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People will no longer be able to send money directly to friends and relatives who are in North Carolina prisons. Instead, a private company will do it for them and, in most cases, charge them a fee.
The state Department of Public Safety has contracted with a Miami-based firm that last week began offering new, faster ways to send prisoners money: over the Internet, on the telephone or at some pharmacies.
The company, JPay, also will handle money orders, which is the way prisoners have been receiving money. All of the options will cost a fee – ranging from $3.45 for online transfers of up to $20, to $11.65 for telephone transfers of up to $300 – except for money orders, which will not cost anything beyond the small fee the post office already charges.
The state is promoting the change as a convenience, but some prisoner advocates and those who regularly visit prisons are concerned that the change will be confusing to some families who might not be able to afford the extra cost and don't have access to computers.
"The families of people in prison, they have enough burdens already," said Mary Hughes Brookhart, a Carrboro woman who regularly visits a death-row prisoner as a volunteer commitment.
Elizabeth Forbes of N.C. CURE, a national prisoner advocacy group, says she has already heard complaints from families who are confused about the change. Forbes shared an email from one irate person, who predicted it will cost the state more in the long run because fewer relatives will send money and prisoners will rely on state resources.
Prisoners typically spend money in the canteen, which sells snacks, watches, radios, stamps, hygiene items and other products. There is a limit to how much they can spend each week. Prisoners can earn money by working jobs, which range in pay from 40 cents to $1 a day, or an hourly wage for some advanced work programs.
Forbes said the state's 38,000 prisoners are also bound to be confused about the change because new policies are not communicated well, leaving inmates who have little contact with friends or family unaware.
The change has been posted on the Department of Public Safety's website, and notification sent to each prison.
Correction spokesman Keith Acree said North Carolina is following the lead of other states that have been doing this for years.
JPay's website says the company operates in more than 30 states, providing not only money transfers, but email, music and games on computers prisoners can buy, processing court-ordered payments for probation, and providing video visits between prisoners and those on the outside. Acree said there are no plans for those services.
North Carolina's arrangement with JPay costs the state nothing. The state will receive 25 cents for every electronic and telephone transaction, and that money goes into a fund that pays for televisions, books and magazines, recreational equipment and stamps for prisoners' use.
Acree said the state wanted to retain the no-cost money order option to help families. Adding the other services makes for significant efficiencies, he said. Turning the money orders over to the company will allow prison mail room workers to spend more time processing mail and screening it as a security measure.
Last fiscal year, more than 600,000 individual money orders and cashier's checks, totaling about $30 million, came through the state's prison mail rooms, Acree said. The new options will put money in inmates' accounts much quicker, Acree said, in some cases as soon as the next business day, he said.
When prisoners are released after serving their sentence, they will receive a debit card with the balance of their personal trust fund, saving prison staff from having to drive to the bank to get a check for them.
The prisons will continue to accept money orders through a transition period that lasts until Nov. 1. After that, money orders will have to be sent to JPay along with a deposit slip.
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Sunday, January 8, 9:00 pm
The final bowl game before the BCS National Championship, and I almost forgot to post some analysis. Arkansas State caught fire after a loss to Virginia Tech early in the season, running the table with 9 straight victories to go undefeated in conference play. The rush of fine form can mostly likely be attributed to junior quarterback Ryan Aplin, whose dual threat abilities are something to keep an eye on. Throwing for 3200 yards and rushing for another 600, Aplin is clearly the man to stop on this team, and if the Huskies can contain him, they should be able to stifle their offense. Defensively, the Red Wolves have posted an amazing defensive display in conference, giving up just 19 points a game on average. While these numbers were posted in the Sun Belt conference, it still is impressive for any team to hold opponents to those low numbers. Whether or not the Huskies' offense can break this wall certainly remains to be seen.
The Huskies had some early season difficulties against Wisconsin and lowly Kansas before turning on the jets with an 8 game winning streak to end the season as MAC champions. NIU's streak of recent excellence can only be placed on one man: their own dual threat quarterback, Chandler Harnish. Harnish leads the team in both passing and rushing yards. Unlike Arkansas State, the Huskies have talented running backs to aide Harnish when he's in trouble. Starting back Jasmin Hopkins is the main target during the Huskies' option formations. All the Huskies' offensive stats, though, are nearly overshadowed by their shoddy, Jekyll-and-Hyde defensive play. They could play extremely well for 3 quarters, but somehow break down in the fourth and nearly lost games because of it; they also gave up a season high 60 points in a win over Toledo.
While the Huskies have a defense that is suspect to the passing attack along with the fact that I have Arkansas State winning this game by two touchdowns its a no brainer that I am riding with the Wolves. Obviously the weaker competition does put a bit of trepidation into making this a huge play the power numbers have been just outstanding once again this bowl season so lets ride with them and update this as we get closer.
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My name is Mike Mearls, RPG Group Manager for the D&D Research and Development team. Welcome to Legends & Lore, a weekly column where I write about various topics on D&D's history, how the game has changed over the years, and where it's going in the future. One of the things I want to do is pose questions and topics to D&D players across the world, because my real purpose is to understand what you think about D&D. Once I know that, then I can better understand the game.
Last week, I posted some musings on what skills might look like in D&D. I was all set to spend this week talking about the feedback I've seen on the forums and elsewhere. (Here's a secret: It's really easy to write a column when people ask questions and make observations on your work.)
But then Monte Cook (one of the major architects behind 3rd Edition and the d20 system) stepped in and made my life difficult. We were talking about skills and how they work, when Monte had what might be a really interesting idea concerning target numbers and Difficulty Classes. I happen to love it, but I'm biased. Other people I talked with in R&D were less enthusiastic about it, but I think that might involve my inability to explain it properly. So by writing it down and sharing it here, I'm hoping to get a better sense of its worth.
To start with, there are a few issues that have been a part of D&D's approach to skills that I'd like to examine.
First, D&D skill checks have usually relied on a d20 or its five times as precise cousin, the d100. A moderately skilled character still faces the hazard of a poor roll leading to failure even at relatively low DCs or high chances of success. The routine skill check is almost always still dangerous in D&D.
Second, that pressure gives a big incentive for players to absolutely maximize their skills. With an increasing gap between the specialist and the guy who has made zero investment in a skill, a DM might have trouble creating appropriate challenges. The problem isn't the skilled guy, but rather characters who have little chance of hitting a DC of even 10 or 15 due to armor check penalties or low ability bonuses.
Third, the specialist gains access to DCs that were meant to be rarely hit or the product of a phenomenal die roll. In 3rd Edition, a DC 20 Diplomacy check causes an enemy to stop attacking you. Even higher checks make them work with you. The idea is a good one, but there's a strange line to walk for the designer in creating rarely hit DCs and the means by which a character can choose to increase a skill bonus. It's an arms race that is supposed to end with those high DCs as challenging targets, but all too often creative players can find ways to stack bonuses to make such results trivial.
