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North Clarendon airport seeking new managementBy Brent Curtis
STAFF WRITER | February 26,2013State transportation officials are searching for a new manager to lead what they say is the fastest growing state airport in Vermont the Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport.
Dave Carman, who managed the airport for three and a half years, resigned from the post last week leaving the second busiest airport in the state in terms of air traffic in the hands of an interim manager, according to Guy Rouelle, aviation program manager for the state Agency of Transportation. Rouelle declined to say why Carman resigned.
Advertisements for the job were posted last week, but Rouelle said the state isnt rushing to fill the position.
Im going to take my time, he said. I want to choose the right person.
While hes responsible for the maintenance and growth of all 10 state airports, Rouelle said improving the regional airport in Rutland is one of his biggest priorities.
Carman, who couldnt be reached for comment Monday, was praised by both Rouelle and the head of the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce, for his steering of the airport.
He was great, absolutely, said Tom Donahue, executive vice president and CEO of the chamber. He shepherded through a number of projects for us.
Among the bigger projects he oversaw was the installation of a new airfield lighting and instrument guided landing system, Donahue said.
Those improvements made landing and take-off times more reliable and thus improved the number of flights coming and going to the airport which receives both freight and passenger flights.
As he prepares to interview applicants for the managers position, Rouelle said he will be looking for a candidate who can help the airport take its next steps forward.
In the 8,000 to 8,500 embarkations per year category, the RSVR airport far surpasses commuter flights at other state airports but receives the same $210,000 in federal funding each year.
That number is presently augmented by more than $15 million in state funds to pay for safety upgrades and other projects at the North Clarendon airfield.
Looking ahead, Rouelle said the airport could grow faster and at less expense to the state if it could reach 10,000 embarkations a year.
At that level, federal funding jumps to $1 million annually.
I feel strongly that we could be close to 10,000 enplanements by the end of the calendar year, Rouelle said.
Whoever takes over the managers position at the airport will also be responsible for overseeing $12.7 million in runway safety improvements planned during the next two years to comply with a Federal Aviation Administration mandate.
The state administrator said plans have also been made to install a 48 kilowatt solar array at the field that would reduce the airports $24,000 electric bill by about 80 percent.
That innovation is part of a movement toward sustainability. Roulle said part of the new managers job will be to bring revenues and expenses at the airport in line by cutting costs and by increasing fuel sales, signing new leases and expanding the aircraft maintenance facility.
The state also plans to look at redesigning and relocating the terminal at the airport where commuters with Cape Air and chartered craft check in.
I want someone with a great deal of experience and a visionary who can further develop the airport as an economic driver, Roulle said.
Im very excited. Its conceivable that the airport in Rutland could really take off. Its one of my biggest missions, he said.
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When you hear the term "restoration," you usually think of a long-neglected Corvette's discovery and rebirth. You rarely hear it mentioned in reference to a C5, much less one that was customized before the restoration work began.
But that was before Adam Wahl's custom '04 Corvette coupe's encounter with salt water, one that led to a nine-month, off-the-frame restoration to get it to the condition you see here--back to the eye-grabber it had evolved into.
Customizing a Corvette wasn't in Wahl's plans, especially when he planned his first trip to Corvettes at Carlisle in 2006, just two weeks after purchasing this Magnetic Red coupe second-hand.
"I'd never been in Carlisle before in my life," he recalls. "As I rode up there, I told my son Tyler, who was about 10 at the time, 'Now, these cars you keep totally stock. You don't do anything to them--it ruins the value.'" That was before the Wahls saw the variety of Vettes in the showfield, the rows of parts suppliers' booths in the manufacturers' midway, and the all vendors' wares in the swap meet.
"We started modifying it, and working on it, together," Wahl continues. "We combined my ideas, my father's ideas, and some from co-workers, and it just kept growing." Those ideas grew even more after a road trip in the bone-stock C5 included stops at Mid America Motorworks' Corvette Funfest, the National Corvette Museum, RPM Transmissions, and Lingenfelter Performance Engineering.
Those ideas included some serious hardware--most notably, a big power adder. "It's a Callaway/Magnuson supercharger. I got it through Lingenfelter, who got it from Callaway," says Wahl. "It was put on at Tom Oates Chevrolet in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, who's an authorized Callaway dealer. Boost-wise, it's running about 6 psi." That's enough to bump the LS1's output from the stock 350 to an estimated 495 at the flywheel.
Along with the MagnaCharger, a "Stage Four" automatic gearbox from RPM Transmissions went in, one that's s more than up to the job of handling the power from the otherwise-stock LS1.
More engine hardware, and tuning know-how, came from East Coast Supercharging, while Caravaggio Corvettes supplied the custom hood that topped the '04's dressed-and-upgraded engine bay. Other custom touches included "Lambo" doors, front and rear fascias from Specter Werkes, and "chameleon flake" flames by Noel Mercado at Autobuff in South Hampton, New Jersey. The tricked-out cabin features Vette Essentials seats and steering wheel, AutoMeter gauges, and an Autobuff "waterfall" between the seats.
But real seawater was to be the '04's downfall. After Wahl trailered the car to the big Vette show in Ocean City, Maryland, the town (and a good bit of the East Coast) was hit by a nasty storm that left as much as 6 to 8 inches of standing water on the streets and roads leading to the show field.
"We were thinking it was fresh water, but when we got to Ocean City and opened the hood, there was salt everywhere," Wahl recalls. "We really didn't understand seawater has to be chemically neutralized and not just washed off. We'd clean it, but it would come back. We'd get it clean again, and then months later, it would come back."
Fortunately for Wahl, he'd insured his C5 with Hagerty's, and a call to the company led to his filing a claim--one that bankrolled the '04's frame-off restoration at County Corvette in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
"I've got to take my hat off to them," he says not only of his insurer, but the resto shop too. "They redid the car underneath, and we also added a chrome transmission pan, among other things."
Less than a year later, this custom C5 was dazzling show-goers again, especially at Funfest in 2009, where it scored Lance Miller's Celebrity Choice award. It's since been joined in Wahl's garage by two other Corvettes: an '08 convertible that, while driven regularly, has 688 horsepower, courtesy of East Coast Supercharging; and a '72 Stingray he found at Carlisle last year.


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"I want to say one thing about the budget that didn't get passed, the omnibus bill. You know, we talk a lot about – we just passed this huge tax cut in part because business said, you know, we have to plan, we have to know what kind of tax cuts we have. Well, these agencies, including the Defense Department, don't know how much money they've got and for what. And I was at – forgive the expression – a Christmas party at the Department of Justice and people actually were really worried about this," NPR's Totenberg said on PBS this weekend.
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Wait a second. Christmas is now an expression? Don't get me wrong, I'm kind of open to the idea because thinking of Christmas as the day the Son of God was born was...forgive the expression...heavier than growning gravitational pull threatening the objects that orbit Michael Moore.
