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This girl never ceases to amaze me. She also never ceases to test me. That is our relationship: Awe mixed with exasperation. However, her testing and pushing are really a result of a brilliant and creative mind, a mind that is proving to be more brilliant and creative each year. This is a painting she did for her Papa (my dad) for Father's Day. It's her replica of a famous Monet. The paper came printed with very loose outlines--like a few blobs here and there--and 3 directions. She really took off and got the idea.

I am most excited, and most nervous, about homeschooling Mckenna next year. First grade proved to us that she is way beyond her peers in academics and socially. Part of that is the fact that she is among the oldest in her class. And, part of it is that she is incredibly mature. When other kids were mean to her, the response she automatically gave was, "It's okay. You probably are having a hard day," or "Why? What's the reason you would be mean? I am never mean to you?"

When she grows up Mckenna wants to be: a humanitarian (basically she would like to make sure all children have a mom, a dad, food, shelter and clothing), a teacher, an astronaut, a world explorer, a wife, a mom, a nurse...and not in that order.  She would do well at any of those roles, her insight and compassion would be a gift to any field.

When you think of Mckenna, please pray with us that she would continue to understand Scripture at a deep level, that she would hunger for wisdom and not only knowledge, that she will continue to show remarkable empathy towards others, and that God would light up her path and guide her steps. Pray for her mom and dad to enjoy her intelligence and sense of wonder, for us to work hard at and delight in finding new ways to stimulate her, and for us to always keep our enthusiasm for each new chapter as we watch our first baby grow up into a beautiful young woman.

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Beginnings and Endings

In the midst of a wonderful week of homeschool--which is going incredibly well--soccer, church activities starting up, and a nice change in weather, today has been sobering.

First I heard that a dear man, the father of a friend of mine with whom I was very close in Jr. High and High School, is on hospice. I don't have the right to share his personal information, but he has endured physical and emotional suffering beyond what most of us even can imagine, as a result of contracting a disease while receiving treatment in a hospital, in the 80's I think. As long as I have known him he has worked hard, lived hard, played hard, and dealt well. A recent second diagnosis of a new disease, followed by pneumonia, seem to have worn out his tired body. My friend said that saying he has a few weeks is pushing it.

Tonight I read some words that were possibly even harder. An incredible friend of mine from college, who lost her first child to a blood issue at 6 years old, is in the adoption process with 2 children from Haiti. But the Lord saw fit to relieve the tiny little sister of her lifetime of suffering, not by bringing her home to a family who already loves her, but to her final home in heaven. I know that this precious child is now relieved from all her pain, and she is truly safe in the arms of God, but I grieve for my friend, her husband, and their two children. That phrase my kids like to throw out, "it's not fair," rings in my head too.

I am reminded how much passion and love there is in me for orphans. I do not know what plans God has for us with orphans and adoption--right now we support an orphanage and school in Haiti--but I know that my heavy heart leads me to serious prayer for orphans, for adoptive parents, and tonight for my friends.

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This month Erica is doing 31 days of $31 giveaways
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Each day make ONE comment with your name, facebook name and blog address....
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For my first project this month, I decided to make a project directly from the book, using the "Just Because Cards" Cricut Cartridge.  I had ourchased this adorable paper from my LSS, it is from Best Creation Inc. "Robot" line.  When I saw this paper, I knew the exact cut I wanted to use!!

The card base, label, and space ship were all cut from page 33,  the card base was cut at 8".  I had orginally cut the label at 8" as well, but I thought it was too big, and wanted you be able to see the wonderful paper, so I cut a smaller one, unfortunately, I did not save the resized image.  The spaceship was cut at 8" as well.  The sentiment was a sticker from the same paper line.  I mounted it on a piece of orange glitter cardstock and cut around it to make a shadow layer.  I used a few different cuttlebug folders, and finished it off with some twine.

For my second project, I used 3 cartridges.  Blackletter, Beyond Birthdays and Celebrate with Flourish.

The base of the card was cut from Beyond Birthdays at 7.31"h.
The frame and banner were cut from Blackletter.
The frame was cut t 6.10" and the banner at 1.31"

The flower in the vase is from Celebrate with Flourish.
All the layers were cut at 3"h
All the paper is from the"Perfect Day" paper pack from Close to My Heart.

I embossed the sentiment (very messy!!) with Copper Zing Glitter Embossing Powder.
I distressed everything with Antique Linen and Iced Spruce Distress Ink.
The ribbon is from My Craft Spot.  I did not have the right color, so I inked
some Vintage Vanilla with the Iced Spruce Distress Ink.
I finished it off with some Stickles in Xmas Red and Crystal.

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Dana-    ** go here next**

Sheila said...

Fun projects! Love the blast off card!

Doris P. said...

BEAUTIFUL!! I so love the rose card with all the sparkly!! I just love the blast off card! perfect!!! Doris @ My Cricut Craft Room Dt sis...

Janet's Planet said...

love your cards! super cute!
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cema1cema said...

I love the blast off card!! Christina

Liz said...

love these cards, and because they are so different I don't have to pick a favorite! The dry embossing on my MD card really stands out and gives your card something special.

Jenn's Paper Crafts said...

Kathy, your cards are adorable!!!

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Ava Fernandez said...

Awesome cards Kathy you did a beautiful job on them. TFS
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angel4ever said...

That blast off card is super adorable!!! ♥

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Miranda said...

Great projects! I love the bright colors on your first card. And although the embossing was messy it made a beautiful show!
Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!!!
MCCR DT Sister

Scrapalexj said...

I loved your card rocket, very nice for a party of children, greetings from Venezuela

Creative M said...

Beautiful Mother's Day card!awesome projects!TFS

Lady Fair said...

Cute cards, my fav is the rose, love the embossing you used.

HeatherLynn said...

adorable cards! especially love the blast off one! tfs!

lisacustomscrapbooking said...

Very nice projects I love the Blast off!

rlovew said...

Elegant car- your mother will love it!

melodydamom said...

love your creations ;)

esp love the mothers day card, its so pretty ;)

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Tonya said...

Love your rocket card! Great color choices.

Lisa said...

Love your cards!

Crafts by Tanya said...

I love the colors on your Mother's day card. It was a very pretty card.

Mary said...

Wow I really love your projects Kathy. The space ship is beyond adorable and I love the embossing on the Mothers' Day card. Hugs~Mary

Sweet Heart said...

Great projects! Thanks for sharing

missstamper said...

Awesome projects! I don't have a facebook or a blog! Y'all are so kind for showing off your creative talents!

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Pattie Mcginnis said...

Very very pretty projects...

Tina said...

You've got talent! Beautiful projects. BTW, I love the desing of your blog!

nanapuddin said...

great cards! especially love the blast off! my dgs would love it! TFS!
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Jenny R said...

Adorable cards! I really love the space ship card. The embossing and patterned paper is perfect!!!

KathyJo said...

Your cards are gorgeous! Love them!
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mamawcindy said...

Great Cards! That Rocket Card is so Fun! Love It! :0)

Josie0602 said...

Beautiful cards!!

Sarah said...

Lovely cards.I just got just because cards but haven't had a chance to use it yet.

Kris Dietz said...

Great projects! Love your Mother's Day Card -- so beautiful and great detail. TFS.

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ClaireR said...

Love both of your cards Kathy. Love the sparkle. The mothers day card is gorgeous.
DT sista,
My Cricut Craftroom DTM

Lisa said...

Both cards are so awesome, Kathy!! I love the embossing and fun papers for the blast off card!! And the Mother's Day card is so elegant and beautiful!!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend my friend :)

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Big Brother Or Just Big Money?

So you think the Tennessee police are being hard on the folks running up and down Deal's Gap? Maybe they are, but take some time to read around the website theNewspaper.com "A journal of the politics of driving" and see what state and local governments in the US, Canada, and other nations are doing to their citizens in the name of "safety."

