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Archive for August 9th, 2010
A Quebec Dentist, some rope, (no water?), his 10-year old son, and why "estranged"? Mom called the Police….
Yeah, the real problem with this boy was his absent father — especially when he went to visit him on a certain weekend, possibly (court case not documented — it sounds like a weekend visitation scenario)
"Boy found bruised, dehydrated, after being bound for more than 36 hours…"
This one reminds me of the Cabrillo case in Maryland? except that in this case, the boy was rescued in time.
QUEBEC – A 42-year-old dentist was found unfit to stand trial Monday in connection with the alleged confinement and beating of his 10-year-old son.
The man was arrested last week after police found his son bound, bruised and dehydrated in the accused's Quebec City residence.
Police believe the boy was tied up for more than 36 hours in a room with fabric-covered windows.
The father was charged with unlawful confinement, aggravated assault and violating Article 215 of the Criminal Code, which requires parents or guardians to provide necessities for children under their care.
He was also charged with assaulting a police officer and obstruction of justice.
Since his arrest, the man has refused to eat, drink or talk, and a psychological report tabled in court Monday deemed him unfit to stand trial.
Crown prosecutor Nathalie Leroux said the accused is shut down and unable to communicate or understand the proceedings.
The court ordered the accused to be treated for 30 days by a medical team at a Quebec City psychiatric hospital.
The treatment can be extended for another 30 days if the accused is not yet fit to stand trial.
After that, Leroux said the Crown will continue to monitor the man's health until found fit and tried.
The accused's name cannot be revealed to protect the identity of the young victim.
Police were called to the man's residence on Aug. 1 after the boy's mother expressed concerns she had not heard from either her ex-husband or son for several days.
The child was discovered with his hands and his feet tied together. Despite being weak and dehydrated, the boy was deemed healthy enough to be given to his mother.
© Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette
Thank God they gave him to her. Will supervised visitation be ordered now? Or will this boy get a break from the shock of watching — in ANY situation — his former captor, to whom he is (apparently — it doesn't say stepson) biologically tied also? Should any child have to see any parent who does that to him, ever again (including with a 3rd party there?) If so, on whose agenda?
In the United States, the law says one thing and the practice is the opposite, which is why there are websites should this one would qualify for (and may be on, even)
76 Dastardly Dads – USA – by State/County – Febr. 2010 list,
only those with apparent custody, visitation, child support issues
No one should ever have to make — let alone read — lists like this. There are great Dads in this country and Canada, and I know many of them. At least I think they're great. Then again, no one should have to read about incidents like the Quebec dentist and wonder whether that was THEIR family dentist, or a pediatric dentist, either. Then again — no 10 year old should ever have to figure out the idea of "Dad" and have images like those he just endured. —
This websites, and others who link to it or notice these things (which hit too close to home for some of us) are not receiving federal grants or private foundation funding to declare a CRISIS IN FATHERLESSNESS and create, in effect, to remedy this, a virtual "shadow" court system to counteract the fact-finding and fact-to-law process that these courts are for. When the U.S. President is sworn in, He represents the Executive Branch. A representative of the Judicial Branch administers the Oath of office and there IS no single person, in that process, representing the "head of the Legislative Branch." its importance is signified by the President having to swear to uphold the Constitution
Each president recites the following oath, in accordance with Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Luckily, George Orwell's premise was not built into this document, that:
some animals are more equal than others."
(hover cursor over link – text applies today)
Actually, it wasn't luck, but intention.
Reflecting on this:
We would do well to re-read Animal Farm and remember that stupidity — and the cruelty that goes with the above belief, unchecked, and away from the document embodying principles about humanity that, forgotten, will evaporate. Also, a populace that doesn't read, practice and guard its constitution and civil rights — whether in exchange for comfort, or out of intimidation — is on the slippery slope to losing them.
While this is Canada, it has clearly adopted Stories from our family law system, originating in apparently Los Angeles County Courthouse decades ago, and other Stories promoted in Washington, D.C.
These stories say that MALE animals are MORE equal than FEMALE and particularly when they have sired someone. That's the "fatherhood" "healthy marriage" response to both feminism (itself a response to perceived oppression within the family) to laws against violence towards women (which are responsible for why I and all my immediate family members are alive today — without them, they wouldn't be; I'd have had no escape).
I had intended this post to be simply an anecdote about the Quebec Incidence, and the next article that came to mind was "The ManKind Project" which is to toughen up the warrior side of males (and resulted in one teen suicide in Houston, 2007). Pulling on that thread, we find a boiling mixture of megachurch anti-gay activism — reaching, at last count to South Africa and Uganda, and well-funded (including by grants from the U.S. government) VERY right-wing religious groups pushing their propaganda worldwide, including to countries which believe homosexuality deserves the death penalty. This not being quite "PC," SOME of the major evangelists (Rick Warren, Joyce Meyers) — but not ALL — distance themselves.
It's the "not all" which we need to worry about and act on. It's quite possible that within a generation there will not be a safe place for a young person to determine their identity without picking a hyperinflated stance on their sexuality (macho/feminine — or gay/lesbian) or anything else. These are fighting times.
I appreciate strong, self-confident men, and am heterosexual, female, and have my own strengths. I like men's ability to detach and separate — but it can go to extreme. I like MY ability to integrate and cross topics — but (today in particular) it too can go to extremes. When the U.S. population is about 51% female, and the Congress, nothing close; when the government policies are pushed, (sold) funded, bought (including who gets elected, in great part) by astounding wealth, who then funds evaluations of their own projects — often on US — then – there has to be SOMETHING that the barely surviving can do to smarten up, free up some time, detox their personal (first) then family (2nd) then immediate community( 3rd) selves from the Giant Social Services Squid.
Food, Housing, Self-defense, Education, Purposes in life, settling our own differences — THINKING — and did I mention medium of exchange? How hard can it be to figure out those, with some common vision, and locally? I already blogged here on how — and why (money, why else?) — Canada tried to shut down a competent, community-serving, self-sufficient raw-milk dairy farmer, and how milk (let alone pasteurized/cooked) disproportionately hurts certain ethnic groups.. This is a family law blog, not a health foods blog. That account ("Milk Sucks" posts) was my version of Animal Farm. Wake up! Unless you prefer a theocracy which takes its "hate-the-other" policy to the ends of the earth at your expense, and only stops when "outed" in Uganda
That boy, above, would've died if his mother had not had primary physical custody (I believe — facts not out yet) and called the police. Or if the police had blown her off, as they do some Moms (Jessica Gonzales comes to mind). . . . .
Let's keep it real, and I recommend forcing the U.S. government 100% out of the psychology / education process, which they have flunked, repeatedly — at our expense. And guarding against theocracy, which is basically assigning valiues to all of us. We're going to have to pull another Declaration of Independence — recalling those principles — and in order to do that, will have to restructure our livelihoods, and most importantly, stop showing up at the family courthouses and begging for equity, justice, or law — get real!
I'm going to add "ANIMAL FARM" to my blogroll. Search "George Orwell" on this site — I've blogged him before…
Was this part of the toughen-up initiation philosophy for young boys?
This is from Houston 2007, and apparently a well-meaning family let a certain group mentor their son for a weekend. Please put both these articles next to future "there's a crisis in fatherlessness" literature that comes your way, and it most certainly will, from any number of information streams (courts, child support agencies, initiatives, nonprofits, faith-based community groups, and of course the U.S. Congress/Executive Branch (collaborating) and through them, into the Family Courts. Through the "access/visitation" funds. However I'm not blogging on that here, today — this is enough for one (female) stomach — mine. I haven't, FYI, been able to safely hear from my own daughters for a very long time, and it's been made plenty clear to me by family (of origin) (by actions timed to my attempts to do so, or confront this situation) what's at risk if I push the issue.
