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Phlebotomy is the study of blood, and as you might imagine, there is an essential need for this type of professional in the medical field. Phlebotomists are highly-trained, skilled individuals who perform a number of lab duties, including drawing blood from a patient, analyzing the blood for disease and illness and more. Selecting to work as a Phlebotomist in Chicago is a good decision that can take you further in your career while offering a position with plenty of perks and rewards. Furthermore the training needed to become a phlebotomist can quickly be earned so you're not stuck in school for many years of your life. Learn how to become a phlebotomist below.
Earning a Degree
The work of a phlebotomist requires that you understand medical terminology, the correct way to take blood, the human body and many other important steps. Thus, specialized training is required. You can head right to phlebotomy school after graduating from high school, and in less than one year of time be ready to sit in for the exam to earn your state license. Some classes take as little as 12 weeks to complete while others may take up to 12 months to complete. This is something that should be taken into consideration when you select your school. When you want to learn how to become a phlebotomist, carefully consider the school that you will attend.
Numerous phlebotomy training courses are available from vocational schools, technical colleges and even online schools. The cost of attending phlebotomy school in Chicago will vary with each of the choices, so looking at all of your options before deciding to enroll is a really good idea. The cost of attending is minimal compared to many other professions in the health sector, and you can receive financial aid and other types of assistance if you qualify for these benefits.
Admission Requirements of Phlebotomy School
The journey to become a phlebotomist is a simple one but the admission requirements should always be kept in mind before enrolling. As such, there are no strict requirements and whatever they are, they differ from college to college and from region to region. Different institutes work on distinct set of rules and the students are supposed to fulfil those honestly. A phlebotomist might be a doctor's helping hand or might see a patient directly, but his or her relation with medical stream is unchanged. So, it's better to have a slight idea about the requirements before stepping into it. Let's have a look:
Basic Medical knowledge– To have an ease in understanding the concepts of phlebotomy from scratch, one must have basic knowledge of medical terminologies. It works as an add-on to what is to be taught in phlebotomy school because a basic understanding and background of anatomy and clinical procedures may prove out to be an asset in grasping the things easily. Moreover, when you are going to get into a section of medical field after the course, having some extra knowledge in the same should not hamper the process.
Academic Qualification– Although there's no such hard and fast rule for academic qualification but at least a high school diploma is a must have to enrol for phlebotomy school. Many students in Chicago Illinois also start their enrolment in the same along with their graduation too. This makes easier for them to have a solid skill just after the graduation completes. The minimum qualification of high school is to ensure that the person can read, write and do basic mathematics required for the same.
Application Fee – Before completely enrolling for the phlebotomy college, the process requires a minimal amount of application fee. With the increasing demand of applicants and medical facility users, there's a need to put a filter on the application process. By setting some amount as application fee, it is expected that only genuine candidates will apply and also the ones who have actually given a thought on the work life of a phlebotomist.
Background Check– The application process followed by reviewing involves a keen background check on the individual. It involves checking for any previous criminal records or pending cases. It is an important part of admission process because the acceptance or rejection of your application fully depends on this. It depends on institutional protocols and the way they handle it that whether or not the application is accepted.
What Happens during Training?
Once the right Phlebotomy training institution has been selected, prepare for an exciting few months of your life as you learn more about the functions of the human body, more about the blood system, how to operate lab equipment and so much more. Part of the time in school is spent in front of an instructor working out of a book. But, Phlebotomist are also required to have clinical training, too, and this is where things get fun. This is your first chance to show off your skills and dive into your future career hands on. It enables the instructors to see that you've really learned what has been taught and that you're ready to take the next steps and work as a Phlebotomist.
In Illinois, most people who want to work as a Phlebotomist do not simply settle for this one certification, and this is certainly something to consider. Many Phlebotomists attend training to become a Medical Assistant, where Phlebotomy is one of the classes taught. This increases the yearly earnings and offers more variety to the picture.
Who is a good Candidate for Phlebotomy Training?
Becoming a Phlebotomist is not something that everyone can do. Of Couse you will be working with blood a lot, so you cannot be afraid of blood first and foremost. You must be willing to follow all safety procedures once you earn your degree, so it is imperative that a Phlebotomist be someone that can work independently following procedures. It also helps if you enjoy helping others as this is the primary role of the Phlebotomist.
How much do Phlebotomists Earn in Illinois?
The amount of money that can be earned with a Phlebotomy degree varies according to the type of degree that you've selected, the lab or medical facility that you choose to work in and numerous other factors, like the amount of experience that you have. When learning how to become a phlebotomist this is something that you should look further into.
The average pay for a Phlebotomist is $29,780 per year, according to 2019 records. There's always room to grow in the Phlebotomy field, and if you're interested in other positions in the medical field this certainly helps you get a foot in the door so you will know just what to expect should you go further.
In addition to the pay Phlebotomists are entitled to some pretty awesome benefits that seal the deal and make it that much more attractive. Again these benefits vary according to the place that you work, but you can expect perks such as paid time off, vacation, health insurance, life insurance,
Becoming a Phlebotomist in Chicago IL
Other perks of working as a Phlebotomist includes the fact that the job is in high demand, as it has been for years. This means that you will never have a difficult time finding employment no matter where you go. With the specialized training received during phlebotomy classes you can be sure that you are with a great job that you love from day one. That is a lot of satisfaction and security, especially when the economy seems to be taking a turn for the worse over the last several years. It is the medical position for all! Now that you know how to become a phlebotomist, what are you waiting for?
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Your local Independent Usborne Organiser can redeem tokens against any Usborne title during the extended World Book Day period (usually from late February to the end of April).
Additionally, in Europe, Usborne supports World Book Day in schools with a wide range of events, offers and competitions.
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Nick Gilbert, bespoke son of Comic Sans-loving Cavaliers owner Dan, became your new favorite meme for about six hours Tuesday night when he presided over Cleveland's unlikely NBA draft lottery win. (And he too cued something in between dickishness and awkward humor from Timberwolves GM David Kahn.)
Nick, who has neurofibromatosis, a nerve disorder that causes tumors throughout the body, attended the draft as an ambassador for the Children's Tumor Foundation. A fine fellow from that organization contacted us this morning to relay this: Dan Gilbert is matching donations to the foundation dollar-for-dollar this week, and today is the last day to donate. They've raised nearly $38,000 so far.
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In my opinion, and based on what most automotive consumer research is showing, the single most important category of information that appears online which will impact the revenue and profits of car dealers in North America in 2013 and 2014 is User Generated Content (UGC). This user published information is in the form of automotive consumer generated reviews, ratings and commentary published about car dealerships.
On Sunday I responded to several comments on a blog posted by Rick Mosca. After spending a few minutes creating and posting my comment, I realized that the topics I described and recommendations made would make for a good ADM Forum discussion. Why? Because I know there are enough ADM Members who disagree with my recommendations to dealers in regards to Reputation Management Strategy and Tactics that a discussion of this topic will have value to the ADM Community... So, let me share what those recommendations are and please do post your comments below either agreeing with, or refuting my recommendations that follow... or simply adding to this very important discussion.
Please take two minutes to watch the video embedded below from the Cobalt/ADP Team titled "Be Smart - Own Your own Stars". The second half of this video is the important part. Last Friday I featured this video on ADM because it is the first time I have seen an organization as strict about their research data based recommendations to car dealers as Cobalt/ADP is, make statements supportive of components within the Reputation Management strategy I have been using with dealers for several years. Admittedly, Cobalt/ADP is recommending that dealers include customer testimonials and reviews within their primary dealership website.
