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Prophet Shelby Explains Why Black Messiah Obama Won't Win
Shelby Steele Interviewed by Kam Williams
Published: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Photo Credit: Hoover Institution
Shelby Steele is a controversial public intellectual who often finds himself at the center of controversy because of his conservative stances on such issues as Affirmative Action, reparations, welfare and other government entitlement programs. As an African-American, this makes him a much in demand media darling who Republicans wheel out whenever they need a black man to weigh-in on a hot-button issue.
Consequently, he's been a popular guest on the TV talk show circuit where he has generally been reduced to speaking in sound bites. For this reason it was very enlightening to see him recently speak at length in 'What Black Men Think,' a brilliant documentary by Janks Morton which afforded Shelby a fair opportunity to air his political philosophy. In that context, he seemed sincerely concerned about alleviating the plight of black folks, and not merely a right-wing apologist.
By profession, Steele is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller 'The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America,' which won the National Book Critics' Circle Award. He is a contributing editor at Harper's Magazine, and his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, Newsweek, and The Washington Post.
For his work on the PBS television documentary 'Seven Days in Bensonhurst,' he was recognized with both an Emmy Award and a Writers Guild Award. In 2004, President George W. Bush, citing Steele's "learned examinations of race relations and cultural issues," honored him with the National Humanities Medal.
Here, Shelby talks about his provocative new book A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He can't Win.
Shelby Steele: The Why Obama can't Win Interview
with Kam Williams
KW: Hey, Shelby, how are you?
SS: Pretty good, how are you?
KW: Thanks for the time.
SS: Sure.
KW: Well, I found much of what you had to say in your new book thought-provoking. But do you have any second thoughts about your Obama prediction, or about making it the subtitle of your new book?
SS: Well, I don't know if I did that well, here. [Chuckles] You know, you're sitting there trying to come up with a subtitle. This wasn't the best one. Nevertheless, I still think it may be difficult for him to go all the way.
KW: If he gets the nomination, you can be sure that McCain and the Republicans are going to mount a serious campaign.
SS: Right, there's a long way to go. But that wasn't the point off my book, obviously, so I regret that title.
KW: 'Why Obama can't Win' sounds like an attention-grabber dreamed up by somebody in the marketing department. But let me ask you about your first book, 'The Content of Our Character.' I actually agreed with much of what you had to say in that book, but it seemed that soon thereafter you became a media darling among conservatives who were quick to co-opt some of your words as a rationale for dismantling Affirmative Action. Did you sense how you might be being used in this fashion?
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SS: I take responsibility for what I write. I came to have really strong views about Affirmative Action. In the next book I wrote, 'A Dream Deferred,' I took on the issue a lot more directly. But it's always there, even in 'White Guilt.' So, here you are, where people are inviting you to speak about what you really believe. That's how that went. Certainly, in the media, there have not been many black voices that have argued against Affirmative Action with any decent logic.
KW: I reviewed your book 'White Guilt,' where you said 'I walked right into stigmatization as an Uncle Tom.' How did that make you feel to be seen this way?
SS: Well, this is interesting, and I think it relates to my Obama book where I talk about 'bargaining' and 'challenging' and how we, as blacks, entering this great American mainstream wearing a mask because, when you're a minority, you don't have the same power as the majority. That's something that has just been a part of our survival mechanism. Well, I tried not to wear those masks, not to give whites the benefit of the doubt or to hold them on the hook, but to simply speak as an individual. I knew that if you're going to do that in a society that has this history, this past, and this way of relating through masks and so forth, that you're going to get some blowback. So, I was not surprised, and I fully accept that you can't write the way I've written and not get blowback. You will. And in fact, you learn from it. It sharpens me and I hope it makes me a better writer.
KW: To be honest, after loving your first book, I was disillusioned by the way that you seemed to become a Republican spokesperson for the anti-Affirmative Action movement. However, I recently came to appreciate you again when I saw you in Janks Morton's documentary 'What Black Men Think.' It really showed you in a new light.
SS: Right. Oh yeah, I think it's a really great film. One of the points it made for me, both participating in it and then later viewing it, is that you get a chance to see how these ideas that are often labeled conservative actually come out of a great concern for black America and the direction it is headed. And I think Janks' film established that context.
KW: I agree, even though I see myself as a progressive liberal, politically. What was the extent of your involvement with the project?
SS: Janks came out and conducted the interview. Then he left, and I had no idea what to expect. When I saw it, it blew me away. It was a powerful piece of work. And he did it in such a way that made it palatable. It wasn't shrill or preachy.
KW: In your Obama book, you say he won't win because he has to wear masks to win. don't the white candidates have to do that, too?
SS: All politicians are going to mask to some degree in order to present themselves in away they think will get them votes. What's different in Obama's case is that he's wearing a racial mask, this 'bargainer's' mask, and I think very effectively, whereby he gives whites the benefit of the doubt. He's essentially saying, 'I am going to presume you are not racist, if you won't hold my race against me.' So, his mask is a distinctly racial one. This approach is old. It's been around for a long time. There have been black bargainers all the way back to Louis Armstrong, and I'm sure even far back beyond that.
KW: Well, when you compare Obama to Louis Armstrong that makes me think of Satchmo's smiling and mugging deferentially with the big handkerchief. Do you think that's a fair comparison?
SS: Well, Armstrong came from a whole different world 100 years ago. And he had to do things that, obviously, no black has to do today, thank God. Certainly, Obama doesn't have to adopt those sorts of hideous expressions. Yet, at the same time, he does strike this bargain which makes white people feel this comfort with him because he is in code saying to them, 'I'm not going to rub America's shameful racial history in your face. You can look at me and you can support me with comfort.' And whites are so grateful, they come out in great numbers and they are his basic constituency. My problem with Obama is that he's not a new paradigm; he's an old paradigm. A new paradigm would be somebody like Harold Ford [former Democratic Congressman from Tennessee] or Michael Steele [former Republican Lieutenant Governor of Maryland], no relation, both of whom present themselves as individuals, and don't seem to wear a mask. They don't 'bargain;' they don't 'challenge.' So, I see them as fresh, and as evidence of what I hope will be a new trend. There's a pathos to Obama in that so much of his power and his political support grows out of this mask as opposed to people responding to him as an individual.
KW: What I'm curious about Obama is, where did he get his black accent, if he wasn't raised around black people, but by a white mother from Kansas? Does his voice sound authentic or adopted to you? I figured you might have an insight about this since your mother's white, too.
SS: It sounds a little hollow. Sometimes, he's Martin Luther King, sometimes, he a black militant from the Sixties, then he's a Baptist minister. He can be so different. There's not yet an Obama voice. That troubles me on other levels. It's hard to know what bag he's going to come out of when he takes to the podium. you're making the point that, given his background, he doesn't have the flava', that he's a bit artificial and struggling to get there. Yeah, sure, that is part of what I talk about in the first half of the book. I think this need to belong has trailed him all of his life.
KW: It reminds me of a guy who tried to befriend me in college, saying, 'We mulattoes have to stick together.' I didn't understand why he was trying to bond, because, even though I'm light-skinned, both of my parents were black and I had been raised in a black neighborhood, so I obviously had a different set of life experiences. What was your childhood like having one black parent and one white parent?
SS: I grew during segregation in an all-black segregated neighborhood with segregated schools, etcetera. I was raised by a great father, my hero, who I much admired. So, I never really had anxiety in the way that someone like Obama would have. When he walks down the street alone, since no one knows who his mother is, they're just going to see him as a black guy. That's the fact of it. He has to be a black, yet he has an insecurity about it, and maybe overcompensates. I talk about that in the book. Part of it comes from a desire to establish your bona fides as a black.
KW: Did you feel that you had to deny half of who you are, because the world only saw you as black?
SS: I think my situation was probably different from somebody younger than I who came up after segregation and maybe grew up in an integrated or mostly white suburb. I was raised in a completely black world. In those days, if a white woman married a black man, she lived as a black woman, and that was just the end of it. So, I don't have a feeling of being bi-racial. I don't have a connection to it. People often come up to me thinking I do have a connection to it, and I kind of let them down because I really don't. My mother was deeply involved in a black community and when she died, these are the people who came to her funeral. Still, I do empathize with the younger people who may feel torn. I just myself have not had that feeling.
KW: Do you think it's possible for a black male born in America to transcend the bind of having to choose between being a 'negotiator' and a 'challenger,' like Jack Johnson did in his day.
SS: Good question. Jack Johnson was famous for not wearing any mask. Yes, I do think it's possible today, but you will probably pay the kind of price that Shelby Steele has paid. You'll get some blowback for it, because your own group is going to have some expectations of you. Take me, for example. I decided to live as an individual and as I grew older, and thought more, and read more and experienced more, my views became more conservative. But my group is liberal. Not only that, they say, 'If you're not liberal and not a Democrat, you're not black. If you're conservative, you're a sellout.' Here, then, I'm living with that kind of a pressure against my individuality. I have to throw it off, because my experience in life tells me that the values that are now being labeled 'conservative' are the only way that blacks can get ahead. So, my individuality is my gift to my people. I'm sure that, in the long run, it will be taken that way.
KW: Is there, then, a third type of black person, different from the 'negotiator' and the 'challenger.'
SS: Yes, the individual who doesn't bargain with whites, but deals with them as an individual. In other words, I'm not going to play a racial game. With me, you're going to meet a guy named Shelby Steele, and you will have to get to know me as an individual. The color of my skin won't tell you anything. I think there's more and more of that in America.
KW: I think Obama started his campaign trying to be neutral in terms of color, but the Clintons have been trying to bait him by playing the race card ever since they lost the Iowa.
SS: Right, they are. But it's probably redounded against them. I would love to see us, as blacks, get to the place where we say, 'I'm not going to play race games with you. Here I am. This is who I am. Take it or leave it.'
KW: I'd go along with your approach in a world where racism and discrimination didn't still exist.
SS: I don't let that stop me from being an individual. My honest opinion is that blacks have to fight much harder for their individuality than whites do. That's still the case, because of this history of masking that's been with us for so long that the idea of a black individual is still new. So, we have to fight harder for it.
KW: Interesting. In your book you relate an anecdote about a black man who you felt obviously exaggerated the amount of racism he had faced, saying he'd been profile-stopped by the same cops 20 times.
SS: I just wanted to make the point that there's a poetic truth as well as the literal truth. Part of our identity is the idea that racism is still there and that we are vulnerable to it. So, the question is, 'How vulnerable?' In other words, is it really a problem for us, or is it just a small thing. How do you evaluate racism in America on a scale of 1 to 10? My suspicion is that most blacks overrate it a bit. Not to say it's not there, but we overrate it because this masking is part of our relationship to the larger society. This is a way we keep whites on the hook. We keep them obligated, and we keep ourselves entitled. There's an incentive, you see, to inflate it a little bit.
KW: I can see what you're saying, but I also know that discrimination definitely still exists.
SS: Sure, and if you're getting harassed, it's not helpful to know that racism has generally declined in America, when you're still experiencing it. That is a reality that we're still vulnerable to. However, what I've tried to do in my work is point out the underside of it that almost gives you an investment in racism. Also, it stigmatizes us. That's my biggest problem with it. It steals our thunder. No matter how accomplished we may be, just any little white person can come up and say, 'Well, you wouldn't be here, if it weren't for Affirmative Action.' You put power in white people's hands, and then they use it against you. It's a trick bag.
KW: I'd go along with eliminating Affirmative Action, if the playing field were truly leveled.
SS: We have laws on the books. If somebody's discriminating against you, I strongly advocate suing them. That's the most effective thing you can do in terms of fighting racism. People understand that they're vulnerable to lawsuit
KW: I think it would be even more effective if they made discrimination in housing, employment, or education a criminal offense.
SS: There you go. I'm with you. I wrote a piece in the New York Times back in the Nineties saying that racial discrimination ought to be a criminal offense, not just a civil one. I'm all for the criminalization of discrimination.
KW: Wonders never cease. I never expected to find myself agreeing with Shelby Steele so much.
SS: If you are a minority, it is important that you have legal ways to defend yourself in the society in which you live.
KW: Do you think 'negotiators' like Oprah would be enjoying their success, if 'challengers' like Reverends Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson didn't exist?
SS: Probably not. Barack Obama ought to send Al Sharpton a check. It's precisely the specter of a really aggressive 'challenger' such as Al Sharpton, who constantly tries to keep whites off-balance, that makes whites like Barack Obama. He's saying, 'I'm not going to do that. I'm going to be an anti-Al Sharpton.' That's what so excites whites. Yes, it's absolutely the presence of these 'challengers' that helps make 'bargaining' effective.
KW: Bookworm Troy Johnson wants to know: What was the last book you read?
The Bad Girl: A Novel
by Mario Vargas Llosa
SS: The last book that I read was a novel called 'The Bad Girl' by Mario Vargas Llosa.
KW: And Columbus Short asks: Are you happy?
SS: [Laughs] Yes.
KW: Is there any question you wish somebody would ask you, but nobody ever asks?
SS: Yes, about the craft of writing, but I think that might bore your readers.
KW: Not at all. What is your approach to writing?
SS: My background is literature. That's what my doctorate is in. So, it remains the love of my life. Whatever I'm doing, I try to write well. I try to give the reader a nice, clean well-written surface, where the writing is transparent. It probably takes me longer to write things, but it's very important to me that the writing itself be good. I know that whatever power Shelby Steele has always comes out of the writing. I'm not the greatest television pundit or the best public speaker, so it's my writing that's most important.
KW: Although I may disagree with your politics, I grant that your writing style is excellent. However, I have noticed one recurring grammatical error in your last two books, several split infinitives. Although William Safire pronounced them acceptable over ten years ago or so, they're still like nails on the blackboard to me.
SS: I split more than you know. I do it now only if I feel that it sounds smoother. I'll also occasionally end a sentence with a preposition, which is verboten.
KW: You know what? That rule I don't mind breaking.
SS: Grammar does evolve.
KW: Toni Morrison called Bill Clinton the first black president. Do you agree?
SS: [Chuckles] Yes, the black identity is grounded in 'challenging,' not in 'bargaining.' What the Clintons have always done is embraced challenging. They can't have enough photo opportunities with Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. They communicate to blacks that they agree with their challenging identity. So, in a sense, Hillary is blacker than Barack. [Laughs] Their alignment with this black identity makes them 'black' in a metaphorical sense, I guess,
KW: Do you think Obama lost an opportunity during that debate when he was asked about Bill being the first black president and he just made a joke about dancing instead of answering it seriously?
SS: His strategy is to get away from anything having to do with race as quickly as he can. He might have made a serious comment, but his fear is that that might open a Pandora's Box. And then he'd be mired in race again. My guess is he wanted to make a joke, which I thought was a funny one, and move on. He doesn't ever want to get close to race.
KW: Have you endorsed anyone yet?
SS: No, I haven't.
KW: What will be the subject of your next book?
SS: I hope it'll be on foreign affairs. I'd like to look at Islamic extremism and terrorism a lot more carefully. I'll probably move away from race for a while.
KW: If you love literature so much, why not write a novel.
SS: I hope to. My rule is, whatever is the most urgent is what I do next.
KW: Did you read the interview I did with Stephen Carter?
SS: No, but I know he's done exactly that, started writing novels.
KW: Yeah, he got a $4 million advance to write his first novel after first publishing several very successful non-fiction books. And, they've tried to pigeonhole him as a black conservative, like you, but he says he doesn't mind being seen as religious, but he says he's not political.
SS: He has every right not to be.
KW: Well, thanks for the time, Shelby, this has been a great conversation.
SS: I've enjoyed it very much.
KW: I think people are going to get a kick out of hearing your ideas fully fleshed-out.
SS: Find another pretext to call me. We can chat again.
KW: Will do. Absolutely! Now I feel horrible about some of the things I've written about you in the past.
SS: don't worry about.
KW: Well, I did enjoy this Obama book, and I loved your first one, 'The Content of Our Character.'
SS: Well, thank you. That means a lot to me.


