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Salmon was always abundant on both the east and west coasts of America. The waters of the Northwest are particularly abundant with salmon, where it is known as "Alaskan turkey."
New England first began canning salmon in 1840, shipping it all the way across the country to California. By 1864, the tables were turned, with California supplying the east with canned salmon. The waters of the East became fished out so that today all Atlantic salmon comes from Canada or Europe.
Fish is not considered a meat product in kosher cooking and can be served with cheese or other dairy (milk based) products in sauces or enhancements.
My recipe for baked salmon is very simple. You can either bake it or use the microwave if you want it in a hurry. Either way it comes out great.
- 2 thick slices of fresh salmon about 2" wide
- Garlic powder
- Lemon juice
- Marinade
- Oregano
- Salt to taste
- Place the salmon in a wide bowl that is oven or microwave safe.
- Sprinkle lemon juice and garlic on both sides.
- Cover the salmon with marinade and sprinkle some oregano on them.
- Keep in the refrigerator for about 1 hour to marinade in the sauce.
- After about an hour, place aluminum foil over the bowl with the salmon. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
- Turn and bake for another 30 minutes. (Or you can bake it in a microwave oven for three minutes on each side, turning them over before you bake for the last three minutes. Do not use aluminum foil in the microwave, cover the bowl with plastic or a paper towel. Let stand for about four minutes before removing the covering)
- Serve with a baked potato and asparagus or any other vegetable of your choice.
- A side dish of health salad is always welcomed.
- I always put out lemon juice incase anyone wants to enhance the salmon a bit more.
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---- — LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid Central School Board incumbent John Hopkinson and Richard (Rick) Preston and Jennifer Tufano vie for two open seats.
The Press-Republican asked what they believe is the district's most pressing issue and what they would do to address it.
Here's what they had to say:
Hopkinson: "In the near term, a major challenge is organizational. A must-do for next year will be development of a strong, cohesive administration team that will lead students, teachers and staff to perform to their highest potential and that also will earn the respect, trust and support of local parents and other taxpaying citizens.
"In the longer term, a significant challenge is strategic. We do need a focus, an approach and some priorities. Given my business experience in this area, I can be instrumental in driving this process toward a successful conclusion."
Preston: "The most pressing issue facing the Lake Placid School District (and most districts) is diminishing financial support with increased regulatory requirements.
"The board will be challenged with developing and maintaining long-term efficiencies that will create significant savings while improving, or at least maintaining, current student achievement ... For this to occur, there must be a focus on being proactive with deficit reduction.
"I would bring to the board experience in budgeting, managing customers and in negotiations. I would offer a fresh set of eyes to look at systems and processes. Without the ability to change state mandates ... we must be creative with educational programs without reducing the comprehensive nature of the programs offered by the Lake Placid School District."
Tufano: She said the issue of trust has come up time and time again as she has talked with district residents.
"Whether it's student trust in teachers, teacher trust in administration or parent trust in the School Board, the turmoil of the past few years has eroded this essential relationship component."
There will always be such issues as taxes, technology and shared services, she said, but there needs to be a basic trust for a meeting of the minds.
To address that, Tufano said, she would listen to what parents, caregivers and community members say they want and need for the students. She would hold forums every other month, inviting the public to share concerns.
"Frank and open conversations are necessary facets of understanding even when agreement can't be reached. Of course, there must be limitations on what the School Board members can say and when they can say it. But even just expressing that fact can go far in relationship building."JOHN HOPKINSON Age: 68. Education: Bachelor's from College of William and Mary; and doctorate from Syracuse University, 1971. Occupation: Retired. Former vice president/general manager of Lake Placid Operations for Upstate Biotechnology Inc. Previous School Board experience: Incumbent, appointed in 2012. Civic organizations: Community Development Board member, former Adirondack Health Board of Trustees member and Lake Placid/North Elba Joint Planning Commission. Family: Married with adult children. RICHARD "RICKY" PRESTON Age: 56 Education: Bachelor's degrees in education/minor athletic training and physical therapy; doctorate in physical therapy. Occupation: Director of Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine at Adirondack Health. Previous school board experience: Two years, St. Bernard's School in Saranac Lake. Family: Wife, Joanne; children, Sara and Joshua; stepchildren, Noah and Katie. JENNIFER TUFANO Age: 41. Education: Bachelor's degree in English, master's degree in student development administration. Occupation: Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society director. Civic organizations: Lake Placid Sinfonietta Education Committee member; Member of Friends, parent/teacher group at LP Elementary School; LPES parent volunteer; and Garden Committee chair. Family: Husband, Tony; and daughters, Isabella and Olivia.


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Gail Collins joined The New York Times in 1995 as a member of the editorial board and later as an Op-Ed columnist. In 2001 she became the first woman ever appointed editor of the Times's editorial page. At the beginning of 2007, she stepped down and began a leave in order to finish her book: "When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present." She returned to The Times as a columnist in July 2007.
Before joining The Times, Ms. Collins was a columnist at New York Newsday and the New York Daily News, and a reporter for United Press International. Her first jobs in journalism were in Connecticut, where she founded the Connecticut State News Bureau, which provided coverage of the state capitol and Connecticut politics. When she sold it in 1977, the CSNB was the largest news service of its kind in the country, with more than 30 weekly and daily newspaper chains.
Ms. Collins' most recent book is "As Texas Goes: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda," published in 2012 by W.W. Norton. She is also the author of "America's Women," "Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Celebrity and American Politics," a biography of William Henry Harrison and "The Millennium Book," which she co-authored with her husband, Dan Collins.
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DC electric motors with Hall sensors
Bosch i-Business Group explores new uses for Bosch DC electric motors with hall sensors in industrial, medical, and commercial applications that require precise control of motor speed or positioning mechanisms.
