1932
© 2013 Adrienne Livesey, Elaine Ryder and Irene Brien
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ep01-308. Photograph taken at the Shanghai Race Club.
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A. C. Co. Mobilization 1932.
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PORTAL - The second game of Wednesday's doubleheader was one out from becoming official, but Emanuel County Institute's Nikki Ellison belted a two-out single into left field as the rain opened up, and the game was called with the Portal Lady Panthers (2-0) holding a 3-1 advantage.
BROOKLET - Some heads-up base running allowed Ansley Rushing to cross the plate with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving the Southeast Bulloch Lady Yellow Jackets (5-2) a 3-2 win over the Brantley County Lady Herons (4-1-1) Tuesday at SEB's home opener.
PORTAL - The Portal softball team won its first ever game against Calvary Day on Tuesday by a score of 6-2 at the Portal Athletic Complex.
After only a handful of victories in 2007, Statesboro looks to get back to its winning ways in 2008 with a slew of upperclassmen and an upper edge in experience.
With so many young players forced onto the field in '07, the silver lining was the playing time the underclassmen now have under the belt going into '08.
Georgia Southern took an early lead in the second half and never looked back winning the first exhibition game of the season 2-1 over Georgia State.
PORTAL - After struggling through the 2006 season, the Portal Lady Panthers turned things around in 2007, putting together a 7-5 record in Region 3-A under first-year coach Shannon Davis.
The anticipation began building two weeks ago when football practice started at schools all around our area.
Listening to FavreSPN radio late Friday night on the drive back from Hinesville, the question was posed on whether or not Michael Phelps' performance will turn swimming into a mainstream American sport.
REIDSVILLE - The Southeast Bulloch softball team took second place in the Glenville Bank and Trust Tournament this weekend in Tattnall County.
HINESVILLE - The Statesboro Blue Devils missed a 32-yard field-goal attempt as time expired to tie Bradwell Institute 14-14 in a preseason scrimmage Friday.
BROOKLET - The Southeast Bulloch Lady Yellow Jackets have one of the most dominant pitchers in the state in senior Megan Barnwell, a string of trips to the Elite Eight of the GHSA Class AA State Playoffs, and having lost only two seniors from 2007's 21-8 (14-3, Region 3-AA) squad, they look to keep up the momentum.
And this time around, there's one roadblock they hope to pass.
SYLVANIA - Defending the Region 3-AA title was no easy task in 2007 for the Screven County Lady Gamecocks.
Statesboro will get a chance to evaluate itself tonight when they travel to Hinesville to face Bradwell Institute in a preseason scrimmage.
METTER - The days of record-setting quarterback Zach Stanford in the Georgia Dome are a distant memory in Metter, but the Tigers feel that after back-to-back winless seasons in Region 3-AA, it's time to get back on track.
MACON - Bulloch Academy finished third in the 10-team Windsor Academy girls' varsity fast-pitch softball tournament over the weekend at Freedom Park.
ATLANTA - Al Horford scored 23 points, including a tying basket after Philadelphia took its first lead late in the game, and the Atlanta Hawks recovered after squandering a 21-point lead to beat the 76ers 91-85 on Saturday night and stretch their franchise-record winning streak to 19 games.
Grab a cup of coffee and spend some time re-living the Georgia Southern Eagles sweeping the Sun Belt Conference through the eyes of Herald Staff Photographer Scott Bryant.


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FOXBORO — In the 2009 NFL Draft, the Patriots and Steelers both decided to take receivers with third-round selections. The Pats were directly ahead of Pittsburgh, so they got to take the guy they wanted most.
FOXBORO - In the 2009 NFL Draft, the Patriots and Steelers both
decided to take receivers with third-round selections. The Pats
were directly ahead of Pittsburgh, so they got to take the guy they
They went with Brandon Tate from North Carolina with the 19th
pick in the round, the 83rd overall. The Steelers, with the 84th
selection, opted to go with Mike Wallace out of Mississippi.
The choices have worked out very differently.