Research has demonstrated that one way to reduce criminality and drug use following incarceration is to provide quality drug treatment to drug-involved offenders while they are in custody. Particularly within correctional settings, long-term residential treatment programs, such as residential drug abuse treatment programs (DAP) provided by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), have been found to reduce post-incarceration drug use and criminal activity.
Nevertheless, the majority of offenders with substance abuse problems continue to return to society untreated, and go back to a life of alcohol and drug use and criminal activity. Given the limited availability of treatment, therefore, it is critical that correctional programs know who can benefit most from their treatment program and which components are having the greatest impact on effecting behavioral change.
Through a Cooperative Agreement between Texas Christian University and the BOP's National Institute of Corrections, this project evaluated an assessment instrument for identifying and monitoring the essential components of the therapeutic treatment process that link with favorable during- and post-treatment outcomes. The specific goals were to (1) identify existing key BOP data points relevant to treatment process, (2) prepare a psychometrically sound assessment instrument that tracks changes in inmate attitudes and cognitive processes over time as they progress through DAP programs, and (3) evaluate the assessment instrument in 6 BOP DAP programs.
Data collected on 667 inmates indicated that the revised TCU-CEST has good psychometric properties and was sensitive to variations across sites. Results helped formulate strategies for continuing this research as part of the CJ-DATS Project.
Knight, K., Simpson, D. D., & Morey, J. (2002, May). TCU-NIC Cooperative Agreement: Final Report. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University, Institute of Behavioral Research.