While we're at it what other expressions should we forgive?
Barack Obama should be in a certain type of database for the way he – forgive the expression – molests those teleprompters.
Joe Biden could never be a teacher because he – forgive the expression – is sharper than a deflated soccer ball.
Before becoming a justice on the Supreme Court Elena Kagan should have – forgive the expression – gained some relevant experience on American Idol.
Michelle Obama is a very stylish and modern First – forgive the expression – Lady.
Harry Reid fought really hard for the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell because he is – forgive the expression – tired of only wearing the uniform for his Village People cover band.
The BP oil spill created a – forgive the expression – marine habitat for liberals.
Nancy Pelosi is not – forgive the expression – biodegradeable.
Rahm Emanuel wishes everyone – forgive the expression – a Merry F-ing C#*@$%mas.
NPR radio kind of – forgive the expression – makes my brain bleed out of my ears.
Luckily for Nina do you know who would forgive the expression of "Christmas Party?"......


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British usage of the word "college" remains the loosest, encompassing a range of institutions:
In some cases, colleges prepare students for the degree of a university of which the college is a part (e.g. colleges of the University of London, University of Cambridge, etc.) In other cases, colleges are independent institutions which prepare students to sit as external candidates at other universities or have authority to run courses that lead to the degrees of those universities (e.g. many higher education colleges and university colleges).
In American English, the word, in contrast to its many and varied British meanings, often refers to liberal arts colleges that provide education primarily at the undergraduate level. It can also refer to schools which offer a vocational, business, engineering, or technical curriculum. The term can either refer to both a self-contained institution that has no graduate studies or to the undergraduate school of a full university (i.e., that also has a graduate school). In popular American usage, the word "college" is the generic term for any post-secondary undergraduate education. Americans go to "college" after high school, regardless of whether the specific institution is formally a college or a university, and the word and its derivatives are the standard terms used to describe the institutions and experiences associated with American post-secondary undergraduate education.
Colleges vary in terms of size, degree, and length of stay. Two-year colleges offer the associate's degree and four-year colleges offer the bachelor's degree. These are usually primarily undergraduate institutions, although some might have limited programs at the graduate level.
Four-year institutions in the U.S. which emphasize the liberal arts are liberal arts colleges. These colleges traditionally emphasize interactive instruction (although research is still a component of these institutions). If not associated with a university, they are often categorized as residential and generally have smaller enrollment, class size, and student-teacher ratios than universities. These colleges often encourage a high level of teacher-student interaction at the center of which are classes taught by full-time faculty rather than graduate student TAs (who sometimes teach the classes at Research I and other universities). The colleges are either coeducational, women's colleges, or men's colleges. Some are historically black colleges. Some are also secular (or not affiliated with a particular religion) while others are involved in religious education. Many are private. Some are public liberal arts colleges. In addition, colleges such as Hampshire College, Pitzer College, Sarah Lawrence College, Bennington College, Marlboro College, Bard College at Simon's Rock and New College of Florida offer experimental curricula.
On the other hand, public and private universities are research-oriented institutions which service both an undergraduate and graduate student body. Graduate programs grant a variety of Master's degrees including M.B.A.s or M.F.A.s. The doctorate is the highest academic degree, and the Ph.D. is given in most fields. Medical schools award M.D.s while law schools award the J.S.D. as the highest academic achievement. These institutions usually have a large student body. Introductory seminars can have a class size in the hundreds in some of the larger schools. The interaction between students and full-time faculty can be limited as compared to some liberal arts colleges. At some of the larger universities some undergraduate classes are taught by graduate student TAs.
At the same time, some American universities, such as Boston College, Dartmouth College, the College of Charleston and The College of William & Mary, have retained the term "college" in their names for historical reasons or because of an undergraduate focus, although they offer higher degrees. This problem led, in part, to the threatened lawsuit between Yale College Wrexham (equivalent to an American "high school") and Yale University, the latter claiming trademark infringement. As of 2003, there were 2,474 four-year colleges and universities in the United States.
Usage of the terms varies among the states, each of which operates its own institutions and licenses private ones. In 1996 for example, Georgia changed all of its four-year colleges to universities, and all of its vocational technology schools to technical colleges. (Previously, only the four-year research institutions were called universities.) Other states have changed the names of individual colleges, many having started as a teachers' college or vocational school (such as an A&M — an agricultural and mechanical school) that ended up as a full-fledged state university.
It should be noted, too, that "university" and "college" do not exhaust all possible titles for an American institution of higher education. Other options include "institute" (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), "academy" (United States Military Academy), "union" (Cooper Union), "conservatory" (New England Conservatory), and "school" (Juilliard School), although these titles are only for their official names. In colloquial use, they are still referred to as "college" when referring to their undergraduate studies.
The term college is also, as in the United Kingdom, used for a constituent semi-autonomous part of a larger university but generally organized on academic rather than residential lines. For example, at many institutions, the undergraduate portion of the university can be briefly referred to as the college (such as The College of the University of Chicago, Harvard College at Harvard, or Columbia College at Columbia) while at others each of the faculties may be called a "college" (the "college of engineering", the "college of nursing", and so forth). There exist other variants for historical reasons; for example, Duke University, which was called Trinity College until the 1920s, still calls its main undergraduate subdivision Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. Some American universities, such as Princeton, Rice, and Yale do have residential colleges along the lines of Oxford or Cambridge, but the name was clearly adopted in homage to the British system. Unlike the Oxbridge colleges, these residential colleges are not autonomous legal entities nor are they typically much involved in education itself, being primarily concerned with room, board, and social life. At the University of California, San Diego and the University of California, Santa Cruz, however, each of the residential colleges do teach its own core writing courses and has its own distinctive set of graduation requirements.
Contrast this with Europe, where only universities could grant degrees. The leaders of Harvard College (which granted America's first degrees in 1642) might have thought of their college as the first of many residential colleges which would grow up into a New Cambridge university. However, over time, few new colleges were founded there, and Harvard grew and added higher faculties. Eventually, it changed its title to university, but the term "college" had stuck and "colleges" have arisen across the United States.
Eventually, several prominent colleges/universities were started to train Christian ministers. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Brown all started to train preachers in the subjects of Bible and theology. However, now these universities teach theology as a more academic than ministerial discipline.
With the rise of Christian education, renowned seminaries and Bible colleges have continued the original purpose of these universities. Criswell College and Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas; Southern Seminary in Louisville; Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois; and Wheaton College and Graduate School in Wheaton, Illinois are just a few of the institutions that have influenced higher education in Theology in Philosophy to this day.
In U.S. usage, the word "college" embodies not only a particular type of school, but has historically been used to refer to the general concept of higher education when it is not necessary to specify a school, as in "going to college" or "college savings accounts" offered by banks. "University" is sometimes used in such contexts by Americans who wish to avoid ambiguity, for example in the context of Internet message boards where the reader hail from a different English speaking country.
