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The Importance of Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Education (ECE) (sometimes called early childhood care and education—ECCE) refers to the education that children obtain during early stages of their childhood. Early childhood is a crucial time period for the development of the mental functions of children. This development, including the emergence of the abilities and skills in areas such as language, motor skills, psychosocial cognitive and learning, is now known to be greatly influenced by exogenous factors, including the nature of the educational environment to which the child is exposed during the first 6 to 8 years of life (Bowman, Donovan and Burns, 2001).
It has been shown that ECE can be a major input into a child's formal education. A number of studies link ECE to increases in school readiness for primary school, and it has been shown that school readiness is an important predictor of early school achievement (Forget-Dubois et al 2007). One review of 36 studies of ECE effectiveness in small-scale demonstration and large-scale public programs—each study comparing participants with a control group of non-participants—finds "overwhelming evidence that ECCE can produce sizable improvements in school success." (Barnett 1995, pg. 40)
Further, early gains in school readiness due to early childhood education have been shown to have enormous positive economic and social impacts lasting well into adulthood, from higher educational attainment and less chance of involvement in criminal activity, to higher status employment and higher earnings (Schweinhart 2007; Sparling, Ramey and Ramey 2007).
James Heckman, Nobel laureate in economics from the University of Chicago, reviewed the literature and found that the long-term, economic return on investment in high-quality ECE programs is more than 8 to 1 (Heckman 2000). Summarizing the few longitudinal studies and many short-term studies of ECE interventions, Heckman argues the important lesson to take away from successful early childhood interventions is that social skills and motivation are a young child's most easily life-altered attributes, even more so than IQ. Further, social skills and motivation have large impacts on school performance. In his view, a student with strong social skills and motivation tends to acquire a higher level of education. Then, with all three attributes (social skills, motivation and education), the individual becomes highly valuable in the work place.
Heckman concludes, "We cannot afford to postpone investing in children until they become adults, nor can we wait until they reach school age—a time when it may be too late to intervene. Learning is a dynamic process and is most effective when it begins at a young age and continues through to adulthood." (Heckman 2000, pg. 50)
The Components of Good Early Childhood Education
While parental and family care is an important component of ECE development, we are primarily concerned with the educational component since it is here that policy (and society) is able to play the most proactive role. So what is known in the literature about creating a good ECE program? A good quality ECE program should be a multi-dimensional educational program with a focus on the holistic development of children in the early stages of their childhood. One of ECE's goals is to enable children to be "more ready" for primary school education. A good ECE program should have the following characteristics:
- it should be built around a good learning environment with an effective, well-thought out curriculum;
- it should begin at an appropriate starting age;
- it should be provided in a physical space that is safe and one that has certain specialized facilities;
- it should be given by professional care givers, attentive to the individualized needs and progress of the child,
- and, if possible, it should include the involvement of parents.
"While no single curriculum or pedagogical approach can be identified as best, children who attend well-planned, high-quality ECE programs in which the curriculum aims are specified and integrated across domains tend to learn more and are better prepared to master the complex demands of formal schooling." (Bowman, Donovan and Burns 2001, p. 7-8)
Click to view a more extensive Review of the Early Childhood Education Literature
Early Childhood Education in China
While there is consensus internationally—ECE will place children at a better start for primary education and give them a better chance for achievements later in life—in China the importance of ECE has not caught the full attention of society. This lack of awareness and the uncertainty of parents of the influence of ECE on the school readiness of their children lead many parents to place ECE far from the top of the education priority list. In fact, policy makers have relegated ECE to a much lower position. While national legislation and municipal policy in some urban areas (e.g. Shanghai) have been passed in recent years to try to regulate teacher training and qualifications and to provide guidelines for high quality ECE classroom teaching (Li 2006), public policy has not been backed with public funding. The preschool empirical evidence on the extent to which these guidelines have been put into practice remains to be seen.
The situation appears far worse in rural China. There is a big disparity in ECE between urban cities and rural areas. In urban areas approximately 95% of young children attend a pre-school prior to starting primary school (Educational Statistics Yearbook of China). In rural areas, participation in ECE is only 50% (Sohu News 2007). In poor areas of rural China, the participation rates are much, much lower, perhaps no more than 20 to 25 percent. A 2008 REAP canvas survey in 3 Northwest and Central provinces (Shaanxi; Ningxia and Henan) found that in poor, rural areas the number of young children in pre-school drops to 20% or lower.
Institutional Setting
Why is there such a gap in ECE care in China? One reason may be due to the differences in the institutional setting. Preschools in China are private. The government provides very limited support for preschools and ECE programs, in general. There is no large-scale government compensation programs, like Head Start in the United States, to help families and their children gain access to preschool education. Therefore, in large and middle-sized cities, where income levels are much higher than in rural areas, most families self-finance the preschool education of their children.
In addition, there is a lower availability of preschools in rural areas. Even if parents pull together enough money and decide to send their children to preschools, preschools are often not close enough to where they live to make it feasible. In many cases, ECE facilities may be absent altogether.
Problems with ECE in China: Curriculum
An effective ECE curriculum should be an integration of sufficient care and involvement from family and pre-school caregivers together with educational stimulation. Interpersonal relationships between young children and their teachers and parents are crucial for building their social and intellectual competence. Yet, while urban preschools in China can be quite costly, they are often seen as providing children with relatively low quality education. A primary goal of preschools in China is to provide children with physical safety and care while their parents are away (Wang 2006). Much less attention is given to the critical educational components needed for early childhood development.
Although there is no national curriculum, what a great number of preschool curriculums in China have in common is less structured or guided playtime and more studying. Wu (1996, pg 13) writes, "A common method of teaching in Chinese preschool is learning by rote or recitation in unison in class." This is despite research indicating that preschool children learn through playing and other hands-on experience (Rubin, Fein and Vandenberg 1983).
Historically, the emphasis in China's preschool education has been on children's regimentation and obedience training(Ho 1986) . Wu argues (1996, pg. 14) that "the concept of governing, monitoring, interfering, and controlling (guan) summarizes teachers' consistent actions to maintain order and discipline in the classroom… 'regimentation' is perhaps the best word to describe the classroom." This emphasis in the ECE curriculum is less effective in increasing school readiness, or worse, can generate negative effects on a child's early development. While the quality of the ECE curriculum among the private preschools of China's urban areas may be improving since Wu's assessment (Li 2006), there is little evidence to suggest much has changed in the preschools and kindergartens of China's poor, rural areas.
Problems with ECE in China: Teacher Quality
Another problem is the low expertise of Chinese preschool teachers and ECE caregivers. While urban preschools are staffed by teachers whose preparation varies from high school training or less, up to college degrees and beyond (Bai, Luo and Yin 2004), the situation is worse in rural areas. Most of the kindergarten teachers in rural areas hold degrees in child-education from vocational middle schools and vocational high schools. A considerable number of those who hold college degrees are non-child education majors (Yao and Xie 2004). Teachers have very limited, if any, formal training related to child development, and new training opportunities are extremely limited (Yao and Xie 2004).
While empirical evidence is lacking in rural areas, as it is in urban areas, observations of rural preschools outline a stark picture. They suggest that problems of low quality ECE—from financial and geographic barriers; to poor curriculum that de-emphasizes guided play; delivered in low quality early childhood centers lacking stimulating materials; led by teachers with low levels of ECE training—remain large and are pervasive in China. In rural areas—especially in poor, rural areas—the minority of students who actually attend pre-school and day care centers receive a much lower quality early childhood education than their urban peers. The majority receive no early childhood education at all.
The trajectory towards higher educational attainment and greater lifetime success is first set in early childhood. Recognizing the critical need for improved early childhood development for children in rural areas of China, REAP's Early Childhood Education objectives are to:
- Document the nature of ECE in rural areas of China, describing the level of educational readiness; the access of children to preschool; the quality of preschool facilities and teaching resources and the overall approach to preschool curriculum;
- Understand what factors encourage or discourage parents from sending their children to preschool;
- Understand how different ECE curriculum or investments or other factors will affect the level of school readiness among young children from poor, rural areas in China.