It is more than just intellectually satisfying to agree with the recommendations made in the Cobalt/ADP Reputation Management video regarding dealers taking ownership of the customer reviews that result from their proactive efforts at getting customers to create them... There is a lot of evidence that this is a better approach to a dealer's reputation management strategy that simply relying on Google or any other third party review site... As she says, proactively posting customer reviews solicited by a dealership on Google+ is like buying a house built on rented land!
For several years I have been using the tools provided by DealerRater when a dealer participates in their Certification Program to publish customer reviews within a dealer's website, Facebook Page, Ning Network, Blog sites and everywhere that will take either an RSS feed or the embedding widget supplied by DealerRater. In addition to the great tools that DealerRater provides its Certified Dealers, a recommendation that both myself and many other consultants make is to use an independent dealership review site specifically set up for dealers to collect reviews from their customer while the customer is at the dealership.
The most successful Reputation Management strategy used by many car dealers offers convenience and ease of use to car buyers and service customers. This strategy focuses on encouraging customers to write and post reviews. From an implementation perspective, these dealers make it as easy as possible for each sales and service customer to post their reviews to the review site they feel most comfortable with, are a registered and active user of, or have an affinity with... HOWEVER, the very best Reputation Management dealers have created a customer review and ratings site that the dealership has control over and licenses the dealership to enable customers posting reviews while they are at the dealership.
This video showcases an explanation of changing trends in reputation management and User Generated Content (UGC) on dealer owned sites by Mary-Kelly Gaebel from the Cobalt Social Media team and is featured on the Automotive Digital Marketing Professional Community
Many ADM members have seen me state on numerous occasions, and the experience on the part of many dealers validates that a dealership review strategy should be essentially segmented into two tactical implementations:
I have seen many ways a dealership makes it super easy for customers who are not at the dealership to respond to an email requesting that they provide a review of their experience at the store. One of the most effective I have seen is the concept of "You Have A Voice" where the dealer or group provides a landing page which explains why reviews are so important for dealership customers to post, and provides easy single click access to the specific review form for that dealership on several review site platforms. This allows the customer to select the icon they are familiar with, or feel an affinity for. It is a great way to get reviews from customers who are active Yelp Community members.
The Lou Fusz Ford Reviews landing page shown in the following screen capture image is a good example of this strategy for people not present at the dealership:
Since Google Reviews first appeared I have frequently said that the one thing we can always count on Google for is to change their algorithms, products, policies and guidelines... They have consistently, since 2000, changed the way anything that is shown to their search engine user appears over and over and over again.
For a dealer to rely on Google as the primary review site they recommend to customers is ludicrous! It has been and has not changed, just more and more people are finally waking up to the reality that Google, more than any other online customer review resource is likely to change the way they display, or do not display customer reviews as an ongoing continuous improvement process... And, Google is seeking improvements that are most certainly NOT intended for the car dealer, but rather these changes are intended to improve their search engine user's experience.
I enjoy using many Google products and find them to be highly useful and effective, but one thing I have learned since I started working with Google over ten years ago... If you are not paying for it (and sometimes even when you are) you do not want to create a process or strategy that is dependent upon Google NOT CHANGING that application or web based resource. Heck, in general, unless a dealer has a PAID LICENSE or some form of fee based ownership, you do not want to place high value assets (such as reviews) in that application as part of your marketing strategy.
Encouraging customers to post reviews while they are in your dealership is reasonable and practical if you are providing them with an easy to use means of posting their reviews to a site the dealership owns or licenses (controls). Asking customers to post reviews while completing a customer experience survey is a business best practice. When those reviews appear on a dealership's website, Facebook Page, Blog site, etc. then that is a great way to get them indexed by Google and ensure maximum eyeballs are on them. I like both PrestoReviews and BusinessRater as tools designed to provide dealership customers with a review site that is independent of the dealer's own website, but which the dealer has licensed and controls. Plus, both dealer review site suppliers encourage "Point Of Sales" Customer Reviews as being the most accurate and timely... Which they are.
The benefits of being able to resolve a customer concern issue before the customer leaves the dealership is, in fact, a competitive advantage for dealers who implement such a process over those that do not.
Why not ask customers to evaluate and document their experience while still fresh in their minds? All the research in this area shows that the highest percentage of reviews per customers served, and the most accurate reviews are when customers are encouraged and supplied with the means of posting them as soon as possible after the goods or services are received... Including new and used cars, as well as repairs and maintenance.
As for the way customers use the Google Search Engine, there is no doubt that Google is the primary tool used by car buyers to find information about car dealers and the vehicles they may be interested in buying... However, Customer Review sites other than Google appear prominently in the SERP for dealership branded search queries, as they should...
If a site is valuable to consumer users of Google's search engine, then Google will ensure prominent placement of that site in their SERP.
Last August my friends at Rick case Honda in Davie Florida started taking control of their reputation management and switched from encouraging customers to post reviews to DealerRater, Google and Yelp after they left the dealership, to asking customers to complete a customer survey and rate their experience at the dealership using the dealership's new BusinessRater.com review site and account.
The Rick Case Honda sales and service teams have since been able to get their customers to post well over a thousand reviews, The Google SERP results for "Rick Case Honda Reviews" for Davie, FL Google users are shown in this screen capture from earlier today:
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1. I agree that dealers should take control with a personally owned site. As a small dealer, is BusinessRater.com the best for that? Or would it be good to create a independent landing page like Lou Fusz?
2.I am OK with customers in the dealership as long as they go to a site that is OK with it....DealerRater is not.
3. We do send a link to a blind page on our website with instructions to fill out the review. I have a template that works pretty good after some tweaking...including giving them permission to NOT do a review if they aren't interested. We encourage Gmail users to use Google+ if they are an active user and non-gmail users to use Dealer Rater.
Tom, first of all THANK YOU for numbering your questions... Here is my guidance:
1. Both, you should create a hosted Wordpress based page like the LouFuszReviews.com site and you should sign up for the most basic of BusinessRater dealer packages. The enhanced packages are what i use for most dealers, but a small volume dealer will benefit from a good ROI by using the basic BusinessRater package. The key is to actually get the reviews posted by your customers!
2. True Statement, that is why both BusinessRater.com and PrestoReviews.com are a far better choice to use for generating both customer survey responses and online reviews for all dealers, regardless of size.
3. I like the reference page you built, but would encourage you to add a couple more review site links, such as Cars.com, Edmunds or any other sites that currently have any reviews of your dealership on them. Also, I recommend you change the Yelp text to:
"If you are currently a Yelp registered member, we encourage you to use this link to Yelp and share your experience doing business at Hawkins with other Yelpers. Thank you."
One of the biggest eye openers for me over the past few years is that we have found that when a customer posts a review while they are at the dealership, they are 300% more likely to respond to the email sent to them asking for a review on a third party review site... It almost seems like since they already did a review, doing another one is easier, or maybe they just realize how important it is because we asked to do one at the dealership... I dunno what the psychological effect is, but i know that asking customers to do reviews while they are at the dealership creates far more customers who post additional content about the dealership online.
Thanks so much, Ralph.
1. For the in-house reviews, would it be good to have an iPad for them to use? I would guess that the wi-fi one is good enough for this purpose.
2. With the hosted WordPress account, how do you get them to post there? You set up the blog and have them post directly or does the businessrater.com push them there? Just curious. Lou Fusz is just a referral page like mine.
Excellent information Ralph. Thank you.
Ralph - as always, you cover a compelling topic with great detail. In an era that sees customers inundated with multiple contacts from the salesperson, dealership, manufacturer, and often third party, pestering them for a positive review should probably be handled with kid gloves.
To your questions...
BIG *BUT* - dealers had better have a customer-centric mentality from the top down for EVERY interaction in the store to earn the right to ask. Even with my extensive experience at a top CSI store, we still made many mistakes in sales and service, but HOW we handled them - and trained AND empowered our people to both recognize and correct them made a world of difference and often earned more loyalty than just a great experience.