As nearly as I can tell from reading about the seizure without trial of vehicles merely because they are likely to be used in "street racing" (Canada) to the State of Virginia hammering drivers with outrageous fines to the those wacky Aussies vandalizing speed cameras, it's clear that traffic safety means big money to governments looking for ever new and ingenious ways to tax drivers off the road and into public transportation or maybe just bankruptcy.

Here's one to brighten your day if you live around Pennsylvania. "Pennsylvania to Impose $25 Tax on Driving Across State" Take a read and see if your blood pressure doesn't go up a bit. Hard to believe but it would seem the politicians we elect may not have our best interests at heart. Big Brother isn't just watching you, he's planning on stealing your paycheck. What is worse is that they are proud of it. If I were not already so cynical about government, I'd be shocked.

Friday, August 24, 2007

Stepping On The Dragon's Tail

I love to ride and drive fast but I'm selective about when and where but I freely admit to taking liberties with the speed limit now and again even at this later stage of life. In my twenties there were people who doubted I would make it to thirty but I did and someplace along the way since then I learned to slow down and yet enjoy the ride. Still, the throttle hand can get itchy on a nice road and I give into the need for speed. I've gotten more than one "performance award" over the years one two wheels and four and pretty much deserved them when I was stopped. You play, you eventually pay.

Out east in Tennessee (and also out west and in California) the guys have taken specific twisty roads, turned them into public race tracks, documented their fun with websites and blogs (www.killboy.com) and now are moaning and groaning when the police crack down. Gentlemen, what did you think was going to happen when you have numerous people flaunting the speed laws every single weekend on the same stretch of road for years? There's no shortage of evidence. Go to Google Video and you will find over 1,000 videos if you search on the term "Deal's Gap."

 photo: Killboy.com

I'm really not knocking killboy.com (I read it most every week and enjoy the pictures and captions) or the people who have figured out how to boost tourism around an obscure rural Tennessee road so they can make a living, I'm just saying that when the police finally get enough calls from John Q. Public and also have to work enough traffic accidents on one stretch of road, there are going to be consequences. The government is not going to wink and look the other way when people are being injured and killed just because breaking the law brings in tourist dollars. We all know that fact as surely as politicians love to grandstand on any issue that they can, whether they grasp all the facts or not. Don't whine. You knew in your heart of high RPM hearts that this was bound to happen.

Same goes for the loud pipes chopper guys who are feeling the heat now via city noise laws in places like Denver, CO and Cave Creek, AZ. You Jesse James wannabes knew those straight pipes were not legal, did you think they would be ignored forever because of the silly slogan "Loud pipes save lives"? If you did then you're wearing your official Harley do-rag too tight.

Riders (including me) and drivers have been flaunting the speed laws on popular roads for years because they can, so it's no surprise that when the police do crack down that they get heavy handed about it simply because they can. Cops are human and having riders or drivers blitzing "their road," which is in fact their workplace that they are hired by the public to control, is likely to draw a strong reaction. As Jim Croce sang: "You don't pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger..."

I've read recently that Mullholland Drive in SoCal is getting much the same treatment as Deals Gap and the road up Palomar Mountain (my old stomping grounds) has been under the police microscope more than once and even suffered vigilante backlash from residents in the area. You challenge the cop's authority on the road you're going to lose. Get real, folks, and move on. There are other great roads in TN and other great roads in California. Are you riding to enjoy the ride or riding to be seen and show off? Spread out and have your fun but don't make yourself a nuisance. And when you get popped, take your medicine like man.

A little TN police hypocrisy in action. photo via www.killboy.com

I'll say too that some of the stories of tickets written by the TN cops and the pictures of patrol cars themselves violating the law are convincing enough to say that the police are misguided in their heavy handedness and ultimately making enemies instead of changing attitudes or making friends. Was it really necessary to have fourteen patrol cars on eleven miles of road? Necessary to write tickets to tourists for 35 mph in a 30 mph zone? That's just stupid. One patrol car at each end and one in the middle of the Gap would have been enough to spoil the fun and make the point with the most egregious violators.

Thumbs down to the knee draggers and crazies who thought they could flaunt the speed laws forever and get away with it and thumbs down to the Tennessee highway patrol guys and country police for acting more like Sheriff Buford T. Justice than professional law enforcement officers.

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The older I get

The more I dislike the modern stick-figure parody of beauty that marches across my screen.  I want to see a real woman, dang it, not some thing that looks like a strung-out coke whore.

And for that matter, I don't care how good your plastic surgeon is.  Fake tits are a turn-off.  Period.  Real A cups beat fake C cups every day of the week.

Anonymous said...

I guess that's the one thing in the world that I agree with the feminists on -- modern "beauty" standards are fucked up. All your lizard brain wants is youth and health. Compare WWII pinup girls to today's magazine cover models and you'll see what I mean.

Ragin' Dave said...

I think what really turns me off is the women who think they need surgery to be "beautiful". Beauty starts from the inside. Without that, nothing you do to the outside will do much good.


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Monday, March 21, 2011

10 reasons I love Facebook

  1. Free Scrabble, with the board set up like a real Scrabble board.
  2. I can keep up with brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins who live near and far.
  3. Plenty of links to funny videos and interesting news stories.
  4. It adds a whole new dimension to watching sports on TV. Gotta love the corresponding FB chatter.
  5. It expands the number of people who read my blog.
  6. Free stuff! Lots of companies offer freebies and deals just for "liking" their pages.
  7. Near-instant answers to questions like "what should I fix for dinner" or "is tomorrow an out of uniform day at school?"
  8. Wide-reaching network of people more than willing to pray for things. All I have to do is ask.
  9. Speaking of asking, need a costume for a school play? A used stroller for a friend? A movie recommendation? Just ask on Facebook!
  10. It makes talking to myself more socially acceptable.
1am bonus reason -- Facebook makes insomnia less lonely.

How about you? Do you love Facebook? Why or why not?

If you haven't already done so, check out the 4th Frog Facebook page.

kimybeee said...

i posted this HUGE comment and then logged on and it said it was unable to do some crappy thing - and it was GONE!! if it doesn't reappear soon, i am not gonna do anything about it except whine!!! now i am off to facebook!

Ellen Stewart (aka Ellie/El/e) said...

There is a lot to appreciate about facebook!

Leticia said...

Here are a few more that I love!

1. It is easy and instantaneous to find services for almost anything. Need a last minute photograher for next weekend? Post it on Fb. You're sure to have a few offers within the hour!

2. Finding local businesses to support with unique and handcrafted wares is easy!

3. Photo sharing!

4. lots of free reading material to be found!

5. Instant access to loads of events

The list goes on and on!

Sharon said...

LOL, I especially love the "talking tio yourself is more socially acceptable". I think that's a good one for me, too.

I love FB because the majority of my family & friends are out of town, so it makes it easy to keep in touch. Especially posting pictures.

It's a great escape during the day, too. Especially when I'm in need a an ADULT moment as I'm home w/ my little kids. It's great. to I find it to play on the actual board?

Michelle said...

Awesome list. :)

Lana said...

I agree with you 100%, especially watching a sporting even and celebrating or in the case of me and a bazillion other Purdue fans, lamenting a loss! It IS a great friend for those insomniatic nights~! ( I think I just made up a new word!)

caralyn said...

I am particularly fond of #10. As I tend to do it anyway and would like for it to be as socially acceptable as possible!

*sidenote* Nice to meet you Wednesday!!!

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I enjoy FB but I'm sure that you spend more time on it than me.
First off - I sleep just fine and insomnia is an awful thing to live with. Hope you have figured out other solutions than FB. Pictures updates on friends and family, funny clips, fan pages - great stuff.
Never played a game on it and never will. I think more people would blog and visit blogs if FB did NOT exist. FB is like a blog substitute. I do wonder if the overuse by corporations will kill it. Gee I hope you like long comments and BTW it would be great if you "liked" the page Stop Music On-hold.


