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---- — A new round of tax increases is encouraging more Massachusetts residents to shop in New Hampshire.
It's also pleasing store owners along the border in the Granite State.
"I don't understand it. They hit the tobacco and they hit the gasoline," William MacCord of Methuen said while parked outside Stateline Paysaver yesterday on Route 28 in Salem.
The Massachusetts' cigarette tax is going up $1 from $2.51 to $3.51 a pack Thursday. New Hampshire's cigarette tax also is going up, but only a dime from $1.68 to $1.78.
Massachusetts also is boosting its gas tax from 21 to 24 cents a gallon. New Hampshire is holding the line at 18 cents.
"We're in a border town, so you can just jump over and we do that every day," MacCord said. "The reason I come to New Hampshire to shop is the taxes."
Pat Smith of Methuen also was shopping yesterday at Stateline Paysaver.
"The only time I don't come here is on Saturday and Sunday, when the traffic is horrible," Smith said. "I think the taxes push people over the border more and more."
Curt Gracie of Salem, a carpenter, said it costs him about $12 more to fill up his pickup in Massachusetts because of taxes, so he tries to avoid doing so.
"It makes a big difference," Gracie said.
Marie Thibodeau of Methuen crosses the border to shop, too.
"It's a lot cheaper," Thibodeau said of her decision to shop at Paysaver in New Hampshire. "It makes me cringe whenever the taxes go up. It makes me want to move."
Shoppers said it makes a difference.
"I definitely come to New Hampshire for cigarettes," Jane Potvin of Everett said as she shopped at Paysaver.
Potvin said she dislikes the difference in taxes that she said forces her to come to New Hampshire.
"I don't think it's fair," said said.
The owner of the First Store in New Hampshire, across busy Route 28 in Salem, said more customers are coming in because of the tax increases.
"People like cheaper," Bob Patel said.
At Discount Stateline next door, owner Kamal Patel, who is no relation, said even though the tax on cigarettes also went up in New Hampshire, shoppers know there's a savings for them in the Granite State.
"Massachusetts people are going to buy more cigarettes from New Hampshire," he said.
Cheaper cigarettes bring Haverhill resident Delis Alexandra across the state line, too.
"What are we going to do?" Alexandra said as she shopped at Foods Plus Discount in Plaistow. "You want the key to my safebox? Let's spare ourselves the middle people and the paperwork."
Alexandra said she comes to New Hampshire for the tax savings.
She estimates she saves $240 a year on cigarette purchases in New Hampshire because of the tax difference.
"That's a lot," she said.
Katie Murphy of Hampstead, also shopping at Foods Plus, said her Massachusetts friends have shopping plans that don't include their home state.
"They say they're going to see me in New Hampshire," Murphy said.
Jeff Garvey of Haverhill said he comes to New Hampshire to shop every day to save on taxes.
"I just don't know what it's going for," Garvey said of his taxes back home in Massachusetts.
While Foods Plus owner Norm Dalphond feels their pain, it works to his advantage.
"It's unfortunate they have to go up at all," Dalphond said. "We've been hearing about this the last two weeks. Their reaction was they are coming here."
For businesses in New Hampshire, this is a good thing.
"We think it's great," Dalphond said.
But he worries about the impact on consumers.
"They always seem to pick on the same people," he said. "Truthfully, do you wonder where the end is? What if cigarettes go away? How is anybody going to balance their budget?"
Gov. Maggie Hassan understands the "New Hampshire Advantage" includes a low-tax environment, as well as a high quality of life and an educated workforce, spokesman Mark Goldberg said.
"We more than welcome any economic boost from the people of Massachusetts," Goldberg said.
As neighboring states choose higher taxes, that sends business to New Hampshire, according to Greg Moore, state director for Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire.
"It's no surprise that Massachusetts residents are voting with their feet against higher taxes on gas and tobacco," Moore said. "States operate in a competitive environment, so smart consumers will shop around for the best deal and that's exactly what's happening."


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Now you see it. Magic Maps is a multi-purpose mapping tool so easy to use, it feels like magic.
Do you work with data? Turn that spreadsheet into an interactive experience where states and countries light up according to values of interest, a timeline shows you how things have changed, and a Top 100 list presents the current standings. Magic Maps lets you display any time series data on a map.
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---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Mum's the word for some local Republican lawmakers on a proposal to drastically change the way Michigan awards electoral votes in presidential contests.
State Rep. Pete Lund, R-Shelby Township, recently confirmed plans to sponsor a bill that would allocate all but two of Michigan's 16 electoral college votes to the winner of the popular vote in each state congressional district. Electoral college votes presently are awarded in a winner-take-all fashion based on the statewide popular vote.
Lund introduced similar legislation in November 2011, but the law never moved passed its committee assignment.
Lund's proposed change gained support at Michigan's Republican Party Convention last month, where delegates overwhelmingly approved a resolution based on the proportional plan by nearly a 10-to-1 margin.
One local legislature, Sen. Darwin Booher, R-Evart, voted in favor of the resolution at the convention. Proportionally allocating electoral votes by congressional district is fairer than a winner-take-all system, Booher said.
"If you don't win all the state, you at least get credit for the ones you do win," Booher said.
Rep. Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City, also attended the convention, but did not recall casting a vote on the resolution. Schmidt said he was there to help select the Republican Party's next leader.
Schmidt said he neither supports nor opposes the proposed changes.
"I haven't really thought about it much," Schmidt said. "It's not really big on my agenda yet."
Schmidt, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he is occupied with transportation issues.
The proposed plan to change electoral college allocations has not been introduced as legislation, Schmidt added.
"I've got to spend time figuring out how to fix our roads and bridges and railroads," Schmidt said. "If there is not a bill introduced and it's not being discussed, I shouldn't be thinking about it."
Sen. Howard Walker, R-Traverse City, did not attend the Republican Party Convention, but he, like Schmidt, contends he has no opinion on doling out electoral votes by congressional district.
Walker said he needed to further research the topic.
"I like to be well-versed before I form an opinion," Walker said, adding, "I've thought about it in a cursory way, but I have not done any in-depth research."