COVER STORY: The ManKind Project:
HOUSTONPRESS 2007 Chris Vogel.
The ManKind Project is an international nonprofit organization that claims to offer men training: how to be accountable for yourself, how to express yourself, how to learn that being a man in today's world is okay. Men pay hundreds of dollars to attend a weekend initiation retreat, during which they engage in rituals – many in the nude – and delve into men's most intimate and personal issues.
Many men who attend the weekend swear the program changed their lives for the better. But not all. The Scinto family, who filed the lawsuit, claim their son attended the retreat in 2005, came home, and two weeks later took his own life because he could not handle the psychological stresses placed upon him during the weekend.
The family began investigating and discovered an underworld of critics who feel this self-help program – where men must sign confidentiality contracts and liability waivers to attend – has the potential to do harm. Critics, including the Scinto family, claim the organization appears to practice psychology without a state license, targets vulnerable members of 12-step recovery groups, and has a poor vetting system with which to determine who is and who is not capable of dealing with the program.
With all its confidentiality agreements, The ManKind Project is shrouded in mystery and secrecy. In this week's feature, "Weekend Warriors," we chronicle the Scinto family's attempts to pull back the veil and show a side of The ManKind Project that's not seen in the organization's promotional films, two of which you can view below. — Chris Vogel
(note — a lively set of comments, about 75. I didn't read them)
Warren Throckmorton, "College Psychology Professor"
I found Throckmorton looking up something else. Besides the unique name, he shows up as:
About Dr. Warren Throckmorton
Warren Throckmorton, PhD is Associate Professor of Psychology and Fellow for Psychology and Public Policy at Grove City College (PA). He is the producer of the critically acclaimed documentary, I Do Exist, regarding sexual orientation. His academic articles have been published by journals of the American Psychological Association and he is past president of the American Mental Health Counselors Association. Over 150 newspapers have published his columns.
{{Underlined fields overlap with the Family Law arena. I believe — but am not sure — that Grove City College may be libertarian in origin, not taking federal funding in order to maintain their independence from government. However, my memory may be of a different college}}
Commentary on this New Warrior Training of the "MKP" being similar to shamanistic rituals:
Mankind Project & New Warriors Training Adventure
I became interested in the Mankind Project as the result of reading a Houston Press article regarding the death of Michael Scinto. The article, by Chris Vogel, detailed practices at the MKP's signature program, the New Warriors Training Adventure. I had heard of the New Warriors Training Adventure at a NARTH conference in 2003 where it was being recommended by various NARTH leaders. However, some of the ministry leaders there did not believe it should be pursued because of reports of nudity involved in New Warriors Training Adventure.
In reading MKP materials, I have been struck by the similarity to shamanistic, pagan and Native American practices. For instance, many pagan and shamanistic rituals begin with the need to create a ritual space via a circle. MKP is no different in that the "container" is created for the same purpose. For instance, the MKP-International PIT 5.2 Facilitator Manual provides instructions for "creating the container" or the ritual space for the weekly meetings.
to teach men how to create and to hold sacred, ritual space. To form a strong and safe container that welcomes ALL of each man, and encourages him to be fully present, and to speak his truth.
Sacred space is set with drumming, music, candles and "smudging." In smudging, incense, sage or other herbs are used to create an aura of smoke around each man to help create the sacred area for the MKP rituals. According to the manual, smudging is done
to purify and cleanse the energy field that you or I may have brought with us. Smudging creates a sacred space for the group, and it becomes a way we can leave behind the energy of the outside world.
Following the creation of the ritual space, the MKP manual requires an invocation. In MKP, the participants "call in the seven directions." Those familiar with pagan or earth-based spirituality will recognize this process. Sometimes, it is called, "Calling the Watchtowers" and involves summoning various spirits or energies from the earth.
I just found out what "NARTH" is, at this site.
New Warriors is recommended by some who attempt to assist people change their sexual orientation via healing childhood wounds, or reparative therapists (e.g., National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH)) as a means of getting in touch with lost masculinity. Richard Cohen, in his new book Gay Children, Straight Parents, published by Christian publisher Intervarsity Press, recommends New Warriors as a "powerful life changing weekend." If the Houston Press article is accurate, such recommendations seem misguided for anyone, especially evangelical Christians.
Healing masculinity is a bit pricey with the weekend costing $650, plus more cash for weekly group sessions. And some believe the participants are really getting a form of therapy.
"What it boils down to," says Rick Ross, head of the Rick A. Ross Institute of New Jersey, which studies cults, groups and movements, "is that they are doing group therapy, although they won't admit to that, and they are not qualified to do group therapy. They are not licensed and they are not accountable."
WHAT, exactly, was that 42 yr old Quebec Dentist allegedly doing to his son, and why?
Norris Lang, who chairs the anthropology department at the University of Houston and is a former therapist, agrees. He took part in an initiation retreat in 1997 and then attended several Integration Group meetings before deciding to leave the organization.
"Some of the exercises that they had us engage in," he says, "were fairly traumatic and normally, as a psychotherapist, I would have only engaged in some of those activities…in the security of a hospital or psychiatric facility. If you get somebody to get in touch with their feelings from, say, 30 years ago, a time when they were abused as children, that can be fairly dangerous territory for an unprofessional. It's kind of group therapy without any professionals involved."
From what I have seen thus far, I would agree that more oversight would be beneficial. It certainly looks like attempts at therapy to me. For one Houston man, it was bad therapy. Michael Scinto killed himself after attended a New Warriors session and his family is suing the Houston area branch, alledging (sic) that New Warriors' ' experiences led to his demise.
In 2008, this reports that the MKP settled with the family and required — MKP-Houston at least — to screen the process better.
And a reader [of the Houston 2007 Vogel article] acknowledges that The Mankind Project grew out of the 90s men's movement, and compares it to an initiation in Boy Scouts..
I experienced the MP training some years ago. It reminded me of my initiation into the Order of the Arrows while in Boy Scouts. I was terrified as a young boy by men with painted faces dressed up as Indians who yelled at me as I desperately held onto a rope while being led into the woods blindfolded. That earlier experience made the MP initiation less strange to me and actually kind of fun. Both the Promise Keepers and the MP both grew out of the '90s men's movement and although very different in their philosophies,** they arose from a real need. I feel if Michael's family and friends would shift a little of their energy from tearing down to considering what is attempting to be built by the MP experiment, they could utilize their findings in a way that makes sense to them and can still honor the life of Michael Scinto.
{{** Promise Keepers has the Christian religious bonding, or at least incorporates it; the M(K)P pulls from other religious traditions which Promise Keepers wouldn't endorse. From a woman's point of view, it seems that the MKP wanted their version of the same set of feelings…}}
Obviously parts of the MP organization are working, and though some pieces may be restrictive, narrow or broken, so are the men in this country, and we are in desperate need of some large-scale help.
Crosby Bean (link to that comment)
Geesh, how did we get here from "The Quebec Dentist"? Except that father's cruelty,
and imagine — no one the boy could call out to help for. There was no healing circle or time-limit for him — only the fact that his alarmed mother called the police, who then rescued him! He is only 10!!
It's not likely that we can find a real DMZ between the reactionary anti-gay groups (religious based, mainly) and the pro-gay LGBT. Certainly not in the public schools, the courts, or even the churches.
EXGAYWATCH meets VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN issues around NARTH
This next section comes from a site called "exgaywatch." I hope readers can look at it (back to 2007) because in fact I've come to believe that a lot of the "Family Court Crises" and the "fatherhood movement" including the huge funding through HHS (which I obviously track) — may have its source in these fertile grounds, and bitter divides.
