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Editor's Note: The following are talking points released by the anti-nuclear group San Clemente Green, Citizens' Oversight Committee and other fellow activist groups leading up to the California Public Utilities Commission Meeting Thursday, one of the first in a series of hearings to decide whether Southern California Edison owes ratepayers money back for supporting its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, which has been shuttered for a year:
There should be no further delay. The CPUC analyzed the steam generator project before it was originally approved and found that operating the plant with only one steam generator was not financially viable. Why spent months and years investigating it again? Close it now.
Ratepayers of the monopolies SCE and SDG&E must be REFUNDED the hundreds of millions of dollars already paid through electricity bills for these defective steam generators and not charged for the rest of the $700 Million cost of these flawed-design steam generators.
Ratepayers must be REFUNDED the hundreds of millions of dollars already paid through electricity bills for all the inspections, regulatory costs, and replacement power that Edison's defective steam generator design has cost us.
Edison must be STOPPED from running up the bills in the hundreds of millions of dollars to get the defective San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear reactor ready to restart, in advance of the requisite approval by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
San Onofre must be DECOMMISSIONED NOW to cut ratepayer losses and invest those saved funds in our renewable-energy economy. Ratepayers have already paid $3 Billion into the Decommissioning Trust Fund for this nuclear power plant through electric bills, and it is time to put that money to use.
SCE must be held accountable for not filing the actual costs incurred for the Steam Generator project when the project was "done" as required by the CPUC, but instead delayed the report for two years after they had told the investor community that the project was done.
The CPUC is responsible for making sure our money is spent wisely. This project had almost no oversight, giving Edison a blank check lump sum and conducting no project reviews to insure the replacement steam generators would function as specified and to insure that funds were actually used for the project and not skimmed as profit by Edison.
Community Outreach Funds Misdirected by SCE:
SCE sees "community outreach" as a treasure chest of funds to polish their tarnished image through targeted public relations campaigns, including donations to various community groups and costly advertising to tout the "safety" of the innocuously acronymed "SONGS".
The community sees "community outreach" as educating the public about crucial safety and evacuation procedures in the event of an accident. This view of community outreach has not been achieved despite the funds dedicated for that purpose, at least in the view of the public.
Consider the following:
Most hospitals do not have radiation detectors required to properly shelter-in-place, nor can they provide decontamination services on a large scale. All the nearly 100 Community Clinics in the area and most skilled nursing facilities, teachers and school administrators are untrained to shelter in place for a radiological event and do not have the needed equipment. We still don't know how to shelter in place children on a field trip, on a school bus, or at a high school football game. We still haven't figured out how to decontaminate the inside of an ambulance or police/sheriff's cars, or how to protect first responders out in the field during an event. We still haven't figured out how to communicate a large scale radiological event to the multi-cultural population which speaks 85 different languages in San Diego County alone.
All of these issues require intensive education and training which costs taxpayer dollars, and in tight budgets, health facilities have to prioritize Emergency Response to issues such as disease outbreaks or natural disaster related issues such as fire and earthquakes. Federal HRSA funding to hospitals for Emergency Preparedness and Response training and equipment is scheduled to end THIS YEAR.


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Your high school report card compared to the world
Originally published: Dec 11, 2012 - 10:31 am
Bruce, Pamela and Rob looked at their high school rankings compared to the rest of the world via an interactive map.
The Atlantic has the map you can look at for your school district.
Bruce attended the Tucson Unified School District. In math they are in the 25th percentile, and in reading the 35th percentile when compared to the rest of the world.
Pamela, who attended the Seneca Valley School district in Pennsylvania, is in the 66th percentile in math and 72nd in reading.
Rob's high school, Whitman-Hanson Regional High School scores in the 63rd percentile in math, 70th in reading.
Take a look at your school district and let us know what the scores are.
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Elmwood Park, 01/09/13 Elmwood Park's Elliott Perez shoots in between Guerin Prep's Joe Binkowski (15) and Michael Marra in Elmwood Park January 9, 2013. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Beginning at the end of his junior season, Elmwood Park's Elliott Perez has transformed himself into one of the top players for the Tigers.
The senior forward has gone from a part-time starter on last year's squad to the leading scorer and rebounder for Elmwood Park this season.
His skills were on full display Friday night when he scored 19 points and grabbed 10 boards during a 69-51 Metro Suburban loss to Ridgewood in Norridge.
"Elliott is our best leader by example, he does everything right," said Tigers coach Mike Wasielewski. "He came to all the offseason stuff, all four years. So, he has put the time in and all the time he put in paid off and made him the player he is today.
"So I am really proud of how he worked over his career to put himself in that position and it has paid off."
Elliott put in hours of work at both shooting and rebounding, but feels that it was much harder to improve his game under the boards.
"For me, it would probably be working on rebounding now, because I do have the height, but I do not have a lot of the weight," said Perez. "At 155 or 160 pounds, it is hard getting banged around with the big boys in there at 215 pounds. At 6-1, I sometimes have the height on them, but it is hard."
Wasielewski agrees that the Tigers (6-13, 1-8), whose roster lists just nine players, depend on Perez for many things. He also provides insight on why the senior's rebounding has improved.
"It helps that he grew three inches this (past) summer," said Wasielewski. "He is huge for us on defense, rebounding. Obviously we need him to score to stay in the games."
Senior forward Pat McNulty noticed that Perez's game has come a long way since he was younger.
"Over the past couple of years, he was sometimes timid and scared," said McNulty. "But this year, he is aggressive and he is ready to score all the time, and he is helping us out a lot."
Perez hopes to continue basketball next year. He is considering the University of Chicago and was going to check out the Beloit College campus and watch the Buccaneers play Grinnell College last Saturday.
He scored a 29 on the ACT and is taking three advanced placement classes.
"It is tough to juggle them all, but it is basketball and I love the game," said Perez. "I would love to play next year. I love to play basketball, it is a passion of mine."
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Storm brings wild weather swing to New EnglandBy DAVID SHARP
The Associated Press | February 01,2013PORTLAND, Maine A storm that caused havoc in the South brought wacky weather to northern New England on Thursday with thick fog, heavy rain, record warmth, ice jams and wind gusts topping 70 mph that caused numerous power outages. It was capped off with a pendulum swing back to colder temperatures.
Across northern New England, powerful wind gusts knocked out electricity for more than 70,000 homes and businesses, mostly in Maine, while warm temperatures and heavy rainfall caused ice jams on many rivers, threatening a number of communities, including Montpelier.
Several ski areas shut down for the day because of rain, or strong winds, or both.
In Maine, the wind gusted to 63 mph in Bath, ripping part of the roof off the Maine Maritime Museum. Gusts also hit 54 mph in Augusta, and 49 mph at the Portland International Jetport.
Offshore, the wind hit 60 mph at New Hampshires Isles of Shoals and 74 mph at Maines Matinicus Rock.
Thats natural for us, said Wanda Philbrook, post master on Matinicus Island, which is 20 miles from the coast of Maine. Its just another day in paradise.
The day started with rain and heavy fog that gave way to sun and a second day of warm temperatures. In Portland, the temperature hit 54 degrees, tying the record for the date for the second consecutive day. By midnight, the temperature was expected to drop below freezing, plummeting more than 30 degrees.
By 2 p.m. Thursday, the temperature was about 12 degrees atop New Hampshires Mount Washington, the highest peak in the Northeast and home to some of the worlds most erratic weather.
By contrast, it reached 43 degrees at the summit on Wednesday, breaking the previous record of 38 set in 1947. Before temperatures started falling Thursday, the 38-degree reading at midnight broke the record for the day of 35 set in 1947.
All of that warm weather and rain caused rivers to rise and ice to break up, forming ice jams that raised the threat of localized flooding. In Maine, an ice jam closed the Route 4 bridge in Madrid.
In Montpelier, city officials warned residents to be on alert after an ice jam that broke loose from the Berlin area threatened the Winooski River.