Rep. Ray Franz, R-Onekama did not return multiple calls for this story.
Mitt Romney would have won a majority of Michigan's electoral votes last November under a proportional electoral college system, despite President Barack Obama winning the statewide popular vote by almost 450,000 votes.
Republicans in Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Virginia also discussed ditching the winner-take-all allocation of electoral votes. Each of those states, like Michigan, has Republican-majority state legislatures and Republican governors.
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A new shop in Sarasota using liquid nitrogen promises ice cream in a flash.
A team of six nurses from Manatee Memorial Hospital partnered to open the first SubZero Ice Cream & Yogurt franchise location east of the Mississippi River at the Expo Center on Clark Road.
Inside you won't find cases of ice cream, but instead a 1,000 liter tank of liquid nitrogen that pumps through a line to flash freeze a combination of creams and flavoring to make more than 37 trillion combinations of ice cream, yogurt, custard, milkshakes, smoothies and even pies (actually, Pi, thanks to their science and math humor).
"Your imagination is the only limitation of what SubZero can offer you as far as ice cream," Wirth said.
The men of the group are nurse anesthetists while the women worked in labor and delivery. The team includes: Jen and Don Wirth of Bradenton, Terri and Brad Lord of Bradenton and Chrystie and Gabe Ramsey of Lakewood Ranch.
"We all say we're gas passers during the day because we give volatile anesthetic to people to get them rendered unconscious for anaesthesia for surgery, then we come in at night and we pass liquid nitrogen," Wirth said.
It makes sense that a team of nurses working with gases would open a franchise. The company's founder Jerry Hancock used his chemistry background from studying at Bringham Young University as part of his tools of the trade to help invent the concept.
So how does your ice cream get made? Choose from a list of 50 flavors then select a mix-in (first one is free).
"Anymore than three gets kind of gross," Wirth said.
From there, science meets culinary arts as the workers at SubZero take you on an adventure through a bit of a food science lab, explaining what's happening to your creation at each step.
Here comes the fun part. Wirth hits a button that activates the liquid nitrogen, pushing it through a vented line where it will spray the cream to freeze at negative 321 degrees to zap the cream so cold it becomes ice cream.
"I have to keep spinning the bowl because the bowl gets really cold," Wirth explains to a customer. "We don't want to put gloves on because if the liquid nitrogen gets inside the glove, it's a contained area and it burns us even worse. Hot oil is even worse than working with liquid nitrogen because it sticks to you, but liquid nitrogen just rolls off. "
As Wirth spins the bowl and stirs the mix, the cream goes from a liquid to a solid as the fog from the nitrogen settles and with a wave of the hand, the ice cream is revealed, ready to be scooped in a cup or a waffle cone.
The store appears to be a hit with area teenagers. Suncoast Polytech High School student James Draper said his friends were talking about this shop all over Twitter and Facebook about how the liquid nitrogen blasts through the vents, so he had to check it out.
James opted for a chocolate and marshmallow combination, took a bite and was impressed.
"It's fabulous. Freakin' great," James said, smiling.
And the price is right, too.
"Five bucks for a medium with all the stuff you get—look how much stuff you get.," James said, dipping his bowl toward the reporter. "It's crazy. I think it's great because all of our local places around are overpriced."
The ice cream comes out smooth and creamy because of the process, so there's no freezer burn involved.
"It's flash frozen, so it cannot create ice crystals," Wirth said. And no freezer burn, too.
If you prefer another famous flash frozen ice cream, Dippin' Dots, the store can freeze the ice cream enough to make it as solid as Dippin' Dots, but they can't manage to make the actual dots. There's a practical use to freezing the ice cream that cold, too, if customers request ice cream to go.
"If you want it hard, we can make it that way and it'll be nice and soft when you get home," Wirth said.
If you can't figure out who to combine, there's a prefixed menu called Sensations. Or you can bring in your own milk.
"We've had people bring in their bases and say hey, can you make ice cream with my coconut milk?" Wirth said.
Given all the science behind the food, SubZero partners with local schools for field trips, and the Sarasota location is no different.
"We're trying to partner with our local schools—Ashton Elementary—and a lot of other local schools in the area to come out and educate the kids about chemistry," Wirth said. "We want to make chemistry cool. We want to talk to them about elements, the periodic table, talk to them about volume expansion."
High schoolers can also learn about boiling points and other lessons, Wirth added.
If the excitement expressed by customers is any indication, business will not be cooling off at SubZero anytime soon.
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I write about human behavior in an increasingly demanding environment
Loving ones job is not only a "rare-to-find-nice-to-have", no, it is essential for our entire society and for our overall well-being. The workplace is the place where we spend most our waking time and people hating their jobs is throughout the world one of the main reasons for economic downturns. If we would all use our unique talents to serve humanity (and we all have these talents!), there would be no unemployment and no stress-related illnesses. I have heard of a woman who makes her living plucking eyebrows. Nothing else – just plucking eyebrows. Based in New York, she is such an amazing eyebrow-plucker that celebrities from around the world queue to avail of her services. If you can make a very good living by plucking eyebrows, you can make a living of anything! Or as Albert Schweitzer said: "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
Yesterday I was at a pedicure studio and while the lady in charge was poking around at my feet I thought how very little I envied her for her job. But then I watched the passion with which she filed, polished, scrubbed and painted and suddenly I understood that this passion was exactly the reason why I opted to spend a fair amount of money for my pedicure instead of doing it myself. I believe that as long as I have a disposable income I should outsource services to those whose core competency they are and who are better at them than I am – but better is not enough – they need to love what they do. I sense whether they love their job or whether I am just a duty to them that has to be endured. The moment I feel that someone is miserable doing their job, I feel bad to be their customer. I try to get out of the situation and avoid the situation in the future – meaning in plain words that I can easily become a lost and therefore expensive costumer to a brand, solely because of the fact that I made one single negative experience with one of their staff. Training alone doesn't help here. Two people can do exactly the same job and say exactly the same words – we still sense whether they are passionate about what they are doing and this makes all the difference.