Bosch fractional horsepower dc electric motors with Hall sensors are a mainstay of the domestic and import automotive industry. Now, the i-Business Group of Robert Bosch LLC, has been given the mission to broaden the scope of these proven power/control performers by making the entire range of 12-24 V Bosch dc electric motors with Hall sensors available to developers of industrial, medical, and commercial applications that require precise control of motor speed or positioning mechanisms.
When used with dc electric motors, Hall sensors can be used to detect the direction and speed of rotation and position of the armature. By counting the generated output-voltage pulses, it becomes possible to determine the number of rotations, and therefore the speed, of the motor. Also, if the rotational motion is converted into a linear motion, it then becomes possible to monitor the range of travel exactly. If there are two Hall generators installed offset to each other at a specific angle in a motor, then the direction of rotation can also be determined.
"Design engineers will find that Bosch dc electric motors with Hall sensors allow precise control of variable speed products like lawn mowers and golf carts and also for positioning mechanisms like those used to raise and lower industrial hoists and electric-powered hospital beds," says Kenn Langosch, Sales Manager for Industrial Motors for Bosch. Bosch dc motors with Hall sensors can also be used for remote-controlled equipment such as garage door openers and salt spreaders installed on commercial and municipal vehicles.
"The Bosch i-Business Group is reaching out to new product design engineers to explore the full gamut of applications in which the use of Bosch DC electric motors can yield a host of advantages like improved product reliability and lower development and manufacturing costs," says Langosch.
Bosch offers more than 50 models of dc electric motors that specifically feature Hall sensors. Langosch says, "The online Motor Search Tool on our website, www.bosch-ibusiness.com, makes it easy for customers to find and match Bosch motors to their applications."
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---- — DANVERS — A jewelry store at the Liberty Tree Mall received a three-day suspension of its secondhand seller's license after a new employee took the wrong type of ID from a seller.
However, the suspension was held in abeyance for one year, meaning the store will not have to close if it does not get into further trouble.
Selectmen voted 4-1 to suspend the license of Blue River Diamonds after a show-cause hearing Feb. 5.
Detective Robert Sullivan had been checking store records on Nov. 21 when he came across a transaction in which a seller used a U.S. employment authorization card as identification, police Chief Neil Ouellette told the board.
Ouellette said Sullivan reminded manager Neal Van Dam about conversations that the detective had with the store in October on what kinds of ID were acceptable.
"Pretty much what the chief has put forth is exactly what happened," Van Dam told the board.
He said the store takes the town's licensing requirements seriously, and he understands what forms of ID are acceptable.
"A newer employee had taken an identification that was not an acceptable form of ID," Van Dam said, adding that he held a staff meeting and took steps to prevent the incident from happening in the future.
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"I walked out of that hearing feeling encouraged," Randy Barnett told me as he stepped out of his Constitutional Law classroom at Georgetown. "If I had walked out of [the Supreme Court] knowing the outcome, it would have meant that we lost." That's as useful an observation as any, coming as it does from the man who is most associated with the legal principle behind the Constitutional challenge of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, the law's provision that requires every American to purchase health insurance. However, as I will explain in this article, the game isn't over. Not by a long shot.
It's not surprising that progressives are freaking out over Tuesday's developments. It wasn't so long ago that Nancy Pelosi expressed incredulousness that challengers of the ACA's constitutionality were "serious." Tuesday, President Obama's Solicitor General stumbled and coughed, while the anti-mandate advocates Paul Clement and Michael Carvin were fluent and polished. This was jarring to those who think that conservatives are ignorant rubes who require comic books to understand the nuances of health policy.
"Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. should be grateful to the Supreme Court for refusing to allow cameras in the courtroom," wrote Adam Serwer, "because his defense of Obamacare on Tuesday may go down as one of the most spectacular flameouts in the history of the court…Sounding less like a world-class lawyer and more like a teenager giving an oral presentation for the first time, Verrilli delivered a rambling, apprehensive legal defense of liberalism's biggest domestic accomplishment since the 1960s—and one that may well have doubled as its eulogy." Verrilli himself, according to one eyewitness, was "verbally beating himself up" as he came out of the coat check line.
"Obamacare on the Brink," screamed the Huffington Post's front page. It was, said Jeffrey Toobin of CNN, "a train wreck for the Obama Administration. This law looks like it's going to be struck down. All of the predictions, including mine, that the justices would not have a problem with this law were wrong."
Why the Supremes will probably strike down the mandate
Let me first discuss why it's probable that the Supreme Court will strike down the mandate, and then I'll supply you with the counter-arguments.
A critical development was that Justice Antonin Scalia came out, guns ablaze, against the mandate. In a 2005 case, Gonzales v. Raich, Scalia joined the liberal majority in arguing that Angel Raich was engaging in interstate commerce when she grew marijuana in her own backyard for personal use, despite the fact that such activity is legal in California. Scalia's expansive interpretation of the Commerce Clause, in that case, led many to believe he might be sympathetic to the individual mandate in this one.
No such luck. When Verrilli tried to argue that it was "necessary and proper," under the Constitution, for Congress to force people to buy insurance because not doing so would mess up the law's insurance regulations, Scalia interrupted him. "Wait. [You say] 'it's both Necessary and Proper'…But in addition to necessary, it has to be proper. And we've held in two cases that something that was [necessary] was not proper because…the Federal Government is not supposed to be a government that has all powers…it's supposed to be a government of limited powers."
