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Reading 1: Mary McLeod Bethune
Humble Beginnings
After McLeod graduated in 1894, her benefactor paid for her to attend the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. When she completed the program the following year, McLeod was anxious to serve as a missionary in Africa. She was told by the Presbyterian Mission Board, however, that there were no missionary positions available for blacks in Africa. Although disappointed, McLeod soon acknowledged that "Africans in America needed Christ and school just as much as Negroes in Africa….My life work lay not in Africa but in my own country."1 She returned to Mayesville, South Carolina, and began teaching at her former school.
Soon she moved to Augusta, Georgia, to teach at Haines Normal and Industrial Institute. There she worked with Lucy Laney, founder and principal of the school. Laney's dedication to serving others inspired McLeod. In May 1898, she married Albertus Bethune, a clothes salesman, and moved to Savannah, Georgia. The couple had a son in February 1899 and shortly thereafter moved to Palatka, Florida, where Mrs. Bethune opened a mission school for poor African American children.
In 1904, the family moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, so Mrs. Bethune could open a school for the children of poor black laborers on the Florida East Coast Railroad. She found a rundown building and persuaded the owner to accept $1.50 as a down payment for the $11 per month rent. She rummaged for discarded supplies and found a barrel to use as a desk and crates for chairs. Of that time, she later wrote, "I haunted the city dump and the trash piles behind hotels, retrieving discarded linen and kitchen ware, cracked dishes, broken chairs, pieces of old lumber. Everything was scoured and mended."2 In October 1904, the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls opened with five students (ages 8-12) who paid 50 cents a week for tuition.
By 1906, the school had almost 250 students. Needing a bigger space, Bethune set out to raise money by selling homemade ice cream and sweet potato pies and putting on concerts. She even rang doorbells asking for donations. Bethune later remembered, "If a prospect refused to make a contribution, I would say, 'Thank you for your time.' No matter how deep my hurt, I always smiled. I refused to be discouraged, for neither God nor man can use a discouraged person."3 Finally, with the help of a few wealthy businessmen, Bethune was able to purchase land and build a brick school.
Bethune believed that in order to advance, African Americans must first achieve financial independence. To do this, they must learn manual skills that would help them earn jobs. As a result, students studied sewing, cooking, broom making, weaving, housekeeping, etc., as well as academic subjects and religion. This educational philosophy was advanced by Booker T. Washington, a respected black leader who founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Bethune admired Washington and even had the privilege of receiving him as a visitor to her school.
In 1908, Bethune's husband decided to return to South Carolina, leaving her and her son on their own. By 1916, the school offered a high school curriculum with training in nursing, teaching, and business. Despite Bethune's relentless fundraising efforts, the school continued to struggle financially. In 1923, it merged with a college in Jacksonville, Florida, and became Bethune-Cookman College with almost 800 students. Bethune remained president of the school until 1942, when she resigned in order to focus on her national agenda.Growing Recognition
Mary McLeod Bethune's work as an educator ultimately led her to become an influential political activist. In 1909, she attended a conference of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC). The passionate speech she gave about her Florida school inspired the attendees to take up a collection. NACWC's president, Mary Church Terrell, was so impressed that she predicted Bethune would one day become president of NACWC.
In the years that followed, Bethune assumed leadership positions in several African American women's clubs. In 1924, Bethune fulfilled Terrell's prediction by serving as president of the NACWC, the highest national position for a black woman at that time. As NACWC president, she led the organization to focus on social issues facing all women and society in general. The group lobbied for a federal antilynching bill and prison reform and offered job training for women.
Through her participation in national women's groups, Bethune made many contacts and formed important friendships. As a member of the National Council of Women of the United States, she attended a luncheon hosted by Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife in New York. Bethune, the only African American woman at the event, soon began a close friendship with Mrs. Roosevelt. In 1928, Bethune was the only African American invited to take part in a conference on child welfare in Washington, D.C. In 1929, President Hoover asked her to serve on the National Commission for Child Welfare and the Commission on Home Building and Home Ownership. In both roles, she advised the government on the needs of African Americans.
Bethune's influence continued to increase in the 1930s as the nation was plunged into the Great Depression. Her relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt proved even more important once Franklin Roosevelt became President of the United States. The "New Deal" that FDR promised Americans resulted in many programs designed to provide financial relief. Among these was the National Youth Administration (NYA), created in 1935 to ease unemployment among Americans ages 16 to 25. When First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt invited Bethune to join the NYA Advisory Committee, Bethune accepted the volunteer position and even moved to Washington, D.C. The NYA focused on education, job training, and employment. Young African Americans often suffered even more than whites because of the economic condition of their families prior to the Depression. Added to this was the fact that many white people, desperate for work, were taking over jobs in agriculture and domestic work previously held by blacks. To help combat these issues, Bethune encouraged black participation and leadership in NYA programs.National Influence
Impressed by Bethune's work, FDR offered to put her in charge of a new department within NYAthe Division of Negro Affairs. Aubrey Williams, administrator of the NYA, encouraged her to accept, saying, "Do you realize that this is the first time in the history of America that an administrative government office has been created for one of the Negro race?"4 On June 24, 1936, Bethune officially joined the NYA Washington staff as director of the Division of Negro Affairs. As such, she became the first black woman to head a department of a federal agency.
