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Where did Chai come from?
Chai is a common drink in Indian households and one can find various recipes of the same in India and around the world. In India, Chai is much more popular and preferred than coffee. In the last decades, Chai teas have gained immense popularity around the world.
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The potential of China's vast markets has long caught investors' imaginations, but in the case of asset management at least, market progress has not kept pace with the Asian giant's rapid economic growth. But the approval by Chinese regulators of the country's first ETF linked to Hong Kong's Hang Seng China Enterprise Index represents a cautious opening for China's tightly controlled capital markets.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission this week authorized Guangzhou-based E Fund Management to market the Hong Kong ETF to Chinese mainland investors. China maintains tight control over financial markets, severely limiting the extent to which capital can enter or exit the country. Hong Kong, though under Chinese sovereignty, is considered offshore for purposes of Chinese investing.
According to a new report by Cerulli Associates, which monitors global asset management developments, overseas investments by Chinese mutual fund managers amount to just $11 billion–a mere 3.2% of total assets under management as of June 2011. And that international diversification is not all that foreign. Cerulli, in the Asia-Pacific edition of its Cerulli Edge first quarter 2012 report, says that sliver of offshore investing is mostly invested in Hong Kong (58%), with the next largest segment of investments allocated to other Asian markets (18.7%).
Opportunities for Chinese investors in foreign markets have a fairly narrow window. A 2011 report by KPMG says that just 95 Chinese firms have been granted the legal status to pursue such investments, and total investments for the firms cannot exceed $68.4 billion.
Cerulli in its report predicts that "eventually, the Chinese regulators will conclude that it is in investors' best interest for the mutual fund industry to have more room to maneuver around asset classes, geographical exposures, hedges, and fund structures. As is customary, Chinese authorities will test the ground before proceeding." E-Fund's new ETF, and unconfirmed reports of a second ETF launch, would seem to fit into Cerulli's analysis.
Meanwhile, there is no stopping the explosive growth of ETFs in the U.S., including opportunities for U.S. investors to invest in China. According to ETFGuide.com founder (and AdvisorOne contributor) Ronald DeLegge, "Advisors can dial in on whichever aspects of Chinese markets they want to focus on." DeLegge says there are 26 China-oriented exchange-traded products distributed across the asset-class spectrum, including equities, fixed-income, currency and long-short funds.

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DC motors convert electrical energy to mechanical energy, and the speed of the motor can be changed with variable supply voltage. DC geared motors are a type of DC motor with a gear assembly is attached. This increases the torque and reduces the speed for use in electronic devices that require different speeds.
Types of DC geared motors
DC geared motors can be brushed or brushless. Both of these types of motors use magnets to drive the spinning rotary motion of the motor, but have different applications. Brushed DC geared motors have a lower cost and are often used for applications with simpler control systems. Brushless DC geared motors generally have a longer lifespan as well as greater efficiency, and are frequently used in compressors, fans or pumps.
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A visit to Queen Victoria Market, or "Vic Market", located on the northern fringe of the city centre, is a superb introduction to Melbourne's vibrant food culture and will have you rubbing shoulders with everyone from government ministers to the city's best chefs. Running for 128 years, it's one of the oldest markets in Australia and is liveliest at weekends when buskers compete with spruiking stallholders for your attention.
Follow your nose to the deli section, characterized by its strong smells and shops selling regional specialities such as Jindi Triple Cream Brie and Milawa's tasty goat's cheese, as well as lesser-known fusions like kangaroo biltong (South African-style dried meat). Arriving hungry you'll find the free tastings will put a stop to the pangs as quickly as they tempt you to lighten your wallet. Greek, Italian, French and Polish stalls stock everything from marinated octopus to juniper sausage, while speciality butchers sell emu and crocodile. If you're looking for more traditional meat offerings, head to the Meat and Fish Hall. Here, competition is fierce, with dozens of butchers supplying prime cuts from legs of lamb to Japanese-style Wagu beef, and fishmongers' stalls groan under an impressive array of seafood ranging from northern Australian wild barramundi, Victorian crayfish and fresh Tasmanian oysters.
The fruit and vegetable market reflects the seasons, dominated by root vegetables in winter and stone fruits in summer – the proximity of Southeast Asia means exotic fruits like mangosteens, rambutan and the pungent-smelling durian are also available. If you're after something less epicurean, however, try the German Bratwurst shop for a sauerkraut and mustard covered sausage, or the American Doughnut Van, serving up bags of jam-filled indulgence for a few dollars.
Queen Victoria Market is open Tues & Thurs–Sun, see www.qvm.com.au for further details.
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Anxious about whether he was really saved, North Carolina pastor J. D. Greear kept asking Jesus into his heart—it must have been several thousand times, he says—until he came to put his faith in the truth of the gospel instead. The difference is subtle but fundamental, and Greear does a real service by getting it across clearly in Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved (B&H Books).
Asking Jesus into your heart by praying some version of the Sinner's Prayer, in which you acknowledge your sin and need of salvation and then accept Jesus as your Savior, has become something of an evangelical ritual. It can mark the moment of salvation—"the hour I first believed," as the great hymn says. But like any ritual, we can wonder whether we've done it right—whether we were sincere enough and really meant it. At that point it becomes a kind of good work, something we do to get saved. And like every good work, it's not good enough to assure us of salvation.
Greear is not saying it's wrong to ask Jesus into your heart. He's saying it's not the same thing as believing the gospel. And if we want to be assured of salvation, it's believing the gospel that actually counts. We are saved by faith alone, not by doing a good enough job praying the Sinner's Prayer.
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It was reading Martin Luther that brought the difference into focus for him. Greear speaks in very Lutheran terms when he says, "Saving faith looks outside of itself to what Christ has done, not back onto itself at what it has done." For the gospel is not about us and the decisions we make—not even our decision to choose Christ—but ...1
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Lava deposits in Mangala Fossae
The High Resolution Stereo Camera obtained images of the Mangala Fossae trough, a system of outflow channels on Mars that bears evidence of lava deposition and catastrophic floods.
Mangala Fossae lies at approximately 17° south and 213° east. The region is approximately 1000 km long, located south-west of the volcanic region Tharsis, where the highest known volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, is located. The images were obtained on 21 March 2007.
The large outflow channels were most likely formed due to sudden flash floods during which large amounts of water were mobilised underground. This may have been triggered by heat from magma that arose in the Mangala Fossae region, melting and discharging enormous amounts of frozen groundwater.
The images show a section of the southern end of Mangala Fossae, which may have been the catchment area of Mangala Valles.