So what are we doing?
We have 2 ECE experiments under way.
- Teacher Training Training Pre-school Teachers to Improve the Educational Readiness of Pre-school Age Children in Rural China
- Preschool Vouchers Giving Rural Children in China a Head Start
- Bai A., X. Luo, X. Yin. 2004. Problems existing in Kindergarten Teacher Continuing Training and Their Solutions, Continuing Education, (8)
- Barnett, W. 1995. Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Programs on Cognitive and School Outcomes, The Future of Children, 5:3, 25-50.
- Behrman, J., P. Duazo, S. Ghuman, S. Gultiano, E. King, and N. Lee."Evaluating the Early Childhood Development Program in the Philippines" Paper presented at Population Association of America Annual Meetings, April 1, 2005, Philadelphia
- Bowman, B., M Donovan and M. Burns, eds. 2001. Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers, Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
- Educational Statistics Yearbook of China. 2006. Beijing
- Forget-Dubois, N., J. Lemelin, M. Boivin, G. Dionne, J. Seguin, F. Vitaro, and R. Tremblay. 2007. "Predicting Early School Achievement With the EDI: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study" Early Education and Development. 18:3, 405-426.
- Heckman, J. 2000. "Policies to Foster Human Capital." Research in Economics. 54: 3-56.
- Ho, D. 1986."Continuity and variation in Chinese patterns of socialization." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51 (1): 149-63.
- Li, S. 2006. "Development of kindergarten care and development in the People's Republic of China since the 1990s." In Early Childhood Care and Education: International Perspectives. E. Melhuish and K. Petrogiannis (Eds.). Routledge, New York.
- Rubin, K., Fein, G. G. and Vandenberg, B. 1983. "Play." Handbook of child psychology, Vol. IV: Socialization, personality, and social development (P.H. Mussen, Ed. E.M. Hetherington, Vol. Ed.) New York: John Wiley
- Schweinhart, L. J. 2007. "Outcomes of the High/Scope Perry preschool Study and Michigan School Readiness Program" in Early Child Development From Measurement to Action: A Priority for Growth and Equity, M. E. Young (Ed.), International Bank for Reconstruction/World Bank, Washington, DC.
- Sohu News. 2007. http://news.sohu.com/20070906/n251990272.shtml
- Sparling, J., C. T. Ramey and S. L. Ramey. 2007. "The Abecedarian Experience" in Early Child Development From Measurement to Action: A Priority for Growth and Equity, Ed. M. E. Young, International Bank for Reconstruction/World Bank, Washington, DC.
- Wang F. 2006. "Problems of Current Private Kindergartens and Their Countermeasures: Case Study of M City, N Provinces." Education Introductory Journal (8).
- Wu, D. 1996. "Parental Control: Psychocultural Interpretations of Chinese Patterns of Socialization" in Growing up the Chinese Way: Chinese Child and Adolescent Development, S. Lau (Ed.), Chinese University Press, Hong Kong.
- Yao, B. and Y. Xie. 2004. Thought on Current Situation of Kindergarten Teachers in Rural Areas, Kid Education, (7-8).


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Journal Sentinel TV and film critic Duane Dudek looks at life on the small and big screen, and some of the cool stuff on both.
Overnight DJs and the listeners who loved them
When I worked at a radio station in Muskegon, MI. playing "beautiful music in stereo 24 hours a day" - well I wasn't on 24 hours a day, it just seemed like it - we had our share of eccentrics.
(Including management which owned a power boat in order to do weather reports from Lake Michigan. Can you say, tax write-off?)
One overnight staffer brought his motorcyle into the carpeted station lobby to change its oil, and the station reeked of it for days. Another overnight pre-recorded sides of albums on reel to reel tape, and then played the tapes all night long, doing an ID on the hour. He was, it turns out, ahead of his time.
But since the format was locally programmed I found it a chance to discover things I didn't know I liked until I played them, like songs from Broadway shows,like "Oklahoma" or "Finian's Rainbow," the music of Cole Porter, or song stylists like Streisand and Sinatra.
And then of course there was the chance to play something from my own library that was "going to fit the format and (wouldn't) get me fired," as Jeff Peterson told me recently that he did during his radio career, in my story on overnight disc jockeys. No one was listening at two in the morning anyway.
My story Sunday with memories of local radio people who got their starts working the graveyard shift, including Steve Wexler, Leonard Peace and Patti Genko - only scratched the surface of the topic.
The growing list of on line comments from those who broke into radio by working late night shifts, or from readers with fond memories of listening to such shows, suggests there is a nostalgia and hunger for live and locally programed radio, that today's canned and corporate formats do not satisfy.
I want to do a follow up that story later this week, in a way that feeds off reader input. So check out that earlier story and the comments. And if you worked in radio doing an overnight shift and have an anecdote to share, or simpley spent a lot of time listening to it and have a favorite memory of doing so or an announcer you enjoyed, shoot me a comment, either below or at email@example.com
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Ron Cuzner was my favorite. I burned CDs from old audio cassettes of some of his shows so I can still listen to him.
I remember when Kramp was on late nights on Lazer, glad he has a solid show now, he is a great radio host
Late 80's early 90's were a time when I was enthralled with overnight radio.
Fresh G on Hot 102 and his "Insomniac Check-In" was classic.
Neil Owens and Paul Fix on Lazer 103 were staples for me as well.
These were the guys and shows that helped me get my break in radio...though I never got the chance to work in the "coveted" overnight shift.
Automation and consolidation have now taken away these great opportunities not only up people starting in the radio business, but for the listeners to interact with over night personalities.
Aloha. I found your article on-line and had to join in. I've been doing live over-nights in Honolulu, Hi since 1994 and still love it! It leaves my days open,I can take naps whenever I want to,and I don't have to see or deal with anybody at the office :). There have been lots of weather updates,road closures and of course 9/11. The night owls are still out there and I try to keep 'em entertained 6 nights a week. KSSKRadio.com. I start at 4am CDT. Tune in on-line

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New Android Apps – AppGratis, Paul, Clutch & 7 More
Welcome back to another round of best free android apps of the week. Checkout our discovery of New Android Apps, download them and explore your devices. This week we got some really cool android apps. No more blah blah, let's get down to the business.
10 New Android Apps to download this week:
One of the most popular iOS app finally on Android. AppGratis offers daily free apps plus discounts up to 90% off. A great tool to discover best free android apps. It also brings Frequent free "freemium giveaways" like free in-app purchases, level unlocks, and other cool stuff you would normally have to pay for.
This week Google launches a standalone app for Google+ Hangouts (replaces Talk). Along with standard chat service the app offers an ongoing hangout with a group of friends for days or months where they can chat, send photos, emoji, and join group video calls for free. This is a good idea for a continue discussion where you can left a session and catch again later.
Finally Google are serious about music discovery service as the company just launched its music steaming service like Spotify and Pandora. The redesigned Google Play Music app give users access to millions of songs to listen without owning them. The service initially cost $7.99-a-month sunscription fee which seems better than others in market.
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Contactive enhance the functionally of your address book with the information gathered from internet. It pulls data from public profile on social network sources and their own directory to show a profile of callers. A good app to know who is calling you and what they doing before even answer the call.