In the abstract, the idea behind setting a DC is twofold. It provides a way to realistically model difficulty. Some things are harder than others, and we expect characters to have a greater chance of failure when attempting them. This approach also allows a DM to see and make judgment calls using a relative scale. If pushing a laden cart is a DC 15 Strength check, then you can see that pushing a massive, stone statue might be DC 25 or 30.
The skill system then gives a way for a character to specialize in certain areas, turning what would be a daunting task for the typical character, that DC 25 check, and making it the equivalent of a routine action, DC 10 or 15. The skilled character does things that others characters simply can't hope to do or would need some luck or natural talent (a high ability modifier) to achieve.
These issues all led Monte to make a proposal that I quite like. Bear with my description, as it takes a dramatically different approach to skill DCs.
In this world, a check DC is no longer a number. Instead, like several rules-light gaming engines, it uses a series of descriptors that illustrate the minimum skill level needed to attempt a task. This list gives the ranks from lowest to highest:
When the DM asks for a check, you compare the DC to your rating in the appropriate skill. Impossible is essentially a placeholder, a rank that applies to things that the DM or the rules deems are doomed to failure. For example, a character who leaps off a cliff and flaps his arms in order to fly is attempting (and failing) an impossible task.
If your skill rank is greater than the task's DC rank, you automatically succeed. You are so skilled that you can complete the task without any special effort. Think of a tightrope walker at the circus. She has enough training and experience that performing her act is an automatic success. It would take some outside factor, like a sudden injury, an equipment failure, and so on, to cause her to fall. On the other hand, as a sedentary game designer I wouldn't even imagine trying to walk across a tightrope myself. I'd fall after a step or two.
If your skill rank equals the task's DC rank, you need to make a check with a result of 15 or higher to succeed. You're skilled enough that you might succeed. In this world, skill checks use an ability score modifier (chosen to fit the task by the DM; a skill uses whatever ability is the best match for the actual action) with perhaps a small modifier based on feats or a skill bonus.
Going back to our tightrope walker, perhaps an earthquake strikes in the middle of her act. As the rope sways, the DC shifts one category up. Now she has to make a check, perhaps with her 18 Dexterity for a +4 bonus as well as a +4 bonus from a feat or other benefit she took. That gives her a 65% chance to remain on the rope.
If your skill rank is below the task's DC rank, you automatically fail. Your training and experience are not enough to complete the task. Going back to the tightrope walker, let's say that as the earth shakes she also steps on a length of the rope that her rival covered in grease. The difficulty shifts one more category up, causing her to fall to the net below.
The DC is based on two things. First, the DM determines a task's basic difficulty. Then, for each element in play that makes it more difficult, he shifts the difficulty down one rank to the harder level. For elements that make it easier, he shifts it up. Typically, the DM informs you of the DC before you make the attempt. A hidden threat might mean that you don't know the true DC until you make your attempt, but that's the exception rather than the rule.
Going back to our hapless tightrope walker, perhaps she is carrying a pole to help balance her. The pole gives her an advantage that shifts the DC down one category. When the earthquake hits, she still keeps her balance. When she steps on the greased section of rope, she must then make a check.
I will readily admit that is a radically different approach to skills in D&D, one that looks nothing like anything in any version of the game. I imagine that 90% of you are ready to lambaste it. However, it's worth pointing out some of its benefits:
This approach does not touch on opposed checks. I'll talk about those next week, or perhaps talk about why you all either hated this idea or saw some merit in it.
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In order to provide an acceptable user interface, rtp must quickly respond to GUI events (i.e., mouse events, etc.) at all times. This requirement would be easily met if all program activity were directed by GUI events. For example, an interactive drawing program is entirely GUI-driven, so its only responsibility is to execute relatively short sequences of code in response to GUI events.
rtp's architecture is complicated by two additional requirements, beyond the snappy GUI response. It must quickly update when new data points are available on STDIN. This feature is what differentiates rtp from other plot programs, such as gnuplot. It must also deal with the fact that rendering the data set often takes more time than is acceptable for a GUI delay. This precludes the use of a simple function call to render the whole plot.
Fundamentally, there are three "tasks" that rtp must multiplex, listed below from highest to lowest priority:
Respond quickly to GUI events. These events come as data from the X server on a socket.
Read data points from STDIN as they become available.
Render the data set into the plot window when it needs updating.
The Qt library provides mechanisms that support this processing structure. The first mechanism is the QSocketNotifier class. When we create a QSocketNotifier object, we pass it the file descriptor of interest. (The fancy name QSocketNotifier made me think the class was all tied in with network sockets, when in reality it can work with most any file descriptor.) In the case of rtp, this is the STDIN file descriptor (STDIN_FILENO). We then connect QSocketNotifier's activated signal to a particular slot that deals with new data.
The second mechanism is the QTimer class. This class is provided to support regularly scheduled background processing, as well as single-shot timed events. The Qt documentation tells us that by setting up a QTimer object with zero timeout, we can cause a function to be called whenever there are no events to process. Again, the mechanisms for connecting the QTimer to the actual function that does the background processing are signals and slots.
Figure 2 illustrates rtp's control flow and data processing scheme. The Qt event loop is the control center for the application. It calls functions in the rtp application as events occur. Each arrow in the diagram represents a call into a function or library. Note that only the functions which have names starting with PlotWindow or RtpRender are actual rtp code. The rtp functions consist of X event callbacks (such as PlotWindow::paintEvent and friends), the QSocketNotifier callback (PlotWindow::slotStdinAwake) and the QTimer callback (RtpRender::slotWorkAwhile).
XLib is the lowest-level C library provided as an interface to an X server across a byte-stream socket. It manages both the input side of the socket, which provides events, and the output side which sends requests to the server. (Note that Figure 2 shows only the input side.) XLib also provides certain performance optimizations, such as filtering redundant events and delaying requests in an internal queue in order to group requests in large data blocks for efficient socket usage. For details, see Adrian Nye's classic XLib book in Resources.
The POSIX select system call is commonly used by applications that service more than one file descriptor (socket) in a single thread. select is used by applications, such as rtp, that must respond to data on any of several file descriptors and do not wish to waste CPU time by polling. Additionally, Qt uses select's timeout function to start QTimer-scheduled functions.
The select call in the Qt library is the only place (to my knowledge) where the rtp process can block. For newcomers to systems programming, I should explain what "blocking" means. A multitasking operating system such as Linux must be able to multiplex the execution of a large number of programs on a smaller number of processors. By trapping interrupts, Linux switches the processor(s) among running programs in a certain order. This makes it impossible for a single program to lock the system by entering an infinite loop.