The western part of the region is remarkably smooth and exhibits just a few small impact craters, larger craters being absent. Since the crater count relates directly to the age of the region (the more the number of craters, the older the uppermost layer of material), and only few small craters are seen in the area, this indicates that the uppermost surface layer is young and that the basaltic lava was put in place relatively recently.
The lava flows most likely originated in the Tharsis Region located to the north-east of Mangala Fossae. Sharp edges of the 100-m thick lava blanket are visible in some places.
The flanks of two 30-km large impact craters were eroded during the floods and were later partially filled by lava. This indicates that the craters are older than the channel system and the lava blanket.
The upper-left of the image shows a number of funnel-shaped depressions lined up parallel to the slope inclination. These features most likely formed when the surface material collapsed into small cavities.
The colour scenes have been derived from the three HRSC-colour channels and the nadir channel. The perspective views have been calculated from the digital terrain model derived from the stereo channels. The anaglyph image was calculated from the nadir channel and one stereo channel. The black and white high-resolution images were derived form the nadir channel which provides the highest detail of all.


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I think the line's in for serious shifts. I think collectors won't like them all, or even many of them. I like figures, and figures done well, and for me that's what I fear I'll lose (at a fair price).
If we go back to the days of 5 POA for $6 for Star Wars, I wonder what the reaction might be....... I wonder how many people like us here on the forums would stick with the line if it went to 5 POA, $6 price, but nicely sculpted/painted figures.
There may be room for separate "premium" collector lines (Marvel still seems to have Legends for around $15 each), but all signs show a push towards the $6 price point for the basic figure lines (with "basic" being the key word). Looks like they borrowed a LOT from Mattel's very well selling $5 Dark Knight 5POA figures.
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I've only had this cover a few weeks so can't speak for it's longevity and overall durability, but I am impressed so far. I purchased it to replace an expensive Coverking reflective cover that started to deteriorate after only 14 months. The material is soft to the touch and seems to have a bit of stretch to it, which really helps it conform to the contours of my car.Fit is perfect and, as the cliche goes, "fits like a glove." Or like a pair of seamed stockings on a blond? Great quality!


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Brookline bans Styrofoam and all uses of polystyrene
Brookline ban goes into effect Dec. 1, 2013
Brookline Town Meeting voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday, Nov. 13, to ban all forms of polystyrene in the town with a vote of 169 to 27, going against amendments from both the Brookline Board of Selectmen and the Advisory Committee, Wicked Local Brookline reported.
The vote bans all packaging containing polystyrene, including the most common form, Styrofoam, as well as other rigid forms of the substance, starting on December 1, 2013.
The Board of Selectmen voted last month to only ban Styrofoam, but that amendment was shot down by Town Meeting by a vote of 139 to 66. The Advisory Committee amendment, which asked that the ban not affect the packaging of uncooked meat, poultry and fish, because of a lack of acceptable alternatives, was also rejected by Town Meeting, by a vote of 111 to 92.
Nancy Heller, a Town Meeting member who wrote the warrant article, said she first started researching the issue after getting a cup of coffee from a Dunkin' Donuts in Great Barrington, when she realized it was served in a paper cup. She discovered Great Barrington banned polystyrene containers 22 years ago.
Heller looked into banning the substance in Brookline, and discovered a study from the United States Department of Health and Human Services that stated that styrene, the principal component in polystyrene, is a likely carcinogen.
"It seems to me the environmental effects are reason enough to ban this stuff," said Heller, at Town Meeting.
She added that the substance is also not biodegradable and damaging to the environment.
Since drafting the original warrant article, Heller discovered that polystyrene can be found in a number of other items besides Styrofoam, and in a more rigid form. Some examples include certain lids to food containers or the lids to coffee cups. An illustration of this distinction can be found in an average cup of coffee from Dunkin' Donuts. The cups used by Dunkin' Donuts to serve coffee are made of Styrofoam, but the lids also contain polystyrene, in another form.
Containers made with the rigid form of polystyrene have the number "6" on them, and although the town of Brookline approves the items for recycling, those items are separated out at the recycling plant and incinerated, like solid waste.
Once she discovered the distinction, Heller added all other forms of polystyrene to the ban, and Town Meeting members supported her modified warrant article on Nov. 13.
Christine Riley, Director of Corporate Responsibility for Dunkin' Donuts, spoke at the meeting, and urged Town Meeting members to vote against the proposal.
She said there are five Dunkin' Donuts in Brookline, and the franchisees in each location
would suffer a hardship if polystyrene were banned and the stores had to replace their Styrofoam cups.
"Shifting to paper cups will increase costs by over 50 percent for these franchisees," she said, adding that they'll also need to pay for heat-protective sleeves to go with the cups, for a total cost of $10,000 per year, per store.
Riley also said the ban would not reduce waste in the town.
"A polystyrene ban will not reduce or eliminate waste or increase recycling. In fact, it will simply replace one type of trash with another, resulting in more waste in the Brookline trash system," she said.
Although she acknowledged studies have discovered styrene to be possibly carcinogenic, Riley made a clear distinction between the substance itself and polystyrene.
"The use of polystyrene packaging does not pose a health threat to consumers," she said.
Alan Balsam, the director of public health and human services for the town of Brookline, agreed with that comment.
"At this time, I'm not prepared to say there is a threat based on what I've seen in the literature," he aid.
Riley said Dunkin' Donuts has been working on finding an alternative to Styrofoam cups.
"Dunkin' Donuts has been working very hard for the past several years to ponder replacement for our foam cup that will truly be better for guests, for our franchisees and for the environment, and I can tell you first-hand that if that existed, we would be using it," she said.
Jim Solomon, chef and owner of the Fireplace Restaurant, who spoke at Town Meeting wearing his chef uniform because he was in the middle of catering an event at the Larz
Anderson Auto Museum, said waiting for companies like Dunkin' Donuts to find an alternative is not the best solution.
"I believe businesses have a corporate responsibility," said Solomon, whose restaurant is green-certified. "I applaud Dunkin' Donuts as a good Massachusetts company, but I just don't believe they will move as quickly on their own as they will when encouraged by the town."
Raymond Ehrlich, regional manager of government and environmental affairs for the Dart Container Corporation, said there is plenty of misinformation regarding polystyrene, and that the substance makes up less than 1 percent of the waste disposed of in the country.
Dart Corporation has manufactured foam and non-foam food service products for over 50 years.
John Hall, a Town Meeting member from Precinct 15, was against the proposal to ban polystyrene.
"Lets get government out of our coffee cups," he said. "Let's not get government in the way and ban it."
A few minutes after Hall's comments, the final vote was tallied, and Town Meeting members agreed to ban polystyrene packaging.


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Mere minutes after she was shockingly booted from "Dancing With the Stars," Audrina Patridge revealed to the world that she'd already landed deftly on her feet with a new reality show, reports People.