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Bus crash on icy road kills 25 in China

January 28, 2008 8:42:21 PM PST
At least 25 people were killed as a bus plunged off an icy roadway in China Tuesday, the latest casualties in a surge of severe winter weather that has disrupted the country's busiest holiday travel season and stranded hundreds of thousands of Chinese.

About 500,000 people - most migrant workers - were stuck in the southern city of Guangzhou, railway officials said. Heavy snowfall in provinces to the north had cut off parts of the busy railway line that starts in the city and ends in Beijing.

The crash brought the known death toll in the last two weeks to about 50. Xinhua News Agency said the bus veered off the road - covered by a thick layer of ice and snow - in mountainous Guizhou province at 7:40 a.m.

The new agency said that in addition to the 25 deaths there were also 13 people injured, accounting for all 38 aboard. Two passengers were hospitalized in critical condition, while injuries to the 11 others were less serious.

The government, scrambling Monday to prevent riots among the crowds that have swelled daily since the storms began Jan. 10, offered temporary shelter in schools and convention centers. Hundreds of police and soldiers were posted around the train station.

Frustrated in their efforts to return home, migrant travelers created small camps of suitcases in the mud outside the train station, scattering chicken bones and cigarette butts.

Li Moming, a construction worker among those stuck in Guangzhou, wore a mud-splattered pinstriped suit for a homecoming that might not happen. He spent the night on the street in a cold drizzle. The train to his village in central Henan province, 20 hours away, was canceled. He might have to spend the holiday at his work site instead.

"What can you do?" he said. "It's the weather. It's nobody's fault. You can't control the weather."

Chinese New Year begins Feb. 7 - when the train station will start to sell tickets again, radio reports said. State-run newspapers ran headlines urging the migrants not to travel. But for many migrants, the New Year - China's most festive holiday - is the only chance for months to visit their families, and they stay away for weeks.

One young mother who would give only her surname, Yang, spent the night on the street in front of the station with her 7-month-old daughter. She said she would probably have to cancel her holiday visit with her family and return to her small apartment near her factory.

Many workers were stoic, accustomed to the huge crowds, discomforts and long delays that are common for China's poor. But others fought among themselves while trying to board long-delayed trains during the busiest travel season of the year.

The great effort put into managing the Guangzhou crowd did not surprise Susan Shirk, whose recent book, "China: Fragile Superpower," discusses how domestic unrest poses a serious threat to the communist regime.

"When large numbers of people are upset about the same problem at the same time, there is a risk of large-scale collective action that could threaten Communist Party rule," said Shirk. "Will the travelers blame the weather or the government?"

A new round of blizzards threatened central Chinese provinces Monday, putting more pressure on already strained transport, communications and power grids. The weather has already affected 67 million people.

The storms, which have killed 24 people since they began, have already caused economic losses of $2.5 billion, the Civil Affairs Ministry said. The storms snapped power lines for trains in neighboring Hunan province - a midpoint for the busy rail line that runs from Guangzhou to Beijing.

The government pledged Monday to increase the output of gasoline, coal and power to ease shortages amid the severe winter weather, which has forced rationing in some areas, the Xinhua News Agency said.

The announcement came as coal prices hit a record high Monday and heavy snows blocked deliveries to power plants. The government was already struggling to ease shortages of pork, grain and other food items that have set off a sharp rise in inflation.

On Friday, the Cabinet ordered local authorities to ensure adequate food supplies to keep prices stable ahead of the New Year.


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Congress gets first $3 Trillion budget

February 4, 2008 6:02:43 PM PST
The record $3.1 trillion budget proposed by President Bush on Monday would produce eyepopping federal deficits, despite his attempts to impose politically wrenching curbs on Medicare and eliminate scores of popular domestic programs.

The Pentagon would receive a $36 billion, 8 percent boost for the 2009 budget year beginning Oct. 1, even as programs aimed at the poor would be cut back or eliminated. Half of domestic Cabinet departments would see their budgets cut outright.

Slumping revenues and the cost of an economic rescue package will combine to produce a huge jump in the deficit to $410 billion this year and $407 billion in 2009, the White House says, just shy of the record $413 billion set four years ago.

But even those figures are optimistic since they depend on rosy economic forecasts and leave out the full costs of the war in Iraq. The White House predicts the economy will grow at a 2.7 percent clip this year, far higher than congressional and private economists expect, and the administration's $70 billion figure for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is simply a placeholder until the next president takes office.

Bush's lame-duck budget plan is likely to be ignored by Congress, which is controlled by Democrats and already looking ahead to November elections. His long-term projections are mostly academic since he's leaving office next January.

The president forecasts a $48 billion surplus by 2012, keeping a promise he made two years ago when strong revenue predictions made it look far easier. Now, he's relying on spending cuts - for everything from transportation to Medicare and Medicaid to nonprofit groups that help the poor - to do the job in order to keep his signature 2001 and 2003 tax cuts intact instead of expiring at the end of 2010.

"Our formula for achieving a balanced budget is simple: create the conditions for economic growth, keep taxes low and spend taxpayer dollars wisely or not at all," Bush said in his budget message.

Democrats said the forecast of a budget surplus in 2012 was based on flawed math that included only $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2009 and no money after that. The budget plan also fails to include any provisions after this year for keeping the alternative minimum tax, originally aimed at the wealthy, from ensnaring millions of middle-class taxpayers. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that fixing the AMT in 2012 would cost $118 billion, more than double the surplus Bush is projecting for that year.

Jim Nussle, the White House budget director, said the softening economy, continuing war costs and the deficit-financed economic stimulus measure soon to clear Congress were responsible for the worsening deficit picture. And he said that the deficits experienced during the Reagan years and Bush's father's administration were far worse when compared to the size of the economy.

"It's a manageable deficit - it isn't the largest in history by any stretch of the imagination - and it's one that can be managed if we get economic growth back on track," Nussle said.

Bush is leaving his successor an enormous fiscal dilemma. The deficit numbers will mean pressure to allow some tax cuts to expire, especially the 35 percent bracket for wealthy taxpayers, which will revert to 39.6 percent at the end of 2010 unless renewed. Pressure from Wall Street to trim the deficit may cause even Democrats to go after the spiraling growth of Medicare and the Medicaid health care program for the poor and disabled.

"There was an assumption that in the short term that the budget would start to correct and that we could balance in the short term," said Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, top Republican on the Budget Committee. "But with the stimulus package and with the continuing war costs, that's not going to happen. In fact it's going to get very serious when you're hitting $400 billion deficits."

"We've been able to close the deficit gap with good economic growth, therefore good revenue growth. Those days are coming to an end, and we're going to have to do it the old fashioned way, through real spending discipline," said top House Budget Committee Republican Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

Bush proposes killing or cutting back sharply 151 programs to save $18 billion next year. Many of those cuts have been proposed and rejected by Congress before, such as moves to eliminate community services grants to nonprofit groups that help the poor, a food program aimed at low-income seniors and grants to help states keep illegal immigrants convicted of felonies in jail. Lawmakers will surely restore proposed cuts to clean water grants, funding for local law enforcement and homeland security grants to states and local governments.

"Today's budget bears all the hallmarks of the Bush legacy - it leads to more deficits, more debt, more tax cuts, more cutbacks in critical services," said House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt, D-S.C.

Overall, Bush proposes a five-year freeze on domestic programs funded by Congress each year. For 2009, that means just a 1 percent boost in a universally supported food program for poor pregnant women and their children, despite rapidly rising food costs. Health research funded by the National Institutes of Health would be frozen, which is likely to mean fewer research grants.

