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Youth Groups Fear Specter of Sexual Abuse
By Barbara Baird
Los Angeles Times - September 28, 1988
Shirley Rudolph relishes her unofficial title as the Lawndale Little League's mother-in-residence.
Often a crestfallen youngster will crawl up on her lap for consolation after a difficult game, or an exuberant teen-ager will throw his arms around her to help celebrate a big win.
Rudolph, a Lawndale recreation commissioner, and her husband, Lawndale Councilman Larry Rudolph, have been Little League volunteers since 1969, when the first of their three sons joined. Now, to their delight, they have a 6-year-old grandson in the league.
Rudolph enjoys her maternal role and prides herself in the open communication she maintains with boys and girls in the league.
But in recent years, Rudolph said, she has become more cautious about giving youngsters a reassuring hug or a peck on the cheek.
Because of the McMartin Preschool child molestation case, now in its second year of trial, South Bay parents are well aware of the specter of child sexual abuse, Rudolph said.
Little League Manager Accused
Their fears were reinforced, she said, when a Lawndale Little League team manager was accused in July of molesting four players by pulling down their pants and spanking them on repeated occasions. William Anthony Boguille, 23, pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges of sexual battery. None of the incidents were so egregious or sustained as to warrant the original felony charges, the prosecutor said. A first-time offender, Boguille was sentenced to perform community service, serve three years' probation and undergo psychological counseling. The terms of his probation prohibit him from coaching youth sports or contacting children under 15 without another adult present.
In the aftermath of this case, Rudolph said, "My No. 1 priority is the safety of the players. I am going to do everything in my power to ensure the safety of the kids."
The Lawndale Parks, Recreation and Social Services Commission on Tuesday will discuss whether the city should establish a policy requiring groups like the Little League that use city parks to screen volunteers, she said. The Little League board will also be seeking ways to weed out potential molesters as it prepares for January sign-ups.
Although Rudolph applauds current vigilance against child sexual abuse, she said that sometimes innocent expressions of affection can fall under suspicion.
"I am one of the people most involved with the kids in the league," said Rudolph, who recently was elected league president. "Even though I have my own kids, and people have known me for years, I can't completely be myself with the kids. I don't know whether to give them a hug or a kiss on the cheek. Sometimes I just freeze."
Rudolph's discomfiture reflects the uncertainty local youth organizations are confronting as they try to eliminate potential molesters from such All-American organizations as the Little League, Scouts and the YMCA.
Lawndale Little League officials said that although this is the first case of its kind in the organization's 31-year history, the arrest and sentencing of Boguille prompted a redoubling of efforts to detect potential molesters.
"We screen applicants closely," said Jim Watson, last year's league president. "It's not like we take anybody off the street."
He said that the league contacted Boguille's references and they checked out "A-OK. . . . There was nothing in his background to indicate there would be a problem." Officials from the Sheriff's Department confirmed that Boguille had no prior police record.
The Lawndale case illustrates one of the most intractable problems youth organizations face in identifying potential molesters: for a number of reasons, including the reluctance of young victims to report abuse, many child molesters and victims do not come to the attention of police or child protection agencies, authorities said.
"Unfortunately, most pedophiles do not have a prior record, so there is no way of detecting and identifying these people until the police become involved after the fact," said Detective Gary Lyon, a nine-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department's Sexually Exploited Child Unit.
Molesters go undetected because children often are afraid to report molestation, believing that "somehow it's their fault. . . . They feel guilty and they just don't talk about it," Lyon said.
Lyon's conclusions are supported by an authoritative nationwide poll on child sexual abuse conducted by the Los Angeles Times in 1985. (See related story, this page.)
"Unfortunately," said Dr. Roland Summit, a Harbor-UCLA Medical Center psychiatrist and sexual abuse expert, "most of those identified (accused) as molesters are never booked; most of those who are booked are dismissed without charges. And any charges are often negotiated down so that they are not recognizable as a sexual crime. The effective child molester will be active all his life without attracting accusations. Only the inept losers get caught."
According to an FBI study published by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in Washington, pedophiles seek out youth organizations as a place to meet children.
"Pedophiles are frequently `nice guys' in the neighborhood who like to entertain the children after school or take them on day or weekend trips," said the FBI's Kenneth V. Lanning in his report, "Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis." Pedophiles often take jobs dealing with children and "may often become a Scout leader, Big Brother, foster parent (or) Little League coach," he said in his 58-page report.
"Some pedophiles can watch a group of children for a brief period of time and then select a potential target," Lanning said. "More often than not, the selected child turns out to be from a broken home or the victim of emotional or physical neglect. This skill is developed through practice and experience."
Only the most disturbed or desperate molesters target children who are strangers, said Deputy Dist. Atty. Ken Freeman, who specialized for six years in prosecuting child sexual abuse cases.
More typically, he said, molesters present a likable appearance that wins the confidence of the child and parents alike.
Detective Lyon said child molesters are often "the people you'd be least likely to suspect.
`A Very Nice Person'
"Every pedophile I have come across is `a very nice person.' These individuals are good citizens, all except for their problem with kids. Their stock in trade is being a nice guy. They have to endear themselves to children, and more importantly to parents of the children, so parents will entrust their children to them," said Lyon.
Rather than forcing their attentions on a child, molesters often engage in a "seduction" period during which they befriend youngsters and shower them with attention and gifts, according to the FBI report. "If you understand the courtship process, it should not be difficult to understand why some child victims develop positive feelings for the offender," Lanning said in the report.
Dan Sexton, director of a national child abuse hot line sponsored by the nonprofit Childhelp USA, which operates a residential center in Beaumont for sexually abused children, said molesters often do not believe they are hurting children.
"Pedophiles do not go out looking to hurt kids, they go out to make friends," he said. They frequently target children of a specific sex and age range, he said.
Research shows that most child molesters were sexually abused as children, Lanning said in the FBI report. Other hints that someone could be a pedophile are premature separation from the military, frequent and unexpected moves, being over 25 and never married, living alone or with parents, a lack of peer and dating relationships and an excessive interest in children, the report said.
One of the most reliable indicators that a person is a molester, according to the FBI, is possession of a collection of child pornography or erotica.
"Child pornography . . . is the single most valuable piece of evidence of sexual abuse that any investigator can have," the report said. "The effects on a jury of viewing seized child pornography is devastating to the defendant's case."
While a combination of traits might make investigators suspicious, by no means does that prove a person is a molester, law enforcement officials say. There is no test or method that is 100% reliable in detecting molesters, they say, cautioning that youth organizations might have a false sense of security from testing or screening applicants.
Screening Methods Vary
Approaches among local youth organizations range from minimal screening to an intensive three-month selection process devised by Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles. A spot sampling showed the following approaches:
