People often ask us for a list of our favorite places around the United States and we are happy to add Champaign Urbana to that list. There are so many unique and fun things to do in Champaign Urbana, Illinois we barely scratched the surface during our five day stay. We enjoyed it so much, we are planning a one week visit in a few months to return and explore more of the area.
Before a city makes it to our favorites list, we always make sure it's dog friendly. We choose to travel full time with our rescue pup Leo and if a city isn't dog friendly, we typically don't stay very long. The streets of Champaign and Urbana are very walkable and many of the cafes and restaurants with outdoor seating welcomed dogs. The university was also a fun place to walk Leo and the students absolutely loved him!
So if you find yourself on a road trip this summer or making your way down to Florida for the winter, plan a few days or a week in Champaign Urbana and maybe we'll see you there!
Take a photo with film critic Roger Ebert in front of Virginia Theatre. Roger is a native of Urbana Illinois and Ebertfest is hosted in Champaign every year. I grew up watching Siskle & Ebert and this was a cool experience for me.
Black Dog Smoke & Ale House is rated one of the best BBQ spots in the country for a reason. We loved their burnt ends, rib tips, Texas cornbread and potato casserole. No reservations, so arrive early to avoid a long wait and before the good is sold out.
Not only is the roof top at Barrelhouse 34 dog friendly, but the setting is relaxing and a perfect way to unwind while sipping on one of their signature cocktails or beers on tap.
The flavors are on point at Sitara Indian Restaurant. Our favorite items included their naan, assorted appetizer, chicken saag, and lamb korma. Go with a group so you can sample a variety of items from the menu.
Careful not to over indulge on the fresh tortilla chips and addicting sauces at Huaraches Moroleon while you wait for your main dish to arrive. Their signature huarache, a large homemade corn tortilla filled with your meat of choice topped with a grilled pineapple and a side of pico de gallo and sour cream is delicious.
Find your perfect cup of joe Colombia Street Roastery. Sample a section of their coffees before you buy and if you happen to be in town on a Saturday, check to see if cupping is offered that day. Joe's favorite is the Mexico and my favorite is the barrel aged coffees.
There are a few popsicle spots around town and we happened to stumble upon The Popstop. Their signature Gelato style Fudgsicle was rich, creamy and chocolatey. If you're not in the mood for chocolate, there are sorbet and yogurt style pops to choose from.
Every Tuesday, there is a fresh market in downtown Champaign and we happened to stumble upon the best popping corn we've ever had! The market is small, but the selection is unique and local.
When beer o'clock hits, head over to The Blind Pig Brewery for a sample of their current beers. We stopped in during happy hour and hung out on their back patio with Leo.
Love a good deal like we do? Head over to Papa Del's for their one hour happy hour were pizza slices are half off from 3-4pm. The mushroom pizza was an unexpected surprise and we'd gladly return for another.
There is a large population of Chinese students at the university and it's no surprise there are several Chinese restaurants in the area. Golden Harbor is top rated and famous for their crispy tofu and pork belly buns. We tried both and they did not disappoint. Don't let the higher prices scare you off, the restaurant does not accept tips.
If you need to stock up on Asian ingredients or snacks, check out AM-KO. The market is small, but they have a great selection. We found every ingredient we needed and then some! Cash only for orders under $10.
Finally, if you end up eating everything mentioned above, you may need to work some of that off. There are art displays throughout Champaign and you can pick up a map at the visitors center on Neil Street. Walk around until you find them all and maybe start all over again to get those 10,000 steps in.
Where to stay: book a stay with AirBNB, rent an RV through Outdoorsy or find a campground with Campendium. We camped at D&W Lake Camping and RV Park Champaign, IL.


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Q: Exchange data between android devices of one user without cloud programming i want to program an application that connects different android devices of one user. If happens an event on one device, the other one should be notified (eg. a toast for testing).
Is there a service in the world of google that handles the backend for me, without programming my own server/cloud-app?
An example would be timely from google where i can change the clock on my mobile and seconds later the new value ist available on my tablet.
Thanks

A: Yes there is a service, that can be used for sending notification to another phone. Here is an official link.
Google Cloud Messaging for Android
And this is an example
Android Device to Device Messaging using GCM via HTTP

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Gov. Kim Reynolds released her 2019 Iowa budget proposal Jan. 15. Included in her budget was $3 million for the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program, which provides cost-share grants to help Iowa retailers incorporate blender pumps, storage tanks and other necessary equipment to offer higher blends of biofuels.


The Netherlands Association for the Study of Obesity wants to stimulate and appreciates the work of her young investigators. Therefore, the best publication in the field of obesity research in the year preceding our spring meeting will be awarded.
you are a young investigator and first author on the publication. The publication is part of your PhD work.
You are a member of NASO.
At the time of publication, you have not yet, or no longer than one year ago, defended your thesis.
The publication is an original paper in English language and published in an international peer-reviewed journal in the year (01/01 – 31/12) preceding the NASO spring meeting (available as 'Epub' or already published 'in print').
You can send in the publication only once to be awarded for the NASO Publication Prize.
The selection criteria include scientific quality, scientific relevance, social relevance, and the extent to which the paper is related to the NASO aims: the study of scientific and clinical aspects of obesity and its complications. The selection committee will consist of the NASO board and other members of the NASO abstract committee.
To apply for the award, you must send in the application form, with written approval of your supervisor, to the NASO-secretary (email: [email protected]) under subject of 'NASO Publication Prize'. The application deadline for the NASO Publication Prize is the same as the deadline for abstract submission.
The prize (certificate and 250 euros) will be awarded at the NASO Scientific Spring Meeting.


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A Quick Guide to Meeting the Teachers' Standards Part 1
By Mike Lansdown
A quick and handy guide to evidencing and meeting Part 1 of the Teachers' Standards for trainee teachers.
A Critical Overview for Enquiring Teachers
A concise guide to evidence-based teaching, offering practical advice on how to implement it and evaluate its success.
Written for teachers, this concise guide takes an evidence-based approach to Assessment, packed with practical advice on how to implement and evaluate various models.
What Every Parent Should Know About Education
How knowing the facts can help your child succeed
By Chris Atherton and Stuart Kime
A walk through all the most important issues in education, comparing commonly-held beliefs with simple summaries of the evidence, providing you with clear, jargon-free information.
Signposting better choices to more adventurous teaching
By David Gumbrell
39 reflections to improve your decision making in the classroom and beyond.
This book follows on from David Gumbrell's text LIFT!, arguing that when you are feeling more resilient you have the courage and confidence to take more risks. You can also calculate that risk more rationally, thereby making it less risky and more likely to result in success.
How Do I Answer That?
A Secondary School Teacher's Guide to Answering RSE Questions
By Rachel Scales
Based on years of experience, this handy, essential text provides clear answers to the questions young people ask about relationships and sex so that you can increase your knowledge, gain confidence and ensure they receive the most accurate and up to date information.
Success! Passing the Professional Skills Tests for Teachers
By Jenny Lawson, Annabel Charles and Trish Kreft
The complete and up-to-date guide to the Professional Skills Tests for Teachers, providing support and guidance plus hundreds of sample questions and full practice papers to ensure your success.
Studying for your Education Degree
By Steven Pryjmachuk and David Waugh
Provides you with a sound knowledge and understanding of what to expect, and what will be expected of you as a university student. Also covers teaching and assessment methods within education and hints on how to manage your education / teaching studies in an effective way and make the most of the resources available to you.
Academic Writing and Referencing for your Education Degree
By Jane Bottomley, Steven Pryjmachuk and David Waugh
Gives you with a sound knowledge and understanding of what constitutes good academic writing in education through a range of strategies for writing successful essays and reports. Emphasises the importance of clarity and coherence in your writing about education and advises how to improve your academic style, grammar and punctuation, and formatting and presentation.
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children 4-11 Years
By Jonathan Glazzard and Caroline Bligh
Helps trainees and teachers to identify and support primary-aged children with mental health needs, providing a range of evidence-based tools.
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Learners 11-18 Years
By Jonathan Glazzard and Kate Bancroft
Helps trainees and teachers to identify and support young people with mental health needs, providing a range of evidence-based tools.
Critical Approaches to Online Learning
By Julian McDougall Edited by Joy Jarvis and Karen Smith
An essential read for all those involved in teaching and learning in higher education with the pivot to fully online - made urgent by Covid-19 - but also drawing on best practice to rethink the role of digital more broadly in the social practices of university learning and teaching.
Enabling Critical Pedagogy in Higher Education
By Mike Seal and Alan Smith Edited by Joy Jarvis and Karen Smith
An essential introduction to critical pedagogy for all those working within higher education, re-examining the concept and exploring its practical application at an institutional level, within the curriculum, within assessment, through learning and teaching, and in the spaces in-between.