"My new show with [reality TV producer] Mark Burnett just got picked up," she said backstage after being eliminated from the competetion on the October 26 episode of the show. "It's going to be on VH1 and we're going to start filming soon. I'm sure Tony will be on that."
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The Tony she reffered to is her "DWTS" partner, Tony Dovolani, who expressed his desire to appear with the former "Hills" star again.
"Absolutely," he said. "Audrina's like my little sister."
Dovolani and "DWTS" co-star Maksim Chmerkovskiy are planning to open a new dance studio together and it will serve as a setting in Patridge's new show.
"I'll be going to Tony's new dance studio with my girlfriends and bringing the cameras," she said.
Though she said she was "in shock" over being kicked off the ABC reality juggernaut, she called her involvement a "great experience."
She even offered up her thoughts on who would win the competetion.
"I think Brandy's really good," she said. "Jennifer [Grey]'s good too, but Brandy has this drive. She wants it."
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The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit for working families with low and moderate incomes. The credit provides a substantial income supplement to families with children and thus helps families finance basic necessities or invest in longer-term household development. In recent years, political support for the EITC has declined. Social workers should be prepared to advocate against policy changes that would reduce the impact of the EITC. Social workers could also support EITC outreach campaigns and advocate for more and expanded state EITCs.
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Passage Experience, a Swarovski Entertainment project, is based on the short film Passage (2009), which was directed by Shekhar Kapur.
Swarovski Entertainment is dedicated to promoting new interpretations and expressions of crystalline myths, legends and symbols in the arts, and thus understands crystal not only literally – i.e. as jewellery, accessories and décor – but also metaphorically, as a catalyst for creativity and source of inspiration for artists.
Shekhar Kapur took an earnest approach to giving a new meaning to crystalline visions. Thus, in his first short film, he treats crystal as a kaleidoscope of storytelling by exploring non-linearity in film and leaving interpretation to viewers.
Kapur's openness to other forms of art led not only to Academy Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman's magnificent score, but also to a transformation of the film into a walk-in installation designed by David Adjaye. «Sankalpa» can be experienced at Swarovski Crystal Worlds in Wattens, Austria until February 2010.
A Night of Passage, staged in Venice on 6 September 2009, adds a new layer to the multifaceted Passage. Whereas «Sankalpa» explores the spatial dimension of Kapur's film – its mirrorings, reflections and dreamlike images – the Venice show focuses on the film's temporal aspect underlined by the prominent role music plays in it.
Passage invites to ever new and changing interpretations, it offers a kaleidoscope of meanings and is therefore not only to be watched but turns into a multisensory Experience.


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Western flank of Olympus Mons
These images from ESA's Mars Express show the western flank of the shield volcano Olympus Mons in the Tharsis region of the western Martian hemisphere.
These images were taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) during orbit 143 from an altitude of 266 kilometres. They were taken with a resolution of about 25 metres per pixel and are centred at 222° East and 22° North. North is to the right.
The images show the western flank of Olympus Mons and the escarpment at lower left rises from the surface level to over 7000 metres. At the top of the image, part of the extensive plains west of the escarpment are shown, known as the 'aureole' (from the Latin for 'circle of light').
To the north and west of the volcano, these 'aureole' deposits are regions of gigantic ridges and blocks extending some 1000 kilometres from the summit like petals of a flower. The origin of the deposits has challenged planetary scientists for an explanation for decades.
The most persistent explanation, however, has been landslides. Large masses of shield material can be found in the aureole area. Several indications also suggest a development and resurfacing connected to glacial activity.
The colour image has been created from the nadir and three colour channels. Image resolution has been decreased to 50%.
The anaglyph (3D) image has been created from the nadir channel (vertical view) and one stereo channel of the HRSC. This 3D image above requires stereoscopic glasses to view.
For more information on Mars Express HRSC images, you might like to read our updated 'Frequently Asked Questions'.


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Some say that the best way to discover a country is through its food. For the epicurious, cooking vacations give you the chance to delve deeper into a country's cuisine beyond its restaurants and markets. You'll get a crash course in local produce at a food market then dive straight into the kitchen with a chef and end the day savouring your own creation. So why not taste the world with these cooking trip ideas and make your vacation a delicious one.
Tuscany, Italy
The rolling olive groves, vineyards and towns of the Tuscan countryside portray the Italy that many dream of. And it's no surprise that Tuscany is one of the most popular destinations for cooking vacations as it is home to some of the finest wines, olive oils and cheese in the world. There are lots of cooking courses on offer, from learning to make traditional Italian staples like homemade pastas, succulent meats and tiramisu with a veteran chef to discovering generations of family recipes from a nonna (Italian for grandmother). We recommend Tuscan Way, which organises cooking vacations with local chefs that range from three days to one week, and take place in a beautiful Chianti villa.
Barcelona, Spain
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A city exploding with colours, eclectic culture and modern flair, Barcelona infuses plenty of character into its cuisine. Wander through the labyrinth-like food market of La Boqueria and learn how to pick out the freshest cod fish, then take your wares home and have a shot at preparing traditional Catalonian dishes like codfish salad, paella and crema catalana – you'll find them simple to put together yet extremely flavourful. For those short of time, you can try one-day cooking classes at Cook and Taste, with a market tour, wine and ingredients included. Or for a longer trip, Catacurian organises culinary vacations (from three to six days) in the nearby town of El Masroig; choose your classes, from specialised rice-cooking to olive harvest trips.
Oaxaca, Mexico
The blending of indigenous flavours and Spanish colonial influences has resulted in a plethora of rich and diverse Mexican dishes – it's a country that has given the world tortillas, tacos, chilli con carne and mole to name a few. Oaxaca epitomises Mexico at its most authentic, preserving its indigenous roots in its culinary and daily life. At Casa Sagrada, learn to prepare Teotitlan mole, Oaxaca's unique chilli pasilla (chilli paste) and tamales (steamed corn wraps) using banana leaves. The culinary immersion programs bring you to village homes to see how locals bake meat and chorizo (sausages) using traditional methods.
Jaipur, India
As the capital of India's Rajasthan region, Jaipur has been home to the royal family for centuries. The city is studded with lavish palaces, imposing forts and the country's biggest bazaars, and it's no wonder Rajasthani cuisine is at its finest in Jaipur. Dip your hands into heaps of spices and learn to make typical Rajasthani dishes like dhal makhani (lentil stew), pulao rice and naan. You'll be surprised by how diverse Indian cuisine actually is, with flavours varying widely depending on regions. IndoVacations' private classes give a good introduction into Indian gastronomy, explaining the appropriate use of typical spices and traditional cooking practices.