The NYA position earned Bethune recognition and prestige. A group of newspapers named her one of the 50 most influential women in America and the NAACP awarded her their prestigious Spingarn medal for outstanding achievement by a black American. Eleanor Roosevelt stated, "She had a great deal of influence with the President, who had complete trust in whatever she told him as it affected the young people of her race while she was working in the NYA."5 In 1936, as part of her effort to focus attention on racial inequality, she organized the Federal Council on Negro Affairs, which became known as the Black Cabinet. Comprised of African Americans who had been appointed to various government agencies, the group first met in August 1936 at Bethune's apartment. They focused on how blacks could be better represented in the administration and how they could best benefit from New Deal programs. Bethune explained, "We have had a chance to look down the stream of the forty-eight states and evaluate the type of work and positions secured by Negroes. The responsibility rests on us. We can get better results by thinking together and planning together….Let us band together and work together as one big brotherhood and give momentum to the great ball that is starting to roll for Negroes."6
Although the Black Cabinet did not operate in an official capacity, the group made studies and submitted reports to the federal government over the course of seven years. Within six months of being in Washington, Bethune had "managed to bring together for unified thought and action all of the colored people high in government authority."7 By the mid 1930s, Bethune's tireless energy and devotion had secured her reputation as a powerful figure in the fight for African American and women's rights.
Questions for Reading 1
1. How was Mary McLeod able to attend Scotia and Moody Bible Institute? How do you think this generous gift impacted her life and her desire to help others?
2. Who were some of the people who influenced Bethune?
3. Based on the reading, what were some of the character traits that helped Bethune succeed? What specific examples of these traits can you find in the reading?
4. How did Bethune go from being an educator to a political activist?
5. What was the NYA? What was Bethune's role? How did this role help her gain recognition?
6. What were some of the tactics Bethune used to achieve her goals (both for her school and her national agenda)?
7. What was the Black Cabinet? Why was it important?
Reading 1 was adapted from Andrea Broadwater, Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator and Activist (Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2003); Malu Halasa, Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989); Audrey Thomas McCluskey and Elaine M. Smith, eds., Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World: Essays and Selected Documents (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999); Elaine M. Smith, Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women: Historic Resource Study (Alabama State University, 2003); and Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site: General Management Plan (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2001).
1Malu Halasa,, Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989), 34.
1Malu Halasa,, Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989), 34.


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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta recently announced plans to rescind restrictions on women in combat.
It marks an official and significant change in Pentagon policy that was long overdue.
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Sample To Do List web application using Spring Boot and MySQL
A simple Todo list application using Spring Boot with the following options:
- Spring JPA and MySQL for data persistence
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To build and run the sample from a fresh clone of this repo:
Configure MySQL
- Create a database in your MySQL instance.
- Update the application.properties file in the
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When you work at one of the world's most successful -- and occasionally silliest -- companies, it's hard to create wonderful April Fool's pranks.
After all, you're supposed to contribute your best ideas to the company, so that they might be selected as one of the 15 or so that are used to fool the world on April 1.
It's astonishing that any Googlies have time left over for personal japes. You know, like punking the boss, for example.
And yet, evidence has emerged that members of the Google(x) team -- which I believe exists to expunge any remaining elements of humanity from humanity -- managed to find a spare hour or 10 to purloin Sergery Brin's Tesla and turn it into a pink Batmobile.
As a post from Google(x)'s Corey Tabaka reveals, here was this beautiful car suddenly garish in color and with batwings protruding at the rear photographed by LinkedIn's Brian Li.
The Next Web reports that the car wasn't painted, but rather vinyl wrapped.
It seems clear, too, that Brin adored the fun, as he wore his Google Glasses behind the wheel.
This will have surely perturbed one or two lawmakers in West Virginia who have been trying to get Glassing-and-driving banned in their state.
Many will be glad that those who work at the company that is intent on taking over our minds, brains, and actions still have childlike instincts.
Some, though, will be perturbed that those who work at the company that is intent on taking over our minds, brains, and actions still have childlike instincts.
See all the Stranger Things season 3 photos so far: From Eleven in a scrunchie to shirtless Billy the lifeguard, take a look at all the images from the next season of the Netflix hit.
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MOSCOW (AP) — "Reasonable" Syrian rebels could take part in prospective peace talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists during a press conference that the West should help encourage those rebels who don't harbor "extremist or terrorist views" to join the talks to settle the 2 ½-year conflict.
"The goal now is to waste no more time and seat those reasonable opposition members at the discussion table with the government," said Lavrov. "Those who aren't thinking about founding a caliphate on Syrian territory, who aren't thinking only about how to seize power and then use it at their own discretion."
The U.N. Security Council, which last week endorsed an international plan for Syria to destroy its chemical weapons, has called for a peace conference to be convened as soon as possible.
Russia has been Assad's key ally, protecting him from the U.N. sanctions. Moscow has initiated the chemical disarmament plan for Syria to avert a U.S. military strike against Syria over a chemical attack against Syrian civilians, which the West has blamed on Assad's forces.
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EAST MIDDLEBURY — East Middlebury residents turned out in force at a public hearing on Monday to register their concerns about a proposed major expansion of the J.P. Carrara & Sons gravel pit operation off School House Hill Road.
The overflow crowd at the municipal building conference room told members of the Middlebury Development Review Board (DRB) that the plan to extend the Carrara pit by a total of 20 acres to the east and west of School House Hill Road would bring more years of noise, dust and safety headaches to a neighborhood that has already lived with the operation for more than three decades.