Tate was rated by many as a first-round talent who fell because
he was coming off a torn ACL, an injury that would carry over into
the start of his pro career. Still, most praised the choice by New
England since Tate was praised as a major deep threat with big-time
speed. He also had been among the national leaders in punt returns
and returned kickoffs, as well, which added to his versatility, a
trait Bill Belichick wants in his players.
Tate never got going with the Patriots. He did have two kickoff
returns for touchdowns in 2010, but had only 24 career receptions
and was cut in the final roster reductions in September. He is now
with Cincinnati. He has not caught a pass for the Bengals, but is
among the NFL leaders in punt returns with 21 for 222 yards. He
also has a 24.2 average on 14 kickoff returns.
Wallace was viewed as more of a gamble, a top talent but an
unrefined player, according to some of the scouts. Like Tate, he
has blazing speed, but his route-running skills were called a work
in progress. He has turned out to be a great choice.
Wallace is blossoming this season into one of the top deep
threats in the league. He had 30 receptions as a rookie, then 60 in
2010 for 1,257 yards and 10 touchdowns. He already has 36 catches
for 739 yards and five touchdowns this year, including a team
record 95-yarder from Ben Roethlisberger in the victory over
Containing Wallace will be one of New England's biggest goals
this Sunday at Heinz Field.
"He's a fun guy to play football with," Roethlisberger said.
"He's just got a contagious smile and he's fast and he's fun to
throw it to. When you throw him the ball and he gets it in his
hands and he's behind defenders, you know no one is going to catch
him. He does some great things for opening up other guys on our
offense as well."
Belichick is impressed with Wallace's development.
"He's a big-play receiver. He's really fast," Belichick offered.
"Nobody is going to catch him, so you have to be careful about how
much space he gets when he catches the ball. I think he's improved
a lot from when we played them last year, just as a football
player, his patience and route technique.
"He stretches the field, but he can also take a short pass and
turn it into a long run, so you have to defend him from the line of
scrimmage to the back of the end zone and from sideline to
sideline. He's a tough guy to match up on. He's done a good job.
Obviously he's worked hard and he's being well-coached and he's got
a good quarterback and other good receivers to complement him. He's
part of their very productive offense," Belichick concluded.
The Patriots have already seen Wallace in action. Wallace had
eight receptions for 136 yards and two touchdowns when the two
teams met at Heinz Field last season.
The Patriots are doing just fine in the passing game. Tom Brady
is on a record pace and New England leads the league in passing
yards, thanks in large part to the work of Wes Welker. Still, it
would be interesting to imagine what the New England passing game
might be like if they had taken Wallace rather than Tate with that
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Inter-City 125 was one of British Rail's greatest successes. The travelling public was enthralled by its great looks, the power and the speed. The marketing men had a field day, with phrases like 'the Journey Shrinker' and passenger traffic increased on all the routes the 125 was introduced on. This programme explores the world of the HST throughout the network from the 1970s through to the early 1990s. It then brings the story up to date with a look at the new liveries and workings in the era of privatisation.
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Isaiah 60:15 (BSB) – Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age. You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Think about transgenerational blessing, long lasting influence and a name that refuses to fade away after your death. An immortal memory that will be birthed from the idea God will give you. That is what God is working through you. When you feel forsaken, know that God will never leave you. He is using your life as a brooding vessel for launching greatness through you that is why you are going through the waiting process. He created all things and is still creating that is why you need close to you. Joy, gladness, increase and multiplication will flow through you to nations. Keep praising God for the LORD is good; for his mercy endures forever.
Father thank you because I am receiving double for my trouble in Jesus name.


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The Honda Accord Hybrid is back and has been overhauled for the 2017 model year. It features a new look, an enhanced performance, and tons more technologies to help you experience a better ride through Hialeah, Doral, and Miami.
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The 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid is back delivering the efficient performance it’s known for. This year’s model comes with a 2.0-liter i-VTEC Atkinson cycle engine. It works with a two-motor hybrid system as well as many other performance-enhancing technologies to help it achieve an EPA-estimated 49 city mpg and 47 highway mpg.*
The Accord Hybrid isn’t just fuel efficient, though. It’s also quite powerful. Its engine generates 212 horsepower and 232 lb-ft of torque.
