Sunday, June 2, 2013

Davidson Green School plans a home on S. Main St. | Real Estate

Posted on 01 June 2013.

511 S. Main St.

The Davidson Green School hopes to open this fall at 511 S. Main St.

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Organizers of the planned Davidson Green School have chosen a single-family house on 3.2 acres on South Main Street in Davidson as the home for their environmentally focused private school and the related Davidson Green Center. If all goes according to plan, the new school will open this fall with about 30 students in grades K-4.

Local educators with an interest in the environment are joining forces to found the new private school, which will offer instruction through ?the lens of environmental stewardship.?

The Davidson Green School has meeting with parents of prospective students in recent months, while at the same time hunting for a suitable location. The school plans to grow gradually, eventually reaching maximum of 150 students in grades K-8. (Another meeting is planned Tuesday; see the box at right.)

INFORMATION SESSION
The Davidson Green School will hold an information session on Tuesday, June 4, at 5:30pm at Davidson Public Library, 119 S. Main St., Davidson. It?s open to the public and will include information about the school?s curriculum, programs and enrollment.

?Our vision is to stay small,? co-founder Jennifer Jakubecy said this week.

The school has a contract on 511 S. Main St., a two-story house just north of Twin Oaks Road near the Davidson-Cornelius line. The property has old-growth woods, a small stream and open space.

School organizers are currently working with Mecklenburg County Building Code Enforcement and Davidson planners to determine what work needs to be done to prepare the site for a school.

Educational uses are allowed in most parts of town under Davidson?s planning rules. Davidson Green School will need approval to change the use from residential to educational. That means some improvements a sprinkler system and a handicap-access ramp.

Jakubecy said the school also has begun working with neighbors to ensure the school does not disrupt its South Main and Twin Oaks neighborhood. One neighbor has requested a fence, and Jakubecy said, ?That works for us.?

Other neighbors have expressed concern about traffic. Town planning officials say there are no current town rules governing traffic or parking around schools. But the organizers are working with town officials and neighbors.

At the suggestion of one nearby resident, the school plans to stagger drop-off and pickup times to limit the number of cars in the area. Current plans call for two shifts, with half the morning drop-offs 8:30 to 8:45am, half from 8:45 to 9am. Afternoon pickups would be 2:30-2:45pm, and 2:45-3pm.

Jakubecy also said organizers are inviting neighbors to continue discussing their concerns.

While the school still hasn?t finished working with building officials, ?It?s looking very positive,? she said.

TEACHING LEADERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP

Jakubecy, who has her M.A. and PhD in education from the University of Virginia and N.C. certification to teach exceptional children in K-12, has worked 17 years in public education. But she also has a vision for a new kind of school. It will teach leadership, entrepreneurial, and environmental skills, as well as subjects required in the North Carolina common core curriculum ? using a problem-solving approach to learning. She will be the Head of School.

Her co-founder is Kathleen McIntyre, an educator and environmentalist who most recently was president of the Children?s Schoolhouse in Huntersville. McIntyre has an undergraduate degree in environmental health science and a master?s degree from the University of Georgia in Forestry Resources. She has taught high school and college and also is certified in secondary education and permaculture design.

The school will open with a minimum of 20 students, organizers said, though the first year target is 40 students in the first four grades. Annual tuition will be $7,900.

DAVIDSON GREEN CENTER

The school is the main initiative of an umbrella organization that Jakubecy and others have started, called the Davidson Green Center. The center will share the school?s space and offer programs aimed at the community.

?We want to be an educational site that is also open to the community,? she said.

The Davidson Green Center is envisioned as a meeting place for people who share concerns about the environment and sustainability. While the town and the area have a variety of ?green? organizations, ?There?s not a physical location for people to come together,? Jakubecy said.

The center will develop its own programs or provide a location for those organized by others.