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Every week, every parent is going to ask their kids, "What did you learn today." If you are like me, you want the kids in your ministry to know, and to be able to communicate this to their parents.
What a waste to teach all morning, and to have no one remember what you taught. Below are 10 ways you can help the kids in your church remember what you teach.
Most people, kids included, learn best by interacting with others. They need opportunity to talk, ask questions, and articulate what they are learning.
If your ministry is lecture only than your kids are not remembering as much as they could. Create time for interaction, consider using small groups.
Half of the brain is dedicated to visual function. 65% of the population are visual learners. When you use images, along with linguistics, your success rate increases drastically.
Avoid trying to pass along to much information. Have one main focus. One big idea to point everything to. The intro, game, powerverse, big idea, main focus, Bible story, message, small group time should all point to one simple truth.
If you try to teach to much, they won't remember any of it. If possible continue to teach a key truth over the course of several lessons. This will really raise the retention rate of your kids.
Anything you say just one time will either be forgotten or possibly not even heard. If you want the kids to remember, you need to repeat it over and over. Things repeated 6 times or more increase retention by 90%. So say it multiple times, in different ways in order for kids to remember.
Reach all of the different learning styles.
You need to know and hit all the different learning styles. Do your best to reach each one every week. Each child has a different mix of learning styles.
Don't fall into the trap of only utilizing the learning style that you best learn with. Try to hit as many styles as possible, it will aid in kids remembering more of what you are trying to teach.
Visual (spatial): prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding.
Aural (auditory-musical): prefer using sound and music.
Verbal (linguistic): prefer using words, both in speech and writing.
Physical (kinesthetic): prefer using body, hands and sense of touch.
Logical (mathematical): prefer using logic, reasoning and systems.
Social (interpersonal): prefer to learn in groups or with other people.
Solitary (intrapersonal): prefer to work alone and use self-study.
A good rule of thumb is one minute for every year. With a five year old, you have five minutes. Less if you are boring, ill prepared, and don't communicate with energy and passion.
A good communicator utilizing various teaching techniques can stretch this time. This is why we do so many segments in our kids church. We utilize short video clips, music, objects, and pictures in an effort to captivate the children's attention.
Kids won't remember what they don't pay attention to. Kids in a large group will naturally gravitate and give their attention to whatever is the most exciting thing in the room. Choose to be the most exciting thing.
Every week use common objects that the kids will see to teach spiritual truths. Every time a kid sees that object they will be reminded of the spiritual truth. Train the kids that every time they are reminded by an object to share it with an adult.
Clearly define how to apply the lesson to their lives.
Every week you should challenge your kids to live out what they are learning. You need to be able to boil it down to one or two simple actions they can take as a result of your lesson. Information without application is useless. Our goal is life change and that only comes through application.
Most are good at reaching kids through their eyes and ears. We need to take it a step further. In order to take information and move it from short term to long term memory you need to utilize all the senses.
The more senses you utilize the better they will remember what they learned. Look for opportunities for kids to touch, smell, taste, see and hear what you are teaching.
Look for ways to create an experience. Help them feel the tension of the truth. How does your lesson apply to their world. Be clear, engaging, and relevant.
BONUS TIP: Come right out and tell the kids what they learned. There is no shame in this. At the end of the expereince. I will say, "Remember, today we learned…What are you going to say when Mom or dad asks you what you learned?" I tell them and then I have them tell me. If they can't tell me what they learned, they won't be able to tell their parents.


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5 Tips for Better Networking
by Ron Vitale
I attended Social Media Marketing World this week and learned some great tips on how to network better, engage readers and achieve success in your career. If I could sum up all that I've learned into one nice tidbit, I'd say that how the world sees you is critical to your achieving your goals. Often we tend to look into ourselves and focus on that, projecting out our hopes and dreams.
But here are five great tips on how to look outside ourselves and to network better:
1. Ask people: How Can I Help You?
Try to figure out how best to help people. Larry Benet is a master at networking. When networking with people, instead of focusing on what they can do for you, ask them how you can help them. Listen. Truly listen to what people share with you and if you can't help them today, you never know when they might be able to help you in the future. By focusing on listening and being receptive, you'll make a bigger impact on that person and set a strong foundation to your relationship.
2. Relationships are Key.
When networking, be sure to show people how you can be valuable to them. Give to people, share with people and build up your connection currency. Often people go up to people they don't know and drop a huge ask on them: Can you review my book? Can you help me get published? Instead, share an article with fellow writers, put one writer in touch with a cover artist that they were looking for and look for opportunities to help connect and help people. Sounds simple, and it is, but in the long run it'll make a difference because you will have earned people's trust and they'll want to help you in return.
3. Know the Right Questions to Ask
If you only have a few seconds with someone, focus on an emotional connection with someone. Larry Benet gave some great tips and had the entire session stand up and practice. Have these simple questions in your back pocket to help you in networking. All you have to do is to ask these questions, listen and then return in kind:
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
What is at the top of your bucket list?
These questions are easy to remember and a great way to break the ice with someone you haven't met before. Find any commonality between you and the other person and listen, truly listen, to her answers.
4. Follow Up Afterward
Once you've made a connection with someone, reach out to her and send her a note or a tweet to stay in touch. This is a great opportunity to share an article and to show that you were listening during your time together. What's important here is that you focus on remembering what you learned from that person and reach back out to help them. That's critical because networking isn't simply about clicking a "follow" button or adding someone to your LinkedIn account, but to make a real difference in that person's life by remembering their answer to the question: How can I help you?
5. Tie It All Together
Larry Benet gave some great examples in his talk. He mentioned that he had been involved in the taping of "We Are the World 2" and later had an opportunity to meet President Clinton. When he did so, he asked the former president if he would like to play saxophone on the recording and in mere seconds he had received President Clinton's personal contact information. He was able to leverage the networking experience he had in being involved with the taping of the song with a few seconds he had with President Clinton.
Now our daily networking might never have us in such circles of power, but we could have daily opportunities to help people in ways we might not have thought of and that's a key point. Networking isn't about collecting people's business cards, but in getting to know people, listening and trying to help them. In return, you'll be able to share your story and what you needing help with and be helped in the future.
Networking can be intimidating for those introverted like myself, but practice, practice and more practice will make you better at it. And fear not: With today's social media platforms, it's even easier than ever to help people. Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn are fantastic tools to allow us to not only network but really help people. So gives these few tips a try and you'll see how easy it is to really make a difference and bring true value to people.
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Roller conveyors are among the types of conveyors regulated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). While it is possible to purchase and assemble a roller conveyor in one's home for improvement projects, most roller conveyors are found in warehouses, distribution centers and other places where people need to move packaged or palletized loads.
A roller conveyor is a type of conveyor system that moves its load from one end to the other over evenly spaced rollers. The rollers are tubes usually made of steel or another strong metal or metal alloy. Roller conveyors are typically gravity conveyors, meaning they are inclined so that a load starts at the elevated end and moves to the lower end by the force of gravity, rather than by a powered belt in the rails.
Roller conveyors are typically sold in sections comprised of rollers and rails, with the supports sold separately. Alternatively, they are sold in small, straight sections with the supports, rails and rollers attached, and sections are assembled to fit the needs of the user. To keep the roller conveyor safe, assembled parts must be secured together, and must not easily come loose as a load passes over the seams. Supports must also be stable and not buckle or move as the load passes over.
For powered roller conveyors, an emergency brake must be available at the control station and, if the control station is in a remote location, near the engine as well. For both powered and gravity roller conveyors, there must be a mechanism at the end of the conveyor system to stop a load without it falling off the end.
If the roller conveyor stands at about ground level--not passing over the heads of personnel in the environment in which it operates--safety guardrails must be used to keep the load from falling off the sides. Guardrails should be placed above the center of gravity of the load typically passing over the conveyor.
If the roller conveyor is an overhead conveyor, i.e., it is passes over the heads of personnel, conveyor netting is required below and along the sides of the conveyor so that loads are not able to fall on personnel. If the conveyor is against a wall, netting is only required below and to the side of the conveyor that is not against the wall.