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I remember the dread that came over my team when one of our mortgage clients informed us that they were going through an audit and very soon and needed all marketing communications that had been sent out since they started using our system.
Frantically the team pulled all materials together within the time frame requested, but overall we should have had a process and technology in place to fulfill the client's request. At the time I was working for a customer relationship management company. The process was extremely manual and seemed to be using endless internal resources from our accounts, sales and marketing teams.
We were not prepared for that volume of work and didn't have a detailed plan set in place for how we would deal with compliance issues in the future for our clients. Technically the lender is responsible for providing all marketing material if an audit takes place, but at the time we were providing automated marketing services on their behalf and should have built or should have made plans to build this functionality out.
There are so many areas to consider when building the right infrastructure for a Mortgage Lender. The CFPB is only one of the concerns when considering compliance. Fannie Mae is also overseeing MORA reviews. Lenders now need to consider investor requirements including: underwriting & appraisal, origination channels, structure & governance, close/post-close, quality control, compliance internal audit, secondary marketing, technology and business continuity.
In this environment of regulation, oversight and enforcement controlling what you say and how you say it – has never been more important. Having complete control of your message and the formats in which they are presented is critical.
Many mortgage companies now understand that to protect their business from closure, their sales and marketing teams need a structural framework that complies with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulations as well as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Service Organization Control (SOC) standards as well.
Mortgage lenders need to be hiring the right professionals to set up the right digital technology that will be scalable over time. I think some of the biggest challenges that companies are overcoming is identifying the "Best Mortgage Solution" and getting all top performing loan officers on board. We all think we have the right answer or solution when we do our research or are comfortable with our process or the systems we use, but not growing with the times hurts your company, you and your career.
In every industry we need to be accepting trends in marketing, digital technology, processes and system growth. Understanding what your requirements are today and keeping site of what you want/need in the future is key. Create a plan from where you are today and identify how you will get to the goals you have in a year, five years and ten. Obviously it's very important to be fluid as regulation, business, marketing, technology and processes change. Isn't that how complete business strategies are built?
Unfortunately some companies invest in vendors realizing too late that the system is not what they need in all areas. I have heard many stories about companies starting with one vendor and then going through two more vendors year after year.
Vet out all of your requirements, needs and wants and audit your vendors ongoing. Don't just choose a vendor because you're longtime friend is using the same vendor at their organization. Ask the reason "Why"? Why is this the best system for my company and how will it work into the overall business model?
If your vendors are not growing with you or current digital technology, you are falling behind your competitors, missing out on opportunities and are most likely not compliant in a changing environment.
Find out if Unify CRM is the right choice for your company.


2010 has been a good year for books touching on philanthrocapitalism. In no particular order, here is our second batch of favourites (not including our own "The Road From Ruin"). We will select five more of the best, highlight our worst books of the year and remind you of some must-read classics in later posts.