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Source: http://davidsonnews.net/realestate/2013/06/01/davidson-green-school-hopes-locate-at-s-main-st-home/

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Blow to Egyptian regime: Court rules legislature illegally elected

CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's highest court ruled on Sunday that the nation's Islamist-dominated legislature and constitutional panel were illegally elected, dealing a serious blow to the legal basis of the Islamists' hold on power.

The ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court says that the legislature's upper house, the only one currently sitting, would not be dissolved until the parliament's lower chamber is elected later this year or early in 2014. The constitutional panel has already dissolved after completing the charter.

The ruling deepens the political instability that has gripped the country since the overthrow of authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak more than two years ago.

The same court ruled to dissolve parliament's lower chamber in June, a move that led to the promotion of the normally toothless upper chamber, the Shura Council, to becoming a law-making house. The Shura Council, long derided as nothing more than a talk shop, was elected by about seven percent of the electorate last year.

It was not immediately clear whether the ruling on the 100-member constitutional panel would impact in any way on the charter it drafted. The constitution was adopted in a nationwide vote in December with a relatively low turnout of about 35 percent.

But even if it does not, the ruling will question the legal foundations of the disputed charter pushed through by allies of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in an all-night session late last year. Critics say the charter restricts freedoms and gives clerics a say in legislation. The Islamists who drafted it hail the document as the best one Egypt has ever had.

In what appeared to be an attempt to remove any confusion over the ruling, Morsi's office issued a brief statement in which it emphasized that all state institutions must respect the constitution, that the Shura Council will continue to function as the nation's legislature and that the president will ensure that all the branches of state are fully functioning.

Regardless of its consequences on the ground, Sunday's ruling is likely to prolong the polarizing political transition that followed Mubarak's overthrow. Rival political groups disagree not just on policies and the future course of the nation but on the legitimacy of the basic institutions of government.

It will give heart to the mostly secular and liberal opposition, while providing fresh ammunition to the argument often repeated by the president's supporters that the judiciary is filled with Mubarak loyalists determined to derail the nation's political process.

Morsi, elected nearly a year ago, tried to reinstate parliament's lower chamber just days after he came to office on June 30 but eventually bowed to the court ruling and backed down.

In both rulings on parliament's two chambers, the court contended that political parties that fielded candidates for the third of seats set aside for independent candidates, as allowed by the election law, amounted to a breach of the principle of fairness.

The Shura Council's critics say it is ill-equipped to be the nation's sole law-making body, and complain that it's considering legislation that will have a far reach into the future rather than simply pass what is absolutely necessary during the transition period.

Of the chamber's 270 members, 180 were elected, and Morsi appointed the other 90. Five percent of its members are Christians ? about half the proportion of the population ? and four percent are women.

When Shura Council elections were held in early 2012, not only did many voters stay away but so did many political parties ? especially several of the newborn liberal groups with smaller budgets. Over 70 percent of the seats were won by Islamists.

The court on Sunday also ruled unconstitutional clauses in a 1958 law giving the president far-reaching powers under a state of emergency. The invalidated clauses allowed suspects to be arrested with little recourse and placed restrictions on the freedoms of movement and assembly.

The ruling comes ahead of the scheduled climax on June 30 ? the president's first anniversary in office ? of a campaign by anti-government protesters to collect 15 million signatures of Egyptians who want to see Morsi leave office.

Morsi has yet to say whether he intends to take any action against the campaign or its organizers, who plan to stage a mass protest outside his Cairo palace on June 30. But the president's supporters have denounced as illegal the campaign, called Tamarod, or "Rebel," and there have been several street scuffles between the two sides.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-court-rules-legislature-illegally-elected-095925031.html

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Needs and threats test GOP on small government

WASHINGTON (AP) ? One major principle of Barack Obama's presidency that his foes love to hate ? that government, when it works right, can be best-equipped to aid and protect Americans ? is finding fresh currency among some Republicans.