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More and more people discover that there is something wrong with the way we use our energy. In an era where burnout is rampant, we are called to reflect on how we treat our body and our energy reserves. It seems like while we are having more resources available than ever before, we can't use them the right way, or do something with it that makes us feel drained and depleted.
While I was suffering from burnout myself, it felt like a prolonged winter. I had been working hard for years and years and I was expecting that to pay off for me in a big way. Instead, I became sick and my body and mind weren't able to function normally anymore.
At first, I didn't get it. I did everything I was told to do to become successful. "Work hard, don't be lazy, the effort you put in over time will have a result." But it didn't. I felt like a total failure and tried to figure out what was it was that I did so horribly wrong to end up like this, on the couch, unable to take care of my own children, get dressed, get groceries, let alone to go to work.
As I was searching for the answer, I felt like I was in a prolonged Winter and that somebody denied me the next Spring.
That seasonal analogy and the loathing I felt for this forced Winter broke something open in me. How on Earth was it possible what I had done? I had lived my life like there was no Winter, for decades. And of course, that's not possible. We are not above Nature. We are Nature.
From there I started to recognize that I had been using my energy in a very linear way. Push, strive, and over time you will see results. I discovered that this way of thinking about success is an illusion, and has its roots in the industrial era, where input x time = output. There are two things that can influence output in this equation, input and time. We cannot bend time (yet), but we can influence input, by doing more, and doing it faster.
By living my life in a linear way, I separated myself from my cyclical nature as a human, but especially as a woman with a hormonal cycle influencing my personal energy. Setting goals, working as fast as possible towards them, striving and pushing without rest was characterizing my study and career. The irony is, that the last 3 years of my career in healthcare as an operational excellence manager, I was responsible for efficiency and production within the company I worked with.
I was convinced that pushing is the only way to success and results. Thinking that resting equals 'being lazy and unproductive'. And I was taught (by men) that 'waiting time' equals 'waste'. In a production process, that might be the case. But for our personal energy, health, and creative processes, it's a lie.
I am sure I am not the only one who has been severely conditioned in this way, and the burnout epidemic is showing us exactly that. We are not machines or factories, we are Nature. Nature shows us every day that growth happens within cycles and seasons. Winter is necessary to fertilize the soil for the next growth cycle.
- a deeper connection to Nature.
It's interesting to find out what your conditioning is around work and success. Changing your lifestyle from linear to cyclical can be challenging, depending on your old stories and behavioral patterns. Dive into the challenges with an open mind, and an open heart. Journal about what comes up for you. The payoff will be a life with more energy and health, less stress and fatigue, and effortless results.
Even reading this article may have you thinking that it doesn't work for you, or that you don't need it. Or that it's too difficult, or too weird. That's resistance, and it's normal when we are confronted with something different.
We have been told that rest is unproductive and lazy. Taking breaks should be short and kept to the bare minimum. We see this in schools already, cutting back on recess. This belief is deeply ingrained in modern life and a real challenge to overcome. Recently, Arianna Huffington and Elon Musk got into a Twitter discussion about this topic, which makes so clear that skipping sleep and rest is treated as a badge of honor in our culture. However, rest is pivotal to growth and inspiration and should be treated with respect and be allowed and even promoted.
From a young age, most women have felt that having their period is annoying, dirty, painful, or makes them incompetent. What we didn't grow up with, is the power that lies in connecting with this personal energy cycle. Lots of women have been on contraceptives to ease menstrual pain, heavy bleeding, or don't want to have a period at all. It takes time and self-care to connect to your body in a loving way and feel the power in the feminine cycle. Living with the cycle instead of ignoring or denying it, may even help to relieve symptoms.
You will find that some beliefs around success, work, and energy are deeply ingrained and take time to break down. You will find that when you are able to look at it with compassion and from a perspective of self-love and self-care, it's easier to handle and change. And it takes time to create habit changes. New pathways and neural connections are being formed which doesn't happen overnight.
When we change our habits or lifestyle, we will be different as a person. This can create challenges in our relationships with family, friends, and co-workers, because the dynamic changes. People expect you to react or behave a certain way, and if you don't, it causes confusion. Make sure to explain what you are trying to do, but don't fall into the trap of defending yourself, or trying to convince that this is the way to live. Focus on what cyclical living does for you and people will see the difference in your energy and maybe they want some of that as well. That's the moment to discuss it in more details with them.
One of the more difficult things when it comes to change from linear to cyclical living is how to move with it the workplace. There is so much linear conditioning in work that you can be pulled back into it easily. The 9-5 rhythm is based on the masculine, solar (daytime) energy cycle and we have to move with it in a way when we are an employee. For self-employed women or entrepreneurs, it can be much easier to implement cyclical living, and it can be taken even further into projects (which also have a growth cycle) or marketing strategy (e.g. based on the Moon cycle). If you are an employee, make sure that you are at least aware of your hormonal cycle and honor that as much as possible. For example, if you have the chance to schedule your appointments or plan important meetings or events, try to line them up with your mid-cycle and avoid them during your (pre-)menstrual days.
As said above, cyclical living has many advantages, but can also be challenging to leave the old linear lifestyle. Journaling and meditation can help to discover resistance and patterns. It's important to find other women who are on the same journey of honoring the body and their cyclical nature. When you feel stuck in dismantling limiting beliefs around success and rest, you may find it helpful to get a coach, to help you to move forward into a more effortless way of living.