That left Anthony Kennedy as the key swing vote and target for the federal government's entreaties. But Kennedy, too, expressed strong concerns about the individual mandate. "When you are changing the relation of the individual to the government in this, what we can stipulate is, I think, a unique way," he asked Verrilli "do you not have a heavy burden of justification to show authorization under the Constitution?" To which Verrilli gave a rambling, 200-word answer that convinced no one.
Later on, Kennedy articulated the anti-mandate case as well as anyone could have (emphasis added):
But the reason, the reason this is concerning, is because it requires the individual to do an affirmative act. In the law of torts our tradition, our law, has been that you don't have the duty to rescue someone if that person is in danger. The blind man is walking in front of a car and you do not have a duty to stop him absent some relation between you. And there is some severe moral criticisms of that rule, but that's generally the rule. And here the government is saying that the Federal Government has a duty to tell the individual citizen that it must act, and that is different from what we have in previous cases and that changes the relationship of the Federal Government to the individual in the very fundamental way.
It's hard to imagine Kennedy, as moderate as he is, endorsing a statute that "changes the relationship of the Federal Government to the individual in [a] very fundamental way." It's comments like that that led experienced legal commentators like Toobin to call the mandate defense a "train wreck."
One notable aspect of the Tuesday hearing was the fact that Justice Samuel Alito demonstrated impressive sophistication in discussing the ins and outs of health policy, much more so than the other justices: something that has been missing in many of the lower-court deliberations on the case. Again, that sophistication redounded to the benefit of the mandate's opponents, as Alito drew many distinctions between the individual mandate's requirement for expensive, comprehensive insurance for everyone and the assertion that "all people will eventually consume some kind of health care."
Why the Supremes just might uphold the mandate
There is, however, reason for mandate fans to retain hope. Let's step back for a minute and understand the key legal arguments upon which the mandate's fate rests.
The Achilles' heel of the mandate is its lack of a limiting principle. That is to say: if Congress has the power to force you to buy health insurance, what can't it force you to buy? Can Congress force you to buy solar panels? Can it force you to buy a subscription to Forbes?
Mandate advocates have had some success articulating one limiting principle in particular: that mandates are kosher when it comes to health care, because "health care is unique." As Judge Jeffrey Sutton, a conservative star, put it in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the mandate involves "regulating how citizens pay for what they already receive."
It isn't true, of course: health insurance is about regulating how citizens pay for something that they might consume in the future, not something "they already receive." But the point is, some conservatives in the lower courts have been persuaded by this argument.
Kennedy echoed these sentiments, late in the session, when he said, "The government tells us that's because the insurance market is unique. And in the next case, it'll say the next market is unique. But I think it's true that if most questions in life are matters of degree, in the insurance and health care world…the young person who is uninsured is uniquely, proximately, very close to affecting the rates of insurance and the costs of providing medical care in a way that is not true in other industries. That's my concern in this case." (Emphasis added.)
That is the hope that mandate advocates can cling to. Does Kennedy actually buy the argument that health care is constitutionally unique?
The likely answer is no. If Kennedy was really concerned about this problem, it's much more likely that he would have brought it up early on, and raised it both with the Obama Administration's lawyer, Verrilli, and the mandate's opponents, represented by Paul Clement and Michael Carvin. He did not. But when it comes to the Supreme Court's swing vote, we can never be sure.
But there's another ray of hope for allies of Obamacare. Chief Justice Roberts, a conservative, was unusually laid back on Tuesday. If you didn't know what his philosophy was going in, you wouldn't necessarily deduce that he was an anti-mandate partisan. But it would be truly shocking if Kennedy voted against the mandate, while Roberts voted in favor of it.
I asked Karen Harned, head of the National Federation of Independent Business, for her thoughts. NFIB is one of the lead plaintiffs in the case. But Harned refused to predict the outcome, and seemed convinced that it's still 50-50. "Kennedy was really tough on the government," she said, but allowed that he also raised concerns about the uniqueness of health care.
What's next?
Tomorrow, the Supremes hear arguments for two very important, and underrated, aspects of the case. First, they consider the "severability" question: if the mandate is struck down, what other aspects of the law, if any, must also be overturned? This has huge implications for the future of the private-sector insurance market, which may collapse if the mandate is struck down in isolation.
In the afternoon, the High Court addresses a question they were not expected to take up: is the ACA's massive expansion of Medicaid coercive to the states? Read this post for my discussion of the relevant case law. Suffice it to say that, if the Court says yes, it will be a landmark in the judiciary branch's understanding of the Constitutional relationship between the federal government and the states.
As I have the last two days, I will be hosting a live blog over at National Review, starting at 10:00 am on Wednesday, where I and a number of health wonks will be discussing the case. (Transcripts from our live blogs of Day One and Day Two of oral arguments are also available.)
See you then.
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UPDATE 1: Philip Klein raises some evidence that Roberts is actually less equivocal than I portrayed him to be.
UPDATE 2: In this video from the Wall Street Journal, I discuss the constitutionality of the mandate with Gillian Metzger of Columbia Law School, moderated by Ashby Jones of the Journal. Here's audio of my discussion with Brian Lehrer of WNYC on the same question. Finally, my USA Today editorial on how the individual mandate is designed to cover up for governmental irresponsibility.
Kennedy's late comments about young people being "uniquely, proximately, very close to affecting the rates of insurance and the costs of providing medical care in a way that is not true in other industries" would appear to be the thread upon which mandate supporters can hang their hopes, and the cause for much hand-wringing over the next few months by the mandate's opponents.
You seem to dismiss Kennedy's concern as being an afterthought or unimportant in light of his strong concerns about the change in relationship between the government and the people this act would entail. However, Lyle Denniston, at SCOTUSBlog has a different interpretation, and places more importance on the comment. He seems to think that Kennedy was speaking in the context of Stephen Breyer's talk about Congress' predicament, and perhaps finally seeing Breyer's point.