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Study: Mountaintop-removal coal mining has made parts of Central Appalachia 60 percent flatter
Mountaintop removal over the past 40 years has made parts of Central Appalachia 60 percent flatter than before the process began, says a study by Duke University published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Researchers, who say this is the first study "to examine the regional impact of mountaintop mines on landscape topography and how the changes might influence water quality," compared pre- and post-mining topographic data in southern West Virginia.
Headwaters of Twentymile Creek before and after mining;
the greener an area is, the flatter it is (Duke Univ. maps)
"By comparing digitized topographic maps from West Virginia before mountaintop mining became extensive with elevation data collected by aircraft in 2010, the researchers found that the mines and valley fills could range anywhere from 10 to 200 meters deep," Kara Manke reports for Duke Today. "Across the region, the average slope of the land dropped by more than 10 degrees post-mining."
Emily Bernhardt, a professor of biology at Duke and co-author of the study, told Manke, "We tend to measure the impact of human activity based on the area it affects on a map, but mountaintop mining is penetrating much more deeply into the earth than other land use in the region like forestry, agriculture or urbanization. The depth of these impacts is changing the way the geology, water, and vegetation interact in fundamental ways that are likely to persist far longer than other forms of land use." (Read more)
Written by Tim Mandell Posted at 2/05/2016 12:33:00 PM 1 comment:
Labels: Appalachia, coal, environment, mining, mountaintop removal, strip mining, surface mining, water pollution
Many Walmart closings are in poor, rural areas; reporter examines impact on one Appalachian town
Walmart's announcement last month that it will close 154 stores will have the greatest impact on poor rural areas, Tim Meko and Lydia DePillis report for The Washington Post. Of the 154 stores closing 96 are in low-income, low-density and predominately rural areas, mostly in the Southeast. Of those 96 stores, 88 are Walmart Express stores, which were created as "part of a pilot program intended to compete with dollar stores." (Post map: Stores closing in mainly low-income, low-density rural areas)
Losing a Walmart could be lethal for some towns that are barely holding on, DePillis writes in another story for the Post. Residents of Kimball, W.Va., which is already reeling from the loss of mining jobs, fear that losing its Walmart could be the end of the town. "In Raymondville, Texas, the disappearance of tax income from Walmart could force city layoffs. In Oriental, N.C. the arrival of a Walmart Express had been the final straw for a local grocery store, leaving the community with few options for food—also the case in Juneau, Alaska; Fairfield, Ala.; and Winnsboro, S.C."
While Walmart officials cite financial performance as the primary factor in closing stores, an analysis by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance found that 89 percent of stores to be closed are "in states with higher-than-average square footage per capita. According to Walmart itself, 95 percent of the closures are within 10 miles of another Walmart." That suggests the company overbuilt, perhaps in areas that have stagnant or declining population.
Walmart, the largest private employer in West Virginia, in 2005 transformed a former K-mart in Kimball (Best Places map) into a Walmart "to fill a gap between two other towns both about an hour's drive away," DePillis writes. "It did so — but in January the massive retailer announced its 'sharpened focus on portfolio management' and the revenue in Kimball wasn't quite enough to sustain the location, according to McDowell County Commission chairman Harold McBride."
"The company didn't get what it wanted in profits," DePillis reports. "But the store certainly met many needs of the community. Some are obvious: A second option for shoppers who wanted fresh, affordable food in a place with only one other full-service grocer. And jobs—140 of them that will be difficult to replace. But Walmart's disappearance will have more subtle ripple effects, like a drop in traffic to the small neighboring hotel and gas station, and the loss of a place to buy phone cards and hire tax preparation help. It was the main donor to the local food bank, and contributed $65,000 annually in taxes to the county, most of which goes to the school district."
Labels: Appalachia, corporations, economy, employment, jobs, retailing, Wal-Mart
Great Backyard Bird Count scheduled Feb. 12-15
The annual Great Backyard Bird Count is scheduled from Feb. 12-15. Created in 1998 by the ornthology lab at Cornell University in upstate New York and the National Audubon Society, the event asks people to take 15 minutes on one or more days to count birds from any location and create a checklist of the birds they spot. Last year more than 147,000 checklists were created from more than 100 countries, consisting of 5,090 species of birds. Participants are also encouraged to download photos of birds to the GBBC website. There is also a photo contest. (2015 GBBC photo of a red-tailed hawk, taken by Peter Ferguson)
The event can also serve scientific purposes, says its website. It "will help scientists track changes in bird distribution, some of which may be traced to El Niño storms and unusual weather patterns." Marshall Iliff, of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, said: "The most recent big El Niño took place during the winter of 1997-98. The GBBC was launched in February 1998 and was pretty small at first. This will be the first time we'll have tens of thousands of people doing the count during a whopper El Niño."
Written by Tim Mandell Posted at 2/05/2016 12:02:00 PM No comments:
Labels: birds, photography
Most states saw economic growth at end of 2015; historically low oil prices hurt other states
While most states enjoyed a strong economic finish to 2015, a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found that seven states—North Dakota, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Illinois, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alaska—are doing a little worse than everyone else, Ana Swanson reports for The Washington Post. The state coincident index, "which measures things like employment, hours worked in manufacturing and the unemployment rate to create an estimate of how economic growth has changed for each state over the past three months," found that in those seven states the economy is shrinking.
Historically low oil prices have affected the economies of North Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska, Mississippi and Louisiana, Swanson writes. "The price of a barrel of Brent crude has fallen from over $100 in mid-2015 to less than $35 today." Fiscal issues and sluggish performance of some manufacturing industries has hurt Wisconsin and Illinois.
While those seven states have struggled, 41 states have seen their economies grow, Swanson writes. "The states with the strongest growth—over 1 percent in the three-month period, according to the estimates—include Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Georgia, West Virginia, New Jersey and Maine. Michigan and Oklahoma weren't faring too well either at the end of 2015—the Philadelphia Fed's data shows that their economic growth was unchanged from three months before." (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia map)
Labels: economic development, economic disparity, economy, employment, jobs, manufacturing, oil
Rural remote Alaskan towns struggling with federal laws that make transporting legalized pot illegal
Regulations that "create a new licensing process for businesses that could grow, test and sell pot" in Alaska that go into effect Feb. 21 could pose problems in rural remote areas, where federal regulations make it illegal to transport marijuana by commercial airlines, state ferry or some other transport, Joe Viechnicki reports for KFSK 100.9 radio in Petersburg (Best Places map). That has some worried that "hurdles for new pot businesses will be too difficult and local marijuana sales will remain underground and off the books."
Kevin Clark, chair of a subcommittee of Petersburg's marijuana regulation advisory committee, told Viechnicki, "The one thing that is really going to make it more difficult for locally is the testing, having to ship it out to be tested when you can't ship it out. And then building a testing facility here that would be prohibitively expensive, considering the kind of volume you'd have to generate in order to justify it."
Cynthia Franklin, director of the state's marijuana control board, told Viechnicki: "I believe that people will be able to transport marijuana around this state, licensee to licensee, with a transportation manifest from the seed to sell software system and all of the requirements that are required in the regulations. But what everyone seems to be forgetting is the entire operation is prohibited by federal law. In other words, growing marijuana is prohibited by federal law, testing marijuana is prohibited by federal law, everything about this activity is prohibited by federal law. Marijuana is a schedule one controlled substance on the federal controlled substances act." She said it all comes down to what laws the federal government will enforce. (Read more)
Labels: drugs, marijuana, rural-urban disparities, state governments
Okla. schools post signs: staff are armed and will use 'whatever force is necessary' to save students
A rural school district in Oklahoma this week posted four signs with the warning "Please be aware that certain staff members at Okay Public Schools can be legally armed and may use whatever force is necessary to protect our students," Rhett Morgan reports for the Tulsa World. Superintendent Charles McMahan told Morgan, "Having a sign in your front yard saying 'this is a gun-free zone' just tells the idiots, 'come on in,' because we can't defend ourselves. (Okay's) sign might be enough to send somebody down the road looking for some other soft target. If that's what it does, it's helping our school district out." The school district, which has about 500 students in K-12, is located about 50 miles east of Tulsa. (Muskogee Phoenix photo by Harrison Grimwood)
An Oklahoma bill was signed into law in May that "created the Special Reserve School Resource Officer Act, allowing certain people to carry handguns on public school property," Morgan writes. In August, Okay's school board approved a policy that "states that administrators who meet criteria set out by the state and school board may bring to campus a gun concealed on their person or kept in a locked box."
Okay is located about seven miles from Fort Gibson, where a 1999 middle-school shooting resulted in five students being wounded, Harrison Grimwood notes for the Muskogee Phoenix. "According to Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, a gun violence research group, there were about 65 school shootings—some with injuries, some without, some intentional, some unintentional—in 2015."
Labels: child safety, firearms, guns, public safety, safety, school violence, schools
Teacher, students turn to technology to save rural Alaska schools from proposed state budget cuts
A teacher in the small town of Twin Hills, Alaska (Wikipedia map) has turned to technology to try to save the state's rural isolated schools from proposed budget cuts that could force some schools to close, Austin Baird reports for KTUU-TV in Anchorage. Republican state Rep. Lynn Gattis of Wasilla, 40 minutes north of Anchorage, "set off a firestorm last fall when she suggested that cutting funds for small, rural schools could be part of the solution to the state's nearly $4 billion budget deficit." Gattis oversees the education budget for the House Finance Committee.
"Lawmakers from both parties, school advocates, and many rural residents are part of the chorus of critics that have spoken out against raising the minimum enrollment for a school to receive state funds from 10, to 20 or 25," reports Baird. "Many have questioned whether a projected savings of $7 million is worth the impact to villages."
Meghan Redmond, a teacher at the K-8 school in Twin Hills, a Bristol Bay community of fewer than 100 residents, started a Facebook page as part of an online movement "to show policy makers who exactly would be impacted if Gattis' proposal gains traction and eventually becomes law," Baird reports. Remond told him, "We didn't want a bill to come about or to pass without a lot of conversation, without a lot of input from as many sources as possible."
As part of a state program—Alaska Close Up—that gives students a chance to see how government works, Redmond and five students have been at the state Capitol in Juneau this week to bend Gattis' ear about the importance of rural schools to local communities, Baird reports. Redmond met with Gattis, giving her letters from students expressing concern that their school could be closed, forcing them to move.
Gattis "said it remains important to keep talking about the possibility of closing small schools in broader talks of cutting the budget in general and school spending in particular," Baird reports. She told Baird, "We wouldn't be doing our job if we didn't look at it. Many of our villages are losing students. So what do we do as a state as we continue down that trail?"
Labels: Alaska, education, rural-urban disparities, schools, state budgets, state government
Supporters of bill to expand rural broadband in Tennessee tell lawmakers to stop listening to AT&T
Advocates for a rural broadband bill in Tennessee that would allow "municipal electric power services to expand their lightning-fast Internet offerings to underserved areas" are demanding that state lawmakers stop being influenced by for-profit telephone and cable giants, Andy Sher reports for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The bill is opposed by AT&T, Comcast and other providers, "who say it's unfair for them to have to compete with government entities like" the Chattanooga Electric Power Board.
Sen. Todd Gardenhire (R-Chattanooga) told supporters at the state Capitol, "We're talking about AT&T. They're the most powerful lobbying organization in this state by far. Don't fall for the argument that this is a free-market-versus-government battle. It is not. AT&T is the villain here, and so are the other people and cable." Supporters of the bill say "AT&T in Tennessee received $156 million from an Obama administration program aimed at expanding access to broadband," while opposing governmental entities like EPB expanding beyond their normal service areas to offer broadband.
House Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville) told National Federation of Independent Business-Tennessee members this week that "she doesn't expect the General Assembly will take up the issue this year after Gov. Bill Haslam's economic development officials announced they were initiating a study," Sher writes. "But the bill's House sponsor, Rep. Kevin Brooks (R-Cleveland) said he is 'absolutely' pressing forward with the bill. It has been put on notice to be heard in March in House subcommittee." Brooks told Sher, "There was a misconception that the broadband bill was dead. The bill is not dead." (Read more)
Labels: broadband, information technology, Internet, rural-urban disparities, state governments, technology
Writer attends first presidential caucus, details Iowa Democrats' complicated process
Julianne Couch, an author who has written about the rural Midwest, decided to attend her first presidential caucus to find out exactly how a caucus works. Couch, a Hillary Clinton supporter, participated in the Democratic caucus in rural Jackson County, Iowa, writing about her experience for the Daily Yonder.
"Caucusing always sounded like a strange way to spend a Monday night in February," Couch writes. "Especially the way the Democrats do it in Iowa. You mean you want me to go and literally stand under a sign with my candidate's name on it and be counted? You mean if the person whose name I stand under isn't viable enough to earn a delegate, I'll be worked over until I go stand under the sign of a more popular candidate? I was nervous."
"The first order of the voting portion of the evening was for each group to count itself," Couch writes. "Our Hillary for Iowa coordinator was a young man from Connecticut who'd deployed to Jackson County last spring. He had us all raise our hands and as he counted aloud, and once we were counted, we lowered our hands. Team Bernie did something similar though they did not have an official campaign organizer present. After the first count, Hillary had 72 supporters and Bernie had 66. As I recall, there were two undecided and four for (Martin) O'Malley, not close to the 21 he needed to be viable." (CNN map; To view an interactive version click here)
"That meant it was time for the realignment process," she writes. "This is something that does not happen in the Iowa Republican caucus format in which secret ballots are cast. To start the process, three individuals approached the mic in turn, and spoke briefly for their candidate. The man who spoke for Bernie knew both the candidate and his wife, and judged them to be excellent and worthy, smart and caring. The second man spoke for Hillary and explained that when his wife had cancer, they were grateful for affordable health care and they didn't want 'Obamacare' to be dismantled. The third man said he supported O'Malley because O'Malley understood that we are a nation of immigrants and was not 'angry.' When that speaker said that as a Democrat he'd support any of the three, that was the applause line of the night."