I have experienced so many dealerships paying hollow lip service to genuine guest care and using underpaid and burned out staff to serve high prices with a sub-par experience that none of these review strategies could even dent.
I could not agree with you more... This goes back to the old sales training guidance that it is not what you say, as much as how and when you say it. Asking customers for a review of their experience is something that as an industry we should be doing a much better job of. For example, when I ask a customer for a review, it is with a sincere sense of humble service and accompanied by words along the lines of:
"Mrs. Rodriguez, thank you so very much for your business and congratulations on your new car. As we have mentioned several times during your visit today, the entire team here at Rick Case Honda is very focused on ensuring that we treat people well and are able to be your choice for a car dealership for many years to come. One of the tools we use which is so important to our efforts at always improving our customer service is a fairly short survey and a customer review system. I would like to ask you to take a few minutes to rate your experience today, while I get the documents prepared with our Business Manager so we can complete the process. You can use this iPad and I will leave you alone so you can feel free to answer all the questions as truthfully as possible. Our General Manager, my boss, will be reviewing your answers and comments so he can use your input in our continuous improvement mission. Thank you so very much, I will go get the paperwork prepared and if you have any questions about the survey or the review of your experience here today, you can ask Richard right over there at the manager desk. Thank you again for doing this, it really does help us give you better service."
I bet you already know where I'm going to disagree with you, but I want to say THANK YOU for continuing the discussion.
Last year at this time, the newly minted Reputation Management Experts, Ninjas and Gurus were all worked up over collecting as many Google Reviews as possible through any means necessary. Review Stations and Ipad collection strategies were touted as Best Practices. Some went so far as to literally buy reviews from a plethora of boosting companies that were here for a quick buck. The end result of implementing process to control the outcome was Aug of 2012 when those efforts earned the industry a black eye as Google singled out the automotive vertical for "Spammy Reviews." Fast forward to Jan. 2013... and we are still trying to control the consumer's behavior instead of creating experiences they can't help but share?
Do you agree with the concept that dealers should have control over the customer reviews they proactively seek from their customers?
Directly, No!
Let me be as blunt as possible. I think in Jan of 2014, if not a whole lot sooner, we'll be talking about how bad of an idea it was to try to pass content filtered through editorial privilege off as equivalent to a 3rd party review.
Let me try to close this long post.
This isn't an advertisement or defense for DealerRater, I genuinely hope it isn't taken that way. Your recommendation from the post is more than sufficient street cred around here ;)
The key to Good Reviews will always be GREAT Service! In the end any process focused on an artificial result will fail. If they aren't as happy a week after the sale as they were before going into finance then I personally think you're fighting a losing battle for your reputation.
Ryan, I respect your opinion, but you already know that... The fact that we disagree on this issue of in-dealership executed reviews is a valid enough reason for dealers to consider both methodologies. If you are right about the future, I will stand corrected, but in the meantime the dealers that i see generating the most effective UGC enhanced reputation management results are, in fact, those dealers which have a customer centric perspective that showcases their process in obtaining the customer's perspective in the form of a survey and review of their experience at the dealership WHILE THE CUSTOMER IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THE DEALERSHIP LOCATION. I am not ignorant of the potential for abuse or the requirement for proper execution, but when done correctly and in addition to the offsite reputation management tactics, such as using DealerRater, this combination is effective in generating business results and constructive, valid and relevant feedback to the dealership management team on the first day it is executed. Let's face reality, we work in a business vertical that has little patience for strategies or process that requires longer than 30 days for the ROI to be measurable.
In 1998 I experienced an overwhelming response to dealership reviews by using DealerRater Certification at Ford of Kirkland in WA... At the time, there were less than 100 total DealerRater Certified dealerships in North America. Today, I believe your certified dealerships are in the thousands. There is no doubt in my mind that DealerRater Certification should be part of a dealership's overall reputation management strategy. But, there are now more and more dealers, marketing practitioners and service providers (such as Cobalt) that have jumped on board the recommendation I have been making for several years... Dealers should OWN A WEBSITE WHERE THEIR REVIEWS AND TESTIMONIALS ARE WIDELY AVAILABLE AND CONTROLLED BY THE DEALERSHIP that I believe my recommendations around incorporating the review generation processes within the dealership's onsite engagement with customers will become more and more widely used over time. Why? Because it works!
To say that dealerships are not ethical enough or prudent enough to be responsible for in dealership review generation processes feels very insulting to me and I am sure to people who work in this business. The fact is that car dealerships are exactly the opposite of public perception. They are far more likely to do "the right thing" regardless of legal requirements and operate far more ethically than most retail business operations. The customer will be the ones to determine whether reviews collected at a dealership are valid or worthy of consideration, not you, me or anyone else on this side of the retail divide.
What I love about disagreeing with you Ralph is that it is always so cordial. You are the consummate professional...
We will again agree to disagree on this one. I do think it is worth mentioning that dealers should fully read and comply with any 3rd party review site's TOS that they choose to target. For DealerRater to insure the authenticity of our content it is necessary to restrict the location. Please don't see that as a distrust of dealers, it actually has more to do with protecting the data from a single content contributor, whether negative or positive, that would skew the ratings. Often times that doesn't come up, but the policy serves to protect dealers from a single "crazy person" loading lots of negative content from a single location too. We don't delete any reviews that meet our TOS, never have, but that forces us to enforce our TOS reliably.
This may deserve its own post, but speaks to the idea of monitoring changes in TOS. Mike Blumenthal observed yet another change to Google's TOS today that prohibits contests and drawings as a means of review collection.
Here is the link (well worth the time to read) below is his synopsis of the changes:
Here is a history or the guideline as it changed over time (relevant sentence in bold italics).
Original Guideline: Reviews are only valuable when they are honest and unbiased. Even if well-intentioned, a conflict of interest can undermine the trust in a review. In addition, we do not accept reviews written for money or other incentives. Please also do not post reviews on behalf of others or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with the place you are reviewing.
February of 2011 change: Reviews are only valuable when they are honest and unbiased. Even if well-intentioned, a conflict of interest can undermine the trust in a review. For instance, do not offer or accept money or product to write positive reviews about a business, or to write negative reviews about a competitor. Please also do not post reviews on behalf of others or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with the place you are reviewing.
Current guideline (date of change unsure but possibly at the same time as the review station prohibition): Reviews are only valuable when they are honest and unbiased. For instance, as a business owner or employee you should not review your own business or current place of work. Don't offer money or product to others to write reviews for your business or write negative reviews about a competitor. We also discourage specialized review stations or kiosks set up at your place of business for the sole purpose of soliciting reviews. As a reviewer, you should not accept money or product from a business to write a review about them. Additionally, don't feel compelled to review a certain way just because an employee of that business asked you to do so. Finally, don't post reviews on behalf of others or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with the place you are reviewing.
Ralph, this is a great article and I applaud you for encouraging dealers to be proactive on a subject that is so important. I love almost everything I see in this post except one. Like Ryan Leslie, I do not agree that dealers should have or should want to have control over their reviews.
I agree with Ryan that control turns the reviews into advertising rather than an objective third-party review customers are seeking. It erodes the trust we are attempting to build.
Numbers of reviews are important but only to a point. What's equally or more important are relevancy and whether your reviews are current. According to the Cobalt report you quoted, customers tend to stick to reviews that are less than 6 months old. And the want to read real stories about a customers experience.
iPads, in-house reviews... I won't go on because Ryan stated it very well on his own.