In the 1860s, when this act was established, the original colleges on the east coast, primarily those of the Ivy League and several religious based colleges, were the only form of higher education available, and were often confined only to the children of the elite. A movement arose to bring a form of more practical higher education to the masses, as "…many politicians and educators wanted to make it possible for all young Americans to receive some sort of advanced education." In 1862 Congress passed a measure that "…made it possible for the new western states to establish colleges for the citizens." This was extended to allow all states that had remained with the union during the American Civil War, and eventually all states, to establish such institutions.
Most of the colleges established under the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act have since gone on to become full universities. Some are amongst the elite of the world.
In Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, "college" refers to the final two years of high school (years eleven and twelve), and the institutions which provide this. In this context, "college" is a system independent of the other years of high school. Here, the expression is a shorter version of matriculation college.
In the state of Victoria, many public schools providing secondary education are known as secondary colleges, though most Victorians still refer to this level of education as "high school".
In Western Australia, private and independent High Schools are known as colleges, such as Mazenod College or Trinity College.
In the state of South Australia nearly all private schools, including those with year levels from Reception (5 year olds) through to year 12 and 13 are called Colleges.
In Canada, the term "college" usually refers to a community college or a technical, applied arts, or applied science school. These are post-secondary diploma-granting institutions, but they are not universities and have limited degree-granting authority in several provinces. In Quebec, it can refer in particular to CEGEP (Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel, "college of general and professional education"), a form of post-secondary education specific to the Quebec education system that is required in order to continue onto university (unless one applies as a 'mature' student, meaning 21 years of age or over, and out of the educational system for at least 2 years), or to learn a trade. In Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta there are also institutions which are designated university college as they only grant under-graduate degrees. This is to differentiate between universities which have both under-graduate and graduate programs and those that do not.
The Royal Military College of Canada, a full-fledged degree-granting university, does not follow the naming convention used by the rest of the country, nor does its sister school Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean or the now closed Royal Roads Military College.
The term "college" also applies to distinct entities within a university (usually referred to as "federated colleges" or "affiliated colleges"), akin to the residential colleges in the United Kingdom. These colleges act independently, but in affiliation or federation with the university that actually grants the degrees. For example, Trinity College was once an independent institution, but later became federated with the University of Toronto, and is now one of its residential colleges. In the case of Memorial University of Newfoundland, located in St. John's, the Corner Brook campus is called Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. Occasionally, "college" refers to a subject specific faculty within a university that, while distinct, are neither federated nor affiliated—College of Education, College of Medicine, College of Dentistry, among others.
There are also universities referred to as art colleges, empowered to grant academic degrees of BFA, Bdes, MFA, Mdes and sometimes collaborative PhD degrees. Some of them have "university" in their name (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University) and others do not (Ontario College of Art & Design and Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design).
Unlike in the United States, there is a strong distinction between "college" and "university" in Canada. In conversation, one specifically would say either "I'm going to university" (i.e., studying for a three- or four-year degree at a university) or "I'm going to college" (suggesting a technical or career college). Due to this distinction, the cultural phenomenon known as college radio in the United States is more properly called "campus radio" in Canada.
In a number of Canadian cities, many government-run secondary schools are called "collegiates" or "collegiate institutes" (C.I.), a complicated form of the word "college" which avoids the usual "post-secondary" connotation. This is because these secondary schools have traditionally focused on academic, rather than vocational, subjects and ability levels (for example, collegiates offered Latin while vocational schools offered technical courses). Some private secondary schools in Toronto (such as Upper Canada College) choose to use the word "college" in their names nevertheless. Some secondary schools elsewhere in the country, particularly ones within the separate school system, may also use the word "college" or "collegiate" in their names.
A small number of the oldest professional associations use "college" in the name in the British sense, such as the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
In the Republic of Ireland, the term "college" is usually limited to an institution of tertiary education, but the term is quite generic within this field. University students often say they attend "college" rather than "university", with the term college being more popular in wider society. This is possibly due to the fact that, until 1989, no university provided teaching or research directly. Instead, these were offered by a constituent college of the university, in the case of the National University of Ireland and University of Dublin — or at least in strict legal terms. There are many secondary education institutions that use the word college. Many secondary schools formerly known as technical colleges, were renamed as community colleges. These are secondary institutions in contrast to the American community college.
The state's only ancient university, the University of Dublin, is really English in its origins and, until recently, its outlook. Created during the reign of Elizabeth I, it is modelled on the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. However, only one constituent college was ever founded, hence the curious position of Trinity College, Dublin today. For a time, degrees in Dublin Institute of Technology were also conferred by the university. However, that institution now has its own degree awarding powers and is considering applying for full university status.
Among more modern foundations, the National University of Ireland, founded in 1908, consisted of constituent colleges and recognised colleges until 1997. The former are now referred to as constituent universities — institutions that are essentially universities in their own right. The National University can trace its existence back to 1850 and the creation of the Queen's University of Ireland and the creation of the Catholic University of Ireland in 1854. From 1880, the degree awarding roles of these two universities was taken over by the Royal University of Ireland, which remained until the creation of the National University in 1908 and the Queen's University of Belfast.
The state's two new universities Dublin City University and University of Limerick were initially National Institute for Higher Education institutions. These institutions offered university level academic degrees and research from the start of their existence and were awarded university status in 1989 in recognition of this. These two universities now follow the general trend of universities having associated colleges offering their degrees.
Third level technical education in the state has been carried out in the Regional Technical College network since 1970. These institutions are now referred to as Institutes of Technology, and some have delegated authority that entitles them to give degrees and diplomas in their own name. Initially these institutions offered only National Certificate and National Diploma courses. Now they also offer academic degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
A number of Private Colleges exist such as Griffith College, providing undergraduate and postgraduate courses validated by HETAC and in some cases by other Universities.
Other types of college include Colleges of Education, such as National College of Ireland. These are specialist institutions, often linked to a university, which provide both undergraduate and postgraduate academic degrees for people who want to train as teachers.
In Hong Kong, the term "college" has a range of meanings, as in the British case. In the first case it can refer to a secondary school. It is also used by tertiary institutions as either part of their names or to refer to a constituent part of the university, such as the colleges in the collegiate Chinese University of Hong Kong; or to a residence hall of a university, such as St. John's College, University of Hong Kong.
The term university is more common than college in India. Generally, colleges are located in different parts of a state and all of them are affiliated to a regional university. The colleges offer programmes under that university. Examinations are conducted by the university at the same time for all colleges under its affiliation. There are several hundred universities and each university has affiliated colleges.