"We don't screen anybody as such," said Dominic Iapello of the Long Beach Council, Boy Scouts of America. The organization is concerned that fingerprinting and criminal checks represent an invasion of the applicant's privacy, he said.
About 90% of the Boy Scouts' adult volunteers are parents of boys in the program, he said. The group does, however, check with the national organization to detect possible problems of a newcomer to the area.
The American Youth Soccer Organization screens volunteers informally at the local level, according to Tim Thompson, national executive director of Hawthorne-based organization.
Officials would become concerned "if a coach becomes overly social with the children," seeking social contact outside the games and practices, he said. "Ninety-nine out of 100 volunteers after the game are going to want to go home and turn on a Lakers game," Thompson said.
Soccer officials want to avoid jumping to conclusions because child molestation charges are so damaging, he said. A false accusation by a distraught child could ruin a person's reputation, he said.
Because the Hawthorne YMCA offers day-care programs, which must be licensed by the state Department of Social Services, the Y must submit fingerprints of all employees and volunteers for a criminal records check by the state Department of Justice.
In addition, said executive director Quin Gustason, the Y relies on "a lot of networking and closeness" among workers to detect signs of possible abuse.
Unlike other youth organizations, in which adults and children interact for the most part in public places under the scrutiny of other adults and children, Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles specializes in developing personal, mostly private relationships between boys from single-parent families and men who are to serve as positive male role models.
With at least five Los Angeles-area Big Brothers convicted of molestation-related charges since 1982, the organization has developed a three-month intensive screening process that has won the admiration of law enforcement officials.
"They may screen people out who would be OK, but it's better to err on the side of caution," said Deputy Dist. Atty. Freeman
Nancy Dufford, spokeswoman for Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles, said: "We are pretty confident that our interview techniques and process can weed out a person who might not be appropriate for any reason," including possible intent to molest.
The screening process includes fingerprinting and a check of state and federal criminal records, plus a check of military discharge records and references-including the applicant's employer and wife or girlfriend, Dufford said.
Applicants then undergo a three- to four-hour intensive interview covering their family background, social habits and sexual history, she said. Interviewers are looking for "a series of things that don't fit," such as a person who has failed to develop adult relationships or spends most of his time with children, she said.
If there are any doubts about the applicant, he must undergo further scrutiny, Dufford said. Only about 10% of applicants are accepted.
The Big Brothers program also approaches the problem from the youngsters' perspective, teaching boys how to identify and report molestation. "We want the kids to be knowledgeable about `good touch' versus `bad touch,' " Dufford said, using phrases coined to help children distinguish an affectionate touch from molestation.
A primary responsibility for preventing abuse rests with parents, said Childhelp's Sexton, who conducts clinical training in sex abuse prevention nationwide. Parents should "not be paranoid, just more careful," he said, advising parents to regularly set aside time when children know they can discuss their problems and feelings.
Children who may not be able to tell their parents they have been abused provide behavioral clues, such as sleeplessness, loss of appetite, acting up, doing poorly in school or suddenly not wanting to be around a certain person, he said.
Authorities cautioned against going to extremes in response to the problem of child sexual abuse. There are dangers both in denying that the problem exists and, at the other extreme, of overreacting to harmless demonstrations of affection, they said.
Child sexual abuse is such an unthinkable crime that some adults may refuse to heed the behavioral signs, experts said.
Denial gives people the "psychological comfort" of believing that children are rarely victimized, although research findings would show otherwise, said psychiatrist Summit, who participated in a Los Angeles County task force formed in response to the McMartin case.
Summit, in the committee's voluminous 1984 report to the County Board of Supervisors, said that denial of the problem allows adults to "be more secure in the serene assurance that young children are safe in trusted environments." Society has engaged in "a vast conspiracy of silence" about child sexual abuse, he said in the report and reiterated in an interview last week.
The psychological defenses of victims themselves may help perpetuate the silence, Summit wrote, adding that victims "commonly grow up with no memory of the experience. The victim often remembers the perpetrator only in an idealized, blameless image. The most persistent, savage abuse may create in the victim the most loyal, slave-like identification with the aggressor."
Effect on Adults
Other experts said that one of the unfortunate side-effects of recent nationwide publicity on child abuse is that some adults have become hesitant to touch children because they fear being accused of molestation.
"Recent allegations of sexual abuse of preschool and school-aged children have set off a multitude of responses," said Dr. Michael Durfee, a child psychiatrist who is coordinator of the child abuse prevention program for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
"Many, perhaps most, reactions will ultimately prove useful. The one clear short-term loss is an increased anxiety about touching and intimacy in any form. . . . Not touching a child is more than a hazard for general growth and development. Removing touch, removing intimacy, generates children who are only more susceptible to molestation."
It is up to parents to provide a loving, supportive, open environment at home so children learn from the earliest age about normal, healthy intimacy, Durfee said.
And one of the most foolproof ideas for preventing child sexual abuse is used by Lawndale Little League parent Daniel Lara. "Parents should get more involved instead of just dropping their kids off and leaving them with the coaches," he said. "At least that would lower the chances of something happening.
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Spider-man Takes On Another Real Villain: Emotional Child Abuse
By Linnet Myers - September 18, 1988
When Spider-Man revealed in a 1985 comic strip that he had been sexually abused as a youngster, the response was phenomenal,` according to the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse.
``We actually got hundreds of letters here addressed to Spider-Man saying, `You know what happened to you? It`s happening to me, said Anne Cohn, executive director of the committee.
Now the committee and Marvel Comics have produced another comic strip in which Spider-Man takes on the issue of emotional child abuse.
The four-page color supplement is included in today's Tribune and has already appeared in several other newspapers across the country, including the Houston Chronicle, the Des Moines Register and the Columbus Dispatch, said Christine Benuzzi, the committee`s director of resource development.
The committee has turned its focus to emotional abuse because ``it`s probably the most hidden and yet most insidious type of abuse,`` Cohn said.
A child may be told, `You`re disgusting. I wish you were never born.` If they`re told day after day that they`re worthless-that they`re never going to amount to anything-then sure enough, they don`t.
Children believe what their parents tell them.
The new Spider-Man comic is part of the committee`s nationwide campaign against emotional abuse. Television spots showing parents angrily insulting their children are also featured.
Cohn said the committee has already seen responses to the ads and to the comic strip in areas where it has appeared. She said one woman-the mother of two boys-wrote that ``I first saw myself and my actions reflected on the TV in a short but painful commercial. I felt very ashamed of myself.
The 1985 Spider-Man comic, which dealt with sexual abuse, was produced after Pamela Rutt, Marvel Comics` publicity director, called the committee.