Tom, I understand your perspective and the point you are making... That is why i like BusinessRater.com because the amount of control a dealer has over the review moderation process is tempered and balanced by their automated processes which only allow a dealer a limited amount of "raising objections" to a negative review... Dealerships with a high percentage of negative reviews will not be able to prevent them from going live. This in turn provides the kind of credibility and incentive for dealers with systemic problems to fix those problems while allowing for the dealer to block the employee's ex-spouse, disgruntled former employees, the odd ball nut case that we all wish we had never sold a car to, etc.
I am not saying that such a process is perfect or that there is not room for improvement. I am certain there may be better ways to "won your own reviews", but I do agree with the idea that a dealer-focused 3rd party review site provider like PrestoReviews or BusinessRater is a great alternative to purely posting reviews that the dealer selects to appear on that dealer's website. Heck, even DealerRater filters which reviews go live on their widget application for display on the dealer's facebook page and websites to prevent negative reviews from appearing. So, unless that has changed, it seems somewhat disingenuous for anyone from DealerRater to object in principle to the concept of filtering reviews which appear on a dealer's owned websites.
DealerRater filters which reviews go live on their widget application for display on the dealer's facebook page and websites to prevent negative reviews from appearing. So, unless that has changed, it seems somewhat disingenuous for anyone from DealerRater to object in principle to the concept of filtering reviews which appear on a dealer's owned websites.
Agreed Ralph. What you market should be a relatively small portion of your total history of review content. We actually go a bit further than that, you need to be selective of the positive reviews you display through that feed too.Put your best foot forward.
...but when the customer chooses to dive deeper than just that small selection of reviews you are marketing on the source site they will expect to find more than just marketing.
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FRENCH 166: Food, Text, Music: A Multidisciplinary Lab on the Art of Feasting (FRENCH 366, MUSIC 133, MUSIC 333)
Students cook a collection of unfamiliar recipes each week while learning about the cultural milieus in which they originated. The course focuses on the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a time of great banquets that brought together chefs, visual artists, poets, musicians, and dancers. Students read late-medieval cookbooks under the guidance of professional chefs, learn songs and poetry with the help of visiting performers, and delve into a burgeoning scholarly literature on food history and sensory experience. We will also study trade routes and food networks, the environmental impact of large-scale banquets, the science of food, and the politics of plenty. This course may count towards the Medieval component of the French major, and corresponds to DLCL 121, a course requirement for the Medieval Studies Minor. Students interested in applying for course need to email Professors Galvez and Rodin (mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com and mailto:email@example.com) with a statement of intent and dietary restrictions/preferences.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors: Galvez, M. (PI) ; Rodin, J. (PI)
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Instructors: Galvez, M. (PI); Rodin, J. (PI)
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FRENCH 171: Baudelaire to Bardot: Art, Fashion, and Film in Modern France (ARTHIST 171)
This course primarily concerns how French artists, writers, and filmmakers have explored the intersecting themes of fashion and modernity in various media, including painting, sculpture, architecture, the decorative arts, poetry, novels, film, dance, and mass advertising. Using modern France as a case study, we will think critically about how the fashion, design, and luxury industries have influenced the production and reception of modern art - and vice versa. While the course is organized thematically, we will move chronologically from the late-18th century to the 1950s, conducting a survey of some of the major developments in French visual culture along the way. Finally, we will consider the ways that fashion-minded artists, designers, and entrepreneurs have helped to create, reflect, and critique modern French identities.
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FRENCH 175: CAPITALS: How Cities Shape Cultures, States, and People (COMPLIT 100, DLCL 100, GERMAN 175, HISTORY 206E, ILAC 175, ITALIAN 175, URBANST 153)
This course takes students on a trip to eight capital cities, at different moments in time: Renaissance Florence, Golden Age Madrid, Colonial Mexico City, Enlightenment and Romantic Paris, Existential and Revolutionary St. Petersburg, Roaring Berlin, Modernist Vienna, and bustling Buenos Aires. While exploring each place in a particular historical moment, we will also consider the relations between culture, power, and social life. How does the cultural life of a country intersect with the political activity of a capital? How do large cities shape our everyday experience, our aesthetic preferences, , and our sense of history? Why do some cities become cultural capitals? Primary materials for this course will consist of literary, visual, sociological, and historical documents (in translation); authors we will read include Boccaccio, Lope de Vega, Sor Juana, Montesquieu, Baudelaire, Dostoyevsky, Irmgard Keun, Freud, and Borges.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Daub, A. (PI) ; Edelstein, D. (PI) ; Surwillo, L. (PI)
2016-2017 Winter
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
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| Students enrolled: 2
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Mon, Wed 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM at 260-113 with Daub, A. (PI); Edelstein, D. (PI); Surwillo, L. (PI)
Instructors: Daub, A. (PI); Edelstein, D. (PI); Surwillo, L. (PI)
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FRENCH 181: Philosophy and Literature (CLASSICS 42, COMPLIT 181, ENGLISH 81, GERMAN 181, ITALIAN 181, PHIL 81, SLAVIC 181)
Required gateway course for Philosophical and Literary Thought; crosslisted in departments sponsoring the Philosophy and Literature track. Majors should register in their home department; non-majors may register in any sponsoring department. Introduction to major problems at the intersection of philosophy and literature, with particular focus on the question of value: what, if anything, does engagement with literary works do for our lives? Issues include aesthetic self-fashioning, the paradox of tragedy, the paradox of caring, the truth-value of fiction, metaphor, authorship, irony, make-believe, expression, edification, clarification, and training. Readings are drawn from literature and film, philosophical theories of art, and stylistically interesting works of philosophy. Authors may include Sophocles, Chaucer, Dickinson, Proust, Woolf, Borges, Beckett, Kundera, Charlie Kaufman; Barthes, Foucault, Nussbaum, Walton, Nehamas; Plato, Montaigne, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Sartre. Taught in English.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Anderson, R. (PI) ; Landy, J. (PI) ; De Toffoli, S. (TA) ; Kim, H. (TA)
2016-2017 Winter
5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 1
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Mon, Wed 2:30 PM - 4:20 PM at 260-113 with Anderson, R. (PI); Landy, J. (PI); De Toffoli, S. (TA); Kim, H. (TA)
Instructors: Anderson, R. (PI); Landy, J. (PI); De Toffoli, S. (TA); Kim, H. (TA)
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FRENCH 204: Revolutions in Prose: The 19th-Century French Novel
The French Revolution was not just a haunting memory in nineteenth-century France: it was the decisive structure around which French politics, but also French culture and the arts more generally, were centered. As some historians have argued, the French Revolution might not even have really "ended" until 1880. In this course, we will examine both literary representations of the French Revolution, as well as the literary analyses of a society constantly dealing with the fears (or hopes) of a new Revolution. Primary readings by Stendhal, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola. Taught in French.
Last offered: Spring 2016 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
FRENCH 205: Songs of Love and War: Gender, Crusade, Politics (FEMGEN 205)
Analysis of medieval love, satirical and Crusade lyrics of the trouabdours. Study of deictic address, corporeal subjectivity, the female voice, love debates, and the body as a figure of political conflict. Course readings include medieval treatises on lyric and modern translations of the troubadour tradition. Works by Ovid, Bernart de Ventadorn, Bertran de Born, La Comtessa de Dia, Thibaut de Champagne, Raimon Vidal, Dante, and Pound. Taught in English. Course includes a lab component for creation of multi-media translation projects: trobar. stanford.edu.
Last offered: Spring 2016 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
FRENCH 206: The "Renaissance" of the Twelfth Century
This course examines key intellectual, social and political developments in Europe during the twelfth century, and inquires after the afterlife of the "Renaissance" into the thirteenth century. Readings include works of literature (Chrétien de Troyes, lyric poetry of troubadours and Minnesinger, fables such as Roman de Renart), philosophy (Peter Abelard and scholasticism), and studies about the rise of the Gothic architectural style. The course takes up the Fourth Lateran Council and the history of the crusading movement in the first half of the thirteenth century. Taught in English.