"After those public affirmations it was time for the O'Malley supporters and undecideds to realign," she writes. "As Preferences Captain, it was my job to be sure none of the Hillary supporters drifted away to Bernie's end of the bleachers. I thought of myself as the border collie, keeping everyone rounded up. On the other hand, it was the Persuasion Captain's job to be the bulldog, I'd assumed, although it was not bullying that took place. Folks just moseyed over to the undecided/unviable area and visited. The woman member of the undecided couple soon strode past the Hillary area straight to the Bernie section, where she was greeted with cheers. Then a few O'Malley supporters drifted to the Hillary area, and we cheered. This took as long as it took, until everyone picked themselves a team."
"After realignment, another round of `counting revealed that Hillary had 76 supporters, and Bernie 68," she writes. "But it was then time for 'caucus math' which precludes delegates being split in half but has no problem rounding them up or down. In the end, after a caucus process that took a little more than an hour, the top two candidates were declared to have tied. Each will have four of our precinct's eight delegates at the county convention in March."
Written by Tim Mandell Posted at 2/04/2016 11:09:00 AM No comments:
Labels: elections, politics, rural-urban disparities, voting
Senate panel hears state of Plains Indians health care is 'unacceptable' and 'malpractice'
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs heard Wednesday that Indian Health Service hospitals that serve the Plains Indians in the Dakotas Nebraska and Iowa have more than "250 vacancies for healthcare professionals and a physician vacancy rate of 37 percent," David Rogers reports for Politico. "Despite promised reforms, three Indian Health Service hospitals in the four-state region are listed as seriously deficient by inspectors from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—leading to the sudden pre-Christmas closing of a critical emergency room facility in South Dakota."
The hearing "followed on a Republican-led staff investigation begun last summer amid new complaints from tribal members," Rogers writes. Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), a surgeon, said, "What we found is simply horrifying and unacceptable. In my view the information provided to this committee and witnessed first-hand can be summed up in one word: malpractice." (U.S. Health and Human Services Department map)
One problem is that "the same Senate panel had hit hard on the very same issue in 2010, when Democrats controlled the chamber," Rogers writes. "Barrasso invited back former Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), who led the 2010 investigation, as his lead witness. Dorgan said the agency is seriously underfunded by about half but also suffers from a 'split personality' that undercuts its ability to be effective." He said, "There are some really great people, people who care, who signed up and commit their lives to the Indian Health Service to deliver good health care. And then I see something else. I see the weaving of friendships and favors, relatives, incompetence, corruption and yes, even criminal behavior. And it has all too often—and continues to be in my judgment—been overlooked, excused and denied. And that cannot continue."
Another problem is that the tribes in the rural, isolated Great Plains "are among the poorest in the nation and so more vulnerable to health problems," making it hard to attract medical professionals to the area, Rogers writes.
Labels: doctor shortages, health, health care, Medicaid, Medicare, Native Americans, rural health, rural-urban disparities
Journalists should avoid false balance; fact vs. opinion skews Flint water crisis coverage
Tara Haelle
Journalists have a responsibility to report balanced stories, writes Tara Haelle, medical studies core topic leader for the Association of Health Care Journalists. "It is a journalist's job to objectively and fairly represent the various perspectives on an issue, and it's a journalist's responsibility to report facts to represent an issue as accurately as possible."
A recent example of facts versus opinions affecting a story has been the ongoing crisis of high lead levels in water in Flint, Mich., she writes. While Gov. Rick Snyder has declared a state of emergency and Environmental Protection Agency studies have documented high levels of lead in water, Bill Ballenger, a well-known Republican political analyst, former state lawmaker and Flint resident, suggested on his radio show "that the crisis is an overreaction or even a hoax because his own blood levels don't test high for lead. Subsequently, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said, 'Let's wait and see what the facts show,' according to the Detroit Free Press."
"Ballenger and Patterson are entitled to think Flint's water is just fine," Haelle writes. "They're even entitled to say it, just as anyone can claim the Earth is flat, the moon landing didn't happen, the sun circles the Earth and cavemen rode dinosaurs. But the facts reveal a real crisis that every other politician inside and outside Michigan is taking seriously. Writing about them with any bit of credibility is a case of classic false balance: using outliers' voices to state opinions that contradict the facts simply to provide 'balance' to a story. Ballenger and Patterson aren't the underdogs being ignored by the powers that be. They ARE the powers that be. The underdogs are the thousands of children who will suffer lifelong consequences of lead exposure."
"A balanced story would include an explanation of the lead levels and people affected by them," she writes. "It would include a full version of what facts the rest of the media is getting wrong, as this outstanding Vox piece by Flint resident Connor Coyne explains. Politicians claiming there isn't a problem would, in a factually balanced story, be appropriately cast as ignoring (or covering up) repeated lead levels tests, as was the case in this excellent three-part series from Michigan Public Radio."
"Unfortunately, this phenomenon happens in health reporting, especially in stories about vaccines," she writes. "We see it mostly in smaller markets or in stories by general assignment reporters who are less familiar with the health or science beat. The way the media's falsely balanced vaccine reporting damaged public health reporting (and consequently public health) is such a well-worn case study that the Columbia Journalism Review featured outstanding coverage of it in Curtis Brainard's 'Sticking with the Truth.'"
"Avoiding false balance doesn't mean journalists take off their skeptical hat in covering these issues—it's worth exploring whether the Flint crisis is overblown or what a new study might suggest regarding a risk to a vaccine we haven't seen before," she writes. "But they should only report scientifically outlier positions if solid evidence supports it, not just because someone is shouting it from their own tiny molehill." (Read more)
Labels: accountability journalism, explanatory journalism, investigative reporting, journalism, journalism ethics
Campaigns move to politically diverse and more rural N.H., where parties differ on state of U.S.
After the Iowa caucuses, the presidential race has shifted to Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire, one of the nation's most rural, least populated and most politically diverse states, Kit Seelye reports for The New York Times. New Hampshire's population in the 2010 census was 40 percent rural (Iowa was 35 percent and the national figure was 16 percent) also has the third oldest population, with a median age of 41.8. Between 2000 and 2010, more than 10 percent of Granite State residents 20-29 left the state.
New Hampshire Democrats and Republicans agree on very little, Seelye writes. "Polls show that 66 percent of New Hampshire Democrats believe the country is on the right track, but only 5 percent of Republicans agree. Much of the Republican dissatisfaction stems from disapproval of President Obama, his overhaul of the health care system and his support for gun control."
"Andrew E. Smith, a political scientist and pollster at the University of New Hampshire, said that voters' mixed feelings reflected in part their generally positive views of their own lives and their more negative views of the country as a whole; 61 percent of New Hampshire voters say the state is headed in the right direction, but only 35 percent say the same about the country," Seelye reports.
The two parties also disagree on the most important issues facing the state, Seelye writes. "Since the terrorist attacks last fall in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., Republicans have rated national security at the top, with 34 percent citing it as their priority; next are the economy at 26 percent and immigration at 11 percent. Among Democrats, 26 percent rate the economy as the top issue, while 13 percent say national security is. Some of the angst over the economy stems from a recognition that the state's boom times are over."
"Even as major corporations like FedEx, UPS and Pratt & Whitney expand here, job growth over all has slowed and in some regions has yet to return to pre-recession levels," Seelye writes. "The cost of living can be relatively high, especially in the suburbs near the Massachusetts border. New Hampshire's minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour, the lowest in New England; attempts to raise it have gone nowhere."
Another problem is a rising heroin epidemic, Seelye writes. New Hampshire "had an estimated 399 opioid overdose deaths in 2015, a 22 percent increase over the year before. In a survey last fall, 25 percent of voters said the heroin epidemic was the most important issue confronting the state, ahead of the economy."
While Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won in Iowa, all the New Hampshire primary presidential polls have businessman Donald Trump leading by at least 15 percent, according to RealClearPolitics. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who narrowly lost in Iowa to Democrat Hillary Clinton, leads all the polls by anywhere from 6 to 29 percent.
Labels: drugs, economy, elections, firearms, guns, politics, rural-urban disparities, voting
Michigan lawmakers propose raising rural highway speed limits to 75 mph; critics cite safety concerns
Speed limits on Michigan's 600 miles of rural highways could soon be raised to 75 or 80 mph, Emily Lawler reports for MLive Media Group. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday approved a package that includes raising speed limits to 75 mph on most rural highways and eventually raising limits to 80 mph on ones where it's deemed feasible and safe. (MLive photo: Current speed limits in Michigan)
The bill's sponsor, Rep. Bradford Jacobsen (R-Oxford), who sponsored a similar package in 2014, told Lawler, "Most expressways are designed for 5 over, if you would, so they're designed at 75 miles per hour. ... While this legislation specifically calls for raising speed limits on certain freeways to 75 mph, we included provisions that also allows for the studying of raising the speed limit to 80 mph in the future."
Critics say raising speed limits on rural roads is dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists, Lawler writes. Nancy Krupiarz, executive director of the Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance, "said many of these rural roads in context are carrying pedestrians and bicyclists and sometimes connecting them to trails." Krupiarz told Lawler, "People can come flying over these hills and around these curves and it could be a very perilous journey." (Read more)
Labels: bicycling, highway safety, highways, hiking, public safety, roads, rural-urban disparities, state government
Texas Tech program pairs law students with poor rural clients who are unable to afford an attorney
A program at Texas Tech University sends law students to poor rural areas to help students gain valuable court experience while helping rural residents get the representation they sorely need but can't afford, Josie Musico reports for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. "Texas Tech School of Law's Caprock Regional Public Defender Office sends third-year students to try or plea-bargain criminal cases in a dozen or so rural counties. Clients have been ruled indigent, or lacking funds to pay for a private attorney." (Musico photo: Texas Tech law faculty member Donnie Yandell reviews a case with third-year student Sydne Collier)
"The program is funded through a grant from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission," Musico writes. "It bills participating counties significantly less than what those counties would have to pay practicing attorneys to work as public defenders."
The student lawyers, who have permission do everything a lawyer does except talk to the judge without a supervising attorney, typically represent clients "charged with misdemeanors and low-level felonies," Musico writes. Steven Chapa, a student participant, told Musico, "I like the fact that I get to help people, and at the same time it's gonna help me when I open up my law firm." (Read more)
Labels: education, higher education, legal education, rural-urban cooperation, rural-urban disparities
Summer seminar for teachers will focus on Appalachian culture, literature, art and music
Public school teachers from across the country can have the opportunity to travel to the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to learn about Appalachian culture, literature, art and music during the NEH Summer Seminar for Teachers hosted by Shepherd University's Appalachian Studies Program. The July 10-30 seminar will be held on the campus in Shepherdstown and will feature road trips to area attractions.
Guest artists include novelist and playwright Silas House, poet and activist Frank X Walker, storyteller and award-winning "liar" Adam Booth and Contemporary American Theater director Ed Herendeen. Rachael Meads, performing arts director at Shepherd, will conduct musical and cultural events and 2006 West Virginia Professor of the Year Dr. Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt will serve as principal discussion leader and seminar director. Participants will study the literary art of Lee Smith, Denise Giardina, Fred Chappell, Ron Rash, and Nikki Giovanni, as well as the work of House and Walker. The deadline to apply is March 1. For more information click here.
Labels: Appalachia, arts, education, history, literature, music, poetry, rural-urban disparities, teachers
Rural voters helped Cruz take Iowa, despite his opposition to law that supports ethanol
Washington Post graphic (Click on image for larger version)
An aggressive campaign by supporters of ethanol to sway Iowa Republicans from voting for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz wasn't enough to keep rural residents from supporting him in the first presidential caucuses Monday night, reports Chris Clayton of DTN The Progressive Farmer. Unofficial results had Cruz winning with 27.7 percent of the votes, beating out businessman Donald Trump (24.3 percent) and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (23.1 percent).
Cruz did even better at rural caucus sites, earned 33 percent of their votes, compared to 27 percent for Trump and 17 percent for Rubio, reports The Washington Post. "It was a solid blue-ribbon farm-country showing, given the crowded Republican slate. It also helped Cruz that increased turnout across the state brought even more voters to the rural caucuses," said the stiry by Ted Mellnik, Dan Keating, Kevin Schaul, Denise Lu and Samuel Granados.
A record number of voters went to the caucuses, with Cruz garnering 51,649 votes, 6,233 more than Trump. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton led Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders with 49.9 percent to 49.6 percent of delegates. "Her 3-point lead over Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in rural was just enough to give the former secretary of state a slim statewide advantage," Tim Marema and Bill Bishop report for the Daily Yonder.
Cruz, the only Republican candidate who has opposed the Renewable Fuels Standard that supports ethanol production, drew opposition from Republican Gov. Terry Branstad and a super PAC headed by Branstad's son, but it wasn't enough to keep rural voters from supporting the candidate who opposes many federal spending programs and subsidies. Cruz visited all 99 Iowa counties, Clayton notes.
Labels: agriculture, elections, ethanol, politics, rural-urban disparities, voting
Hospital Strength Index's identifies vulnerable rural hospitals by state; 210 'most vulnerable'
RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSINGS
(iVantage Health Analytics chart)
The Hospital Strength Index released this week by iVantage Health Analytics includes state-level data on the number of vulnerable rural hospitals in each state, as well as the number of critical-access rural hospitals and data on how many health-care and community jobs the hospitals provide and the number of patient encounters.
From 2010 to Jan. 25 of this year, 66 rural hospitals have closed, and 673 are vulnerable to closing, with 210 considered most vulnerable, according to the index. The 673 hospitals are responsible for 99,000 direct jobs, 137,000 community jobs and 11.7 million patient encounters. (An screenshot of the interactive map appears below, showing that 42 rural hospitals in Mississippi are vulnerable. To view the interactive map click here.)
Labels: critical access hospitals, employment, health, health care, jobs, rural health, rural-urban disparities
Asian carp would hurt Lake Erie than any other Great Lake, and they may have a way to get there
A study published in the journal of the American Fisheries Society found that if Asian carp invaded Lake Erie they "would disrupt the food web and decimate native species like walleye," Kevin Duffy reports for the Great Lakes Echo, a project of the journalism department at Michigan State University. "Invasive silver and bighead carp are already abundant in nearby Great Lakes watersheds. They devour microscopic plants called phytoplankton and animals called zooplankton, the first food of popular fish like walleye and Chinook salmon."