She spoke with Cohn, and the two came up with the idea, Rutt said. Since then, more than 16 million copies of the sexual-abuse comic supplement have been distributed through 150 papers nationwide, Rutt said. Two million more were distributed through the committee.
Spider-Man himself made appearances at schools, day-care centers and shopping malls in areas where the supplement was distributed, she said. When Spider-Man spoke of his frightening childhood experience, it was
``astonishing`` to see how children reacted, Rutt said.
When children came up and told Spider-Man that they also had the problem, ``Spider-Man would say, `I`m glad you came forward and told me that, "Rutt said. He would then refer the child to an expert for help, she said.
Spider-Man, (whose secret identity Rutt refused to reveal), is making similar stops for the new supplement, although there are no plans for a Chicago visit.
If copies in Sunday`s Tribune are included, about 4 million copies of the new supplement have been distributed, Rutt said. In the comic strip in today`s Tribune, Spider-Man discusses the problems of a boy and his sister, who are tormented by their cruel alcoholic father.
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Council pleas for people's suggestions
Aberdeenshire Council has outlined its 'aspirations' for the 2016/17 budget prior to the formal meeting in February.
By Scott Milne
Sunday, 29th November 2015, 4:04 pm
Among the announcements was a 'major engagement programme' in which the local authority 'calls on everyone with an interest in local services across Aberdeenshire to have their say on the council's spending'.
In a change to the usual process. Co-Leader Cllr Richard Thomson gave a pre-budget speech, setting out the administration's priorities and the proposals for 'balancing the books' as there is an anticipated £18m pressure on next year's budget.
He said: "It is our ambition to deliver a programme of housing investment; working with Housing Associations, private developers, and leveraging new public sector funding to make a significant contribution to the provision of affordable housing in Aberdeenshire.
"We will deliver a comprehensive programme of regeneration - maximising the benefits of the City Region Deal, whilst also putting in place a strategy that supports investment in our towns and villages which may not have the same direct impact from the Deal."
Addressing the anticipated £18m downfall, he suggested ways that the savings could be made.
He said that around half of that money could be found through a 'range of measures' including improved contract management of supplies and services, shared services with other local authorities and efficiencies in business support.
He rallied on people to contribute ideas: "We want to hear from everyone in Aberdeenshire as the decisions we take will affect all of us.
"This is your chance to make your views known."
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Hooked on Shannon Johnson – from Entrepreneur to Volunteer
The entrepreneurial spirit of Shannon Johnson has fostered and contributed to a highly successful professional career which spans nearly three decades. Shannon's professional ability to establish strategic business alliances and resources combined with her deep commitment to volunteerism has resulted in a graceful balance of trust, success, and good will. (Photo taken by Elaine Barrett at the Patti Lattanzi, Billy Carlucci & the Gang Radio show.) From left to right standing is Lou [The Shoe] Porecca, Tommy Delcorio, Jr, Jimmie Lee, Kelsey Coan, Dru-Zak, Patti Lattanzi, Billy Carlucci and Shannon standing behind [seated Felicia – Patti's mother] and Strong man Sonny Barry and the rest of the gang.)
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." -Nelson Mandela
In her youth, Shannon excelled in mathematics at both The Winsor School, a school notoriously one of America's top academically-promising school for girls located in Boston, MA. and Cushing Academy, a co-ed college preparatory boarding school in Ashburnham, MA. Both schools are dedicated to educating the mind, shaping individual character, and nurturing the intellectual curiosity and creativity of students. At Winsor, Shannon learned that girls/women can do anything well if they focus and go after it.
Later at Cushing Academy, Shannon applied the same focus and at her graduation from Cushing Academy, she received two awards; one in Mathematics and one in Music. At the time it was noted that Shannon was the first student in the history of the school (founded in 1865) to win the music award with her instrument, the piano. As a varsity track and field athlete at Cushing Academy, Shannon broke the school records in the womens' 1/2 mile, one-mile and two-mile events.
Shannon attended Bryant University in Providence, RI, where she received her Associates Degree in Business Administration/Accounting, and completed her undergraduate studies at St David's Eastern University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Marketing.
"Come in strong, or don't come at all."
In 1988, Shannon embarked on a career of entrepreneurism when she started Figures & Financials, Inc., a Boston-based bookkeeping and tax service. With a goal of guiding and educating small businesses on the importance of maintaining a healthy financial status, Shannon rapidly built a strong and trusting client base. In a period of five years, Shannon opened three additional offices located in West Roxbury, North Attleboro and Charlestown, MA and had hired 5 CPAs and support staff to handle the influx of clients due to her successful advertising campaigns.
Shannon sold her bookkeeping and tax practice in late 1993. Her mother's famous saying was, "Don't buy it unless you need it; try not to use your own money to pay for it, but if you have to, then make sure it's tax deductible." Putting this into practice, Shannon was given the unique opportunity to purchase a struggling Dunkin' Donuts franchise in Reading, PA, with two financial partners. Using her innate business acuity, Shannon was able to acquire this franchise with less than $5,000 of her own money and using her negotiation skills to motivate the owner to lower his settlement price so that she owned 49% share of the franchise. On her own, she quickly turned the franchise into a profitable business, and out of 80 district stores in the region, she won the franchisee "Fastest Growth Award." Within the next two years, Shannon opened two other Dunkin' Donuts satellite locations in the city before exiting the partnership in 1997. She had proven herself to be a turn-around professional capable of goal setting and surpassing expectations.
Moving from franchisee into marketing and advertising, Shannon accepted a position in 1997 as an account executive for The Philadelphia Inquirer, then a subsidiary of the publishing magnate Knight Ridder. Shannon's five-year tenure at the Inquirer allowed her the opportunity to gain valuable experience and knowledge in marketing concepts and strategy – a specialty which she has been cultivating and refining throughout her impressive career.
"Whatever the problem, be part of the solution…" -Tina Fey
During her employment with The Inquirer, Shannon identified a strong need for a networking alliance among CEOs and senior executives in the Philadelphia Metro and Southern New Jersey area. In 2001, she created "Breakfast with the Boss," a monthly event which allowed dozens of businesses ranging from Fortune 500 to smaller recognized fast-growth companies to connect and build strategic alliances with others in the group. This 2-1/2 year program helped generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue for several participating companies, with one in particular boosting their reported cashflow by $1.2 million dollars, with a unique strategic alliance she helped to make through the Breakfast with the Boss group.
"All lasting business is built on friendship." -Alfred A. Montapert
In 2003, Shannon was recruited by International Profit Associates. In this position, she was able to pull from her vast knowledge of tax and accounting, and to utilize her professional acumen in assisting clients with growing and monetizing their businesses. In 2005, she accepted a position as Regional Vice President for Strategic Business Partners, where she promoted profit engineering consulting and partnerships throughout the tri-state metro area.
In 2007, Shannon was recruited by Super Media LLC, where as a media consultant, she collaborated with business owners to help them improve their margins during a period which is now recognized as the country's Great Recession. Through attentive guidance, she assisted her clients in molding their marketing messages via strategic print and digital advertising, in addition to other direct marketing products.