Some of Bush's proposals are hopelessly unrealistic, such as cutting veterans' medical programs for four years in a row after awarding them a small increase next year. Their costs have nearly doubled during Bush's tenure.

Bush's budget does contain some increases, for abstinence education, Pell Grants for college students from low-income families and grants to school districts. The Food and Drug Administration would get a larger-than-average budget increase to send staff overseas to inspect food and drugs imported into the United States.

Foreign aid would grow by 10.3 percent, to $22.7 billion, with big increases for HIV/AIDS programs, anti-drug and -crime programs in Mexico and Latin America, development aid, and security packages mainly for Israel, Egypt, Colombia and Lebanon.

Funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the subject of an intense battle with Democrats last year, would increase by almost $20 billion over the next five years. That still falls short of a bipartisan plan passed twice by Congress.

The budget proposes eliminating the $283 million federal program to help people make their homes more energy efficient and would cut energy aid to poor households by $500 million, a 22 percent drop over this year's spending. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., called scrapping the home weatherization program "completely wrong headed" at a time of high heating costs.

Seven years ago, Bush took over a government predicted to generate $5.6 trillion in surpluses over 10 years. Those estimates were flawed, but there's no question he's leaving his successor a budget in far weaker fiscal shape than he inherited.

For instance, when he took office the total federal debt held by the public was $3.3 trillion, and some policymakers actually worried that investors might not be able to get their hands on enough federal bonds unless taxes were cut. Now, debt held by the public - including foreign governments - is expected to reach $5.4 trillion this year and $5.9 trillion in 2009, according to Bush's budget submission. Some $2.3 trillion is foreign held.


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Wartime PTSD cases jump to 40,000

May 27, 2008 1:14:50 PM PDT
The number of troops diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder jumped by roughly 50 percent in 2007, the most violent year so far in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon records show. In the first time the Defense Department has disclosed a number for PTSD cases from the two wars, officials said nearly 40,000 troops have been diagnosed with the illness since 2003, though they believe many more are likely keeping their illness a secret.

"I don't think right now we ... have good numbers," Army Surgeon General Eric Schoomaker said Tuesday.

That's partly because officials have been encouraging troops to get help even if it means they go to private civilian therapists and don't report it to the military. The 40,000 cases cover only those that the military has tracked.

Officials have estimated that roughly 50 percent of troops with mental health problems don't get treatment because they're embarrassed or fear it will hurt their careers.

An accounting of diagnosed cases released by Schoomaker to reporters Tuesday shows the hardest hit last year were Marines and Army soldiers, the two ground forces bearing the brunt of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Army reported more than 10,000 new cases last year, compared to more than 6,800 the previous year. More than 28,000 soldiers altogether were diagnosed with the disorder over the last five years.

The Marine Corps had more than 2,100 cases in 2007, compared to 1,366 in 2006. They have had more than 5,000 PTSD cases diagnosed since 2003.

Schoomaker attributed the big rise partly to the fact that officials started an electronic record system in 2004 that captures more information, and to the fact that as time goes on the people keeping records are more knowledgeable about the illness.

He also blamed increased exposure of troops to combat. Factors increasing combat exposure in 2007 included President Bush's troops buildup, increased violence in both wars and the fact that a number of troops are serving their second, third or fourth tours of duty - a factor mental health experts says dramatically increases stress.

In order to supply enough forces for the buildup, officials also extended tour lengths to 15 months from 12, another factor that caused extra emotional strain.

Schoomaker said he believes PTSD is widely misunderstood by the press and the public - and that what is often just normal post-traumatic anxiety and stress is mistaken for full-blown PTSD cases.

Experts say many troops have symptoms of stress that can be managed with treatment and should not be confused with cases that go untreated for a long time and those that develop into a mental disorder.

The Pentagon had previously only given a percentage of troops believed affected by depression, anxiety, stress and so on - saying up to 20 percent return home with such symptoms. A recent private study estimated that could mean up to 300,000 of those who've served have symptoms.


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Kerrigan family disputes autopsy report on father

Former Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan mourns with her mother, Brenda, outside St. Patrick Church in Stoneham, Mass. Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 at the funeral for her father Daniel Kerrigan, 70, who died Sunday after what authorities say was a violent struggle with his 45-year-old son Mark Kerrigan. Family members have said he died of an unrelated heart attack. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

February 9, 2010 1:35:29 PM PST
The family of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan insisted Tuesday that they do "not blame anyone" for her father's death and criticized a medical examiner's finding that Daniel Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son.


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AMC theaters agree to better seating for disabled

Police in Fullerton are looking for the suspect stabbed two men in a theater. (KABC-TV)

November 18, 2010 1:41:49 PM PST
The country's second-largest movie theater chain has agreed to settle a decade-old lawsuit with the Justice Department by agreeing to give wheelchair users better seating in stadium-style theaters.


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With the rash of incidents across the state and the country following the school shootings in Parkland, Florida, Missoula County Public Schools has released details of their Violence Prevention and Threat Assessment policy.

Communications Director Hatton Littman said the document was released to all the public schools, school families and their Facebook page on Friday afternoon.

“We have posted a violence prevention and threat assessment document,” said Littman. “We recognize that over the past few weeks people have wanted to know more information about what we do to keep our schools safe. We are trying to comply with that, granted, that we also have to keep some of that information private to make sure that some people can’t out think our security measures. We’re trying to share as much as we can to increase people’s comfort.”

Littman said throughout the past few weeks of incidents in Missoula schools, protocols have already been in place to address the issues.

“We have had established crisis plans in all of our buildings,” she said. “We’ve had established threat assessment procedures that our staff utilize when we have a situation that we need to resolve. I think the other two really important points are that threat assessment is a violence prevention strategy, and it’s something that the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Education both support. We also do consult with local resources like the local PD and sheriff’s offices, as well as local community health providers to make sure that our assessments are fine tuned to our local needs.”

Litton emphasized the fact that when a student has violated the security protocols of the school district, there are two levels of response.

“Some of those measures involve local mental health services, but they also always involve legal consequences and a law enforcement consult,” she said. “I don’t want family members or the community to perceive that we only provide mental health services in the absence of legal or law enforcement support, but I want to be clear that the evidence-based strategies that we use that are designed to reduce the likelihood of a threat, do involve mental health support for those individuals who make threats, because the evidence says that actually reduces the possibility of violence occurring.”

One aspect of the policy is below.

Disciplinary measures include, but are not limited to:

Expulsion, Suspension, Detention, including Saturdays, Clean-up duty, Loss of student privileges, Loss of bus privileges, Notification to juvenile authorities and/or police, Restitution for damages to school property.

The Board grants authority to any teacher and to any other school personnel to impose on students under their charge any disciplinary measure, other than suspension or expulsion, corporal punishment or in-school suspension, that is appropriate and in accordance with policies and rules on student discipline. The Board authorizes teachers to remove students from classrooms for disruptive behavior.


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Local Police 'Can't Stop Crying' over MIT Officer Slain in Shootout

Boston Police Dept(BOSTON) -- Sean Collier, then a civilian at the Somerville Police Department, where he worked in information technology for five years, had dreamed of becoming a police officer. So he left last year to become a patrol officer at MIT, but his name still floated to the top of the list for consideration as a cop in Somerville.

When his former colleagues there heard that he had been killed in a shootout Thursday night with the alleged Boston Marathon bombers, they were "devastated."

"All the girls and dispatchers can't stop crying," Lt. William Rymill of the Somerville Police said. "It's a real shock to us. He was not liked, he was loved.

"We have lost a member of the family," he added.

Collier, 26, was found in his car at about 10:20 p.m. Thursday night at the corner of Vassar Street and Main Street in Cambridge, on the MIT campus, authorities said. He was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds, where he was pronounced dead.