And it MAY result in the exaggerated masculinity that's as cruel to perceived gays as it is to women. Anything somewhat feminine is up for attack. This excerpt I'm about to paste is from the Southern Poverty Law Center (Dec. 2007) reporting on some of the harm of forcible conversion, shaming, exorcism, etc. I'm going to tie it in to the Marriage Movement, in at least Arizona. Besides handling the issue of "spirituality" (or at least, it comes up), they converge in at least one African country, Uganda:
SPLC Intelligence Report On The Ex-Gay Movement
December 12th, 2007 David Roberts 14 comments
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has posted an excellent, detailed report on the state of the ex-gay, or "sexual reorientation therapy" movement. It touches on most of the important issues of concern, and should be a catalyst for more debate.
Let's take the following as a foundation for our view of sexual reorientation therapy:
Reparative or sexual reorientation therapy, the pseudo-scientific foundation** of the ex-gay movement, has been discredited by virtually all major American medical, psychiatric, psychological and professional counseling organizations.*** The American Psychological Association, for instance, declared in 2006: "There is simply no sufficiently scientifically sound evidence that sexual orientation can be changed. Our further concern is that the positions espoused by NARTH [the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality] and Focus on the Family create an environment in which prejudice and discrimination can flourish." [emphasis added]
They correctly recognize that ex-gay ministries paint only a grim, distorted view of anyone who might be gay. This tactic has been used in the past to discredit the lives of others and it was no more accurate then than now — though unfortunately it can be quite effective.
**"pseudo-scientific. WOW — shades of "parental alienation" now?
*** like that's going to stop the flood of religious zeal….
Focus on the Family/Promise Keepers are notoriously weak on domestic violence. It's handled by silence. That's how it's handled, basically. I have a book that tells of the influence of some of these mega-churches, specifically "Dr. Dobson." I have run across this so many times in church circles, I no longer attend church. I believe that these groups attract people with serious needs, among others, and that like The Mankind Project, someone needs to hold them accountable, by suing or removing tax-exempt staus, for the deaths and devastation caused by men with a chip on their shoulder taking it out on someone else because the theology (as practiced!) justifies this. It's a male bond to "diss" the females.
National Association of Marriage Enhancement (Arizona), a grants recipient, had to do a quick back-track when they were associated with the Uganda's harsh Anti-Gay laws:
The National Association of Marriage Enhancement
13422 N Cave Creek Rd, Ste 3
Phoenix, AZ 85022
05/16/06 – $5,000.00 – Cash – Filed: 06/30/06
10/17/07 – $2,000.00 – Cash – Filed: 06/16/08
|From: Anti-Gay & Anti-Choice Organizations
|Last updated: Jul 26, 2010
From "The Lavendar Liberal" on N.A.M.E., Feb 2010
Since October of last year, Uganda has been the focus of international attention due to a proposal in their Parliament which would ban homosexual behavior of any kind via the death penalty for HIV people who engage in homosexual behavior and life in prison for others who attempt such behavior.
If they're going to go "all Biblical" on us, then they should also stone heterosexual men for committing adultery.
President Jacob Zuma's Love Child His Personal Business, Says ANC
Tue Feb 2 06:26:32 2010 by GD ( Leave a comment )//
By Madhuri Dey
Johannesburg, South Africa, Feb 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The South African President Jacob Zuma has been saved from the possibility of an ugly discussion over his love child by the African national Congress, the ruling party in the country. In a press statement released by the party, the leaders commented that they did not want any discussion or storm brewing on something that is strictly in the realm of the personal life of the President and the woman involved. The African National Congress also stated that the decision of two adults to be engaged in a consensual relationship is in no way the concern of the society.
The South African President is married to five women already. The child that he fathered out of wedlock with Sonono Khoza took the count of his children up to 20. According to South African customs, he paid compensation for the pregnancy. Of course, the emergence of this news has added fuel to the already raging controversy around the President's sex life. Sometime back, he had been grilled on a rape charge, from which he obtained acquittal, but admitted that he did have sex without protection.
The leaders of the opposition condemned the president's promiscuous nature, claiming that an already married man should not be sleeping around, more so because he is the President of a country battling against AIDS and HIV. Some of the leaders claimed that he should be seeing a doctor for his sex addiction, and that his actions should befit those of the president of a country and not a "gigolo." According to them, such behavior from the President of the country not only sets a bad example, but also presents an ugly picture.
So what if he's a Zulu polygamist and this is traditional?
Zuma, a Zulu traditionalist who practices polygamy and currently has three wives, a fiancée, and 20 children, was criticized for setting a bad example in a country where large numbers of people are infected with HIV/Aids, reports The (Thai) Independent.
In a statement, Zuma said: "I have over the past week taken time to consider and reflect on the issues relating to a relationship I had outside of wedlock… It has put a lot of pressure on my family and my organisation, the African National Congress. I deeply regret the pain that I have caused to my family, the ANC, the Alliance and South Africans in general."
The American-based (well-funded) evangelists are going to get to him sooner or later. . . . .
LET's take a look at the North America / South Africa connection here. Talk about "global vision." I hope they keep their books separate —
nthony sits on the Board of The National Centre for Fathering SA, along with David Molapo and other influential men of South Africa.In response to the dramatic trend towards fatherlessness in America, Dr. Ken Canfield founded the National Centre as a non-profit, scientific andeducation organization. Today, the Centre provides practical, research-based training and resources that equip men in virtually every fatheringsituation to be the involved fathers their children need.The National Centre for Fathering in South Africa has partnered and secured the full rights for Africa and Southern Africa. Family LifeChange Centre SA (Dr Anthony van Tonder)is partnering as one of the South African Registered non-profit organisations to raise funding to translate all material into South African contentand also to enable the fathers in less fortunate circumstances to impact their communities. The American Centre reaches more than one milliondads annually through seminars, small-group training, the [Students] program, their daily [radio program] , andaward-winning website and weekly email…. we would like to make the same impact in South Africa. Our long-term goal is to create a culture of Championship Fathering by enlisting 10% of dads to make a commitment to fulfil the tenets of Championship Fathering.HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED:By supporting the NCFSA in our efforts to inspire and equip dads:
I wonder if in the U.S. they would be culturally sensitive to, say, the Bill of Rights, or in South Africa to, say, the women? Or the nonPentecostal, non-fundamentalist, non-Christian worldviews.. Whaddaya think? The finances seem real organized (I deleted some of the active links. I told you someone was going to get to Zuma sooner or later in his country . . . .
Back to the OTHER rabidly activist, anti-gay evangelistic group, a different one, in Uganda, and though getting US gov't contracts, associating with the likes of this pastor Ssempa:
One of the chief supporters of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill has been Martin Ssempa, a pastor in Uganda's capital city of Kampala and well-known among Western evangelicals. Rev. Ssempa this week has called for a "million man march" which he hopes will bring large crowds out to support the harsh legislation. In addition, Ssempa has organized several news conferences in order to rally support among Ugandans for the bill.
Dr. Martin Ssempa, a pastor at Makerere Community Church, has received an award for his fight against homosexuality.
Ssempa and his wife Tracey received the plague from Apostle Alex Mitala, the overseer of the National Fellowship of Born Again Churches in Uganda.
This was during the "Great Marriage Celebration" organised by the National Association of Marriage Enhancement in conjunction with the National Fellowship of Born Again Pentecostal Churches in Uganda at Nakivubo Stadium over the weekend. …
[Mitala] said homosexuality was one way of making the world extinct. …
Ssempa thanked the Christians for standing by him and said he was encouraged by their support to continue with his campaign.