It appears that the Wall Street Journal editorial board agrees with your interpretation. They seem to brush aside Kennedy's concern as sympathy for the government's action, but not cause enough to regulate people their whole lives.
Interestingly, the New York Times this morning hones in on Breyer's admonition to plaintiffs' counsel that they were debating the merits of the bill. I imagine this is how the law's supporters are going to frame things if the mandate is struck down – the Supreme Court meddling in legislative matters because of partisanship on the Court.
Maybe I am naive, but does not the government mandate that everybody must file their tax return. How is that not forcing individual to act. Is that constitutional ?
It is very important to keep in mind the difference between a "tax" and a "penalty". A tax is simply money that all citizens must pay because the government needs money. A penalty is something that the government imposes on a particular person because they have committed a crime. A penalty can be in the form of a fine (i.e. money paid) or it can be in the form of a jail term,or house arrest or a forfeiture (as when a lawyer is disbarred or a drivers license is revoked). In the present law, the government has created a new and very strange sort of criminal activity; failure to buy health insurance. It and has also imposed a monetary fine as the penalty for this "act of not acting". The issue before the court is if this is constitutional. I think it is plainly not constitutional and the only reason for some confusion is because the proposed penalty is monetary and is therefore mistaken for a tax in the minds of some naive people. If they were to propose throwing people in jail for failing to purchase health insurance, then the matter would be clear even to the most partisan Obama supporter.
So how is this all different from Social Security (which I support)? The federal government is allowed to force me to deduct Social Security taxes from my paycheck as what I will call "retirement insurance". Maybe I have a pretty sweet 401K or IRA and don't want to contribute to Social Security. If this all comes down to semantics over "tax" vs "penalty", that seems pretty petty in my view. It's understandable that they didn't want to call it a tax for political purposes, but that's essentially what it is. You have to provide proof of insurance on your 1040 starting in 2014 and even though there is no enforcement mechanism in place at the moment, it is very easy to see how the $695 penalty gets added as taxable income or reduction in refund, etc.
They cannot force you to pay to have your taxes done by a private service.
Avik –
Very insightful commentary as usual. I agree that the importance of today's severability argument has been understated. It seems that the worst policy outcome would be one in which SCOTUS strikes down the mandate but severs the rest of the law. Then the industry is saddled with the burdens of participating in the exchanges under the new regs and accepting expanded coverage without the enlarged risk pool or customer base. Oddly, it would seem to me that the better policy outcome would be that SCOTUS upholds both the mandate and the law.
Not to say that would be a desirable result from a constitutional standpoint, and certainly I strongly favor both the mandate and the law to be struck down together. But I struggle with the balance between the dangers of the mandate as constitutional precedent and the practical damage to the healthcare system (and the federal deficit) that would follow a PPACA-minus-mandate decision.
What are your thoughts on this?
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How is it that you must purchase car insurance in order to drive a motor vehicle yet you may not have to purchase medical insurance?? Am I missing something?


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Professor: Gregory S. Sanjian
Associate Professors: Michael R. James, Tansa G. Massoud, Amy R. McCready, Scott R. Meinke, David M. Mitchell, Andrea Stevenson Sanjian (Chair), Atiya Kai Stokes-Brown, Zhiqun Zhu (MacArthur Chair, East Asian Politics)
Assistant Professors: John Doces, Christopher Ellis, Richard Douglas Hecock
Political Science is the systematic study of all aspects of collective decision making in human society. This includes questions of right and wrong, law, power, and justice. Political scientists explore and analyze politics in the United States (American politics and policy), politics in other societies around the world (comparative politics), interactions and processes at the global level (international politics), and questions of political fairness (political theory).
For undergraduates, the study of Political Science, like other programs for the Bachelor of Arts degree, is intended to contribute to the acquisition of skills and knowledge that form the foundation of a liberal arts education. The study of Political Science provides a background for careers in public service, law, journalism, international organizations, political consulting, teaching, or business.
A major in Political Science consists of a minimum of eight courses. A core of four courses is required to provide a grounding in the traditional subfields of the discipline, and so should be taken at the outset of study in the major: American Politics (POLS 140); International Politics (POLS 170); Comparative Politics (POLS 205); and Political Theory (POLS 210). Majors also take at least three electives and a 300-level seminar, which is normally taken during the senior year. Note that POLS 395, POLS 396, and POLS 397 are not seminars and do not fulfill the 300-level seminar requirement for the major.
Upon declaration of a major in Political Science, during the sophomore year, students consult with the chair to determine assignment of an appropriate faculty adviser.
In putting together their academic program, students intending to major in Political Science should plan to complete the core courses in each subfield before electing other 200-level courses within the same subfield. A core course may be prerequisite for some courses. Successful completion of the appropriate core course is also a prerequisite for all seminars. In addition, permission of the seminar instructor may be required at the time of registration. The Political Science Department encourages study abroad and participation in other approved off-campus programs. Up to two course credits earned off-campus may be used to meet the major's elective requirements. (This limit does not apply to courses offered by Bucknell-administered programs.) Students planning to undertake off-campus or nontraditional study should consult closely with their adviser. Students seeking transfer credit towards the major for off-campus internship or other nontraditional programs must get departmental approval in advance. On-line courses will not count towards the major.
Qualified juniors are invited to pursue Honors in Political Science by writing and defending an honors thesis in their senior year. Interested juniors should consult with their adviser, with the department chair, or with another member of the department no later than the spring of the junior year. The University Honors Council established the basic requirements and procedures for honors theses. Interested students also may pursue independent study (POLS 395 or POLS 396) under a plan worked out with a member of the department and approved by the department chair.