Eventually, the threat to Montpelier subsided, but there were flood warnings on at least a half-dozen rivers, including the Saco River at Conway, N.H.
The cause of the wacky weather was the same winter weather system that spawned tornadoes in southern states, said Margaret Curtis from the National Weather Service.
In the south, two people were killed by tornadoes Tuesday and Wednesday, while a third was found dead Thursday in a flooded homeless camp in Maryland.
In northern New England, the biggest problem was the wind, which knocked down trees and tree limbs. The largest number of power outages were in Maine, where Central Maine Power reported more than 40,000 and Bangor Hydro Electric Co. reported more than 20,000 at the height of the storm. More than 13,000 power outages were reported in New Hampshire.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER A civil court judge heard arguments Wednesday in a case in which three women are... Full StoryMONTPELIER State officials are preparing to undertake a statewide survey of Vermonters to... Full StoryWASHINGTON A bipartisan House bill aimed at tightening prescription drug delivery guidelines,... Full Story
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Arable land
In geography and agriculture, arable land (from Latin arāre; "To plough, To farm") is land ploughed or tilled regularly, generally under a system of crop rotation.[1]
According to definitions and survey recommendations by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), used by for example Eurostat and the World Bank, arable land is agricultural land occupied by crops both sown and harvested during the same agricultural year, sometimes more than once. Land is also considered arable if used as temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, market and kitchen gardens; as well as temporarily fallow land — not seeded for one or more growing seasons, yet not left idle for more than five years.[2][3][4]
Permanent crops that occupy the land for a number of years, and don't need replanting after each annual harvest — like coffee, rubber, flowering shrubs, fruit, nut trees and vines — are not counted as existing on arable land, but as existing on permanent cropland.[5][6]
Permanent pastures and meadows used for grazing, land mowed for hay or silage not included in a crop rotation scheme, and abandoned land resulting from shifting cultivation is also not counted as arable, along with lands with built-on and barren areas, forests and woodlands.[7][8]
Arable land area[edit]
Although constrained by land mass and topography, the amount of arable land, both regionally and globally, fluctuates due to human and climatic factors such as irrigation, deforestation, desertification, terracing, land reclamation and urban sprawl.[9] In 2008, the world's arable land amounted to 1,386 M ha, out of a total 4,883 M ha land used for agriculture.[10]
Non-arable land[edit]
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Land which is unsuitable for arable farming usually has at least one of the following deficiencies: no source of fresh water; too hot (desert); too cold (Arctic); too rocky; too mountainous; too salty; too rainy; too snowy; too polluted; or too nutrient poor. Clouds may block the sunlight plants need for photosynthesis, reducing productivity. Starvation and nomadism often exists on marginally arable land. Non-arable land is sometimes called wasteland, badlands, worthless or no man's land.
However, non-arable land can sometimes be converted into arable land. New arable land makes more food, and can reduce starvation. This outcome also makes a country more self-sufficient and politically independent, because food importation is reduced. Making non-arable land arable often involves digging new irrigation canals and new wells, aqueducts, desalination plants, planting trees for shade in the desert, hydroponics, fertilizer, nitrogen fertilizer, pesticides, reverse osmosis water processors, PET film insulation or other insulation against heat and cold, digging ditches and hills for protection against the wind, and greenhouses with internal light and heat for protection against the cold outside and to provide light in cloudy areas. This process is often extremely expensive. An alternative is the Seawater Greenhouse which desalinates water through evaporation and condensation using solar energy as the only energy input. This technology is optimized to grow crops on desert land close to the sea.
Some examples of infertile non-arable land being turned into fertile arable land are:
- Aran Islands: These islands off the west coast of Ireland, (not to be confused with the Isle of Arran in Scotland's Firth of Clyde), were unsuitable for arable farming because they were too rocky. The people covered the islands with a shallow layer of seaweed and sand from the ocean. This made it arable. Today, crops are grown there.
- Israel: Israel's land primarily consisted of desert until the construction of desalination plants along the country's coast. The desalination plants, which remove the salt from ocean water, have created a new source of water for farming, drinking, and washing.
- Slash and burn agriculture uses nutrients in wood ash, but these expire within a few years
- Terra preta, fertile tropical soils created by adding charcoal.
Some examples of fertile arable land being turned into infertile land are:
- Droughts like the 'dust bowl' of the Great Depression in the U.S. turned farmland into desert.
- Rainforest Deforestation: The fertile tropical forests are converted into infertile desert land. For example, Madagascar's central highland plateau has become virtually totally barren (about ten percent of the country), as a result of slash-and-burn deforestation, an element of shifting cultivation practiced by many natives.
- Each year, arable land is lost due to desertification and human-induced erosion. Improper irrigation of farm land can wick the sodium, calcium, and magnesium from the soil and water to the surface. This process steadily concentrates salt in the root zone, decreasing productivity for crops that are not salt-tolerant.
See also[edit]
- ^ "Glossary: Arable land - Statistics explained". Eurostat. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "FAOSTAT - Concepts & definitions - Glossary (list)". FAO. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Agriculture statistics at regional level". Eurostat. Retrieved 2 November 2013. "Eurostat has followed the FAO's recommendation on the worldwide decennial agricultural census since the 1970 round"
- ^ "Agriculture & Rural Development". The World Bank. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Glossary: Permanent Crops - Statitics explained". Eurostat. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "The World Factbook, Field Listing: Land use". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Glossary: Permanent grassland - Statistics explained". Eurostat. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Crops statistics - Concepts, definitions and classifications" (Word Document). FAO Statistics. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Arable Land Area". The Helgi Library. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "FAO Statistical Yearbook - Land use" (Excel). FAOSTAT. p. A4. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "FAOSTAT Land Use module". Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "The CIA World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved June 2006. "Percentage shares of total land area [by country] used for arable land - land cultivated for crops like wheat, maize, and rice that are replanted after each harvest"
External links[edit]
- Surface area of the Earth
- Article from Technorati on Shrinking Arable Farmland in the world


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TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma's two newest Republican congressmen-elect said Wednesday they were optimistic they'll be able to work with a Democratic president and Senate to break the partisan gridlock in Washington.
Navy pilot Jim Bridenstine and plumbing company owner Markwayne Mullin both won victories Tuesday in a heavily red state that handed Mitt Romney one of his largest vote margins in the country. Both targeted President Barack Obama in their campaigns, calling for the repeal of the federal health care law and speaking out against other Obama policies. But they say they are willing to hear him out on issues and work with his administration following his re-election.
"I'm optimistic about this, but I'm cautious in my optimism, when the president said last night he's going to sit down with Romney and talk about legislation where both parties can agree," said Bridenstine, who will represent Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District, a northeastern swath of the state that includes the cities of Tulsa and Bartlesville. "I'm going to take him at his word.
"If you look at the last four years in office, he hasn't governed that way," he said of Obama. "He's pretty much passed things on a party-line basis without getting bipartisan support, so I'm hoping that what this election has done is helped him see that he needs to reach across the aisle."
Bridenstine said the Keystone XL pipeline project, which would go through Oklahoma and create jobs, is an issue that both parties can tackle together.
Mullin, who will represent Oklahoma's 2nd District, said he will consider any idea regardless of which party develops it, as long as it has "America's best interest in mind."
"The party members, people will have to be willing to get their boots muddy," said Mullin, whose district stretches across 26 eastern Oklahoma counties from the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in the northeast to the Red River border with Texas in the south. "Gridlock does nobody any good.
"It shows me people who are afraid to make the wrong decision," he said. "But if you're not trying, you're just sitting idle, and in my mind you're dying."
Mullin said in the next four years, Republicans "have to work with this administration."
He will replace outgoing Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, who announced last year that he wouldn't seek a fifth term in office. Bridenstine replaces five-term congressman John Sullivan, who lost in the primary election.