J.P. Carrara & Sons is currently phasing out gravel extraction at its current 23.4-acre pit, located to the immediate east of School House Hill Road. The company wants to extend its operations 15.3 acres to the east of its existing pit, and another 5 acres to the west of School House Hill Road.
By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Maple Leaf dropped onto the college campus early this month, but a hubbub created by students, faculty and trustees caused college administrators to sweep the leaf away almost as quickly as it arrived.
The leaf was a new official Middlebury College logo created by New York City-based corporate image maker and quietly introduced into official college communications in the first week in July.
"I still think it's a terrific mark," said Middlebury Vice President for Communications Mike McKenna. "But it was not at this particular point in history right for the college. I wanted to honor that."
The leaf symbol was made up of three blue Ms that were supposed to symbolize growth, renewal and shelter. Instead, it seemed to evoke the Canadian flag to many, a marijuana leaf to some and even Mr. Sneeze, the blue spiky character from the Mr. Men children's book series, to more than a handful of students.
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During Wednesday's state of the union in Baltimore, Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome hinted that the team's premier pass rusher is far from untouchable.
Set to count $12.4 million on the books in 2014, Suggs looms as an expensive piece of the puzzle for a team without much salary-cap room. Newsome said the Ravens will "have to talk about" Suggs' future, with the GM clarifying that he's not afraid to let players walk.
Suggs, 31, tore out of the gate this season with nine sacks over his first eight games. He finished with 10.
It speaks volumes that Baltimore is weighing his release when he's still under contract. Suggs is still one of the league's top 3-4 'backers and a beast against the run. If the Ravens cut him, he'd likely earn a fortune on the open market from a team convinced -- two years removed from Achilles surgery -- that he's got plenty left in the tank.
Here's what else we learned from Baltimore's meeting of the minds:
1. Owner Steve Bisciotti characterized the team's 8-8 finish as a major disappointment. "Had we not had the history over the past five years," he said, "I probably would demand wholesale changes."
2. One immediate change comes in the coaching ranks, where run game coordinator Juan Castillo will now oversee an offensive line that let the Ravens down in 2013, contributing to the firing of running backs coach Wilbert Montgomery. The Castillo switch means that current line coach Andy Moeller is either out of work or facing a new assignment. "The rest of it is in a little bit of flux," coach John Harbaugh said.
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3. After parting ways with a handful of familiar faces last offseason, Newsome said the Ravens will be "active" in free agency come March. He suggested one strategy would include chasing down released players to save compensatory picks.
4. One soon-to-be free agent, Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta, remains in the plans: "We would like to have (him) on the football field for us," Newsome said. The general manager acknowledged "it's a possibility" Baltimore will use its franchise tag on Pitta. That said, the Ravens weren't able to keep everyone around last offseason, and they don't have the cash to do it all.
5. Bisciotti told reporters: "I think you're going to see a lot of changes in personnel and how we approach that." Newsome cited the team's top needs as: (1) bigger interior linemen on offense; (2) an athletic safety; and (3) receivers or tight ends equipped to make plays on third-and-long.
6. Bisciotti also took an opportunity weigh in on Steelers coach Mike Tomlin's sideline antics on Thanksgiving night, calling the episide "bizarre" and "strange." Said Bisciotti: "His intent, that's in his court," adding he was just glad to see the Ravens escape with a win.
7. The overriding takeaway? Baltimore, an organization completely uncomfortable with missing the playoffs, isn't sitting still. It will be fascinating to watch what levers Newsome and his crew pull in the months ahead.
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IT Managers and Social Media: A Friendly Union [STATS]
If you manage social media engagement for your company or group, you have probably received questions about the role of social in IT purchasing decisions and/or have been asked to prove that IT managers do engage in social media. You've probably also been asked to tie social activities directly to new leads and revenues. While it is possible to trace new leads and revenues back to social media, not every social activity you do may have a direct impact on revenues. And it may not always be your goal either. But social media does have a place in your relationship toolbox and in the IT buying cycle which can directly or indirectly impact your bottom line.
According to a global survey by Toolbox.com (an online IT community) on IT Purchasing, social media has a growing impact on how IT professionals make decisions. Did you know that the #1 reason IT professionals contribute in online communities is to help their peers get answers? Over 81% are motivated to participate in online communities to do that. (Don't underestimate the power of peer influence!) IT professionals spend more and more time helping, exploring and conversing in social media. Social media consumption in the workplace increased 15% to 6.77 hours per week among IT pros and it's influencing the purchasing decision process:
The same Toolbox.com study reveals that over 62% of them turn to best practices communities to support purchasing decisions, 49% use professional networks such as LinkedIn or Ryze, and 26% read blogs as they go through the decision-making process. Social networking sites such as Facebook closely follow at 23%.
Here is another interesting finding from this study: "More than 76% of executives and [IT] professionals state that it is important for vendors to have a presence in online communities, listen to audiences, and engage in conversations." Repeat: listen and engage.
Listening allows a brand to receive real-time unfiltered feedback from customers and partners, uncover issues and pain points, and even identify potential business opportunities – it could be a new lead, product innovation or business model. The key is that it gives companies a chance to see themselves through its customers' eyes. Listening can be very powerful if brands act upon the information they receive. Among many things, acting on feedback from listening can help prevent a crisis, influence the (potential) buyer's sentiment, clarify misconceptions and aid in the buyer's decision-making process.