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At 82, Severinsen still makes the grade
By docadmin | Published June 21, 2010
Few musicians retire willingly. Most prefer to keep playing their music as long as they can, if their performances are up to snuff.
Former "Tonight Show" bandleader Doc Severinsen, who led his Mexico-based quintet Monday night at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis, is a prime example.
The trumpeter, who will turn 83 on July 7, ended his 25-year run with Johnny Carson in 1992. In 2007, he retired as principal pops conductor for several symphony orchestras, including the Minnesota Orchestra, and moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
There, he met a group of local jazz musicians in a cafe and eventually formed his current ensemble, El Ritmo de la Vida ("The Rhythm of Life").
The group's repertoire is a heady blend of traditional Mexican music, Argentine tango, Spanish flamenco and gypsy jazz.
Severinsen's group on the current tour includes one other fairly well-known U.S. musician — violinist Sid Page, who was a stalwart of the popular '70s swing band, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks.
Monday's opening set included an unidentified flamenco piece (with a trumpet part evocative of Miles Davis' "Sketches of Spain") and two pieces by the great Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla.
One was "Libertango," with the melody played in unison by Severinsen, Page and guitarist Gil Gutierrez. Cuban-born percussionist Jimmy Branly laid down a brisk beat with brushes on his snare drum, supported by upright bassist Kevin Thomas.
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Pops still young at heart
By docadmin | Published May 5, 2010
Celebrating popular culture has made the Boston Pops what it is, and so it's no surprise that opening its 125th anniversary season on Tuesday evening at Symphony Hall included a nod to favorites from Gershwin to "Glee."
For the bulk of the century and a quarter, the Pops has had three just directors: Arthur Fiedler, John Williams and current maestro Keith Lockhart. Each has left his own stamp on the orchestra, and the splashy three-part program honored all of them.
The survey of Fiedler's distinctive taste was all American, including some things patriotic ("National Emblem March"), and some things kitschy (Leroy Anderson's idiosyncratic and enjoyable "Typewriter," which served as a soundtrack to a video retrospective of the colorful Fiedler years). But it also had some real substance: Gershwin's great "Rhapsody in Blue," turned nicely (albeit in a bowdlerized version) by Pops regular Michael Chertock, as well as the most eloquent tribute of the night, featuring concertmaster Tamara Smirnova, who soloed gracefully in a timeless Pops favorite, "Jalousie," the first million-selling recording of any kind, as Lockhart pointed out.
Severinsen finds his gypsy in latest band
Doc Severinsen moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in 2007 to retire. Then he had dinner at an Italian restaurant, where violinist Pedro Cartas and guitarist Gil Gutierrez were playing.
"I dropped my fork and my spoon and everything else," Severinsen said, from the site of a second home he's building just outside San Miguel de Allende. "I couldn't believe what these guys were doing."
Thus began a chain of events leading to a concert set for Friday at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater. Trumpeter Severinsen, Cartas, Gutierrez, percussionist Miguel Favero and bassist Gilberto Gonzalez will play a benefit for the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music's new Jazz Institute.
They call the band El Ritmo de la Vida. They were here in September, as a featured act with the Milwaukee Symphony Pops. Severinsen, of course, was the MSO's principal pops conductor from 1994 to 2007. By all accounts, that show went very well.
But the Pops show, with a full orchestra in tow, required arrangements and constricted the band somewhat. The Pabst concert will be closer to the group's Italian restaurant show.
Yes, Doc – who will turn 82 on July 7, who became a household name after decades on the "The Tonight Show" – plays three or four nights a week in a restaurant in Mexico.
"I'm the only one who doesn't get paid," he said.
From the name ("The Rhythm of Life") and the makeup of the band, you might think they specialize in Latin jazz. Actually, they're eclectic. A lot of jazz standards are in their repertoire, and the influence of French gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli is apparent in the playing o Gutierrez and Cartas. You can hear a wonderful, and very Hot Club of France, treatment of "Sweet Georgia Brown" at the Ritmo Web site.


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Great Gulf Homes plans 46-storey condo tower for corner in sketchy Dundas-Jarvis neighbourhood
Developer Great Gulf Homes has acquired this property at the southwest corner of Dundas and Jarvis Streets for its proposed 46-storey Pace Condos tower
On-site promotional billboard for the Pace Condos tower
Seedy site: I had been wondering when a developer was going to announce plans to build a condo tower at the seedy southwest corner of Dundas and Jarvis Streets. It's not a nice neighbourhood by any stretch of the imagination, but real estate is all about location and that's one of the few redeeming features for this prime piece of downtown property just a short walk from the Toronto Eaton Centre and the Yonge subway line. Late last year I noticed that the three businesses in the small commercial plaza on the corner had been closed and their windows papered over. I kept waiting to hear word about a development proposal for the property, but didn't see any signs on the site in either January or February. But when I passed by the corner just over a week ago, and saw that chainlink fencing had been erected around the plaza, I knew an announcement was imminent. On March 14, it happened: prominent Toronto condo developer GreatGulf Homes filed a rezoning application with the City, proposing to build a 46-storey condo tower with 417 suites, five levels of underground parking and a 10-storey podium with street-level retail space. A billboard promoting Pace Condos — "downtown tower suites from the low $200s" — promptly went up on the corner where it's certain to catch the attention of motorists driving along busy Jarvis Street on their way to and from the Financial District.
When I told some friends earlier this winter that I suspected a condo would be built on the site, they looked incredulous and said: "No way! Who the hell would want to live there?" Obviously, Great Gulf is confident they can find 417 potential buyers, and I'm sure they've done their research. After all, they know their stuff: they're the company behind several of downtown Toronto's hottest condo developments. Their X Condominium tower only eight blocks north of the Pace Condos site was a huge hit with buyers, and two other condo towers Great Gulf is currently constructing — X2 Condos at Jarvis & Charles, and Charlie condos on King Street West in the Entertainment District — were enormously successful, too. One Bloor Condos is destined to achieve similar stellar sales; construction of that tower is expected to commence later this year at Yonge and Bloor Streets.
Still, it's fair to say that the area around the Pace Condos site is a helluva lot less desirable than the locations of GreatGulf's other projects. Dundas & Jarvis sits on the periphery of one of the poorest residential areas in all of Canada, a vast downtown district with one of the country's largest concentrations of homeless people and residents earning poverty-level incomes or collecting social assistance — people who have no hope of ever being able to live at Pace Condos or in a condo anywhere, for that matter. Meanwhile, if Pace Condos does get built, anyone who buys an east-facing unit will have views overlooking dozens of rooming houses, homeless shelters, government-subsidized apartments and social service agencies — all just a short stroll from their front door. And as the Toronto Star pointed out in a photo gallery on March 18, the epicentre of the city's worst area for overall crime is the intersection of Dundas and Sherbourne Streets, just two blocks east. While I was taking photos on Dundas Street this afternoon, a young black man approached me. "Make sure you take pictures showing this place like it really is — me standing here drinking from a bottle of booze in a paper bag in broad daylight, those guys over on that corner dealing crack cocaine, all those homeless people over there and the guys doing drugs down there," he told me, pointing at each corner of the Dundas-Jarvis intersection before taking a long drink from his bottle. He, along with all the street people who kept staring at me or asking for spare change, made me wonder why anyone would want to pay $200,000+ to buy a condo there. Until he added: "And make sure you take pictures of how everything looks like now so you can remember it because, in a few years, there's probably gonna be lots of new buildings all around here. This is gonna be a good place to live. It's not always gonna look like this."
Maybe he's right — maybe things are finally starting to look up for this down-on-hard-times district. There's already several condo buildings close by, including the popular and pricey Merchandise Lofts, as well as two hotels — with a third hotel and more condos in the works. Right across the street, the Ontario government is retrofitting and modernizing the massive building at 222 Jarvis Street into a new workplace for the Ontario Public Service. And the rapidly-growing Ryerson University campus is just a block away. Could the arrival of Pace Condos herald a turn-around for this sketchy streetcorner? We'll have to wait a few years to see. In the meantime, here's some photos showing the Pace Condos site and its immediate neighbours as they look now.
January 3 2011: Looking west at the small plaza at Dundas & Jarvis Streets
January 3 2011: The office towers of the Financial District are only blocks away
February 18 2011: The Eaton Centre is just a 10-minute walk west
March 22 2011: Looking south on Jarvis Street toward the Pace Condos site. If built, Pace would obstruct this view of the 45-storey Spire condo tower on Lombard Street, visible in the center of the photograph.
March 22 2011: Pace Condos site seen from northeast corner of Dundas & Jarvis
Commercial tenants of this plaza — including a convenience store, two restaurants and a coin-operated laundry facility– closed up shop months ago. The parking lot was fenced off just within the past 10 days.
The buildings to the west and southwest include luxury condos, rental apartments, co-op apartments and government-subsidized rental accommodation
South view of the Pace Condos site from the opposite side of Dundas St. The brown brick building is 192 Jarvis, a 14-storey condominium built in 1985.
A billboard advertises Pace Condos to passersby on Dundas and Jarvis Streets
The 192 Jarvis condo rises above the fenced-off plaza on Dundas Street
A view of the exterior of two of the plaza's former commercial tenants
These now-vacant properties — ICITS computer training at 155 Dundas East, New Moon Bar at 157 Dundas East, and Palmers West Indian Restaurant at 159 Dundas East — are all part of the site for the proposed Pace Condos tower
The Grand Hotel on Jarvis Street and the 192 Jarvis condominium building sit to the south and southeast of the site of the proposed Pace Condos tower
If approved by City Hall, Pace Condos would stand three times taller than these two buildings; it would be the highest tower in the neighbourhood
The Ho-Lee-Chow takeout restaurant on the southeast corner of Dundas & Jarvis; the Grand Hotel is situated a few doors south at 225 Jarvis Street
The Hilton Garden Inn on the northeast corner of Dundas & Jarvis. Years ago, before it was converted into a hotel, this building housed offices of the federal unemployment insurance department
222 Jarvis sits across the street from the Pace Condos site, directly to the north. At one time the headquarters for Sears Canada, the building is being retrofitted and modernized as offices for the Ontario Public Service
Mutual Street Deli on the north side of Dundas St. across from Pace Condos
This entry was posted in Architecture & Construction, Downtown East, Neighbourhoods and Streetscapes, Pace condos, Toronto condos and tagged Dundas & Jarvis, Dundas Street East, Great Gulf Homes, Jarvis Street, New Moon Bar, Pace Condos, Palmers West Indian Restaurant, Spire condo on March 22, 2011 by TOblogeditor.