Last offered: Spring 2015 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
FRENCH 208: When Europe Spoke French: The Power of Culture and the Culture of Power
For much of modern history (ca. 1600-1900), French culture occupied a similar global place that American culture does today: it was the preferred "other" culture in the realms of entertainment, research, and polite conversation. As with America today, the French state was also a military superpower in European and global affairs. This course will explore how French culture and government combined to create this new model of culture based on refinement and the projection of power. Expressed through language, literature, and architecture (most famously, Versailles), this elite form of culture would come to symbolize education and social status from Lisbon to St-Petersburg. Readings will include historical accounts of early-modern France and Europe, as well as works by Corneille, Molière, Racine, Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau. Taught in French.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Edelstein, D. (PI)
2016-2017 Autumn
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 9
09/26/2016 - 12/09/2016 Fri 1:30 PM - 4:20 PM at 20-22K with Edelstein, D. (PI)
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FRENCH 211: Emile Zola (COMPLIT 211A)
A comprehensive introduction to and historical analysis of Emile Zola's literary work as foundational for the late-nineteenth century literary movement that we call "Naturalism." The analysis of Zola's novels will be embedded in the historical situation of France in the transition from the Second Empire to the Third Republic, with special emphasis on the epistemological situation of that time. Knowledge of French desirable but participation through English translations will be possible.
Last offered: Winter 2015 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
FRENCH 214: Pirandello, Sartre, and Beckett (COMPLIT 281E, COMPLIT 381E, FRENCH 314, ITALIAN 214, ITALIAN 314)
In this course we will read the main novels and plays of Pirandello, Sartre, and Beckett, with special emphasis on the existentialist themes of their work. Readings include The Late Mattia Pascal, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV; Nausea, No Exit, "Existentialism is a Humanism"; Molloy, Endgame, Krapp's Last Tape, Waiting for Godot. Taught in English.
Last offered: Winter 2015 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
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100 Years Exploring Life, 1888-1988: the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole
In 1988 the Marine Biological Laboratory celebrated its centennial. In this well-researched, sometimes humorous, always human "biography" of this eclectic institution, historian of science Jane Maienschein catches a glimpse of what it is that has made the MBL so special to all who have spent any time there.Created: 1989
Katsuma Dan on his first meeting with Victor Heilbrunn
Audio recording from the powerpoint presentation "Jean and Katsuma Dan: A Personal Tribute to Their Legacy in Science and Teaching", by Dr. Shinya Inoue. "Listening to Life Through the Microscope" symposium, held at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, July 14, 2011.
Katsuma Dan reflects on his first meeting with Dr. Victor Heilbrunn at the University of Pennsylvania in December 1930. Recorded at the University of Washington, Friday Harbor group in 1978.Created: 1978


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The Scent of Fashion
A reflection of dress
The dress of the woman depicted in Manet's Bar at the Folies Bergère is an important depiction of dress in the early 1880s. The mirror reflecting the barmaid's pose, although illogical in terms of the spatial organisation of the painting, gives a useful view of female dress from the rear. Rear views of female dress were often only seen in fashion plates of the period, although artists such as Monet and Seurat incorporated poses from fashion plates onto female figures in their work.
The mirror reflects the outline of the construction of the chignon into a plaited and bulky figure-of-eight, typical of later variations on the fashionable hairstyle, and the front hair is worn in a fringe. The bodice jacket and skirt are separate and the shape of the bodice reflects a characteristic style of the early 1880s: a coat-like garment closely fitted to the body and cut in a straight line ending below the hips. The low square-cut neckline and the cuffs are trimmed with lace and Manet's sensual painterly treatment of the fabric indicates the texture of the fashionable rich black velvet. The reflected back view of the dress shows the distinctive shape of the bustle of the 1880s. The spatial dynamics within the painting itself reflect the structure of female fashion in this instance, as the vertical impetus of the painting and sober palette of the image also reflects the shape and colour of fashionable dress.
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Martyrs Gervasius, Nazarius, Protasius, and Celsus of Milan - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 4
Let us praise the fourfold company of martyrs: / Nazarius, Protase, Gervase and Celsus. / For they preached the Trinity to all / and by their contest dispelled the worship of idols. / Through their prayers, O Christ God, have mercy on us all.


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Hi all,
I always see that, when an infantry squad advances next to a tank, a white shied appears on the squad icon as if it was affected by some kind of cover.
Could anyone please tell me what kind of bonuses does a squad in that cover range get?
Thanks in advance
"Tank" cover type
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Infantry with the "white shiled" above them is harder to hit by 25% and harder to suppress by 50%
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Re: "Tank" cover type
Stacks with heavy cover.
Rifles are not for fighting. They are for building!
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Well...yeah but your soldiers need to be close to the vehicles and vehicles tend to crush heavy cover so I would say you won't get often to situations where you would get both cover types on single squad...the bonuses apply to individual entities (soldiers) so I would say you are more likely to have several soldiers in heavy cover and one standing outside the heavy cover but close enough to the vehicle to get bonus from it.
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Badenhop, Boston Red Sox Agree to $2.15 Million Deal
BOSTON (AP) — Right-hander Burke Badenhop and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a $2.15 million, one-year contract, a raise from $1.57 million.
Badenhop, 30, was 2-3 with a 3.47 ERA in 63 relief appearances last year for Milwaukee, which traded him to Boston on Nov. 22 for minor league pitcher Luis Ortega.
The deal, which is not guaranteed, was announced by the Red Sox on Wednesday night. He had filed for salary arbitration earlier in the week.


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The National Weather Service (NWS) is forecasting a strong but fast-moving coastal storm on Thursday that will bring accumulating snow across the entire state, with the eastern half of the state seeing the greatest amounts.
Strong to damaging winds are also expected across much of the state; however the Cape and Islands will experience the strongest winds. These winds combined with wet, heavy snow in areas, bring potential for scattered to widespread power outages, particularly in southeastern Mass.
In addition, there is the potential for moderate and pockets of major coastal flooding, primarily in areas south of Boston along the coast of Plymouth County and in Cape Cod Bay. Following the storm, bitterly cold weather, with wind chill values of -15 to -35, will return on Friday and persist into the weekend.
For a complete local forecast, check out our media partner, WCVB.
· Snow will overspread the region starting early Thursday morning (between 3 and 6 a.m.) with the heaviest snowfall occurring mid-morning through early afternoon, with the potential of snowfall rates of 2 – 3 inches per hour during this time period. Blizzard conditions are possibly in eastern Massachusetts. Snow will begin tapering off to snow showers Thursday afternoon/evening (between 3 and 7 p.m.). The consistency of the snow is likely to be wet and heavy in southeastern Massachusetts, and drier/lighter to the north and west.
· On the Cape and Islands, precipitation may start as snow but will transition to rain and then back to snow for a brief period in the late afternoon as temperatures drop. A flash freeze is possible in this area.
· All of the state will see accumulating snow, with the greatest amounts in eastern and central Massachusetts, which could receive 7-14 inches of snow with locally higher amounts possible. The Cape and Islands is expected to receive up to 4 inches of snow, while western Massachusetts could see 3-6 inches.
· Wind will increase Thursday morning and last into the evening. Interior Massachusetts could see 40-50 MPH gusts, with 45-65 MPH gusts near the coast and up to 70 MPH gusts on the Cape and Islands and possibly Cape Ann.
Coastal Flooding:
· Thursday's midday high tide (which will occur between 12:30 and 2 p.m. at most Massachusetts east coast locations) is an astronomical high tide. Combined with the 2 to 3 feet of storm surge forecast, this tide could result in moderate to major coastal flooding impacts, especially south of Boston along the Plymouth county Cape Cod bay coastline.