You might now argue that this is only true for customer-facing service providers but I think it is true for everyone. Be it back-office or assembly-line, one single unmotivated team member is not only difficult to manage but can bring down the moral of an entire team. Miserable employees give others the feeling that what they are doing is unworthy, spreading a sense of embarrassment amongst those who try to be passionate.
You owe loving your job to everyone – to your customers, suppliers, partners, to your family and most importantly: to yourself! No matter how difficult your upbringing was, we are all being given opportunities again and again to create our own destiny. Or do you really want to show your children that it's ok to be unhappy at ones job; that a life is here to be wasted? It's unlikely that this is the kind of role model you wish to be. Or do you want to encourage them to discover their unique talents, to be driven by passion, love and a sense of purpose? Sounds more like it. The same is true for relationships. It is not very attractive to be with someone who spends his time complaining about what he/she does for a living. Content on the other hand is highly attractive. So pick yourself up and remember: Love it, change it or leave it!
It's hard to do what you love when you don't know what that is.
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Anna, you're absolutely correct that those who can identify their professional direction, and work at it, will be most successful and satisfied in their work. Please take a look at my book in Amazon: Getting There Volume 2. Thank you,
This is such a simplistic view that's both infuriating and laughable. Do you really, Anna, believe that that Asian lady (yes, she was Asian) enjoyed washing your feet for $9 an hour? If the people were to follow your advice to "love it, change it or leave it", I'm afraid there would be very few people left to fix your feet. Or to flip a burger for you. Or clean your hotel room. Or….etc.
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It's up to Ryder, Peverley to fill Horton's void in Bruins' offense
BOSTON – It's difficult to picture the 2010-11 Bruins' season and their run to the Stanley Cup Final without Nathan Horton.
With 26 goals in the regular season and eight more in the playoffs – including three of the most dramatic game-winning goals in franchise history – Horton has lived up to the hype surrounding his trade to Boston from around this time last year and written his own chapter in Bruins lore.
If you were to replay the Bruins' season without the 26-year-old forward, it might look something like the year his former team the Florida Panthers went through en route to another playoff-less spring.
Sure, Tim Thomas might've still stolen a bunch of games and a defense corps led by Zdeno Chara could've kept the opponents off the scoreboard, but the Bruins' offense probably wouldn't have ranked much higher than the 27th Horton's former mates ranked during the regular season. Earning a playoff spot would've been a dogfight.
That's how important Horton has been and how big a hole in the Bruins' lineup he leaves for the rest of the Stanley Cup Final against Vancouver now that he's out with a severe concussion suffered in Game 3.
The only realistic way for the Bruins to replace Horton's offensive production and his physical presence is with a committee of players. But there are a couple guys capable of increasing their contribution to the Bruins' cause enough to reduce the number of members that committee needs.
Most notably, Milan Lucic, Horton's linemate who has followed up a 30-goal regular season with just four goals in 21 playoff games, could take on more of the burden. He seems to know this is an opportunity for him to prove he's a legit, scoring power forward.
"It was nice having him on the right side there on our line. He's made a big impact for myself as far as becoming good friends and linemates," said Lucic today on the off day before tomorrow's Game 4. "I thought he was a big reason why I've been able to take my game to a new level. Now without him, I'm definitely going to have to step up and do more."
How much room Lucic will have to operate could depend on which winger Bruins head coach Claude Julien puts on the right side of Lucic and center David Krejci. Based on Monday night's game, there appears to be two leading candidates: Michael Ryder and Rich Peverley. In Ryder, the Bruins have a former two-time 30-goal scorer who hasn't lived up to expectations in three season in black and gold. And in Peverley they have a player who followed up his 22-goal 2009-10 season with 18 this year but has scored just twice in the postseason.
Ryder has more experience skating alongside Krejci than Peverley.
"I played with Krejci before and with Lucic on and off at times," said Ryder. "Yeah, I feel comfortable there. I'm not sure what Claude has planned. But if I get put in that position, I'll have to step it up and make sure I help those guys out as much as I can.
"I'm not Nathan Horton, but I can try to do what I can out there."
There's no telling if either guy will be able to find the hot hand. Like many players, including Peverley and Ryder, on the Bruins' roster, the postseason can be a fresh start. Although both players thrived – while on a line with Chris Kelly – during the Bruins first-round triumph over Montreal, they've cooled off considerably since.
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for Everyoneby Joe from Canada
Friendly staffsPosted Apr 29, 2014
Our family really enjoyed our stay. First and foremost, the staffs are friendly. Secondly, it is close to shopping areas and other food chains. Lastly, the hotel is very clean. However, we only wish that the internet should be free of charge.
for Everyoneby Debbi
San Francisco retreatPosted Mar 13, 2014
Elegant, calming decor. Very comfortable bed. Unsurpassable city views. Unpretentious staff.
for Everyoneby Kurt from Salt Lake City
The Best of The BestPosted Jan 3, 2014
Pros: Modern comfortable design in rooms with Euorpean bed linens
Cons: Can't think of a thing to improve
Location: Close to the financial district and within walking distance of the major shopping areas at Union.
Absolutely one of the nicest hotels we have stayed at. The views from the 46th floor are spectacular. The service is great as well a the food. Great location in the Financial District and not far from the shopping around Union Square.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Posted Dec 10, 2013
i was very happy stay at hotel. they was so nice. thank you so much.
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Staycation OasisPosted Dec 5, 2013 on Hotels.com
We are local and needed a post Turkey Day get away. Unreal views. Great service and friendly staff. Must stay destination in SF. Use of the house car for shopping spoiled us way over the top. Highly recommended.
for Business Travelersby A verified traveler
Elegant and Great StaffPosted Oct 28, 2013
I would rate it one of the best hotels in San Francisco. Staff was extremely attentive. Would stay there again.
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for Everyoneby richard
Walking distance to Pier 39 and Ferry Building...Posted Aug 4, 2013
Parking is too expensive. There is no free Wi-Fi anywhere.