Marrakesh, Morocco
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Straddled by the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Dessert, Marrakesh is not only an excellent travel destination but also a culinary haven for street food lovers. Moroccan cuisine has long gained fame for its exotic flair - with the use of the clay pot tajine, concoction of spices and fusion of Arabic and French influences. At the Rhode School of Cuisine in Marrakesh, you'll whip up sumptuous and authentic platters like tajine de viande (meat stew), couscous, harira (popular lentil soup) and m'henca (almond-filled pastry). The one-week cooking course is set in a luxury villa, with mountain treks and camel rides included.
Nellie Huang is a full-time travel writer whose work has been published in CNN Go, National Geographic Intelligent Travel, Wend and Women Adventure Magazine. Hailing from Singapore, she now calls Spain home and spends her time traipsing around the region. Read about her travels on Wild Junket.
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Hagiography is the study of saints. It comes from the Greek words agios and graphas = "holy writing" or "writing about the holy (ones)".
- A hagiography refers literally to writings on the subject of such holy persons; and specifically, the biography of ecclesiastical and secular leaders, canonized by the Christian Church.
- Hagiology, by contrast, is the study of saints collectively, without focusing on the life of an individual saint.
Development of hagiography
Hagiography comprised an important literary genre in the early millennia of the Church, providing informational history as well as inspirational stories and legends. A hagiographic account of an individual saint is often referred to as a vita.
The genre of lives of the saints first came into being in the Roman Empire as collections of traditional accounts of Christian martyrs, called martyrologies. In the 4th century, there were 3 main types of catalogues of lives of the saints:
- Menaion, an annual calendar catalogue (in Greek, menaios means "month") (biographies of the saints to be read at sermons)
- Synaxarion, or a short version of lives of the saints, arranged by dates
- Paterikon (in Greek, pater means "father"), or biography of the specific saints, chosen by the catalog compiler
In Western Europe hagiography was one of the more important areas in the study of history during the Middle Ages. The Golden Legend of Jacob de Voragine compiled a great deal of mediæval hagiographic material, with a strong emphasis on miracle tales.
In the 10th century, the work of St. Simeon Metaphrastes—an Orthodox monk who had been a secretary of state—marked a major development and codification of the genre. His Menologion (catalogue of lives of the saints), compiled at the request of Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus while Simeon was still a civil servant, became the standard for all of the Western and Eastern hagiographers. Over the years, hagiography as a genre absorbed a number of narrative plots and poetic images (often of pre-Christian origin, such as dragon fighting etc.), mediaeval parables, short stories and anecdotes. Simeon's contribution was to collect these saints' lives from written and oral traditions, copying directly from some sources and reworking others, then arranging them in order of the saints' feast days.
The genre of lives of the saints was brought to Russia by the South Slavs together with writing and also in translations from the Greek language. In the 11th century, the Russians began to compile the original life stories of the first Russian saints, e.g. Ss. Boris and Gleb, Theodosius Pechersky etc. In the 16th century, Metropolitan Macarius expanded the list of the Russian saints and supervised the compiling process of their life stories. They would all be compiled in the so called Velikiye chet'yi-minei catalogue (Великие Четьи-Минеи, or Grand monthly readings), consisting of 12 volumes in accordance with each month of the year.
- Article adapted from Wikipedia:Hagiography


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Dear Gossips,
Jim Carrey is in Kick-Ass 2. This weekend, Carrey tweeted that he's changed his mind about the movie. That he can no longer promote the film because it's too violent:
I did Kickass a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence. My apologies to others involved with the film. I am not ashamed of it but recent events have caused a change in my heart.
Here's how the film's writer responded to Carrey's criticism:
"[I'm] baffled by this sudden announcement as nothing seen in this picture wasn't in the screenplay eighteen months ago. Yes, the body-count is very high, but a movie called Kick-Ass 2 really has to do what it says on the tin. A sequel to the picture that gave us HIT-GIRL was always going to have some blood on the floor and this should have been no shock to a guy who enjoyed the first movie so much… This is fiction and like Tarantino and Peckinpah, Scorcese [sic] and Eastwood, John Boorman, Oliver Stone and Chan-Wook Park,Kick-Ass avoids the usual bloodless body-count of most big summer pictures and focuses instead of the CONSEQUENCES of violence… Our job as storytellers is to entertain and our toolbox can't be sabotaged by curtailing the use of guns in an action-movie."
So they disagree.
Carrey is entitled to his moralising, sure. He is entitled to his regret. But…then…what about the money? He would have been paid to work on the film. And if this is about "good conscience", does he continue to live off that cash – cash that came from a story he now considers too violent? Does he return it? Or does he donate it to victims of violence? It's one thing to pontificate on social networking, try to be the hero by making a statement from the comfort and security of your Beverly Hills mansion. It's another to back that sh-t up with action, and where it hurts. This would be true leadership, non? Otherwise, really, how does it change…anything? Except to free up some of his time, as he clearly won't be participating at the junket, a junket that will surely now be mostly about him, as he's made himself the centre of attention of a movie he claims he can no longer stand behind. But Jim Carrey has never been about the attention, has he?
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Morenci's annual city-wide garage sale event is typically followed by another tradition—the city-wide collection of trash.
Archbold Refuse Service (ARS) will remove trash from curbsides July 28, starting around 7 a.m. that morning.
Most guidelines associated with the collection are the same as in past years, but ARS has some new rules in effect.
Loose items must be in a bag or trash can. Cans should be actual trash cans with handles, said Chris Cote of ARS, not 55-gallon drums.
Items can be placed in cardboard boxes, he said, providing the box will support the weight of the contents. Wet weather can have a big impact on the durability of a cardboard box, Cote points out.
"Large appliance boxes that get filled with debris are not designed for such duty and generally rip, usually from the bottom, as soon as we lift them," he said.
Any loose items that don't fit into bags or cans should be bundled together. Bundles should be less than five feet long and weigh less than 30 pounds.


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IMHO, the best way to install Linux on a Mac when Linux is to be the only OS is to do so in BIOS mode. That is, put an MBR partition table on the disk and a BIOS-mode boot loader (probably GRUB 2, if you're installing Mint). This usually works better than doing an EFI-mode installation because the Mac's EFI is rather weird, and Linux tools tend to cater to the more common EFI variants found on PCs. Doing as I suggest would not use rEFInd (or rEFIt).hflaxman wrote:My question now relates to a 5,2 white MacBook that I want to run Mint 16 as the sole OS. I will not use OS X at all if it isn't needed.