The B.C. Government says ridesharing will be available in B.C. but not until the fall of 2019. In the meantime, more taxis will be hitting the roads. Jill Bennett is live with details.
British Columbia will not have ride-hailing until at least the fall of 2019. The B.C. provincial government had previously committed to having the services in place by Christmas 2017.
The provincial government released a report on Thursday by Dan Hara that looked into modernizing British Columbia's taxi industry.
The report recommends getting rid of municipal boundaries for taxis, increasing the number of taxis on the road by 15 per cent and allowing discounted pricing for taxi trips ordered by smartphone app.
But Hara did recommend the province could consider regional boundaries that would continue to restrict where drivers could pick up passengers.
The province has promised to quickly start working with the Passenger Transportation Safety Board to get more cabs on the road. The goal is to hit the recommended target of a 15 per cent increases, which would mean 300 new cabs in Metro Vancouver and 200 in the rest of the province.
The government will then introduce amended legislation in the fall that would 'lay the ground work for new companies to enter the market'. Trevena said once that legislation was passed, ride hailing companies could start applying to work in British Columbia. The province's public insurer, ICBC, also must wait until legislation is done to create a new package for ride-hailing drivers.
READ MORE: Enderby believes ride-hailing would help rural B.C.
The province is also adopting the recommendation to give the taxi industry the ability to provide discount fare when trips are booked through smartphone apps. The idea of charging ride-hailing drivers a fee to enter the B.C. market is also being considered, an additional cost that other jurisdictions that have ride-hailing does not have.
The B.C. Green Party has been advocating for ride sharing and is frustrated that the government is not implementing new services at the same time as updating the taxi industry. Critic Adam Olsen said that both the NDP, and before that the B.C. Liberals, have been playing politics with the industry.
The Vancouver Taxi Association is pitching a plan to help keep ride-hailing companies like Uber out of Metro Vancouver.
The association has a tentative agreement in place to develop a ride-for-hire app called Kater. The deal would leave 20 per cent of the profits with taxi companies and calls for provincial licensing of 200 "Kater Cabs," which would operate like typical ride-hailing cars that companies like Uber and Lyft have operating in other cities.
Hara's report cautioned against providing a monopoly to the taxi industry in providing ride-hailing services.
Ridesharing Now for BC, a group advocating for new services in B.C., initially called Thursday's announcement a 'positive' step. But the group later went on social media to express frustration with the province.
Numbers provided by Uber show that more than 500,000 have opened the companies app in the last two years. The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade produced a report in February 2016, entitled Innovative Transportation Options for Metro Vancouver, which outlined specific steps that the provincial government could take to immediately begin modernizing our traditional taxi industry while paving the way for ride-hailing.


The University of Alberta (www.ualberta.ca) has joined the ASM Consortium (www.asmconsortium.org) as a University Member. The Consortium looks forward to collaborating with the University as they continue to build knowledge through research related to reducing and mitigating abnormal situations in process industries, particularly in the area of alarm management.
The University of Alberta is ASM's first new member in 2012, giving the ASM Consortium a membership of 14. The University of Alberta will be represented by Sirish Shah and Tongwen Chen, both professors in the Faculty of Engineering.


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Technology And Science in the Industrializing Nations 1500-1914
Control Of Nature
Eric Dorn Brose
In this revised, expanded edition of his critically acclaimed book, Eric Dorn Brose weaves a fabric from three histories that, until now, have been thought of as mutually exclusive. The history of technology, the history of science, and the history of economic development leading to the Industrial Revolution have been written to a very great degree as three histories. For decades historians of science and technology agreed with one another that until the 1900s there was little causative interaction between the subjects they studied. Moreover, economists treated science and technology as "residual" factors that were important only to the extent that they could be measured. Few historians have attempted, as Brose does here, to demonstrate the relationships among science, technology, the economy, and general political developments. Incorporating much new research, Professor Brose continues his work of synthesizing economic and scientific factors along with the role of social and political institutions. The result is an up-to-date, tightly written, and concise survey of the history of technology and science over four centuries.The narrative starts with the opening of the modern historical epoch around 1500 and ends with the outbreak of World War I in 1914, and covers events in both Europe and the United States. Brose constructs his account from the standpoint of technological systems — the idea that each epoch evolves a system to meet the material demands of society — and the rise and fall of each such system within the period.This is a fine introductory overview of the interrelationships among science, technology, and society in the early modern and modern periods, and the impact of each upon the other.
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Series: The Control of Nature
Subjects: Technology & Engineering / General, Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects


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Suffolk Planning Commission Gives Green Light To Massive Islip Housing Development
Filed Under:Heartland Town Square Project, Islip, Richard Rose, Suffolk County Planning Commission
ISLIP, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The Suffolk County Planning Commission on Wednesday approved the largest housing development ever proposed for Long Island.
As TV 10/55 Long Island Bureau Chief Richard Rose reported, the development features thousands of apartments and retail space. But there is still significant opposition.
The planning commission debated for hours over the Heartland Town Square Project. Developer David Wolkoff is used to that – his family first proposed the massive development for the Town of Islip 14 years ago.
"The major first phase will be 3,500 apartment units, 250,000 square feet of retail, 300,000 square feet of office," Wolkoff said.
Artist renderings show what Wolkoff hopes to build in three phases over the next 30 years. It includes a total of 9,000 apartments on the grounds of the former Pilgrim Psychiatric Center.
The Wolkoff family bought the property years ago and has already demolished all the abandoned buildings.
"This is the worst project ever proposed on Long Island in history," said Richard Amper, executive director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society.
Amper said the Heartland project will create waste and potential contamination on a site that has been designated a special groundwater protection site. The developer said there will be no issues though, because the project will be hooked up to an existing sewer line.
Project opponents also point to the many vehicles that will be added to the already-congested traffic on the main roads bordering the site.
That worries neighbor Mike Melillo, who works nearby.
"On Long Island Avenue, getting from Heartland to Deer Park Avenue, if there are trucks on the road, you can be there 15 to 20 minutes," he said.
The developers said they will set up shuttle service to nearby buses and trains for new residents.
"What we're trying to do is get people out of their cars, so we're going to provide Zipcars," Wolkoff said.
The Heartland project also needs final approval from the Islip Town Board, which is months away from considering it.
The Brentwood School District says if necessary, it will sue the developer for any expenses schools may incur.