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Not quite up to parPosted Jul 28, 2013
Besides being in the Financial District, which is dead on weekends, the location is good. My main complaint is the design and decor. There really is no lobby now that it is taken up by the bar and restaurant. That makes the hotel seem much less luxurious. Our room had a beautiful view, but the furnishings are an odd combination of traditional and Ikea style cabinets and desks. Cheap and out of place in a hotel of this caliber. Also, we could hear talking from the next room through the door to the adjoining room. It was so loud it woke both of us up at 4 in the morning! Staff were good and very pleasant.
for Everyoneby MDSHORTY from San Diego
its a Great HotelPosted Jul 15, 2013
Pros: Kind Staff, Great Food, and the view from my room was nice
Location: Farmers market and the restaurants near by
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All eyes were on a 6th grade boy at Glenridge Elementary School while a county official talked to his class about bullying. Yolonda Evans, Prince George's County Department of Corrections spokeswoman, asked him why everyone was looking at him.
He pretended ignorance, but the class didn't let it drop. Answering for him, they blurted out, "Because he bullies," Evans said.
After class, Evans said he called her aside and told her, "I think that I might bully people because I get angry."
He said, "I don't want to bully," Evans recalled.
On Tuesday, the 6th grader, along with 161 students from Glenridge Elementary School, pledged out loud with their right hands raised:
"I will not bully others, I will remain drug free, and I will remain gang free," Evans said.
The students are the newest class to pass the department's six-week mentoring program, COPES (Correctional Officers Protecting and Educating Students).
"It definitely reaches some of the kids," Evans said.
Bullying was not on the agenda when the Prince George's Department of Corrections and its officers' union started the program in 2005. Its original focus was drugs, gangs and peer pressure. Bullying, including cyberbullying, was added in the past couple of years because of its prevalence, Evans said.
"We're with the Department of Corrections, so our goal is to decrease our population," she said.
COPES aims to stop problems before they begin and targets children just before they head into middle school, according to Evans.
"We don't want to put a band-aid on what's already going on. We want to prevent it from happening," Evans said.
Fourteen officers work in pairs in the mentoring program. They talk about goals and how using drugs or joining a gang is not going to help students reach goals, like becoming a marine biologist. This was the aim of a recent class member, Evans said.
Glenridge Principal Dr. Gloria McCoy said the lessons COPES teaches help students build the capacity to make good decisions and avoid peer pressure.
The next COPES class will start in spring and take place at a Prince George's County school to be determined, Evans said.
That decision lies in the future. For Tuesday, Evans was busy basking in the day, and memories of 161 students who took a bold stand, including one particular 6th grader who she presented with the gift of a stress ball.
He stood in front of the same classmates who had once pointed him out as a bully, this time he wore a big smile. As the gift flew through the air, tossed his way by Evans—he reached out and caught the ball.


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Applications began being taken starting November 1, 2012 for the 2012-2013 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. This program is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Iowa Department of Human Rights/DCAA, and has been established to help qualifying low-income Iowa homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs.
The Red Rock Area Community Action Program/Marion County Center at 3014 E Main, Knoxville is taking applications from November 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013. Applicants will need to furnish some form of identification, a copy of their most recent heating and electric bill and proof of all household members' gross income for the past three months or for the past calendar year.
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As they observe the vibrant exhibits of aquatic life inside the Miami Seaquarium, many guests don't realize that they are walking through a movie set and a hospital. In the onsite lagoon, bottlenose dolphins swim through waters once traversed by Flipper, who filmed several television episodes and films at the venue. The Seaquarium is also recognized as a manatee critical care facility. Its staff has accomplished several historic treatments, including monitoring the conception and arrival of the first manatee born under human care and conducting the first manatee neurological surgery.
These facets of the Seaquarium—along with its many conservation efforts, educational programs, and shows—underscore a united commitment to wildlife consciousness. The animal attractions enable visitors to witness the allure and fragility of oceanic fauna up close, whether they are petting the back of a stingray or washing a dress shirt on the rough back of an 8-foot nile crocodile. Special encounters decrease the distance even further, sending patrons on underwater Sea Treks through the reef display or helping them to lead marine-mammal training routines.
It's hard to pinpoint the biggest personality inside the Seaquarium tanks, but Lolita the killer whale—who performs daily alongside pacific white-sided dolphins—claims the title of heaviest, period. On the other end of the scale, macaws and cockatiels perch around the Tropical Wings section of the park, and endangered sea turtles lounge at Discovery Bay. Elsewhere, a watery playground and three-story ropes course keep legs from growing too wobbly after a trip to Shark Channel or a smooch from a sea lion.
Located in the heart of the city, Watson Island sometimes feels like a tropical paradise—complete with a leopard lurking in the undergrowth. Luckily, this jungle cat is safely within the confines of Jungle Island, which has inhabited the isle for more than a decade. And yet the story of this themed park, which houses everything from exotic birds and primates to rare plants and trees, began more than 75 years ago.
Jungle Island got its start in 1936 as Parrot Jungle, a small South Miami roadside attraction where the exotic birds could soar uncaged. In the following decades, the aviary hosted a wide array of noteworthy occupants, including Pinky—a high-wire bicycle-riding cockatoo—and several pink flamingos that appeared in the opening credits of Miami Vice. When Jungle Island's current owners purchased the company in 1988, they introduced new mammals and reptiles—but after Hurricane Andrew struck in 1992, they made plans to relocate. They settled on Watson Island, and in 2003, finished construction of the animal habitats and 18 acres of tropical gardens, renaming it Jungle Island.
Jungle Island is currently home to rare white tigers and a white lion, a high-wire bicycle-riding cockatoo, one of the only tame cassowaries in the world, a set of orangutan twins, a rare occurrence. Animal shows and presentations allow visitor to experience Jungle Island's residents in many ways, and a VIP safari tour is available for the very curious. Jungle Island's latest addition is a floating aqua park.
From its humble beginnings in 1949, the Miami Science Museum has expanded into a sprawling facility that includes informative exhibits, the Planetarium, and the Wildlife Center. Many current exhibits teach kids about scientific principles using interactive elements. Visitors literally light up the dance floor at the Energy Tracker exhibit— boogying down helps power neon lights underneath the glass floor. At Moving Things, youngsters can learn about the physics of moving objects by dropping objects of different shapes into flowing water, or they can challenge their spatial reasoning skills by packing blocks into perfect cubes.