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Lindsay's Gym Selfie
It seems that Lindsay's on a bit of a fitness kick right now and she's got the selfies to prove it. Earlier this week, she posted two separate pictures of herself at the gym wearing a green sports bra in a room filled with exercise equipment. It's unclear if she goes to an actual gym or just owns the equipment OR has commandeered some hotel fitness room. Full Story
Ben Affleck's gambling
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Oh the Ups and Downs of gambling… Ahem. AHEM. I mean, if that wasn't obvious enough. And if it was obvious, you should not be surprised about what happened to Ben Affleck in Vegas last week. He was at the Hard Rock playing blackjack, allegedly counting cards. The casino busted him and has reportedly banned him from gaming. Full Story
Zac's PR push
Zac Efron covers the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter, a dick-sucky profile that's meant to promote the upcoming Neighbours and also rehabilitate his image after the rehab(s) and the under-the-bridge fighting. Oh, yeah, about that under-the-bridge incident.. Even the writer acknowledges that Efron is "coy" about what happened. Full Story
As IF Zac Efron
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Check out Zac Efron last night at the LA premiere of Neighbours with co-star and possible (fake) girlfriend Halston Sage who is supposed to make us forget about the time he broke his face on a puddle of water at his house and ended up under a sketchy bridge. But that name. Give me a break with that name. Full Story
Lindsay Lohan's miscarriage
The politically correct thing to say here is that it's so sad that Lindsay Lohan had to go through a miscarriage. Because no one wants to come off as the c-nt who didn't believe Lindsay Lohan when she said on the final episode of her OWN docu-series that the reason she'd missed two weeks of shooting because she lost her baby. Full Story
Zac Efron & Johnny Depp: MTV's Most Embarrassing
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I did not feel the urge to stick my hand down my pants and start rubbing at the sight of Zac Efron shirtless last night on stage at the MTV Awards. Especially not when he started flexing and saluting. He saluted a couple of times. It was bad. It was really, really bad. At that moment I texted Sasha: I am so embarrassed for him right now. Full Story
Under The Bridge
Under the bridge downtown Is where I drew some blood Under the bridge downtown I could not get enough Under the bridge downtown Forgot about my love Under the bridge downtown I gave my life away Did you think about that song when you heard about this story? TMZ Full Story
Eggs & Cocaine
The cops came down on Justin Bieber's house today. It had to do with him allegedly egging his neighbour's house last week. So they raided his home and found cocaine. And now his friend Lil Za has been arrested for possession. TMZ has the full report. Full Story
Lindsay in Miami
Miami. The decadence of Miami. That's the perfect place to be for someone who's trying to manage her sobriety. There's no coke in Miami! So here's Lindsay Lohan in Miami hanging out by the pool with some friends. She needs some down time, you know? Oprah's been working her hard. Full Story
Zac Efron went to rehab
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E! News reported it first late yesterday – that Zac Efron was in rehab earlier this year, suggesting that the problem was alcohol, citing a source who says that Efron is better now: "He's healthy, happy and not drinking. He's taking time to focus on working. Full Story
The Demi Dilemma
Quick recap: at around 11pm on Monday night, an ambulance was called to Demi Moore's. She was subsequently hospitalised. TMZ broke the story that it was substance abuse. Her rep has issued a statement reading:"Because of the stresses in her life right now, Demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health. Full Story
Timetable on recovery
Kings of Leon – you heard what happened at their show in Dallas the other night? Caleb Followill was not right. And apparently hasn't been right for a while. Here's what he told the crowd before stumbling offstage: "My voice is completely 100 per cent wrong, I'm sorry... Do you know what? I'm going to drink some beer and I'm going to drink some tequila and I'm going to have a good time, and for the record I'm not drunk. Full Story
As IF, Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan went to Miami in May, before she was locked inside her comfortable Venice Beach townhouse for a month, for a photo shoot and interview with Plum Magazine. A reader called Ellie sent over this video from the shoot titled, "I can't believe she didn't steal those clothes" which, hilarious right? I agree. Full Story
Totally sober
Lindsay LOHAN went out last night in New York. She's in New York supposedly to spend time with family. Clearly spending time with family in her mind involves stumbling around on the ground at 2:30 in the morning outside of a bar. But, but, but, but… Her shoes were so high! Sure, loser. That must be the reason. Full Story


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A Niagara County Sheriffs deputy and New York state trooper investigating a report Saturday found several dozen Pomeranian dogs living with three people in filthy conditions inside a home at 6603 South Royal Parkway.
According to the sheriff's report, the deputy was "unable to ignore the overwhelming odor of animal urine and feces" as they spoke with family members.
Ellouise Magrum, the homeowner, told patrol that there were "a few" dogs in the home. She added that she and a second female have their own bedroom and a male sleeps on the living room couch because a bedroom had been turned into a puppy nursery.
Town of Lockport Dog Warden Barry Kobrin was contacted, and Kobrin told officers that he had been trying to contact Magrum for the past month.
Officers looked inside the convertd bedroom and were overcome by a foul odor. Upon further investigation, 60 Pomeranians were counted, including 35 of various ages in small pens and carriers inside the "nursery." The other 25 dogs were found in two downstairs rooms, contained in small pens.
Kobrin requested the SPCA to respond. However, SPCA officials, after they arrived, said they do not have the capabilities to transport and house 60 dogs.
Kobrin told patrol that he will care for the dogs until Monday morning when the SPCA will return and remove all 60 dogs.
A Town of Lockport Building Inspector arrived and condemned the house until it is professionally cleaned and inspected.
Magrum, 50, was charged with two zoning ordinances, unlicensed dogs, excessive noise and harboring illegal dogs. She was arraigned before Town Justice Raymond E. Schilling, who released her until a Feb. 5 return court date.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police said they believe a man was shot during a drug deal in the Bordeaux area Monday night.
The shooting happened in the 3100 block of Kings Lane around 8:30 p.m. Officials said the victim was trying to buy marijuana from four men when he was chased into his house. Shots were fired through his door, and he was hit in the torso.
The victim was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition. The name of the victim was not released.
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The Act of Killing (Director's Cut)
Probably the most radical and powerful film you will experience this year, The Act of Killing is a searing expose of political amnesia and impunity in Indonesia, where the gangsters and thugs behind the murders of millions are celebrated as champions of free enterprise. It is also a surreal, provocative exploration of the psyches of these men - killers who proudly re-enact their atrocities for the camera, willing collaborators in their own cinematic bonfire of the vanities.
When the Indonesian government was overthrown in 1965, small-time gangster Anwar Congo and his friends went from selling movie tickets on the black market to leading anti-Communist death squads.Half a century later, when Joshua Oppenheimer and his (incognito) partners approached the dapper septuagenarian about participating in a film, he leapt at it. But for Anwar and his friends, being in a movie is not to provide reflective testimony, but a chance to dance their way through musical numbers, twist arms in film noir gangster scenes, and gallop across the prairies as yodeling cowboys. A cinematic fever dream, The Act of Killing presents a gripping conflict between moral imagination and moral catastrophe.
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Well, here we are, yet another Monday morning. I'll assume everyone has their coffee in hand, so let's get right to it.
Personally, I'm ambivalent on bumper stickers, unless your rust bucket needs them to keep its fenders and bumpers in place. Well, you know at some point this had to happen, and in SEC country, no less.
A few days ago, Charles had an interesting article< on recommended football rules changes contemplated by the NCAA. Not that I think the recommendations are particularly interesting, but Charles' interpretation of their impact certainly is. If you haven't read the article, you should.
Women's Basketball
In last week's Musing's, I thought that the team came off a couple games where I thought they showed substantial improvement. After the offensively inept Valentine's Day loss (39-58) at Nebraska, I clearly was overly optimistic, or don't know what I'm talking about.
Tayler Hill's 20 points (7/22 FG, 32%) was probably the offensive highlight, such as it was. Her teammates combined shooting (9/41, 22%) didn't take the pressure off her. The other eye-popping statistic was the team's assist/turnover ratio of 3/13; you don't need to go much beyond that to get the gist of offensive futility that night.
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This letter is to give over due recognition to a true Gem that we have in Oskaloosa and Mahaska County. That is Mahaska County Outreach located in the 100 Block of North 1st Street, one block North of the Courthouse. It was started in 1983 when the Salvation Army closed its Oskaloosa Thrift Store by Army Board members James McCurdy and Andrew (Dutch) Van Hulzen. The primary mission was to provide clothing and other items to the less fortunate at low cost. Like other Thrift Stores their source of inventory is through donations. Unlike other Thrift Stores, they are ran by a Board rather then a CEO making 2.3 Million dollars a year, and they do actually help those in need.