The first liberal arts and sciences college in India is CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala estd. 1817 and the Presidency College, Kolkata (estd. 1817) (initially known as Hindu College). The first commerce and economics college in India was the Sydenham College, Mumbai which was established in the year 1913. The first Missionary institution to impart Western style education in India was the Scottish Church College, Calcutta (estd. 1830). The first modern university in India was the University of Calcutta (est. January 1857). The first research institution for the study of the social sciences and ushering the spirit of Oriental research was the Asiatic Society, (est. 1784). The first college for the study of Christian theology and ecumenical enquiry has been the Serampore College (est. 1818).
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are specialized institutions that award their own degrees. They are premier institutes in India. There are only seven of them at present.
In New Zealand the word "college" normally refers to a secondary school for ages 13 to 17. In contrast, most older schools of the same type are "high schools". Also, single-sex schools are more likely to be "Someplace Boys/Girls High School", but there are also very many coeducational "high schools". The difference between "high schools" and "colleges" is usually only one of terminology. However, many private or integrated schools are known as "such and such college" There does seem to be a geographical difference in terminology: "colleges" most frequently appear in the North Island, whereas "high schools" are more common in the South Island.
The constituent colleges of the former University of New Zealand (such as Canterbury University College) have become independent universities. Some halls of residence associated with New Zealand universities retain the name of "college", particularly at the University of Otago (which although brought under the umbrella of the University of New Zealand, already possessed university status and degree awarding powers). The institutions formerly known as "Teacher-training colleges" now style themselves "College of education".
Some universities, such as the University of Canterbury, have divided their University into constituent administrative "Colleges" - the College of Arts containing departments that teach Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Science containing Science departments, and so on. This is largely modelled on the Cambridge model, discussed above.
Like the United Kingdom some professional bodies in New Zealand style themselves as "colleges", for example, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, the R.A.C. of Physicians
The Philippines is heavily influenced by American educational system. Colleges are institutions of learning that grant degrees. Amongst the institutions of higher learning in the country include the University of the Philippines System, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, and others.
The term "university" is used to describe higher-education institutions offering locally-conferred degrees. Institutions offering diplomas are called "polytechnics", while other institutions are often referred to as "institutes" and so forth.
There are several professional higher-education institutions that offer higher-education without granting degrees that are referred to as "colleges". This may include Sri Lanka Law College.
Similar to New Zealand, in South Africa the word "college" normally refers to a secondary school. Nevertheless, most secondary schools are called "Someplace High (School)". The word "college" in South Africa generally implies that the school is private. In many cases the high school is exclusive and follows the English public school model. Thus no less than six of South Africa's Elite Seven high schools call themselves "college" and fit this description. A typical example of this category would be St John's College.
Another category of private high schools also use the "college" term. However, these schools do not follow the English public school model, but rather are more informal in character and specialize in improving children's marks through intensive focus on examination needs. These "colleges" are thus often nick-named "cram-colleges"
Although the term "college" is hardly used in any context at any university in South Africa, some non-university tertiary institutions call themselves colleges. These include teacher training colleges, business colleges and wildlife management colleges to name a few.
In Brazil the term colégio (college) is normally used to refer to primary and secondary education institutions and mainly limited to private schools. It is more common to call a primary or secondary public school escola (school). Colégio is never used to refer to tertiary education institutions, which are called either universidade (university) or faculdade (faculty or college in US terminology).
The origins of the college lie in the madrasah of the medieval Islamic world. The madrasah in an Islamic college of law and theology, usually affiliated with a mosque, and is funded by a charitable trust known as Waqf, the origins of the trust law. The internal organization of the first European colleges was also borrowed from the earlier madrasahs, like the system of fellows and scholars, with the Latin term for fellow, socius, being a direct translation of the Arabic term for fellow, sahib.
While philosophy and the rational sciences were often excluded from a madrasah's curriculum, this varied among different institutions, with some only choosing to teach the "religious sciences", and others teaching both the religious and the "rational sciences", usually logic, mathematics and philosophy. Some madrasahs further extended their curriculum to history, politics, ethics, music, metaphysics, medicine, astronomy and chemistry.
In Italy the term collegio, in school contest, refers to a particular school (with elite, alternative or stricter education; a collegio offered by the State to the children of some of its civil employee, or a collegio related to a military education, is more commonly called convitto), with possibility of passing here the night or most of the day.
Examples of Swedish universities are found at List of universities in Sweden
Vietnamese usually say "college" refers to "cao đẳng". "Cao đẳng" is a higher education institute in Vietnam. The courses last for 3 years, 1 year shorter than "đại học" (Vietnamese, means "university"). After graduation from a college, students are awarded a degree. This degree is evaluated below a degree from a university. If necessary, the student with a colleges' degree can transfer to a university and study in one year or more to complete their course at a suitable university. Vietnamese students would rather attend a university than a college. The university enjoys more prestige and popularity than colleges.
The second usage is not common. "College" refer to a school in a university, like some in the US. Vietnam National University, Hanoi has 5 colleges in its divisions.


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Behind the scenes at Performance Bicycle
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I prefer that 26 inch :)
Make mine 29.
29 all day every day…
Have one of each. Like the 26 better for very steep terrain and poorly established trails – "crazy" stuff. Like the 29er better for faster, smoother terrain and nice trails, also trail/road combinations. I commute on a 29er.
Here's a better question…why didn't anyone invite me along? Wish my office was on the trails…


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Review of Chargers 2012 Season
Three moments we'll remember
1 -- Chargers 34, Steelers 24 : For the first time in their history, the Chargers won at Pittsburgh in the regular season, and it was like Norv Turner had Mike Tomlin's playbook. The Bolts jumped ahead 27-3.
A few days earlier, U-T San Diego reported that Turner and A.J. Smith would be fired after the season. The Bolts responded by winning as nine-point underdogs. Alas, the ungrateful Turner didn't award a game ball to the report's author, Kevin Acee.
2 -- Gates passes Bambi : Breaking away from a Jets safety, Antonio Gates caught the pass, turned upfield and glided into the end zone for the touchdown that moved him past Hall of Famer Lance Alworth as the Chargers' all-time leader for touchdown receptions.
Afterward, Chargers players cheered as Norv Turner awarded Gates a game ball and declared the tight end a Hall of Famer. Career touchdown No. 82 also was a reminder that the 32-year-old Gates is still a playmaker.
3 -- Kansas City BBQ :The Chargers lunched off six turnovers against the inept Chiefs, who would finish 2-14 and fire their GM and coach after the season.
San Diego's defense, led by Donald Butler's interception return for a touchdown, made life easy for Philip Rivers, who leaned on old friend Gates against an overmatched yet Pro Bowl-bound safety, Eric Berry.
Walking off as 17-point winners, the Chargers stood at 3-1 and alone atop the AFC West, their season's summit.
Three moments we wish we could forget
1 -- Elvis is in the house : Against a tiring Broncos defense that'd played an insanely high 89 snaps the previous game, San Diego led 24-7 at home late in the third quarter. Everything changed when Broncos end Elvis Dumervil then beat Jeromey Clary (2.4 seconds) and knocked the ball from Philip Rivers (criticized later by ex-QB Steve Young).