The four-story dome at the Planetarium has a daily schedule of stargazing shows. Some of these take audiences on informative expeditions through the solar system and various constellations they might not typically see, such as the elusive Medium Dipper.
The Wildlife Center, meanwhile, is dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of raptors; here, guests can encounter an owl, falcon, and eagle.
The Gold Coast Railroad Museum began in 1956, when train enthusiast William J. Godfrey chanced upon the miles of abandoned railroad track snaking through the pineland of University of Miami's southern campus. He imported a newly retired steam engine to the premises, and a tribute to railroading history began.
Now in a new location in Miami proper, the museum continues to honor trains' role in American history, with nine exhibits on locomotives, passenger cars, and the Richmond's Naval Air Station's fleet. Visitors can hop aboard a full-size diesel locomotive passenger coach, or take a ride a miniature children's railroad that's ideal for transporting shipments of Lincoln logs. Alternatively, they can run motorized or free-wheeling trains through a model railroad, which zips through mountain tunnels and circles around to-scale landscapes.
It's easy to forget amid all of the concrete and neon, but Miami is an ancient place. Eons before the first modern residents began to move into the Coconut Grove cemetery, indigenous people were shielding themselves from the elements using the region's natural rock ridge and sunless tanning salons. Today, Ghost Tours Miami visits the restless spirits that have gathered here over the centuries, including the specters in the windows of the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Pirates, pilots, gangsters, and those too close to gangsters have all met their ultimate fate in this tropical cove, and the photographs and stories of spooked tour guests testify to their continued presence.
Thanks to a generous $35 million donation, the Miami Art Museum is now called the Perez Art Museum Miami, and has a shiny new home to match the label change. The Museum serves as the anchor to new 29-acre Museum Park, which overlooks glimmering Biscayne Bay. The updated digs were designed by Pritzker-Prize winning architects Herzog & de Meuron and are dedicated to international art of the 20th and 21st centuries, laid out across three stories. At more than triple the floor space of their previous home, the Perez is modern and contemporary, housing more than 1,300 works across a range of media. There is also Verde, a lovely waterfront restaurant and bar, where the menu is locally-inspired and created with seasonal ingredients.


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The three UF/IFAS Photo Gallery Vegetable Pest CD-ROMs each offer scores of images of Florida vegetable pests that include adults, immatures (pupae, larvae, eggs), and damage in three different resolutions:
For a listing of the species included on each CD-ROM, as well as the restictions governing use of the images, see:
|SW 180 - Vegetable Pests I - Coleoptera - Diptera - Hymenoptera
|SW 181 - Vegetable Pests II - Acari - Hemiptera - Orthoptera - Thysanoptera
|SW 182 - Vegetable Pests III - Lepidoptera
The text and images on the three Vegetable Pest CD-ROMs are distributed in a HTML format that allows easy access to the images for even the most novice computer users. The CD-ROMs will autorun on Windows systems but other system users must access and doubleclick the Index.htm file in the root folder of each CD-ROM.
Each Vegetable Pest CD-ROM costs $15. Quantity and reseller discounts available. For additional information or to purchase one of all or these, or other entomology CD-ROMs, call the UF/IFAS Extension Bookstore at (352) 392-1764 or (800) 226-1764, or order online: Vegetable Pests I, Vegetable Pests II, Vegetable Pests III.
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Promoting CSR Among Our Suppliers
Note: The article on this page is taken from Sustainability Report 2013.
Basic Approach
Best Practice Examples of Suppliers, the tool Fuji Xerox is using to promote CSR procurement.
At the Fujifilm Group we not only conduct business activities with an awareness emphasizing the importance of corporate ethics and social responsibility within our own company, but we also obtain the understanding of our suppliers. With the goal of conducting such activities in coordination with them, we are enhancing partnerships with our suppliers that put in practice the principles of fair and impartial trade. In fiscal 2009, we formulated the Fujifilm Group Procurement Policy, which shows our approach regarding procurement that takes into consideration the concerns of CSR, and we are continuing to make efforts to improve our CSR activities in coordination with our suppliers.
Outline of Activities in Fiscal 2012
Since 2000 we have been making efforts for green procurement, which takes the environment into consideration. We later launched our examination for CSR procurement and on the occasion of the formulation of the Fujifilm Group Procurement Policy in 2009, we expanded the CSR self-check by adding society items which matched the Procurement Policy regarding corporate ethics, human rights and labor, etc. with the Corporate Greenness Survey up to that time, and we took the lead by beginning a trial survey of this at 70 of our major suppliers' companies. As a result of using the CSR self-check which our suppliers conduct themselves, as well as ensuring that they understand our company's approach to CSR by assessing and providing feedback on their self-check, they are conducting measures to maintain and improve their CSR activities. In fiscal 2012, we aimed to conduct the CSR self-check more efficiently and established a survey procedure by newly using an internet system. In fiscal 2013, using this system, we intend to go on to enhance the survey.
Fuji Xerox
Fuji Xerox is making efforts with our suppliers to conduct ethical procurement in all our procurement activities, such as production materials as well as logistics and other indirect materials (paper, general purchases, etc.).
In proceeding with ethical procurement, we are conducting measures in collaboration with our suppliers such as holding briefings, conducting self-checks, formulating plans to improve activities based on analysis results and offering support in activities to make improvements. In fiscal 2012, in the field of production materials, in consideration of the burden on our suppliers and toward the improvement of the matching ratio of the assessment of each supplier's self-check and Fuji Xerox's check, we asked continuous suppliers to submit a plan for the improvement of activities for items which did not match with our assessment in the previous year, and requested that new suppliers conduct a selfcheck on all items. We set a target of a matching rate of 90% or more for the highest priority items (57 items) and conducted awareness-raising activities among the management level on conducting visiting assessments. However, since approx. 7% were new suppliers, our achieved rate was slightly less than in the previous year, at 93.8% (the previous year was 95.6%). Furthermore, since we had found in visiting assessments until now that in China there was a particularly large divergence in the self-checks conducted by our suppliers and the actual situation, we constructed a system to enable exhaustive confirmation by conducting visiting education programs on the basics of ethical procurement so that local buyers will be able to conduct basic confirmation of the suppliers they are responsible for.