OTOH, doing it this way will make it more complex to install OS X in the future, should you want to do so, and will make it harder to upgrade your firmware, should you have need to do so. If you want to install Linux in EFI mode to facilitate these possible future actions, then you can choose to use [url=http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/]any of the available EFI boot loaders for Linux.[/url] Mint uses GRUB 2 by default, but you can use rEFInd instead of or in addition to GRUB 2, if you like. The problem is that Mint probably won't set up GRUB correctly, so you'll need to use OS X to set it up correctly, track down and use the Linux port of "bless", or use a workaround such as naming the boot loader EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi on the ESP. You'd need to do one of these things to get rEFInd working, too.


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ROCKFORD — Two more local health systems will expand and improve cancer treatment services for patients in the coming year.
Rockford Health System started renovations at its North Rockton Avenue campus to make room for a new TrueBeam linear accelerator, which delivers radiation therapy. The improved technology will offer faster, more precise treatment, cancer center manager Jacqui Kudzma said.
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center will break ground soon on the biggest expansion to its Center for Cancer Care, which sits adjacent to the hospital along East State Street. That project is slated to be finished by summer 2015.
Patients also have the choice of visiting new cancer centers built by SwedishAmerican and Beloit health systems within the last year.
For OSF and RHS, it was time to update equipment and facilities for cancer treatment because the technology advances so rapidly. Patient volume has increased in part because people are being diagnosed earlier, and they're living longer, meaning they might face cancer more than once during their lifetimes.
While the health systems are competitive by nature, they say the different programs ultimately offer patients more choice in fighting a common enemy: cancer.
"Our view is that we have three great hospitals in this town, and when it comes to this part of health care, it's about making sure patients have the best care at all three hospitals," Kudzma said.
RHS has had a cancer program for more than 30 years, but it's a "smaller, family-sized cancer center," Kudzma said. The health system recently welcomed two more oncologists to its staff.
Workers are building a new space for the linear accelerator, the same technology available at the other Rockford hospitals. The space is often called a "vault" because the walls are made of thick concrete because of the radiation.
The existing linear accelerator will be decommissioned once the new one is built, and the old space will be used for different equipment, Kudzma said. The project is estimated to cost about $7 million.
RHS sees about 650 patients a year for cancer care, Kudzma said, while the other hospitals see a higher volume.
"There are different options, and people make a choice," she said. "There's bigger versus small and intimate. I think that's fabulous for people."
OSF plans to expand its Center for Cancer Care and renovate the existing space. Dr. Richard Nora, medical director for oncology services, said officials have been working with the same basic infrastructure at the center since 1994.
Since 2000, Nora said the center has tripled its number of newly diagnosed cancer patients and increased by 50 percent the number of chemotherapy infusion services during the last five years.
Part of the $8.5 million expansion will make more room for infusion services and exam rooms. Officials also are adding more space for pharmacy and a wig boutique.
The 15,000-square-foot, two-story expansion will double the space available to staff and patients.
"Thematically, we were trying to rethink how to (provide services)," Nora said. "We don't want to just become larger, we want to do business better. ... One of the hardest things is to try to figure out how to make it a better patient experience. Everything is changing so rapidly, so we also made it flexible enough because we don't know what cancer therapy will look like in five years."
Staff members visited other cancer centers to try to apply best practices to their project. They also consulted with patient focus groups about what to do.
OSF sees more than 800 new cancer diagnoses a year, Nora said. About 600 to 700 patients receive chemotherapy, and the total number of "encounters" — blood draws, injections, infusions, etc. — related to cancer care is about 40,000 each year.
Nora said the most common cancers treated there are colon, prostate, breast and lung. The center is seeing more lymphoma and blood disorders.
Both SwedishAmerican and Beloit health systems partnered with University of Wisconsin Health in Madison, Wisconsin, to open new cancer centers within the last year.
The SwedishAmerican Regional Cancer Center opened in October near East Riverside Boulevard and Interstate 90. The $39 million, 63,000-square-foot project consolidated and expanded cancer services under one roof.
The $11.6 million Beloit Cancer Center opened in January on five acres of land and also consolidated and expanded services at one location.
Melissa Westphal: 815-987-1341; email@example.com; @mlwestphal


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Summary Report for:
17-3026.00 - Industrial Engineering Technicians
Apply engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production, usually under the direction of engineering staff. May perform time and motion studies on worker operations in a variety of industries for purposes such as establishing standard production rates or improving efficiency.
Sample of reported job titles: Engineering Technician, Industrial Engineering Analyst, Industrial Engineering Technician, Manufacturing Technician, Methods Engineer, Process Documentation and Methods Analyst, Process Engineer, Process Technician, Production Staff Worker, Quality Control Engineering Technician (QC Engineering Technician)
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Design new equipment or materials or recommend revision to methods of operation, material handling, equipment layout, or other changes to increase production or improve standards.
- Test selected products at specified stages in the production process for performance characteristics or adherence to specifications.
- Compile and evaluate statistical data to determine and maintain quality and reliability of products.
- Study time, motion, methods, or speed involved in maintenance, production, or other operations to establish standard production rate or improve efficiency.
- Interpret engineering drawings, schematic diagrams, or formulas for management or engineering staff.
- Read worker logs, product processing sheets, or specification sheets to verify that records adhere to quality assurance specifications.
- Verify that equipment is being operated and maintained according to quality assurance standards by observing worker performance.
- Evaluate data and write reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards.
- Recommend modifications to existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.
- Aid in planning work assignments in accordance with worker performance, machine capacity, production schedules, or anticipated delays.
- Operate industrial hygiene equipment in manufacturing environments to reduce exposure to environmental contaminants.
- Prepare charts, graphs, or diagrams to illustrate workflow, routing, floor layouts, material handling, or machine utilization.
- Evaluate industrial operations for compliance with permits or regulations related to the generation, storage, treatment, transportation, or disposal of hazardous materials or waste.
- Apply statistical quality control procedures to production test data.
- Order and purchase manufacturing equipment for production operations.
Technology Skills
- Analytical or scientific software — ProModel; Statistical software; Wilcox Associates PC-DMIS
- Computer aided design CAD software — Autodesk AutoCAD ; Dassault Systemes SOLIDWORKS ; PTC Creo Parametric
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Data base user interface and query software — Data entry software ; Microsoft Access
- Electronic mail software — IBM Notes
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — SAP
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Graphics software; Microsoft Visio
- Industrial control software — Computerized numerical control CNC machine software; EPLAN software; Siemens SINUMERIK CNC; Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software (see all 6 examples)
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software — Microsoft SharePoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Calipers — Vernier calipers
- Comparators — Optical comparators
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM — Direct computer-controlled coordinate measuring machines DCC-CMM
- Dial indicator or dial gauge — Dial indicators
- Digital camcorders or video cameras — Digital video cameras
- Forklifts
- Gage block set — Gauge blocks
- Horizontal turning center — Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
- Monocular microscopes — Toolmaker's microscopes
- Personal computers
- Plotter printers — Plotters
- Scissor lift or lift table — Scissor lifts
- Traveling column milling machine — Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Technology Design — Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Perceptual Speed — The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Work Activities
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment — Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment — Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
- Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Detailed Work Activities
- Assess product or process usefulness.