Because Linux has pre-emptive multitasking, rtp could enter an infinite loop waiting for either an X event or a data point on STDIN without locking the system. However, the CPU time spent in this loop would unnecessarily degrade the performance of the rest of the executing programs. Therefore, most calls into the kernel for I/O will "block" the executing program until the I/O is complete. The program will be removed from the set of programs run by the CPU. Once the I/O is done, the program is marked as "runnable" and will re-enter the kernel's run queue to be switched in and out of the CPU along with other runnable programs.
select is Qt's way of saying, "I have nothing to do until an X event is available, an I/O event occurs on one of the QSocketNotifier objects, or a timeout from one of the QTimer objects expires." From Qt's point of view, select waits for one of these events to occur, then returns.
The Qt documentation clearly describes how to use QSocketNotifier and QTimer to hook into select. However, it does not fully describe the priority levels of X events vs. other socket events vs. timer events. In writing a program such as rtp, it is important to understand these details, because the program's performance greatly depends on them.
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The game and the level editor are released under an open source license (LGPL). The included graphics are published under a permissive Creative Commons license (cc-by-sa). We're also planning to create a server that will allow players to upload the levels they created and download levels from other players. We hope that a community of coders, level creators and players will emerge around the game.
Simultaneously, we are working on closed source episodes that we plan to sell via the game. These will include new graphics, more robots, a story line, other characters and other surprises.
(Just to clarify: The licensing is very permissive. It allows others to create their own episodes and distribute them freely or sell them. This would be very welcome. If anybody is interested in this, please talk to us. We propose to join forces and sell all our episodes through one system.)
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- Haskell, our chosen programming language.
- Qt for user input and rendering.
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Some features that aren't yet implemented. For some, we have a clear vision on how to implement them; for others, we don't. If you want to get involved, don't hesitate to contact us: email@example.com.
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A Neshannock Township man is being sought on assault-related charges.
New Castle police said Michael Francis Abbinanti, 24, of 3019 Mercer Road, is accused of pulling out a pistol and pointing it at a man at a home on Croton Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.
According to police, the man said Abbinanti, who had been arguing with his daughter upstairs, told him, "You want some of this?"
He told police he felt Abbinanti had been threatening to shoot him.
The man's daughter told police Abbinanti had smacked her numerous times in the head and punched her in the face. The gun, which belonged to the daughter, was registered as stolen after the woman told police Abbinanti had taken it without her permission.
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The latest version of an annual survey from Medscape/Web M.D., shows dissatisfaction among U.S. doctors rising. In an online questionnaire of 24,000 doctors representing 25 specialties,only 54%, said they would choose medicine again as a career, down from 69% in 2011. Just 41% would choose the same specialty again. Only a quarter of doctors said they would choose the same practice setting, compared with 50% a year ago.
Why such frustration and discontent among physicians? The Medscape survey cites declining incomes, excessive paperwork, and vast uncertainty about changes dictated by the Affordable Care Act.
David Korn, a former dean of medicine at Stanford and former vice president at the Association of American Medical Colleges says that, although it's a "third rail" for the Republican party and for many doctors, the lack of a single payer system is responsible for much of the frustration. Especially for patients over 65, doctors must fill out multiple layers of insurance forms. A single elderly patient can have Medicare, and then secondary and tertiary insurance coverage, all of which require separate forms. "It's a crushing burden that no doctor enjoys," says Korn. According to the survey, 33% of doctors spend more than 10 hours a week on paperwork and administration.
The Medscape survey also describes how hospitals are buying up private practices both in primary care and other specialties. This makes some doctors feel less independent and discouraged, says Howard Forman, a professor at the Yale School of Management who researches diagnostic radiology, health policy and healthcare leadership. "The transformation of the field from independence and professionalism to being commoditized and feeling like you're just another worker is disheartening to some," he says.
Korn and Forman both say that many doctors are concerned about the way doctors will be paid under the Affordable Care Act. The Act mandates that Affordable Care Organizations (ACOs) will receive payment from insurers, and the ACOs will divvy up the money among doctors and hospitals. Many doctors worry that their reimbursements will come down under this system, since they will no longer directly receive fees for services. Forman points out that the ACOs are also aimed at reducing inefficient services but, he points out, "somebody is providing those services and making money off them." Many medical professionals are nervous that their jobs will be deemed unnecessary.
The Medscape survey documents declining compensation in a number of specialties, like general surgery, which is down 12%, orthopedic surgery, down 10% and radiology, also down 10%. But Forman points out that doctors are still among the best-compensated professionals in the U.S. Forman posits that some doctors may feel remorse about their job choice because they see their peers in finance or other lines of business, making far more than they do. "Physicians have not gotten poorer over the last decade," he says. "But more and more you're witnessing physicians who feel they could have done better if they had done something different."
Forman also takes issue with the survey's point about paperwork. "I don't think that's changed since 1982, when managed care became a dominant force and Medicare became more complicated," he says. Nevertheless, he concedes that doctors do a great deal of paperwork.
What does this all mean for the future of medicine and the number of young people aspiring to become doctors? Korn is concerned about the short term. "Having great numbers of physicians unhappy, disgruntled, who can't wait to retire, is not a great promotion for the profession," he notes. That said, he notes that the number of medical schools in the U.S. continues to rise, as do the number of med school applicants.
One problem that has already manifested itself: Fewer medical students are going into lower-paying specialties like family and internal medicine.
Forman believes that surveys like Medscape's are a healthy contribution to the field. "People should have a better notion of what they're getting into," he says, "rather than a fantastic view of what they watched on a TV show." If young people pursue the profession with full knowledge of what's in store, "they'll be more satisfied than if they believe they're going to be thanked every 15 minutes," says Forman. "It's a tough job."
My colleague Jacquelyn Smith wrote a piece about the best and worst paying jobs for doctors, here, culled from a consulting firm, Merritt Hawkins. It's interesting to note that the Merritt Hawkins data shows doctors earning more than does the Medscape survey.
Here is Medscape's data on the highest and lowest earning medical specialties:
Highest paid:
Radiology: $315,000
Orthopedics: $315,000
Cardiology: $314,000
Anesthesiology: $309,000
Urology: $309,000
Lowest paid:
Pediatrics: $156,000
Family medicine: $158,000
Internal medicine: $165,000
Diabetes/endocrinology: $168,000
Psychiatry: $170,000
Worked with doctors for years. The problem is simple. So many doctors entered the field after Medicare started in the late 1960s. Prior to that you could not get rich, well off maybe, but not rich. That is if you only took people that could pay for your services, a la Ron Paul. Since that time most doctors entered the field to make a financially rewarding living.