One of Collier's police academy colleagues, MBTA officer Richard H. Donahue Jr., 33, was injured hours later, when police pulled over a carjacked vehicle with the alleged bombing suspects. Donahue, who's from Woburn, sustained a critical wound to the thigh, according to the Boston Globe.

He is reportedly in stable condition.

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Senate Passes Domestic Violence Bill with New Key Protections

Photodisc/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate voted Wednesday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, but the bill's transformation into law is by no means certain.

A bill aimed at preventing domestic violence might sound reasonably uncontroversial, but House Republicans have voiced their opposition to some of the provisions, including one that would allow American Indian authorities to prosecute non-American Indians in tribal courts.

The original 1994 act expired in 2011 and a divided Congress failed to reauthorize it last year. Republicans, reeling from a poor performance with women and minorities during the November election, have been more receptive this time around. The bill would grant more than $650 million over five years to states and local governments to provide things like transitional housing and legal assistance to victims.

The hang-up is in the details of the bill.

Domestic abuse is particularly prevalent on reservations, and the abuse comes by-and-large from non-tribal partners. American Indian women are more than twice as likely to be raped as white women, and many are left in limbo between tribal authorities who are powerless to act against non-tribal aggressors and local officials who are unable to exert much control on tribal lands. The new Senate bill recognizes tribal authority to prosecute non-American Indians who abuse their partners.

The Democrat-dominated Senate also added protections for gays, lesbians and immigrants, a move that drew ire from some Republicans.

Immigrant women are less likely to report abuse to authorities. According to a report by the National Institute of Justice, Hispanic women, too, are more likely than non-Hispanic women to be raped by a current or former intimate partner, but less likely to report the abuse to authorities.

The reasons for that are complicated and varied, but they range from fear of retaliation by the abuser to a belief that authorities will not believe the allegations of violence. The latter is particularly acute for immigrants who may lack an understanding of the justice system, and undocumented immigrants, who may fear deportation.

The bill attempts to allay some of those fears by spelling out specific protections for immigrants.

Abused immigrants who are married to a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident and living in the country with documentation would be allowed to petition for independent legal status without relying on abusive spouses, who often use the sponsorship they provide as an intimidation tool.

While the bill contains a visa option that allows victimized undocumented immigrants to remain in the country, a previously proposed increase in the number of those visas the Department of Homeland Security can issue has been nixed.

The bill would extend protections to cover gays and lesbians in abusive relationships, however.

According to a study by the Anti-Violence Project, 45 percent of LGBT domestic violence victims were turned away when they sought help at a shelter, and more than half were denied protection orders.

The bill would implement a single nondiscrimination provision that would prohibit the denial of services based on race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.

"I am proud that our bill seeks to support all victims, regardless of their immigration status, their sexual orientation or their membership in an Indian tribe," sponsor Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) said in a statement. "As I have said countless times on the floor of this chamber, 'a victim is a victim is a victim.'"

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) has taken the lead in crafting a House bill, and has said he will move quickly. He is likely to receive pressure from House Republicans to prevent tribal authorities from prosecuting non-tribe members, however, and some have objected to extending protections to same-sex couples. Cantor has sought advice from Vice President Joe Biden who had a key role in crafting the 1994 legislation.

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US Navy Minesweeper Stuck on Philippines Reef to Be Cut into Pieces

Naval Aircrewman (Tactical Helicopter) 3rd Class Geoffrey Trudell/US Navy(NEW YORK) -- Unable to tow the minesweeper USS Guardian off a reef in the Philippines, the Navy has decided that the only way to free the ship without causing further damage to the reef is to cut the ship into pieces.

That basically means the USS Guardian will no longer exist as a Navy vessel and will be taken off the Navy’s ship roster.

The 23-year-old Avenger class minesweeper USS Guardian ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef the night of Jan. 17 as the ship crossed the Sulu Sea.  The reef, located about 400 miles south of Manila, is both a Philippines natural park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Days after the incident, the commander of the Navy’s Seventh Fleet issued an apology to the Philippine government.

In the days since, the Navy was unable to tow the ship off the reef as poor sea conditions complicated the salvage effort.  Capt. Darryn James, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, told ABC News that the Navy now plans to cut the ship into pieces to get it off the reef.  Two heavy lift ship-borne cranes will arrive at the scene by Friday to begin to salvage the ship.  The process is expected to take a month.

“The ship is badly damaged,” said James.

According to James, the team of naval architecture and salvage efforts working to free the minesweeper determined that “after a full review of all possible alternatives, our only viable option is to dismantle the damaged ship and remove it in sections.”

James said the decision ”keeps the cranes in deeper water to minimize coral damage.”  He added, ”We are developing a thoughtful and deliberate plan to safely remove individual sections of the ship without causing the release of harmful materials.”

None of the 79 sailors aboard the ship were injured in the grounding and there has been no seepage of fuel onto the reef.  The ship’s crew was transferred to another U.S. vessel and have returned to their homeport of Sasebo, Japan.

The ship’s wooden hull -- covered in fiberglass -- is punctured and parts of the ship have been flooded.  As part of the salvage effort, the 15,000 gallons of diesel fuel aboard the Guardian were transferred to a Malaysian tug contracted by the Navy.  Other materials that might damage the reef have also been removed, including 671 gallons of lubricating oil; dry food stores; paints and solvents contained in storage lockers; and the crew’s personal effects left behind on the ship.

A preliminary Navy review found that the digital chart the crew was using to navigate the ship incorrectly listed the reef’s location by 8 miles.  A review of additional charts created by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency found another navigational aberration off the coast of Chile.  Both have been corrected.

The Philippine Congress is conducting its own investigation of the ship’s grounding.

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

New Author April Plummer Answers Our Questions

Do you have a goal to publish a book in 2012.  Author April Plummer will stop by Blog of Books in March to talk about her new book, Coming Home.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

On The Trail of Ancestors A Black Cowboy's Ride Across America- A Man, A Horse, A Dream, & 8,000 Miles

This is what we are reading now!

What this book is about (from Amazon):
Miles J. Dean, a Newark, NJ schoolteacher, rode his horse from New York to California to celebrate the contributions African Americans made in the settling of the United States. During his six-month, 5,000-mile journey, Dean, a 57-year-old African American, addressed people along the way at schools and colleges, community organizations, and penal institutions. He met hundreds of Americans through informal encounters at campgrounds, Wal-Mart parking lots, restaurants, and country stores. With each, he shared his reasons for the journey and inspired others to fulfil their dreams. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Dean first learned about cowboys from watching television. Like any boy at that time, he wanted to be like those heroes and pretended to be a cowboy. He galloped through the streets on his bicycle, ambushing outlaws on street corners. Although Hollywood helped keep his dream alive, the cowboys on TV didn’t look like Dean. At age 23, he saw Sidney Poitier play a cowboy in the 1972 film, Buck and the Preacher, and realized he too could be a cowboy. He deferred his teenage dream another 10 years before he could afford riding lessons and eventually bought his first horse. But the film inspired him to explore the African American history he never learned in school, specifically the contributions made during the 1500-1800s when horses were the primary means of transportation. He knew he wanted to make a cross-country journey and retrace the steps of these early pioneers; it was just a question of when. On September 22, 2007, Dean brought his horse, Sankofa, a 12-year-old Arabian stallion into New York City and rode to the African Burial Grounds, in lower Manhattan to begin his journey. Granted an unpaid leave of absence from his 5th grade social studies position, he embarked on this odyssey he had dreamed about for nearly 35 years. Six months later, Dean completed the trip with a celebration at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. In between he visited several historical monuments, paying homage to history’s forgotten heroes, including the black jockeys at Kentucky’s Churchill Downs and soldiers at Tennessee’s African American Civil War Cemetery. His travels through Memphis and Little Rock evoked his own memories of growing up during the Civil Rights Movement. His ride through the harsh deserts of the Southwest and across California’s formidable Chocolate Mountains allowed him to re-enact the conditions and perils faced by early cowboys and marshals. On the Trail of the Ancestors: A Black Cowboy’s Ride Across America recounts how one man followed his childhood dream. Dean’s commitment to his journey helped him battle a brain tumor; his gratitude to his ancestors fortified his resilience; and his integrity to honoring heroes in history via his horse kept him on road. This book chronicles Dean’s cross-country journey and introduces readers to people from all cultural and social backgrounds. Dean’s many encounters with strangers who assisted him, his meetings with students, his participation in local community parades and other events as he travelled bring to life the complex tapestry of the country. As Dean travels from state to state, the reader learns about African Americans who contributed to US history. Dean’s relationship with his horse Sankofa provides insights about what it is like to ride a horse for six months. Whether navigating dangerous terrain and city traffic, riding long distances, handling medical problems for him and the horse, or facing the challenges of acquiring the four relief horses, his anecdotes regale readers with the visceral pleasures and difficulties of such a journey. Dean’s story demonstrates that an ordinary person can accomplish the extraordinary.