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In 2006, Moses Maddox deployed to Ramadi, Iraq, a hotbed of the insurgency and one of the most dangerous places in that Middle East nation for U.S. troops. He spent much of his time standing in the open turret of an armored vehicle, bouncing violently from side to side as it rumbled down potholed streets and dirt roads. Maddox was later diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, the signature wounds of the Iraq war.
Like hundreds of thousands of other veterans, Maddox enrolled in college when he returned home, paying his way with money from the government's new GI Bill. Earlier this year, as he prepared to graduate, he sent out 50 résumés in his search for full-time work. He got a grand total of one call back, and he didn't get that job. Months later, he is still looking for a full-time employment.
Maddox, 31, is not alone. In March, the Labor Department reported that last year's unemployment rate for veterans who have served since 2001 was 12.1 percent, significantly higher than the 8.7 percent rate for nonveterans. The disparity was even more jarring for younger veterans, who make up the bulk of the returning troops. Among male veterans ages 18 to 24, an eye-opening 19.1 percent were jobless. For nonveterans of the same age group, the rate was 17.6 percent.
With the nation about to mark Memorial Day, the persistent inability of veterans like Maddox to find full-time work serves as a grim reminder of the struggles facing troops as they return from Iraq or Afghanistan. The employment gap is also a sobering reminder of the vast gulf between how veterans are perceived publicly and how they're actually treated. In the Vietnam War era, returning troops were sworn at and publicly derided as war criminals. Today, vets get standing ovations at baseball games and invitations to the State of the Union address. But they don't get jobs.
"To be honest, I think being a veteran makes it harder to find work, not easier," Maddox says. "People thank us for our service but are so worried that we're unstable or have mental problems that they pass over us for jobs. I'm willing to come in on the ground floor, but even that doesn't work."
The ranks of unemployed veterans is also likely to swell in coming years as budget cuts force the Pentagon to reduce the size of the Army and Marine Corps by roughly 100,000 troops. Many of those soldiers and Marines will be effectively pushed out of the armed forces, leaving them desperate to line up employment. The number of troops who will lose their jobs would balloon dramatically if the budget sequestration kicks in later this year, requiring the Pentagon to make $500 billion in additional, automatic cuts.
There are several reasons why veterans—no matter when they leave active duty—have such trouble finding work. First, many simply have little idea of how to write a résumé, prepare for a job interview, or search out companies with openings. Service members don't have to worry about any of those things; they just do what they are assigned to do. Compounding the challenges, as military bases near major cities have consolidated into mega-facilities such as Texas's Fort Bliss—home to nearly 100,000 troops and military families—many veterans are returning to remote parts of the country. Just traveling to job centers to line up interviews is tough.
On the other side of the equation, many would-be employers have never met a soldier or a Marine, much less had any substantive interactions with them. That makes it easier to fear that former troops are potential time bombs because of their mental wounds, are too rigid to fit into a more freewheeling corporate culture, or have no real skills besides carrying weapons and killing people.
"The average human-resources manager at your average company has formed their views of troops from Hollywood and the media," says Tom Aiello, a spokesman for Sears, the company that military officials say has hired more returning veterans than any other. "They believe in all of the negative stereotypes which may exist about veterans and figure that bringing them on is simply not worth the risk."
Sears is hiring some 5,000 veterans a year, Aiello said, virtually all of whom have served in either Iraq or Afghanistan, as part of a total veteran workforce of 30,000. Perhaps fittingly, Aiello is a veteran himself; he was disabled after his Humvee rolled over shortly after the first Persian Gulf War.
Veterans' advocates identify one other major factor that makes it difficult for returning troops to find work: Many civilian employers are either unaware of the specialized skills that service members develop while in the field or are openly dismissive of that training and experience.
"Many civilians simply don't understand or respect military certifications," says David Sutherland, a retired Army colonel who was a special assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on veterans' employment issues. "You can have a military truck driver who's driven thousands of miles in Iraq being told to train alongside inexperienced 18-years-olds, or military medics who have done advanced emergency-trauma training and are being told they need run-of-the-mill first-aid training."
Linda Stanley experienced that disconnect firsthand. Her husband was a corpsman on the USS Kitty Hawk near the end of the Vietnam War, helping to treat badly wounded pilots and other troops. Back home, he couldn't get a job as an emergency medical technician or ambulance driver. Stanley, who served 21 years in the military herself, believes that many employers still don't understand exactly what returning veterans can offer them.
"They didn't look at all of his training from the Navy and say, 'Yes, you qualify for a civilian job,' " she says. "And that's the same thing that happens now."
Maddox ran into the same problem when he came home after his second Iraq tour (he also served there in 2004, working in a mortuary-affairs unit). During his stint in Ramadi, he worked in a civil-affairs unit, helping to conceive, manage, and fund small-scale construction and infrastructure projects. When Maddox looked for similar jobs in the civilian world, ideally at nongovernmental organizations, he was told that he would need a master's degree to even be considered for such a position.
"I didn't have the piece of paper, so the fact that I'd already been literally doing that job really didn't matter," he says. "Military experience really doesn't count for anything when they're looking at your résumé."
The staggering unemployment rate for returning troops has finally drawn the attention of corporate America and the White House. Amazon.com, for instance, has hired veterans for about a quarter of the jobs at its order-filling centers, according to a recent article in Fortune. In a symbolic gesture, Amazon has created a commemorative coin, modeled on those given out by military commanders, which features the logos of the five military services on one side and its corporate logo on the other. The conference rooms at one facility in Phoenix have names like Mess Hall and Bunker. In a more substantive move, the company is considering a new effort to hire disabled veterans as "virtual" customer-service representatives, according to the article.
"We actively seek leaders who can invent, think big, have a bias for action, and deliver results on behalf of our customers," Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos told the magazine. "These principles look very familiar to men and women who have served our country in the armed forces, and we find that their experience leading people is invaluable."
G.I. Jobs magazine has spent the past decade ranking companies on how well they recruit and retain veterans. Amazon occupied the top spot this year. Managing Editor Dean Fazio said he wished more companies appreciated just how much veterans could bring to private-sector companies.
"Veterans benefit from the best training in the world and have been responsible for other people's lives and millions of dollars' worth of equipment in harsh environments. They have learned to make hard decisions and adapt quickly when the plan goes awry," he says. "How could that not be valuable to corporate America?"
The Obama administration has teamed with the private sector on an initiative called "Joining Forces," which seeks to find at least 15,000 jobs for veterans in coming years. Last month on The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert joked with President Obama that private companies should hire a veteran because "with the stories he tells of his previous job, it will really make the interoffice complaining sound trivial." Obama replied that it would definitely be "hard to be a whiner around a veteran."
Veterans already get preferential treatment when they apply for federal jobs ranging from park rangers to Defense Department contracting personnel. But government jobs are drying up as the administration's economic stimulus winds down and the Republicans in Congress push for far-ranging austerity measures designed to close the nation's yawning budget deficit.
Sutherland, who retired from the military to focus solely on helping veterans find employment, is hoping to work around the government's hiring slowdown. During his time on the Joint Chiefs staff, the Iraq veteran visited more than 329 cities and towns in 42 states. He now wants to build local organizations in hundreds of communities to make it easier for veterans to find jobs and reacclimate to civilian life. Some of these initiatives are led by churches or schools; in Boise, Idaho, the police department is taking the lead role.
Sutherland also wants to team with Easter Seals, which has more than 500 affiliates nationwide working to help returning troops find their way into civilian jobs. He says he is encouraged by the way colleges and universities are joining the fight; Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management sponsored a weeklong "Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans With Disabilities," and Vassar College became the first school in the country to partner with a foundation dedicated to offering small numbers of returning troops full scholarships to highly selective, highly expensive universities.
"Veterans don't need a handout or pity," he says. "They need a hand up and a start."
Maddox, for his part, has found a part-time job at Palomar Community College in San Marcos, Calif., helping to ensure that the 1,100 veterans enrolled there stick to their courses and make progress toward their degrees. "It's $13 an hour, 20 hours a week, so it's not much," he says. "But it's a start."