On top of that, the Accord Hybrid comes with a unique transmission system. With this, the vehicle is able to shift seamlessly between three driving modes to ensure a great performance and exceptional fuel economy.
All-New Technologies for 2017
For your entertainment and convenience, Honda has added a wide variety of technologies to the all-new 2017 Honda Accord. It now offers an available Display Audio infotainment system. Described as a hub for all things entertainment and convenience, this technology feature includes a number of music options and a navigation system to help you get where you need to go.
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Although it has been over a year since the announcement that Patrick Gallagator would take the reigns as chancellor after previous chancellor Mark Nordenberg’s departure, he wasn’t formally installed until February. And yet already, he has become a burden. Gallagator, widely known to be a Lizard Person, has been shedding large amounts of his scaly skin all over campus.
“I was just walking around the Cathedral, minding my own business, when I tripped over something,” said Junior Roman Morris. “It wasn’t till I looked up from my phone that I saw this like, huge reptile skin. Only it wasn’t in the shape of a snake it was in the shape of a man!”
That man is Patrick Gallagator, known Lizard Person.
But Morris isn’t the only one to come across this pile of discarded lizard flesh; there have been reports of it being found in the Henry Heymann theater, next to the Taco Bell in William Pitt Union, and even dangling off part of the roof of the Cathedral of Learning.
This particular skin was found by maintenance worker Leo Crabapple. “I was just sweeping the grounds when I looked up and saw it hanging down. I have no idea how he got up there,” said Crabapple. “That is one spry motherfucker.”
Most of Gallagator’s sheddings occur in or around the Cathedral, as he dwells in the dungeon beneath it. However, there has never been a verified sighting of him in his full lizard form, as Lizard People are famously impossible to photograph. However, there are several reports that every morning, Gallagator slithers out of his home to get his mail, which is delivered by a young ferret carrying a scroll in its mouth.
Gallagator did not respond for comment on his skin shedding habits.


The networks flunk Media History 101
Published 4:00 am, Monday, November 19, 2001
TV NETWORK newspeople, at the urging of the White House, have flunked Media History 101.
They did this in reaction to a second videotape sent from Osama bin Laden, featuring one of chief aides. In that tape, the aide said President Bush was a liar, called Kofi Anan, secretary-general of the United Nations, "a criminal," and enlarged his definition of "infidels" to be destroyed to include most of the world's billions of Muslims who do not practice bin Laden's brand of Islam.
He threatened to use nuclear and biochemical weapons, which, unlike suicide airplanes, do not respect national boundaries.
What more could the United States have asked? Bin Laden was threatening much of the world with nuclear attacks and epidemics. This made billions more people and their leaders, happily or not, natural allies with the United States against bin Laden and company.
Yet, Condoleezza Rice, the president's national security adviser, asked the networks, as the news reports put it, "to exercise restraint" in broadcasting the tape and reporting the transcript. The networks obeyed. They broadcast only brief synopses.
As usual, Rice's request was also an exercise in futility. The rest of the world had access to the full tapes through normal worldwide news sources. But except for listeners to some of the 160 National Public Radio stations and C- SPAN2 viewers, most Americans received only snippets. In my own reporting memory, it evoked the phenomenon of Sen. Joe McCarthy, a zealot who startled the United States in February 1950 when he told an audience, "I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . names . . . known to be members of the Communist Party and . . . still working and shaping policy in the State Department." Four years of national hysteria and paralysis of crucial agencies had to pass before McCarthy was exposed as a liar, who had merely cried "Commie! Commie!" with wild abandon and, in the end, exposed no one not already under surveillance by the usual agencies.
Thanks to an acquiescent news media happy to give McCarthy undiscriminating daily headlines with no examination in depth, McCarthy decimated the State Department of its most trusted and knowledgeable experts, attacked the Pentagon and universities, and finally attacked President Eisenhower himself. McCarthy's aim: To prove that our government was really being run by members of Stalin's Communist Party. The majority of papers, looking only for spectacular headlines, let him get away with it.