Friday, February 24, 2012

Dollars and Uncommon Sense

Most people use common sense when they make decisions about their money. Most people also live paycheck to paycheck, have sleepless nights worrying about debt, and are not saving enough. In DOLLARS AND UNCOMMON SENSE former US Army Sergeant and Certified Financial Planner, Steve Repak outlines a strategy to change your misguided common sense ideas about savings and learn to think like a true builder of wealth. Steve served 12 years in the Army, racking up $32,000 in debt while he was there. He then drew on his military experience and put his own finances through boot camp. Not only did he get out of debt, but Steve Repak went on to help others do the same. Repak serves as your drill sergeant for your fiscal transformation in this ground breaking new book to show you why-and how-to use uncommon sense to get back on track.


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If you have an Apple iCloud account, you can sync calendars with your Mac wirelessly from any location, without using iTunes.How to Create Ring Tones With Voice Memos for My IPhone. This guide will teach you how to set up iCloud Keychain on iOS devices ( iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch) and Mac running OS X Mavericks or later for the first time and also how to add another device to sync with iCloud Keychain, including the Mac OS X Mavericks. How to Sync Your iPhone through iCloud | Mac Basics.This video shows you how to fully setup and use iCloud on all your devices, whether that be your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or Mac computer. I thought any pics I take will automatically upload to my iCloud that I can view on my MAC. Can anyone please tell me how I need to set this up? I thought my iCloud sync automatically with my MAC and IPhone5. Note that the first time you sync your device,you will be asked to select from either: merging your data together, to replace the data on iCloud from your Mac/iPad/iPhone, or replace the data on your computer from the5 Simple Ways To Backup Your Mac. How to upload any type of file to iCloud. How to Transfer and View Messages on iCloud on iPhone and Mac. Quick LinksStep 5: You can now click on the check box Enable Messages on iCloud (this is right under Enable this account). How to Sync Messages on iCloud in iOS 11 (Manually). Open the Settings app on your iPhone, tap on iCloud and turn On the option for Contacts. Step 3. Now import your contacts from your Mac to your iCloud app.This article will show you how to sync your Mac, Android phone , iPad and iPhone contacts to Gmail. How to Manually Sync Contacts from iCloud to iPhone. An iPhone and its USB cable An iCloud account with contacts A computer (PC/ Mac) AnyTrans. Tools and Fixes for Mac, iPad, iPhone iPod.The continuous syncing operation on your Mac can be annoying as well.

In this article, we show you how you to stop iCloud from syncing documents and desktop folders with a few quick and easy steps. iPhone. Watch.Have you tried signing out of iCloud and then sign back in? Posted on Dec 5, 2016 1:10 PM. View answer in context. Q: how to force iCloud sync on mac. How to Backup Photos to iCloud Photo Library. How to Sync Data to iPhone with iTunes. Mac File Recovery. iPhone Stuck on Apple Logo.

Hard Drive Recovery. Music, iOS applications and documents. Syncing data for email, contacts, calendars, bookmarks, notes, reminders (to-do lists) and more.Lets see how to do just that. Set up, Use iCloud on Your iOS Devices ( iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch). (You can also learn how to sync PDFs to iPhone.)The iPhone can sync its photos with your Photos app (on the Mac on Windows, you can use Windows Photo Gallery) library.When you set up your iPhone, if you chose to sync your contacts and calendars with iCloud (which is recommended) Up next in How to Use a Mac. How to Make Your iPhone Read to You.Hi, Lisa here and Im going to show you how to sync your iPhone with iCloud. So first thing you are going to do is go to settings, and then youre going to scroll down to iCloud. Tap Setting and then click iCloud on your iPhone.Here is the guide that how to sync your iPhone notes to your Gmail account. And then you can access them on whatever Mac or Windows when you log into your Gmail. 2. Toggle on iCloud service for "Notes" under "APPS USING ICLOUD." Then all the notes or any change on notes will be transferred your iCloud and sync to your Mac sign inHow to Save iPhone Text Message to PC/Mac Cost-Free. 2 Solutions to Import Photos to iPhone 8/8 Plus and iPhone X. Wrote something on the Notes app on iPhone and now you want to view it on your PC or Mac? Then youre reading the right article, because well tell how to sync iPhone notes with PC or Mac using iCloud. Apples iCloud may be a terrific way to sync data between your iPhone, iPad and computer, but the software also offers an effortless way to back up your devices.Heres how to import videos from an iPhone to a Mac. If youre an iPhone user, you might want to know how to sync iPhone with iCloud.Step 6. Now merge your iPhone with iCloud. Tap any switch to turn on or off iCloud synchronization for that information. For example, to sync your Contacts between your iPhone, Mac, and iPhone, tap the karthikk. No. Your contacts on Mac wont sync until you have iCloud for Mac installed on your Mac and sync it with the same iCloud account on yourHOWEVER, if I add an event on iCal on my iPhone, it does not sync to iCloud or my iMac. How is it that I am only syncing in one direction using iCloud? iCloud does not sync photos on computer? Heres how to fix it. iCloud is the best way of Apple to backup and restore iPhone, while iCloud Photo Library was introduced into iOS since the 8.3 version, Mac OS X since 10.10.3 and Apple TV since tvOS 9.2. Photos on Mac not syncing with iCloud Photo Library. 2.How to avoid redundant iCloud photo upload from iPhone when the same photos have been uploaded from Mac? 4. How to set up iCloud on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, PC and Mac.Note that on both Mac and iOS devices there is no way to force an iCloud Drive sync. You just have to wait for it to happen automatically. You may like: How to Transfer Music from iPhone to Mac.No matter you want to sync all contacts from iPhone to Mac or the specific contact, AnyTrans can make it. But iCloud only supports syncing all contacts. How to avoid paying Apple for extra iCloud storage. How to use iCloud Keychain: The guide. The new Apple iPhone X troubleshooting guide.Toggle to On. Mac: System Preferences>iCloud>ensure all the iCloud services you want to sync are checked. Quietly and making our life a little easier. iCloud service works on all Apple devices so if you have a Mac, an iPhone and iPad then it will have maximum and best synchronizationIn this article, I will guide how to sync iPhones data to iCloud. But notes created with iPhone and iPad not appear on Mac. To sync notesi cant go to Settings -> iCloud in my iphone because it is grayed out! I have not been able to figure out why,or how to fix that! help anyone? With every iPhone user, there comes a point when you want to know how to transfer photos from your iPhone to the computer, whether it be a Mac or PC.including the Photos app (on Mac or PC), using iCloud, downloading from Mail, syncing to Dropbox, or uploading your pictures to Google Photos. Part 2: How to sync iCloud content with iSkysoft iPhone Data Recovery.The message will only appear if youve had previously backed up your phone via iTunes in your Mac or PC. How to sync Safari bookmarks over iCloud on iPhone or iPad.As you can tell, the only process involved in syncing bookmarks between your Mac and iPhone is ensuring that you have iCloud enabled for Safari on both devices. iCloud Drive: How to Sync Data Between Mac and iOS. Posted on April 29th, 2015 by Kirk McElhearn.In iOS 7 or later, tap Settings iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and make If Sync is set to All Events, set it to a specific timeframe, such as Events 1 Month Back. How to set up iCloud on iPhone and iPad. When you upgrade your iOS operating system or start using an iPhone for the first time, you will be asked whether you want to use iCloud Drive to storeRepeat this process on all iOS devices you want to sync with iCloud. How to set up iCloud on Mac. Issues you may have experienced while syncing with iCloud: Changes sync between devices slowly.Updating to iCloud Drive requires iOS 8 or later for iPhone and iPad and Yosemite or later for Mac.You can check how much storage space is available in your iCloud account like so How to sync iOS devices with Mac. Syncing iPhone with Mac via cable.Sync Mac calendar with iPhone. These are easy to sync in iTunes or by turning on iCloud sync in each app. iPhone 6: How to Automatically Sync Photos to iCloud - Продолжительность: 1:03 ITJungles 146 072 просмотра.How to sync contacts, calendars, reminders, notes and safari on your MAC using iCloud - Продолжительность: 1:43 PinoyITSolution 18 430 просмотров. Step 2. Sync iPhone Contacts to Mac: Click Apple menu on Mac and choose System Preferences -> Go to iCloud and sign in with your Apple IDHeres a long article about how to transfer contacts from Mac to iPhone. It introduces some ways to help you transfer contacts between iPhone and Macintosh. How to get iPhone contacts on Mac for backup? This is an article to show you 3 different ways to sync contacts from iPhone to Mac without data losing.- Sign in to iCloud on iPhone and Mac with the same Apple ID. - Make sure both iPhone and Mac are connected to a reliable Wi-Fi network.