Engaging with customers, partners and prospects, when done regularly and effectively, can help establish a brand (or brand representative) as a thought leader or expert – an unofficial title so many aspire to. This status is earned. How does it happen? By continuously providing value to and helping others. When the company engages with IT managers, it can help them uncover new product information, gain faster access to information and resolve issues or questions, to name just a few benefits.
If you continue to remain unsure about whether or not social media has any value for IT professionals after reading about the Toolbox.com study, fast forward a few years.
The Next Generation of Decision Makers
The tail end of Gen Xers. The Millennials. Everyone else that comes after them. Research found that:
- 96% of 18-35-year olds are on social networking sites (1)
- 53% of the total blogging population is 21-35 years old (2)
- Over half of YouTube's users are under 20 years old (2)
Why is this important? It's just a matter of time before they become IT managers in decision-making/influencing roles. And when they do, they will start transforming the corporate culture to become a social media-inclusive work environment if it is not happening already. This is how they communicate in their personal lives and they will want to have the same methods of communication available to them in their professional lives. So even if you don't think it is a big deal today, it's not something that can (or should) be overlooked tomorrow.
Do you have any interesting factoids on IT managers and social media usage? If so, please drop me a comment. I'd love to get more stats on this topic. Thanks in advance!
For more information on this and other Toolbox.com surveys, click here.
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(1) http://mashable.com/2010/07/01/social-media-infographics/
(2) http://www.rosettathurman.com/2010/07/36-facts-about-generation-y-in-the-workplace-and-beyond/
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Yeah, I know it's Wednesday, but I've been busy with a ton of other projects and events lately, so I thought I'd post a recipe today while I had time.
How you doing? Hope your year is going as swimmingly as mine! Lots of fun stuff's been going on . . . a few great trips, speaking at a writers conference, leading a bimonthly writers group, hosting monthly poetry workshops, creative endeavors (art, poetry, book projects), etc. etc. blah blah blah.
But enough about that. Here's what ya came for: a great and easy downhome recipe that won't break the bank! :)
Turkey Stroganoff
16 ounces of lean ground turkey
1 small white or yellow onion, diced fine
1 package (12-oz.) wide egg noodles
3 10-oz. cans low fat cream of mushroom soup
2 cups low fat milk
Saute onion until limp. Add turkey and brown. Spice with sea salt, garlic, and black pepper. Add in soup and milk. Stir to mix well and simmer for 10 minutes or so. Cover and cook on low for @15 minutes. Prepare noodles according to package, then drain. Serve stroganoff over noodles while hot from the pot. Garnish with parsley if desired. Serves 8-10 hungry eaters.


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On a school day or a busy weekend, I need something quick, easy & healthy that will give me energy to get through the morning. Especially when I have a test at school and two shifts per day at work over the the weekend. We have always been big smoothie fans at my house, probably because we have a fantastic Vitamix a la 1993. Thanks to this resource, as well as our stash of frozen bananas and constant supply of 8+ quarts of local peaches, I was able to whip up a sweet smoothie in a matter of minutes.
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1. Bielema's Jet Scare
1. Bielema's Jet Scare
The Razorback Foundation is purchasing a used 2007 Learjet40 for $4.7 million, replacing the 1988 Beechjet that had been in service since Ken Hatfield was Arkansas' coach.
Count first-year Arkansas coach Bret Bielema among those happy with the decision after a nerve-wracking experience on the Beechjet last winter.
Bielema spoke about the close call during his appearance at the NWA Touchdown Club on Wednesday morning. He was returning from a recruiting trip with defensive line coach Charlie Partridge and as they were getting closer to their destination, one of the pilots informed him there was a problem.
"He said, 'There's a light that came on,'" Bielema said. "As soon as we took off, they hadn't been able to clear that light. I said, 'What are you talking about?' Long story short, he told us we needed to prepare for an emergency landing. Don't know exactly what's going to happen. Could be a simple thing. The light malfunctioned. Could be the landing gear doesn't come down. Really, anything from A to Z.
"I said, 'Well I know what the hell I want it to be.'"
Bielema said plenty crossed his mind while the jet made its way to the ground. One of them was whether he should call his wife, Jen. But he decided not to worry her.
Eventually, the Beechjet landed without issue.
"Reality check came around the corner, when you came around and all of a sudden there were four people on the plane and there were four ambulances and four fire trucks," Bielema said. "I've never been more damn happy to be on the ground."
Bielema didn't waste much time suggesting the need for a newer jet. The Beechjet was needed service at one point last winter and was potentially heading for engine overhaul. So Bielema said Tuesday it was "time to get into the year 2000."
Bielema — who said he didn't have a jet while at Wisconsin — has used them frequently since being hired for recruiting trips, speaking engagements around the state and other appearances. The Razorback Foundation, the Arkansas athletic department and the university also will use the new Learjet.
"Nobody is driving around a 1988 Buick," Bielema said. "I know that."
2. Hug The Heat
Temperatures are projected to reach the upper-90s for Saturday's game against Louisiana-Lafayette, which will kick off at 3 p.m. It is expected to be one of the hottest days of what has been a relatively mild summer.
But Bielema said the Razorbacks prepared for the heat all summer even if the temperatures didn't cooperate. Players wore stocking caps and sweaters during the workouts when it didn't get as hot as expected. Arkansas also tried to pick out the hottest surface for practices to simulate the heat.
"The one thing we can't do is control anything about the weather," Bielema said during the SEC Teleconference on Wednesday morning. "We wrap our arms around it, hug it up, love it up and make the best of the situation."