Being an eBay Junky. I frequent the Mahaska County Outreach quite frequently. It is now under new Management by Alice (the only paid employee) and Keith (volunteers and does what Alice tells him) Moore from the Fremont area, and the changes have been remarkable. The store is brighter, cleaner, better arranged and surprisingly more eBay stuff has shown up then ever in the past. In addition to these two, the store has several other volunteers to help keep the inventory moving.
And yes they do help others in the county. All proceeds after normal store expenses are distributed to other Non-Profit organizations in the County. For example in January checks for $2000.00 was sent to The Mahaska County "Y", Mahaska County Ecumenical Cupboard and the Mahaska County Crises Center. In addition the Theatre in New Sharon received $750.00 but was required to obtain matching funds, which they were able to do through the Daily Trust They are now having "Bag Day" sales, where you can fill a bag for a certain amount and the proceeds for that day go to a non-profit. The last one was very successful and $700.00 was sent to Mahaska County Special Olympics. No needy person or family well ever be turned away if in need.
If you think through this letter that I'm a Board Member you are incorrect. I tried but was turned down because I buy for profit which is very understandable. I just want people to know, if you have items to donate, this is the place where your donations do the most good and the proceeds stay in the county.
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Auctioneer Barry Densmore of Densmore Auctions will host an "Antiques Roadshow" event from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Rae-Ann Geneva Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center on West Main Street.
Kathy Densmore said she and Barry have a lot of fun appraising items.
"So often when our loved ones have to move into a nursing home type situation, the family is hard-pressed to figure out what to do with their long treasured possessions," she said. "This is what do at Densmore Auctions every day — we help people sort through and understand what is valuable and what is not."
The Densmores have been looking at treasures with both emotional value and dollar value for more than 10 years. Their business, Densmore Auctions, has been appointed by the Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula courts as personal property appraisers, and they are both certified estate specialists.
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So what about that baseball card collection, or grandma's wedding pearls?
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No matter your treasure, the Densmores want to take a look — and maybe make a cash offer.
"Bring your family treasures, fire arms, gold and silver, collectibles or anything you are just not sure about," Kathy Densmore said. "Whether you want to sell it or not, we are always in the market to buy or consign antiques, collectibles, fire arms, gold and silver coins, sterling, memorabilia, military items, advertising, pre-1960s toys and much more."
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TB:RB export possible?
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I'm curious what are the logistical issues aside from the licensing of course to making this happen. The types of things I'm referring are code differences such as animation cues and other coding. If the challenges were surmountable it would not only provide an instant windfall in the export fee but I imagine the sales of TB:RB DLC would be revitalized as well and I don't think anyone would complain to have new Beatles songs enter the Rock Band catalog as well.
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obladerek Opening ActBachiG;4915857 said:So you're saying there's a chance?
Well played on the Dumb and Dumber reference. It wasn't lost on everyone here...just the young ones I guess. I appreciate all the replies. It's not anything I've thought about for a while and I had forgotten about the code on the manual. The Green Day precursor also is encouraging in a way. 2012 has been pretty pathetic for me in terms of DLC which is what got me to daydreaming about this notion again. Thank you all for your input and if anyone else has more to contribute please share your insights.
Bront20 The Writing's on the WallSheSaidSheSaid;4915660 said:Yeah, I mean the animations for GD:RB didn't preclude its export. So of course it's technologically possible. It's just never, ever, ever, ever going to happen.
GD was made with an export happening in mind, so they charted the animations for it while they did the charts, and I believe they simply baked in the animations for every song.
TBRB didn't do that, so they'd likely have to reanimate them for RB3.
mva5580 Road WarriorWhy would you think this is even REMOTELY possible at this point?
It has absolutely no chance of happening solely based on the fact that Rock Band just isn't popular anymore. If Rock Band was still a huge franchise, perhaps they could be swayed to allow it to happen. But why would they even consider it at this point? I'd wager all of them are close to forgetting that this game even exists, and that more than 1 of them regret even doing it.


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By Pat Nolan, Senior Vice President, DVL Public Relations
November 7, 2008
Election Night in Tennessee had some surprises after all.
While they boasted it might happened, the state's Republican leadership did NOT really expect to take over the State House. It was like the dog that finally caught the car that it was chasing. Now what?
But take over the State House is what the GOP did by netting four seats in the lower chamber, while also picking up three positions in the Senate, and re-establishing their control of the upper chamber.
And all of that has changed political reality forever on Capitol Hill in Tennessee.
I'll talk more about that a little later in the column.
But first, Tuesday's election also demonstrated that this state and the rest of the country exist in opposing political universes these days. While the country turned blue, decisively electing Barack Obama President and sending more Democrats to the U.S. House and Senate, in Tennessee we turned from red to deep crimson (sorry, UT and Alabama fans), as voters gave Republican Presidential candidate John McCain one of his strongest majorities in the country; sent back Lamar Alexander to the U.S. Senate (one of the few GOP incumbents to return, and with a landslide majority); and then turning both state legislative houses Republican for the first time since Reconstruction. As for the congressional delegation, unlike the rest of the nation, it didn't really change at all, remaining 5 seats held by Democrats and 4 for the GOP.
But one thing both the nation and Tennessee will now experience is a major round of political recriminations about what happened. On the national level, Republicans will go through another period of redefining itself and rebuilding its badly damaged brand, just like it did after the 1964 elections and again after Watergate in 1974. Senator Alexander could play a major role in that, although as one of the few remaining moderates in his party (and someone who ran more without party label in his re-election campaign), he might have trouble expanding his Senate leadership role if the GOP conservative base seeks to circle the wagons in the party. The internal GOP fight over the past, present and future role of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin will be another interesting thing to watch as the party regroups, especially if she winds up in Washington in the next few years as the new Senator from Alaska.
As for other Tennesseans who might be involved in rebuilding the Republican Party, both former Senator Fred Thompson and former state party chair (and Huckabee campaign manager) Chip Saltsman have been mentioned as candidates to be the new National Republican Party Chairman. Do they have any real interest or support to get the job? Stay tuned.
Getting back to Senator Alexander, while he led the ticket in Tennessee, getting more votes and a higher percentage than John McCain, he can't really claim all that much credit for the other GOP successes in the state on November 4. While he may have helped voters stay in the Republican column on Election Day, he didn't campaign for any other candidates or give them money (and he had plenty of funds to spare). Others in the GOP did do that, such as former Senator Bill Frist and Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey (both looking for political IOUs for a gubernatorial race in 2010?).
And the overall state party leadership outdid itself to recruit good GOP candidates and help them win, with Chairman Robin Smith deserving a lot of credit in this area.
On the Democratic side, some seem to want to blame the man who wasn't there...President-Elect Barack Obama. He never campaigned in Tennessee and ran so poorly in the suburban and rural parts of the state (30 and 40 points behind in some areas) that at least a couple of down-ticket Democrats for the State House and Senate probably got pulled down to defeat by the political dead weight Obama created.
Now that's not completely fair, the decline in Democratic seats in the State House and State Senate has been gradually increasing the last few election cycles. It didn't start with Obama, who thanks to running strong in Memphis and Nashville, managed to lose the state by only about the same percentage (15 points or so) as John Kerry in 2004.
But Obama carried even fewer counties than Kerry, and it's only the huge vote out of the state's two largest cities that makes his numbers look respectable. Really, both Kerry's and Obama's presidential races here were nearly non-existent and it showed badly in the election returns both in 2004 and this year. The same is true for lack of help from the Democratic National Senatorial committee which declined to assist Democrat Bob Tuke in his effort to unseat Senator Alexander. That decision, undermined even the slimmest of chances Tuke had, and left the Democrats with a badly underfunded standard bearer and another crushing defeat in trying to win back a Tennessee U.S. Senate seat, which Democrats haven't held since way back in 1994.