Notice more women in the field. A lot of that is the pay is not what a lot of men think they should make relative to the amount of work that is required. Slowly but surely those doctors, whose primary motivation is for the money, are leaving the field. Is that such a bad thing? Depends on your point of view doesn't it?
You stated, "Since that time most doctors entered the field to make a financially rewarding living." Unless you have evidence that I am unaware of, this is an entirely baseless statement. My experience of 25 years as a physician is that the majority of us entered the practice with a strong desire to improve people's lives. I am fully supportive of entering any career to make money, but that is a smaller part of the decision for us. Otherwise I would have chosen a different career.
I totally agree John. It is more hurtful than I can articulate that the general public actually thinks so little of us. There are, and always have been, much easier ways to make money with far less risk and responsibility. As a patient, and a doctor, I actually wish financial success for my doctors. They should not have to worry about patients AND money.
If that is the average salary for pediatrics then I need to leave the Bay area! I definitely did not go into medicine for the money, but living in California, general peds salaries range from $90k to $140k and pediatric subspecialties like infectious disease are LESS starting often $100-110. This may sound like a lot, but compound that with cost of living and upwards of $200k in loans and you can't save anything! In addition you have just spent at least a good 10 yrs of your working life making no money. I had a goal of working with uninsured and medi-cal (medi-caid) patients, but I am finding I cannot support my family if I follow my idealistic goals.
It is a sad realization, but many people end up going to practices that only have insured patients. Practices that take medi-cal/caid cannot stay afloat. This is not a fair situation with only certain practices and hospitals taking the brunt of the load. I would ask the GOP who should pay for the many americans who do not have health insurance but still show up in the ER and are served the same as insured patients? Someone picks up that bill…usually the hospital or taxpayers. The system needs to change somehow.
I have no plans to leave medicine, but I also have no plans to buy a house or save for my children… at least not for many, many years.
"Someone picks up that bill…usually the hospital or taxpayer"
It's actually taxpayers and paying patients, insured or otherwise, whose bills are increased to cover unpaid costs at hospitals. Hospitals, like other businesses, pass on expenses to those who consume their goods and taxpayers if they can.
It's funny, I wonder to what extent the financial constraints of even the most academically "successful" of our society the doctors, engineers lawyers have been in the recent economic downturn has constrained prospects.
Speaking as an engineer in the 100k+ category myself, I know it was many years for me to pay off even modest student loans (around 60k), and that was almost 10 years ago, today that same degree from the same institutions would cost me upwards of 90k.
But I think of all the things I've personally deferred, family, traveling vacations – a distant childhood memory, a house, I fortunately never found myself out of work for months or years as many do today, but I didn't even purchase my first new car until I was nearly 40.
So while I was never short of cash or in hardship per se, I did a fair job of financial management, but alot of stuff simply didn't happen, yet I'm ranked an objective success.
While I'm not a doctor, and would likely choose the same career again, I DEFINITELY understand how one can discern a lack of worth prevailing in the modern, increasingly skills-commoditized marketplace.
Yes this is the cold, hard reality that most people do not understand–costs of living, costs of practicing, unpaid student debt and time sacrificed all should and will factor into career choice for future doctors. If the reward is not worth the investment then many students will simply go into other fields. Primary care will have to picked up by nurse practitioners and foreign-trained doctors (not necessarily a bad thing, just another potential, if not probable, reality).
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I consider David Korn's statement false:
"David Korn, a former dean of medicine at Stanford and former vice president at the Association of American Medical Colleges says that, although it's a "third rail" for the Republican party and for many doctors, the lack of a single payer system is responsible for much of the frustration."
Government is the greatest frustration. ObamaCare is the worst thing to ever happen to healthcare. We could have had Patient Power healthcare instead. The most efficient distribution of healthcare is the free market with free speech, price transparency, and product transparency. The government prevents this. What about poor people? There would be no poor people today if not for horrible government economic policies. The greatest frustration is bad government policies hands down.
The fact that it is now referred to as a "job" sums it up for me.
I've had a fairly long career in the physician recruiting industry, first as a contingency recruiter, and now as co-founder of a physician job board. I've worked with lots of physician who were unsatisfied with their careers, and the vast majority had some kind of unrealistic expectation going into their training that caused the dissatisfaction. Work hours, paperwork, compensation, job availability/quality in highly desirable areas, challenges of particular specialties, and more were all common reasons although I'm sure most of the individual physicians felt as if their circumstances were unique. Throughout premed, med school, residency, and fellowship their is a striking lack of practical career counseling given to most physician that I've worked with.
Any unsatisfied physicians who read this article should have a look at http://www.hospitalrecruiting.com/. It's a physician job board with no recruiting firm ads.


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She has a varied background in nursing with a focus on medical-surgical and oncology nursing. She has certification in oncology and still practices part-time in outpatient chemotherapy. At Darton College, Bonnie has served in the past as interim assistant chair of nursing and has taught the first year of nursing courses. She taught classes at Sumter Regional Hospital until it was destroyed by the tornado at which time classes were relocated to the Cordele campus.
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Parking my car this morning, the Tuesday after Labor Day weekend, I noticed that the neighborhood skate park was empty—the kids are back in school. Besides feeling a little sad that my own back-to-school days are long gone, I thought about all the ways our learning never stops.
Along those lines, an abundance of tutorials have been posted on the Linux Journal web site in the past month or two. In the spirit of continuing education, I'll take this opportunity to point out a few of these how-to articles, starting with Jos Hartman's "Building an Office Network from Spare Parts" (www.linuxjournal.com/article/6207). This tutorial outlines how Jos and some other members of his church built their office a new Linux-based network (from donated computer parts) that spans 40 kilometers. When they were finished, they'd built an office LAN, an internet server and a backup/testing server.
If you're new to office suites or have recently switched from StarOffice to OpenOffice, Ralph Krause offers two articles that might save you some time on those daily office tasks. "OpenOffice.org Address Books and Form Letters" (www.linuxjournal.com/article/6269) and "Creating Web Pages with OpenOffice.org" (www.linuxjournal.com/article/6289) explain how to perform tasks such as importing an existing address book, connecting to LDAP servers, filtering an address book with SQL queries to create form letters and creating web pages from the various applications with OpenOffice.
On the other end of the user spectrum, Mike Petullo offered the informative "Amateur Video Production Using Free Software and Linux" (www.linuxjournal.com/article/5817). Using only free software, Mike explains how to digitize analog video sources for storage and manipulation, presents tools for editing video on a computer and offers some options for publishing digital videos, including the video CD (VCD) format that is compatible with various DVD players.