Their doctrine that smaller government is better government is being tested by pressing needs in storm-battered states, security threats that play up the need for a robust defense apparatus and offers for federal funds that are tough to turn down.

To be sure, conservatives looking to pare the government have had their pick of examples to make Obama the poster boy for overreaching, bloated government ? think "Obamacare," bailouts, the stimulus, universal pre-kindergarten and environmental regulations, to name a few. The perception that Obama has let government grow out of control has been bolstered in the rocky first few months of his second term by word that the Justice Department was aggressively snooping on reporters in leak investigations and an admission by the IRS that its agents unfairly targeted conservative groups.

But on other policy fronts, unmet needs are forcing Republicans to concede more publicly than usual that minimalist government isn't necessarily a one-size-fits-all solution.

"You've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems," Obama recently told graduates at Ohio State University. "You should reject these voices," he added, promoting the positive role government can play.

Obama walked side by side this week along the Jersey Shore with Republican Gov. Chris Christie, a fiscal conservative who has shown no patience for massive government spending ? except when it comes to billions in federal aid for his state after Superstorm Sandy. In fact, it was Christie and other Northeast Republicans who criticized members of their own party for insisting that Federal Emergency Management Agency aid be offset by cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.

"Republicans, Democrats, independents ? we all came together, because New Jersey is more important and our citizens are more important than any kind of politics at all," Christie said on Tuesday.

Two days earlier, in a tornado-razed community in Oklahoma, it was Mary Fallin, another Republican governor with a stated distaste for over-the-top government spending, who welcomed Obama and the aid his administration brought to her state. She praised FEMA and Obama, reprising a scene that's played out in other disaster areas when the federal government and its considerable resources have been in high demand.

Meanwhile, in Arizona, GOP Gov. Jan Brewer is going to the mat to force lawmakers in her conservative-leaning state to embrace a dramatic expansion of Medicaid made possible by an infusion of federal dollars under Obama's health care law.

Although she joined other Republican governors in suing the Obama administration over the constitutionality of the president's health care law, she's now told the Republican-controlled Legislature she'll veto every bill they send her until they approve the expansion. She nixed five bills last week ? a move that led the state Senate president to accuse her of extortion.

Brewer's administration in recent years installed a Medicaid eligibility freeze to help balance the state budget. But rejecting the Medicaid dollars under the new law ? Washington is offering to pay 100 percent of the cost for the first three years ? meant telling about 300,000 poor Arizonans they're out of luck while their counterparts in other states get coverage.

"I never liked the Affordable (Care) Act," Brewer said earlier this year. "But, we don't cut off our nose to spite our face."

So Brewer joined eight other Republican governors, including Christie, in calling for the expansion to go forward. Six of those governors have so far received legislative approval or appear on track to do so.

"I think governors who take that are being expedient," said Chris Chocola, the president of the fiscal conservative group Club for Growth. "They're certainly not limiting the size of government."

White House officials say they're not surprised, saying it's consistent with a Republican pattern of railing against the government until something happens in their state or district that merits assistance or rescue.

"It's reverse NIMBY politics in a way," said Dan Pfeiffer, a senior White House adviser. "Instead of not in my backyard, the GOP philosophy is only in my backyard, not anyone else's."

But Republicans say that while there are some exceptions among their ranks, the differences are generally small and the overarching philosophy remains intact and widely embraced. On disaster aid, for instance, they say Republicans have consistently supported it as a concept; the key question is how to pay for it.

"The conservative movement and the Republican Party is not arguing for a government the size of zero. It's arguing for a government that acts responsibly and makes decisions about priorities," said Dan Hazelwood, a Republican strategist whose clients have included former President George W. Bush. "The binding of the coalition is generally, we want the trajectory down."

He contrasted that to the position of Democrats, who he said "want to just increase everything."