There is also unhappiness with the state party leadership, which will likely turn over come January. Party Chair Gray Sasser has never intended to serve another term, so that makes him a convenient target to criticize for the party's failures in the state. The truth is there's plenty of blame to go around. For the GOP, its victory has many fathers and mothers, for the Democrats, its defeat is just another orphan, leaving the party faithful to wonder how its leaders will get their act together to find a strong candidate for governor in two years and to retake the General Assembly before redistricting starts after the 2010 election.
If they can't do that, not only will they lose the Governor's Mansion when Bredesen's second term ends, redistricting by the Republicans will make it even harder to re-take the General Assembly or keep the Democratic majority in the state's congressional delegation.
As we mentioned earlier, political reality has been changed forever on Capitol Hill in Nashville. Gone is House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh, the longest serving Speaker in history. Unless he can work a miracle coalition with renegade Republicans (very doubtful), he will be turning over his gavel to House Minority Leader Jason Mumpower come January. Nashville GOP representative and former state party chair, Beth Harwell of Nashville thought about making a bid, but decided not to (Mumpower already had the votes?).
That will leave the General Assembly in the legislative leadership situation of having both the House Speaker and Lt. Governor come from the same part of Upper East Tennessee. It has happened before with Speaker Naifeh and former Lt. Governor John Wilder. So I guess you can say the political epicenter of the state has now moved from rural West Tennessee to upper East Tennessee.
As for the Democrats: Will Naifeh and outgoing Democratic Majority Leader Nashville's Gary Odom get into a fight over who will be Minority Leader of the House? Odom says he is running, Naifeh has yet to commit to anything, except to "staying in leadership." And how will Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen and Finance Chief Dave Goetz do in trying to figure out a way to work with an all-Republican controlled legislature? They've done pretty well in the past working with the GOP, but now the power equation has changed dramatically. No longer can a Democratic House block the legislation of a GOP State Senate (such as the hot-button pro-life constitutional amendment that has passed the Senate a couple of times, but could never get out of committee in the House).
If the Republicans are united (and that may not always be easy), then they can pass whatever they please, and they can even back it up (again, if they are united) by using their veto override power (in Tennessee, it doesn't take a two-thirds majority to override, only a simple constitutional majority).
In the meantime, holding power in both houses, Republicans, for the first time, can enjoy the powers of patronage, appointing constitutional officers, a new Secretary of State, Treasurer and Comptroller. Already names are surfacing for some of these posts: former Sundquist Deputy Governor Justin Wilson, former Franklin State Senator and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Jim Bryson, and former Congressman and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Van Hilleary among others. What irony that might be for the Bredesen administration as both Hilleary and Bryson are the candidates Bredesen defeated to gain and retain the Governor's seat.
The Republicans also have the power now to control the political apparatus of the state, appointing majorities to the Election Commissions of every county (including strong Democratic counties like Nashville/Davidson County). And they will have a leg up getting ready for the redistricting fights coming after the next census in 2010. Changing the lines can make all the difference in who wins legislative and congressional races, so winning the 2010 elections can help ensure the GOP holds on to power in the General Assembly and take over a majority again of the nine congressional seats from Tennessee.
It's a new day in Tennessee legislative politics. As that car commercial says: "This changes everything."
There continue to be reports that the new Obama administration could have a major impact on Tennessee politics.
Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper's name has been mentioned in THE WASHINGTON POST on a short-list of candidates to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Cooper keeps saying he is not interested in leaving his post, but given his deep concern about reforming this country's out of control spending and runaway deficits, he would be a perfect candidate for President Obama, and Cooper was a strong and early support of the President-Elect.
Cooper's exit would set off a huge rush of potential candidates to run for his congressional seat (and yes, there would have to be two more special elections in 2009, a primary and a general election to fill the position).
Meanwhile, Governor Bredesen continues to say he is not seeking a cabinet post like Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). But he admits he would talk with the President-elect about joining his administration if he calls. I also heard the Governor make some rather interesting remarks during a recent program at the Capitol. In response to a question, he indicated how much he regrets the bitter fights he got into with the Tennessee Justice Center a few years back over his TennCare cutbacks and other changes. It would be groups like the Justice Center which would most loudly complain about Bredesen getting the HHS cabinet post, pointing out how different Bredsen's approach to health care has been compared to the new President. Were the Governor's remarks an olive branch to try and make up with Justice Center and mute their opposition to a presidential appointment?
Lots of state Democrats would also be very concerned if Governor Bredesen left, since it would open the way for the Republicans to take the seat (in the person of Lt. Governor Ramsey),who would serve as an incumbent for almost two years before the 2010 election. Frankly, some Republicans might not like it either, especially those who want former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to run for Governor. With Ramsey serving as the "incumbent" governor that could complicate Frist's task by having to take on a sitting governor in a party primary rather than seeking an open seat.
Finally, what about Harold Ford, Jr? Will he wind up in D.C. in the Obama administration? Or will he continue to be here in Tennessee assessing his options for a future race for governor in 2010? Or will he try to do both?
In the wake of the November vote, on INSIDE POLITICS this weekend we take a look at the historic nature of the 2008 elections.
That includes the Republican takeover of the General Assembly, which we will talk about with our guest Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey.
We also talk with one of our city's leading historians, Dr. Reavis Mitchell of Fisk University, about the election of Barack Obama to be our 44th President and what it says about our country and our future.
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They must have been doing a political happy dance at the Metro Courthouse Tuesday night, when two amendments to the city charter were approved overwhelmingly (and surprisingly) by the voters.
The first change gives the Mayor and the Finance Department more time to put together a budget each year, moving the date to send the budget to the Metro Council from March 25 to May 1. March 25 had been a new date adopted by voters in another charter change two years ago (it had been May 25 for years). But the March 25 date proved to be so early, the budget submitted was pretty much meaningless, and had to be revised several times after the state legislature, among other groups, made their budget decisions for the year, and better tax revenue forecasts became available.
A March 25 deadline would have been particularly difficult for Metro this coming spring, because with a countywide property reappraisal underway, there would be no way to know what the new certified (lower) property tax rate would need to be, or how much it might need to be raised as a part of a property tax increase. That's more important than ever now that tax increases above the current property tax rate have to go to the public for approval in a referendum. Tax increases below the current rate can be approved by the Metro Council alone.
The second charter amendment modifies the strict term limit provisions for the Metro Council. Before the change, even serving one day or a four-year term constitute a full term under the two-term limit. Now council members who serve less than two years of an unexpired term, can serve two more full terms. Because of several vacancies and resignations in the last few years, this applied to five current Council members. It's a good decision as it will help boost the Council's experience level and institutional memory, which have been badly damaged since term limits kicked in back in 1999.
The other part of the term limit change was even more controversial, allowing term-limited district council members to run for At-Large seats and term-limited At-Large members to seek district posts. A court decision in 2007 already approved that idea, but this put specific language in the Charter saying it is OK.
But because previous efforts to revise term limits have failed, and because a number of folks are upset with the way the Council is allowing itself and former members to have life-time health insurance coverage, it was thought both charter amendments would be defeated. Nobody launched a public campaign for or against the measures, and it was thought a lot of people not knowing these matters were even on the ballot would just vote no out of an abundance of caution. But clearly, that's not what happened. Enough voters must have read the proposals and found the language clear enough (another near-miracle) and voted yes by a wide margin.
It proves what many of us "political experts" (including myself) often forget. The voters are much smarter than we sometimes assume. That's a good thing. I just hope they stay that way and vote against the English First amendment coming to the ballot in a special election January 22 of next year. And if it gets on the same ballot, I hope voters also reject that crazy idea of holding an annual special election to consider charter changes. If your government's constitution is so bad you need change it every year, you need a new city charter. We don't.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 — Donnie Clyde Mauldin, 65, of Albemarle, died Feb. 26, 2013. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. March 1, 2013, Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle. Funeral: 11 a.m. March 2, 2013, Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle. Burial: Silver Springs Baptist Church. Military honors will be conducted by Stanly County DAV Chapter 12. At other times, the family will meet at his home.