Finally, for everyone wanting a laptop with Linux pre-installed from the manufacturer, well, keep waiting. Until then, however, Brian C. Lane's article, "Installing Red Hat 7.3 on a Compaq Presario 711CL Laptop" (www.linuxjournal.com/article/6291) will help you put a Linux distro on your laptop—a process he didn't find to be as dreadful as he'd heard. Brian discusses power management and how to make sure your laptop is using the correct kind, employing the acpid dæmon to track power events, drivers for LinModem support and playing encrypted DVDs.
Learning something new is a daily occurrence; be sure to look for new tutorials on the LJ site. Articles are available on the site dating back to 1994, and new ones are posted every day.
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My workplace is vegan and animal-friendly, so every day I get to work in the company of not just people committed to animal rights but also a number of furry, four-legged creatures who make coming in to work a lot of fun.
I'm smiling thinking of having a furry friend to snuggle with as I sit in my chilly cubicle! My workplace is animal-friendly per se, although I've seen pets being brought to offices on occasion, and we are across the street from a vet school so there are cute pets all over the place.
I wish we had an official policy that we could bring pets in on Fridays, say. A nice balance between enjoying pets and being distracted by them.
Hi Nupur, they definitely make the office a better place to be in. I just realized the other day that I never spend a moment too far from a cat or dog– and I feel perfectly blessed for that.
Those rolls looks super delisioso! We don't bring our pets to work but keep dog biscuits at the counter for when our customers bring their dogs in (which we encourage). We do have pictures of our cats on the wall.
Karen, that sounds like a fun work environment. And my office is plastered with photos of my kids.
What a perfect work environment you have! It must be lovely to be in the presence of like minded people as well as the furry friends. I've been fortunate to be working from home for the past 3 years so I have my cat Monty visiting me in the study throughout the day and Ollie to take for a walk on my lunch break. I don't think Ollie would handle being in an office environment – he has so much energy during the day!
Your rolls look amazing – maple syrup and sourdough sounds like an interesting combination.
Thanks, Mel. Monty and Ollie sound so adorable. Must be nice for them too to have you around working from home.
Never baked with sourdough,rolls looks stunning..
Hi Priya, Sourdough changed my outlook on breadmaking.
I am in the middle of making these (and don't need an urgent response!!) but realized that going through the directions no mention is made of when to add the oil.
I had just finished the kneading process and so I added the oil to the kneaded dough a bit at a time until it was all absorbed.. think it would have been easier I guess if the oil was added with the sour dough etc. But in case you would like to update the directions… :).
Will be eating these for supper tonight with a nice bowl of veggie soup – we are the middle of winter here in South Africa!
Maesti, I add the oil with the flax and other ingredients– I've added it to the recipe now. You should have been fine adding the oil when you did. A bowl of veggie soup sounds wonderful. Stay warm!
They turned out great! Just finished supper and the rolls were totally delicious!! Thanks for the recipe :).
Maesti, that's lovely! So happy you tried these.
I wish they had an office environment like that when I was working in India.. would have made it so relaxing and fun.
Those rolls look so soft and wonderful. I wish you were my neighbor!
Would love to have you for a neighbor, Manasi!
Sourdough is something new to me.. They look soo inviting, that I feel I shud bake this soon !
My office is extremely dog friendly and my current team has almost 4-5 dogs who come to office on a very regular basis. One of which was from 'Raise a puppy' program and just left for puppy college.
It makes stressful environment very pleasant to work in. Most of my coworkers have dog treats at the desk and dogs do know who have the best treats and they tend to go and beg for more One of them was sitting here at my desk few minutes ago Of course owners know that we have treats and they are okay with that.
I look forward to playing with them. We do take care of dogs when owners have to go to different buildings for meetings.
Your work-place sounds so much fun!
Those rolls look so YUM!
I just came across you site and am so glad that I did. Your bread recipes look especially amazing. I have been missing crescent rolls for a while. I will have to give it a go.
I'd love to make my own sourdough, but I supposed I'd need a starter first! The addition of maple here sounds fantastic! I'll have to find time to make these!


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The Boeing Co. on Wednesday announced that net income in the third quarter fell to $1.03 billion, down from $1.1 billion in the third quarter of 2011.
Revenues increased however, rising 9 percent to $20 billion during that same time. Earnings per share dropped from $1.46 to $1.35 year over year.
Boeing attributed the drop to a higher pension expense in the third quarter. The pension expense of $194 million amounted to $0.18 per share.
The earnings still topped analyst estimates of $1.12 per share for the quarter and Boeing raised its 2012 guidance to between $4.80 and $4.95 per share.
That increase was buoyed by increased deliveries in the third quarter. Boeing delivered 149 commercial aircraft in the quarter, a 17 percent increase year over year.
That¹s good news for Spirit AeroSystems Inc. which has work on all of Boeing¹s commercial programs.


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A bill he proposed in the Missouri House requiring real estate agents to warn neighbors when sex offenders purchase homes would have placed an undue burden on the business, state Rep. Charlie Davis, R-Webb City, agreed Monday.
Davis said the measure won't advance. But, he said, he believes the proposal has sparked "discussion about protecting our kids."
"It's not going anywhere; that's apparent," Davis said of his bill. "And now that I look at it, I do understand it creates a burden and a liability for the real estate industry."
Davis said he had heard from a number of people involved in the Joplin area real estate business and that he did not disagree with the concerns they raised.
The bill was first read last week, the same week a large contingent of real estate agents from across the state was in Jefferson City for meetings. More than a dozen from the Joplin area discussed the issue when they met with Davis as part of a series of capital visits by the group.
"He was very gracious, and he understood our concerns," said Kim Cox, chief executive officer of the Joplin Board of Realtors.
Sam Licklider, a lobbyist with the Missouri Association of Realtors, said the proposal would have meant that real estate agents could face a new liability if a neighbor did not receive the required notification after a sex offender bought a house. The system would not be foolproof, he said, because not everyone who buys a home uses an agent.
The bill also would have required sex offenders who planned to buy property to report their criminal past to their real estate agent. The buyer's real estate agency would have been required to disclose a client's sex offender status to neighbors living within a half-mile within 30 days after the deal were completed.
"It's not the best way to address it," Davis said. "Instead of making real estate agents liable, we'll work on other ways to protect the public."
Davis said the proposal was based on the experiences of a friend who lived in a neighborhood where a sex offender bought a home. He said local children had visited in the house before parents learned that the new resident was a sex offender.
"Nothing bad happened," he said. "But family members just didn't know, and they were concerned after they found out."
Sex offenders are required to register with law enforcement when they move, and their addressees are posted on a registry maintained by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
But many people don't check the websites where the lists are posted, and some offenders don't comply with the registration requirement, Davis said.