The College Core Curriculum requires that all students in the College of Arts and Sciences receive instruction in writing, speaking, and information literacy in their major discipline. Students majoring in Political Science receive instruction in these areas through the required core courses, electives, and/or a seminar. The College Core Curriculum also requires students to complete an approved Culminating Experience in the major. Political Science majors will meet this requirement by taking at least one 300-level seminar in the senior year or second semester of the junior year.
Subfield coursework is distributed as follows:
Five minors are available in Political Science:
Open-topic courses (POLS 290) may be counted toward a minor where the topics are appropriate. Off-campus and nontraditional courses in Political Science may be used as one of the non-specified courses in a minor.
American Politics (I and II; 3, 0)
A critical examination of the principles, structures, and processes that shape American politics. An emphasis on political behavior and institutions with application to contemporary political issues.
International Politics (I and II; 3, 0)
Introduction to major dynamics of international politics; the international system, decision making, perceptions, cooperation, conflict, and policy instruments, such as diplomacy and war. Analysis is linked to specific international events and issues.
Comparative Politics (I and II; 3, 0)
Politics and policy outside the United States; concepts for the comparison of political systems. Democracy, Third World politics, revolution, political stability and change, international effects on political processes.
Political Theory (I and II; 3, 0)
Examination of the moral dimensions of politics. Authors include Plato, Aristotle, Milton, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Marx. Major concepts include justice, freedom, rights, and authority.
Third World Politics (I or II; 3, 0)
Politics in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The Third World in the modern world system. Politics and economic development. Instability, militarism, and democracy.
Latin American Politics (II; 3, 0)
The dynamics of politics in Latin American social, economic, and cultural context, with use of general comparative concepts of politics.
Political Economy of European Integration (I or II; 3, 0)
Introduction to core issues and theories related to the economic and political processes of European integration. Offered through Bucknell in London.
Russian Politics (I; 3, 0)
The politics of transition in Russia, from authoritarianism toward democracy with a market economy.
European Politics (AII; 3, 0)
Comparative analysis of institutions and policy-making in European political systems, including the European Union.
Government and Politics of the Middle East (I or II; 3, 0)
This course provides the student with an understanding of the internal political process of the area. Topics include political institutions/groups, the state, culture, Islam, and revolution.
Chinese Politics (I or II; 3, 0)
This course examines China's rich political history, its dynamic economic and social changes, its lasting political culture, its enduring struggle for modernization, and its evolving relations with the rest of the world. Crosslisted as EAST 269 and IREL 225.
East Asian Politics (II; 3, 0)
This course surveys political history, political institutions, economy, and society of major countries in East Asia, with focus on the continuity and changes in politics and policies in China, Japan, and Korea. Crosslisted as EAST 226 and IREL 226.
American Public Policy (I; 3, 0)
Course introduces students to theories of the policy-making process in America, and also provides an overview of the major policy areas in American politics.
State and Local Internship Program (II; 3, 0)
Participants explore politics and policy at the state and local level through integrated class work, independent research, and real world work experiences. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Media and Politics (I or II; 3, 0)
This course explores the role of the news media in American politics. Ideas to be discussed include: the relationship between elected officials and the media, campaign advertising and media coverage of elections, and the role of the media in shaping public opinion and public policy.
Campaigns and Elections (I or II; 3, 0)
This course will describe, explain, and evaluate the impact of elections on American politics. It is focused on three central objectives: to improve the student's understanding of the American electoral process; to familiarize each student with the current electoral cycle; and to improve each student's ability to analyze the role of elections in American politics.
Women and Politics (AII; 3, 0)
An analysis of women and politics generally with specific focus on feminism and its relationship to political discourse and political action. Crosslisted as POLS 229 and WMST 238.
Latino Politics in the United States (I; 3, 0)
This course focuses on the electoral and non-electoral political participation and behavior of Latinos, as well as to some key policy issues of relevance to Latinos at all levels.
The American Congress (I or II; 3, 0)
Examination and evaluation of representative government in America. Detailed investigation of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. Prerequisite: POLS 140 or permission of the instructor.
Constitutional Law: Civil Rights (I or II; 3, 0)
An introduction to civil rights under the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, focusing on discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, class and alien status.
Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties (I or II; 3, 0)
Examination of civil liberties policies in the U.S. through a study of U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
The American Presidency (I; 3, 0)
Origins and development of the presidency and an analysis of the sources and nature of executive power in American national government.
American Judicial Politics (II; 3, 0)
Survey of the process and substance of policymaking in the Federal court system, with an emphasis on Supreme Court decision making and the policy impact of court decisions.
Race Ethnicity and American Politics (I or II; 3, 0)
Looks at the connections between race, ethnicity and power through various forms of political behavior including electoral, policymaking, and citizen participation. Explores the mutually constitutive relationship between politics and race.
Political Behavior (I or II; 3, 0)
Analysis of the ways in which citizens form, update, and act on political preferences. Topics include: political psychology, voting, civic participation, and social movements.
Sex and Social Order (AI or AII; 3, 0)
Analysis of connections between sex and social structure to determine how our understanding of sexuality is implicated in our political system, economy, and cultural ideology. Crosslisted as WMST 254.
Topics in Social and Political Ethics (I or II; R; 3, 0)
Study of the types of argument and analysis used in social and political ethics, in part through an examination of contemporary social issues.
States of Nature (AII; 3, 0)
Study of the conceptual connections between understandings of nature, society, and the good in historical and contemporary contexts.
Twentieth-century American Legal Thought (I or II; 3, 0)
Analysis of dominant and critical trends through the century including legal realism, liberalism, law and morality, feminist legal theory, law and economics, and critical race theory.