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace." -1 Peter 4:10
With a deep spirit of volunteerism and a strong commitment to giving back, Shannon supports numerous philanthropic causes including animal welfare, childrens' causes, health and wellness, poverty alleviation, senior citizens' rights, and environmental preservation. As a passionate supporter of Sponsor Seniors, Inc., HOPE worldwide, ASPCA, Jerry's Kids, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Shannon Johnson doesn't simply "talk the talk" – she "walks the talk." Pictured on the left is legendary singer (original founding member of the Soul Survivors) Kenny Jeremiah, Shannon Johnson, Deborah Thompson, only son of the legendary Teddy Pendergrass, Teddy Pendergrass II, Felicia Pendergrass and DJ Pepper Paul.
From 2009-2015, Shannon had volunteered as treasurer for the Greater Philadelphia Church of Christ. She had also organized local fundraising events for Sponsor Seniors, Inc., an organization designed to help alleviate poverty amongst the increasingly aging population of the US, and chose HOPE for Kids Inc. for her project during her MBA program at Eastern University. With a lifelong dedication to volunteerism, she served in the 1990s as Vice President of the West Roxbury, MA. Rotary Club Her infectious enthusiasm and love for kids and sports continued through volunteering her time as a coach and sponsor for one of the little league teams of the Hellenic Soccer Club of West Roxbury. And in 2012 and 2013, she hosted two fundraising dances for Sponsor Seniors. Pictured left of Shannon is Brian Gallagher, a prominent local dance instructor with whom she competed at Disco America.
"Winners never quit and quitters never win." -Vince Lombardi
In 2011, Shannon was forced to interrupt the MBA program she was attending at Eastern University after being involved in a serious automobile accident. She suffered multiple herniated disc fractures in her neck and back, which ultimately forced her into early retirement. Yet, she persevered. One of Shannon's favorite slogans, "Winners never quit and quitters never win," stems back to her high school track and field days, when she would repeat the quote in her head while racing long distance. Never one to quit, Shannon faced this turning point in her life by exploring her interests in travel writing and photography and investing in real estate.
She travelled to Santa Fe, NM to study photography, and while there, approached the management of the Eldorado Hotel where she was staying and the Hilton Hotel. She took pictures and submitted them to the website Hooked on Travelling and by doing so, validated her trip to be for a legal tax write off. Shannon later travelled to Costa Rica, where she studied the fundamentals of blogging and web writing. She then travelled to San Diego for a visit with her brother Maynard Johnson, and while there, attended several writing, photography and blogging seminars. Pictured left is a photo taken of Shannon in NYC with her two brothers, Maynard on the left and Lou Johnson, the entertainer of her family on the right.
Combining her passions for travel and volunteering, Shannon then travelled to Panama to volunteer with the Word of Life Organization's preparations to open for summer camp. Through social media, Shannon became friends with the organization's directors and a few of the orphans that attended the camp annually. One of the orphans had experienced a miraculous recovery from an advanced cancer due to many prayers for this young man who is now healthy. In so participating, it was inevitable Shannon would get Hooked on Kids.
She also travelled to Peru and to Highlands, NC for writing and photo inspirations to share through the blog. While in Peru visiting Machu Picchu, Shannon had an incredibly spiritual awakening to the vast depths and heights she experienced. She compared the enormous problems facing the world today, and became inspired by the power of unity and the solutions which have yet to be discovered but are available, she believes. Shannon believes that Hooked on Everything and more specifically Hooked on Realty will bring solutions to people in more ways than even she could ever ask or imagine. (Eph 5:3-5)
"I'd rather be dancing." (Rachel's Song) -Jim Page
On a personal level, Shannon loves spending quality time with her family and friends, and for over 20 years, she has cared for her father, who became debilitated after suffering a mild heart attack. As a lifelong devotee of music, Shannon also enjoyed competing in ballroom dance contests, in lead and follow roles of dance; she also has been an accomplished pianist. As a savvy investor and financial expert, Shannon has acquired a number of real estate properties in the Philadelphia area and is often sought after for advice on real estate investing. The video link above is a successful fundraiser that she had in 2012. One of her closest friends, Linda Suralie, is a prominent periodontist, and shares Shannon's passion for dancing and her vision for Sponsor Seniors as well as the Hooked on series. They are pictured here at a costume party dance.
Since Shannon was put on long-term disability, she learned that she could pull her 401k and transfer it to a Self Direct IRA and use the funds to purchase rental properties. She also learned quickly how to buy properties in distress, rehab them and rent them out. Also, she learned how to leverage assets to increase her portfolio. She took one of her favorite mentor's advice – Mr. Tony Robbins – find people succeeding at doing what you want to do, train under them and flourish. Shannon started associating with Peter Vekselman and Julie Muse in 2019 prior to pandemic of Covid 19 and getting help from the Zabala family, she upgraded her web presence. http://www.HouseBeautifulKeepers.com.
In December of 2022, she started working with Mom's House and became a certified senior transition specialist.
Expanding on the Keep It Simple, Shannon approach, she has created an explainer video of what she does to help people with their realty problems. http://www.Cash4TheKeys.com
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Due to her exposure through Partner Driven enterprises, Shannon was introduced to a real estate attorney from Pennsylvania. She formed a DBA subsidiary to her company of House Beautiful Keepers, LLC that she calls Recovered Money. A website is being updated now but until then, https://www.GetMyRecoveredMoney.org for more information.
Shannon has concentrated on helping others throughout her life. Whether it's orphans, seniors, friends, entertainers, venue owners, realtors, or networking with other like-minded people, this has always produced fruits of the positive spirit. Shannon continues to use her positive approach to life to make as big a difference as possible during her life time.
Looking forward into 2023, Shannon has been selected as one of the few new clients working with John Assaraf who will be helping her as she has big plans for her future. John's Innercizing techniques were the second exposure she had to John as her first exposure was in viewing the movie the Secret. Winning the Game of… series has helped Shannon overcome procrastination, and reinstalling her creativity. John's coaching has taught her to get back to the basics of realizing the big WHY? which is to make a difference. Inspired by the poem called The Dash by Linda Ellis, where she describes the commonality between every grave stone is the dash between the years of a person's birth and death. The dash between any two numbers has always meant the difference as in mathematics and Shannon wants to make an indelible difference globally.
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Justin Fatica
Justin Fatica graduated with an Elementary Education and Philosophy degree from Seton Hall University in 2001 and received his Masters in Education in 2003.
He has spent over 10 years ministering to young people as a teacher, high school campus minister, and co-founder/director of the nationally-acclaimed Hard as Nails Ministries. He has helped develop youth movements all around the world, and he has become a true innovator for youth culture. People young and old have discovered that Justin has found a new way to reach young adults in our media-driven society.
Justin's message of love and care shook up the world in December of 2007 with the HBO documentary Hard as Nails directed by David Holbrooke. The movie brought attention from Sirius Radio, Newsweek, ABC Nightline, GQ Magazine, New York Times, Sony Entertainment, Buena Vista and many other media outlets.
God has given Justin an opportunity to share his message with the world. He has touched millions of lives and has inspired many people to find out about God's magnificent love.