Online condolences may be made at www.hartsellfh.com.


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Yahoo made news recently when it decided to pull work-from-home privileges from its employees. According to a story by USA Today, beginning in June, Yahoo workers will need to go into the office to take care of their daily workloads.
The news of a reversal in policy by this tech giant came as an unpleasant surprise to many of the 10 percent U.S. workers who work from home at least one day a week. Patch editors all work remotely.
According to the USA Today story, working remotely gives many who do so an affordable opportunity to work and raise children at the same time. Working remotely has been encouraged, in many instances, as a way to help cut down on pollution and traffic issues. With today's high cost of gas and child care services, those who have become accustomed to it might not like the idea of any move to reverse the trend.
"It's the only thing that has made our lives remotely possible and affordable and sort of possible to raise kids," Lopa Pal, 36, an employee with the Greenbelt Alliance told USA Today." She went on to say that when she asked to work from home two days a week, her employer said he didn't care if she worked from a beach in Tahiti, as long as she got the work done.
Yahoo reportedly said bringing workers into the office would make for greater collaboration and fun.
What do you think? Is it time to reverse the trend and bring employees back into offices? Do you think such a move would improve productively or just exacerbate traffic and pollution problems caused by busy commutes?


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Stocks Rise, for the Wrong Reasons
A conflicted Wall Street debates whether stocks are artificially inflated, or headed for a surge.
It's usually encouraging when the stock market rises, since that makes big companies more stable, boosts retirement plans, and generates optimism.
Except when everything else is going wrong.
In general, the stock market rises with a growing economy, but there are times when the market decouples from the real world and rises for other reasons. Now seems to be one of those times. The S&P 500 stock index is up a snappy 12 percent since June, and it recently hit the highest level since mid-2008, before the financial crisis erupted. The technology-heavy Nasdaq index recently hit its highest level in 12 years.
Yet this has happened while growth has been slowing, the outlook for corporate profits has been fading, and election-year politics threatens a standoff in Washington that could harm the entire economy.
What's pushing the markets up isn't optimism about the economy, but hopes for a rescue. Several rescues, in fact. One of the biggest factors in the stock run-up this summer has been the expectation that the Federal Reserve will roll out more quantitative easing, which tends to push down long-term interest rates. That forces investors out of safer vehicles like bonds and treasury securities and into riskier assets like stocks. So as demand for stocks rises, prices do too.
The Fed now seems likely to announce more easing soon, on account of a weak August jobs report and other signs that the economy needs help. "The economy remains very weak and is not likely to improve any time soon," says Russell Price, senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Services. "The odds of the Fed offering another large-scale stimulus program are now higher."
[See who's better off under President Obama.]
This comes after the European Central Bank announced that it, too, would embark on a form of quantitative easing, by buying government bonds as a way to reduce the financial pressure on strapped nations such as Spain and Italy. "The recent economic and earnings news has clearly been disappointing," writes Dick Green of Briefing Research, "but has not bothered traders so long as central banks are perceived as providing liquidity support."
Stocks have gotten a further boost from China, where the government just announced stimulus measures totaling about $190 billion, to help spark the cooling economy there. That signals even more government intent to artificially bolster growth.
Rescues, however, can't float the stock market indefinitely, and investors buying equities hoping for short-term gains linked to government action are likely to sell when they feel the intervention has run its course. So the real question about the stock market is how long the Fed and its allies overseas can keep pumping helium into it, and what will happen when the flow gets cut off.
Skeptics worry that central-bank stimulus—a sophisticated form of printing money—will lead to runaway inflation that forces a prompt halt to monetary easing. That hasn't happened yet, obviously, but if it does, the result could be a prolonged slump in stocks as artificial support disappears before the real economy is back on its feet. Those worries have been amplified by recent cutbacks in the sales forecasts for several big firms, including bellwethers such as Intel and FedEx.
[See some surprising, happy news about the middle class.]
But others feel there will be a strong and sustainable recovery starting in 2013, once the U.S. elections are over, Congress deals with a huge set of tax and spending decisions that must be made by the end of the year, and Europe makes a more determined effort to keep the euro zone glued together.
Investing firm Piper Jaffray, for instance, predicts that the stock market will rise by nearly 20 percent over the next 12 months, and by nearly 40 percent over two years. "The popular averages are all in the early stages of an uptrend," the firm's strategists wrote in a recent report to clients. If they're correct, something needs to go right in the real economy pretty soon, other than government agencies stepping in to help.
Rick Newman is the author of Rebounders: How Winners Pivot From Setback To Success. Follow him on Twitter: @rickjnewman.


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so today unfortunately was the last day of oregon :( we woke up, got breakfast, and went to the duck i packed my stuff up. we just hung out in the dorms for the morning and said my farewells to everyone, which was sad.
we called a taxi to pick up me, jamie and katie and take us to the airport, which worked nicely. Eugene was pretty much the smallest airport, ever. and this time we were well equipped with snacks, which was great, the flight back was nice.. we all slept for a good portion of it. then, we got picked up by jamies parents and went back to her house! and then.. don jose's. what a memory. the food was great. we went right before it closed, and then katie drove me home and we had great conversation and music and it was wonderful.
then, at about 2 in the morning….. i woke up shivering and shaking uncontrollably. i threw up and was freezing, and i cursed don jose and their chicken quesadillas, but then the next morning i discovered that it was an allergic reaction. such a sad ending to a great weekend. but it was still SUCH a great weekend.
we woke up this morning with plans to go to emma's rugby game :) so diana, stef, kevin sean and i all woke up and got ready to go grab some breakfast to go from the llc. We got really good food and were ready to eat while walking, when suddenly, there began a lovely oregon-style sudden downpour. like, serious downpour though. and considering that we had to walk a mile or two, with food, we all realized that we'd better chow down. so we ate our already-soggy waffles and drenched eggs and bacon and made our way over to the rugby field. it was definitely a moment to remember! so we watched the game. the weather was crazy.. super bipolar. and the game was really interesting, i had never seen rugby before.
The game ended, and then we walked over to the river and took some pictures. it was absolutely beautiful, especially when the clouds passed momentarily. We went back to the dorm to get ready to go into town! Shaina, Melissa and her boyfriend all joined us and we took the bus into downtown eugene. first order of business was voodoo donuts. they were AMAZING. we got a hand-picked dozen, where the guy picked the dozen out for us. after that, it was just shaina and diana and i and we walked around town and went to some weird stores! we ended up at a super fun thrift store with lolzy clothes. then eventually we went back to school.
we got dinner, which was really good chicken parmigiana and spaghetti and garlic bread.. and then we went back to the dorm to get ready to go out! we went to a few frat parties which were disgusting but it was fun to hang with everyone. then we got back to the dorm, and ordered dough co and talked to everyone and stayed up late and diana did henna for me and it was a good night :)
day 2! after sleeping in dianas bed together, which wasn't bad, we woke up and grabbed breakfast at the llc. diana then gave me a lovely tour of campus, which was absolutely gorgeousssss. it's a pretty large school, and everything about it was so beautiful. we walked around and she took me to the architecture building, where i met caroline and was amazed by the projects that the students do.
we (well mostly i) took a tonnn of pictures today. we went to a lot of cool places, including the museum on campus and the cemetery, which is diana's like fave place to go. thats where todays picture was taken! we sang lana del rey pretty much all day. then, we debated whether or not to go out with the hall that night, and decided again to just stay in that night. so we talked and hung out and attempted to half-watch pride and prejudice, until emma and stef and others got back. we then took some lolzy photobooth pictures. shaina, diana's roommate, stayed with a friend that night, so i got my own bed. woohoo!