Race and Ethnicity in American Legal Thought (II; 3, 0)
An examination of legal theories on race and ethnicity, including race-based citizenship, affirmative action, school desegregation, busing, voting rights, racial gerrymandering, tribal sovereignty, and immigration.
Nationalism East and West (I or II; 3, 0)
Examination of the theory and practice of nationalist movements in Europe, the United States, India, and the Middle East.
Contemporary Democratic Theory (I or II; 3, 0)
Analysis of the moral foundations of democracy and the institutional means for achieving it, including voting systems, political parties, alternative representation, and workplace democracy.
American Foreign Policy (I; 3, 0)
Analysis of American foreign policy institutions and decision-making processes; examination of the history and of current issues and problems of U.S. foreign policy.
U.S. National Security Policy (II; 3, 0)
The evolution of U.S. national security policy since World War II. Topics include defense in the nuclear area, strategic doctrine, arms control, budgeting, WMDs, policy making.
The Atlantic Alliance (I; 3, 0)
This course concerns North Atlantic political and security relations and uses the NATO alliance as its vehicle. The course examines binding and dividing intra-alliance issues during and after the Cold War.
Race, Nation-state and International Relations (II; 3, 0)
The course examines the processes by which states as expressions of social relations that are embedded in political institutions have been used by social forces, nationally, and transnationally, to racialize nations, societies, and global politics. Crosslisted as HIST 260 and IREL 245.
Global Governance (I; 3, 0)
This course explores the rationales, processes, and institutions of multilateral governance in a globalized world. We examine the U.N., nongovernmental organizations, conflict resolution, economic development, environment, human rights, and international law. Not open to first-year students. Crosslisted as IREL 275.
Comparative Foreign Policy (I; 3, 0)
This course has two over-arching objectives: Introduce students to the various ways foreign policy can be explained, and acquaint students with the substantive foreign policies of specific international actors, notably the EU, Japan, India, Israel, United Kingdom, Brazil, China and others. Crosslisted as IREL 276.
International Political Economy (I or II; 3, 0)
This course examines the politics of international economic relations including trade, finance, and development. Crosslisted as IREL 277.
International Law (II; 3, 0)
The nature, historical development, and sources of international law; substantive and procedural international law and its role in international relations. Crosslisted as IREL 255.
Government and the Economy (II; 3, 0)
This course studies the government and economy with special topics including history, analysis, and critique of capitalism and democracy.
War (I; 3, 0)
This course focuses on the causes of wars. Theories from many disciplines are examined in relation to interstate and civil or internal wars. Applying these theories to different wars, through the use of case studies, will comprise a large part of the course.
Peace Studies (AI or AII; 3, 0)
This course provides an introduction to the field of peace studies. A number of topics are examined including pacifism, conflict resolution techniques and approaches, and finally actual case studies to illustrate peacemaking in two contexts: interstate wars and internal or civil strife. Crosslisted as UNIV 219.
European Security (AI or AII; 3, 0)
European security issues, including NATO enlargement, the military campaigns in the Balkans, the Iraq War, terrorism and ballistic missile defense. For Bucknell in London. Crosslisted as IREL 282.
East Asian International Relations (I or II; 3, 0)
This course offers an overview of international relations in East Asia with focus on political, economic, and social interactions among major states in the region. Crosslisted as EAST 248 and IREL 283.
International Relations of Europe (II; 3, 0)
This course will examine the foreign policies of European countries, individually and collectively through the European Union, toward each other, regional and global intergovernmental organizations, and other regions/countries. Crosslisted as IREL 218.
The International Relations of Latin America in the 21st Century (II; 3, 0)
This course will examine the emergence of the New Left, the production of regional spaces, the impact of the BRICS and South-South cooperation in Latin America. Crosslisted as IREL 285.
Nonstate Actors in International Relations (I; 3, 0)
This course explores the role nonstate actors (such as nongovernmental organizations, multinational corporations, violent nonstate actors, and individuals) can and do play in various substantive areas of international relations. Crosslisted as IREL 286.
United States and the Middle East (AII; 3, 0)
This course examines U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East. The focus is on the economic, security, and political interests of the United States in the region.
French Foreign Policy Since 1945 (I or II; 3, 0)
Analysis of French foreign policy, institutions, and decision-making processes in the Fourth and Fifth Republics. Current issues and problems of French foreign policy. Offered through Bucknell en France.
The Arab-Israeli Conflict (AI or AII; 3, 0)
This course examines the roots and transformation of the conflict, role of outside actors, and how it can be resolved.
Topics in Politics (I or II; R; 3, 0)
Attention will focus on specific thinkers, problems, concepts, or issues of recurring and continuing significance in political analysis. Topics will vary.
Environmental Policy and Politics (I; 3, 0)
An introduction to understanding the role of political institutions, stakeholders, and policy processes (in the U.S. and internationally) in addressing environmental problems. Crosslisted with ENST 245.
Political Economy of Growth (II; 3, 0)
We will study how institutions affect the immediate determinants of economic growth. Topics include population growth, microfinance, democracy, geography, international trade, culture, and foreign aid.
Seminar in Comparative Politics (I or II; R; 3, 0)
Selected topics. Prerequisite: POLS 205 or permission of the instructor.
Social Policies in Rich Democracies (II; 3, 0)
Application of comparative analysis to social policies and policymaking in established democracies, on such issues as income supports, health care, education, reproductive rights, etc. Prerequisite: successful completion of POLS 205.
Politics of Economic Development (II; 3, 0)
This course critically engages the tools, concepts, and theories that are used to examine the politics of economic development in poorer countries. Prerequisite: POLS 205 or permission of the instructor.