Here are all the things you need to know about how to sync iPhone contacts to Mac.Go to System Preferences> iCloud on Mac, sign in with the same Apple ID as that on your iPhone, and enable Contacts option by ticking it. How to Manually Sync Messages with iCloud in iOS 11 on iPhone and iPad.Note: If you have already enabled Messages on iCloud on your iOS device, you will get a prompt on your Mac (synced with the same iCloud account) to enable it on the computer. How To Use iCloud To Sync Your Notes. iCloud is my favorite way of syncing notes between my iPhone and computer. This is because its easy to setup on Mac and Windows computers and offers a great web interface for editing and viewing iPhone notes. "I bought a song on my iPhone, I dont know how to transfer it on my Mac so I can listen to it when I am writing. Is there any method to sync iPhoneiPhone to Mac, the article will show you some methods to connect iPhone to Mac and transfer content between iPhone and Mac. iCloud should be the most So once again in order to sync with iCloud you just go to settings, tap on iCloud and then youll sign in with your email and password and thats it, thatsThis tutorial teaches you how to wirelessly auto sync photos, notes, calendar, reminders and mail between your iPhone, iPod, iPad, MAC and PC Sync iphone contacts to mac without icloud,come si fa backup iphone su icloud,how to enable icloud backup on iphone 4s jailbreak - Easy Way. 22.06.2015. Author: admin. How to Sync iPhone Core Data with web server, and then push to other devices? 710. How to start PostgreSQL server on Mac OS X? 4.How to install Java 8 on Mac. 1. iCloud Documents syncing, but cant be opened on other devices. 0. Change the Save Location from iCloud to Local Mac Storage in OS X. Sync iCloud Documents Data Over a Cellular Connection in iOS. How to Access iCloud Drive from Command Line in Mac OS. View Delete iCloud Documents from the iPhone iPad. How to set up iCloud on iPhone and iPad.The easiest way to access everything youve synced on iCloud from a Mac computer is by visiting www. icloud.com. Once youre on the site, youll be asked to sign into your iCloud account using your Apple ID. This entry was posted in How To, Recommended and tagged Apple, iCloud, iCloud Drive, iOS, iOS 8, Mac, OS X, Yosemite.Is this a separate app I now need to download so as to work with iCloud on my iPhone? Oh am I missing something? Learn how to use iCloud Photos to effortlessly sync your photos across all your devices, allowing you to access your images from anywhere.If you have a Mac running OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 or later, you can switch on iCloud Photo Library so that all of your photos and videos from your iPhone and One way to Sync the contacts between your Mac and iPhone is to download the contacts from iCloud to your Mac. Once you have downloaded the contacts to your Mac, you can then import them to your iPhone using iTunes. Here is how to do it: On your Mac, click Apple menu > System Preferences iCloud drive work perfectly on iOS device (iPhone and iPad). Problem is on my Mac, it wont sync on Mac.If your iCloud drive is not syncing with the Mac, you need to know how to fix these issues.

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1-800-640-1211 | 973-6100 | TTY: 973-6142
268 Stillwater Ave, PO Box 422, Bangor, ME 04402-0422

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Acadia Hospital Executive Leadership

Acadia Hospital’s leadership team is responsible for the strategic planning and administrative oversight of the organization.

Scott Oxley - President

Scott A. Oxley – Scott Oxley is the President for Acadia Hospital, Corp., a member of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems (EMHS), located in Bangor, Maine. For Acadia, Scott oversees all business aspects for the majority of direct patient care and support functions located at the hospital in addition to leading a number of clinic and community-based services.
A 24 year employee of EMHS, Scott has served in a number of roles within the System. His positions over the years have included EMHS Interim Treasurer and Chief Financial Offer, EMHS Vice-President of Corporate Services, CEO for Affiliated Healthcare Systems (a collection of wholly-owned and partnership business ventures), and as the EMHS Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.
Scott is a certified public accountant, holds a master's degree in business administration from UMaine and a bachelor's degree in public accounting from Husson College. He is currently active in a number of civic organizations in addition to many years of leadership to the youth as a boy scout leader and coach of youth athletics. He and his wife, Donna, reside in Brewer with their two children and enjoy outdoor activities throughout all four seasons in Maine.

Anthony T. Ng, MD DFAPA - Chief Medical Officer

Anthony T Ng, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Acadia Hospital Dr. Anthony T. Ng is a board-certified psychiatrist serving as the chief medical officer at Acadia Hospital. He is also an assistant professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.

Dr. Ng has served as president of the American Association of Emergency Psychiatry, as well as a member on the board of the American Association of Community Psychiatrists.  He has a long history of involvement and advocacy in community mental health issues.  He has extensive experience in the area of primary care and mental health, cross cultural issues, community system issues, substance abuse and homeless issues, and has presented numerous lectures and written extensively on many of these topics. Dr. Ng was the former chairperson for the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) Multicultural Advisory Committee, which advised the Commissioner of Mental Health on issues of cultural competency within the OMH system.

Dr. Ng received his bachelor’s degree at The City College and his medical degree at SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine.  He completed his psychiatry residency at St. Vincent’s Hospital and an additional year of training as a Public Psychiatry Fellow at Columbia/Presbyterian Hospital.  Dr. Ng was the director of the Primary Care Consultation-Liaison Service at Gouverneur Hospital in New York City, and later became one of the associate medical directors of Project Renewal, Inc, a non-profit agency that works with the homeless with mental illness and substance abuse in New York City.  Dr. Ng has also worked with Project HELP, a homeless outreach team in New York City.

Marie Suitter - Vice President of Finance and Operations

Marie Suitter, VP Finance and Operations, Acadia Hospital  As Vice President of Finance and Operations Marie Suitter is responsible for coordinating resources and providing timely advice to ensure the organization's fiscal stability. She also oversees all business aspects for the majority of direct patient care and support functions located at the hospital. She earned both her B.S. in Accounting and Masters of Science in Business from Husson University.