- Design industrial equipment.
- Test products for functionality or quality.
- Explain engineering drawings, specifications, or other technical information.
- Research human performance or health factors related to engineering or design activities.
- Monitor processes for compliance with standards.
- Inspect operational processes.
- Operate industrial equipment.
- Create graphical representations of industrial production systems.
- Analyze test or validation data.
- Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.
- Analyze operational data to evaluate operations, processes or products.
- Document design or operational test results.
- Recommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency, quality, or performance.
- Prepare detailed work plans.
- Dispose of hazardous materials.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 95% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 84% responded "Every day."
- Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — 78% responded "Every day."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 82% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Telephone — 66% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 86% responded "Every day."
- Contact With Others — 68% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 64% responded "Extremely important."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 55% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 43% responded "Extremely important."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 45% responded "Important results."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 50% responded "Every day."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 51% responded "Some freedom."
- Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable — 48% responded "Every day."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 49% responded "Very important."
- Time Pressure — 45% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Exposed to Contaminants — 49% responded "Every day."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 49% responded "Very important."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 29% responded "Moderate responsibility."
- Letters and Memos — 37% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 33% responded "Moderate responsibility."
- Consequence of Error — 34% responded "Extremely serious."
- Exposed to Hazardous Equipment — 38% responded "Never."
- Spend Time Standing — 47% responded "Less than half the time."
- Frequency of Conflict Situations — 32% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Physical Proximity — 43% responded "I work with others but not closely (e.g., private office)."
- Spend Time Sitting — 39% responded "Less than half the time."
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 28% responded "Less than half the time."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
|Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
|Related Experience
|Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, travel guides, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters, and medical assistants.
|SVP Range
|(6.0 to < 7.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Some college, no degree
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- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
Work Values
- Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
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|State wages
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|Employment (2018)
|68,300 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Little or no change (-1% to 1%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
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Loved hearing some of the other food rules you like to follow! Some extra ones:
- Try to get all food groups in at meals
- If you can't picture it in a natural state, then don't eat it!
- Be mindful of what you're eating but don't obsess about it. Enjoy it!
- When offered a dessert, rate it on a scale of 1 to 10. If it gets a low rating, then it's not worth it.
- Eat breakfast
- Balance out your carbs, proteins and fats.
- Nothing is ever off limits.
And most importantly (drumroll please…) food rules are meant to be broken!! ;)
For example, who said you can't have candy for breakfast? First thing in the morning sounds like a perfect time for a treat to me!
Candy oats.
- 1/4 cup oat bran
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup almond milk
- 1/2 scoop chocolate whey powder
- 1/2 a banana
- coconut
- M&Ms
- peanut butter
My gosh this was good!! I don't care how many weirdo ingredients are in M&Ms, sometimes a little candy coating does the body good! Oh, and big news! Mini Eggs are now available year round! I know one boy, whose name starts with a C-h-r-i-s, who will be very excited about that ;)
I had a small snack before heading out for a chilly run today. I say small, because I've heard several people note that Larabars seem to be getting shorter…
This apple pie flavour was pretty dinky – and yet still 170 calories! I had a cashew cookie the other day that I swear was half the length of the wrapper.
Makes chopping them up into bite size pieces much more difficult.
Yeah, I like to play with my food :)
I was also excited to try out a new product before my run.
The fine folks at Sequel Naturals sent me a canister of Vega Sport in acai-berry flavour. It's basically a natural sport drink, meant to be consumed before or during activity. Like most other Vega products, it's chock full of wonderful and healthy ingredients.
The organic sprouted whole grain brown rice syrup and organic palm nectar are a combo of high and low GI carbs that are supposed to give you both immediate and prolonged energy. It's also chock full of anti-oxidants, natural caffeine (green tea) and even a natural muscle relaxer! (kombucha).
I'm a big fan of the Vega Smoothie Infusion, so I had high hopes for this stuff. Well, I did until I mixed one scoop with one cup water as the packaging instructed.
Ummm…it looks like sewage.
And honestly, it kinda tastes like it too. I'm sure this stuff is wonderful for some people, but I refuse to choke down food or drinks that my tastebuds don't enjoy – no matter how healthy! I took a few big gulps, then dumped it down the sink. I then proceeded to burp it up throughout my run :(
My run however, was still stellar! It was around the freezing mark (30-ish F?) again today. I just wore some spandex capris, long-sleeve running turtleneck, running hat and gloves, and I was quite comfortable in the cold! I think I should pick up some ear muffs though, as they were getting chilly toward the end.
No big goals for this run today, just wanted to get the ground under my feet :) Ran 5.25 miles in 50 minutes. I love my easy mid-length jogs, but I think it's time I start bringing some more short n' speedy runs back into my routine too!
Lunch featured some more of my coveted honeycrisp.
I mixed up one can tuna, 1 tbsp plain yogurt, 1/2 tbsp mayo, pepper, 1 tsp lemon juice, chopped apple and onions. Loaded it on bread and melted some old cheddar on top.
Everything tastes better with melted cheese on it.
I chopped up the remainder of my honeycrisp and sprinkled some pumpkin pie spice on it to munch on.
That's only 3/4 of the apple!! Mind you, I slice it up reeeeal thin :)
I spent the rest of the day "oot and aboot." I made a Starbucks pit stop to try out Meghann's drink.
Grande nonfat awake tea latte with 2 pumps pumpkin spice syrup. It was okay. I love tea lattes – but I always found the Starbucks pumpkin syrup to taste like rubber! Anyone remember the chantico? Now that shit was goooooood :P
I then immediately went home, and a turkey and hummus pita from the Pita Pit magically fell from the sky and onto my coffee table.
I couldn't just send it back! :P
I got almost every vegetable they offer…
- spinach
- romaine
- tomatoes
- onions
- green peppers
- mushrooms
- bean sprouts
- olives
- pickles
I had just enough time for this to digest before heading to yoga! I thought it was a BodyFlow class tonight, which is a pre-choreographed mix of tai chi, yoga and pilates. But Thursdays are the regular yoga nights. It was a mix of hatha and yin, filled with lengthy pigeons and spine twists. It was wooooonderful.