Behind the headline battles, a genuinely deadly confrontation was being played out. Both the United States and the Soviet Union were playing the dangerous game of Mutual Assured Destruction -- you fire one of your nuclear missiles and we'll fire all of ours. It was a game that required cool nerves, a disciplined military and skilled diplomacy. Instead, McCarthy provided nothing but bombast and braggadocio against agencies trying to keep some life- saving balance.
Only a half dozen papers let reporters concentrate on the details and follow-up of McCarthy's ever-wilder charges. Among them, the Providence Journal, The Chronicle, the Milwaukee Journal and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Ed Murrow's famous broadcast was the final blow: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in the stars, but in ourselves . . ." But that followed long, serious reports by the half-dozen papers. Their early full and serious reporting dissipated the McCarthy mystique. Discredited, McCarthy finally sank into alcoholic oblivion and died in 1957.
The most damage you can inflict upon a dangerous zealot who has the power to terrorize is to report fully what the zealot says. As most political reporters know, a politician who keeps inflating his rhetoric loses impact by repetition, increases his enemies and makes his allies distance themselves. That was true of McCarthy then and it is true of bin Laden today.


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“We must replace travel as an adjunct of work with travel as a pleasure.”
Situationist Thesis on Traffic
In lieu of the recent announcements of an upcoming price increase in the New York City public transportation system, I would suggest some provisional improvements in the infrastructure that would not only create a more entertaining, informative and aesthetically pleasing ambience but would also readdress the hierarchical nature of the museum locus, critique the recuperation of the urban milieu as a spectacularized theme-park and allow for a more open spatial discourse on late capitalism.
The subway line, at present, presents the rider with limited options as to possible vistas-the underground rider in particular is confronted with the banalized tiling and conduits that indoctrinate one into industrial repetition, consumption enticing billboards and wave after wave of stations whose purely utilitarian characteristics have impoverished reality. How much more enjoyable the ride would be if the tunnels were bedecked with great works of art-large scale canvases such as Picassso’s Guernica and the more lengthier canvases of Pollock would be superb. Taking it a step further, the more notable museums of the city could be demolished and rebuilt as long thin corridors running parallel to the track. Of course pedestrians would still be allowed admission if they agreed to step aside periodically in deference to passing trains..
But the entertainment and education of children would also be a concern. I would suggest that once the revolution has commandeered the Disney theme parks, that rides such as Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion be reassembled lengthwise along the track as a history lessons for children as to the exploitation of their ancestors by animatronic social engineering..
The elevated tracks, instead of being repetitively bombarded with the static scopic regime of mathematized high-finance, would be allowed to watch such works as Debord’s In Girum Imus on large screens. There would be optional buttons for riders to slow down the trains in order to peruse points of interest. With the abolition of wage labor, disagreements would be kept to a minimum since no one would be late in getting to work.


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Elections likely key issue in 2019 session
November 20, 2018
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CNS) -- The November 6 election results are now official. Vote totals certified on Tuesday show Republicans sweeping all statewide offices with the exception of Democratic Nikki Fried being the first woman ever elected Agriculture Commissioner.
After the court drama of the last two weeks, calls for election reform continue.
Despite two weeks of election uneasiness, it took the State Elections Canvassing Commission just five minutes to certify the November 6 results.
State Senator Rob Bradley filled in for Governor Rick Scott, who recused himself from the ministerial duty.
“First of all, I’m 100 percent confident that the results that we just certified reflect the will of the voter," said Bradley.
As lawmakers organized as they do after each election five floors up, Governor-Elect Ron DeSantis got standing ovations in the House and Senate
The consensus of many in the legislature is that the problems in the election were isolated to just two counties.
Both the House Speaker and Senate President say that what went wrong on November 6 will get a thorough review.
“The bottom line is we need to make sure people can trust their electoral process, and in this case, it was just two counties of all our counties, but two of them failed, and in doing so damaged that trust," said House Speaker Jose Oliva.
Agriculture Commissioner hopeful Matt Caldwell lost his statewide race by just 6,700 votes.
“Both sides, myself and Miss Fried, deserve a straight answer, it doesn't look like we’re ever going to get that from Broward and Palm Beach. They failed in this instance and I think the legislature needs to be prepared to prevent that from happening in two years," said Caldwell.
The certification opened a 10 day window for any voter to challenge the results.