The fallout: 1) the Broncos ran the fumble 65 yards for a TD and won the game, 2) the Broncos began an 11-0 run to a playoff bye, 3) the Bolts fell into a first-place tie (3-3) and ended up 7-9.
2 -- Hey Diddle Diddle : Stop the Ravens on 4th-and-29, and the Chargers win. When Joe Flacco threw a dump pass to Ray Rice, seven Chargers were upfield and the first down marker seemed as distant as Ocean Beach.
At midfield, Rice evaded three Chargers with a high-speed, 90-degree cut. He motored upfield and powered for the needed yardage, with assists from a slow-reacting Antoine Cason and a ref not flagging Anquan Boldin for a block that concussed Eric Weddle. "Hey Diddle Diddle, Ray Rice up the middle," the back said after Baltimore's OT victory.
3 -- Crowning failure : The Chargers ran a Drew Brees pass back for a TD, taking a 16-point lead at New Orleans, pending the kick, and victory seemed theirs – wait, penalty on the play. Chargers rookie Melvin Ingram, leading with the "crown of his helmet," was flagged for hitting Brees in the chin (four games earlier, Ingram also led with his helmet in drawing a flag). Brees found a groove. San Diego, outscored 17-0, suffered a nasty defeat, starting a 1-6 skid.


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Chicago Blackhawks (16-4-4) at Edmonton Oilers (7-15-2), 9:30 p.m.
(SportsNetwork.com) - While they remain last in the Western Conference, the Edmonton Oilers are in the midst of by far their best stretch of the season.
The Oilers, though, face a stiff task on Monday night as they look to extend their longest winning streak of the campaign in a matchup with the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks.
The 2013-14 season has been a rough one for Edmonton and first-year head coach Dallas Eakins, with the Oilers having posted three separate five-game losing streaks. However, they have followed up their most recent skid with a season- high three-game winning streak.
Edmonton has outscored its opponents 15-3 over that span and is coming off Thursday's 4-1 victory against the Florida Panthers.
Jordan Eberle and Devan Dubnyk continued their recent impressive stretches, with Eberle scoring twice and Dubnyk posting 24 saves. David Perron and Sam Gagner added goals and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins notched three assists.
"Our confidence is high. We want to keep that going but also understand that we have higher aspirations than the game that we played today," said Eakins. "We can play better than we played today."
Edmonton improved to 3-7-0 as the home club and wraps a three-game residency tonight.
Eberle has notched four goals and an assist over the three-game win streak, while Dubnyk has yielded the three goals on 74 shots and also notched his first shutout of the season. Dubnyk's hot streak has come on the heels of Edmonton's recent signing of goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov.
Dubnyk's current stretch should keep him in net tonight and he is 2-4-0 with a 3.83 goals against average in eight games (7 starts) lifetime versus the Blackhawks. That does include a 5-4 loss in Chicago on Nov. 10, with Dubnyk yielding all five goals on 36 shots.
Perron and Eberle both had a goal and an assist in the loss, Edmonton's third in its last four versus Chicago.
The Blackhawks have won seven of their last nine in Edmonton and got goals from Marcus Kruger and Duncan Keith less than two minutes apart in the third period to best the Oilers.
Kruger was part of an even quicker scoring binge on Saturday as he tallied nine seconds after Andrew Shaw in the third period of Saturday's 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
Corey Crawford aided Chicago's comeback by stopping all 14 shots he faced in the final frame, part of a 36-save effort that helped lift the Blackhawks to their seventh win in nine games. Chicago is 2-1 on a seven-game road trip.
"I didn't mind the way we played for 40 minutes down a goal. We got a lucky one to get us going, and a great response on the following shift. It was nice to see us find a way," said Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville.
Patrick Kane had an assist on Shaw's goal to extend the league's longest active point streak to 10 games. He has five goals and nine assists over the run.
Forward Bryan Bickell sat out a second game in a row with a lower-body injury, while Marian Hossa did not play after leaving the club to attend to a family matter. Hossa had just returned on Thursday from a three-game absence caused by a lower-body injury and it is unknown how long his personal matter will keep him out.
Crawford is 3-5-0 with a 3.20 GAA in 10 previous meetings with the Oilers, including six starts. He made 19 saves in the Nov. 10 victory.


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Man gets two years in jail for domestic assaultsBy Patrick McArdle
STAFF WRITER | March 09,2013BENNINGTON A McCall Street man received a sentence of two to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felony domestic assault charges based on two incidents that took place about a month apart last year.
Quondell Knight, 25, of Bennington, was arraigned in Bennington criminal court Nov. 5 on three felony counts, two charges of second-degree aggravated domestic assault and a charge of first-degree aggravated domestic assault with a weapon. On Dec. 13, Knight was arraigned in the same court on a felony count of second-degree aggravated domestic assault, a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to a child younger than 10, and two misdemeanor charges of violating the conditions of his release from custody.
As part of a plea agreement, Knight pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of first-degree aggravated domestic assault with a weapon, from the first set of charges, and second-degree aggravated domestic assault from the second set of charges.
Knight was sentenced to serve one to two years in prison on both charges by Judge Karen Carroll. The sentences are to be served consecutively.
The state dismissed the remaining charges as part of the plea agreement.
Police said Knight assaulted a woman Nov. 2 at a home on East Arlington Road in Arlington. The woman told police that during an extended incident, Knight brandished a knife at her and made stabbing motions.
Police said the woman told them she was frightened because he was holding a knife and she didnt know what he was going to do with it.
When Knight was taken into custody based on the womans report, he admitted that he was playing with the knife in front of her but denied threatening her or assaulting her with the knife.
The state requested that Knight be held without bail at his arraignment Nov. 5 but the request was denied and Judge Cortland Corsones released him after a hearing Nov. 16. Knight was not required to post bail but was ordered not to have contact with the woman or her children.
Knight had pleaded guilty to a domestic assault charge in 2010 in which the same woman was the victim.
Less than a month later, Knight was accused of having contact with the woman and her children, to whom he is related.
On Dec. 5, police received a report from a woman who said Knight had assaulted her grandchild. Knight was forbidden, by court order, from having contact with the child but Trooper Justin Walker, of the Vermont State Police, said the 4-year-old child said during an interview that Knight popped me in the mouth because I was bad in school on Dec. 4.
Corsones set a bail of $10,000 on Dec. 20 but the state appealed his decision, citing, in part, Corsones finding that the childs statement was ambiguous because of the childs age. The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that Corsones statement meant he was taking on the role of factfinder in assessing credibility.
The case was sent back and on Jan. 17, Corsones amended his decision and ordered Knight held without bail.
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The spinach filling creates an attractive contrast to the flesh when the chicken rolls are sliced.