"I think awareness and involvement is the key," he said. "People need to know their neighbors. Not to discriminate or retaliate, but to be aware, so they can talk with their children."
Missouri in recent years has expanded its public sex offender registry. The filing now includes information about an offender's physical description, vehicles, offenses and address.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS contributed to this report.
REP. CHARLIE DAVIS' BILL, HB 146, was given a second reading on Jan. 14, but no hearing has been scheduled for the measure.


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Autumn Statement: OBR downgrades UK growth forecast
by William Robins on Dec 05, 2012 at 12:47
Chancellor George Osbourne has announced that the UK's deficit will start to fall in 2016/2017, one year later than targeted.
The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimated the deficit to be 74.7% next year, rising to 76.8% in 2013/2014, and to 79.9% in 2015/2016.
The deficit will then fall to 79.2% in 2017, and is predicted to fall even further to 77.3% in 2017/2018.
Osbourne said that due to difficult economic conditions, it will take four years, not three, before the UK's deficit starts to fall.
He said he would not borrow more, as it would risk higher interest rates and diminish the UK's fiscal credibility.
The UK economic growth will be lower than expected at -0.1% for 2012 as a result of the tough international economic conditions, it was also announced.
Osborne (pictured) said: 'There are no quick fixes. We are making progress, it is a hard road but we are getting there. If we turn back now it would be a disaster.'
He blamed international headwinds such as the US fiscal cliff, slowing growth in China and problems in Europe, which hit exports.
Osborne said that according to the OBR the lower than expected growth figure is more than accounted for by over optimism in Europe, which was expected to recover but has retracted and that has hit exports. That has spilled over to tougher credit conditions and interbank funding, and this will continue in years to come.
The OBR forecast that Britain's deficit will continue to fall.
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Last week, we directed your attention to our new featured infographic "8 Steps to College," which you can download as a printable pdf, or just enjoy online. In that installment, we focused on the importance of academic preparation, in terms of getting good grades in good courses, and elaborated on different ways you can earn college credits while still in high school.
This week, we'll look more specifically at Step 3, which involves entrance exams. It's important to know that tests aren't everything, and that colleges and universities make admissions decisions based on a number of factors. Nonetheless, test scores do matter, and you can help yourself by being prepared.
Interestingly, different colleges used to give their own admissions tests, and it was early in the 20th century when the idea caught on that a student could take a standardized admissions test and send the results to several colleges. Just imagine, without this system, you might have to take six different tests to apply to six different schools!
You can learn more about different tests and how to prepare here, but here is a quick summary of some key points:
- For the Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT) and the SAT you can contact The College Board Online or your guidance counselor for more information or to take a free practice test.
- For the ACT, you can contact the ACT website or you guidance counselor for more information or to take a free practice test.
- Lastly, if English is not your native language, it may be a good idea for you to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). This test measures your English proficiency in reading, writing, and listening. You can learn more about TOEFL and other assessments at the TOEFL website.


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Sailors seeking career-path clarity especially in the first few months of the new Career Waypoints program have a new reference available: A step-by-step guide through the 18 months preceding their projected rotation date.
The Navys latest Detailing Countdown, released late last month (and available here), tells sailors what needs to be done, and when, for them to take charge of their detailing process, including links to reference materials. It provides instructions on how to navigate the Career Management Systems interactive detailing program and offers a guide to the Career Waypoints system, which replaced the often-derided Perform to Serve in June.
Similar guides using the countdown format have been generated since at least 2008, but they took on new importance in 2009, when sailors were offered a self-service online option through CMS and were given more direct responsibility for their career management, Navy officials said.
The new version is the first post-PTS offering and has what the Navy calls important changes, including outlining when the Career Waypoint re-enlistment opportunities take place during the detailing process.


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Article 1: Election of Officers
Selectmen: three-year term, elect two
* Thomas Tombarello: 511
* James Devine: 411
Budget Committee: one-year term, elect two
* Melinda "Mindy" Salomone-Abood: 472
* Bruce Cleveland: 456
Budget Committee: three-year term, elect two
* Cathleen Gorman: 484
Planning Board: three-year term, elect two
* Mark Traeger: 501
Fire Engineers: three-year term, elect three
* Wilfred Tapley: 540
* Irving Bassett: 555
* Dennis Giangregorio: 491
Cemetery Trustee: three-year term, elect one
* David I. Drowne: 574
Trustee of the Trust Fund: three-year term, elect one
* David Drowne: 558
Library Trustee: three-year term, elect one
* Diana True: 577
Article 2: Shall the Town raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately, the amounts set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended by vote of the first session, for the purposes set forth therein, totaling $3,237,830.04. Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be $3,282,449.27, which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the Town or by law; or the governing body may hold one special meeting, in accordance with RSA 40:13, X and XVI, to take up the issue of a revised operating budget only. This operating budget warrant article does not include appropriations contained in ANY other warrant articles.
* Yes: 552
No: 84
Article 3: Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate and authorize the Selectmen to accept a Highway Block Grant in the sum of $156,266 for the road improvement programs March 8, 2011 - Town Warrant to be recommended by the Sandown Highway Department and approved by the Sandown Board of Selectmen, said sum to be supplied by the State of New Hampshire.
* Yes: 582
No: 60
Article 4: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $75,350 to remove and replace the 40 year old tank on the 2001 International 2674 Series Tanker Truck with a 3,500 gallon poly-elliptical tank. New tank comes with a lifetime warranty and rear and side dump ports to make unit more serviceable for Fire Department use.
* Yes: 527
No: 144
Article 5: Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $241,200 to be added to the previously established Road Improvement Capital Reserve Fund.
* Yes: 411
No: 255
Article 6: Shall the Town vote to create an expendable trust fund under the provisions of RSA 31:19-a, to be known as the Old Home Day Celebration Expendable Trust Fund for the purpose of funding the annual Old Home Day Celebration and raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000 for that purpose and to further appoint the Old Home Day Committee as agents to expend the Old Home Day Celebration Expendable Trust Fund. Passage of this article shall make Article 7 null and void.
* Yes: 401
No: 260
Article 7: Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000 for the annual Old Home Day Celebration. Should Special Warrant Article 6 pass, this article shall be null and void.
Yes: 271
* No: 367
Article 8: Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $176,000 to be added to the Police Station Capital Reserve Fund previously established.
* Yes: 379
No: 279
Article 9: Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $24,000 for the purpose of continuing a mosquito surveillance and control program, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to continue to contract with a firm licensed in NH to apply insecticides, and conduct a larviciding and adult mosquito spray program at such times and in such locations throughout the Town as needed to accomplish effective mosquito control.