While a $300 million dollar federal effort has kept invasive carp out of the Great Lakes, it appears stymied. Almost all the effort has focused in canals in and near Chicago, but researchers also worry that during floods carp could cross a marshy divide between the Lake Erie watershed and the Wabash River, part of the Mississippi River watershed, where Asian carp have been found, Duffy reports. (To view a larger version of the map below, click on it)
If the species enter the lake, "One-third of Lake Erie's total biomass would be Asian carp," Duffy reports, noting that the lake is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and "also the most productive, meaning a constant influx of nutrients like phosphorous promote plankton growth—and harmful algal blooms." That means Asian carp would likely be more abundant in Lake Erie than in any other of the Great Lakes and "even during a massive algal bloom, silver carp would thrive, targeting and feeding on surface water algae but not suppressing it," said fisheries biologist and co-author Ed Rutherford.
Rutherford said "silver and bighead carp would wreak havoc on the current ecosystem," Duffy writes. Invasive carp could reach 34 percent of the total fish weight, twice the size as gizzard shad, the lake's most common plankton-eating fish. Asian carp would lead to sharp declines in shad and other fish that eat zooplankton and algae "as the carp ate up much of their food. And the impact cascades. These fish, including alewife and shiner, are important food for gamefish like walleye and perch. The model suggests carp could force more than a 10-percent decline in walleye and as much as a 15-percent decline in burbot and rainbow trout."
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Labels: agriculture, animal welfare, environment, fertilizer, fish, fishing, Great Lakes, health, invasive species, local government, tourism, toxic substances, water, water pollution
Reporters struggle with balancing their professional and personal identities on social media, study says
Can journalists separate their professional and personal identities on social media? That was one of the questions researchers from the University of Utah and Temple University examined as part of a research paper, "Identity Lost? The Personal Impact of Brand Journalism," published in Journalism, an international, peer-reviewed journal. Researchers wrote: "If journalists choose to present too much of a personal identity, they risk punishment by their employers," the researchers write. "If they present only a professional identity, they risk offending their audiences."
The study found that reporters "are increasingly focusing their attention on developing their professional identities on social media rather than their personal identities," Denise-Marie Ordway reports for Journalist's Resource. Researchers say "reporters have been asked to make changes to the way they present themselves and their content on social media, including adding their news organization's logo to their social media pages and providing fewer links to news items that were not published by their employers. They also have been asked to help promote events and partnerships that might cast their news agencies in a positive light."
Researchers say reporters struggle with balancing their professional and personal identities online, Ordway writes. "There still is uncertainty among reporters and editors about acceptable practices on social media, especially as they relate to personal branding and company branding." Another problem is that "reporters are being asked to read and respond to social media posts at all times, which they view as an added burden among a long list of job responsibilities." (Read more)
Labels: digital media, information technology, Internet, journalism, research, social media, social networking, technology, telecommunications
Free conference April 14-15 to teach community journalists the business basics of social media
This year's Potter Conference at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri will focus on how using social media can increase a newspaper's business.
The free conference will highlight how "community news organizations—weeklies, small dailies, and their websites—went from overwhelmed to overjoyed as they successfully tackled new opportunities," including a family-owned group of weeklies that brought in $400,000 in business in 10 days, says the conference website. The conference, from April 14-15, will teach participants the basics of social media and allow them to build a social-media page.
The institute is offering to pay for one hotel night for up to 40 organizations (one room per organization registered before March 31). To register click here. For more information click here.
Labels: digital media, information technology, Internet, journalism education, journalism training, newspapers, technology
Farm sector anxiously awaiting drone regulations
Federal Aviation Administration regulations on unmanned aerial vehicles will play a large part on how drones are used in agriculture and whether or not it will be worth it to use the devices, Jim Patrico reports for DTN The Progressive Farmer. "The agency has struggled to formulate regulations for an industry that has expanded exponentially over the last years. Indications are that FAA finally will post rules for commercial UAV operators this summer." In December, FAA said that recreational drone users would have to register their aircraft with the government, but the agency has continually delayed releasing regulations. (Wheat farmer and UAV expert Robert Blair sets up a plane for flight.)
"It's clear to observers that commercial users can expect more stringent rules," Patrico writes. "Some in the industry forecast that commercial UAV operators—including farmers—would have to undergo training and be licensed. The first set of regulations will be for those who use UAVs only for taking photos and videos, insiders speculate. Later regulations will cover other UAV application—spraying crops, for instance. These are likely to be tight and require yet more training."
"Some companies and individuals already have FAA Section 333 exemptions, which allow them to fly UAVs for some commercial purposes," Patrico writes. "But along with exemptions comes bookwork. Anyone with an exemption has to file a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) with the FAA at least 72 hours before a flight. The NOTAM must specify when, where and why the UAV will fly. If for some reason the flight does not happen when planned—say the weather doesn't cooperate—a new NOTAM is required."
Robert Blair, an Idaho farmer who has been a pioneer in UAV applications for agriculture "questioned whether many farmers really would be able to justify the personal time and effort necessary to get the most benefit from UAV technology," Patrico writes. Blair said farmers would likely have to hire someone to implement drone technology, mostly because they wouldn't have the know-how or time to work with the vehicles.
He also said having a drone can be expensive, Patrico writes. "Blair said, farmers should expect to pay $20,000 or more for a vehicle, sensors and software. He expects fixed-wing configurations will be the choice of professionals because they can carry a bigger payload and can stay aloft longer" to cover ground at a quicker pace. (Read more)
Labels: agriculture, drones, farming, photography, photojournalism, privacy, transportation
Poll: Large farmers and ranchers favor Trump, dissatisfied with current government
U.S. farmers and ranchers are more likely to support a Republican presidential candidate and favor businessman Donald Trump as their top choice, according to the 2016 Producer Survey Results by Aimpoint Research consultants in collaboration with Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. and the American Farm Bureau Federation. The survey, which consisted of 750 phone interviews of producers with more than 200 acres of farmland, was made up of 70 percent Republican leaning respondents, 19 percent Democratic and the remainder independent. The majority of respondents—83 percent—were male, 41 percent were 65 and older and 68 percent were 55 and older.
Of Republican-leaning respondents, 40 percent said they favored Trump. The next highest was Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 15.1 percent, with 12.6 percent of voters undecided, 11.1 percent favoring Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and 9.9 percent for Dr. Ben Carson. Independent respondents also favored Trump—25.8 percent—but 24.7 percent said they are undecided, and 13.4 percent refused to give an answer. Among Democrats, 48.9 percent said Hillary Clinton, 40.9 percent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and 10.2 percent undecided. (Most important issues facing the country)
Respondents were mostly dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country today, with 59.6 percent saying they are very dissatisfied and 77.6 percent dissatisfied. Respondents were also dissatisfied with the current administration, with 65.2 percent saying they strongly disapprove of the job the president is doing and 77.9 percent saying they disapprove. Respondents also said they disapprove of the job Congress is doing, with 60.7 saying they strongly disapprove and 85.6 percent saying they disapprove.
Also, 18.9 percent of respondents said national security/terrorism is the most important issue facing the country, choosing that over immigration/ag labor (13.9 percent), economic growth (9.2), the farm bill (7.6), healthcare (4.7), other ag/farming issues (4.1) and renewable energy (3.1).
Sara Wyant, Agri-Pulse editor and founder, told the publication: "It's clear that GOP-leaning voters are very dissatisfied with the direction of the country, the way President Obama is doing his job and the way that Congress is doing its job. And there was not much variance by age or farm size, although a higher percentage of younger voters expressed dissatisfaction with how Congress is functioning. They want to elect someone who can make major changes."
Tim Marema of the Daily Yonder points out that two-thirds of U.S. farmers have less than 200 acres in production: "Larger operators have some unifying characteristics that set them apart from the rest of farmers and ranchers, let alone the rest of rural America and the nation overall. In short, they are a bloc with a unified set of interests and a common political persuasion. . . . Don't mistake it for representing rural opinion."
Labels: agriculture, border security, climate change, economy, elections, environment, farmers, health care, immigration, international trade, labor, president, ranchers, renewable energy, terrorism, voting
Financial planner turns rundown Route 66 hotel into transitional housing for rural homeless
With the surge of interstates depleting historic roads like Route 66, forcing many hotels in rural areas to close up shop, a financial planner came up with the idea to turn a rundown hotel into transitional housing to help the area's homeless make the leap from shelter to home, Laurel Morales and Mark Neuman report for NPR. Rural homelessness is on the rise—seven percent of America's homeless are in rural areas—and in areas like Flagstaff, Ariz., rent can be high and waits long for low-income or subsidized housing. (Morales photo)
After volunteering at an emergency shelter—where she saw that many of the homeless were employed or were homeless because of job loss, foreclosure or eviction, Lori Barlow decided to turn the old 66 Motel into ANEW Living Community, which now houses about 50 people, reports Morales and Neuman. "Many work seasonal jobs or rely on Social Security or disability checks to pay the rent." One resident, William Fulton, serves as the community's handyman, providing work around the building in exchange for rent.
ANEW Living Community offers residents classes, such as financial literacy, job interview skills, interpersonal skills, coping from loss or trauma, social activities, healthy lifestyles, cooking on a budget and computer skills, states the organization's website. Meetings and classes "are designed to enhance a person's basic life and coping skills."
Morales and Neuman report in a separate story, "A lot of the residents are making a new go of it." Barlow "helps them with budgeting and provides a computer room and a list of community resources. Residents have two years to pull their lives together."
Labels: education, homeless, job training, poverty, rural-urban disparities
Critics say early-voting states too rural, old and white; officials say rural has advantages
With the Iowa caucuses beginning today and the New Hampshire primary next week, some argue that the two states are mostly rural, old, white people and not a good representation of the nation as a whole, Michael Levenson reports for The Boston Globe. If those two states were combined into one state, "its electorate would be more than 92 percent white, compared with 69 percent nationwide, and fewer than one-third of its voters would live in big cities, compared with two-thirds in the rest of the country. And even as a merged territory, New Iowa would still be very small, home to just 1.6 percent of the nation's 222 million eligible voters.
James Jennings, a professor emeritus of urban and environmental policy at Tufts University, called the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary "a bit archaic," Levenson writes. He told Levenson,
"There's a point of view being expressed in these lily-white primaries that are not grounded in, or may not be seen as valid in, other parts of the country. So if we want a more unified nation, it's not a good tool for us getting us there." (Globe graphic)
Officials in Iowa and New Hampshire argue that being rural offers advantages that larger states are unable to afford, Levenson writes. Paul D. Pate, Iowa's secretary of state, said the small size of Iowa allows candidates to "travel the state by bus, courting caucus-goers individually in steakhouses and pizza parlors." He told Levenson, "This is much more affordable, and it gives the underdog the opportunity to become the nominee." He "also downplayed Iowa's lack of racial diversity (it has the fifth-whitest electorate of any state) and largely rural composition," saying "we share many of the same values and priorities as other parts of the country—that's what makes us a country."
People who defend "the New Hampshire primary contend, like Iowans, that the state's relatively compact size allows candidates with fewer resources to compete by working, day after day, to meet voters in living rooms and taverns," Levenson writes. Kenneth M. Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire, told Levenson, "It really is the last time when candidates actually have to talk to voters, and they really couldn't do this in a big, complicated state. It has to be a small place where the candidates actually have to confront the voters."
Labels: elections, politics, rural-urban conflicts, rural-urban disparities, voting
Journalism fellowships available for Baltimore workshop on confronting the opioid epidemic
Fellowships are available for journalism training on confronting the opioid epidemic at the annual American Society of Addictive Medicine conference in Baltimore. The journalism training will take place from April 12-14 and the conference from April 15-17. As part of the training, journalists will cover the conference, with full access to presenters and abstracts. The all-expenses paid fellowships cover airfare, ground transportation, hotel costs, most meals and conference registration.
Fellowship applicants are required to submit two work samples from the last year, a resume or complete LinkedIn profile and a letter of support from an editor or supervisor (freelance writers can use a letter from someone who has edited or published their work). Applicants will also be asked why they are interested in the program and how the program will benefit their audience. They will be asked for a brief narrative autobiography. The application deadline is Feb. 16. To apply for the fellowship, click here. For more information on the conference, click here.
Labels: drug abuse, drugs, journalism education, journalism training
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Now that Thanksgiving is over and the holidays are officially here, we'll all be reminded that it's better to give than to receive. And when it comes to advice, it turns out the old saying is certainly true.
Getting advice, they write, comes with a cost—it makes you feel incompetent. If you know nothing about a subject, the cost is outweighed by the benefit of new information. If, however, you have some idea about what you're supposed to do and ask for advice anyway, you pay the cost with no added value to offset it.
But if you give advice, you can increase your confidence and motivation. It forces you to think through past successes and outline a strategy for getting from A to B…a strategy you can then follow.
Thankfully, when I started this blog, I had a big ego. I thought I was a lot better at improv than I really was. So I started giving advice. Advice that came, coincidentally, from classes I was teaching, not classes I was taking. And that led to virtuous cycle of creating rather than consuming.
As the authors point out in the article, I never would have thought that giving advice would be motivating. But it makes perfect sense. Watching a Ted Talk or reading a how-to is rarely enough to inspire me. Conversations, podcast interviews, improv classes, writing to readers or writing blog posts, on the other hand, always gets me in the right mindset.
A lot of people won't start a blog or podcast or give advice because they don't feel like they're an expert in their field. But waiting isn't the answer. If you read this blog every week, and you're holding out for some magic bullet that will finally give you the confidence you need to get started, you'll be waiting forever. Ironically, the best thing to do would be to stop reading and start sharing.