He proposed the establishment of a national marriage alliance to counter homosexuality.
N.A.M.E. has ties to a very controlling church, the Assembly of God (my personal opinion) and through Godzich (in whose name the nonprofit is) to right-wing AZ GOP and (as I say on the front page post, "Read this First — REALLY" (title approximate) — to the Unification Church, or at least by association with Mark R. Anderson, reportedly an adherent, and who has abeen funneling funds to N.A.M.E. (who made political contributions as above,e tc.).
Now they have to CYA over Ssempa:
UNBELIEVABLE: And here's another prominent megachurch REFUSING to cut its ties with Ssempa, on which basis the Las Vegas, South Nevada Health District severs its ties with the church over HIV testing. THis site has to be read to be believed . . . . . "The Box Turtle Bulletin"
Some evangelists and megachurch leaders are dodging for cover. Others aren't. And some are in public but not in private. It seems Professor Throckmorton (you have to love such a name, sounds like it's straight out of Tolkien's The Hobbit. Or, Dickens….) has been doing his homework — they keep quoting him..
Nevada Health Officials Sever Ties with Megachurch Over Martin Ssempa
Jim Burroway
July 13th, 2010
As we reported over the past month, Canyon Ridge Christian Church, the Las Vegas megachurch which has been providing financial support for Uganda's "kill-the-gays bill" cheerleading pastor Martin Ssempa, was found to be simultaneously attempting an outreach program to Las Vegas's LGBT and HIV/AIDS constituencies by being a test site for National HIV Testing Day on June 27.
In other words, the Las Vegas church that wanted to test you for HIV, is the same church whose strategic partner and "dearly beloved friend and family" wants to put you to death if you are HIV-positive. Despite widespread condemnation for their conflicting stance, Canyon Ridge defended Ssempa, saying they "do not believe Martin Ssempa to be the man the media and others have portrayed him to be." We, who have been following Ssempa's role closely through every twist and turn of Uganda's proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill, have countered by skipping how Ssempa was portrayed in the media, and instead reminded viewers of how Ssempa portrayed himself directly. That appears to have made no impression on Canyon Ridge's leaders.
Southern Nevada Health District, which partnered with Canyon Ridge for National HIV Testing Day, however has announced that they are severing ties with Canyon Ridge
And more on this site – evangelists are splitting down th emiddle.
Willow Creek Association's Ties To Martin Ssempa Revealed While Las Vegas Church Continues to Hold Its Ground
Jim Burroway
July 2nd, 2010
In an article appearing on Salon this morning, Dr. Warren Throckmorton explored the close working relationship between Las Vegas-based Canyon Ridge Christian Church and Ugandan "Kill-the-gays" Pastor Martin Ssempa. And in pulling on that thread, Throckmorton discovered a much larger relationship between the Willow Creek Association and their East African hero:
Just consider the case of the Willow Creek Association, which bills itself as "the most influential ministry to evangelical pastors in the U.S." and boasts "more than 11,000 Member Churches in 35 countries," is now distancing itself from Ssempa. (Canyon Ridge is part of the WCA network.)
WCA's signature leadership training events are conducted in "more than 250 cities in 50 countries each year" — including Uganda, where the group partnered with Ssempa in November 2009. In other words, as [Saddleback Church pastor Rick] Warren was publicly severing his ties with Ssempa, the WCA was strengthening theirs. In 2007, for example, the WCA bestowed its award on Ssempa's church for its work in AIDS prevention.
The Willow Creek Association is a huge group of 11,000 contemporary Evangelical churches in 35 countries that are affiliated with the pioneering namesake megachurch near Chicago. Throckmorton reports that as of Thursday, WCA had apparently just discovered that Ssempa has been openly advocating the killing of LGBT people in Uganda, and so they decided to quietly step back a little:
On Thursday, Steve Bell, the organization's executive vice president, told me that Ssempa is no longer affiliated with their leadership summit in Uganda. Regarding the 2007 award, Bell wrote:
Willow Creek Association (WCA) was unaware of Martin Ssempa's views regarding the criminalization of homosexuality when the honorable mention award was presented to him at the 2007 Global Leadership Summit. Had his views been known, particularly his prior support of the death penalty related to the AHB [Anti-Homosexuality Bill], he would not have been considered as a candidate for the award.
And yet, through WCA member Canyon Ridge Christian Church, WCA continues to maintain an arms-length relationship with Ssempa. Throckmorton reports that WCA has no plans to sever its ties with Canyon Ridge, despite the financial assistance Canyon Ridge pays to Ssempa to staff his church in Kampala. And as we learned yesterday, Canyon Ridge is not only standing by their man, but they are also abetting his cause by actively propagating Ssempa's intentionally false description of what is actually in the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Canyon Ridge and Ssempa insist that the death penalty applies only to those who rape the handicapped and child molestation, but we conclusively demonstrated yesterday that the bill still includes the death penalty for LGBT people with AIDS, who have a consensual relationship with a disabled person, or who is a "serial offender" — a category which, on close examination, can include just about anyone.
This is an important point to keep in mind. Over the past year, we have seen the Evangelical world divide itself neatly into two camps: Those who vigorously oppose the bill and call it evil, and those who attempt to justify it and call it good. Ministries and leaders like Andrew Wommack, WorldNetDaily's Molotov Mitchell, and Cliff Kincaid have staunchly defended the bill and have included this very same misrepresentation of the bill's death penalty provision as part of their defense. Others, who see the bill as "unjust, extreme and un-Christian" include Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren, televangelist Joyce Meyers and, belatedly, Exodus International president Alan Chambers, have clearly read the text of the bill itself and are shocked at its horror. Reading it creates a clear line in the sand: either you condemn the killing of gay people, or you are for it. There is no middle ground. Yet Willow Creek appears to be trying to have it both ways.
But Canyon Ridge, following the path of the former group, has decided to cling fast to their man.
WELL, here is the group in Arizona, the Godziches:
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NAME Centers are springing up all over the nation to fill this huge need created by broke[n] homes and generational vices. Churches implementing NAME Centers train couples to mentor other couples. This is done utilizing NAME's unique training and certification system to prepare couples to biblically counsel other couples. These couples become the core of the local NAME Center.
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Another Abstinence Group out of Colorado (million$ grants, losing money on them too — I looked at Guidestar — Heading out of Dodge City over Ssempa, too…)
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We have requested he remove all wording on his web site that references our organization. If there are any questions about this, please call Joneen Mackenzie RN, President / Founder of WAIT Training at 720 488 8888 ext 201″AND here is Rick Warren in 2009 (presumably he's changed since) with a DISTURBING commentary on National Prayer Breakfasts, "The Family" (out of U.S.) and so forth. I would not trouble either myself or this blog with such topics, except that I THINK that this is a main push behind the fatherhood movement in the U.s., which is undermining our Constitution (and has). It's a religion and it's not a wise decision. We need to wake up!
What this has to do with a tortured 10 yr old in Quebec, and battered women losing custody in the U.S. — well, I think that we need to "cool the temperature" about being a man, or a woman, or married. The reactionism is simply breeding hate. Demonizing differences.
There are women supporting these movements, but they are not spearheading them. I think we need to think about another arrangement.