Friday/Saturday forecast:
· Bitterly cold weather will return Friday and Saturday. Daytime highs will hover around 0 degrees, while overnight lows could reach 10-20 degrees below zero.
· Wind chills could be as low as 15-35 degrees below zero, particularly on Friday night when wind gusts are expected to be 35-50 mph over much of Massachusetts.
· Snowfall combined with strong winds will result in poor visibility and difficult travel conditions throughout Massachusetts on Thursday. Both morning and evening commutes are forecast to be impacted. Blizzard conditions are possible in eastern Massachusetts and travel in this area could become difficult to impossible.
· The combination of winds and snow present the potential for tree damage and scattered to widespread power outages, especially in southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Ann where snow will be wet and heavy. Communities should be preparing for the potential need for shelter operations as temperature are going to become very cold.
· A flash freeze is possible Thursday afternoon on the Cape and Islands where there will be a mix of snow and rain, resulting in icy conditions on roads and sidewalks.
· Moderate with pockets of major coastal flooding are forecast. This may translate to fairly widespread flooding of vulnerable shore roads and basements. Poor drainage due to snow and ice clogging may cause flood waters to be slow to recede. Any standing water left by coastal flooding is likely to freeze.
· Waves on top of the high water level are likely to cause damage to vulnerable beach access stairs, docks, beach parking lots, and decks/porches near the surf zone. Sea ice could also exacerbate shoreline damage, especially along the Plymouth County coast from Hull to Plymouth and the coast of Cape Cod Bay from Sandwich to Dennis. Isolated damage to some homes and businesses along the immediate shoreline is possible, and a few neighborhoods may become isolated for a period around the time of high tide.
· Freezing spray will likely accumulate on immediate shoreline structures from Salisbury to Plymouth.
· Beach erosion will likely be moderate to severe with the eventual severity a function of just how high the waves build by the time of high tide. The ocean side of the outer Cape and the east side of Nantucket are likely to be most prone to erosion impacts.
Impacts Friday/Saturday:
· Potentially life-threatening wind chill temperatures (15 to 35 degrees below zero).
· Frostbite and hypothermia possible for those without proper protection from the cold. Frostbite can occur in as little as 10 to 30 minutes for unprotected skin.
· Possible increase in fires from unsafe/improper use of alternative heating sources or people trying to thaw frozen pipes with blowtorches or similar devices.
· Possible increase in incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning from unsafe/improper use of alternative heating sources.
· Possible vehicle failure.
· Possible water main breaks and pipe bursts.
MEMA Operations
· The State Emergency Operations Center is operating at Level 1 (Steady State Monitoring), and will activate to a Level 2 Thursday morning at 6 a.m.
· MEMA will conduct a conference call with local emergency management officials at 3 p.m. this afternoon (Wednesday).
· MEMA will continue to monitor the forecast and will disseminate Situational Awareness Statements as necessary.
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National Weather Service/Taunton at www.weather.gov/boston
National Weather Service/Albany, NY at www.weather.gov/albany
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There are so many paths into Nashville that it's a wonder more people don't get lost on their way into the music business. But newcomer Kristen Kelly found her way here from Texas, via Dierks Bentley. Sort of. She was one of the performers with her band Modern Day Drifters at his Miles & Music for Kids celebrity motorcycle ride in Forth Worth in 2010.
That's when she met songwriter Paul Overstreet ("She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy," "Forever and Ever, Amen" and more). Kelly and Overstreet went on to craft some songs, and now she has a hit song on the radio with "Ex-Old Man" and an EP that she calls a "cohesive work of art that works" due out Oct. 30.
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The art of online marketing lies in the careful approach we take to examining your site's target audience. Often shrouded in terms of SEO (Search engine optimization), this 'black art' is no more a black art than mowing a lawn.
We take a simple and holistic approach as an online marketing consultant to your business. We look at you, your customers and what it is you are trying to promote or sell online. Although this sounds simple, and in reality it is, the clever bit is recognising the difference between what you believe is the right way to approach your target audience and what the audience is actually looking for. Industry specific terminology is often used to help discuss the business briefly, however the average online search may well not employ that terminology. Hence the importance of an over view of the entire business that we bring to our version of keyword research.


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Meet a Faculty Member: Myra Waters
Category: Noteworthy
In the late '70s and early '80s, when Myra Waters played offense for the University of Maryland, College Park women's basketball team, Title IX had barely been in existence for a decade, and scholarships for female athletes were few and far between. Ohio native Waters, now director of UB's Counseling Center and an adjunct faculty member, took full advantage of the academic opportunities her athleticism afforded her and earned her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees as a Terp. Along the way, she helped lead the team to three Atlantic Coast Conference championships and to the first-ever NCAA Women's Final Four in her senior year. In February, she was named to the eighth annual class of ACC Women's Basketball Legends.
Q: You left Ohio to play basketball for the University of Maryland, College Park at a time when doing so was uncommon for female athletes. Looking back, what is your perspective on making this leap?
A: Now, I can see that it was a leap of faith and a bold move. Accepting an athletic scholarship to UMCP allowed me to begin pursuit of a career path in counseling psychology; to join a team of gifted, dedicated women's basketball players who had gone to the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national final game the year before; and to gain exposure to a very progressive and multicultural region of the country. The decision to attend college near the nation's capital was the best decision I have ever made.
Q: You still hold a spot on a couple of UMCP top 10 lists (for rebounds and career steals), and you're ranked No. 14 in scoring—even 30 years later. What's your take on this?
A: The women who played during my era were very highly skilled at the fundamentals of the game, very well coached and athletic. I believe that mastery of the basics is what distinguishes the great players from the average players. I still enjoy a wonderfully executed three-player fast break, a pick-and-roll play, the give-and-go or pinpoint passing from guards into the post area for an easy score. Basketball played at its best is a beautiful thing to watch.
Q: How did you react to being named an ACC Women's Basketball Legend?
A: Needless to say, I was shocked that I was selected for this honor—after all, my college career ended 30 years ago.
The ACC Legends experience allowed me to reflect on a significant part of my life that I rarely get a chance to share with others or to celebrate. It was certainly an extraordinary event for me, as a Legends inductee, to watch the Terps win [in March] another ACC Women's Basketball Championship!


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Vito Lopez scandal likely to spare Sheldon Silver
The long political career of Assemb. Vito Lopez (D-Brooklyn) has crashed and burned in phases since the middle of last year.
Some of the debris hit Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan). He's admitted for months that when two female staffers claimed sex harassment in Lopez's office, the chamber's ethics committee should have been notified to investigate. Instead, a confidential settlement was crafted with $103,000 paid by the Assembly and $32,000 paid by Lopez. Only later, when new complainants from Lopez's staff came forward, were official probes launched.
Despite calls from political detractors for Silver's ouster, his allies cite last week's graphic and extensively detailed findings from the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics as offering at least some legal and bureaucratic rationale for the initial misstep.
They note that, according to the report, Bill Collins and Carolyn Kearns in the Assembly majority counsel's office initially sought to establish whether the first harassed staffer intended to trigger a full investigation by sending Assembly administrator Yolande Page a copy of an email to Lopez slamming his bizarre behavior.
They heard back weeks later. Lawyer MariannWang contacted Silver's aides and said she and attorney Gloria Allred were representing the woman and a fired colleague. Wang, in her letter, offered to resolve the harassment matter "through a confidential mediation process" -- and also said the Assembly and Lopez were to refrain from "discussing these allegations further with our clients directly."
Silver aides, including counsel Jim Yates, took up this "confidential process" offer. They also took Wang's letter to mean that the complainant wasn't to be questioned in an Assembly ethics probe.