the title says it all. today was the ellen show day!!!!!!!!! the day andrea and i went to the ellen show! da elllennnn shoowwwwwwwww! can you tell we were so excited? cuz we were. i woke up and packed a little for oregon before we left, then she picked me up around noon. needless to say i ditched school, which was nice. we drove up in the rain, and went to get lunch. we just went to subway which was nearby, cuz we wanted to be early enough. so we got lunch, then went over to the studios.
we checked in and waited till it was finally time to go in. they did the numbers randomly of who goes in first, but we happened to be in the first group with the VIP section, which was so great. we waited around till finally we got to go inside the riffraff room and wait in another line. it was a lot of waiting in lines, but then we finally went in! and lucky us… we got placed in the front row. it was so cool. tons of dancing, tons of energy and so much fun. the guests were kind of lame.. it was P Diddy and Kate Upton and some host of the bachelor or something. but obviously it was still great… it's the ellen show and we had front row! they were super anal about taking pictures the whole time, which is why i have like none. so it ended, and we of course had to buy stuff from the store. i bought a mug and a tumbler cup, and we both bought ellen underwear. best decision.
then after it was over, we drove over to this really cool cafe called Milk. i got mini red velvet cupcakes and a gooey chocolate cookie and andrea got blue velvet cake. we ate and killed some time there to avoid traffic before we drove home. then, i packed all night! woo.
today was the lovely valentines day aka my half birthday! woohoo. standard tuesday at school, then went into work for my last day before my oregon trip! alicia was there and so was devon, who had gone on a v-day date with lisa before she got there. also devon brought in these roses, which were cute. we had quite a few date reservations, but we survived singles awareness day quite well. after that, i went home and did homework. woo!
today was a regular monday. i was dead from staying up the night before, but other than that it was a standard day. started with math, then katie and i went to the library and met frankie and jaclyn. we did some homework and i finished my english homework. then, frankie and i went to the vending machine to grab some doritos. the journey went south when we experienced a real life doritos commercial, when they got stuck. we shook and kicked the machine and all, and even tried buying something else to drop them down. didn't work. GOOD. we both had to leave to go to class, so we left dorito-less. sad day.
so this was a nice day! except for the fact that i was avoiding a large paper plus math homework -___- but i woke up, did some work, and then got ready to go see this ballet with my mom and one of our family friends. it was actually phenomenally done, although i do prefer musicals and plays that include some sort of dialogue and or singing. but it was a great show. we got home, and i wens straight to work back on all the crazy school stuff i had to catch up on!
friiiday! math class as usual, yuck. then work, also as usual. we started our new troll friday schedule which now includes me, lisa and devzors. we worked normal friday timez, and then the three of us went to bjs! but also guess who was there! KELLIS! she was there with her family, so she came over and trolled with us for a bit. she was fun.
i got a turkey burger which was so gewd, and lisa and dev split the avocado egg rolls. then, was pizookie time. the sole purpose for us being there. devon was determined to order a party pizookie, but the waiter convinced her that that was a ridiculous decision. and thank goodness. we got two regular ones, and the three of us died. so much cookie. but it was SO good. and so worth it.
today i went to school, then went to work afterwards as usual! it was a normal shift.. judy and scot were there for a little bit as well. but i knew we had a party of some women coming in at 7, and they had plans to bring wine. wine parties are always interesting, but i knew i could manage it.
i was wrong. they came in so late, and by the time we even got started it was 8. on top of that, they had already drank some, and were planning to have more there. they didn't have a party package, so they took forever. it would have been absolutely no problem, if it wasn't so late! so once i realized i was so overwhelmed, i called devon to vent. she asked if i needed her to come and i said no, no, i'd be fine it would just be late. i reassured her i'd be fine, but had to abruptly hang up on her to help the ladies. they were building and i was just starting to pour, when suddenly in comes devon through the front door. and she's holding yogurtland for me. she helped me pour the rest of the candles and close.. and thank goodness she did. i was so grateful that she came and helped, and the yogurtland was just so thoughtful. we got out of there pretty late too.. so it was definitely great that she came to help.
another wednesday! had math and english, and then came home. honestly this week has been an incredibly tough one, and it continued to be so today. distracted myself with some photo editing and good music. i talked to diana a little bit today which was nice. i really miss her, and can't wait till i go to oregon to see her again!
also, i ordered my new phone case today and i'm so excited for it. it was a design your own thing, so i put one of my pictures on it and i hope it turns out greattt
as the title suggests, today was also a difficult day. but school was luckily more of a distraction today, and i had work as well. i got to work to see the lovely alicia, who stayed a little longer which was nice. i love that woman.
we needed to replace/remake many of the canisters at work, so i spent almost the entire shift doing that. it was actually something i really enjoyed doing and i was super productive with it, so it was definitely good for keeping my mind occupied.
oh monday. mondays are never easy, but today was just even more horrible due to events from the previous night. i recall having a headache all day, and school was just lame as usual.. math and english. yuck. i honestly don't remember how the rest of my day went, but at night Dev and i went to grab some yogoland, like we so often do.
i'm really loving not working on sundays! it's so relaxing, and gives me some time not only to sleep in, but to do homework or just do stuff around the house and such. i did my nails before mass today, with those sticker nail polish things. they worked, but not as well as i had hoped. oh well!
i went to church at 3 for rehearsal, and we sang mass as usual. then afterwards, we had our annual lifeteen night of bowling.. or Superbowling, rather, for superbowl sunday! it was a fun night. i got home to do homework though, and then the rest of my night went downhill with some not so fun events.
i slept in and woke up in time for my noon shift today. we had a few parties, and it was a fairly busy day. nothing too terrible though! once i was done, i gave devon a ride home and we made a car video. then, alyssa, andrea and i went to pick up jacob from school to go to this awesome cafe called veronese in downtown fullerton. it was a super cool place, and the environment was so cute. we took lotsa pictures and just hung out. i got a slice of cheesecake, and they all got coffee and such. it was nice. then we went to a nearby innout and got food, and had some lolz there till really late. we drove jacob back, and then went home.
today was actually quite an eventful friday at work! nothing special before work though.. just a normal friday morning with dreadful math class. but i got in at 1:30 for my shift today, which is a little earlier than usual. i got to see devon a little before she left, then worked with lisa and steph whom i love! we had a lolzy troll friday shift… the best fridays are when working with these two! it happened to be mint day.. lisa had mint nail polish and was eating mint chip ice cream and we made seafoam wax shapes which is basically mint colored. then we were making wax shapes..enough to come out of our ears, literally! i took a picture of them with wax shapes coming out of their ears, it was great. ALSO… we succeeded in making an entire tray of wax shapes and pushed them all without breaking the whole sheet of wax. IT WAS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Then, Sam was home from school so she came and made a candle! she made a really cute short heart that was garden themed and she loved it, and it was so good to see her!


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For the 43 students participating in the Adult Education Recognition Ceremony Thursday, it was a celebration they missed out on in high school.
The graduates represent just a portion of the 814 students who earned a GED at Chattahoochee Technical College's numerous testing centers.
"Many of us worked in jobs with employers who had the mercy to hire us," said graduate Clarisse Henderson Morris of Euharlee. "Then they had to fire us or lay us off because we did not have that high school diploma."
Thursday night's ceremony included three graduates who were selected by the program's instructors and administrators to tell their own story about their journey. Speakers featured in this year's ceremony include Clarisse Henderson Morris of Euharlee, James Gordon Sears of Kennesaw and Gidgetta Wilcher of Kennesaw.
Morris enrolled in the program at Summer Hill in Cartersville in December 2008 on a dare from her son. She recently called that dare by passing the GED with excellent scores after 40 years of wanting it to happen.
"I've tried to do this two other times," Morris said. "This time I did it."
Sears enrolled in the Chattahoochee Technical College Adult Education program in August of 2011. After intensive studies, he received his GED credential in December of 2011. A native of New Jersey, Sears was home schooled but moved before he could earn his diploma.