The author of the bill is Ugandan Parliamentarian David Bahati, who organizes the Ugandan National Prayer Breakfast and has been embraced by the far right in the United States. Journalist Jeff Sharlet, who has chronicled the secretive international fundamentalist Christian organization known as "The Family," says that Bahati is "a core member" of the group, which has links to prominent U.S. politicians. In his book, Sharlet reveals the effects of some of The Family's other work in Uganda (p. 328):
Uganda, which following the collapse of Siad Barre's Somalia became the focus of the Family's interests in the African Horn, has been the most tragic victim of their projection of American sexual anxieties. Following implementation of one of the continent's only successful anti-AIDS program, President Yoweri Museveni, the Family's key man in Africa, came under pressure from the United States to emphasize abstinence instead of condoms. … Meanwhile, Ugandan souls may be more "pure," but their bodes are suffering; following the American intervention, the Ugandan AIDS rate, once dropping, nearly doubled.
Museveni has allowed Bahati's bill parliamentary time and given homophobic speeches, warning Ugandan youths that "'European homosexuals are recruiting in Africa,' and saying gay relationships were against God's will."
Pastor Rick Warren — whom President Obama controversially chose to deliver the invocation at his inauguration — is now refusing to condemn Bahati's bill, which has been endorsed by Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa. Ssempa has been welcomed by Warren's family and made appearances at his church. Newsweek reports that although Warren has distanced himself from Ssempa's views, he won't come out against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill:
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The design by architect Daniel Libeskind featuring a 1,776-foot spire and an open pit where the twin towers once stood was chosen Wednesday night as the final plan for the World Trade Center site. The plan also features a museum at the site and structures that will create memorial spaces free of shadows each September 11. The single spire will be the tallest structure in the world.
Rebuilding officials selected the Libeskind design over the twin latticework towers by the THINK architect team. The choice was made by a committee with representatives of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the governor and the mayor. Both Governor George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg favored the Libeskind design. Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Chairman John Whitehead reportedly telephoned Libeskind with the news, telling the architect that his "vision has brought hope and inspiration to a city still recovering from a terrible tragedy."
The plan still faces challenges from government officials, developers, and victims families and will likely be modified.
Libeskind said his plan was the "bargain basement" in cost and estimated his design could be built for $330 million. However, it is still unclear how the memorial will be paid for, when the buildings will be built, and whether the final towers will look like those in the design. Developer Larry Silverstein, who holds the lease on the World Trade Center site, has said he does not like the plan.
Libeskind has spent the last month making changes to his design based on recommendations from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and other officials. His original design called for a memorial at the trade center foundation 70 feet below ground. That has been changed to 30 feet, allowing for infrastructure and transportation underneath.
The final plan was selected from nine proposals for redeveloping the trade center site, where nearly 2,800 people died September 11, 2001. The design competition was launched after an initial set of plans, released in July, was rejected by the public and officials.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Clay Buchholz threw a three-hitter to stop his string of seven starts without a win, leading the Boston Red Sox over the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Sunday.
Buchholz (6-8) walked none and struck out six. Only one runner reached second base during his second shutout this season and the sixth of his career.
"He was in complete command for nine innings," Boston manager John Farrell said. "Outstanding."
"I felt good with all my pitches," said Buchholz, who threw just 98. "It doesn't always happen that way, but it's fun when it does."
Buchholz is the first Boston pitcher since Pedro Martinez in 2000 to have a pair of shutouts on three or fewer hits and no walks in the same season. Alex Cobb (9-7) gave up two runs and seven hits over 6 1-3 innings and took his first loss in two months. After losing to Pittsburgh on June 23, Cobb went 7-0 with a 2.14 ERA in 11 starts entering Sunday.
"He had his 'A' game going today and when he's on like that, it's tough to scratch across runs," Cobb said about Buchholz.
Tampa Bay (66-71), which has been shut out 16 times this season, has dropped 10 of 15.
Xander Bogaerts singled leading off the third, went to third when Cobb was charged with an error for a wild pickoff try and scored to put Boston up 1-0 on Christian Vazquez's single. The Rays have at least one error in eight consecutive games for their longest streak since a team-record, 11-game stretch in 2004.
After Mookie Betts had an RBI single in the fifth, David Ortiz made it 3-0 when he went the opposite way against a defensive shift and hit a run-scoring single through the vacated shortstop spot in the eighth.
Ortiz has reached base in 16 straight games. He has 152 RBIs against the Rays, the most of any opponent.
Red Sox: 2B Dustin Pedroia was out of the lineup one day after leaving with concussion-like symptoms. Farrell said Pedroia is not expected to play today, but felt better Sunday and the team is hopeful the injury is a short-term issue.
Rays: CF Desmond Jennings was out of the lineup for the third straight game due to left knee soreness. ... OF David DeJesus (broken left hand) expects to be activated from the disabled list today.
Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo, signed to a $72.5 million, seven-year contract last week, singled in his first professional at-bat and ended up 1 for 2 as the DH for the Gulf Coast League Red Sox in Game 2 of the GCL championship series. Expected to join the Red Sox in September, Castillo is scheduled to play three to five innings in center field in the final game of the GCL series Monday.
Struggling Rays OF Wil Myers was out of the lineup. The 2013 AL Rookie of the Year has just six hits in 42 at-bats, including 16 strikeouts, since returning from a broken right wrist that sidelined him for 70 games.
Red Sox RHP Rubby De La Rosa (4-5) and Rays LHP Drew Smyly (9-10) are the scheduled starters for the finale of a four-game series today. Last Wednesday night at Baltimore, Smyly became the second Tampa Bay pitcher to allow two hits or fewer over seven or more innings in consecutive starts.


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Sept. 29, 2010— -- A new study seems poised to reignite the debate over who should receive mammograms and when.
The Swedish study found that starting women on mammography at age 40 rather than age 50 was associated with a 26 percent reduction in risk of death from breast cancer -- a finding that raises new questions about what women 40-49 should do about mammography screening. The study comes just a week after another study, also from a Scandinavian country, found that screening mammography contributed only a 10 percent reduction in mortality.
Researchers led by Hakan Jonsson of Umea University in Umea, Sweden, reported the findings at a press briefing in advance of a presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Breast Cancer Symposium. The study also was released simultaneously online in the journal Cancer.
The number of women age 40 to 49 who would need to be screened to save a single life in the Swedish study was 1,252 -- a lower figure than that seen in prior studies. But it still was higher than for older age groups given the higher breast cancer mortality later in life, Jonsson noted.
The number needed to screen is the critical issue, according to Dr. Jennifer Obel, ASCO Communications Committee member and moderator of the press briefing.
"One thing is certain," she told reporters. "Mammography has been shown in study after study to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women 40 to 49. What we're talking about is the debate about how many women need to be screened to save one life."
Dr. Donna Plecha, director of breast imaging at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, agreed that is the bottom line despite the back-and-forth that has been confusing for patients.
The debate erupted last year when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that women under age 50 don't need routine screening mammography; whereas its earlier stance was in accord with American Cancer Society guidelines suggesting mammography every one to two years for all women age 40 and older.
Mammogram Study Could Reinvigorate Debate
Congress subsequently undermined the USPSTF recommendation by inclusion in the health care reform law a requirement that insurers cover mammograms for women 40 to 49.
Jonsson pointed out, though, that the body of research upon which the USPSTF based its recommendations included eight largely older randomized trials, most of which ended more than 20 years ago.
By contrast, his study included 600,000 women in Sweden age 40 to 49 and took place since national guidelines were implemented in 1986 in Sweden calling for screening mammography -- making it the largest epidemiological study of mammography in this age group.
The varying benefits seen in different studies and lack of consensus on timing of screening mammography has made some clinicians hesitant to alter their practice.
"The patients are naturally confused, as we practicing doctors are, hence the caution on changing recommendations too quickly," said Dr. Albert Levy of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
But breast cancer researchers, radiologists and primary care physicians contacted by ABC News overwhelmingly agreed that the benefits of mammographic screening in women ages 40 to 49 outweigh the risks.