Question of the day: Want a free canister of the new Vega Sport?? I'm not going to drink the stuff they gave me, so I'll send it to a brave soul who's willing to try it!! It's open and missing one scoop, otherwise I even still have all the packaging it came with :) Just leave a comment and I'll pick a victim random person in my post tomorrow!


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Summary of Benefits
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Benefits Inclusive of All Mines Employees:
Effective January 1, 2017, Mines is implementing a new retirement plan for most newly-hired faculty members, the Mines Defined Contribution Plan. Employees and Mines will both make a fixed contribution to the plan. Contributions will be allocated to individual employee accounts and employees will direct their own investments. Employees will have a variety of investment options from which to choose. The plan is Mines'substitute for Social Security.
Current Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) – All Non-Student Employment
PERA is currently Mines' substitute for Social Security for all non-student employees. All Colorado School of Mines employees, regardless of employment classification, are PERA Defined Benefit Plan members. Effective January 1, 2017, PERA will remain the retirement option for all of Mines' State of Colorado Classified employees. For more information on PERA, visit www.copera.org.
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Dependents of eligible employees may attend Colorado School of Mines at a reduced tuition rate. The amount of the tuition reduction under this benefit is up to 50 percent of in-state tuition. In compliance with I.R.S. rules, the benefit applies to undergraduates only.
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Employees may donate annual leave to be used by a qualifying employee experiencing a catastrophic medical hardship, either personally or by an immediate family member, in order to provide some income protection when the employee would be absent from work for a prolonged period of time and has exhausted all annual and sick leave. For more information please contact the Benefits Manager at extension 3052.
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Current 403(b) vendors are:
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contact: Jonathan Hume, 303-995-2661
contact: 1-800-842-2776
Valic Retirement Services
In addition to contacting a vendor for enrollment, employees need to notify Payroll of enrollment or changes to retirement plans. The Tax Sheltered Annuity Enrollment/Change Form can be submitted directly to Payroll for processing.
Paid Holidays
The State of Colorado establishes 11 holidays for all government institutions. Rules provide for agencies to adopt an alternative holiday schedule. Mines observes an alternative holiday schedule, which generally provides employees time off between Christmas and New Year's, as well as other holidays throughout the year.
Discounts and Services
Other discounts and services available to employees are:
Resources are available to those who may be under the stress of the economy: Financial and Food Assistance
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International Business
Gitmo Inc.: Five 'forever prisoners' have business plan
No, it's not a kibbutz. But the crude jailhouse plans for a "Milk & Honey" farm business in Yemen are suggestive of one.
Five war-on-terror captives locked up inside Guantánamo prison have designed a self-sufficient agricultural business west of Yemen's capital, Sana'a. They envision a community of 200 families, 100 farmhouses, 10 cows, 500 chickens, 50 sheep, a honey bee subsidiary and computer system powered by windmills.
The would-be entrepreneurs drew up the 75-page prospectus before the prison hunger strike. But it recently emerged from U.S. military censorship at an opportune time — as the Obama administration searches for ways to safely send some prisoners home to Yemen and close the Pentagon's costly prison camps in Cuba.
And, while the quirky business model makes no mention of the potent al-Qaida franchise that U.S. officials fear will attract freed Yemeni prisoners, it does illustrate that some of the 155 captives have a vision of life after a dozen years in American detention without charge or trial.
It is also the product of calmer, more trustworthy times at Guantánamo — before the guard shakedowns, genital searches and gunshots that put the prisoners under lockdown for their hunger strike. And the thrust of the project strikes Yemen expert Charles Schmitz as quite realistic.
"Yemen could really use some low-tech, sustainable technologies," said Schmitz, a professor of geography at Towson University who read a copy of the plan at the request of the Miami Herald. "Yemenis are very innovative; you could see it in what they're doing."
Schmitz has been visiting the poor Arabian peninsula country for 20 years, and has at times served as a translator at Guantánamo. He doesn't know the five men who who drew up the plan, the self-described Milk & Honey Board of Directors. Each is an indefinite detainee, meaning in 2009 the Obama administration declared them impossible to try but too dangerous to let go.
But Schmitz saw in the scheme a blend of Yemeni ingenuity and Guantánamo influences.
Honey, in particular, is "a big deal in Yemen," he said. People endow it with "curative health qualities and magic powers" — and pay top dollar for it. Wind energy is a largely untapped power, but the detainees can see it in the huge turbines that loom over the U.S. Navy base and are visible at the prison camps.
Of the 155 men held at Guantánamo, 77 are approved for transfer with security precautions. And the majority of them are Yemeni.
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Attorney David Remes, who represents several of the would-be directors, said the captives drew it up in the year before the hunger strike crisis. That was before Army guards took control of the communal prison camp. More-sympathetic Navy guards had let cooperative captives set up a Business School Behind Bars — and let a suspected al-Qaida financier run it as a self-styled Dean of Students.
Any riff on the Bible's reference to Israel as the Land of Milk and Honey, according to Remes, is probably unintentional.
"I really doubt it was conscious," said the lawyer, who has provided no-charge legal services to about 20 Guantánamo detainees, not all Yemeni, for more than a decade.
He said the goal of a self-sustaining community "is something that has been dreamed about by many societies through the years, including by individuals in the United States."
Enter Saifullah Paracha, a former Pakistani businessman and American resident captured by the United States in Bangkok in 2003 on suspicion of financial dealings with Osama bin Laden. At age 66, Paracha is Guantánamo's oldest prisoner. He set up the class but speaks no Arabic, said Remes, and insisted the prisoners learn English as the language of international business.
"We had 24 hours open access. There were about 35 inmates," Paracha wrote recently in an account he sent the Obama administration parole board. They set up a "classroom with desks and chairs. There I had many students. Some of them were angry and rebellious. I kept them busy with extra homework."
At times, the business plan they produced sounds like a social studies project. It has a primer on free-range versus conventional chicken-raising, a section on educating the farmers' children from kindergarten "based on Montessori pre-school training" — and hand-colored maps and tables of statistics.
Guantánamo commanders have told reporters for years that while the captives watch satellite television reports from the Arab world, they don't have access to the Internet inside their prisons. They get books and magazines from a prison camp library.
But the plan shows they know all about it. They propose a networked laptop computer in every farmhouse with capital raised through " Kickstarter" or other social-media entrepreneurship.
For its part, the current prison management suggested in a brief statement that the business school was probably sanctioned by the administration, as Paracha wrote the parole board.
"Detainees in Camp 6 are in a communal setting," said Navy Cmdr. John Filostrat, "allowing them to interact up to 18 hours a day. The ability for one detainee to organize/instruct multiple detainees in business or agricultural practices is not surprising or prohibited."
Some of it seems a bit fanciful, and may bear the imprint of a decade-plus detention at the U.S. Navy base cloistered behind a minefield in southeastern Cuba.