Seminar in Political Theory (I or II; R; 3, 0)
Selected topics. Prerequisite: POLS 210 or permission of the instructor.
American Constitutional Theory (I or II; 3, 0)
A careful analysis of theories of American constitutional democracy, focusing on the role and legitimacy of judicial review within the democratic political system. Prerequisite: POLS 210 or permission of the instructor.
Seminar in American Politics (I or II; R; 3, 0)
Selected topics. Prerequisite: POLS 140 or permission of the instructor.
Minority Politics (II; 3, 0)
This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of how minority groups operate within the U.S. political system.
Public Opinion (AI or AII; 3, 0)
Theoretical and quantitative approaches to the study of public attitudes in the United States. Prerequisite: POLS 140 or permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken POLS 332.
Analyzing Legislatures (AI or AII; 3, 0)
An in-depth examination of American legislative politics through empirical social-science research methods. Prerequisite: POLS 140.
Seminar in International Politics (I or II; R; 3, 0)
Selected topics. Prerequisite: POLS 170 or permission of the instructor. May be crosslisted as EAST 380 and/or IREL 380.
Arab-Israeli Conflict, Peace Studies (I; 3, 0)
This course is devoted to examining the failures and successes of the peace process between Israel and the Arab States. Exploring the roots of the conflict dating back to the late 1800s and conclude with the Oslo peace process and the involvement of outside actors. Prerequisite: POLS 170 or permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as IREL 381.
U.S.-China Relations (II; 3, 0)
Through tracing the evolution of U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to the 21st century, this course discusses major issues and challenges between the two countries today. Future trends of the bilateral relationship will also be explored. Prerequisite: POLS 170. Preference given to EAST, IREL, and POLS seniors. May be crosslisted as EAST 382 and/or IREL 482. Not open to students who have taken EAST 380, IREL 380 or IREL 382.
Human Rights (I; 3, 0)
The seminar will study human rights, primarily from an international perspective, including self-determination, cultural rights, ethnic and racial rights, women's rights, religious rights, and gay and lesbian rights. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Preference given to international relations majors. Not open to students who have taken IREL 310. Crosslisted as IREL 415.
International Environmental Aid (I or II; 3, 0)
This advanced seminar on international environmental politics focuses on applied examination of international and bilateral aid for solving environmental problems. It explores discussion topics including: theories of international environmental relations and development, roles of international organizations and non-governmental actors, and environmental problem-solving case studies. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as ENST 393.
Internship (I or II; 3, 0)
Reserved for nontraditional study.
396. Independent Study (I and II; R; 3, 0)
Open to qualified students who wish to pursue individual programs of advanced study in political science. Prerequisite: approval of a proposal submitted to the department, normally at least two weeks prior to registration.
Honors Thesis (I and II; R; 3, 0)
Independent research on some topic approved as honors work by the department and Honors Council. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
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No matter the time of year, I refuse to let the grass grow under my feet because there is simply so much to see and do across Oregon.
That's especially true along a unique section of the Oregon coastline where you'll find three glorious Oregon State Parks called Sunset Bay, Shore Acres and Cape Arago.
I am thrilled with each visit to this region. You actually get three state parks for the price of one vacation and each is within two miles of the other and all are connected by road, bike trail, and hiking path.
Each park is distinct, easy to reach and offers unique perspectives on the coastal Oregon's recreation experience.
Sunset Bay is a small overnight campground, with seventy-two tent sites and sixty-three trailer sites. The park also features a hiker/biker camp, plus ten group tent camps. Hot showers and flush toilets are available to all campers and provide a welcome comfort zone.
There's plenty of elbowroom and trails to explore across the park's twenty acres, according to park manager, Preson Phillips. Especially along Big Creek, which flows for a half mile through the heart of the forested campground into the namesake bay:
"Suddenly out of a regular coastal highway, you come into a lush, green area where the trees are mature and off to your right is the bay. It's not an area that gets crowded so it's very easy – even on a busy day – to come in and find a place to visit."
He added that you can also "camp light" inside one of the park's eight yurts:
"All you need to bring is bedding and another method to cook some food on the outside and you're ready to go. There are bunk beds, futon couch, a table, chairs and lights – and heat and opening sky light as well."
Thomas Hirst, an early settler in Coos Bay, named Sunset Bay back when fishing boats and other shallow vessels used it as a protective harbor during violent storms.
But I feel the wind-shorn, wave-battered cliffs hint of some far-off shore--say, Polynesia? Or Alaska?
Legend has it Sunset Bay was also used by pirates, and a glance toward the ocean suggests the reason: The small bay is set inside steep sandstone bluffs and has a narrow passage to the sea that's difficult to discern from the ocean.
A mile away, a much different environment waits for you at Shore Acres State Park. Here, the wildness is tamed at a park land that puts a smile on your face. You see, Shore Acres is the state park system's only botanical garden.
Shore Acres, built in 1906, was once a private estate famed for gardens of flowering trees, plants, and shrubs brought from around the world aboard the sailing ships of pioneer lumberman and shipbuilder Louis B. Simpson, as well as a one-acre pond and shimmering waterfall.
Simpson developed the summer home into a showplace capped by the towering presence of a three-story mansion. The grounds originally contained five acres of formal gardens, but fire destroyed the mansion in 1921.
Simpson began to build an even larger replacement; however, financial losses caused both house and grounds to fall into disrepair in the 1930s. The State of Oregon purchased Shore Acres as a park in 1942.