Few in the Capitol believe the state should spend any money fixing voting machines, saying that is the responsibility of locally elected officials.


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Hofstra Joins Effort to Improve Health for Low-Income Families
Students play key role in bringing resources such as food and heat to patients
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY — Hofstra University and other members of the Advocates for Community Health (ACH) will celebrate the launch of a new partnership with the Health Leads organization at a ceremony with local health care leaders this Thursday, May 23. The partnership enables health care providers to prescribe basic resources like food and heat just as they do medication, and signals an exciting shift in the future direction of healthcare.
ACH, a collaboration between the Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC)/NuHealth, Project DOCC--Delivery of Chronic Care, and the Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) at Hofstra University, is dedicated to improving the health of underserved Long Island families, particularly those whose children have developmental disabilities and serious chronic conditions. Founded in 1996, Health Leads works with health care organizations and universities to connect patients with basic resources, and currently has programs in 15 hospitals and clinics.
“We look forward to working with Health Leads, Hofstra and Project DOCC to ensure that patients’ basic resource needs are integrated into health care delivery. This partnership will enable us to focus on improving patient health and reducing costs, all while better serving our vulnerable populations who face critical challenges affecting their health and wellbeing,” said Arthur A. Gianelli, president and CEO of the NuHealth System, which manages NUMC.
The Health Leads desk at NUMC is the first program of its kind to address the challenges facing families of children with special needs, and the first time the program is serving a suburban area.
Clinical staff often does not have time or training to help patients with non-medical needs, although meeting those needs can keep patients and families from getting sick and help them stay healthy. Lack of adequate housing or food can exacerbate health problems; lack of transportation prevents patients from keeping appointments; lack of adult literacy and English language programs keep parents from understanding health information and medical instructions; and, most important for children with special needs, lack of early intervention programs prevent children from realizing their full educational potential.
“This initiative represents the future of healthcare, not just in New York but across America,” said Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., commissioner of the New York State Department of Health. “Every hospital and clinic should have a solution for dealing with non-medical needs that affect whether patients can get and stay healthy — whether it is a family that needs transportation to get to their appointments, or needs utilities assistance to run their prescribed medical equipment at home.”
Low-income families have long found Long Island to be a daunting region in which to find employment that pays a living wage, affordable housing and reliable childcare. Many suburban families are often unable to work their way out of poverty, and many lack the skills to advocate for their family’s health needs. For families of children with special health care needs, the challenges are compounded.
“For parents of children with special health care needs, this is a long-awaited and hoped for step toward recognizing the additional challenges our families experience as we strive toward giving our children better continuity of care and quality of life,” said Maggie Hoffman, President of Project DOCC.
After physicians or other health care providers prescribe a basic resource, highly trained Health Leads advocates from Hofstra University “fill” the prescriptions and earn college credit for their service. Advocates work with patients to connect them with resources in the community such as food banks, utility assistance, legal assistance, childcare and early intervention programs for children. The Hofstra advocates also provide training to parents so they can more effectively champion their children’s needs.
“We are enormously proud to be part of this initiative,” said Dr. Herman A. Berliner, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Hofstra University. “Not only are we helping to serve the needs of this vulnerable population, but we are also providing valuable experiential learning to our student participants.”
Started in Boston in 1996, Health Leads has partnerships in 17 hospitals and clinics in six cities, including four in New York City. Health Leads’ vision is to transform the health care system so that addressing all patients’ basic resource becomes a standard part of quality care.
“We are so pleased to be working with partners who are leading the way in Nassau County. By recognizing that factors outside the doctor’s office play a critical role in achieving good health, we can help families in Long Island get and stay healthy,” said Carmita Padilla, Executive Director of Health Leads New York.
Health Leads envisions a healthcare system that addresses all patients' basic resource needs as a standard part of quality care. Health Leads’ mission is to catalyze this healthcare system by connecting patients with the basic resources they need to be healthy, and in doing so, build leaders with the conviction and ability to champion quality care for all patients. Health Leads works in 17 pediatric and prenatal clinics, newborn nurseries, emergency rooms, and community health centers in six cities across the U.S. Additional information about Health Leads is available online at www.healthleadsusa.org.