* Yes: 467
No: 192
Article 10: Shall the town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $16,078 to be added to the Town Disaster Management Expendable Trust Fund previously established.
Yes: 329
* No: 335
Article 11: Shall the Town rescind the provisions of RSA 31:95-c to restrict all of the revenues from Police Department OHRV and District Court fines and forfeitures, to expenditures for the purpose of purchasing OHRV safety gear and enforcement equipment. Such revenues and expenditures shall be accounted for in a special revenue fund to be known as the Police Department Safety and Enforcement Special Revenue Fund, separate from the general fund. Any surplus in said fund shall not be deemed part of the general fund accumulated surplus and shall be expended only after a vote by the legislative body to appropriate a specific amount from said fund for a specific purpose related to the purpose of the fund or source of the revenue. Said funds, with accumulated interest to date of withdrawal, are to be transferred to the municipality's general fund. Should Article 12 fail, this article shall be null and void.
* Yes: 429
No: 229
Article 12: Shall the town vote to establish a revolving fund pursuant to RSA 31:95-h for the purpose of providing public safety services. All revenues received from the police department's OHRV fines and forfeitures will be deposited into the fund, and the money in the fund shall be allowed to accumulate from year to year, and shall not be considered part of the town's general fund unreserved fund balance. The town treasurer shall have custody of all moneys in the fund, and shall pay out the same only upon order of the governing body and police chief and no further approval is required by the legislative body to expend. Said funds may be expended for purchasing OHRV safety gear and enforcement equipment, and to raise and appropriate $14,351.45 to be deposited into this fund and further to authorize this amount from the unreserved fund balance. The name of the revolving fund will be the Police Department Safety and Enforcement Revolving Fund. Should this article fail then Article 11 shall be null and void. Should Article 11 fail, then this article also fails.
* Yes: 411
No: 243
Article 13: Shall the Town vote to establish a Town Forest pursuant to RSA 31:110 on a certain Town owned parcel of land identified as Tax Map 9 Lot 16 and Tax Map 13 Lot 20, also known as the "Porter" parcel(s) totaling 14.30 and 58.42 acres respectively. These parcels are adjacent to the existing Greenwood-Hooke Town Forest and would bring the total acreage of that Town Forest to 111.85 acres.
* Yes: 526
No: 149
Article 14: Shall the Town vote to require the Sandown Planning Board to notify in writing through the U.S. Mail all property owners impacted by a proposed Zoning Ordinance that would affect 45% or less of the property parcels in the Town. The notice would be required to include a detailed summary of the proposed Zoning Ordinance, the date, time and location of any public hearing on the proposed Zoning Ordinance and, references to any written materials regarding the proposed Zoning Ordinance. The notice must be sent at least fourteen days before any public hearing on the proposed Zoning Ordinance.
* Yes: 374
No: 291
Zoning Amendments for 2011 Ballot Z-1 Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #Z-1, as proposed by the Planning Board for the Town Zoning Ordinance as follows: Amendment 1 - To add to Article II - Part A - Section 20 entitled Lighting Requirements. The intent of this amendment is to maintain the rural character of the Town of Sandown by preserving the visibility of night time skies and to minimize the impact of artificial lighting on nocturnal wildlife.
* Yes: 384
No: 285


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MCT: Governor backs sales tax, more income tax cuts
By BRENT D. WISTROM
By BRENT D. WISTROM
The Wichita Eagle
TOPEKA (MCT) — Gov. Sam Brownback's administration appears poised to propose a continuation of a temporary sales tax hike and further reduce individual income tax rates.
The administration will reduce overall state spending while proposing a continuation of the 0.6-cent sales tax that is set to expire next July, Budget Director Steve Anderson said at a forum last weekend.
Many conservative lawmakers opposed the sales tax, which was approved in 2010 as lawmakers grappled with drastically reduced revenues stemming from the national recession.
But many favor more reductions in individual income tax rates.
"What you're going to see is a further reduction in the personal income tax rate," Anderson told conservative lawmakers and lobbyists at a retreat in Topeka.
He said most people have already heard about the potential continuation of the sales tax rate.
"I think that's really a trigger we need to use," he said. "The governor wants to apply that revenue to continue to buy down the individual income tax rate."
Anderson acknowledged it's going to be a tough call for lawmakers.
"I think that for a lot of conservatives, that's hard to swallow," he said. "And I certainly understand that, especially since many of you ran on a 'we'll make this sunset' agenda."
Brownback has hinted at continuation of the sales tax, as well as elimination of some popular tax deductions and credits. But Anderson's comments may be the clearest indication yet that Brownback will use the allure of even lower income tax rates to justify continuing the sales tax.
Kansas sales taxes are slated to drop from 6.3 percent to 5.7 percent next July. Income tax reductions that go into effect Jan. 1 are projected to create a $295 million per year shortfall, and that's assuming that all of the state's reserves are spent down.
That's likely to force significant budget cuts, although Brownback has pledged to protect education and public safety from cuts. The 0.6-cent sales tax could generate about $250 million per year if it is continued.
"That will be a tough sell," said newly elected Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita. "Clearly, in order to make that happen, the people of Kansas will have to see a personal benefit."
Wagle said she could support it conceptually. But she said she would need to see some numbers and a plan to know whether reducing individual income taxes would provide that benefit.
Too many wealthy people in east Wichita have moved to no-income-tax states, Wagle said.
"We're the losers for that," she said. "I've seen the impact of high income taxes."
Wichita Democratic Rep. Nile Dillmore, who was House Democrats' chief tax policy negotiator during the past legislation session, said the proposal would be a tough sell with freshman legislators who ran campaigns promising to fight for lower taxes.
"That tax is scheduled to expire on June 30," he said. "If it doesn't, that is a tax increase from June 30 on."
Dillmore also noted that organizations such as the Kansas Chamber of Commerce opposed the increased sales tax and said it would hurt the economy in 2010.
Low-income tax filers typically spend a larger percent of their income on sales taxes than people with more money.
"Anything that he does to reduce personal income tax rates is going to have to come at the expense of a regressive tax policy that creates greater tax burden for lower income tax filers," Dillmore said.
Senate Majority Leader-elect Terry Bruce of Hutchinson said the idea of continuing the sales tax rate got 18 votes in the 40-member Senate in 2012, and he said the sales tax is probably necessary to further cut income taxes.
"Politically, it was OK," he said. "People don't like income taxes."
He acknowledged that something would have to be done to limit the disparity in benefits between the rich and poor. He said he would support keeping an altered version of the earned income tax credit and retaining the food sales tax credit that pays back the taxes low-income families spent on qualifying groceries.