Boys will be boys. No matter how cool their bedrooms arranged, they always end on a mess. Unlike adults, children use the bedroom only to sleep in it, they, study it and keep all the toys in it. So, the mess is not a major problem for the son of the bedroom as long as it is cozy and nice Cute chair backgrounds for kids .
No toys are fun, the bed is fun, but play-on-bed disaster. What about the toys, such as the bed? Happy to be a toddler bed toy. Fire trucks, race car, or just simply a Cute chair backgrounds for kids toddler bed would create a nice fantasy for children.
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Rosa Meckes, 96, of Nazareth and formerly of Northampton, died Aug. 11, 2012, at at Gracedale County Home, Upper Nazareth Township. She was the wife of the late Albert F. Meckes.
Born in Coplay, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Julia (Steiner) Flamish.
She was a seamstress for Bridals by Faye, Whitehall, for five years before retiring in 1976. Prior to that, she was a seamstress for Bretz's Cleaners, Northampton, for 22 years.
From left, Alyssa Ruschatz and Makayla Fekete team up to paint colorful flowers on the wall of the North Catasauqua Park restroom facilities while attending the Aug. 2 arts and crafts program at the park. The summertime program is sponsored by the North Catasauqua Recreation Committee.
Members of the Catasauqua Cosmos U-9 Girls Traveling Soccer Team join forces to wash a vehicle during a car wash fundraiser Aug. 11. The action took place on the grounds of Blocker's Hardware on Front Street, Catasauqua. Team members and their parents also sold hot dogs, snacks and drinks at the event. Proceeds from the fundraiser will help provide uniforms and supplies for the team's fall and spring seasons for the 2012-13 year.
· Officers assisted EMS in the 700 block of Front Street.
· Police responded to a theft in the 800 block of Race Street.
· Officers were called to the 200 block of Bridge Street to investigate a report of suspicious activity.
· A parking complaint brought police to the 500 block of American Street.
· Police responded to a report of harassment in the 700 block of Front Street.
A resident of Whitehall reported to borough police on Aug. 9 the windshield of her 2001 Buick Century was damaged.
She told police Andre Ehly-Young, no address given, had her cell phone and when she asked that he return the cell phone to her, he threw it against the car's windshield, causing it to crack, police said.
Ehly-Young was cited with criminal mischief, police said.
Damage to the windshield was estimated at $264.
Richard G. Engler, 90, of Whitehall, formerly of Catasauqua, died Aug. 2, 2012, at Cedarbrook, Allentown. He was the husband of Elizabeth D. (Sullivan) Engler of Whitehall for 69 years.
Born in Catasauqua, he was a son of the late Winfield and Ellen (Thomas) Engler.
He was an administrative assistant to the chief metallurgist at Bethlehem Steel Corporation for 42 years before retiring.
He was a former secretary of the Catasauqua Club and served on the Catasauqua Library Board.
William T. Ettl, 78, Catasauqua, died Aug. 9, 2012, in Fellowship Manor, Whitehall. He was the husband of Loretta Mae (Siegfried) Ettl.
Born in Allentown, he was a son of the late Francis V. and Frances Ida (Miller) Ettl.
He worked at Western Electric for many years before retiring.
He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church of Whitehall where he played dart baseball for many years.
He was a member of the Fullerton American Legion and the Telephone Pioneers.
Seven-year-old Austin Heeten gets a ride on the shoulders of John Cutlip during a lesson on the science of balance at the North Catasauqua Arts and Crafts program at the borough park. Cutlip visited the summer morning program July 11 with his Mad Science of Lehigh Valley lesson, teaching children that science can be fun.
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Robert "Whiskey" L. Reimer, 73, of Wescosville and formerly of Northampton, died Aug. 4, 2012, in his home after a battle with lung cancer. He was the husband of Barbara A. (Fritts) Reimer for 47 years.
Born in Cherryville, he was a son of the late Lester A. and Esther M. (Shover) Reimer.
He was a 1957 graduate of Northampton High School.
He worked for Mack Trucks for 34 years.
He was a former member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Northampton.
Olga Chaply, 88, of Northampton, died Aug. 7, 2012, at Cedarbrook Nursing and Rehab Center, South Whitehall Township. She was the wife of the late Wasyl Chaply.
Born in Lvov, Ukraine, she was a daughter of the late Stefan and Katerina Kuzyk.
She was a sewing machine operator for various garment mills in the Lehigh Valley until retiring in 1973.
She was a member of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Northampton, where she sang in the choir for many years.