Other fractures in the opposition to a strong central government have been highlighted by the renewed look at how the U.S. protects itself against security threats abroad. Obama's proposals in a major speech last week to close the costly Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba and to allow greater oversight and limitations on when and how the U.S. can assert itself militarily overseas were met with doubts from some prominent Republicans, who suggested the military needs broad latitude to fight terrorism threats. (Other conservative Republicans supported making some of those changes.)

The conviction among Republicans that not all parts of the budget are ripe for a trimming continues to crop up in the perpetual fight over the federal budget, too, where deficit-wary conservatives are nonetheless pushing to preserve and increase funds for the Pentagon. In the GOP-controlled House Appropriations Committee, a plan for the 2014 budget year would spare the military from cuts and even restore dollars eliminated in the automatic spending cuts that took effect in March.

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Associated Press writer Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar contributed to this report.

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Reach Josh Lederman on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joshledermanAP

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/needs-threats-test-gop-small-government-070806491.html

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Saturday, June 1, 2013

U.S., Germany urge Russia not to hurt Syria peace effort

By Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Germany told Russia on Friday that arming President Bashar al-Assad's forces could jeopardize international efforts for a peace conference on Syria.

Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking after talks with his German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle, said Russia's plans to deliver S-300 missiles to Syria were "not helpful" while trying to organize a peace conference to end the conflict. The missile shipment also posed a threat to Israel's security, he added.

Despite their differences, the United States and Russia are trying to convene an international conference next month to end a 26-month-old conflict that has killed more than 80,000 people and threatens to engulf more countries in the Middle East.

Washington is hoping that the conference, known as "Geneva 2" after a first conference last year in the Swiss city, will lead to a transitional government in Syria.

Russia has said it is committed to fulfilling a 2010 contract with Assad's government for S-300 long-range surface-to-air missiles as a deterrent against foreign military intervention. It slammed an EU decision this week to ease an embargo on arming the rebels - a move a European diplomat said was aimed at demonstrating to Assad that the West could eventually arm rebel forces.

Westerwelle told Russia that delivering the missiles "is totally wrong." He called on Assad "to stop the violence and come to the negotiating table" and urged the opposition to unite and participate in the meeting.

"It is very important that this Geneva 2 conference gets a realistic chance. And therefore, we ask and urge everyone not to spoil this conference," Westerwelle said, adding, "No one knows if this conference will become a success, but it is the wrong message which has been sent by Russia to the world and to the region by delivering S-300 or other weapons."

ACTING IN GOOD FAITH

While Kerry criticized Moscow's commitment to ship missiles to Assad, he also said Russia indicated it supported a transitional government in Syria.

"We will learn very quickly whether or not they and others are acting in good faith in an effort to provide legitimate names that might be acceptable to both sides who could provide that transitional government. And if they're not, the world will know it," Kerry said.

"Now, it is not helpful to have the S-300 transferred to the region while you are trying to organize this peace and create peace. It is not helpful to have a lot of other ammunition and other supplies going in, not just from the Russians, and they are supplying that kind of thing, but also from Iranians and Hezbollah."

Particularly worrying for the West is that the anti-aircraft missile system could make it far more dangerous to impose a no-fly zone, and could threaten planes deep inside the air space of Israel or NATO-member Turkey.

Israel, which has bombed Syria at least three times in recent months to prevent Assad from transferring arms to his Lebanese Hezbollah militia allies, has called on Moscow to scrap the S-300 deliveries.

"It has a profoundly negative impact on the balance of interests and the stability of the region, and it does put Israel at risk," Kerry said of the deliveries. "And it is not, in our judgment, responsible because of the size of the weapon, the nature of the weapon and what it does to the region in terms of Israel's security," he said.

IRAN PARTICIPATION

U.S., Russian and U.N. officials will meet in Geneva on Wednesday to prepare for the peace conference. The question of Iran's possible participation will be discussed, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Friday.

While the United States has not closed the door to Iran's participation in the conference, Psaki said Tehran had not played a constructive role in ending the violence in Syria.