"I didn't know anybody here when I moved to Georgia," he said. "But I accomplished so much. I earned my driver's license. I earned my GED and met some great people. What made the program for me was the people."
Wilcher represented Chattahoochee Technical College at the statewide EAGLE Leadership Institute in Atlanta this year. One math credit kept her from obtaining her high school diploma. For 22 years this unaccomplished goal weighed on her mind. In April of 2010, her job of 12 years was eliminated, and she decided it was time to get her GED. Six months later, she had it.
"My instructor said to me," Wilcher told the crowd, "You can lose your job, your finances, or even a loved one, but you can never lose your education."
Throughout the U.S., two out of every three adults who take the GED test report their reason for doing so is to qualify for further training and education beyond the high school level. All three of the speakers selected for the ceremony at the North Metro Campus have declared their intention to continue with their education.
Sears and Wilcher have already enrolled at Chattahoochee Technical College. Currently Sears is pursuing his education in hopes of becoming at broadcaster, while Wilcher enrolled in the Healthcare Assistant program with hopes of becoming a nurse. Morris is studying for her college entrance exam and is considering Chattahoochee Technical College as a way to prepare for a degree in child psychology.
Without a high school or GED diploma a person will earn on average $7,658 less a year than someone with a secondary education credential. That number along with statistics of higher chances of arrest and jail time, poorer health, more troubled finances and lower self-esteem are all reasons that people turn to Chattahoochee Technical College for help to pass the General Educational Development test.
"With an estimated 1.24 million adults in our state who are without a high school or GED diploma, it is easy to forget those that have worked hard to pass the tests and now are better for it," said Jon Collins, executive director of adult education at Chattahoochee Technical College. "But each of these students is a success story and this is our chance to celebrate these accomplishments."
The GED test provides adults at least 16 years of age who are beyond the age of compulsory high school attendance under state law with an opportunity to earn a high school equivalency diploma. In order to pass the GED test, a student must pass a series of five tests in writing skills, social studies, science, interpreting literature and arts, and mathematics.
Successfully passing these sections demonstrates that the student has acquired a level of learning that is comparable to that of high school graduates. Tests are scored from 200 to 800 points. A minimum standard score of 410 is necessary to pass each individual exam, and an average standard score of 450 is required to pass the full battery.
"Taking the GED preparation classes greatly increases the student's chances of passing the test over those who just 'walk in,'" said Collins. "The hardest part of the whole process isn't the math or the other subjects. It's not the tests or the classes. It's walking through that door for the first time or making a call about the next step."
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When it comes to losing weight and getting healthier we tend to know what we should be doing. We hear it all the time. Eat healthier, workout more, get to bed earlier, and the list goes on. This post is meant to outline 4 very common mistakes I see in almost every fitness program as well as provide 4 practical solutions to repair these broken habits. Let's begin.
1.You don't drink enough water
*Solution* - The average person eats 3 meals per day. Before you sit down to each of those meals find the largest cup you can (ideally somewhere between 24-36oz) and squeeze a couple wedges of lemon in the cup. Next fill the cup to the top with water (room temp is easiest to drink). Force yourself to drink the entire thing before each meal. This makes the act of drinking water more focused and purposeful. Forget trying to carry some big bottle of water around with you all day just focus on drinking a large glass of lemon water before each meal and it will become much easier to consume 80-100oz of water per day. The lemon will add calorie free flavor, offer a little blast of vitamin C, and will help improve digestion of the meal you are about to eat.
2. You Don't Do Any Cardio
*Solution* - If you are currently weight training 2-3X per week on one of the extra days go to a football field in the morning before breakfast. Spend 10-15minutes doing a thorough warm up (lunges, jumping jacks, push ups, high knees, etc..) then set 30min on the clock. Sprint down the entire length of the field and back for 1 round. Take 1-2 minutes rest between rounds and repeat as many rounds as you can in 30minutes. If you do not weight train you can do this workout 2-3X per week. Sprinting is a very effective way to improve cardio respiratory function, scorch body fat, build lean muscle, and BEST of all the workouts take half the time of "traditional" low intensity cardio workouts.
3. You Don't Eat Enough Veggies
*Solution* - Almost all grocery stores now sell pre washed, pre cut, and ready to eat mixed veggies (usually carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower). Set a goal of eating 1 bag per day as this usually contains about 5 servings of veggies. You can break it up into 2 of your meals and a quick and easy way to prepare them is to get a pan nice and hot, toss in a couple hand fulls of the mixed vegetables, pour in 1/2 cup of water and cook until the water evaporates and steams the vegetables. Add a little salt and pepper to taste and viola. This process takes about 5min and can be done before you cook the remainder of your meal as there is very little clean up required. If you end up replacing a starch with the vegetables all the better.
4. You Like to Snack
*Solution* - Unfortunately if you are currently on a fat loss program you will have to battle hunger at certain points throughout the day. It just goes with the territory. Often times the body sends a signal of thirst to the brain that ends up getting mistaken for hunger. If you find yourself hungry in between meals the 2 strategies you can use are drink a glass of water (which often times will suppress hunger pangs) or you can chew a piece of gum. When I get hungry chewing a piece of gum satisfies the act of chewing without actually eating and I get to enjoy something with some taste. This strategy can really save you if you are on a quest to cut down excess calories.
These four points are pretty basic but super effective in the pursuit to lean down. Whenever you are trying to improve your physique it will always be the compilation of the little things on a daily basis that will lead to results. Determination, consistency, and making things easy on yourself all go hand in hand in reaching your goals. Good luck!


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Niles Mayor Robert Callero issued a statement Dec. 26 saying he is not running again in the April 2013 election.
The decision was not unexpected, since Trustee Andrew Przybylo, a political ally of Callero's, has declared his candidacy for mayor. Trustee Chris Hanusiak is also running for mayor.
Callero was elected trustee in 1996, and became interim mayor of the village in 2008 after former Mayor Nicholas Blase resigned under pressure. Callero was elected mayor in April 2009.
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Following is the text of Callero's statement:
I have decided not to seek a second term as Mayor in the April 9, 2013 Election. My reasons are as follows: Family means more to me than anything else, and the Village of Niles has been my home and the people of Niles my family for 55 years. In turn, I have served the Village as Trustee and Mayor for over 18 years, and 20 years more as a member of the Police and Fire Pension Boards. But Niles is only one of my families.
My first family is my wife Rita of over 50 years, our 5 children, and 8 grandchildren that live within forty minutes of our Niles home. My business has also been in Niles since 1960. My normal business work-week has always been 60-80 hours my whole life, and even in retirement, as Mayor, I worked 30 hours per week besides the time spent on family business matters. It is now time to bring myself back and give more time to my first family.
During my administration as Mayor, we have accomplished many things in making Niles a better community. When I became Mayor, we were in the midst of an economic recession and our sales tax receipts were declining. My first major project was to cut expenses and maintain a balanced budget while not diminishing the services to which our community was accustomed. With the help of our Niles employees, we were able to bring new businesses into Niles, increasing our sales tax receipts and enabling us to keep our real estate taxes as one of the lowest in the surrounding communities. During my tenure, most of our main roads were repaired and repaved with government grant funds, and we started a beautification program for Milwaukee Avenue. I initiated a program to help control storm water flooding – a program that took the work and cooperation of many Niles employees, and will be implemented over 15 years. Other accomplishments were the formation of an Ethics Plan and Committee, a Niles Comprehensive Plan guiding us through 2030, retention of the Niles Free Bus System, and a citizen committee structure to give elected officials more input from citizens. And during my watch, Niles was named the Best Place in the U.S. to Raise Kids by Bloomberg's Businessweek.
However, as I stated, it is time for me to spend more time with my wife and family. I trust our next Mayor will continue these and other programs.
My choice for Mayor on April 9 is Trustee Andrew Przybylo and I endorse Andrew Przybylo and his slate of Trustees, led by George Alpogianis, and know they will continue these programs and lead us forward in the next four years.


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