The Milk & Honey Board of Directors want a private telephone exchange, fiber-optic Internet communication, school, hospital, car-rental office, bank, park, motor pool, mosque and post office — just like Guantánamo, where a Navy goal is self-sufficiency also.
The U.S. military is building a $40 million fiber-optic link between the base and Florida, and the Navy has experimented with recycling cooking oil as fuel. The prisoners want to fuel their farm with wind energy and make gas from cow dung.


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Sonic Universe #53
"When Worlds Collide," Part Eight of Twelve.
The hunt for the Roboticized Masters comes to its explosive end! As the gripping second act of the Sonic/Mega Man crossover event comes to a close, Proto Man and the Chaotix make a crucial discovery in the battle to restore both worlds! The tension is fraying the bromance of Drs. Eggman and Wily! Bass and Metal Sonic prepare to lead an army-but an army of what? Featuring new cover art from Sonic/Mega Man art legend Patrick Spaziante, and a special "E.F.F. (aka Evil Friends Forever) Variant" featuring Dr.'s Eggman and Wily gaming on their EGGSbox! Continued in this month's Sonic the Hedgehog #250!
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KINGSTON, N.Y. — Wealthy people who run for public office typically stick to the same basic blueprint: Plow millions of their personal fortunes into the campaign. Hire big-name consultants. Flood the TV airwaves with ads.
Sean Eldridge is making all of that look quaint. The 27-year-old husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has turned his congressional campaign for New York's 19th District into a multimillion-dollar start-up — a gambit that veteran election watchers say is as unique as it is brazen.
It has unfolded in rapid-fire sequence. After Eldridge decided he wanted to run for office, he and Hughes in 2011 bought the first of two luxurious homes in the Hudson Valley region. Soon after, Eldridge set up a venture capital firm, Hudson River Ventures, that has provided millions in loans and equity lines to local companies. And now the first-time candidate, who's running his first business, is touting the jobs he's created in the blue-collar district.
"I know firsthand what it takes to support small businesses and create good jobs," reads one pamphlet his campaign is plastering throughout the area.
(PHOTOS: Sean Eldridge on the campaign trail)
Like no other 2014 candidate, Eldridge is testing the limits of dollars and cents to secure a seat in the House of Representatives. The Democrat is tapping Hughes's vast wealth — estimated at $700 million — to build an elaborate campaign apparatus in a district where he remains a stranger to many. In addition to his firm's investments, Eldridge has spent more than $700,000 on his campaign, and that figure is sure to rise exponentially because he's promised to match each contribution he receives, dollar for dollar.
His efforts are all the more striking in contrast with incumbent GOP Rep. Chris Gibson, a 49-year-old decorated war veteran and former college professor who lives in the same middle-class neighborhood where he grew up. Gibson's financial disclosure report filed with the House lists a savings account of $100,000 to $250,000, and the Center for Responsive Politics ranks his personal wealth in the bottom fifth of House members.
Gibson does little to hide his disdain for Eldridge, whom he calls a "young man with virtually no experience." The district, encompassing a vast swath of the northern Hudson Valley and Catskills, is one of the most evenly divided in the country. Gibson won there in 2010 on the strength of the Republican wave and secured reelection in 2012 even as President Barack Obama carried the district by 6 percentage points.
"This is about him and his political aspirations, and I think that's going to be a problem for him. He married well, he married into money," Gibson said of Eldridge. "But there are some things money can't buy."
Who is Sean Eldridge?
It's difficult to size up the person behind the polished image Eldridge and his campaign are projecting to voters. He's been running for more than half a year but remains mostly an enigma.
Congressional challengers typically seek maximum media exposure; Eldridge allows few chance encounters with the media. His campaign frequently posts pictures on his Facebook page of the candidate out and about in the district, but local reporters say they're usually not made aware of his public schedule ahead of time. He declined to be interviewed by POLITICO, and the door to his campaign headquarters in Kingston was locked on a recent visit. No one answered a call on an intercom.
(More from POLITICO's On the Ground series)
A spokesman provided a statement from Eldridge that said, "Chris and I have been very fortunate in our lives, and we've benefited from those who took a chance on us. The Hudson Valley is our home, and we're proud to be investing in entrepreneurship in our community."
Even people who have spent time with the candidate aren't sure what to make of him.
A few weeks after his September campaign launch, Eldridge sat for an interview with Alan Chartock, an influential liberal radio host in upstate New York. They talked for almost 30 minutes, discussing Eldridge's views on the federal shutdown, environmental policy and money in politics.
"If you look at what we've seen in Washington recently, with more of this brinkmanship, more of the games and party politics that are really hurting our economy and hurting middle-class families and not helping anyone. I'm frustrated. I know we can be doing better than how we're doing now," Eldridge said in the interview.
Chartock came away without any real sense of the candidate.
Eldridge sounded like "what a young person thinks a politician should sound like," the radio host said in an interview. "He's right on all the issues, but what I think people are looking for is a person. He's extremely bright, has all the assets that you need to run. But it's cookie cutter."
Eldridge employs a team of prominent political consultants — including media firm SKDKnickerbocker, polling outfit Global Strategy Group and veteran party operative Anne Lewis — who carefully tend to his image. Through the end of last year, he paid the three entities a total of $241,000, campaign records show.
(Inside POLITICO: Chasing Sean Eldridge)
The son of two physicians, Eldridge was born in Canada (he became a U.S. citizen in 2006) and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. He has long harbored political ambitions. In 2005, while attending Deep Springs College — a rigorous two-year institution in the California desert where pupils take part in such activities as harvesting alfalfa fields and laying gopher traps — a student magazine wrote that Eldridge would "soon become an American to pursue a political career in this country."
In November of that year, at a brunch in Cambridge, Mass., a mutual friend introduced Eldridge to Hughes, who was at Harvard and helping to launch Facebook. A week later, Eldridge, at the time a customer service rep at a moving company, asked Hughes out on their first date. They married in June 2012.
Both were making serious moves in Democratic politics. In 2009, Eldridge withdrew from Columbia Law School to join a gay marriage advocacy group. In 2012, Hughes bought The New Republic, where he currently is publisher and editor-in-chief.
Friends say the two are very different personalities. Eldridge is an extrovert and social animal, Hughes is more reserved. Hughes — who did not appear in Eldridge's introductory campaign video — does not participate in day-to-day campaign conversations or strategy sessions, instead providing moral support to the candidate.
"If you see the two of them at an event, Chris is the unassuming one. Sean is the one who will get up and ask you, 'How is your day?'" said a person who knows the couple well.
"Sean is the strong personality of the two. He is the natural-born politician. Chris
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