Globalization has been able to charm us successfully in all possible ways and so deeply that we can feel its direct effects in our daily lives like the way we dress up nowadays. The western culture with its easy influence has moved us away from that time when we used to dress up in our traditional Indian outfits. The Indian fashion scene has also evolved and changed over the years resulting in our happy acceptance of the styles of dressing which are so western in flavor. We have now given in to the sheer comfort and convenience of dressing in pants and skirts and women dresses. As ultra modern women of India, we are deeply in love with western fashion, more with the style and designs of the latest designer dresses for girls. Dressing up makes us feel happy and cheerful so we have readily taken to that! The women dresses that are available are actually one of the most comfortable clothes that you can ever come across in your life. Their qualities are not only confined to comfort, since they score high in terms of versatility too, making them ideal for wearing to any place. You can wear dresses to work you can wear dresses while casually hanging out with friends and even to parties.
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Earlier buying women dresses was a very difficult job. There were very limited options back then, in terms of availability, which is no longer a concern any more. All the various styles of latest women dresses are now easily available all over the Internet with the growth of the sites which are dedicated for online shopping for ladies. Majority of the sites dedicated to online shopping, also stock all the premium brands while all of them offer amazing collections that also are designed and manufactured in-house. Previously, we used to hit the high end shopping malls which were mostly set up in Delhi, Mumbai or other metro cities in India. But then with the boom in e-commerce, the designers of premium brands gradually moved part of their business on the Internet too. This resulted in the availability of latest designer dresses online. And why not, since this let more and more people spread all over the world get access to the latest designer dresses on the Internet, which is after all, mutually beneficial, if you realize. So now when we wish to buy the latest designer dresses, all we need to do is remain indoors and browse the various online portals that house huge collections of latest designer dresses. Online shopping is now the most comfortable way to access and stuff our closets with the latest designs of all women dresses.
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i'm not a big time holiday or season decorator. what i have up is what i have up all year round, usually. except for a little something here and there.
well here's a tutorial to add a little something springish to your home.
oh and i'm going to show you how you can use old dryer sheets to make it happen.
a metal hoop. or a wood one will be just fine as well.
dryer sheet that's been used already in your dryer.
so your dryer sheet right as it comes out of the dryer is probably really wrinkled.
take your iron to it. but make sure you get a dish towel in between your dryer sheet and your iron. i'm not sure if it would melt it if you did it straight on, but i didn't want to learn that lesson.
next you are going to want to draw your egg on a piece of paper.
i didn't do a pdf on this thinking that an egg is kind of easy to draw. but if enough of you complain that you need a pdf drawing of the egg i'll load it up and make a link. if not then lets move on.
with a sharpie i traced my drawn egg onto my ironed dryer sheet.
originally i was going to do a small egg and a big one, but i changed my mind so please ignore the big egg in these two pictures. pretend it's not there. like the man behind the curtain.
sew on your drawn on line.
cut out your egg and then slit a small area of the dryer sheet. preferably in the middle of your egg.
and use the slit to turn it inside out.
next you are going to press your egg with an iron.
i made three eggs this same way.
next you are going to applique on your eggs.
to applique, you will start with the middle egg.
come up from the back as close as you can to the edge of the egg. and then come up through the very side of the egg.
next you are going to go down directly underneath of where you came up through your egg.
and you are going to do so around your whole egg.
make sure you sew right at the edge of your fold, this will make your stitches invisible.
uh that last egg looks like it had a few issues. mainly for the fact that i had a squiggly 3 year old on my lap wanting to help. well, it adds character. and my daughter got to help.
and now it rests in my hallway shelf. except that after taking this picture i think i'll move it to the other side so there's a little more color on that side.
i made katie a new dress. for spring.
so she will have to wear a sweater till the snow finally decides to give us a break. so like june or something like that.
hmmm okay well HAPPY MONDAY.
come wednesday we will have another guest tutorial blogger. EXCITING!
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That's awesome! I'm definitely adding this appliqué technique to my to-try list! Thanks for the tutorial!
love that shelf. the new addition to it looks great!
What a great idea to use a dryer sheet! I always use muslin or waste some fabric--this is so much better! I love your great ideas!
this is great tutorial, thanks for sharing.
Brilliant!! I've always used some sort of unwanted, throwaway fabric, but the dryer sheets look to be a much better idea!
hey...that hallway is looking good.
Terrific idea! Thanks! I had been saving mine but wasn't sure what I planned to use them for, now I know!!
I love to applique but I get burned out easily. I've tried every technique and nothing really makes it easier for me...I usually just go back to needle turn. I'm so going to try this. I think it's just what I need to keep the needle turn frustrations beat. Thanks so much for sharing this good idea.
Holy moly that is brilliant. I adore trash to treasure projects!
Very cute eggs. I love using the dryer sheets for applique. It almost makes me want to do more laundry!!!
Great idea! Very festive for spring but still subtle. I love your hallway decor!
Well aren't you the most clever person every???
Awesome toot! You're so green and crafty - you're like the recyclops, but with two eyes. And you don't work at Dunder Mifflen. And you don't blow up things. Do you wear a cape when you craft? You really should if you don't.
Love the dress - what is the fabric? Did you use a patter? Super cute!
Love this tutorial, genius! And the dress is adorable.
I love it. Those eggs look great. I love simple decor ideas.
So cute. I had no idea that was possible.
For years I have wondered what I could do with dryer sheets besides tossing them. (And you think YOU need to get out more!?) What a great idea! Thanks.
Please tell us more about the dress. Darling!
Umm, What is a dryer sheet?
Thank you, I think I could do that, well maybe, The dress is just darling!!!
V...love the tutorial. I wanted to give you a tip about dryer sheets and irons. If you've ever used iron on fusible web or anything that "dirties" up your iron, dryer sheets are the BEST!!! I don't remember where I heard it but what you do is get the iron hot, then turn it off, use a new dryer sheet to carefully clean your iron. Carefully, because you don't want to get burned! It really shines it up nice and you have a clean iron that will not leave anything "icky" on your beautiful fabric or clothes! Have an awesome week!
Dryer sheets? Really?! Who ever figured that one out was a genius. I can't imagine even thinking of using them!
And the new dress is adorable. LOVE the green. My girls closets are spilling with dresses, but now I really want to make a green one.
Question. I have been trying to find where you put a link to the camera you use and I can't find it! Can you guide me? I want a new camera REAL bad, and need to test the waters and see which ones are the best.
Love the dress, and thank you for the tutorial!
Too stinking cute! Thanks for the awesome idea!!
What a great idea! I assume it would work for circles too? I'm going to bookmark this for future reference.
So pretty. Simple and small but it makes a big statement. You are endlessly creative! Sheesh...what can't you think up? I love that you reused trash.
Jeez that is SO resourceful! What a great idea!
I've seen it snow here in JUNE! This time of year I always feel a since of despair as if it's never going to end. Where is spring? It's getting harder and harder to find the beauty in the fluffy white stuff. Crack is Whack... Snow is Old! And there you have it. I also think its past my bedtime.
I'm going to be linking this on my blog www.ikeandella.blogspot.com for our Trashy Thursdays! Great idea!
I love love the sweet eggs !! and the display shelf! I might have to make them!! I will shout you out if I do!!!
I used to save those dryer sheets to dust with (which they are great for, btw.) NOW-I'll be saving them for applique! Thanks for the great tutorial-I'm awed!