Spinach Stuffing:1 tablespoon vegetable oil1 medium onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)1 pound fresh or 10 ounces frozen spinach, cooked and chopped1/2-cup matzo meal or bread crumbs1 egg, lightly beatenAbout 1 teaspoon salt1/8 teaspoon grated nutmegDash of ground black pepper
8 chicken cutlets (4 skinned, boned, and halved chicken breasts)Vegetable oil or melted margarine
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a shallow baking pan.Melt the oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until soft and translucent, 5 to 10 minutes.Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining ingredients.
Using a meat mallet or heavy skillet, lightly pound the cutlets to an even 1/4-inch thickness.Spread 2 to 3 tablespoons of the filling over each cutlet and roll up jelly roll-style. Place, seam-side down, in the prepared pan and brush with oil or margarine.Bake until tender, about 40 minutes. If desired, slice into pinwheel medallions. Serve warm or at room temperature.


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Super-Skinny Jessica Simpson Reunites With Ashlee (PHOTO)
Looks like all that Weight Watching and working out have paid off for Jessica Simpson! When she posed next to her sister, Ashlee, as the two promoted their new line of girls clothing on Saturday (November 10), she looked just as skinny as her younger sib. See for yourself in the photo below!
The duo appeared at at a Macy's store in Costa Mesa, Calif., to launch their joint venture, the Jessica Simpson Girls collection, and it was obvious that Jessica's baby weight is a thing of the past!
"I feel positive about how I've done so far and really good about the goals I have set," she told Us Weekly.
The pop star and TV personality is now a celebrity spokeswoman for Weight Watchers, and she's been pairing her improved diet with gym sessions with celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak.
As we reported earlier, Jessica has lost around 60 of the 70 pounds of weight that she had put on during the pregnancy.
"Most people can tell a difference every time they see me, which lets me know I'm making progress."
More power to you, girl — you look great!
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The garden or backyard is your own personal oasis of green. It's where we can escape after a long day at work, where we can get back in touch with nature, and where we can take a dip on a hot summer day. It should always serve as a positive place that makes you feel better and certain types of garden statuary can help in that respect. Beautiful resin garden statues of children are wonderful for lending the backyard a touch of cheer. Put an animal yard statue on display that depicts your favorite wildlife and the garden becomes more like a personalized sanctuary. However, if there was one statue that stood out in terms of being a symbol of good cheer, it would have to be a sculpture of a laughing Buddha.
The jolly, laughing Buddha has acted as a positive sign and inspiration of happiness in Asian temples and homes for hundreds of years. The laughing Buddha statue has continued to be popular for such a long period of time probably because it represents the priceless nature of unabridged laughter and pure joy (not to mention putting a smile on the face of anyone who looks at it). Add that beautiful combination of peace and laughter to your garden with the Laughing Maitreya Buddha Statue. Rub his belly for good luck, put him next to a bubbling outdoor water fountain, and allow yourself to be entertained by the presence of this jolly statue.
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SPACE pirate and alien life forms could soon be seen zooming around the Lake District – thanks to a new million dollar movie.
Old Hutton writer and director Rick McLeod has teamed up with a group of American producers to make a science fiction film based on cult television series Firefly.
The US consortium, one of whom has done sound-tracks for Mr McLeod in the past, originally began filming experimental sequences in county – but then the idea turned into a feature-length film.
Although $1 million is a relatively small budget for a movie, Mr McLeod said he was 'shocked' when the group gave the figure.
"Last year was a good one for us – we're still reeling from that – so when they approached me my first question was 'Are you serious?'
"It's not easy to make films in Cumbria, especially with the UK Film Council gone. When we had Leslie Grantham here, he was unpaid because he loved the script.
"It's great to know that our hard work is starting to pay off."
The film, called Lost Transmission, follows the lonely adventure of Blake, captain of a mining ship, with no-one but his computer to talk to after war breaks out on Earth. But he leaves the planet to find life on other worlds.
Filming is expected to start in early 2012, and will be split between Cumbria and America.
CGI effects are already being worked on by the studio, which created a castle in the middle of Windermere in a previous flick.
Before filming begins in earnest, Mr McLeod is shooting a short promotional video with action sequences in Old Hutton.
And he is looking for '23rd century pirates' to star as extras in a fight scene on Sunday, to be led by a trained fight choreographer.
"We're seeking punks, goths and heavy rockers. Long or short hair, tattoos and piercings are a bonus but not essential. The more outrageous the look the better," said Mr McLeod.
Filming will last for between two and three hours and anyone interested can email email@example.com.
Participants are requested to send a head shot with their email.
Discussions with actors to play the role of Blake are still going on.
Next generation of reactors will be built at Sellafield and Heysham, the Government announced today as it pushes ahead with plans for new nuclear power plants.
In the first major announcement on the future of nuclear in the UK since the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the Government outlined the locations deemed suitable for new power stations by 2025, all of which are adjacent to existing nuclear sites.
The eight sites are: Bradwell, Essex; Hartlepool; Heysham, Lancashire; Hinkley Point, Somerset; Oldbury, South Gloucestershire; Sellafield, Cumbria; Sizewell, Suffolk; and Wylfa, Anglesey.
The plans for new nuclear power plants are part of a series of national policy statements on energy which were published today, following a public consultation.
They will be debated and voted on in Parliament, but ministers are hopeful that, with a pro-nuclear majority in the Commons, they will win the argument.
Nuclear power is one of the issues that divided Conservatives and Liberal Democrats when they entered Government together, with the coalition deal allowing a Lib Dem spokesman to speak out against any new nuclear plants, while Lib Dem MPs could abstain on the issue.
Lib Dem Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has since given his backing to new reactors, insisting they would not be subsidised by the taxpayer - although MPs have warned that reform of the electricity market could favour nuclear power and amount to a hidden subsidy.
The Government is planning the new suite of reactors to maintain electricity supplies and cut greenhouse gas emissions as an old generation of power stations is shut down.
The future of nuclear as a power source for countries around the world was called into question earlier this year after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami rocked the reactors at Fukushima, leaving radioactivity leaking from the plant.
Mr Huhne signalled last month that plans for new reactors in the UK were on track after an initial report on Fukushima from nuclear chief inspector Mike Weightman ruled out the need to curtail the operation of nuclear power stations in the UK in light of the situation in Japan.
The energy policy statements aim to provide a framework for making planning decisions so projects do not face "unnecessary hold-ups".
They set out the need for billions of pounds of investment in new energy sources, including 33 gigawatts of renewable power - the equivalent of thousands of offshore wind turbines - to meet the UK's future needs.
Energy minister Charles Hendry said: "Around a quarter of the UK's generating capacity is due to close by the end of this decade. We need to replace this with secure, low carbon, affordable energy.
"This will require over £100 billion worth of investment in electricity generation alone.