But the ethics commission also blows a huge hole in that presumption. When interviewed, Silver, Yates, Collins and Kearns "acknowledged that nothing in Wang's letter, or the law, precluded the Assembly from asking Wang if her clients would consent to be interviewed for an investigation," the report said. The officials conceded they never asked Wang that question.
The scandal blew open last July after new complaints arose from subsequent staffers. What evidently was habitual harassment by the longtime Brooklyn party boss apparently could no longer be treated with a secret agreement.


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Good news: It is easy to transfer a business to family members.
Bad news: Family members typically do not have the cash necessary to buy a business. Consequently, they not only pay a lower multiple of EBITDA but they also create a contractual agreement to purchase the company. This contractual agreement is typically called an "earnout."
Definition: An earnout is a contractual provision stating that the seller of a business is to obtain additional compensation in the future if the business achieves certain financial goals, which are usually stated as a percentage of gross sales or earnings. If an entrepreneur seeking to sell a business is asking for a price more than a buyer is willing to pay, an earnout provision can be utilized. In a simplified example, there could be a purchase price of $1,000,000 plus 5% of gross sales over the next three years.
There are no hard and fast rules with the payout's level dependent on a number of factors including the size of the business. This can be used to bridge the gap between differing expectations from the buyers and sellers. The earnout helps eliminate uncertainty for the buyer as it is tied to future financial performance. The seller also receives the benefits of future growth for a period of time (Investopedia.com).
Risk: The earn-out will mean the owner's retirement income will be affected by the decisions of the children running the business. This loss of control may be infuriating, and the owners will not stay on the sidelines for long. (Sell Your Business Your Way, p. 83).
Risk: Owners who transfer their companies to family members typically are emotionally involved in the business for many years, even decades, after the sale is completed.
The seller's retirement, or standard of living, is often subject to the way family members operate the company. It is normal for sellers to keep an emotional attachment to the operations of their former company that has been sold to family members. The seller may have continued and/or increased future stress instead of the desired rest and relaxation after a long career in the business.
Even if they may be able to restrain themselves from second-guessing their children under ordinary circumstances, they now have to protect their investment. This will give them reason to meddle in the operations and decisions of the children – after all, it is their money at stake! It can be much harder for the children to take charge in such circumstances.
Even if the owner is able to bite his tongue and watch as the kids make their inevitable mistakes, the earnout creates added pressure on the children. Children will feel the responsibility for supporting their parents and other family members. At the same time they are already assuming considerable pressure just in running the business, this is an added weight on their shoulders. It should be done with caution, and the family and emotional issues should be discussed explicitly (Sell Your Business Your Way, p. 83).
Risk: Business owners build key relationships. There may be risk if those relationships are not maintained after a family transfer. Owners who sell their business to family members might consider listing all the key relationships and other topics that have helped the business grow. Planning might be considered to help keep these key relationships in place after the sale to family members. Additionally, certain operational issues need to be considered.


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Each day that passes brings me closer to a full recovery of these herniated discs. I very seldom feel any pain from my spine these days. I only feel nerve pain going down my arm into my fingers a few times a day, usually while driving. I no longer have a numb hand. Thank goodness!
Two weeks ago schools were closed for MEA. Being the goal setter that I have become these past 10 years, I decided I wanted to run 4 consecutive days. I was off Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Why not try to run each day, right? Thursday and Friday went great. I ran 5 miles each day with Topaz at Lake Maria State Park and it was fabulous. Saturday came along and after about a mile I began to have quite a bit of tingling and numbness. I stopped running immediately and began walking, the nerve pain went away. Thankfully. I was fine the remainder of the day, no additional pain. Sunday came along and I was able to run another 5 miles, no problem. I'll take it! If I am able to run two days in a row without pain and need to take a day off before I run again, I am fine with that. I truly am thankful just to be out in the woods, able to run whenever I can, and will walk when I must.
I began going back to Gold's two weeks ago as well. It was a big moment for me. I recalled vividly the last time I was there. Troy warned me not to go and lift. He could see that I was in pain, but I told him "I'm only going to lift legs" ... famous last words. That was 3 months ago and I hadn't been back in the gym since. I was in so much pain.
I started by working full body-light weight, high reps. I had minimal nerve pain, it really wasn't too bad. It was there though and let me know when to stop. I found that I could use the elliptical machine without much pain but oh how boring is that? Staring at myself in the mirror while on that machine drove me insane. No thanks.
The next visit to the gym was a repeat, full body, light high reps. Minimal nerve pain. I was just happy to be back, but at the same time, I was upset at my level of fitness, it had really declined.
Last week was better. I broke my lifting into 2 body parts and began with bi/tri. My right arm is as strong as it was, but oh boy, my left arm has a case of muscle atrophy. I don't know how the muscle and nerve is all connected but it has certainly done a number on my strength. It can't ONLY be because I didn't use my left arm for a while, it's not like I had it in a sling for 12 weeks but boy, by the loss of strength, one would think it had been casted for 12 weeks.
Bi's went OK, I can DB curl 30-35 lbs with my right arm, then for left...10 pounds! 10 and it was shaking like a frickin' leaf. I was on one hand, devastated by my loss of strength, but on the other hand, happy that I was able to at least be in the gym, working toward a higher level of fitness. It felt good to be back.
Tri's were something else. Right arm, no problem, no loss of strength, I maintained it. So glad I continued to eat all of the protein and take the BCAAs :) Left arm, sad. Skull crushers: lay back on bench, right hand, 20 pounds, I grabbed a 10 for my left. Big mistake. As I began the motion toward my head, bending my elbow, the weight totally took over my strength, pulling my arm past my ear, my hand dropped the dumb bell and hit my face, crashing to the floor. Thankfully it only nicked the side of my face, along my hairline. I couldn't believe it. I sat up, looked at myself in the mirror (the whole wall is a mirror and I was facing it) and just watched the tears roll down my face. I felt SO sad, angry and weak. I felt like a failure for some time, then collected myself and walked to the rack, taking a 5 pounder. I was just glad it wasn't a pink dumbbell. I was able to complete the movement with the 5 pounder. As I was working my tricep I felt it cramp, like a charlie horse. I had to massage it out. I completed a few other tri exercises, mostly went through the motions with light weights and reminded myself about the last time I lifted and how much pain I was in. I reminded myself that I was no longer in pain, I was here at Gold's, working my muscles, I was taking the first steps to becoming strong. I checked my tears, my sadness and began to smile. It really was good to be back!
Since then I've noticed that my muscle memory is coming back. My shoulders and arms are beginning to look strong, to be strong. My pushups are better, I don't have to have all of my weight on the right side. My workout today was chest and although I struggle with the left arm strength I know it will come back. If this was easy I wouldn't want any part of it.
After a good hard chest workout I came home to pick up Topaz. We headed out to Lake Maria for a run. What a beautiful afternoon! Wind blowing around the autumn leaves, a high of 60 degrees, just fabulous! We ran 7 miles without a twinge of pain. Tomorrow I'll try it again.
So yeah, pumping iron and running trails..less than before, more than last month. I'm truly grateful to be able to lift and run again. Man, how I have missed both. I'm looking forward to beginning a Crossfit class next.


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Justice Clarence Thomas breaks seven-year silence in court
Justice Clarence Thomas said four words in oral arguments on Monday, breaking his silence on the bench for the first time in nearly seven years.
The justice's remark came during a jocular exchange over whether a defense attorney in a death-penalty case was qualified for the job because of her Ivy League degree.
Based on the transcript, it appears Thomas' four-word retort made his colleagues laugh, but no one's really sure what he said:
JUSTICE SCALIA: She was a graduate of Yale law school, wasn't she?