This article appears in the May 26, 2012 edition of National Journal Magazine.
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Palestine Herald-Press
Memorial services for Bobbie J. Compter of Palestine will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Fields Chapel Methodist Church with the Rev. David Blackmon officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.
Mrs. Compter died in an automobile accident in Palestine on Nov. 16.
She was born in Oakdale, La. to Dennis C. and Thelma Kennedy.
Mrs. Compter enjoyed her gardening, books, and cooking. Her favorite things were shopping with her sister and meeting and dancing with all her friends at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3907.
She maintained a close relationship with her many friends from her time living in New Orleans. She never met a stranger. Her last 15 years, she fell in love with Palestine and what she called her extended family — her sister's husband Mike's family.
She was loved by all whose paths she crossed. She loved to share her wisdom.
Mrs. Compter was preceded in death by her father, Dennis C. Kennedy Jr.; sister, Carolyn R. Vickers; and three nieces, Sharon, Denise, and Rhonda Vickers.
She is survived by a son, Edward G. Compter IV of Sedona, Ariz.; mother, Thelma Y. Chamberlain of Oakdale, La.; sisters, Mary Ann (Bea) Winn of Oakdale, La. and Patricia K. and husband Mike Studdard of Palestine; brothers, Dennis C. (Buddy) Kennedy, Thomas J. Kennedy, and Timothy P. (Tim) Kennedy, all of Oakdale, La.
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On behalf of the Adult Ministries Team at Ada Bible, we'd like to thank all of you, our readers, for your active engagement with Sabea blog over the past several years. We know that Sabea has had a great impact on many of your lives and we're so grateful that God used our blog ministry.
Recently, the Ada Bible staff members who were responsible for much of Sabea's content have followed God's call in their lives and have moved on to other positions outside Ada Bible. With their departure, we've taken a step back from weekly Sabea blog posts–at least temporarily– as we reevaluate the purpose of Sabea and how we can best use such a forum moving forward. Please join us in prayer as we engage in some conversations about the best way to continue to move people toward Christ during the week. Read more


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SWK 105 - Facing Life's Challenges: Resilience, Hope and Happiness (3) Explores the necessary changes and challenges faced by individuals, families, and communities as part of this thing called "life." Focus will be on how each of us can foster resilience, hope and happiness in the face of life's demands from simple changes to traumatic events.
SWK 106 - Social Work Global Visions: Citizens, Issues and Approaches (3) Explores the global issues faced by disenfranchised people around the world, including issues of diversity, poverty, political issues, economic concerns and environmental issues. How social work on an international level addresses these issues through collective strength-based practice will be covered.
SWK 235 - Introduction to Social Work and the Social Welfare System (3) Social welfare institutions and the social work profession in the United States; the values, methods and roles of social workers and the history of the system.
SWK 240 - Basic Working Relationship Skills (3) Prerequisite: SWK 235; Corequisites: SWK 235, SWKL 240, SWK 320. Multi-cultural working relationship skills for generalist practice, building client-directed partnerships, interviewing, and transitioning from services using a strengths-based and solution-focused perspective. Process recordings, case assessments, social work ethics, values and diversity are covered.
SWKL 240 - Working Relationship Lab (1) Prerequisite: SWK 235; Corequisites: SWK 235, SWK 240, SWK 320. Student will practice the basic working relationship interviewing skills.
SWK 310 - Social Service Practice with the Elderly (3) Prerequisite: SWK 235 or GRN 101. Examines the status of the elderly and specific problems they confront in modern society. Focuses on social agencies and other service resources. Analyzes policies. Major emphases on practice, service settings and special populations.
SWK 311 - Child Abuse and Neglect (3) Prerequisite for BSW majors: SWK 235. Study of the knowledge base, laws, and professional roles associated with contemporary child welfare practice. Identification of child maltreatment, reporting procedures and community-based interdisciplinary practice issues are emphasized. Upon acceptance to the NC Child Welfare Education Collaborative, students must complete both SWK 311 and SWK 312 before admission to a DSS field placement.
SWK 312 - Seminar on Practice in Children, Youth, and Family Services (3) Prerequisites: SWK 235, SWK 311. Second of two-course sequence to prepare students for contemporary child welfare practice. Focused study of skills, tasks, and best practices associated with public child welfare services. Upon acceptance to the NC Child Welfare Education Collaborative, students must complete both SWK 311 and SWK 312 before admission to a DSS field placement.
SWK 315 - Issues for Social Workers in Mental Health (3) Prerequisite: SWK 235. Concepts of mental health and practice in social context. Managed care, models of practice, rural community mental health, and future directions in community health, all considered in a multicultural perspective.
SWK 316 - Generalist Social Work in Rural Communities (3) Prerequisite: SWK 235. A survey of rural community life, its institutions, value systems, customs, and their implications for social work practice. Issues dealing with migrant workers and Native American cultures.
SWK 318 – Social Work and Health Care Delivery (3) Prerequisite: SWK 235.
An examination of the rationale, issues, problems and practices related to the implementation of client-centered health care. New programs and proposals for the delivery of health services will be reviewed systematically with reference to the implications for social work practice.
SWK 319 - Ethical Decision Making in Social Work Practice (3) Prerequisite: SWK 235 or permission of instructor. Study of ethical issues in social work practice with emphasis upon application of NASW Code of Ethics.
SWK 320 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I (3). Prerequisites/Corequisites: SWK 235, SWK 240, SWKL240, PSY 105, SOC 105, BIO 105 or 160. Perspectives on human development and behavior in diverse contexts, including: culture, oppression, poverty, gender, ethnicity, physical and social settings. Implications for social work practice and policies. Prenatal through Adolescence. Course requires a 25-hour service-learning project.
SWK 321 – Human Behavior and the Social Environment II (3). Prerequisite SWK 320; Corequisites: SWK 341, SWK 396. Perspectives on human development and behavior in diverse contexts, including: culture, oppression, poverty, gender, ethnicity, physical and social settings. Implications for social work practice and policies. Young Adulthood Through Death. Course requires a 25-hour service-learning project.
SWK 335 - Social Welfare Policies (3) Prerequisite: PLS 101 and SWK 235; Corequisite: SWK 321. Social, cultural, economic, and political influences on the social welfare system. Policymaking, program development and planning.
SWK 341 – Generalist Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families (3). Prerequisite: SWK 240; corequisites: SWK 321, SWK 396. Client-directed strengths-based and solution-focused generalist practice with individuals and families. Assessments, progress notes, case management, working with mandated clients, crisis and trauma work covered.
SWK 335 - Social Welfare Policies (3) Prerequisite: PLS 101 and SWK 235; Social, cultural, economic, and political influences on the social welfare system. Policymaking, program development and planning
SWK 355 - Issues in Diversity for Generalist Practice (3). Prerequisite or Corequisite: SWK 235.
Values, biases, and prejudices which produce personal and social vulnerability. Consequences in the lives of people of color, women, the poor, gays and lesbians, and others.
SWK 396 - Pre-field Seminar (1). Prerequisites: SWK 235, 240, 320; Corequisites: SWK 321, 341. Explore professional expectations of field education, including ethical standards of the NASW Code of Ethics. Preparation of a resume, identification of the student's learning style, and exploration of diverse agencies and fields of practice.
SWK 406 - Research Methods for Social Work Practice I (3) Prerequisites: SWK 321 and SWK 341; Corequisite: SWK 496, Research methodologies in social work practice; client-centered research questions, theoretical frameworks, research design sampling, data collection, analysis and report writing.
SWK 407 - Research Methods for Social Work Practice II (3). Prerequisites: SWK 321 , SWK 341; SWK 406. Corequisites: 497. Program/Practice Evaluation: group and single subject designs, applications, data analysis, and ethical considerations.