Linebacker Jarrett Lake said Arkansas' practice work this week has helped the Razorbacks prepare for the heat expected to greet them on game day as well.
"I think we handled it very well (Wednesday)," Lake said. "Even coach saw that. We were out there flying around, a lot of energy. We understood that if there was ever a day to take advantage of the practice and the heat, (Wednesday) was that day."
3. Hines Named Starter
Arkansas defensive coordinator Chris Ash said sophomore Will Hines will start Saturday's game at cornerback. Hines had been competing with redshirt freshman Jared Collins for the starting job opposite Tevin Mitchel since spring practice.
"I just kept working hard," Hines said after Wednesday's practice. "JC was working hard too. He should get some playing time. It's just great to start still."
Hines started nine games as a freshman last season, but lost the position in the spring to Collins. The cornerback said minor injuries slowed him down during spring drills, but stayed motivated to regain the starting spot in preseason camp.
"It was a good thing," Hines said. "It drove me in the summer to work harder. It drove me in the fall to work harder also. It all worked out."
4. Extra Points
Bielema said injured WR D'Arthur Cowan is back to catching passes after undergoing surgery for a broken bone in his foot last week. Bielema said the sophomore may be back in four weeks, which is ahead of the original timeline of 6 to 8 weeks. … Bielema expects Arkansas TE Hunter Henry to get plenty of playing time in the opener against Louisiana-Lafayette. In fact, he predicted Henry would earn the most playing time of any Arkansas' freshman Saturday. … DB Alex Brignoni is scheduled to undergo surgery next week for what Bielema called a "lingering issue." Bielema didn't elaborate on Brignoni's injury, but it is believed to be his back. The Fayetteville native will redshirt. … Bielema said freshman Austin Allen is the No. 3 QB heading into the opener. But he said the Razorbacks prefer to redshirt Allen, who is behind Brandon Allen and AJ Derby on the depth chart.
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Alcohol Vs Family
Have you ever had the feeling that when something terrible happened in your life, that there was something that someone could have done to change it? Have you ever thought that someone you loved was being selfish with their life, while hurting everyone around them? If you agree with this then you know how I felt four years ago, but maybe not for the same reasons.
It was 4 years ago, roughly around late September early October, when I found out something that changed my life forever. I never knew or understood why my family chose to keep something as important as my grandpa being an alcoholic from me. Even though my family is pretty close and we don't keep much from each other, maybe they wanted to protect me. I still get a little upset about the situation once in a while, but what I believe that upsets me the most was the thought of my grandpa knowing he had a problem but he still never received help. It made me wonder if he thought about how his actions affected his family. But if you were in my shoes how would you feel if your family knew, but never told you until your grandfather was basically dying a little everyday?
It was one day during the school year when I came home to find out that my grandpa had been put in the hospital. It was a shock to hear that he was in the hospital, but to know the reason why was overwhelming. That is the day I found out that my grandpa was an alcoholic. He was not in the hospital long, maybe a week. After the day I found out about my grandpa, I never really was able to look or think of my grandpa the same way again. I feel bad thinking about it now, but I can honestly say that through this whole thing I never hated him or ever loved him any less than before. I understood that something like this was difficult enough without having your be upset with you.
A month or so went by and things got worse. He started to fall more often, which caused bruises upon his aged, leathered skin. Then it was the day of my birthday, I was turning 15, when my grandpa arrived with black and blue spots covering around his eye and a few small bruises up and down his tanned forearm. That day I tried to not let the worried feeling in my stomach show on my face.
It was December, about 2 weeks before Christmas when my choir was getting ready for our Christmas choir program, I had a duet this year in one of the songs. A couple days later when my sister and I got home from school, we saw that our dad was home. My dad being home triggered something in my mind, because he was never home until a couple hours after I got home from school, so that was the first time that I knew something was wrong. My dad was on the phone when my sister and I walked through out the living room to meet him. I could hear the shakiness in his voice as he talked one the phone. He turned around and saw me and my sister watching him intently. That is when my sister started crying. I'm not sure if she knew the exact reason why she started crying, but I believe that something inside of her had an idea of what was happening, even if she did not truly know herself. "Daddy, what's wrong?" my sister and I pleaded for him to answer us with desperation in our eyes and our voice.
It took him a second to answer us through the soft sobs he was trying to hide back before speaking. "Grandpa was having a hard time breathing and so grandma was heading to take him to the hospital. He passed away before they even got past the store at the end of their road. They called 911, but he still did not make it."
It was not even half way through my dad telling me and my sister what had happened, when we started crying along with my him. My dad slowly reached into the pocket of his jeans to pull out four quarters. He handed both my sister and me two of them. "These were in your grandpa's pocket when he passed. I thought you would want something to remind you of him." My sister and I slowly took the semi-aged quarters into our shaky hands and gripped them tightly as we continued to cry. My sister and I cherished those quarters.
The viewing was the day of my high school choir's dress rehearsal for our concert. My parents and my grandma thought it would be a good idea for me to go to the rehearsal anyway and then leave early for the viewing. The viewing was crowded with people mourning and giving their sympathy toward our family. The smell of flowers seemed to hit you as soon as you walked into the funeral room.
The morning of the funeral, and the same day as the concert, the weather seemed to fit the mood of the grieving people. It was rainy and gloomy. The minister spoke loving words toward my grandpa as people continued to cry. Even though I was crying, I was happy. I was happy because at least I knew he was in a good place and that he would not able to drink anymore. At the end of the funeral my grandma gave all the grandkids a rose from the bouquet off of his casket that his closest friend had left. That rose means a lot to me, because it reminds me of him every time I see it.