[Louisiana lawyer Carla] SIGLER: She's a very impressive attorney.
JUSTICE SCALIA: And another of his counsel, Mr. Singer—of the three that he had—he was a graduate of Harvard law school, wasn't he?
MS. SIGLER: Yes, Your Honor.
JUSTICE SCALIA: Son of a gun.
JUSTICE THOMAS: Well—he did not -
MS. SIGLER: I would refute that, Justice Thomas.
Some who were in the courtroom said Thomas made fun of his alma mater, Yale, in his comment, which wasn't fully recorded in the transcript by the court reporter. Billy Freeland, a law student who attended the oral argument, wrote that he thought Thomas said, "That's not effective counsel," joking that going to Yale would not qualify an attorney. But John Derosier, a Louisiana district attorney who works with Carla Sigler on the case, told Yahoo News that she is not sure what Thomas' exact words were.
"As soon as he started saying anything people started laughing and then it messed it up," Derosier said.
The full audio of the exchange will be released on Monday.
Thomas has had a strained relationship with Yale, refusing his permission to let the school hang his portrait in its halls and writing that it was a mistake for him to attend the school. He wrote in his memoir that the school's use of affirmative action in admissions meant that employers assumed he was not as qualified as his white peers when he graduated. He's said he keeps the diploma in his basement instead of hanging in his office.
The last time Thomas spoke was also in a death-penalty case, when he asked a defense attorney in 2006 about whether racial stereotypes affected the case. The New York Times wrote in 2011 that Thomas has said he is self-conscious about his Georgia accent and has also complained that it's tough to get a word in edgewise during oral arguments because of his eight chatty colleagues. Before 2006, he asked questions at oral arguments around 10 times a year, still a far lower rate than his colleagues, before lapsing into total silence after that last death-penalty case question.


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2020 NMBKA Annual Winter Conference Schedule
www.nmbeekeepers.org Friday, January 31, 2020 10:00Vendors arrive, set up, ready by 11:00 11:00Doors open for Registration 12:00-12:15Pamela Chavez, Moderator – Welcome and Introductions 12:15-1:15Hilary Kearny – Common Mistakes New Beekeepers Make 1:15-2:15Megan Mahoney –Identifying Pests and Diseases in Bees 2:15-2:45BREAK 2:45-3:45Steve Baca –Pollinator Protection Through Pesticide Labeling 3:45-4:30Lu Lu Sage—21st Century Beekeeping: Not Just About…Read More
The 2020 conference and annual meeting is slightly more than three months away. As you know, we have elections during our annual meeting and want to reach out to all of you that might be considering participating on the board. If you, or someone you know, would like to participate on the NMBKA board and…Read More
Join us for an afternoon with beekeeper, author, and teacher Michael Bush. Mr. Bush proposes a series of talks, tentatively titled: Natural Cell Size for Varroa Control Swarm Prevention and Splits Top Bar Hives, Pros and Cons Mr. Bush will be selling and signing his book, The Practical Beekeeper, Beekeeping Naturally, developed from his popular website http://www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm Michael will be joined by Steve Baca, Lu Lu Sage, Ken Sexton, Judith Phillips, Wes Brittenham, Sue George, Tina Sebestyen, and others. Michael Bush is one of the leading proponents of treatment free beekeeping. He has been keeping bees since the mid 70s,...Read More
Trying to help honey bees in the struggle with disease has been a priority of beekeepers and we now have a new tool. Check out this article. Scientists create edible honey bee vaccine to protect them from deadly diseasesRead More
Our members of the NM Beekeepers Association can consult with you for removing honeybees from structures, trees, etc. Find a beekeeper near you at: https://nmbeekeepers.org/bee-removal-nm/ Many…Read More
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The debate over the Affordable Care Act entered a new phase Wednesday as a federal court in Texas began hearing oral arguments in a lawsuit brought by 20 Republican-led states challenging the constitutionality of the 2010 law.
Eighteen Republican state attorneys general and two GOP governors bringing the suit argue that the law's individual mandate was rendered unconstitutional when Congress lowered the penalty for individuals who don't buy coverage to zero.
The Supreme Court, in upholding the law in 2012, deemed that penalty a tax and thus a valid and legal exercise of Congress' power of the purse. The lawsuit claims that the law is no longer constitutional because the zeroed-out penalty can no longer raise revenue. "It's nothing but a hollow shell because its core has been invalidated," said Misha Tseytlin, Wisconsin's solicitor general.
The plaintiffs also claim that this means the entire ACA — and, in particular, its protections for patients with pre-existing conditions looking to buy insurance — must be struck down because the mandate can't be severed from the rest of the law. The Trump Justice Department decided not to defend the ACA in the case.
What a Kavanaugh Confirmation Might Mean
The case, which legal experts see as a long shot, may still wind up before the Supreme Court — which is why Democrats have brought up Obamacare and its protections for patients with pre-existing conditions in this week's confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.
"Kavanaugh has signaled in private meetings with Senate Democrats that he is skeptical of some of the legal claims being asserted in the latest GOP-led effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act," the Los Angeles Times' Jennifer Haberkorn reported last week. Three Democrats in the meetings told the Times that Kavanaugh suggested that if one piece of the law is struck down, the rest of the law doesn't necessarily have to fall with it.
But that may not be enough to assuage Democratic fears that Kavanaugh could be the deciding Supreme Court vote against Obamacare. "Democrats are more concerned about Kavanaugh's past writings on expansive presidential powers, which they say could lead to his supporting efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle the health-care law without Congress," The Washington Post's Colby Itkowitz notes.
Where Public Opinion Stands
The political debate over Obamacare has shifted as public perception of the law has improved. The latest Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll, released Wednesday, finds that 50 percent now view the law favorably while 40 percent see it unfavorably, with the divide still falling along partisan lines. Just under 80 percent of Democrats support the law, while a similar percentage of Republicans oppose it.
That may be why Republicans still view repealing the law as a potent issue with their base. Vice President Mike Pence, in Wisconsin last week to campaign for Senate candidate Leah Vukmir, said the GOP push to repeal and replace the health care law was still alive: "We made an effort to fully repeal and replace Obamacare and we'll continue, with Leah Vukmir in the Senate, we'll continue to go back to that," he told reporters. With Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) replacing John McCain, a critical vote against the GOP's 2017 Obamacare repeal bill, there has been chatter about another potential repeal effort — though Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell effectively shot that down on Wednesday.
In the meantime, open enrollment on the ACA exchanges is set to begin on November 1, with the Trump administration once again providing reduced funding for outreach groups that help people enroll. A recent report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office criticized the administration's management of Obamacare signup periods.


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Amended Mitigation Order - Occupancy Limits RevisedOctober 6, 2020 • PIAA
This morning Governor Wolf announced some changes in the spectator limits that will have an impact upon member schools, leagues, conferences and Districts hosting athletic events.
Third Circuit Coirt of Appeals - Stay Order on GatheringsOctober 1, 2020 • PIAA
This afternoon we received information that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of Judge Stickman\'s decision striking the Governor\'s COVID-19 restrictions in several areas. The most important for our purposes is the limitation on gatherings.
August 21 PIAA Board of Directors MeetingAugust 21, 2020 • PIAA
The PIAA Board of Directors voted this afternoon to permit fall sports to begin on Monday, August 24th, based on local school decisions.
August 7 PIAA Board of Directors MeetingAugust 7, 2020 • PIAA
The PIAA Board of Directors met this afternoon to review Governor Wolf's statement strongly recommending no interscholastic and recreational sports until January 1st.
Today, Governor Wolf issued a statement of strongly recommending no interscholastic and recreational sports until January 1st. We are tremendously disappointed in this decision.
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