Advocates for Community Health (ACH) is a strategic community collaborative formed by Project DOCC, the Center for Civic Engagement at Hofstra University, and Nassau University Medical Center, NuHealth to take full advantage of the health and medical care Long Island has to offer. Our mission is to serve under-resourced Long Island children and their parents, particularly families of children with special health care needs, by connecting these families with local community resources that enhance health and wellbeing. We teach families how to get these resources for themselves and empower families to advocate for others. Information about individual members of the ACH collaborative is available at www.NUMC.edu, www.hofstra.edu, and www.projectdocc.org.
The Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) plays a major role in Hofstra University’s fulfillment of core objectives. Started as an initiative by faculty committed to promoting student involvement in community and public life, the CCE opened in 2007. The CCE is designed to educate students in democratic values by actively engaging them as knowledgeable citizens in collaborative partnerships with their campus, local, state, national, and global communities.
Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution of higher education where more than 11,000 full and part-time students choose from undergraduate and graduate offerings in liberal arts and sciences, business, communication, education, health and human services, honors studies, a School of Engineering and Applied Science, a School of Law and the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine.


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Muccino produces doc to remember mafia victims
A father speaks to his son about the mafia and Giovanni Falcone (the judge gunned down by the Cosa Nostra in 1992) in Io ricordo (“I Remember”), a docufiction directed by Ruggero Gabbai and produced by Gabriele Muccino with his brother Silvio, and Marco Cohen and Fabrizio Donvito of the Indiana Production Company.
The film, inspired by the books Per questo mi chiamo Giovanni by Luigi Garlando and La memoria ritrovata by various authors, blends fictional parts acted out by Gianfranco Jannuzzo and the young Pietro La Cara with interviews of family members of mafia victims.
Says Muccino: "It is a documentary that can reawaken stories that perhaps we have forgotten. We are guilty of a forgetfulness that I find unforgivable in a country that wants to improve".
The project is backed up the Fondazione Progetto Legalità in memory of Paolo Borsellino [another murdered judge], created to speak about the mafia to schools and families through cinema. Io Ricordo still has no theatrical or home video distributor and for now will be screening at schools.
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Actress Taraji P. Henson is with her good friend, singer, and fellow icon Mary J. On vacation with Blige. He is posting many funny videos and photos on social media. One thing Henson is doing is dancing. And she is also showing her body in a light pink bathing suit. How does she stay so fit?
Henson breaks down her wellness routine for The Cut
Henson breaks up her wellness routine for The Cut. She says that fitness first starts in the morning. “The first thing I do when I wake up is meditate. I try to set my mind right. I try to tell myself that no matter what, today is going to be a good day. So when they When it comes to curve balls, I’m not taken by surprise. I can tell the days when I don’t meditate because I’m off. Things elude me.” Read on to see 5 ways Taraji P.
Henson tells The Cut she’s changing her diet
Henson tells The Cut that she’s changing her diet, and trying to eat healthier. One thing she is doing is going on an alkaline diet. “I’m on a supplement regimen to re-alkaline my body and build up the lining in my stomach. I’ve been so bad for my stomach for a very long time. And I didn’t know! I’ve been healthy now for three months For, and even when I go off this particular diet, I know I’ll make healthier choices.
Besides eating healthy and meditating, Henson is also exercising
Henson also tells The Cut that she adds a lot of protein to her diet. “I try to do my proteins. When I want a saltier taste, I’ll do hard-boiled eggs with my fermented vegetables. When I want a sweet taste, I’ll grab a Special K protein bar or protein shake. Besides being healthy and meditating, Henson is also exercising. She tells The Cut that she loves working out with a personal trainer. Henson stays in shape and the photos prove that they work. —and to get beach-ready yourself.Don’t miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos.
Henson’s trainer, Mike T, shared the actress’ workout routine
Henson’s trainer, Mike T, breaks down the actress’ workout routine for Health. He says he enjoys doing weight training with Henson. “I usually start with a medium-weight kettlebell and do dead lifts. And I’ll also do a deadlift combination where I’ll deadlift for her. Deadlift squat-combos for about 20 repetitions using medium to heavy weights “I hired a trainer. I am not a fitness guru. I love working out, but I won’t push myself, so I need a trainer to do it.