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Experience Beaufort, Historic Beaufort, Historic Homes
Civil War Bakery
Posted on October 30, 2016 June 21, 2017 by Beaufort Online
The Cuthbert-Scheper-Simmer House: 915 Port Republic St.
Local tales claim that Harriet Tubman used this fireplace for baking.
You can almost smell bread baking in the basement kitchen of the house at the corner of Charles and Port Republic Streets. When the Union soldiers took over Beaufort in 1861, Lucius Cuthbert and family evacuated to Aiken, SC, leaving the family house to become a bakery for the hungry soldiers. Lucius Cuthbert came from the wealthy, rice-planting lineage of Richfield Plantation (now Auldbrass), and he raised seven children in this residence. The Civil War did not permanently derail the family's success however. James, the oldest son, who had attended the Beaufort College to become a minister, attained his status as the first Baptist clergy in Aiken. Another son became a lawyer in Colorado to later serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
F.W. Scheper bought the house in 1875 and opened a warehouse from which he sold
The blue tape indicates the possible flood level during the Sea Island Hurricane of 1893.
goods to the merchant ships (dry goods business), but in 1893, the Sea Island Hurricane came in with the high tide and 120 mph winds. Blue tape on the oak tree in the front yard indicates the level of the storm surge. When the storm changed direction, debris was slammed into the back of the house. Scheper doggedly repaired the house and his business on Bay Street, only to lose the business completely in 1907 when two young boys started a fire in his barn (The Great Bonfire)! Despite these natural and manmade disasters, the Scheper family in Beaufort is about 6 generations deep.
Mike Sutton describes the unseen work done so far to restore the integrity of the house.
Restoration of the house is being done by Beaufort City Councilman Mike Sutton of Sutton Construction for Edward and Peggy Simmer. So far, they have put on a brand new roof, repaired the foundation, made the infrastructure strong and safe again, and rebuilt the porches. Though the house is still a work in progress, the Historic Beaufort Foundation asked the Simmers to participate in the tour of homes this year to encourage others to adopt and restore houses in Beaufort.
The first time they walked into the house, water was running down the stairs because the old
Notice the wooden prop supporting the oak branch.
metal roof had failed, the ceilings were down, and termites had eaten into the wood floor. The Simmers prefer to restore rather than buy a finished house because they appreciate the discoveries along the way. For example, the Scheper family crest was stowed in a closet when it broke off the wrought iron fence- it dates back to 1875.
The basement, which was the original kitchen, holds some wonderful reminders of Beaufort's past. As previously mentioned, bread was baked here in the fireplace for Union soldiers. The basement also houses a working cistern, which the Simmers will use to collect rain water and use for irrigation. In times gone by, this cistern gave the Cuthberts and the Schepers cool drinking water from 12 feet underground. Old clapboard in the basement shows evidence of a reading and writing lesson, complete with a drawing of an alligator. Also dating back to 1875 is the garden's design and brick work and the handsome wrought iron fence.
The Beaufort Gazette announced the plan for restoring the house in December of 2011: http://www.islandpacket.com/2011/12/26/1907872/restoration-planned-for-historic.html#storylink=misearch
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This section explains how to install and uninstall the project.