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Tom Begley, St. Petersburg, FL
I traveled to Florida every spring for the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring, two of the classic sports car endurance races in the world, and each year the smiling face of classmate Tom Begley would be there to greet me and talk Irish. Tom was based on the Gulf Coast in St. Petersburg and his interest in motorsports was more than real…it was his life's work for nearly 20 years.
Tom organized (legal) street races in St. Pete for over 12 years, including staging the Florida GP of St. Pete with Trans-Am as the headliner. In 2001, Tom finally convinced the infamous Chris Pook to tour his proposed seaside race circuit for IndyCar and Pook declared the prospect as "Monstrous!" In short order, Pook convinced Dover Motorsports (owner of numerous NASCAR tracks) of the GP's potential, Tom exchanged his franchise rights for an employment contract, and Tom and Pook obtained an incredible 12-year agreement from the city council.
Unfortunately, within three weeks Pook was hired as CEO of CART (IndyCar) and Tom was forced to organize the inaugural race without his support. And to his credit, NBC broadcaster Robin Miller claimed that "the 2003 GP of St. Pete was the best first-year CART event ever!"
A given about motorsports is that no one (except for maybe Roger Penske) makes a profit from racing. Another fact is that politics are rampant and almost as bad as real politics. Way too complicated and absurd to explain except to say that our Tom Begley was the heart, soul and brains for what has become one of the great race venues in the world!
I've been in NASCAR for the past five years and I was more than excited about my return to the IZOD IndyCar Series and the first race of the season at the GP of St. Petersburg. It gave me the opportunity to spend the evening before the race dining with Tom and meeting his lovely wife Shirley. Absolute great time, great crab cakes and Chardonnay. Even got to ride in Tom's famous "Land Barge," a classic '97 Lincoln Town Car Signature edition.
The Monaco and Long Beach GPs are pretty much considered the most spectacular races in the world. Do me a favor…watch next year's GP of St. Pete on ABC and enjoy the "house that Tom built!"
BTW: Tom mentioned that our classmate Bob Basche is the person who obtained the IZOD title sponsorship for IndyCar when he was COB at Millsport.