In the field of logistics, for all the logistics companies in Japan which are targets of ethical procurement, all companies achieved our target of a matching rate of 90% or more for the highest priority items (100 items; 98.5% achieved this in the previous year). In the future, in addition to further establishing these measures within Japan, we plan to gradually proceed with selfchecks in areas ranging from the hub stores in the Asia Pacific region to the logistics in the respective countries.
Column:Conflict Minerals
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the adjoining countries, illegal armed forces reportedly commit inhumane crimes and cause violations of human rights or environmental destruction in their pursuit of monetary gain through the mining of specific minerals (conflict minerals). Minerals mined in the regions include gold, tantalum, tungsten and tin which are indispensable to electrical and electronic industries. There is concern that the so called, "Conflict minerals" directly or indirectly finance or benefit illegal armed groups in the DRC or adjoining country. Fujifilm has declared that no intention to use the minerals mined or refined by illegal practices and no intention to take part in directly or indirectly financing or benefiting illegal groups. In August 2013, Fujifilm formulated its internal guideline which clarified roles and responsibilities for the relevant divisions. From fiscal 2013, Fujifilm intends to use common industry frameworks such as the EICC/GeSI template promoted by the electrical, electronic, and automotive industries and to disseminate the frameworks throughout the supply chain.
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Bills to ensure New York children have access to full-day kindergarten will be introduced in Albany by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale.
At a press conference Monday with members of Westchester United, Paulin said she wanted to remove school districts' ability to cut kindergarten as a cost-saving measure.
"We want to ensure each and every child in New York State has the benefit of full-day kindergarten," she said.
The bills Paulin will be introducing would require kindergarten for all 5 year olds and would mandate that kindergarten be full-day.
She said that right now the state requires schools to provide education for 5 year olds, though many people are not aware of that.
Paulin said, if a school district does not have kindergarten and a parent wants their child in school, the child has to be put in first grade.
Rabbi Seth Limmer of Congregation B'nai Yisrael in Armonk questioned why kindergarten is ever an option, when studies show it gives children developmental advantages.
"Do we want to be a state that leaves children behind?" he said.
Melissa Robinson of Port Chester used one of her children as an example to show the effects of kindergarten on a child's growth.
She said when her son first went to kindergarten he didn't know anyone.
"After the fourth week when school began, he was telling me the names of his friends," Robinson said, adding that he was getting better at reading and writing and working with others.
In March, Port Chester schools had proposed cutting kindergarten to a half day to try to save money in the budget. The district reversed its position prior to the May budget vote.
The Rev. Bruce Baker of All Souls Parish Presbyterian Church in Port Chester said cutting kindergarten was a huge concern for the village's residents.
"Many of our families are parents who both have to work to pay the rent," he said. "If their children did not have kindergarten, it would put a huge burden on them."
Yonkers resident Herriberto Contreras said he felt kindergarten was an essential part of early education.
"It sets the stage for success," he said.
Contreras said it makes him angry that cutting children's education can be used as a way to balance a budget.
"This is not acceptable," he said. "All children deserve a fair and guaranteed start."
Paulin represents the 88th Assembly District, 88th district, which includes Scarsdale, Eastchester, Tuckahoe, Bronxville, Pelham, Pelham Manor and parts of New Rochelle and White Plains.
Westchester United is a network of 19 synagogues, churches, mosques and community groups working to build a nonpartisan power base of Westchester County residents.


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Boxx gave the visitors the lead with 33:18 gone in the first half and Carter added his goal with 11:43 off the clock in the second half.
The Saints held a 14-9 advantage in shots on goal, with Beau Stanford making seven saves for North Country. Mohammed Ouro-Sama stopped seven shots to post the shutout for Cayuga.
"We didn't play badly, but we lacked possession in the attacking third," North Country coach Adam diVincenzo said. "We gave up a couple of soft goals and weren't able to come back.
"Boxx, who is a center back, played very well for them."
Cayuga C.C. 2, North Country C.C. 0
Cayuga C.C 1 1 — 2
North Country C.C. 0 0 — 0
First half- 1, Cay, Boxx, 33:18.
Second half- 2, Cay, Carter, 11:43.
Shots: North Country C.C. 14, Cayuga C.C. 9.
Saves: Stanford, NCCC, 7, Ouro-Sama, Cay, 7.


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A campaign rally in Bridgeton Monday night drew a crowd of supporters and a couple of celebrities who cheered on Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri).
Don King got the crowd going before McCaskill took the stage. McCaskill said that now the focus of the campaign is to make sure supporters get out to vote Nov. 6. Chuck Berry also made a brief appearance at the event, Patch partner Fox2 reports.
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The children couldn't take their eyes off the guest reader, a retiree who seemed to have as much energy as they did.
Linda Fox kept kids engaged at Agassiz Elementary School during story after story Thursday. Usually, guest readers join one classroom to read for 20 students. And they typically do so quietly.
It worked out well that Fox was enthusiastic and loud. Because as she switched from one character voice to another, more than a hundred little ones packing the gym produced a lot of noise when they laughed.
Each tale had her own bit of a twist, including an occasional plug for libraries; "Mrs. Fox" is a former Oskaloosa librarian.
In one story, the character's son, away studying wildlife in Africa, sent her a package. In the box was a baby boa constrictor. Though the character said, "I always thought I hated snakes!" she quickly found that this visitor proved its worth as both a companion and an aid to teaching class.
But what do you feed a baby snake? A quick trip to the local public library and one startled librarian later, and she had the knowledge she needed.
There was no explanation, however, for why she knitted her slithering new friend a sweater.
There was also the story of "The Three Bears —as told by Mrs. Fox."
The story is updated a bit: The bears own a TV and a waterbed, and instead of porridge, they eat chili.
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For the past two years, I have been on a wild ride in terms of my neurological health. It began, again roughly two years ago, as what I thought was a stutter. I have never stuttered in my life and have always been very articulate when I speak. It wouldn't be every word. It would be some words, at some moments.