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Security Union: Commission proposes a European Travel Information and Authorisation System
Brussels, 16 November 2016
"We need to know who is crossing our borders. By November, we will propose an automated system to determine who will be allowed to travel to Europe. This way we will know who is travelling to Europe before they even get here." – President Jean-Claude Juncker, 2016 State of the Union Address
The Commission is today proposing to establish a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) to strengthen security checks on visa-free travellers. This follows the announcement in September by President Juncker in his 2016 State of the Union address, and is a first deliverable of the priorities for action identified in the Bratislava Roadmap. The ETIAS will gather information on all those travelling visa-free to the European Union to allow for advance irregular migration and security checks. This will contribute to a more efficient management of the EU's external borders and improve internal security, whilst at the same time facilitating legal travel across Schengen borders.
First Vice-President Frans Timmermans said: "Securing our borders and protecting our citizens is our first priority. ETIAS will close an information gap by cross-checking visa exempt applicants' information against all our other systems. At the same time, the future ETIAS will be easy, quick, cheap and effective."
Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said: "ETIAS is the missing link in our border management, connecting the dots with our migration and security policies and enhancing Schengen entry for at least 95% of visa-free travellers. Europe's openness does not come at the cost of its security."
Security Union Commissioner Julian King said: "Terrorists and criminals don't care much for national borders. The only way to defeat them is by working together effectively. ETIAS will help do that: by spotting problem individuals and stopping them from coming, we'll enhance Europe's internal security."
The ETIAS authorisation is not a visa; it is a lighter and more visitor-friendly regime. Nationals of visa liberalisation countries will still be able to travel without a visa but will have to obtain a simple travel authorisation prior to their travel to the Schengen Area. This will help identify persons who may pose an irregular migration or security risk before they arrive at the border and significantly enhance the security of the external borders. The ETIAS will also bridge an existing information gap on visa-free travellers by gathering information that could be vital to Member States' authorities in advance of their arrival at the Schengen border. The ETIAS is therefore an important step forward towards stronger and smarter information systems for borders and security. The ETIAS will also facilitate the crossing of the external border by visa-exempt third country nationals. Travellers will have a reliable early indication of entry into the Schengen area which will thus substantially reduce the number of refusals of entry.
In order to decide whether to issue or reject a request to travel to the EU, an automated system will conduct prior checks, in full respect of fundamental rights and personal data protection. Although the final decision to grant or refuse entry will always be taken by the national border guards who are conducting border controls under the Schengen Borders Code, prior verifications of all travellers will facilitate border checks and ensure a coordinated and harmonised assessment of visa-exempt third-country nationals.
The ETIAS will be managed by the European Border and Coast Guard in close cooperation with the competent authorities of the Member States and Europol. The Agency eu-LISA will develop and provide technical management of this information system.
The key functions of ETIAS will be to:
Verify the information submitted by visa-exempt third country nationals (such as information related to identity, travel document, residence information, contact details etc.), via an online application ahead of their travel to the EU's external borders, to assess if they pose a risk for irregular migration, security or public health;
Automatically process each application submitted via a website or a mobile application against other EU information systems (such as SIS, VIS, Europol's database, Interpol's database, the EES, Eurodac, ECRIS), a dedicated ETIAS watch list (established by Europol) and targeted, proportionate and clearly defined screening rules to determine if there are factual indications or reasonable grounds to issue or refuse a travel authorisation;
Issue travel authorisations. In cases where no hits or elements requiring further analysis are identified, the travel authorisation is issued automatically within minutes after the application has been submitted.
An authorisation will be obtained through a procedure that is simple, cheap and fast; in the vast majority of cases, an authorisation should be given in a matter of minutes. The authorisation, the application for which will not take more than ten minutes to fill in and which only requires a valid travel document, will be valid for a period of five years and for multiple travels. An application fee of €5 only will apply to all applicants above the age of 18.
Security has been a constant theme since the beginning of the Juncker Commission's mandate – from President Juncker's Political Guidelines of July 2014, to the latest State of the Union address in September 2016. In his speech, President Juncker announced that by November the Commission will propose a European Travel Information System (ETIAS) – an automated system to determine who will be allowed to travel to the Schengen Area. The setting up of this system has been further prioritised in the Bratislava Roadmap signed and agreed by the EU 27 leaders, committing to: "set up a Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) to allow for advance checks and, if necessary, deny entry of visa-exempt travellers".
The European Commission adopted the European Agenda on Security on 28 April 2015, setting out the main actions to ensure an effective EU response to terrorism and security threats in the European Union over the period 2015-2020.
Since the adoption of the Agenda, significant progress has been made in its implementation. In November 2015, the Commission proposed the revision of the Firearms Directive followed by an Action Plan on firearms and explosives in December 2015. On terrorism, a new Directive on Combatting Terrorism was adopted by the Commission in December 2015 and a specific Action Plan on terrorist financing in February 2016. In April, the Commission proposed the establishment of the Entry Exit System (EES) and presented a Communication paving the way towards an effective and genuine Security Union. In addition, a single EU certification for aviation security equipment was adopted in September.
Most recently, on 14 September 2016, the Commission presented its Communication 'Enhancing security in a world of mobility' which confirmed the need to strike the right balance between ensuring mobility and enhancing security, while facilitating legal entry into the Schengen area without the need for a visa. In addition, on 6 October the European Border and Coast Guard became operational, only 9 months after the Commission's proposal in December, showing a clear commitment to reinforce the management and security of the EU's external borders.
The creation by President Juncker of a specific Commissioner portfolio for the Security Union in August 2016 shows the importance the Commission has attached to stepping up its response to the terrorist threat.
Proposal for a Regulation establishing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System
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function drawTime(ctx, radius){
    now = new Date();
    second = now.getSeconds();
    second=(second*Math.PI/30);
    console.log(second);
    drawHand(ctx, second, radius*0.9, radius*0.02);
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function drawHand(ctx, pos, length, width) {
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.lineWidth = width;
    ctx.lineCap = "round";
    ctx.moveTo(0,0);
    ctx.rotate(pos);
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A: I've changed your code to use an arbitrary time and date. The passage of time is emulated via setInterval() function.
I've added some comments to make it easier to understand what's going on.
// The starting date. The date is arbitrary, the time is set to 15:00:00.
// .getTime() returns time in milliseconds, so it's easier to increment later on.
var currentTime = (new Date('2011-10-10T15:00:00')).getTime();

function drawTime(ctx, radius){
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  drawHand(ctx, second, radius * 0.9, radius * 0.02);
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  ctx.lineCap = "round";
  ctx.moveTo(0,0);
  ctx.rotate(pos);
  ctx.lineTo(0, -(3*length/4));
  ctx.stroke();
  ctx.rotate(-pos);
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}

// Emulating the clock. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
setInterval(function() {
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You're watching a deer out your window as it munches on your shrubs. You reach for the camera, but when you look back, the deer takes a few steps and falls over, dead.
Far-fetched? No. That scene has been repeated too many times near my Idaho home this winter.
The culprit? Japanese yew, a popular ornamental shrub. In January, the shrub caused the death of a herd of 50 pronghorn near Payette, Idaho, garnering significant media attention. That was followed by the reported deaths of dozens of elk, and an unknown number of mule deer.
Why are so many large mammals being killed by this shrub?
Many areas of Idaho have received a lot of snowfall this year. Elk, mule deer and pronghorns are migratory, and they move from high elevations to valleys. Often, those valleys are developed, putting them in proximity to people.
With heavy snowfalls, they move even closer to town, often using recently developed areas that had once served as winter range.
Homeowners see mule deer grazing on grass, and think they're adaptable. But the suburban diet is not nearly as nutritious as the sagebrush, bitterbrush and other plants found in their native habitat. The deer thus eat what they find – and that includes the Japanese yew. It's not native, but somewhat resembles native shrubs.
The yew kills quickly. The Idaho Statesman reported an instance where an Idaho Department of Fish and Game officer was educating a homeowner about the dangers of the shrub. A deer moved in and ate some during the meeting. It walked over a nearby hill and died.
Idaho's Blaine County banned the shrub following elk deaths last winter. This seems a necessary measure, but the yew is a lucrative plant for many landscaping shops. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has wrapped shrubs in plastic, keeping them safe from deer until the animals move back up into the high country.
If you live in deer or elk range, please don't plant this shrub. Large mammals have a difficult enough time in the winter without this added threat.
Other plants and shrubs can kill wildlife. The Nandina tree produces berries that kill cedar waxwings, for instance. Plants marketed at popular garden departments as "bee friendly" often are treated with neonicitinoids – pesticides that kill bees.
Many invasive plants may not kill wildlife as dramatically as the Japanese yew, but they actually are even more harmful. Some landscaping plants spread beyond yards and choke out wildlife habitat. (While not a landscaping plant, the non-native cheatgrass has annihilated a lot of mule deer habitat, another reason they're forced into neighborhoods).
For deer, elk and pronghorn, there is another important factor here: the protection of winter habitat. Healthy low-elevation lands, covered in a diverse mix of native plants, keep these animals healthy and out of the neighborhood. I enjoy seeing deer as much as anyone, but also know how stressful winter can be for them.
Let's lend these animals a "helping hoof": please don't buy Japanese yew.
I wonder if Japanese yew is toxic to some wildlife in its homeland.
Somewhat related: Let us not forget the toxicity of certain linden or lime trees. I read that it varies from one year to the next. Big bee die-offs have been reported in Europe.
"Buff-tailed and white tailed bumblebees love the flowers of lime trees, although there is something in the nectar which seems to make them dopey and even sometimes kill them".
Interesting. In CT the deer can decimate our foundation yews– esp in a cold winter–and thrive. Maybe these are just common yews, not Japanese yews, but they are very old and huge . Some of us keep one or two yews in the side woods, after they get too big in front of house, just so the suburban deer have something to eat that we no longer care about. To be honest, I wouldn't mind if a few of our deer got sick as they are too numerous to sustain our natural woods & tender saplings.
The Holly berries in our area maintain their red berries thru Xmas and the New Year– then later suddenly flocks of robins and others are devouring the red berries. I was told that the berries stay on because they are poisonous– but after months of freezing temps they lose their toxicity, hence the sudden appeal to many birds who strip the bushes in a week or so. Nature's way!
OMG. Are you talking about " nandina domestica"shrubs? They are everywhere in our neighborhood and yard, and we do get migratory cedar waxwings. If this is true, I will yank them out. They are very attractive year round but we get lots of berries.


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The two-storey timber frame building will house a new hall, dining room, kitchens, classrooms and has been designed to be constructed off site.
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