I was not planning on going to the choir concert after the funeral, but my grandma told me that it would mean a lot to both her and my grandpa if I sang. So, I did. It was hard, but I really do believe that it's something that my grandpa would really have wanted me to do. As I sang, I tried my best to hold back the sobs and the quivering in my voice as I sang about a sleigh ride through the snow. Thinking about my grandpa got me through the concert and seeing my grandma, my parents and my sister's smiling faces in the audience. I love and miss him terribly. And for that, I am forever changed.


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Well how about a string of broken promises (not really a surprise but we were promised change we could believe in) and a plan for a European style Socialist Government where every citizen will be cared for from cradle to grave on the backs of the taxpayers. This is the change that some in America voted for. Let me define why I say some. Of the people that voted for the President, very few knew that the ultimate goal of Obama was to push a socialist agenda that will ensure that more and more people will be dependent on the government and in their gratitude vote Democratic for generations to come. The vast majority that voted for Obama had no idea that this was the intention of their chosen one. Image the shock and horror of all the Hedge Fund managers, and Wall Street type that voted for Obama when he unveiled his budget and its intention to raise the capital gains tax and cut charitable donation deductions. I would say that many are having extreme buyer's remorse.
But Obama does not stop there; he plans on going forward with raising taxes on those making above $200K for individuals and $250K for families as outlined in his FY2010 budget summary. As was pointed out for all to hear during the campaign, many small businesses file taxes not as a company but as the individual owner(s). I believe the figure most sighted was 1 in 4 small businesses file this way and there are about 24.7 million in the US according to 2004 Census Bureau figures. By my rough math, that is 6.175 million small businesses that will see their taxes rise and cope with by either raising the price of their products, stop hiring and/or cut payroll by firing employees, or fail and go out of business. One of the first things learned when studying business and the economics of business is that small businesses create the overwhelming majority of new jobs in any economy. I surely would hope that the President or at least his "Dream Team" of economic advisers would know this. So if that is the effect of the President's plan to stifle small business and impede the upward mobility of every small investor and the entire Wall Street industry, one has to ask why?
The reasons for the President's pushing of a socialist agenda are many and varied but for my money it is the age old reason of class warfare and lack of faith in the American Dream. Obama was on the frontlines of class warfare as a community organizer and learned from such classic class warriors as Jesse Jackson. The cry of the ignorant poor has always been that the system is unfair and rich people get that way but exploiting the poor. "They got theirs, I gots to get mine", Obama suffered from a Robin Hood complex brought on by years of indoctrination of how unfair our economy is to poor people. The truth is that anyone of any economic or social status has more opportunity in this country than any other in the world. The road is not easy but the promise of a better life has always been available if one was willing to work hard to accomplish it. Notice that I said work hard. I choose those words deliberately because no one ever improved their life by sitting around waiting for government check. Unfortunately our new President is Hell-bent on changing that. I submit the old adage, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day but teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime". Perhaps these are words the President should take to heart.
My humble suggestion is to put more money into job training and education, not throw more money at those already living off the tax receipts of working Americans. If no incentive is given to get off welfare or unemployment then people will stay as long as possible, that is the easiest thing to do, the path of least resistance. Our country is the greatest in the world and if we want to stay that way we cannot go down this path of punishing success and glorifying failure. President Bush was wrong to dump money into companies that had made poor decisions, good money chasing bad results, and we have now seen that some of these companies have not changed their ways. I am not joining in on the piling on of corporate American but rather a realist. Sometimes the best decision a company can make for its future is to enter bankruptcy, clear the debt, restructure, and downsize. This has been the case for decades. And unfortunately sometimes a company has no choice but to just close up shop. This is reality folks, not the rose-tinted outlook that a great deal of people have nowadays. The decisions made by President Obama will be felt for generations to come and I am not just talking about the enormous debt we are incurring, that is another debate for another time. If this stimulus package fails to improve the economy, we will be lucky to endure a "lost decade" like Japan. We cannot continue to print money and throw it at a problem that is simply not the solution. This approach did not work during for President Johnson and it will not work for President Obama. We must take a targeted approach and be wise with the money we spend. I think that most Americans would be uneasy with the fact that China holds $681.9 Billion dollars of US debt (as of 2008 according to US Treasury figures) if they stopped to think about it. One has to wonder about the President's plan for spending when even the liberal bastion the New York Times questions the wisdom of his budget projections.