It slowly progressed until I felt my mental status change. I went from thinking very clearly to what I describe as 'fuzzy brain.' I googled fuzzy brain one time and was astounded to find out its an actual symptom. The fuzzy brain has been around for about a year and a half and has done a number on my self-esteem. I'm afraid to talk now because of my speech. I would almost prefer a stutter because stuttered speech actually makes sense. I have picked up the phone before when my boss was calling and literally let out a five second string of unintelligible nonsense. I was so embarrassed that I had to hang up on him and call him back later to apologize.
The fuzzy brain status isn't constant. The unarticulated speech patterns seem to persist, although are worse at certain times. The craziest thing is when I'm out drinking with friends and get a little intoxicated I have no problems with my speech. It's when I'm sober that the problems persist. The fuzzy brain, on the other hand, changes as I go from room to room, as the temperature changes, and a number of other factors.
The fuzzy brain that I experience isn't a scatter-brainness. My mind just feels fuzzy and my thoughts aren't sharp. It's almost as though there is a numbness to my conscious mind.
I went to the doctor with the issue and he told me I have social anxiety disorder so he gave me Lexapro. I was on Lexapro for six months and took myself off because it wasn't fixing the problem. I wasn't having fuzzy brain and speech problems because I was afraid of people. To the contrary, I am afraid of people because I have this problem with my speech and ability to think clearly.
I was describing it to a friend of mine and he told me it sounded like what he felt before he got on adderol; he has ADHD. I don't know the symptoms of ADHD but I wouldn't call myself hyper. One of the biggest things that I've noticed is that I've lost the ability to change the octives of my voice. I've become very monotonous when I speak because then it's easier to hide the random moments when my words sound poorly executed.
Now, I know you can't diagnose me. But, I want to hear some people, preferably doctors, give me some idea of what this could be and how to turn it around. I've tried changing my diet; I've tried colon cleansing; I've tried Lexapro; I've tried vitamins; I've tried living hollistically. Nothing has worked.
For the record, and I'm not sure if this matters, I have chronic Hepatitis B but almost no symptoms other than a little discomfort on my right side. I've never been jaundiced. I'm going to post this on the ADHD board as well, so they can add some insight to my friend's suggestion.
Thanks in advance.
You need to be seen as quickly as possible by a neurologist for a thorough work-up, including referral for a full skull series MRI at maximum resolution. Some of the symptoms you report are also seen in certain types of brain tumor, hydrocephalus, arterio-venous malformation, or stroke. If you are on medication to manage Hepatitis, some drugs can also produce side effects that impact speech and cognition. All of these things should be checked and positively eliminated by someone qualified to do so. Very few general practitioners have the training needed.
I do hope you will soon take decisive action to be seen and advised by a professional with appropriate qualifications. Self-medication in the face of these symptoms is very unwise and potentially self-damaging.
37 year old female whose symptoms began gradually on January 31st, 2008. (Same symptoms were experienced from August 2003 ? March 2004.The only time symptoms were not experienced was during 2 different periods of time (last week of September 2003 and last week of October 2003) when I had a cold with congestion. Also, during this time I never had a migraine, which is a normal occurrence for me.)
Symptoms: 1) Cognitive Dysfunction - disoriented, not crisp, not functioning at full capacity. I want to do something but can't get to level of full awareness to perform at normal ability. It isn't a scatter-brainness. My mind just feels fuzzy and my thoughts aren't sharp. It's almost as though there is a numbness to my conscious mind. Everything I do in this stage is just going through the motions. This symptom is sometimes accompanied by nausea and dizziness. I sometimes feel like I might pass out but never have. 2) Neck tightness ? I cannot stand for anything to be on my neck. I had to quit wearing turtlenecks. 3) Tongue numbness 4) Lip numbness 5) Feet and hand numbness or tingling 6) Occasional weakness in forearms and legs 7) Burning sensation in forearms - sometimes experience the burning sensation all the way to my shoulders
When I experienced these same symptoms from August 2003 through March 2004, I had extensive bloodwork, MRI of the brain (at the very beginning), thyroid scan, EEG, nerve conduction test, glucose tolerance test, etc. Everything was normal except the thyroid scan. I had a hot nodule removed and symptoms seemed to subside soon after. However, this time around my thyroid scan and extensive bloodwork is all normal. I am scheduled for a MRI of the brain and neck on Thursday, April 17th.
I am so hopeful for answers! Any input would be greatly appreciated!
I didn't look at your profile and you don;t say your age and sex.
More people at pre-middle age (late 30s) through middle-age experience fuzzy-brain or worse. Word-finding, word-stuttering, thought derailment (like when interrupted, you lose train of thought) can all become issues. Pre-menopause and menopause for women, and andopause for men are both times of mental changes. It can be very disconcerting and troublesome, esp if it starts at younger ages.
I agree with Red that you've had some quack suggestions. Diet, no smoking, limited drinking, vitamins etc can each help us feel better, but it won't necessarily change fuzzy-brain. And, you're right "I wasn't having fuzzy brain and speech problems because I was afraid of people. To the contrary, I am afraid of people because I have this problem with my speech and ability to think clearly." It is not a social anxiety, but anxiety can develop from having problems thinking and speaking.
Mayo Clinic had an article about Chemo Brain-- same problems after chemotherapy. It gives some excellent self-help. I agree with Red, it'd be good to get a full physical to make sure you have no other problems. Make sure Dr checks BP, your carotid arteries (with stethoscope), and heart sounds. Circulatory problems can cause fuzzy, as can some diseases, and some meds.
The biggest #1 self-help for fuzziness and word-find problems or speech problems is to --- say it. Tell people. Yep, do the #1 worst thing you can think-- let people know you have times when you have problems. You can make a joke about it, as people do about having "Senior Moments". You can make up excuses... but just tell people. Also tell others that you may need a couple extra minutes to reply. DON'T feel pressured to answer. If Mr. Boss calls you again, the best reply "Can I get back to you on that in 5 minutes?" "Let me look that up and call you back." Write your reply before getting on the phone. Prepare beforehand what you need to say.