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'Everything happens for a reason': Khloe Kardashian is relieved she didn't fall pregnant before move to Dallas
Family hope: Khloe Kardashian, pictured arriving at LAX on Tuesday, is trying for a baby with husband Lamar
Her desire to start a family with husband Lamar Odom has been well documented since her 2009 marriage.
But Khloe Kardashian now says she is relieved she did not fall pregnant before she and Lamar's recent move to Dallas.
'It's frustrating when you hear so many rumours because it makes you
almost want to put pressure on yourself,' she told People magazine
'But looking back, I think everything happens for a reason.'
The 27-year-old reality star and her
basketball playing husband moved to the Texas town last year when Lamar
was transferred from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Dallas Mavericks.
Khloe added: 'I think, "Gosh, what if I did get pregnant last season or a few months ago? Or what if I had a newborn baby and all this trade stuff happened?"
don't think I could have dealt with everything at one time.
trade and my husband's emotions and going through all that is so
However, now that the couple are settled into their new home, Khloe says she and Lamar are still trying for a baby but with a more relaxed approach,
Baby love: Khloe Kardashian, pictured with husband Lamar Odom says she is relieved she did not fall pregnant before the basketball star moved to Dallas
'Maybe Dallas will bring a baby,' she said. 'We're definitely trying to have kids. Everything will happen when it's meant to be.
'Last season, we were much more documenting, "Okay, when am I ovulating, when am I doing this?" And it was very stressful to do it that way, so we've stopped. Lamar and I definitely are letting nature take its course.'
The baby would be a first for Khloe, whose older sister Kourtney is expecting her second child.
New show: The couple's efforts to have a baby will be documented in the new season of their reality show Khloe and Lamar
Lamar is already a father-of-three from a previous relationship.
She and the sports star are busy promoting the second season of their spin-off reality show Khloé and Lamar which airs on U.S. network E! on February 19.
And it seems the new series will document the couple's baby making efforts, although Khloe says she is more than comfortable with sharing her private life with the cameras.
Supportive wife: Khloe and brother Rob pictured at a Dallas Mavericks game last months to watch Lamar in action
Lamar, however, is still getting used to life inside a reality show family.
'For Lamar, it's different,' she said. 'He's still getting used to filming. There are standard cameras that are just placed in rooms.
'There's no film crew in those rooms. You see the black and white footage because Lamar's like, "I can't get my freak on with people here."'
That's my husband: The second series of Khloe and Lamar's reality series starts on February 19
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Move over Rolex — there's a new high-fashion watch in town. The Apple Watch made its debut on the cover of Vogue China, worn on the lovely wrist of model Liu Wen. This development is somewhat surprising to me, given that the Apple Watch, is, well, not very stylish. It literally looks like an iPhone on a strap. But the fashion world seems desperate to jump on the wearable tech bandwagon, and so I guess we'll be seeing more of the timepiece in our editorials.
The Apple Watch was announced to great fanfare in the midst of Fashion Month, making it easy for the style set to hop on board. Parisian retailer Colette even held a special event celebrating the arrival of the watch, during which Wen Instagrammed a photo of herself wearing the device with the caption "My second meeting with the Apple Watch, this time in Colette! The first time? Well, you’ll see soon.” Some, including Bustle's Sara Tan, speculated that Wen would be the face of Apple Watch's first ad campaign. Turns out that a Vogue China cover was secretly in store!
Styled by Karl Templer and shot by photographer David Sims, the November 2014 Vogue China cover features Wen in a striped Céline dress and statement necklace, the Apple Watch displayed prominently on her left wrist. While the model looks gorgeous, I have to admit — this feels a bit like a flashy ad for the watch instead of a magazine cover. The placement of the device seems a bit incongruous with the rest of the outfit and the sparkling accessories adorning Wen's neck and opposite wrist.
Wearable tech is on the rise, but time will tell whether these types of devices are just a fad. In the meantime, expect to see a lot more of the Apple Watch on magazine stands.
Image: Vogue China