A targeted approach would cut spending by the Federal Government not increase as Congress and the President are planning. All non-essential spending should be cut or held immediately as this would pay for the increases that will be needed in the areas that will move this economy forward. I am not an economist but I do work for a small business and my customers are small businesses as well so I am very familiar with the reality on the ground so to speak. In a targeted stimulus plan, we would increase spending for infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, airports, seaports, power grids and such. We would also need increase funding to job-skills programs and education in order to provide skill labor for the infrastructure projects. Rather than simply increase welfare or unemployment benefits, we must provide the tools so that people can work towards a better life. It has been my personal experience that when people are given money, property, even jobs it is not as valued as when those things are earned and I believe that to be a universal truth. These projects will create jobs but not right away, the full impact of these projects will be felt years from now but there are an important part of our economy that we have ignored for too long. We should include green projects as well in order to decrease our dependence on foreign oil imports but not at the cost of jobs and resources available today. What I mean is that we have many millions of oil available within our borders and just off-shore that can be utilized with little or no impact to the environment. Yes folks, our technology is just that good. Hell, we are the United States of America; we can do anything we set our collective mind to. The remainder of any stimulus should be targeted at real job creation and taxpayer relief. Give businesses incentives to expand and hire new employees, incentives to provide better benefits packages, incentives to be the best that they can be. We need to stop punishing successful businesses by applying the second highest corporate tax rate in the world, which stands at 35%. We should cut corporate taxes in half, provide deductions of up to 50% for new capital investment, and a health care deduction of 50% as well for the cost of providing full health care (medical, dental, eye) to employees. This will also have the effect of lowering costs for all businesses and consumers as businesses lower prices in order to complete in the marketplace. As for us lowly taxpayers, the tax credit for dependent children should be at the very least doubled to $2K, provide a tax deduction for all out of pocket medical expenses up to 75%, allow the 100% tax deduction of loan interest on new car purchases for the next 4 years, allow a 100% tax deduction on the down payment amount for new homebuyers (the thought being that if they can deduct 100% of their down payment then people will put more money down on a home and be less likely to buy homes they can't afford), suspension of federal withholding tax for the remainder of tax year 2009 (we would still pay FICA and Medicare taxes). I would also submit that Congress and the President need to take a long and serious look at the idea of a Fair Tax. Now as I said earlier, I am not an economist or an accountant so I honestly do not know how much these proposals would cost but I would be willing to bet one of my paychecks that it would be a great deal less then what has already been spent by this administration and how much they are still planning to spend.
The bottom line comes down to belief in this country and all of the opportunity she has for her citizens. I believe that this country will be great again without massive and wasteful government spending and without going down the road to a European Socialist style government. I am not a rich man but any reasonable standard, just a guy trying to do right by my family so many will say that Obama's tax and spend policies don't impact me. That could not be further from the truth. As I mentioned, I work for a small business that services primarily small businesses. If those customers of mine are squeezed by the government in the form of higher taxes then they have less money to invest in their business by way of purchasing my products and services. This in turn will lead to cost cutting measures by my company as our leadership are very sound businessmen. Those cost cutting measures could include reduction in benefits, elimination of 401K matching, no increase in pay or worse a reduction in pay. If these items come to pass I may be forced to remove my children from the excellent Catholic school they attend and place them in the sub-standard Chicago public school system which could diminish their future opportunities. These are only some of the direct effects upon me and millions of others in this country in similar situations. Those are short term issues and when we turn to long term issues the ugly specter of a lack of Social Security benefits, increasing medical costs, and higher cost of living stares us right in the face.
I am under no illusion that any of the money I have paid into Social Security since the age of 16 will ever find its way back to me and I am actually ok with that. I have planned for retirement by participating in a company 401K when and where available and put money aside in a private investment account. I will be alright because I will not rely on the government to care for me in my golden years. But this President is out to punish every investor regardless of size or scope by raising the capital gains tax from 15% to 20% and the rate goes as high as 39.6% for high income folks. Now, that 5% increase that I am going to see does not sound like much but if the tax rate stays at 20% or goes higher, that will be a large amount of money lost when I cash out in thirty-five years. For example, let's say that I am conservative in my investment approach and I only manage to receive the historical return of 7% (stocks and bonds) on my money. If I had started with $10K and invested it over 35 years, I would have $106,765.80 which at today's capital gains tax would cost me $16,014.87 in taxes but at the higher Obama rate of 20% would cost me $21,353.16 in taxes. That difference of $5,338.29 could be the difference in how I live once retired or how many medications I can afford for myself or my wife, or even whether I can retire when I want to. Did you get the picture? The more money I invest to provide for my retirement the more taxes I could pay if I am successful. Let that sink in a moment. The more successful I am at providing for my retirement, the more I am going to be "punished" by the government in the form of higher taxes. This is at the heart of the issue, punishing success and rewarding failure. I am 100% sure that this role of the government was not intended by our Founding Fathers. Putting aside the fact that a Capital Gains tax is a tax applied to money that was already taxed when originally earned; can you see where this is going? In the President's effort to "punish" Wall Street bankers and Investors, he has used too broad a sword and is applying his malice towards Wall Street to millions of small investors that are just trying to save for their futures. I personally think that capital gains should be completely eliminated for those taxpayers that have another source of income and for those who are only paid in stock options; it should be taxed at their standard rate and that standard rate should be no higher than 25%. Of course this debate is moot if we ever pass the Fair Tax and eliminate the personal income tax.
The path laid out by this President and his accomplices in Congress is not only wrong for this country at anytime much less a recession but is absolutely un-American in its application of deriding success and rewarding failure. Unless we see more protests like the Tea Parties held around this country yesterday and the absolute hounding of our representatives in Congress, we will end up living in a socialist America when government is the leading employer and granter of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness instead of each and every American.


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A gunman kills 20 children and six adults in a Connecticut school, and a week later and 131 miles away in the Poconos, the rumor mill cranks into high gear.
A gunman kills 20 children and six adults in a Connecticut school, and a week later and 131 miles away in the Poconos, the rumor mill cranks into high gear.
In the last days before school breaks for the winter holiday recess, kids whisper about "hit lists," about a classmate's Facebook posts and about another's violent comments.
Both parents and students transmit the stories at a lightning pace, and school officials are left to investigate them.
But what gets these rumors started in the first place? How do they gain traction? And how do local schools and police handle them?