Physicians use mammography, along with self-examination, as the first line of defense in combating breast cancer.
"At this time, screening mammography is the best tool we have," said Dr. Donna Plecha, director of breast imaging at University Hospitals Medical Center in Cleveland. "The earlier we catch breast cancer, the easier it is to cure."
"The risk of breast cancer is reduced in women under 50, [but] when it occurs, the impact on patient longevity, productivity and both the family and society is enormous," said Dr. Gary Lyman, director of comparative effectiveness and outcomes research at Duke University in Durham, N.C., emphasizing the need to catch breast cancer early in younger women.
Most Physicians Support Mammograms in Women 40-49
Though current USPSTF recommendations do not urge universal screening for women under the age of 50, physicians seem to have a different take.
"The facts are that the age of 50 has no biological or scientific importance when it comes to mammography screening," said Dr. Daniel Kopans, professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and senior radiologist in the Breast Imaging Division at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. "There is clear benefit for screening beginning by the age of 40, and age 50 should be dropped as a threshold."
Screening mammography does carry some costs and risks such as false positive results, noted Dr. Carol Lee, chairwoman of the American College of Radiology's Breast Imaging Commission.
However, she said, "In my opinion, the benefits far outweigh the potential harms, and screening should be performed annually starting at age 40 for women at average risk for breast cancer."
Despite the strong opinions of those who favor earlier screening, though, some breast cancer experts still believe that the benefits of mammography have been overstated.
"So many other studies that have been done, where the methodology is clear and very well done, have shown no benefit in this age group," said Fran Visco, president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, who called mammograms in this age group "outdated and ineffective." "We need to focus on issues that will prevent breast cancer and that will truly save many lives."
"Analyses of screening have shown that there is a high rate of over-diagnosis, with many women undergoing radiation and surgery per woman saved, as well as many false positive mammograms," said Dr. Lee Green, professor of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan. "It's not enough just to know how many women were saved, we have to know how many were hurt to save them."
Mammogram Recommendations Unlikely to Change... Yet
Currently, there is no sign that the USPSTF plans to change its recommendations.
Dr. Ned Calonge, USPSTF panel chair and chief medical officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, had not read the study yet, but had concerns about the way the study was done. He said the study will be included in the USPSTF's review of new studies. However, he was skeptical that it would result in any changes in their recommendations.
Meanwhile, since the USPSTF recommendations came out, several medical journals and prominent epidemiologists have supported the notion of backing away from regular screening of 40-year-old women. As it stands, the American Cancer Society recommends annual screening of women 40 and older, while the National Cancer Institute recommends screening for women 40 and older every one to two years.
The researchers behind the most recent study, meanwhile, weren't willing to make a blanket recommendation for screening to start at age 40 for all women based on these results.
Rather, Obel emphasized that message is still individualized discussions with patients to determine what is the right starting time for them.


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In February, President Obama said "Companies are taxed heavily for making investments with equity; yet the tax code actually pays companies to invest using leverage". And he is right: the corporate tax code in the United States creates a significant bias toward debt finance over equity.
Of course, the U.S. is not unique. In most of Europe, Asia and elsewhere in the world, the tax advantages of debt finance are even bigger than in the U.S.
The crux of the issue is that interest paid on borrowing can be deducted from the corporate tax bill, while returns paid on equity—dividends and capital gains—cannot.
The debt distortion is not new. What is new, however, is that we have come to realize that excessive debt (or leverage) is much more costly than we have always thought.
The global financial crisis was a stark lesson that excessive leverage ratios in financial institutions can create massive spillover effects to the rest of the economy or even beyond national borders.
Financial distortions have grown larger in recent years.
- Indeed, firms respond more aggressively to the tax bias of debt. For example, innovation in financial products has blurred the distinction between debt and equity, creating ample opportunities for tax avoidance.
- And multinational firms are increasingly reallocating debt and equity between countries to exploit the most favorable tax environments, thus eroding corporate tax bases. Arguably, this matters more when the public purses in advanced economies are under added strain.
It would actually make much more sense to tax-penalize debt than to tax-favor it. But that's not what corporate tax codes do.
A recent IMF Staff Discussion Note offers two alternatives to the current corporate tax code. In a nutshell, it will require either reducing the tax deductibility of interest or introducing similar deductions for equity returns. Both reduce or eliminate the more favorable tax treatment of debt.
The first is to restrict or eliminate the deductibility of interest for corporate profits. That would broaden the corporate tax base and free up revenue for reductions in the rate. Many advanced countries nowadays pursue such a policy of restrictions on interest deductibility. The problem with restrictions, rather than eliminating deductibility altogether, is that the rules become very complex and firms find their way around them. Added to that, these measures make investment more expensive and tend to hurt economic growth. That is not a desirable long-term prospect.
The alternative then is to allow a deduction for normal equity returns. That is, a deduction for the value of returns on equity based on, say, the long-term government bond rate. The traditional allowance for interest deductions would remain, but the debt-equity playing field would be leveled. The flip side of eliminating incentives for excessive debt finance, is removing the bias against equity investments, with likely favorable implications for promoting investment, economic growth and job creation. Indeed, estimates suggest the reform can raise GDP by some 3 percent. Some countries—namely, Belgium, Brazil and Latvia—have had some success in this regard, moving toward such systems during the last decade.
The allowance for corporate equity deserves serious consideration from policymakers across the globe. Some governments may be understandably reluctant to introduce an allowance that will narrow the corporate tax base in the short run.
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- Improved tax design will make economies less vulnerable to future financial crises, and thus prevent enormous costs in terms of lost revenue.
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Check out our review of the KEF X300A desktop speakers.
Fifty years is a long time in any industry, but it's an eternity for an electronics manufacturer. It's easy to understand why the folks at KEF have been in a party mood for the past 12 months. Its flagship Blade model (which runs a cool $30,000 per pair) utilizes its state-of-the-art Uni-Q drivers. That technology has trickled down to its R-series and can now be found on its LS50 ($1,500) 50th anniversary model, and brand new X300A powered loudspeakers, which, at $800, may be the biggest bargain of all.
Desktop audio has matured a lot in recent years, and it's easy to spend thousands of dollars on a pair of monitors, amplification, and DAC. Laptops and Mac minis have replaced expensive single-disc players, and – combined with third-party playback software like JRiver Music Center or Pure Music – offer sound quality that mega-buck players used to offer for ten times the price.
Digital audio has taken a quantum leap, and it's now very possible to build a truly outstanding system for your desktop for under $1,000. KEF, apparently, thinks they can do it for even less.
The heart of the X300A is its Uni-Q single-source driver, which is incredibly lightweight and rigid. The Uni-Q combines a 1-inch aluminum tweeter and 5.25-inch midrange woofer in one driver, offering amazing dispersion. The first thing you notice about the Uni-Q designs is the coherency of the sound – the resolution, clarity, soundstage, and dynamic capabilities are second to none. You may be listening to one driver, but it actually sounds like three or four working together to cover the entire frequency range. Being able to do this in a box that measures 11 inches by 7 inches by 9 inches (HWD), is no small feat.
The X300A powered loudspeakers utilize two class AB 50W/channel audiophile-grade amplifiers that use high performance toroidal transformers to minimize noise and electromagnetic interference. This means that because each driver has an amplifier delivering its own power, the tweeter won't be negatively affected when the woofers are being driven hard, and won't sound hard when the woofer is reaching its limit.
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If wireless audio is important to you, KEF will send you a free dongle when you register the speakers after purchase (a $99 value). You can stream via AirPlay and it works very well.