Install project dependencies.

```sh
script/setup.sh
```

## Usage

This section explains how to use the project.

Run the main program.

```sh
bin/ps
```

## Development

This section explains how to improve the project.

Configure Git on Windows before cloning. This avoids problems with Vagrant and VirtualBox.

```sh
git config --global core.autocrlf input
```

Create the development virtual machine on Linux and Darwin.

```sh
script/vagrant/create.sh
```

Create the development virtual machine on Windows.

```bat
script\vagrant\create.bat
```

Run tests.

```sh
script/test.sh [--help]
```

Run style check.

```sh
script/check.sh [--help]
```

Build project.

```sh
script/build.sh
```

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When your back hurts after a long day at the office, it's easy to think that you need to focus on back strength. But it's actually a weak core that causes most back issues. If the muscles around your spine are weak, the vertebrae and discs aren't properly supported, so add a quick core workout like this one into your regular routine.
This workout isn't your average abs session. It helps prevent back issues because the exercises target all of the muscles in and around your core, not just the ones you can see. You'll need a small fitness ball, which will support your back and allow you to engage your deeper abdominal muscles. Deflate it a little bit so it's soft and then hit play to get started.
To recap: You'll need a mini fitness ball (like this one) for the routine. An exercise mat is optional. Most of the exercises are performed for 10 reps.


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Q: Programmatically implement Mac long-press accent popup The application I'm working on uses a custom text editor. The problem is that it therefore doesn't employ the Mac's now-standard long-press key accent popup, i.e., holding down 'A' will produce "aaaaaaaaa" instead of the "à á â ä..." window.
Anyone know if it's possible to programmatically call/otherwise implement that accent popup?

A: Properly handling key events so that they interact properly with the system is discussed in the Creating a Custom Text View section of the Cocoa Text Architecture Guide. You should also familiarize yourself with the Handling Key Events chapter of the Cocoa Event Handling Guide (although it's a bit outdated; in particular, it refers to the deprecated NSTextInput protocol which has been replaced by NSTextInputClient).
The basic gist is that you should send key events through either -[NSTextInputContext handleEvent:] or -[NSResponder interpretKeyEvents:], implement action methods on your view, and also have your view class adopt and implement the NSTextInputClient protocol.
You acquire a reference to the appropriate NSTextInputContext object from the inputContext property of NSView.
Sending the key events through one of those handler methods is how that press-and-hold feature gets activated. The NSTextInputClient protocol methods are how it ultimately interacts with your text view's document model. When the user selects a character from the popover, the feature uses that protocol to actually replace the initial character with the final one.
This will also allow your text view to handle Asian input methods.


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The History Of Huntington Beach
11 Nov The History Of Huntington Beach
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The area [Huntington Beach] was originally occupied by the Tongva people. European settlement can be traced to a Spanish soldier, Manuel Nieto, who in 1784 received a Spanish land grant of 300,000 acres (1,200 km2), Rancho Los Nietos, as a reward for his military service and to encourage settlement in Alta California. Nieto's western area was reduced in 1790 because of a dispute with the Mission San Gabriel, but he retained thousands of acres stretching from the hills north of Whittier, Fullerton and Brea, south to the Pacific Ocean, and from today's Los Angeles River on the west, to the Santa Ana River on the east.
The main thoroughfare of Huntington Beach, Beach Boulevard, was originally a cattle route for the main industry of the Rancho. Since its time as a parcel of the enormous Spanish land grant, Huntington Beach has undergone many incarnations. One time it was known as Shell Beach, the town of Smeltzer, and then Gospel Swamp for the revival meetings that were held in the marshland where the community college Golden West College can currently be found. Later it became known as Fairview and then Pacific City as it developed into a tourist destination. In order to secure access to the Red Car lines that used to criss-cross Los Angeles and ended in Long Beach, Pacific City ceded enormous power to railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington, and thus became a city whose name has been written into corporate sponsorship, and like much of the history of Southern California, boosterism.
Huntington Beach was incorporated on February 17, 1909 during the tenure of its first mayor, Ed Manning. Its original developer was Huntington Beach Company (formerly the West Coast Land and Water Company), a real-estate development firm owned by Henry Huntington. The Huntington Beach Company is still a major land-owner in the city, and still owns most of the local mineral rights.
An interesting hiccup in the settlement of the district occurred when an encyclopedia company gave away free parcels of land, with the purchase of a whole set for $126, in the Huntington Beach area that it had acquired cheaply. The lucky buyers got more than they had bargained for when oil was discovered in the area, and enormous development of the oil reserves followed. Though many of the old wells are empty and the price of land for housing has pushed many of the rigs off the landscape, oil pumps can still be found to dot the city.
Huntington Beach was primarily agricultural in its early years with crops such as celery and sugar beets. Holly Sugar was a major employer with a large processing plant in the city that was later converted to an oil refinery.
The city's first high school, Huntington Beach High School, located on Main Street, was built in 1906. The school's team, the Oilers, is named after the city's original natural resource.
Meadowlark Airport, a small general aviation airport, existed in Huntington Beach from the 1940s until 1989.
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