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Baby Boom Money Squeeze Is Set To Get Tighter As this immense generation keeps aging, most will end up with dementia or other disabilities that require costly care. For individuals, families and taxpayers, this demographic shift will drain dollars and attention, and force extremely difficult decisions about living arrangements, as well as end-of-life care.
Family Matters: The Money Squeeze
Three families, living in multigenerational households, face difficult financial decisions.
Baby Boom Money Squeeze Is Set To Get Tighter
June 5, 20126:00 AM ET
Marilyn Geewax
As the number of elderly Americans in need of assisted living grows, many family members are looking at various options for care. The Crescent Ridge Adult Day Health Center in Oxon Hill, Md., serves people with dementia, Alzheimer's and brain injuries. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption
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Part of the Family Matters series
Some financial problems have obvious solutions.
For example, colleges aren't graduating enough engineers. But as more students become wary of fat loans and slim job prospects, many may shift majors. Change is possible.
But that's not the case with this problem: The number of elderly Americans in need of expensive care is about to surge, and there's no stopping the calendar.
"It's scary," said Geneva Hunter, a 66-year-old baby boomer whose 89-year-old, dementia-stricken mother lives with her in Maryland. "I'm concerned about the future because the cost of everything (related to elder care) is outrageous."
Roughly 78 million baby boomers are moving into their retirement years now. At first, they will be the "young" old. Legions of retired boomers soon will be walking around the mall, volunteering with community groups and taking grandchildren on trips.
At first, that can be good for the economy. But this immense generation, born between 1946 and 1964, will keep aging. Based on current medical outcomes, most of the people who live beyond age 85 will end up with dementia or other disabilities that require costly care.
Adult population, 25 and older. Highlighted bars show the ages of the people born during the peak years of the baby boom.
Source: 2010 Census
Credit: Alyson Hurt / NPR
Here's how fast the numbers will ratchet up: In 1990, only about 3 million Americans were over the age of 85. Today, the figure is 6 million. By 2050, the United States will be home to about 19 million people older than 85, according to U.S. Census projections.
Perhaps a cure for Alzheimer's disease will be found. But if not, the number of people with the memory-wasting disease is expected to triple to 15 million by 2050. The cost of dementia care is projected to shoot from $200 billion to $1 trillion in today's dollars.
For individuals, families, local government officials and federal taxpayers, this demographic shift will drain dollars and attention, and force extremely difficult decisions about living arrangements, as well as end-of-life care.
For many people, it will mean taking in elderly relatives. For eight weeks, NPR's Morning Edition has been airing a series, Family Matters, to examine the challenges facing households where more than one generation of adults live together.
More than 50 million Americans reside in multigenerational homes. And in many of these households, middle-aged "children" are caring for elderly parents, as well as providing shelter for their own grown children. In many cases, family members are making big financial sacrifices to help each other.
But the squeeze may get even tighter for future households because boomers generally had fewer children, and more divorces, compared with the World War II generation. A Pew Research Center analysis of census data found that the boomer generation "offers its elderly parents about 50 percent more grown children with whom they can share a household."
Three decades from now, a much smaller base of "Gen X" children will be trying to help care for more elderly loved ones, including biological parents as well as stepparents.
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Maryland resident Ida Christian, 89, began showing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in 2009. Her daughter, Geneva Hunter, and granddaughter, Yolanda, decided to take a hands-on approach to Ida's care. Ida lives with Geneva, and Yolanda quit her job to become Ida's daytime caregiver. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption
Maryland resident Ida Christian, 89, began showing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in 2009. Her daughter, Geneva Hunter, and granddaughter, Yolanda, decided to take a hands-on approach to Ida's care. Ida lives with Geneva, and Yolanda quit her job to become Ida's daytime caregiver.
The ability of tomorrow's taxpayers to boost benefits for the elderly will be limited. That's because Americans already are saddled with so much public debt. Back in 1970, when baby boomers were young, the national debt was roughly 28 percent of gross domestic product. Now it's about 70 percent.
Despite that massive increase in borrowing, the government is running short of funds for existing programs. Medicare's trustees recently said the program that provides medical care to the elderly will remain solvent only until 2024. The Social Security system already is paying out more than it is taking in.
Providing aging Americans with long-term care "is a bona fide need and growing concern," said David Walker, a former U.S. comptroller general and an expert on federal spending. "But we have to recognize that the U.S. government has overpromised in the area of health care. We can't make more entitlement promises."
Given these demographic and fiscal realities, what options are there?
Experts say the private sector will have to do more. Just as many companies have adapted to having mothers in the workplace — offering longer maternity leave, day care or more flexible hours — they will need to help middle-aged workers care for elderly relatives. Adult day care options and more flexible hours may become more common.
And more homebuilders will have to adapt to the surge in demand for multigenerational housing. Few builders focused on that niche because throughout the 20th century, that type of household was shrinking. In 1900, nearly six out of 10 people over age 65 lived with someone from a younger generation. By the 1980s, only 17 percent did.
But a Pew Research Center analysis of census data shows that today, the number is rising again, with about 20 percent of older people living with another generation.
Major builders, such as KB Home, Toll Brothers and Lennar Corp., are responding by designing homes with two master bedrooms and separate entrances.
But individual solutions, such as doubling up to split living costs, may fall far short of the trillions of dollars that would be needed to hire all of the care needed to cope with all of the long-lived elderly.
Walker suggests individuals should make major changes in their spending habits today to help themselves tomorrow. "Saving is going to be key," the former comptroller said.
"Government has grown too big, promised too much and waited too long to restructure," he said. "It is going to spend less over time ... which means that individuals will have to plan, save and invest for the future."
Geneva Hunter agrees. Having seen how expensive it is to hire help to watch over her mother, especially at night, Hunter said she knows she has to hang on to her job, running secretarial operations at a law firm. "I have to keep working and saving and investing, and then hope for the best," she said.
Morning Edition producer Jessica Smith contributed to this story.
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Jacinta Clusellas is a composer, guitarist and arranger based in New York City. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jacinta brings together South American folklore, jazz and chamber music, in the context of songs influenced by poems, literature and nature from South America. Jacinta's debut album El Pájaro Azul was released in NYC, and published in Japan under the record label Inpartmaint Inc. She has served at music director-composer-arranger for the ongoing development on the bilingual musical Azul, Otra Vez [Blue, Revisited] at Tofte Lake Center, New York Theatre Workshop, BRIC, The Drama League, Prelude Festival. Jacinta is the arranger, orchestrator and music director of I Am, a play with music (La MaMa, NYC). She has also worked as the Assistant Music Director at the Off-Broadway musical The Boy Who Danced On Air (Abingdon Theatre Company).
Over the past few years, Jacinta has been invited to perform alongside notable Argentine artists such as Nito Mestre (Subrosa, NYC) Juan Falú (Americas Society/Council of the Americas, NYC) and Aca Seca Trío (Centro Cultural Haroldo Conti, Buenos Aires). As a guitarist, she has performed at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Joe's Pub (Musical Theatre Factory), Drom, Subrosa, Le Poisson Rouge, the Connelly Theatre (NYC); Café Vinilo, Bebop Club (Buenos Aires); Mesón Nerudiano, Benevento Jazz (Santiago de Chile), La Estación (Quito), MAAC Cultura (Guayaquil), Atheneum Kelari (Athens), Vlatos Jazz (Crete). She has toured the US as a performer and a resident artist, at South by Southwest [SXSW] (Austin, TX), Lanesboro Residency Program (Jerome Foundation, MN), Audacious Raw Theatre (MN), Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts (WY), Tofte Lake Emerging Artists Residency (MN) as well as the Westben Performer - Composer Residency (Canada). She has participated in projects as an arranger for Grammy award-winning artists A.R. Rahman (Boston Symphony Hall) and Alejandro Sanz (Berklee Performance Center).
As an educator, she has been a teaching artist and mentor for Music Across Borders at Lincoln Center, is a former member of the Carnegie Hall Music Educators Workshop, and a current Teaching Artist at the Very Young Composers Program for the New York Philharmonic. Jacinta holds a B.A. in Contemporary Writing and Production from Berklee College of Music where she received the John La Porta Award. Upcoming: Jacinta is currently working on her second album to be recorded in NYC and Bogotá, Colombia in the spring of 2020, produced by West One Music (London).
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Maisach er en ca. 38 km lang biflod til Amper i den tyske delstat Bayern.