SWK 417 - Constructing Masculinities: from Boyhood to Manhood (3) Prerequisite: SOC 105 or consent of instructor. Impact of biological-psychological-social/cultural influences on male development, the construction of multiple masculinities and the consequent impact on men's lives, their families, and society. Discussion of implications for social work practice and social policy.
SWK 418 - Social Work Practice in the School Environment (3) Prerequisite: SWK 341; Corequisite: SWK 341, SWK 496 or permission of instructor. Examines legislation shaping contemporary public education and school social work services in North Carolina. Emphasis on strengths-based, solution-focused social work intervention across the spectrum of social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students to enhance school performance. This course and a field placement in a school setting are required for NC School Social Work Certification.
SWK 442 - Generalist Social Work Practice with Groups (3) Prerequisite: SWK 341; Corequisite: SWK 406, 496. Basic group typology and dynamics applied to task and treatment groups in generalist social work practice. Client-directed strengths-based skills for a range of treatment and task groups.
SWK 443 - Social Work Practice with Communities and Organizations (3) Prerequisite: SWK 442; Corequisite: SWK 407, 497. Knowledge, values, and skills common to social work practice at the community and organizational levels. Principles of social planning, community development, and social action. Topics include needs assessment, program planning and development, organizational change and program evaluation.
SWK 450: The Culture of Military Life and Entering the War Zone. (3). Prerequisite: SWK 235 or permission of instructor. Understanding the fundamental culture of military life and training and the experience of troops entering the war zone: norms, language, rank, military justice, and family life. Using the concept of 'battle mind' the course will cover the requirements of troop preparation for combat and their entering the war zone. Preparation for social work students to be able to work with veterans, active military and their families.
SWK 451: Returning from the War Zone: Consequences, PTSD, Traumatic Injury, Interventions and Preventative Measures. (3). Prerequisite: SWK 450. Students will learn the potential consequences for troops returning home to state side military life and family life. Confronting stress, trauma, depression, anxiety, addiction, anger, panic reactions, PTSD resulting from war zone service. Methods of prevention and intervention will be covered.
SWK 460 – Grant Writing for the Human Services (3). Grant writing for new initiatives in the human services. Needs assessment, goal-setting, program design, evaluation, budgeting, and securing funding sources.
SWK 491 - Directed Individual Study (1-3) Prerequisite: Overall GPA of at least 2.00, junior or senior standing, and consent of instructor, School Director and Provost. Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. For further information, consult the Directed Individual Studies section in this catalogue.
SWK 495 - Topical Seminar (1-3) Prerequisite: SOC 105, SWK 235 and consent of instructor. Discussion of selected topics in social work. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
SWK 496 - Field Practicum I (6) Prerequisites: SWK 396, SWK 321, SWK 341, SWK 355; Corequisites: SWK 406, SWK 442; permission of instructor, and 2.50 overall GPA. Development and application skills used in social work practice. Supervision of student field experience in a community social service setting. Analysis and discussion of field experiences in a series of field seminars to be arranged by the field liaison. (A minimum of 225 hours of fieldwork is required.)
SWK 497 – Field Practicum II (6). Prerequisites: SWK 496, SWK 396, SWK 321, SWK 341, SWK 355. Corequisites: SWK 407, SWK 443, permission of instructor and 2.50 overall GPA. Development and application skills used in social work practice. Supervision of student field experience in a community social service setting. Analysis and discussion of field experiences in a series of field seminars to be arranged by the field liaison. (A minimum of 225 hours of fieldwork is required.)
SWK 499 - Honors Work in Social Work (2-3) Prerequisite: Eligibility for honors program and senior standing. Independent study for honors students.


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An editorial in today's Buffalo News Opinion section is looking for
- A better immigration plan
In order to prove that the person ahead of you in line at the job interview is an illegal immigrant, we are going to have to devise a system that proves that you are not.
That, as much as any bleeding-heart concern for illegals or sweatshop search for cheap workers, has been the barrier to effective reform of an immigration system that really needs it. And New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer is offering a bold step in the right direction by making a fraud-resistant ID system a key part of his plan.
Schumer, a Democrat, and South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham, a Republican, have put forward a thoughtful and comprehensive immigration reform plan that deserves the attention of their colleagues, the president and the nation.
In addition to tougher border enforcement, more green cards for educated workers and a stringent path to citizenship for illegals already here, the plan includes what its backers call a "high-tech, fraud-proof Social Security card." ...
We've been fooling around with an alternative, called E-Verify, that is supposed to allow employers to check a central database to see if the Social Security number offered by a new hire matches the government's records. But it has been shown to be so full of errors, often rejecting people who are clearly native-born citizens, as to be unworkable.
- Time - Ready for Your Biometric Social Security Card?
- The Christian Science Monitor - Immigration reform rests on a national worker ID
- The Dallas Morning News - Wait-and-see is not an immigration policy
- Ruben Navarrette - Graham needs to finish his work on immigration reform
- The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - Broken, unjust and in dire need of reform
- The Palm Beach Post - Immigration kumbaya: There's a bipartisan opening, really
- The St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Immigration reformers want 'next'
- George F. Will - A birthright? Maybe not
- Froma Harrop - This time, a real immigration fix
-- George Pyle/The Buffalo News


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The Products Screen is where you go to manage the products in your Miva Merchant store. We walk you through the different parts of this all-essential area of the store admin.
A quick walkthrough of various areas in the Miva Merchant store admin that may be of day to day interest to a store owner.
This video explains how the Miva Merchant Image Management tool works and how to make the most of this powerful feature of Miva Merchant PR8.
Miva Merchant has some powerful custom fields functionality that can be utilized to add content to customer accounts, orders, products, and categories. The first step of harnessing this power is to activate the Custom Fields module in your Miva Merchant store admin. This video shows you how.
Learn how to build themes with Miva Merchant's new Ready Themes functionality.
In this episode we talk about our new website; Moving to a new headquarters; The Miva Merchant Version 9 Beta; Saying good-bye to Miva Central; And we introduce ReadyThemes to the world.
A website's speed is a key factor for a successful ecommerce store. Every second of webpage load time will translate into lower conversion rates and lost sales. We discuss why page speed is important and what you can do to make your website load quicker.
Nick Adkins leads a discussion about On-Page Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices for eCommerce, offering suggestions on how to improve your search engine ranking position (SERP).
Are you shipping internationally, but not getting much traffic or sales? Would you like to increase your international sales? Find out how Miva merchants are boosting their international sales in 5 easy steps. Presented by the company that has been driving international online sales for Abercrombie, Best Buy, Claire's, FTD, Urban Outfitters, and many others.
In this webinar, ShipWorks, the leader in ecommerce shipping, will share how ecommerce retailers can ship like a pro. This seminar will cover topics like how to optimizing shipping within your Miva Merchant store; how to streamline the shipping process; and how to scale shipping processes as business grows.
While the accepted user experience (UX) principles apply to all websites, ecommerce sites have a greater challenge as these sites have more complex interactions with users including category and product pages, shopping carts, shipping methods, payment options and other components of online buying. Miva's Donna Sandsmark discusses how to improve UX for ecommerce.
Where we talk about best practices for managing credit card security; our revamped Miva Merchant Videos; free developer stores for all; the crazy awesome Miva Bootstrap Developer Framework; schmoozing it up at our San Diego Ecommerce Meetups; and MivaCon 2014.
Responsive Web Design is a great way to give your clients the best experience across any device whether it is on a tablet, desktop, or mobile. In this presentation Brennan Heyde discusses what Responsive Web Design is; the design Challenges Choosing a Responsive Framework; testing a responsive website; and the gotchas to consider for eCommerce.
In the brave new world of Social Media Marketing, Email is still far and away the biggest ROI driver. Find out how to use Email marketing to propel your business.
What are international shoppers buying? What Markets are growing? Is International Expansion the right choice for my Business? How does a 3rd party Global Logistics Provider operate anyway? These questions and more answered by Bongo International, one of the fastest growing US Technology Companies in The Deloitte Fast500.