"This means twice as much investment in energy infrastructure in this decade as was achieved in the last decade.
"Industry needs as much certainty as possible to make such big investments.
"These plans set out our energy need to help guide the planning process, so that if acceptable proposals come forward in appropriate places, they will not face unnecessary hold-ups."
He said the coalition Government was determined to make the UK attractive to investors to ensure that the country had secure, affordable, low-carbon energy.
TWO thirds of the red kites released in Grizedale Forest last summer have survived the harsh winter.
Wildlife rangers believe that around 20 of the 30 birds released in the Forestry Commission's three-year re-introduction programme made it through the winter and are still in Cumbria, or nearby counties. Between five and eight of the birds are believed to be living around Grizedale and the Rusland Valley, with another three to five inhabiting the Kirkby Moor area near Ulverston.
Four more Grizedale red kites have been spotted by RSPB experts at feeding stations in Dumfries and Galloway – the furthest known movement is by the bird tagged as number four, which has flown 120km north west into Scotland.
"The birds are doing pretty much exactly as we expected, which is very encouraging," said Iain Yoxall, Forestry Commission wildlife ranger. "We are more confident that these birds will make it to adults now they have made it through a harsh winter. Sadly we lost a few birds but that is natural and why we have to release the numbers that we did."
The 30 red kites released from a secret location in Grizedale Forest in August last year had coloured tags on each wing. An orange tag on their left wing shows they are from Grizedale, and blue tags on their right wings indicate that they were released in 2010. Some birds were also fitted with radio transmitters to help with monitoring.
Mr Yoxall, who has been following the birds' movements around Cumbria, said the help he has received from the public had been invaluable. "I have been radio tracking the birds but sightings from members of the public have been a fantastic help and greatly appreciated. This has been very important because it helps us find the birds and backs up our radio tracking results to give us a more robust picture of their movements. We hope that the public will continue letting us know when and where they make sightings of the red kites."
This year's birds will hatch in May and are likely to be released into Grizedale Forest in August. The red kites being introduced into Grizedale are the product of a reintroduction programme that took place in Northamptonshire in the 1980s.
Red kites were almost eradicated from the UK following changes in farming practices and human persecution between the 16th and 19th centuries. But they managed to cling on in Wales, and their numbers recovered slowly thanks to the actions of local conservationists
THE Bassenthwaite Ospreys have moved home to live in marshes nearer to Bassenthwaite Lake.
After successfully nesting at their treetop summer home at Dodd Wood since 2008, the pair decided it was time for a change and have been gradually building a new nest since returning from their wintering grounds in West Africa.
Fortunately, the new site is visible from the Dodd Wood viewpoint so visitors can still enjoy watching the birds of prey this season.
Ospreys are normally faithful to successful nest sites, so the move was a bit of a shock for staff at the Lake District Osprey Project (LDOP). This is only the second time staff have seen the ospreys change nest in the project's 11-year history.
Nathan Fox of the RSPB's Lake District Osprey Project, said: 'It has been an interesting and exciting start to the season, with the birds deciding to move. We have been working closely with local landowners and farmers to make sure that the birds are fully protected and therefore have a good chance of raising their chicks."


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When I moved to Portland from Brooklyn, I hardly gave a thought to finding an affordable health insurance plan. Assuming that Oregon, like New York, would have a range of options for its legions of freelancers, I'd grown nonchalant about my situation: self-employed and the unlucky possessor of a chronic but manageable autoimmune disease.
For a writer living in New York state, there were plenty of reasonably priced plans, among them the Freelancers Union and Healthy NY, a state-run program for people who don't quite qualify for Medicaid. Sure, I'd heard of backward places like Mississippi that still allowed insurance companies to reject you for having a "pre-existing medical condition"—but naively assumed that green, progressive Oregon took care of its medically challenged citizens, especially those contributing to its much ballyhooed creative economy.
The truth is, if you're self-employed, or run a small business, and have a pre-existing condition (and who doesn't?), the Beaver State's pickings are pretty slim. That's largely because in Oregon, "medical underwriting"—during which insurance companies cherry-pick healthier customers—is alive and well, so insurers still deny coverage to those who come to them with ailments. (Comparatively, New York is nirvana: it's one of five states with so-called "guaranteed-issue" laws that mandate insurance companies cover anybody regardless of health status.)
Of course, Portland in particular has an enormous number of freelancers of all sorts: 73,816 self-employed workers, according to the Census Bureau's 2009 American Community Survey. That's 7 percent of the employed population. Just walk into Crema Coffee and Bakery, or the Fresh Pot, or one of the city's other Wi-Fi-enabled coffee shops, any day of the week and you'll see us hammering away at our laptops or hosting ad hoc business meetings.
To those of you employed with full benefits, the multitude of insurance-deprived freelancers deserve more than your sympathy.
To those of you employed with full benefits, the multitude of insurance-deprived freelancers deserve more than your sympathy, according to Laura Etherton, a health care advocate at the consumer advocacy organization Oregon State Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG). Very small businesses, of which freelancers are an important part, "are the sector of our economy that has traditionally gotten us out of the recession—it's nimble and entrepreneurial," she notes. "The last thing we want to be doing as a state is hampering that sector with high insurance costs. It's exactly the wrong way to stimulate the economy."
Yet this is precisely what Oregon is doing by not providing affordable health insurance options. And unless the current state Legislature takes dramatic action, the situation could persist until last year's federal package of health reforms finally takes effect (if it does) … in 2014.
The only plan I can find here that would cover my pre-existing condition costs more than half my rent—a reality that may force me, even though I'm employed, to take a job I don't want just so I don't become one of the 51 million Americans who are uninsured.
"You hate to have people making decisions about how they will make a living be dependent on getting health coverage," Etherton says. "It holds back people from becoming self-employed—and doing their life's work."
FOR FREELANCERS LIKE ME, there are three options: I can pay a lot; I can pay a little less for a lot less care; or I can move.
My search for some kind of health insurance comparable to the $320 I paid each month for my Healthy NY Aetna plan (with no deductible and $20 co-pays) became a wild goose chase. And whether looking to the Oregon Health Plan or so-called "catastrophic coverage" insurance, either my modestly middle-class income or my pre-existing condition led me mostly to dead ends.
Nancy Metcalf, senior program editor at Consumer Reports Health, hears stories like mine all the time, only worse, via her "Ask Nancy" column at consumerreports.org/health.
"What really needs to happen for you is that it needs to be 2014," Metcalf tells me.
That's when the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, jeeringly called "ObamaCare" by conservative pundits, will eventually force insurance companies to cover everyone, pre-existing conditions or not. They have had to cover sick children since September; adults, however, have to wait until January 1, 2014—three long years away.