Den løber i de oberbayerske Landkreise Fürstenfeldbruck og Dachau. Dens kilder ligger ved Hohenzell mellem Moorenweis og Türkenfeld, og den munder ud i Amper ved Dachau.

Største biflod er Erlbach fra Wildmoos ved Jesenwang, som ved Mammendorf munder ud i Maisach. Andre tilløb er Bussbach (vest for Mammendorf), ved Überacker Lappacher Bach, Rottbach og Weiherbach.

Den har navnefællesskab med kommunen Maisach i Oberbayern.

Siden 2004 har bæveren igen bosat sig ved floden; de første spor af bævere ved Maisach fandtes dog allerede i 1990 ved Mammendorf.

Floder i Bayern
Landkreis Fürstenfeldbruck

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The La Sportiva Finale is a comfortable beginner / relaxed and durable multipitch climbing shoe designed with support and all-day wearability in mind. The sole of the La Sportiva Finale is 5mm, which is about as thick as they come in climbing shoes. This extra durability will be ideal for beginners with sensitive feet as well as multipitch or big wall climbers who are after a tough sole that won't wear down too quickly.
The Finale uses the Vibram XS Edge rubber combined with La Sportiva's Powerhinge technology, the combination of which equals maximum power on edges and tiny footholds. XS Edge is a much harder rubber that allows for less deformation when loaded, meaning more stability and control. Powerhinge technology is a small hole cut into the sole that limits stretch to only the back half of the shoe, which provides even more balance on micro edges.
The Finale uses unlined suede leather, so you can expect it to stretch up to a full size. La Sportiva recommend sizing this shoe loose for the best comfort. If you're looking for velcro, try the Finale VS. It's a little bit softer; a bit more ideal for gym climbing!
I bought theses shoes for trad climbing.
My Sportiva Miura VS are really great, but not comfortable enough for long multi-pitch day.
Under the recommendation of Dave, I tried these, the rubber is the same as Miura VS, they are less aggressive but for not overhanging or crazy difficult route they do a very good job. I would recommend these for serious beginner to the advanced climber who needs comfort.


Recently Larsen & Toubro assigned ESI Eurosilo to the design and delivery of two Eurosilos that will serve as a logistic link between production and shipping at the Orpic refinery in Sohar, Oman. The proven performance in coal storage made the Eurosilo the best option for pet coke.
Orpic is one of Oman's largest and most rapidly growing businesses in the Middle East oil industry.
The remarkable integration of refinery and plant operations, together with ambitious growth plans, has positioned Orpic as one of the industry's most forward-thinking companies.
Following the strong commitment to safety and sustainability of Orpic, the contractor Larsen & Toubro, chose the Eurosilo system for the storage of green coke. Also the very limited space was decisive. Two silos of 42,000 m3 each, will streamline the logistic flow between the continuous production of pet coke and the periodic loading of transport ships at the nearby port. Therefore the filling rate of the silos amounts up to 80 tph, while the reclaim amounts up to 1,040 tph. The 3D impression shows the positioning of the silos including four truck loading lanes.
For more details you can download our whitepaper on pet coke storage.


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5. Treatment provided with respect, consideration, and confidentiality.
6. Answers to questions about their treatment.
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Q: If a point $M$ is inside triangle $ABC$ (with perimeter s), $MA+MB+MC$ is in [s/2,s] By the triangle inequality, I was able to prove the first part of the following inequality. Proving the upper bound is way harder. Can somebody help me, please? I would appreciate it very much. Thanks and stay safe.
Let D be an arbitrarily chosen point inside a triangle ABC. Let segments DA, DB and DC be x, y and z respectively. Let the circumference of the triangle be u.
Show that the following inequality must hold:
$\dfrac12\!\cdot\!u<x+y+z<u$