4Psite's order management system allows you to streamline and seamlessly manage orders through payment processing to inventory, fulfillment, shipping and returns, with multi-store integration. With 4Psite's new integration with Miva, you will be able to grow your e-commerce business and boost your revenues.
Watch this video before you attempt to install the Miva Bootstrap Framework into your Miva Merchant store. We walk you through everything you need to do before installing this new Framework.
This video takes you through the steps of installing the Miva Bootstrap Frameworking into your Miva Merchant store. Warning: Its recommended that you install Frameworks into new stores only. If you DO install this Framework into an existing store, please save a copy of your existing Framework first.
We take a tour of the Storefront page with the Miva Bootstrap Framework installed. We show off the new features and where you can find them in the Miva Merchant store admin.
T-Hub makes it easy to connect your Miva Merchant store to your Quickbooks records. It works with various versions of Quickbooks like Quickbooks Online and Quickbooks POS. In this webinar we talk about the different versions of T-Hub and how it could work for you.
On November 27th, 2013 we held a joint webinar between Miva Merchant and Canada Post introducing the new integrated shipping module that allows merchants to offer shipping options through Canada Post.
Launch Pad can help you get around the Miva Merchant admin more quickly. Let's take a tour of this oft-overlooked time saving feature.
The Miva Merchant Community Forums are the place to be for keeping up to speed with all things Miva. The forums are also a great resource if you have any questions regarding your Miva Merchant store.
In this video we go over the legacy method of adding images to your products. We talk about some of its limitations so that you can compare the old and new workflows for adding images to products in Miva.
The Additional Images tab has many advantages over the legacy method of adding images to your products. This video takes a look at those advantages as well as walks you through the steps of adding some images to an example product.
We show you how to set up your Category Display Pages to use the images from the Additional Images tab. This process requires you set up a Image Type which you can then assign to the Category Display Page template.
When using the Additional Images tab to power your product images, you have the ability to affect their display size on both the Product Display Page as well as the Category Display page. Let's have a look at these resizing options.
Learn to quickly upload and assign multiple product images to multiple products in your store using the Batch Image Assign feature.
You can assign attributes to products in your store. Attributes offer shoppers choices to specific details of your products. We walk you through setting up an attribute in this video.
Learn how to assign products to categories in your Miva Merchant store.
Attribute Templates allows you to create a template "stencil" which can then be applied to multiple products as needed. This video walk you through the steps of creating and then assigning attribute templates.
Miva Merchant and Amazon held a live webinar on October 31st, 2013 talking about the recently released Amazon Payments module. We explain what Amazon Payments is, and cover how to setup and use the service. After the presentation, we opened up the webinar to a Q and A session where attendees were free to ask questions they had regarding Amazon Payments.
We walk you through the steps of adding a product to your Miva Merchant Store.
Here is how you can sort the display order of the products in your store. We go over sort products on both the Category Display pages as well as the Product List page.
When you make changes to a page template in Miva Merchant, the system automatically saves a snapshot of your template code and stores it under Versions. We explore this versioning functionality in this video.
This video walks you through the steps in creating a new user account for your Miva Merchant store, and the various preferences available on a per user level.
Miva Merchant allows you to create multiple user accounts that can log into your store admin. You can even create different tiers of users that have full or limited access to the store admin pages. Here's how.
In this video we introduce the Maintenance Mode feature, which is used for taking your store temporarily offline so that you can update pages and troubleshoot issues in your store without a stream of customers stumbling unto unfinished work.
In this video we explore some template fields in the Pages area of the Miva Merchant admin, and we cover the difference between Global Tabs and Non-Global Tabs.
We discuss the concept of having one browser tab open for your store admin where you can do some work, and another browser tab open to the front end of your store so that you can check your work. We also show you some shortcut links in the admin, to quickly get to your store's runtime.
Miva Merchant is a robust ecommerce system. Because of this, you may find yourself in need of assistance from time to time. Thankfully there are a number of resources at your disposal.
Miva Merchant's new additional images features allow ecommerce storeowners to have complete control over how their product images are displayed. In this video, Brennan Heyde, Miva Merchant Technical Director Of Professional Services, explains how to set up and work with additional image types and image attributes.
The Analytics Module comes baked into the Miva Merchant software. Google Analytics is a powerful must-have resource for any online store owner and now it's easier than ever to get your Miva store up and running with it.
The Token List helps you see what variables and entities are available to each dynamic page template that makes up the Miva Merchant store. This Rewards video serves as a basic introduction of the Token List, and we'll also cover steps for setting up your first "if…else" statement using the MVT Template language.
Miva Merchant allows you to import and export data via flat file. Here is a walk through of the process.
If your company engages in a lot of customer service interaction over the phone, you may find this feature quite useful. "Shop As Customer" allows you to log into a shopping session your customer created, and assist with adding and removing content to the basket.
Batch Reports consolidate data across multiple orders and make the information accessable in one organized report. Miva Merchant comes with two types of batch reports by default: the Pick List and the Printable Invoice. Both are completely customizable, or create your own if more personalization is required. Here's a quick breakdown of Batch Reports in the Miva Merchant software.
Learn how to setup a Bestseller list in your Miva Merchant store using the Toolkit 3rd Party Module.
In Lesson One we'll take a look at writing better HTML. Knowing which elements to use in each situation can help you start writing better HTML right away.
Now that we know which HTML elements to use, we should also know how to style them properly. Once we build the foundation with our CSS, we can move on to creating complex layouts.
Now that we know how to write better CSS, it's time to start creating basic layouts. We'll take a look at the box model and how to deal with floats.
In this lesson we'll take a look at our framework, then we'll start coding out some of the global elements in our layout.
In Lesson five we'll start coding out our most common pages, the Storefront, Category and Product pages.
In this lesson we'll start integrating our global elements from the static build into our Miva Merchant website.
Now that we have our global elements styled, we'll start building out our category and product pages.
It's time to put the finishing touches on our integration, we'll start with the single pages then proceed through the checkout.
In this lesson we'll take a look at creating better breadcrumbs and better category pages.
In the last day we're going to take our Tool Kit knowledge to the next level and combine it with some Javascript. We'll take a look at that code and also some best practices for using Javascript in your store.
The Swatch Attribute is perfect for displaying options like color variations of a product you sell. Watch this video to see how you can setup this unique Attribute Type in your store.
One of the first things you want to do in a brand new Miva Merchant store is configure a shipping method. If you don't have a shipping method configured, when a customer goes to check out they'll get an error message saying that shipping could not be calculated for their basket. Watch the video for steps on configuring shipping for your store.
In Lesson One we're going to take a quick tour of the admin, learn about the Miva Merchant file structure, and also dive into frameworks.
In this video we explain what Inventory Variants are all about. We cover some concepts behind product attributes that lead to the creation of this advanced feature in Miva Merchant.
In this video we cover the steps for configuring product attributes to use Inventory Variants.
Before we get started writing templates, it's important that we understand how Store Morph Technology works. By knowing the theory and proper application of the templating system, it will be much easier to solve complex problems in the future.
Learn how to set a default attribute option, and to sort the order in which your attributes display on your product pages.
Miva Merchant allows you to track the inventory levels of your products. We take a deep look at all of the settings and options available to you when you enable this useful feature in your Miva Merchant store.
Now that we understand how and why Store Morph Technology (SMT) works, we're going to start digging into our page templates. We'll start with the Storefront page and then move onto a more dynamic page for our Categories.
If you regularly offer special pricing to a select group of customers than you will want to setup Price Groups in your store. In this example video, we go through the steps of configuring a price group called Wholeseller, to show you everything you need to know about Price Groups.
This video walks you through the steps for getting a customer setup with a customer account in your Miva Merchant store.
One of the most complex pages is the Product page. We'll take a look at displaying products, related products, inventory, and one of the most powerful features in any CMS, custom fields.