"You can't isolate everybody who is less fortunate from taxation, but you can do things to soften the blow," he said. "We have to be cognizant of the fact that we have a number of Kansans who are less fortunate and that the sales tax, by its nature, is going to be regressive."
Brownback's plan
Brownback spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag declined to address Anderson's comments or to discuss how income tax rates may be dropped.
But she noted Brownback's original tax plan left the 6.3 percent sales tax in place to help buy down income tax rates to zero.
The plan called for any revenue growth beyond 2 percent to be used to cut income tax rates.
Brownback's expansive tax plan also sought to eliminate some popular tax credits and deductions, including the home mortgage tax deduction that benefits homeowners and the earned income tax credit that helps poor working families.
But lawmakers, including conservative Republicans, balked at the plan during the last legislative session.
Competing tax-cut plans morphed dozens of times over the legislative session before the Senate finally approved a drastically altered version of Brownback's plan in hopes of further negotiation.But after House Republicans decided the Senate probably would kill other plans, it quickly agreed with the altered tax cut plan and sent it to Brownback, who signed it into law.
Wichita Sen. Les Donovan, who chairs the Senate Tax Committee, said continuing the sales tax increase could be problematic.
"I don't think you're going to get the votes for it," he said Tuesday. "Most of those who were elected are strong, staunch conservative Republicans.
"But the governor is pretty persuasive in his arguments," he said.


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The overwhelming majority of Americans support immigration reform with a real deal on citizenship for aspiring citizens. Tomorrow [1], many of these ordinary Americans across the country will be rallying and marching in the streets to demand that our lawmakers in the Capitol make good on their promise. On October 5, members of the faith, immigrant, labor, and civil rights communities will be calling on Congress to pass meaningful, comprehensive legislation that reflects the dignity and respect that immigrant families in America deserve.
The weekend events lead up to the October 8 finale in Washington, DC, where tens of thousands will gather on the National Mall to celebrate Camino Americano: the Concert for Immigrant Dignity and Respect. They will then march onward to the U.S. Capitol to send a message to the House of Representatives, where reform legislation remains pending [2]: the nation's eyes are on you. Lawmakers in the House say they want to get immigration reform done. Here is their moment: it's time to do it -- and do it right, without any further delay.
The renewed pressure from these lawmakers' constituents comes on the heels of an entire summer [3] of activities and events led by advocates, including 1,200 events, vigils, and protests in more than 40 states and nearly 100, 000 contacts with members of Congress. At the state level, lawmakers have long been working to move state-based immigration proposals forward, such as the drivers license proposals in California [4], as well as counter outrageously flawed proposals such as the Arizona [5] bill. But the states cannot be alone in taking action on immigration, especially just because Congress so far has refused to -- and it doesn't have to be that way. Nor should it be that way: the proposal at the heart of comprehensive immigration reform that America needs -- citizenship for the immigrants who are already living in our communities as our friends, neighbors, and colleagues -- can be enacted only by Congress.
The October 5th Day of Dignity and Respect events across the states and the October 8 finale events in the nation's capital are an important opportunity for Americans to send that message, in a strong unified voice: get immigration reform done and get it done now.
Matthew Pate contributed to this post.


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The weather outside can be frightful or delightful, depending how you feel about the snowfall.
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Upload your photos and let us see the conditions around the region. Snow is in the forecast through Tuesday, so feel free to add more as the white stuff continues.


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Personal Bio
I'm fun and have a positive look on life! I am 5ft 8 with long brown auburn hair and bluey green eyes and a big personality! :) I believe Cosplay is a great way to make friends and express yourself! XD
My main Cosplay making talents are a passion for sewing and detail work.
I enjoy making costumes from scratch as I have a love for materials and getting colours just right.
I try not to work on too many costumes at once as I enjoy focusing on one costume at a time, however this has slipped in the last few years!
I also love helping others with my experience of sewing as I learn off my mum who used to be a dress maker.
Even my wedding dress was hand made 100% ^_^
Cosplay Bio
'Do what you want to do, make who you want to make, for Cosplay is a passion that can surpass all others - and make it last!'
The main reason I Cosplay is to express my love for certain characters, I have always had a passion for crafts and Cosplay seems to roll in my love for Anime, Manga and Gaming into a whole new world of creativity. Cosplay is a passion of mine where I can express my love for these characters and show others how I feel about them.
I have been Cosplaying for over 4 years and in that time I have made outfits from Games such as RPG's and also Anime/Manga.
In addition I have made my own creations such as a Human Girl Cheshire Cat as well as making outfits from Television programmes such as Torchwood (I like Dr Who too!).
I also have a few articles here and there with cosplay tips, for example MYM Mags have published some of my work in 2012 and I was in the GemuCon con book in 2013.
I have had my make-up tips featured in MyM Magazine (Issue 4 page 45) and also foot wear tips.
Some of my proud moments so far have been:
-Photographed by some super talented people, which has allowed me to start my own Cosplay photo album to show others,
-Been part of a Cosplay groups (making new friends along the way)
-Taking part in the London MCM Expo Masquerades (Vampire Rinoa, Pascal).
-Taking part in the Kitacon 2012 masquerade as Fina from Skies of Arcadia and GemuCon 2013 as Pascal from Tales of Graces f
- Finishing my Aurora Child of Light Cosplay in one week!
One of my first happiest achievements in cosplay was getting recognition and praise from others as well as appearing in Neo Magazine's Cosplay Corner as Rinoa Heartilly.
Thereafter I was also in the Neo 'Cosplay Stars' as Fina from Skies of Arcadia with a long bio.
I am also very fortunate to be a founder of AniMedia East along side with my friend. www.animediaeast.webs.com which is a group designed to make more buddies with similar interests.
I am very fortunate to have a great teacher in my mum who used to be a dress maker, I thank her every day for the encouragement and support she gives and a great husband who puts up with me!
I'm also very lucky to have some great friends who share my passion and also encourage me to keep doing what I do, because the stress does make me want to put the thread down!
I hope nothing can stop me from making Cosplays and I would encourage anyone out there to have a go regardless of skill.
Always feel free to PM me if you need help or just want to chat!
Contact Information
Raye Springall - Facebook
Raye-chan - CosplayIsland.co.uk
RayeRayeChan - Twitter
PrincessRaye - YouTube
Raye-chan - Cosplay.com
Raye-chan-x Skype
Anime / Manga / RPG Games / Fighter Games / Drawing / DDR and Cosplay! My first favourite anime was Sailor Moon. I like tough girl characters and cute ones with a bit of punch ;) I also adore healers! The game I am currently playing is Child of Light. My quote would be: **'Do what you want to do / make who you want to make / for Cosplay is a passion that can surpass all others'**


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