The frequency response of the X300As is 58Hz – 28kHz, and, based on our experience with the LS50s, we're going to give KEF the benefit of the doubt. Depending on the music and how hard you drive the speakers, the X300A placed on your desk (a few inches from the wall is a good idea) will deliver a lot of volume and bass.
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Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 2009 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the smallest publicly reporting companies will begin complying in nine months with the final portion of a key provision of a 2002 corporate governance law that requires companies to report to the public about the effectiveness of their internal control over financial reporting.
Under the provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, public companies and their independent auditors are each required to report to the public on the effectiveness of a company's internal controls. The smallest public companies with a public float below $75 million have been given extra time to design, implement and document these internal controls before their auditors are required to attest to the effectiveness of these controls.
This extension of time will expire beginning with the annual reports of companies with fiscal years ending on or after June 15, 2010. This expiration date previously had been for fiscal years ending on or after Dec. 15, 2009. The extension was granted so that the SEC's Office of Economic Analysis could complete a study of whether additional guidance provided to company managers and auditors in 2007 was effective in reducing the costs of compliance. Because the study was published less than three months before the December 15 deadline, the Commission determined that additional time is appropriate and reasonable so that small public companies and their auditors can better plan for the required auditor attestation.
While the reporting and auditor-attestation grew out of the 2002 law passed by Congress, all U.S. public companies have been required to maintain internal accounting controls since 1977.
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HIGHER EDUCATION RVC President Mike Mastroianni looks to attract and retain students
ROCKFORD — Mike Mastroianni's new job is testing his endurance.
As Rock Valley College president he's on the clock by 7:30 a.m., and he generally doesn't consider himself done for the day until 7:30 p.m. If there's a late meeting, his time on the clock keeps running.
It is a grueling routine but one he now considers necessary for the educational institution that could prove instrumental in transforming Rockford into a community that is emulated, not insulted.
"I like to say that I'm a servant leader," Mastroianni said. "We look to do what's best to serve the needs of the community.
"The demands on this college are tremendous. If nothing else, I've learned that even just as an interim that there are lots of demands (as to) what people would like to see."
Mastroianni, a Rockford native, just finished his first 100 days as college president.
Officials announced April 8 that Mastroianni would assume the role of president. He had been serving as interim president since January, when President Jack Becherer left six months before his contract was scheduled to expire.
Mastroianni has worked in multiple RVC roles at the campus of 8,600 students. The school serves a population of 340,000 in programming, outreach, and college courses for high school students and other endeavors. Mastroianni received an associate degree from Rock Valley before achieving a bachelor's and master's degrees from Rockford College, now Rockford University.
Mastroianni was approved a prorated annual salary of $150,000 through June 30. He is to receive $160,000 through June 30, 2015.
"He's going to be a president who is very community minded," said Frank Haney, chair of Rock Valley College's Board of Trustees. "He's making sure that dots connect. He's very good at connecting dots that sometimes need to be connected so that people understand each other, understand where we're going and how we're going to get there."
Haney praised Mastroianni's team-building abilities, and Mastroianni made sure to mention that he's working with a team of RVC leaders to get things done.
Conversing Monday in an RVC conference room, he said that one highlight so far was the recent groundbreaking on a $5.1 million aviation maintenance training center at Chicago Rockford International Airport. Both RVC and airport officials hope the expansion will lead to a mammoth jet service and repair center that could employ hundreds of mechanics.
With his leadership team, Mastroianni has been doing some hiring. New to the RVC team are Melvin Allen, an executive director of recruitment, and Andy Dolan, who works on external communications.
Mastroianni has led initiatives to improve RVC. He is working to make students more employable and more likely to get their associate degrees. He also is overseeing the renovation of the Stenstrom Center and construction of a multi-million-dollar health care building.
"He's doing well," said LoRayne Logan, a Transform Rockford Steering Committee member who also served on the RVC president search committee. Logan said Mastroianni knows all the important issues and is advancing them. She also praised his decision to focus on attracting students.
Partnerships with local businesses such as Eclipse, Woodward Inc. and Chrysler Group LLC and school districts such as Harlem, Belvidere and Hononegah also have been enhanced. The goal is to keep the students coming, to fulfill tomorrow's hiring needs, Mastroianni said.
"We're always working with Rock Valley," said Donald Ward, president of the North Boone School Board. "We have several students now enrolled in programs that allow them to take dual credits. Hopefully things like that could expand — a quality education at an economical price."
Some program enhancements, Mastroianni said, include new classes such as physical therapy assistant, occupational therapy assistant and phlebotomy.
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed legislation late Friday that blocks state funds — in most cases — from reaching groups that provide abortions. As The Arizona Republic reports:
"The law aims to prevent contracts with or grants to any group that perform abortions that do not meet the federal requirements under Title 19 of the Social Security Act, which reimburses in cases of rape, incest or life endangerment. It also prioritizes how public money for family planning will be distributed — such as to state-owned health-care centers and rural hospitals."
In a statement in April, Planned Parenthood Arizona said the law "could reduce access to a wide range of preventive health care for thousands of Arizonans."
The governor signed the legislation during an event for the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List. In her press release, she adds:
"This is a common sense law that tightens existing state regulations and closes loopholes in order to ensure that taxpayer dollars are not used to fund abortions, whether directly or indirectly."
As The Arizona Daily Star reports, state law already forbids public funding for abortions.
Planned Parenthood officials told The Arizona Republic what they thought legislation would mean for them:
"Planned Parenthood officials said the bill essentially would no longer allow them or other groups that also provide abortions to seek reimbursement from the state for non-abortion services provided to residents enrolled in the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the state's Medicaid program."
But a spokeswoman for the Medicaid program told The Arizona Republic last month that AHCCCS didn't think it would be affected "because the program sends public dollars to private providers, who can choose which partners to work with.
The agency is "still analyzing the bill's potential effects," the paper reports.
The Whole Woman's Health Funding Priority Act (HB 2800) also prioritizes how money is distributed to health care providers. The Star explains:
"HB 2800 establishes an order for dividing up public funds for family planning. Top priority goes to government-run health-care facilities, followed by hospitals, rural health clinics and private doctors."
The Star notes that "a legal challenge is likely." Six other states have similar laws, officials told Reuters. Of those, Indiana, Kansas and North Carolina are facing legal challenges.
Brewer signed the legislation on Friday, the same day a federal appeals court ruled Texas could not ban Planned Parenthood from receiving state funds.


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A Florida Missing Child Alert has been issued for 3-year-old Luke Finch who is beleived to have been abducted by his father, Paul Martikainen.
A Florida MISSING CHILD Alert ( Parental Abduction) has been issued for Luke Finch, last seen in the area of Taylor Park at Harrison & Delannoy Street in Cocoa Florida, wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue pants and black and red fire engine sneakers. The child may be in the company of Paul Martikainen, a white male, 35 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 176 pounds, blonde hair and green eyes. They may be traveling in a green Ford Explorer, with a dented rear bumper, tag number 142KEA.
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Readers' Choice Best Of 2013 Awards
You voted, we counted. Or rather, the GI robot counted for us. Now it's time to share the results. More than 15,000 people weighed their opinions, and given the great selection of games that came out last year, several category competitions went down to the wire. Without further ado, here are your choices for the best games of 2013.
For the sake of comparison, we've included the Game Informer picks in parentheses when our choice differed from the readers'.