Improvements in health can have a tremendously positive effect on society's well-being and the level of economic activity. Indeed, 2013's path-breaking report by the Lancet Commission indicates that about 11 percent of the economic growth in recent decades can be attributed to these improvements. As such, it makes good sense for macroeconomists to pay attention to health indicators and to the factors that influence them, such as public health spending.
In this context, it is not surprising that the impact of IMF-supported programs on public health spending has generated considerable attention. Previous research, focusing on periods before the global financial crisis, indicates that Fund-supported programs have a positive effect on public health spending (Martin and Segura, 2004; Center for Global Development, 2007; Clements, Gupta and Nozaki, 2013). But does this pattern still hold if we extend the analysis to more recent years? In this blog, we take a fresh look at this evidence for developing economies.
Based on our assessment of developments over 2003 to 2012, we find that the broad patterns identified in our earlier peer reviewed empirical analysis still hold, with spending rising at a brisker pace in countries with Fund-supported programs than those without (Figure 1). For example, we find that health spending has been rising, as a share of GDP, at a faster annual pace in countries with Fund-supported programs. This is especially the case for low-income countries (which pay zero interest under Fund-supported programs), as well as those of Sub-Saharan Africa. Over a 10 year period, the cumulative difference between program and non-program low-income countries is substantial—about 0.6 percentage points of GDP. Our 2013 econometric analysis indicates that if we control for macroeconomic factors that affect health spending, the impact almost doubles.
We get the same picture of the effect of Fund-supported programs if we focus on other measures of spending increases. For example, real health spending per person grew by an average of about 6½ percent a year in low-income countries with programs; those without programs, in contrast, averaged spending increases of 4½ percent. When we look at developments between the beginning of the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2012, we have a similar story. Countries adversely affected by the Ebola virus also show greater spending increases (as a percent of GDP) during periods with Fund-supported programs, with Guinea increasing by 0.7 percentage points, Liberia by 1.6, and Sierra Leone by 0.24 points (from 2010 to 2013).
Why do Fund-supported programs have a positive effect on health spending? As suggested in our earlier work, one reason is the emphasis in these programs on tax reforms that raise revenues, which can help countries increase social spending in a fiscally sustainable manner. Furthermore, to the extent that programs lead to higher economic growth, IMF-supported programs can help generate the fiscal space (including through more robust revenue growth) to finance these outlays. Another channel is the catalytic effect of IMF-supported programs on donor financing, which can also deepen the pool of resources to finance priority spending on both health and other programs. More recently, the incorporation of minimum floors on social spending in Fund-supported programs has also encouraged countries to raise health spending. The IMF's Independent Evaluation Office found that 29 of 30 recent programs incorporated these minimum floors (IEO, 2014).
In sum, recent evidence continues to suggest that Fund-supported programs are compatible with country plans to expand public spending on health. Raising health spending, of course, is just one piece of the puzzle for achieving better health outcomes. In particular, countries should also focus on reforms that improve the efficiency of this spending, where there is significant room for improvement (Coady, Francese, and Shang, 2014).


Writer's Block: Happily Ever After?
The same way I spend most weekdays: work a little, nap in the sun, catch the afternoon Law & Order reruns. Vogon came home sick so we didn't have our usual lunch together, but he drove me over to Laurel's school to help out at the class party. I walked home afterward, folded and hung up clean laundry, and went with him to pick up Laurel from her after-school program. We decided on the fly to try out Ruchi Palace, the new Indian restaurant in our neighborhood, for dinner and were pleasantly surprised by their excellent south Indian food. I had the rest of my paneer butter masala for lunch today.
Ruchi Palace. They've taken over the location formerly occupied by the Dallas Super Buffet on Trinity Mills between Midway and Marsh.
As a bonus, our receipt included a coupon for 20% off our next visit. Not that we needed that -- it's great to have Indian food closer to us than Belt Line or Park/Hebron and their huge selection will have us trying new dishes for months to come.
Also: they were playing Bollywood music videos during dinner.
bookofblues and radixx are excellent at recommending Thai food. Vogon is pretty good too, but he's not on LJ much lately.


Autumn was working hard as a single mom and wasn't receiving child support. Unfortunately this summer, the contract on her job ran out, and she found herself unemployed. To make matters worse, she had difficulty finding a new job as she fell ill and was unable to participate in job interviews. She was unemployed for almost two months and unable to make ends meet.
But she had a breakthrough and landed a stable new job at a law firm. Not only was it stable employment, but the firm gave her an advance on her salary to help pay the back rent she owed, so she could stay in her housing.
Autumn has already paid her employer back, but was still behind on her electric bill. She was referred to GSH, and we were able to pay her electric bill to bring her current.
And to add a cherry on top of her good news story, Autumn was successful in taking her child's father to court, and she has since been granted child support for her son!
We continue to be thankful to all of our community supporters who help us make sure our neighbors like Autumn can stay in their housing, even when they have a turn of bad luck.


This figure shows there may be more than one minimum spanning tree in a graph. In the figure, the two trees below the graph are two possibilities of minimum spanning tree of the given graph.
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↑ Pettie, Seth; Ramachandran, Vijaya (2002), «Minimizing randomness in minimum spanning tree, parallel connectivity, and set maxima algorithms», Proc. 13th ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA '02), San Francisco, California, pp. 713–722, http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=545477 .
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When one thinks about a "green" Memorial, the first place that springs to mind ay not be the Department of Chemistry. However over the past three years, Dr. Fran Kerton, an assistant professor with the department, has begun collaborating with students and faculty to change that perception.
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, green chemistry, also known as sustainable chemistry, is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. The goal is to create safer products, reduce demand on energy and resources and waste.
One area she's particularly involved in at Memorial University is solvent replacement – replacing commonly used solvents in laboratories with something more environmentally friendly.
In addition, solvent replacement reduces the amount of atmospheric pollution in labs and reduces students' exposure to it. It also handles the problem of what to do with the chemical later – a solvent that is just water can be poured down the sink.
Dr. Kerton says green chemistry is a relatively young field, having only recently caught on in Canada in the last five or six years. One area she's found that has generated a lot of attention throughout the department is microwave chemistry.
The research area has been catching on with students as well.
Dr. Kerton also sees great potential for partnerships with industry around green chemistry, from addressing the use of shrimp waste in new materials, to collaborating with oil and gas companies.


United Special Sportsman Alliance (USSA) in conjunction with Clayhill Hunting Club will be holding its annual group deer hunt near Greenville, NC. Lodging, meals, hunting gear, and hunting accessories (including hunting license) supplied. Please contact us if interested in attending this event.


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Jeffrey Rotter has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, Spin magazine, ESPN, McSweeney's, The Literary Review and The New York Observer. In 2006 he completed his MFA in fiction at Hunter College, where he studied under Peter Carey, Colson Whitehead, Colum McCann, and Andrew Sean Greer. At Hunter he was awarded a Hertog Fellowship to perform research for Jennifer Egan. A longtime Brooklyn resident, he lives with his wife and their small boy, Felix.
His first novel, The Unknown Knowns, was published by Scribner on March 17, 2009, to critical acclaim.
His second novel, The Only Words That Are Worth Remembering, came out in 2015 from Metropolitan Books.
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