In the interim, Oregon, like many other states, received federal money for high-risk patients, also known as the Federal Medical Insurance Pool. But before you get too excited, as I did, know this: in order to qualify, you need to have gone without health insurance for six months or more and been denied coverage based on medical underwriting criteria, or have one of 75 medical conditions (see page 63). That means, if you've moved here from somewhere else where you had prior insurance, tough luck. Or if, like a lot of people, you lost your job and now your COBRA—the government-mandated continuation of your group health
coverage from a former job, which usually lasts 18 months—is running out, tough luck, too.
Bottom line: until the new federal health legislation fully kicks in, Metcalf says, "which state you live in matters way more than you think it does."
For freelancers, she says, Massachusetts is mecca, or at least the future.
MASSACHUSETTS basically has "what everyone in the country is going to have in 2014. And they've had it for four years," Metcalf says. Indeed, Obama's Affordable Care Act was shaped in large part by the experience of Massachusetts, where everyone who can afford health insurance is required to buy it and no one can be denied coverage for having a pre-existing condition. When you enroll for insurance online via Massachusetts's health insurance exchange, called the Health Connector, you aren't even asked any questions about your health history. The Connector, regulated by the state, is a competitive marketplace where private insurance companies present their plans side by side in a standardized format so consumers and employers can compare apples to apples.
If you buy insurance via the Connector and your income is below $32,508 (300 percent of the federal poverty level for an individual) you get subsidies on premium costs, and if your income is half that you can get a plan with no monthly premium. Granted, Massachusetts's health reform has its flaws—namely a shortage of primary-care doctors and specialists, but also spiraling costs. However, at the end of the day, the state has the highest rate of coverage in the nation: 97.3 percent of the population is insured. Because the costs are spread out over a larger group of people, premiums (if you're one of the people paying them) are actually reasonable: they start at $39 a month.


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Don't miss the Sónar 2012! Come to Barcelona, go to the Sónar music festival and sleep with Be Hostels..
As you probably know, Sónar is one of the best music events in Barcelona and around Europe. Each year for one weekend in June, the amazing sunny city of Barcelona is flooded by thousands of music fans from all over Europe and literally becomes a party city!
This year's edition takes place from the 14th until the 16th of June 2012, allowing for a couple of dips in the ocean before (or after) the festival. In contrast to many summer festivals, Sonar does not take place in a field with people camping since it's a city festival…. So you've got to look for accommodation , and what better a place to stay than with us at Be Hostels in Barcelona?
There are two different locations where the festival takes place in Barcelona:
- - the day concert location (Sonar by Day) in the city centre
- - t the night party location (Sonar by Night) which you can get to by public transportation.
This year's line-up brings you such names as New Order, Lana del Rey, Fatboy Slim, Richie Hawtin, Die Antwoord, Friendly Fires, Laurent Garnier, among many many other National and International artists! Just check-out the constantly growing line-up at the official Sonar webpage for more details!
There are various tickets available for Sonar Festival with different price ranges. At present, the offer includes the following:
- - Festival Pass (155.00€): access to all events (the 3 day plus 2 night events)
- - Sonar 2 Night Ticket (100.00€): Friday&Saturday night event
- - Sonar by Day Ticket (39.00€): Day ticket for one day event
- - Sonar by Night Ticket (60.00€): Night ticket for one night event.
Where to buy your tickets
Tickets for the festival are available over the phone or online. There are also dedicated phone/online outlets for the UK, France, Belgium and Switzerland. If you have made an online or over the phone booking there is also a list of collection centres on Sonar's official site where tickets can be collected for entry into the festival itself.
For more information regarding how to purchase tickets for Sonar, check the Official Sonar website.
How to get to 'Sonar by Day'
The day festival part of the Sonar Festival takes place in the center of the Raval area, a neighborhood in the city center of Barcelona. It takes place in the grounds of two adjacent buildings – the CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona) and the MACBA (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona), right in the city center and the Raval neighbourhood where Be mar Hostel, Be Sound Hostel and Be Ramblas Hotel are located.
You will be able to reach the venue on foot, since its 50m walking distance from the above facilities. The area sits towards the top and to the left of the Ramblas (if you are facing the hills, towards Plaza Catalunya at the top of the Ramblas). From the Ramblas, side streets will lead you towards the site of the festival.
The main entrance to the festival is on Calle Montalegre. If you need to pick up tickets from the gate, the ticket office is just around the corner, in Plaza dels Angels
MACBA and CCCB Calle Montalegre, 5
Metro: Catalunya (Green Line, L3) or (Red Line, L1) or Universitat (Red Line, L1) or (Purple Line, L2)
How to get to 'Sonar by Night'
Getting to Sonar by Night is slightly more complicated than getting to Sonar by Day. You will see hoards of party people around the city struggling to catch taxis and buses to the out of town location. Sonar by Night takes place in the Forum, on the outskirts of the city.
When planning your night it is worth planning how you are going to get home before the night has begun. Sonar by Night goes on until 8:00 am, at which point there are thousands of people in a location outside of Barcelona with only a few options for getting home. See below for further advice.
Getting to Sonar by Night by Bus:
Sonar provides what they call 'uninterrupted buses' to and from the venue on Friday and Saturday night, from 20:30 – 08:00. These run from Plaça de las Drassanes (at the bottom of the Ramblas) and drop you at the entrance to the festival. They are complimentary. However, be warned, there will be large queues of people waiting for these buses – in previous years there have been waits of up to two hours for the buses.
Plaça de las Drassanes
Metro: Drassanes (Green Line, L3)
Getting to Sonar by Night – Taxi:
It is approximately a 15 – 20 minute journey to Sonar by Night in a taxi. The important thing to remember with taxis is that they will be in very high demand on the Sonar weekend. If you have decided to catch a taxi, head to the less touristy parts of town, where you will find less competition for the taxis.
Also, regarding taxis, remember that there will be surcharges for travelling on the weekend, and another if you are travelling after midnight. When returning to the centre of town from Sonar by Night, taxi drivers are only too aware of how in-demand they are-. They will often simply turn off the mater and ask for as much as they think that they can get out of you, You may find yourselves paying up to 60 euros – a much more viable option if you're traveling in a group.
Getting to Sonar by Night by Train:
The train station that is closest to Sonar by Night is called 'Europa/Fira'. It can be reached via all trains leaving the FGC station that is located in the Espanya metro station. The journey lasts only 5 minutes and trains run at least four times every hour. The Sonar by Night venue is just around the corner from the train station and signposts will lead you directly to it.
Trains from Plaza Espanya run until approximately 00:00 and trains from Europa/Fira start running again at 05:10.
You can use a normal Metro ticket or T10 to make this train journey. For more information on this, see our Barcelona Metro Guide.
For more information on train times, check the Official FGC Website.
The last thing you must know about this festival is that with us at Be Hostels you will enjoy the festival completely, because all the money you save sleeping with us, you can spend during the festival! Sleep cheap in Hostels Barcelona, and enjoy yourselves at Sónar!