Since we are calculating shipping, tax and other charges, the checkout process of a website can easily become the most complex part with so many variables required on each page.
Modules can greatly extend the functionality of Miva Merchant to interact with APIs, store custom data or almost anything else you can imagine. We'll take a look at why they exist and where to find them. Then, we'll check out some basic Toolkit functions.
The Toolkit module adds some much needed functionality to the templating language when we want to do advanced operations. We'll take a look at some of our most used Toolkit functions and practical places to use them in this lesson.
In this lesson we'll take a look at SEO links and setting up our payment and shipping methods. We'll also learn about managing orders and importing/exporting data so you can easily train your clients when you launch their store.
So now you have categories in your store but you'd like to know how to sort the order in which they display on your store pages. This video shows you how to manage your categories to display in the order you want them to.
When displaying multiple products on your category pages you have the ability to control how many you want to show at a time. This is called category pagination, and we show you how to configure it to your needs.
There are category page headers and footers, and there are category specific headers and footers. We take a look at their differences and where you need to go in the admin to add content to them.
In this video we show you how to see the structure of the categories in your store, as well as additional ways of adding subcategories and products.
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The theme of Season 5 of "Next Iron Chef" is "redemption." But it might as well be "revenge."
The new season gets underway Sunday night on Food Network featuring chefs who failed, flopped and otherwise fell short during earlier incarnations of the channel's popular cooking competition. Among them: Eric Greenspan, the Los Angeles chef-owner of the Foundry on Melrose. He was unceremoniously eliminated after the very first competition (ouch!) of Season 2.


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There were trainer Richard Mandella, veteran owner and mogul B. Wayne Hughes … and KISS frontman Gene Simmons in the winner's circle after the $300,000 Malibu Stakes on Wednesday at Santa Anita Park.
Posing, pictures and polite chatter.
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Thank you for the Sept. 26 article, "Against the wind." I welcome the heliport just to the south of my property. As one who stands to be a victim of a carpetbagging corporation privatizing profit and socializing harm, my property is being protected by the work of my neighbors.
I have been treated to the argument from wind turbine proponents that they have the right to develop their property without regard to others. The heliports demonstrate this quite well. And that is why proper zoning is very important to protect all property owners as an expression of the community's aspirations.
Joyfield Township still needs zoning. However, the lesson in all this is that industrial wind turbine facilities do not belong in a settled community. If anything, they belong away from people and in Lake Michigan, where people and wildlife are not subject to their negative impact.
Gerald Wilgus
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Question: How do you create a park-like atmosphere?
Answer: First, you whack a bunch of mature trees.
Really? Yes, really. At least that's the way we do it here in Traverse City. That way, you don't have a bunch of nasty shade obscuring your sun-drenched vistas. You don't have all those nasty leaves cluttering the lawns in the fall. You don't have some nasty root system possibly obstructing one of the trench-digging machines that will be used to construct that genius-sounding splash pad deal. Really. You have done us all proud, town fathers.
I just wish there could have been some mention of this deal before you went and did it. You know, so I and all my fellow awestruck townsfolk could have lined up to pre-congratulate you on your brilliant management of our natural resources. Wow, all I can say is, way to go. I can't wait to see what happens when they get wind of this snazzy little resource management technique out in Sequoia National Park.
Rob Parsons
Traverse City
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Oh, Traverse City, what gimmicks do we need to get people to give? The radio reveals the Second Annual "Bras Across the Bay" event to raise awareness of breast cancer. Is there anyone that hasn't experienced it, or knows someone who has been devastated by it? I was raised where bras were considered "underwear," not something to be flaunted in public. What is next, "Jock straps Across the Bay" to raise awareness of prostate cancer?
Come on Traverse City, dig deep if this is a cause you want to support, and let's keep the bras where they belong.
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I'm starting a journal here. I am 171 lbs 5 ft 10 1/2 inch @ about 10% body fat. Goal: 175 lbs 5% body fat.
Currently taking about 2400 calories
10 g of glutamine/day
3 caps of Methoxy power.
I just began seeing a personal trainer for the next 2 months.
Day 1.
3 warm up sets of 95 lbs 10 reps
1 set of 115 lbs 10 reps
2 sets of 135 lbs 12 reps
1 set of 115 lbs to failure
1 set of 95 lbs to failure
dumbell fly
2 sets 25 lbs 12 reps
1 set 20 lbs burnout.
incline dumbells
3 sets 25 lbs 10 reps
4 sets of tricep pull downs
reps of 12
Funny how strong I look and lean I look and only lifting so little weights. Maybe it is the intense workout and only having 45 sec rest each. It seems like I'm growing fine with light weights.
How long have you been lifting?
Oh and good for you creating a journal here. I find it helps out.
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I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk.
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I've been working out for about 1 year.
I was 145 lbs. Now I'm almost 175 or so.
I've made huge gains 7 months into it but have leveled off.
My intensity has dropped. I just got myself a personal trainer for the next two months to push my training to the next level.
I'm pretty happy where I am at physically now.
I now look really good in clothes and in swimming trunks.
I can be a little more vascular and lean.
I'll post a pic sometime.
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good luck to ya
Good luck with achieving your goals bro..
Oh boy was it a hellish leg day.
I haven't touched legs in about 3 weeks or so.
I only had about 45 sec. rest in between sets.
Leg press (10 rep each)
-3 warm up sets
2 sets of 90lbs
1 set of 180 lbs
-3 killer sets
1 set @ 270 lbs
2 sets @ 360 lbs
Squat Rack (10 rep each)
- 2 set at 135 lbs
- 1 set at 155 lbs
- 1 set at 175 lbs
Leg extensions (10 reps each)
- 3 sets of 90 lbs
Leg curls ( 10 reps each)
- 3 sets of 90 lbs
3 sets of 30 yd lunges
I couldn't sleep that night because my legs were so so tired.
I loaded up on 15 g of glutamine that night and a caplet of Methoxy.


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Mark diLorenzo is fully qualified
Mark diLorenzo is seeking support as a candidate for superintendent of highways for the town of Otsego. I have known of Mark diLorenzo for many years, but in the last year I have learned more about him at various community events.
Mark is a man who is comfortable holding his wife's hand as they stroll through town, engaging his children in respectful conversation, and meeting and greeting people from all walks of life. He appears to be genuinely interested in people and listens to their viewpoints.
Highway superintendent requires knowledge about design, construction and maintenance of the physical environment, including roads, and bridges. It requires leadership skills, independent judgment and initiative. It requires the ability to understand, plan and execute the department's services to meet the needs and safety concerns of our community. It requires resourcefulness, an understanding of budgets, equipment maintenance and of local and state laws/policies. It requires good interpersonal skills and persuasiveness, in order to represent the department at meetings, and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the highway crew, the town board, government agencies, and the public.
Mark has been diligently preparing for his candidacy — meeting with the mayor and community leaders, inspecting the existing roads to assess current and future needs, researching possible grants, reviewing the town's comprehensive plan, and speaking with several of our neighboring town highway superintendents.
Mark's commitment, background and experience including: U.S. Air Force-Civil Engineering, Communications, Special Operations; contractor-small-business owner; police officer; director of safety and security for a local corporation; his interest in the protection and conservation of the environment, and his demonstrated interpersonal skills make him an ideal candidate for this important position. I strongly encourage you to learn more about him, his qualifications, and his positive plan of action.
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Love these jeans! I often wear a 6 in pants, but went with an 8 in these because of the slimmer fit, and they fit perfectly. Great style, and somewhat lighter weight fabric, great for spring. The red shade is a bright jewel tone true red. Slim through the thigh, straight leg. Very flattering.
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Leafs shake up front office: Poulin, Loiselle out, 28-year-old Kyle Dubas inHarrison Mooney at Puck Daddy2 hrs ago
Brendan Shanahan has made his first major move to overhaul the Toronto Maple Leafs' front-office, dismissing
Incoming: 28-year-old Kyle Dubas, who's been serving as the General Manager of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds since he was 25 years old, and will now be an assistant GM in Toronto.