The reasons for rumors are varied, according to school administrators and police.
"Reasons can range from a child who is extremely anxious about what has happened who then becomes hypervigilant, talking a lot about what could happen," said Anthony Drago, chairman of the psychology department at East Stroudsburg University. "That is one end of the spectrum. The other end is a child or adult who wants to stir up trouble."
Other people may inadvertently start a rumor out of worry to see if others have heard it, he said.
"Other times, it's someone who wants to build themselves up with, 'I know something you don't know.' After all," Drago said, "the definition of the word 'rumor' is 'unverified bits of information that people are trying to substantiate.'"
Rumors are second nature in schools.
"Kids like to talk," said Stroud Area Regional Police Chief William Parrish, adding that there were a lot of rumors swirling after the Newtown tragedy. "Our duty is to backtrack to find the source of these rumors and investigate."
"It's almost like the boy who cried wolf," Parrish said. "You need to check each one out."
His department supplies a full-time school resource officer for Stroudsburg High School.
"Rumors come from so many sources," said Cpl. Jennifer Lyon, the department's SRO program supervisor and the original SRO for the Stroudsburg Area School District. "Kids will repeat the rumor, then say they don't know where they heard it."
Parrish said that the school's SRO, Paul Gasper, spends time tracking down a rumor every couple of weeks.
"They seem to materialize and spread as quickly as they die out," he said. "Sometimes, kids spread rumors thinking they're helping keep people safe."
Social media and the news can help spread rumors.
"We get news instantly and hear of more tragic instances, so it seems that violence happens more often," Drago said. "Rumors often happen after major catastrophes, and then they subside."
Children watch TV as reporters interview neighbors following an incident and begin to wonder about their own "normal" neighbors or their "normal" town and suddenly start voicing their fears. This is the reaction of the hypervigilant child, Drago said.
He said that they are probably the larger percentage of rumor-starters because they are trying to put a tragedy into their immediate context. Suddenly, there is a group of children all talking about and spreading the same story.
Sometimes an older child is the culprit, whether knowingly or not.
A younger child may hear an older sibling talking with friends, misconstrue and then repeat the tale to his friends. Or an older sibling may do what older siblings do: scare the stuffing out of the younger one with wild tales that are then spread throughout the neighborhood or school.
John Toleno, superintendent of the Stroudsburg Area School District, said he tries to get the district back to normal as soon as possible.
"Some individuals will try to feed the fire, and it's easy for rumors to spin out of control," he said. "The only way a district can address it is head on."
After Newtown, Toleno held a town hall meeting to dispel rumors and discuss the district's safety measures, which include security guards in each building and the SRO in the high school.
He said he assesses each incident and will offer extra services based on need. "The closer to home the event is, then the more impact it may have," he said.
He said he prefers not to send notes home or do email blasts because that can introduce the rumor to adults who haven't heard it. He said he has gotten phone calls from upset parents who knew nothing about the rumor until the letter went home. He said alerting all parents can cause the rumor to continue to spread instead of stopping it.
"I think people expect us to send home a letter saying that we've investigated, but we're going to do business as usual so long as I know there isn't a credible threat. I don't want to feed into it by now explaining it to parents who had no idea."
Usually, the district takes internal measures to track down who started it.
"All rumors are investigated," Toleno said. "It could be a 10-minute conversation or it could be a 10-hour conversation. We do our due diligence. Our goal is to ascertain if the threat is credible."
That means checking everything.
"Gone are the days of simply dismissing a comment or rumor as a joke or conjecture," said Richard A. Ruck Jr., a professor of criminal justice at East Stroudsburg University.
After Newtown, Gasper spent about a week just tracking down and dispelling rumors. He also appeared at the town hall.
"We got a lot of phone calls from parents after Connecticut," said Parrish. "We needed to make sure that kids, school administration, teachers and parents all feel safe."
To that end, while the school district has full-time security officers, police patrols and visibility were also stepped up at the schools.
Gasper monitors the school district's Facebook page and the anonymous alert page on the website along with Keith Albert, the school district's captain of security and a former SARP police officer.
Gasper's role is to educate kids prior to events occurring, teaching them how to report a rumor or incident, Lyon said.
"Kids know and trust the SRO," she said. "They learn they can trust him so they're more likely to talk to him. Students see the SRO in a situation where it isn't investigational."
Students are counseled to bring all tidbits to administration or the SRO, she said.
"If they bring us information that turns out to be wrong, they won't get in trouble," she said. "We tell kids that it isn't snitching, we're just trying to get the facts out, not get someone in trouble."
Toleno said he has no problem sending a child for a psychiatric evaluation if he believes the source of the threats is credible. "If a child is going to come to our school and disrupt it, then I am going to nip it in the bud," he said.
Drago said that parents should be there to answer kids' questions — especially from younger kids.
"Continue to reassure them that these are extremely rare circumstances," he said. "Rumors will fly, so if you have that openness with your child, they will come to you first instead of other kids."
Both Drago and Toleno advised parents to be involved in their children's social media activities, but especially after a tragedy occurs. Often, that is when rumors start to swirl online and parents can stop the spread. Parents can also alert school administrators if they see something gaining steam.
"Parents can have an age-appropriate conversation with each child to get fears out in the open and try to squash any potential idle talk before it takes off," Drago said.
Toleno said it is important to keep on top of rumors.
"The less disruptions we have district-wide, the greater ability we have to educate our students. We don't want something small to turn in to something large."