Best PS3 Exclusive: The Last Of Us
Best PS4 Exclusive: Killzone: Shadow Fall (Resogun)
Best Xbox 360 Exclusive: Gears of War: Judgment (Battleblock Theater)
Best Xbox One Exclusive: Dead Rising 3
Best Wii U Exclusive: Super Mario 3D World
Best PC Exclusive: Civilization V: Brave New World (Dota 2)
Best Vita Exclusive: Killzone: Mercenary (Tearaway)
Best 3DS Exclusive: The Legend Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Best Mobile Exclusive: Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Device 6)
Best Action: The Last Of Us
Best Adventure: The Walking Dead: 400 Days (The Stanley Parable)
Best Cooperative Multiplayer: Grand Theft Auto Online (Super Mario 3D World)
Best Competitive Multiplayer: Battlefield 4 (Dota 2)
Best Fighting: Injustice: Gods Among Us
Best Racing: Forza Motorsport 5 (Need For Speed: Rivals)
Best Platforming: Super Mario 3D World
Best Puzzle: Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (The Swapper)
Best Role-Playing: Pokémon X & Y
Best MMO: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Best Rhythm/Music: Rocksmith 2014
Best Shooter: BioShock Infinite
Best Simulation: Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Papers, Please)
Best Sports: FIFA 14
Best Strategy: XCOM: Enemy Within (Dota 2)
Best Downloadable Content: BioShock Infinite: Burial At Sea (Mass Effect 3: The Citadel)
Game of the Year: The Last Of Us
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AGENCIES involved in the halal certification process should try to simplify the procedures and regulations, especially to assist Malay Muslim entrepreneurs, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Noh Omar said.
"As the minister responsible for looking after entrepreneurs, I hope the certification process will be simplified as the applicants are Malay Muslim traders. It is highly unlikely that they would want to sell non-halal goods," he told reporters after attending a dialogue session with entrepreneurs during the Selangor Keluarga Malaysia Aspirations Tour in Shah Alam today.
He said entrepreneurs often raise this matter and his ministry has a special unit to guide them in obtaining halal certification.,
"I have raised this issue in cabinet, but the problem has persisted. I am asking the relevant parties to review the procedures and rules to simplify the process. We want entrepreneurs to make a comeback," Noh said.
The dialogue session was also attended by Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Muslimin Yahaya, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry secretary-general Suriani Ahmad and representatives from 11 agencies under the ministry.
The three-day Selangor Keluarga Malaysia Aspirations Tour kicked off yesterday with various interesting programmes and activities planned for visitors.
Organised by the ministry, the eighth edition of the event, themed "Malaysian Family Entrepreneurs Driving the National Economy", saw the participation of about 100 small and medium industry entrepreneurs. – Bernama, August 20, 2022.


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This suit involves the design and construction of the Coughlin Saunders Performing Arts Center (hereafter the Center) located in Alexandria, Louisiana, which opened in August of 2004.
On June 29, 2009, the City of Alexandria filed suit against Ratcliffe Construction Company, LLC, who built the Center.
Also named as defendants were the architects of the Center, Ashe Broussard Weinzettle Architects, LLP and Witsell Evans & Rasco, PA (hereafter the Architects).
The City alleged that subsequent to the Center"s completion, it "sustained rainwater intrusion in several locations, through its masonry wall systems."
The City contended the rainwater intrusion and corresponding damage was the direct result of the defective workmanship of Ratcliffe Construction and the negligent design of the Architects.
The City failed to show cause by failing to meet its burden of establishing it could satisfy its evidentiary burden at trial.
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Potentially key matchups to watch for in World Series
Carlos Beltran vs. Craig Breslow
In 45 career playoff games, Beltran is one of the best in baseball history. The St. Louis Cardinals outfielder sports a .337 average, 16 home runs, 37 RBI and an absurd 1.173 on-base plus slugging (OPS). But he's never played in a World Series ... until now.
"Since I had my first opportunity to play in the postseason in Houston I told myself I'm going to go out and play the game, relax. I did that and I got (good) results," Beltran said Tuesday.
Beltran is at it again this postseason. He has 12 RBI, many of them in crucial situations, and it's extremely likely he'll be up again at some point in the late innings with the game on the line. When that happens, Breslow likely will be waiting. Beltran, a switch-hitter, had a .252 average and .729 OPS from the right side this season. Hitting lefty, those numbers were much better — a .315 average and an .871 OPS.
Breslow actually had better numbers this season against right-handed batters, holding them to a .208 average and .581 OPS. Even if someone else faces Beltran, Boston relievers have been outstanding as a whole this postseason as well, compiling a 0.84 bullpen ERA, allowing three runs and 23 hits in 32 innings.
"Everybody down there has gotten big outs for us in this series," Breslow said.
As for facing Beltran?
"He's an incredibly talented hitter, one that I'm going to rely on advance reports and video to come up with a plan of attack," he said. "But I also think to focus on him more than anyone else could potentially be foolish given I will likely face a few different guys at some point during this series."
Jacoby Ellsbury and Shane Victorino vs. Yadier Molina
Boston's 1-2 hitters, Ellsbury and Victorino combined to steal 73 bases in 80 attempts during the regular season. And at one point, the Red Sox as a team had a streak of 45 consecutive successful stolen base attempts.
But lurking behind the plate is the Cardinals' five-time All-Star catcher, Yadier Molina, considered by many the best overall defensive catcher in baseball.
During the regular season, he ranked second in the majors in caught stealing percentage (.435), throwing out 20 of the 46 runners who tried to steal on him.
Molina says it's a team effort with the pitching staff. "We're doing a good job holding runners on," he said. "We know that Jacoby is a great runner. He's got great speed. But at the same time we know if we do get him out at the plate, he's never going to get on base."
He has a point. Ellsbury is swinging the hottest bat on either team with 16 hits, 10 runs and a .400 average in the postseason.
Despite Molina's excellence, the Red Sox aren't going to alter their game plan.
"We can't allow him to shut us down because just of who he is," Boston outfielder Quintin Berry said. "We understand that he's a great catcher, and all the respect in the world, but we got to play our game. That's what we're going to try to do."
Adds Victorino: "He's got accuracy. He does it all behind the plate. But you know, I'm not going to worry about that. If I go into the game with the mind-set that he's immortal or that he's that good, then I'm already doubting myself. I won't ever go with that kind of attitude."
Michael Wacha and Trevor Rosenthal vs. Red Sox hitters
Wacha, the Cardinals' 22-year-old rookie right-hander, has been the breakout star of the postseason — he has won all three starts, allowing one run in 21 innings — and is set to start in Games 2 and, if necessary, 6.
He was named MVP of the National League Championship Series after holding the Los Angeles Dodgers scoreless for 132/3 innings in two starts.
Rosenthal, 23, took over as the Cardinals' closer in the final days of the regular season and has pitched seven scoreless postseason innings, striking out nine.
The Red Sox, according to FanGraphs.com, were the best fastball-hitting team in the major leagues. Will they be the team that can finally solve Wacha and Rosenthal?
"They have a great lineup from top to bottom," Rosenthal said. "There are no weak spots."
And they most definitely won't be intimidated by a pair of young arms.
"You can see their poise," Ellsbury said. "They have a lot of young pitchers who have pitched tremendous in the postseason. It's gonna be a battle for us once again. We're up to the challenge."
Koji Uehara vs. fatigue
The 38-year-old right-hander has been a revelation as Boston's closer since taking over the job in June.
Uehara was spectacular against the Detroit Tigers in the American League Championship Series, recording a win and three saves, which earned him MVP honors. In six innings, he allowed four hits and struck out nine.
But Uehara has been asked to get at least four outs in seven of his last 14 saves, dating to Aug. 24, and admitted after the clinching game of the ALCS that he was tired.
"I feel like I need to go to sleep for a long time," he said with a smile.


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