Asked whether Iran should be part of the conference, Psaki said: "We have not made an evaluation of that. We want to work through the proper process with Russia, with the United Nations, to determine participation."

U.S. and European officials and intelligence agencies say Iran and Hezbollah, Iran's Lebanon-based ally, have stepped up support for Assad in the civil war.

A State Department report on Thursday found that Iran's sponsorship of terrorism overseas underwent "a marked resurgence" in 2012, reaching levels not seen in 20 years.

(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Peter Cooney)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-germany-tell-russia-not-hurt-syria-peace-151221203.html

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We Don't Eat Anything With A Face: The Vegetarian Pantry - a review

I'm a working mum of two tween/teenage children and a keen home cook. My vegetarian family food blog is called 'We Don't Eat Anything With a Face' as I find that's the easiest way to explain what we do (and don't) eat.?

I started my blog as a way to share recipes, reviews, tips?and ideas with other vegetarian, vegan?(and non-veggie) families who like tasty home-cooked food. Most of my budget-friendly recipes are quick and cheap?to make, and are ideal for busy parents.

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Pending Home Sales Reach Highest Level in 3 ... - AOL Real Estate

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The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes ticked up in April to the highest level in three years. The increase points to growth in home sales in the coming months. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that its seasonally adjusted index for pending home sales rose 0.3 percent to 106. That's the highest since April 2010, when a homebuyer tax credit inflated sales.

Signed contracts have jumped 10.3 percent in the past 12 months. There is generally a one- to two-month lag between a signed contract and a completed sale. Home sales and prices began to recover last year and have been buoyed by steady job gains and low mortgage rates. Sales of previously occupied homes rose in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million, a 3 1/2-year high. Sales of new homes also rose in April, to nearly a five-year high.

Still, the supply of homes on the market remains low and that could keep sales from accelerating later this year. The number of available homes for sale rose in April, the Realtors' group said last week, but was still down 14 percent from a year earlier. Fewer homes for sale may be holding back sales in tight markets out West, such as Las Vegas and Phoenix. In those cities, many homeowners still owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth.

The trend showed up in the April pending home sales report. Signed contracts to buy homes soared 11.5 percent last month in the Northeast and 3.2 percent in the Midwest. But they fell 7.6 percent in the West and 1.1 percent in the South.

Still, the tighter supply is also pushing up home prices. That could encourage more people to put their houses on the market. The Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller 20-city home price index this week said prices rose in March nearly 11 percent over the past 12 months. That's the fastest pace in seven years. And a limited supply of homes has made builders more willing to ramp up construction. Applications for building permits rose in April to the highest level in nearly five years.

Mortgage rates, meanwhile, jumped this week to their highest levels in a year. That means potential homebuyers are facing higher costs. Still rates remain relatively low by historical standards. The average rate for a 30-year mortgage rose to 3.81 percent, up from 3.59 percent last week, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. The record low of 3.31 percent rate was reached in November.

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Rheumatoid Arthritis - Black Health Matters

rheumatoid arthritisRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term disease that leads to inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. It can also affect other organs.

Causes, Incidence and Risk Factors

  • The cause of RA is unknown. It is an autoimmune disease, which means the body?s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue.
  • RA can occur at any age, but is more common in middle age. Women get RA more often than men.
  • Infection, genes, and hormone changes may be linked to the disease.

Symptoms

RA usually affects joints on both sides of the body equally. Wrists, fingers, knees, feet, and ankles are the most commonly affected.

The disease often begins slowly, usually with only minor joint pain, stiffness, and fatigue.

Joint symptoms may include:

  • Morning stiffness, which lasts more than 1 hour, is common. Joints may feel warm, tender and stiff when not used for an hour.

  • Joint pain is often felt on the same joint on both sides of the body.

  • Over time, joints may lose their range of motion and may become deformed.