Suitter’s healthcare accounting career began in 1983 at The Aroostook Medical Center where she became their reimbursement manager in 1989.  Suitter has been with Acadia Hospital since 2002.

Among her many professional affiliations, Suitter is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and serves on the Supervisory Committee for EMMC Federal Credit Union.

Wayne Steller, PMHNP-BC - Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

Wayne Steller, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Acadia Hospital Wayne Steller is the vice president and chief nursing officer at Acadia Hospital and has been with Acadia since 1992with various positions. He obtained his bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Maine in 1988 and completed a master of science in nursing at Husson University in 2007. Steller is a board-certified adult psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMH-NP) with over thirty years of experience. He is a member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and has been a frequent speaker and presenter on a variety of mental health issues. In addition to his executive duties, Steller periodically provides direct patient care services.

Steller served in the United States Navy from 1976 – 1980 and the United States Army Reserve from 1980 – 1982.

John Campbell, MD, FANPA, Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Director of Community Services

John Campbell John J. Campbell, MD, FANPA is Acadia's chief medical informatics officer (CMIO) and director of community services. Dr. Campbell's primary duties as CMIO include ensuring seamless and efficient use of the electronic health record, while his work with community services will focus on continuing to provide convenient, affordable and effective behavioral healthcare to our communities.

Dr. Campbell comes to Acadia Hospital from Maine Behavioral Healthcare, where he served as the interim chief medical officer, and Maine Medical Center, where he was the interim chief of the psychiatry department. Prior experience includes serving as medical director at the Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital, part of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, MI. Dr. Campbell also served active duty in the Air Force from 1993 to 1997, and upon leaving the service he had achieved the rank of Major.

Dr. Campbell earned his medical degree at University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont in 1988. He then spent his residency in psychiatry at Butler Hospital and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Following his residency, he completed a fellowship in neuropsychiatry at Brown University. Dr. Campbell is certified in both psychiatry and neuropsychiatry/behavioral neurology. He is presently the president of the American Neuropsychiatric Association.


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Huh. Even escort services like to talk about Obamacare...

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As most people know, website owners have a variety of methods of tracking the metrics of who's visiting their site, including tools like Google Analytics and the like. Depending on which analytics solution you use, you can track not only how many people visit per hour/day/week/month, but their exact IP addresses, rough latitude/longitude, what type of operating system/web browser they use and even the resolution of the monitor they're viewing the site on.

You can also generally track how they found your site--that is, which link on which other website brought them to yours. For example, most visitors who don't load the site directly come from Twitter or via Facebook, as you'd expect, but other major traffic sources are links from the Washington Post, Slate, the MaddowBlog, Salon or other "official" news/opinion sites. Obviously whenever Paul Krugman gives me a shout-out at the NY Times, that causes a big spike. After that, it tends to be healthcare-specific sites such as, Modern Healthcare and so on, followed by other "unofficial" blogs such as Xpostfactoid, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Balloon Juice etc.

And then, every once in awhile, I'll receive traffic from...a different type of website.

Case in point: "".

I had no idea what this one was, but several people have visited this site via theirs, so I decided to take a look at the context, and lo and behold...

Whoops. Huh. Um...ok, then.

Not just an "escort service" but apparently an "escort/client information exchange". An entire community devoted to the industry.

Apparently they have an active message board/forum community...and it appears that at least some of their members are just as concerned with health insurance (or politics, or both) as anyone else.

Anyway, while I certainly appreciate my work here being used to educate people about how well/poorly the Affordable Care Act is faring, and being used to debunk false claims, the level of discourse is...well, about what you'd expect.

(I was gonna link to the site, but it's absurdly NSFW, so here's a screenshot from the comment thread to give you an idea...

(sigh) Of course, they're actually wrong here: Only about 12.8 million people have actually selected a private policy via the ACA exchanges; of those only about 10.3 million are actually piad up and enrolled as of today; and of those, only about 53% are newly insured. The rest of the 16 million or so newly-covered folks are via Medicaid, for the most part. Plus, of course, I'm not the Robert J. Wood Foundation; they're just one of the companies advertising on this site.

Still, I guess I should be flattered...


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Halfway there with the web 2.0 month

First I’d like to apologize for not having posted more frequently on this topic of my Web 2.0 experiment. It’s now the middle of the month and I haven’t broken yet. . I had bad moment earlier this week where I almost had to give up, the details for that to come.

I’m very comfortable now in the standard view of Gmail. I can move through the view as quickly and as easily as I did through an Outlook inbox. I’ve actually seen some real benefits to the Gmail interface that were not available in Outlook. For example how many times have you started to reply to a message to only realize that you wanted to reply to all not just reply? Gmail has the facility to change this on the fly really quickly. Use shift plus tab when you are composing the message until you get to a field that says “message type”. This is the pull-down menu that you can arrow through that allows you to change the message from reply to all. You can also do the reverse or any option you might want. I find the labeling of the menu strange but otherwise it works really well.

I’m finding Firefox and NVDA to be an excellent combination. The built-in spellchecker for Firefox is not quite what I want is a spellchecker but I’m sure it will improve over time. A lot of the time the Firefox spellchecker just can’t figure out the word I’m looking for. I’ve now completely switch to NVDA as my primary screen reader. I still switch to Jaws every once in a while but it is less frequent every day. As I am learning the keystrokes and ways and NVDA works I use Jaws less and less. NVDA tends to require fewer keystrokes. In Jaws I constantly had to switch the virtual cursor on and off but NVDA switch is more reliably between browse and focus mode.

Now I will talk about the stress points. Earlier this week I needed to create a new document and went to do so in Google Docs. Unfortunately something changed in the doc’s interface that meant I was no longer able to read the text in the document or give feedback on what I was typing. As it worked perfectly just a day or two before I fought with it for quite a while Thinking that maybe I had done something wrong. However after extreme frustration I did reported to the Google accessible list and received confirmation that others were having the same problem. Here’s hoping that this can be reversed quickly so that I can continue using docs. I was able to put off that document but I still need to get it written and I may have to switch to word if the problem does not go away.

This week has been an awful week for me with computers in general. I’ve had no luck using any of the technology I want to use. Both my laptop and my desktop have been testing my tolerance and patience to no end. Recently our software management tool that we use on campus has decided it’s important to remind me about maintaining the best power scheme on my system possible. As I have no control over this on my desktop and my laptop is optimize the best I can I’m not sure why this particular software package insists on reminding me at least 10 to 12 times a day. Strangely enough when I asked a sighted person they don’t see that window at all. However what’s happening whenever the window appears to the screen reader is I am losing focus on the task I’m working on and sometimes I can’t recuperate. For example I sent a couple of email messages because I hit enter at the wrong time and the send button was in focus instead. I would think I was clicking on the dismiss for the alert but would push the send and the incomplete message would be sent instead.

Currently my suggestion for anyone is Gmail is usable and actually a lot of fun with a screen reader. Google Docs has a lot of potential and will allow people to collaborate in ways we have not yet thought of but this is still in the future for screen reader users. Saying this I am optimistic that that future isn’t very far away. Twitter works wonderfully as an application and I hope to see many improvements in the application for screen reader users in the near future. Step up your game twitter and add more developers to the accessibility project. The work that is been done is excellent but incomplete. There’s no reason why keyboard shortcuts should not work in private messaging the same way they do in other views. If I was talking to a newly blinded person today wanting to know how best to access the Internet and use these tools my

I would have to say I am going to probably keep using the standard view of Gmail when the month is up but we will see when that time comes. For now I am not finding it as hard as I expected it would be. It would be nice if this was a little easier but it can be done. I challenge all screen reader users to try it you may like it.

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