Tell family to NOT finish your sentences & give you time to get words out. If people interrupt a lot, tell them so because it derails what you were going to say.
This is NOT a graceful issue-- it makes you feel "stupid" -- at least that's how I feel, stupid and like I'm losing my mental faculties. For me, it started in my 30s. I couldn't say milk... as in "get me a glass of milk". I finally said "get me the.... the white stuff, wet, it's in the fridge... drink it in a glass" and my kid said "Milk???" Yeah, milk! I yelled (ouch, I regret yelling at her) It is OKAY to let go of a word that is stuck, stutters, or won't come out. Use a different word with the same meaning. "I need to get the da-ccccu-ments" can just as easily be "I need to get the papers". Make it a game in your head to think of 3 words that mean the same thing. Practice in your head, just like role-playing a job interview before you go. "Hello Mr. Johns, I am here to apply for the job (or .... discuss being hired... or... to become your employee). Heck, it doesn't matter which words we use. It's just our brains get stuck and for those seconds "a" word is the ONLY word, at least in our brain. When you stutter on a word, SWITCH words -- let the other one go away, there are plenty of other words to use! Really, try it next time. Stop, drop the stuttered word, pick a different word and finish your sentence.
Self-depreciating humor is fine to use. "Well, I guess my tongue doesn't like that word today."
Don't dwell on "it just happened AGAIN." Move on. Re-train your brain to stop getting stuck. No one is waiting to give you a million dollars to say THAT one word, so go with another word or even a different sentence. "Let me try that again," I often say.
Frustration and tiredness makes mine worse. Also, pressure-- any kind, esp. pressure I put on myself. Hope this helps some.
Get a physical. If Drs find no physical issues, then consider the self-help I've described.
No, it is not depression, although thought-slowing can happen in depression. No it's not social anxiety but can create anxiety and embarrassment.
Think of your brain as a big filing cabinet. In one set of drawers it has words... thousands of words. It's like the brain pulls up a card for one word and won't let that word go... even though the brain could drop that card and pick another card. When the word gets stuck (can't think of it...can't say it... stuttering it... ), the brain keeps ahold of that word instead of being creative. We can help "oil" the parts of the filing cabinet ("oil" it with diet, good sleep, less stress, vitamins, etc), but sometimes we have to just snatch a new card for ourselves. Kicking the filing cabinet when frustrated won't help--- it just makes the brain push us harder to say THAT one word. Embarrassment is like dumping glue into the filing cabinet so all the word-cards get stuck and we can't find a substitute word at all. And, explaining "fuzzy brain" to doctors is like we've crawled into the filing cabinet drawer and slammed the drawer shut--docs usually don't understand because "a symptom" has to fit "a disease" and if docs can't find an organic (physical) cause for a symptom, then it must be "stress", or "depression" or that you are "emotionally unstable". Few to no docs would ever admit that they, too, experience fuzzy-brain symptoms in middle-age or older years, but you can bet some of them do experience it too.
There is a lot on Google for the topic, but people describe it differently. There's also a great "brain+memory" research website that talks about fuzzy brain and how the brain catalogues and retrieves words, memories, speech, etc.
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CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina needs more workers with education beyond high school at a time when the population is increasingly diverse and the state has a long horizon of fiscal challenge.
Thats the landscape facing the UNC Advisory Committee on Strategic Directions, a group of about 30 higher education, business and political leaders who began work Wednesday on a roadmap for the states public universities.
The groups timeline is ambitious a report is due in January to the UNC Board of Governors, in time to present to the next governor and legislature.
The UNC system previously undertook an intense planning effort under former President Erskine Bowles. That group, called the UNC Tomorrow commission, finished its work in 2007.
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It is certainly time to recalibrate for the future, Ross said.
He suggested the committee come forth with specific educational attainment goals for North Carolinas population. Some two dozen states have undertaken similar strategic plans.
In Virginia, for example, the states business, political and educational leadership have a plan to produce an additional 100,000 four-year, two-year and graduate degree earners in the next 15 years. Its even written into law.
Oregon made news when leaders there settled on something they call the 40-40-20 plan, with the goal that by 2025, 40 percent of adults will have a four-year bachelors degree, 40 percent will have a two-year associate degree and 20 percent will have a high school diploma.
Such plans are ambitious, Ross acknowledged.
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A study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce estimated that by 2018, 59 percent of jobs in North Carolina would require education beyond high school.
But churning out more college grads is easier said than done. North Carolinas fast-growing population is much more diverse, with stubborn minority and gender achievement gaps and disparities between urban and rural areas. Meanwhile, the aging of baby boomers means that the state does not have enough young, educated people to replace the retiring workers.
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From 1990 to 2007, population growth in North Carolina was 127 percent among whites, 133 percent among blacks and 829 percent among Hispanics.
But Hispanics have the lowest educational attainment of any other minority group in North Carolina. Forty-eight percent of Latinos ages 25 to 44 dont have high school diplomas, according to census data.
The fastest growing population is also the least likely to get out of high school, said Dennis Jones of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems.
That has to change, said Jim Johnson, a demography researcher with UNC-Chapel Hills Kenan-Flagler Business School.
He told the panel that North Carolina must embrace its newcomer population to prosper economically. The birth rate of Hispanic women in the state is about double that of whites.
Were going to need them, Johnson said. If you cant make them, youve got to import them.
Johnson pointed out that 245 languages are spoken in North Carolina schools. Meanwhile, the states universities are undergoing massive turnover as baby boomer faculty retire.
The question becomes where do you get the next generation of talent from to make sure that the kid that walks across the stage is equipped and ready to compete in a global economy where the only constant is change and uncertainty, he said. Thats the new normal, folks, and we have to reinvent K-12 education to prepare kids for the new normal.
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The lesson on demography came at a time when one student group this week questioned the diversity on the UNC panel itself. One student, one faculty member and one university employee serve on the committee, which is made up largely of corporate leaders and higher education administrators.
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We want to make sure were doing our part to spur the economy, Hans said. Are we producing enough college graduates? Do they have the right skills and knowledge? Whats the impact of demographics and workforce needs? How can we allocate our resources most effectively to address these issues?
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