Other symptoms include:

  • Chest pain when taking a breath (pleurisy)

  • Dry eyes and mouth (Sjogren syndrome)

  • Nodules under the skin (usually a sign of more severe disease)
  • Numbness, tingling or burning in the hands and feet

  • Sleep difficulties

Signs and Tests

There is no test that can determine for sure whether you have RA. Most patients with RA will have some abnormal test results, although for some patients, all tests will be normal.

Two lab tests that often help in the diagnosis are:

Other tests that may be done include:

Treatment

RA usually requires lifelong treatment, including medications, physical therapy, exercise, education and possibly surgery. Early, aggressive treatment for RA can delay joint destruction.

MEDICATIONS

Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs): These drugs are the first drugs usually tried in patients with RA. They are prescribed in addition to rest, strengthening exercises, and anti-inflammatory drugs.

Anti-inflammatory medications: These include aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen and naprosen.

  • Although NSAIDs work well, long-term use can cause stomach problems, such as ulcers and bleeding, and possible heart problems.

  • Celecoxib (Celebrex) is another anti-inflammatory drug, but it is labeled with strong warnings about heart disease and stroke. Talk to your doctor about whether COX-2 inhibitors are right for you.

Antimalarial medications: This group of medicines includes hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), and is usually used along with methotrexate. It may be weeks or months before you see any benefit from these medications.

Corticosteroids: These medications work very well to reduce joint swelling and inflammation. Because of long-term side effects, corticosteroids should be taken only for a short time and in low doses when possible.

BIOLOGIC AGENTS:

Biologic drugs are designed to affect parts of the immune system that play a role in the disease process of rheumatoid arthritis.

They may be given when other medicines for rheumatoid arthritis have not worked. At times, your doctor will start biologic drugs sooner, along with other rheumatoid arthritis drugs.

Most of them are given either under the skin (subcutaneously) or into a vein (intravenously). There are different types of biologic agents:

  • White blood cell modulators include: abatacept (Orencia) and rituximab (Rituxan)

  • Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors include: adalimumab (Humira), etanercept (Enbrel), infliximab (Remicade), golimumab (Simponi) and certolizumab (Cimzia)

  • Interleukin-6 (IL-6) inhibitors: tocilizumab (Actemra)

Biologic agents can be very helpful in treating rheumatoid arthritis. However, people taking these drugs must be watched very closely because of serious risk factors:

SURGERY

Occasionally, surgery is needed to correct severely damaged joints. Surgery may include:

PHYSICAL THERAPY

Range-of-motion exercises and exercise programs prescribed by a physical therapist can delay the loss of joint function and help keep muscles strong.

Sometimes therapists will use special machines to apply deep heat or electrical stimulation to reduce pain and improve joint movement.

Joint protection techniques, heat and cold treatments, and splints or orthotic devices to support and align joints may be very helpful.

Frequent rest periods between activities, as well as 8 to 10 hours of sleep per night, are recommended.

NUTRITION

Some people with RA may have intolerance or allergies to certain foods. A balanced nutritious diet is recommended. It?may be helpful to eating foods rich in fish oils (omega-3 fatty acids).

Expectations

How well a person does depends on the severity of symptoms.

People with rheumatoid factor, the anti-CCP antibody, or subcutaneous nodules seem to have a more severe form of the disease. People who develop RA at younger ages also seem to get worse more quickly.

Without proper treatment, permanent joint damage may occur. However, early treatment with many of the newer medicines have decreased joint pain and damage.

Complications

Rheumatoid arthritis can affect nearly every part of the body. Complications may include:

  • Increased risk of hardening of the arteries

  • Spinal injury when the neck bones become damaged

  • Inflammation of the blood vessels (rheumatoid vasculitis), which can lead to skin, nerve, heart, and brain problems

The treatments for RA can also cause serious side effects. Talk to your doctor about the possible side effects of treatment and what to do if they occur.

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