"Kyle is a young executive that has made a strong name for himself in hockey with a progressive style, work ethic and maturation beyond his years," said Shanahan in a release. "He has a fresh approach that we feel will benefit our club for years to come."
"At the same time, I would like to thank Dave Poulin and Claude Loiselle for their tireless dedication during their time with the Toronto Maple Leafs. They are both very accomplished hockey executives who have helped put this team in a position to take the next step."
Russian power couple Alex Ovechkin and Maria Kirilenko end engagementJen Neale at Puck Daddy22 hrs ago
Like all American conglomerates these days, we here at Puck Daddy like to outsource work. Some might call it being lazy; I call it job creation. For our 'Russian sports power couple' news, we turn to the good people over at Russian Machine Never Breaks (RMNB).
Sadly, RMNB reported this morning Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin and No. 93 ranked tennis player Maria Kirilenko have decided to end their engagement. Kirilenko issued an official statement through R-Sports:
"I have made a decision to break up our engagement. There are a lot of reasons, but I wouldn't want to go in detail. I'll say just that our relationship is over, but I respect Sasha as a person and an athlete and sincerely wish him athletic success in the future.
Red Wings announce new arena plans; NHL and HBO talk '24/7'; Bruins' excess of d-men (Puck Headlines)Jen Neale at Puck Daddy23 hrs ago
Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.
• "Olympia Development of Michigan today announced plans for a sweeping transformation of dozens of underutilized blocks between downtown and midtown Detroit into a world-class Sports and Entertainment District." The project will bring much needed jobs and economic expansion to Detroit. The new Red Wings arena is set to open in 2017. [District Detroit]
• Here's George Malik's in-depth look at the nuts and bolts of the new arena plans. [Kukla's Korner]
• WIIM foretells the upcoming Red Wings season as being 'The Mike Babcock Show'. They dissect the always direct head coach's responses in a local radio interview. Whatever you do, don't say the statement 'just like last year'; it's a trigger. [Winging It In Motown]
Arbitration roundup: Franson settles with Leafs; Sobotka gets award; O'Reilly, Avs still far apartSean Leahy at Puck Daddy1 day ago
Late July means that arbitration news begins trickling out. Last summer, no players actually went to arbitration. All 21 settled with their teams before the two sides met in a Toronto conference room to argue their case.
Twenty players elected arbitration this summer, and three others are heading there because of their clubs.
On Monday, Vladimir Sobotka was the first player to have his hearing. Of course, Sobotka wasn't there, as he signed a three-year deal to play with Omsk of the KHL. He was, however, awarded a one-year contract for $2.725 million, which will be honored if he ever returns to the NHL.
Sobotka's KHL deal includes an opt-out clause after each season beginning next summer.
GMs should learn to shop smarter (What We Learned)Ryan Lambert at Puck Daddy1 day ago
( Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.)
Tanner Glass and Lee Stempniak are teammates again, for the first time since spring, and second time since 2004-05. That year, they played together at Dartmouth, with Stempniak a senior and Glass a sophomore.
Now, they're both on the New York Rangers and highlight a particularly bizarre portion of the NHL's annual summer free agency period.
The early days of free agency almost always come off as being woefully inefficient. Guys who sign on or around July 1 tend to be overpaid in terms of dollars and years, and that's a secret to approximately nobody. But the weird part is that things go from laughably expensive to laughably cheap pretty quickly, and it usually happens around the start of the second week of the month. The TSN-coined term "free agent frenzy" is, as a consequence, alarmingly apt. Teams get themselves all worked up to make it appear as though they're doing something that they pay top dollar for players they shouldn't.
Ryan Johansen, Blue Jackets make progress in extension talksSean Leahy at Puck Daddy1 day ago
Last month, after the Columbus Blue Jackets offered restricted free agent Ryan Johansen a two-year bridge contract, the 21-year old forward called it a "slap in the face." He wanted a longer-term deal — four years or more — but the team was in the mood for something along the lines of a two- or three-year term.
Three weeks later, it appears a bit of progress has been made. According to Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch, sources have told him that Johansen's camp approached the Blue Jackets with a two-year offer after originally wanting a four-year pact.
Baby steps are still steps and if both sides can agree to a bridge, the next move is obviously determining Johansen's worth, which could take another couple weeks.
Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews rekindle their dance feud at Blackhawks Convention (Video)Sean Leahy at Puck Daddy2 days ago
The friendy rivalry between Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews will continue for at least the next nine seasons after the Chicago Blackhawks pair inked matching 8-year, $84 million contracts last week to remain in The Windy City.
Their personal competition doesn't just take place on the ice, but off it, as well.
At last summer's Blackhawks Convention, the two took part in a dance-off during one panel, with the captain breaking out the moonwalk and "Showtime!" going with the patented Kaner shuffle. While Toews deserved bonus points just for breaking away from his usual Captain Serious mood, Kane played it perfectly doing his thing to get under the skin of his buddy.
Round 2 took place on Saturday during the 2014 Convention and once again, Kane defended his title:
Road hockey charity Five Hole For Food reaches a million pounds in donationsHarrison Mooney at Puck Daddy2 days ago
VANCOUVER - Our opponents broke out on a two-on-one. I was the lone man back.
I sized up the two men sprinting in my direction. To my left, calling for the pass: some guy. To my right, carrying the ball: NHL centre Rod Pelley. I decided to let Pelley make the pass.
He did, and I breathed a sigh of relief. But then, to my horror, as I turned to check the seemingly more checkable guy, he passed it back. It turned me around completely.
It wasn't a perfect pass, but it didn't need to be. I watched as Pelley dropped to one knee and put the little orange ball top corner with a one-timer that would have made Brett Hull proud. The crowd went wild. I fell down.
Stupid Rod Pelley.
Five Hole For Food (FHFF) just completed its fifth tour of Canada, and with the anniversary came an incredible accomplishment. The charity, which sends founder Richard Loat and his friends on a cross-Canada adventure, playing road hockey in 13 cities in 17 days, all in support of local food banks, reached a milion.
"The goal was to hit our millionth pound of food raised since day one," said Loat. "We hit that milestone."
Cam Talbot still loves Ghostbusters in new, Zuul-themed mask (Photo)Harrison Mooney at Puck Daddy3 days ago
Follow Cam Talbot's career for even a short amount of time and you're going to learn two things about him: 1) He's a goalie. 2) He really likes Ghostbusters .
All you have to do is look at his gear and these two things become crystal clear. He's usually wearing goalie pads, which is a dead giveaway on what position he plays, and he's been rocking Ghostbuster-themed masks since he got Dave Gunnarsson to paint the Stay Puft Marshallow Man and Slimer on his mask in 2010.
On Friday, Gunnarsson debuted his latest creation for Talbot, and unsurprisingly, it's Ghostbusters -themed. (He really likes Ghostbusters .)
Love that Bill Murray has finally found his way onto a goalie mask. He should be on all of them.
Gunnarsson explained the new mask on his Facebook page:
T.J. Oshie four-putts from seven feet, should probably stick to hockey (Video)Harrison Mooney at Puck Daddy3 days ago
T.J. Oshie became a household name this season after his incredible performance in the shootout versus Russia at the Sochi Olympics, scoring four goals in six attempts to lead his team to victory.
But you had to know Oshie's luck was eventually going to turn. He was bound to regress at some point, and on Friday, it happened. During golf. (Surprise! The hockey gods can get you anywhere.) Here's Oshie discovering that it's a lot easier to go five-hole on Sergei Bobrovsky than it is to sink a putt from seven feet:
Just no finish at all. You'd think he was coached by Ken Hitchcock or something.
This unfortunate and cringeworthy scene comes to us from the American Century Championship, a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe. Oshie is one of four NHL representatives, alongside Martin Brodeur, Jeremy Roenick, and Joe Sakic.