The park offers hundreds of different plant species for you to enjoy as you stroll across eight acres of garden. Phillips noted that the park continues to amaze and impress even lifelong Oregon residents:
"Folks come in the gate and they say, 'What's that?' – And they step in and they're here for hours taking pictures, just oo-ing and ah-ing – and for many it's 'we didn't even know this place was here.'
A short but easy one-mile hike south takes you to Cape Arago, famous as a resort for Steller sea lions. Well, perhaps "resort" is a bit of a stretch, but the fact is that Shell Island (adjacent to the cape) is the largest Steller haul-out and calving site along the entire West Coast.
"It is critical habitat for these federally protected, endangered marine mammals that can weigh more than a ton," noted local eco-tourism guide, Marty Giles, owner/operator of Wavecrest Discoveries.
She said that more than three thousand sea lions will haul out on Simpson Reef and Shell Island and that they put on quite a show.
"Imagine a group of anxious kids in the back seat of a car on a long trip – you're in my way, you're over my line, move – you touched me and you can see that kind of behavior going on - they walk over one another and grump at each other and move around."
Any time is a fine time to visit the many viewpoints along Cape Arago's main hiking path overlooking Shell Island, but keep in mind that the offshore rocks, islands, and reefs are part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge system, which is closed to public access.
So here's a tip: Bring binoculars or a spotting scope so you'll have a front-row seat into the refuge proper and a chance to view fascinating wildlife behaviors.
Giles added that the three Oregon destinations – linked by hiking trail are so close together and they offer visitors something new to see each day:
"A rocky shoreline and a sandy beach, we have dunes, we have nearby wilderness areas, we have forest – a huge variety of publicly accessible recreational opportunities in a very small area."
Phillips agreed and added, "It is so easy to get yourself lost in nature a little bit. Please come visit us and you'll see why."
I try to make this collection of wonderful parks a three- or four-day stay--I like to linger and just loaf around the trails, viewpoints, and colorful gardens that this unique Oregon destination offers.
A wintertime sunrise arrives cold, clear and early; especially when the "fishing" is your thing.
"Perfect water for this type of fishing - it's just perfect. And what a gorgeous day – not a cloud in the sky, noted our guide, John Krauthoefer.
As the first sun-streams meet a river's rapids, three lucky anglers met an Oregon outdoor adventure on Tillamook County's Nestucca River.
We gathered to run the Nestucca River's whitewater rapids with guide John Krauthoefer, (Firefighter's Guide Service: 503-812-1414) who casts baits for king sized steelhead from aboard his fifteen-foot inflatable raft.
The Nestucca River is a fabulous coastal stream located in southern Tillamook County and is famous for its runs of salmon and steelhead.
Krauthoefer is hooked on a plan that's supported by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
In fact, Chris Knutsen, a fishery biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, took a day off work so he could join us on our adventure too.
"These rafts are designed for whitewater. I've just adapted them to fishing.If I hit a rock, I just bounce off of them – it's no big deal."
We cast into secret spots where John had caught steelhead before and we used bobbers and brightly colored yarn flies and jigs for bait.
"I can take people fishing that have never fished before in their lives and within thirty minutes they're fishing for steelhead - you watch the bobber - if the bobber goes down, you set the hook and you've got him."
Knutsen said the Nestucca River brood stock program needs 60 adult fish each season; that's about one percent of the run - the fish provide 90,000 eggs for a hatchery program that will eventually provide steelhead that angler's can keep.
"It's a great way to get anglers involved in and participating in - the development of their fisheries, noted Knutsen. "Anglers provide the brood stock fish for our program and so a great way to engage the public."
John and Chris's rafts were set up to handle the fish with holding tanks that circulated water and produced oxygen.
"We fill the tanks full of water and we have a small 12-volt battery powering an inside water system to provide fresh circulating water for the fish. They do very nicely in there," noted the biologist.
The angler-caught steelhead have a new home at ODFW'S Cedar Creek Hatchery. The fish will be live spawned later and then returned to the river
Anglers are encouraged to participate in the brood stock program, but they must register at the Tillamook-based North Coast Watershed District Office.
You can also visit the Cedar Creek Hatchery to observe the brood stock steelhead and learn more about the Nestucca River program.
Fore more information on purchasing an Oregon Angling License and locate an Oregon Fishing Guide.
It's called the HUB - Hopworks Urban Brewery and it is a popular neighborhood destination where on most nights, standing room only is the rule.
Folks come from all over travel to SE Portland's 29th and Powell to sip a brew, dine with friends and relax in the knowledge that things are different in the newest neighborhood eco-pub.
Keri Rose, a neighbor and regular customer, explained: "It's amazing beer that's organically brewed, plus really friendly people and I think you get something uniquely Portland. I think the HUB speaks to all of us who are really oriented toward that way of life."
The HUB is an eco-Pub and it's a first on the SE Portland brew scene that's built upon the practices of sustainability, organic ingredients and eco-friendly ideas.
The business is the brainchild of Christian Ettinger, the HUB's Brewmaster (he has fifteen years experience brewing beer,) and alongside his dad, Roy Ettinger, (a veteran architect of forty years experience) the team co-designed the nearly 17,000 square foot eco-pub.
Both agree, the 1948 building that they selected for the HUB, once a diesel fuel depot and a former Caterpillar Tractor showroom, wasn't always warm or inviting.
"Oh no, not at all," noted the elder Ettinger. " It was full of dust, you couldn't lean on anything because you'd get black soot on you. There were
tons of wires strung on the ceiling …just 43 years of decay and dust and it was that greasy, grime."
Christian quickly added, "We turned what was 60 years of a business into piles of material that were to be either recycled or shredded into fuel or reused."
The deconstruction took over a year an a half to complete - but they salvaged every bit of material from the old building – the first step in walking the talk of creating a sustainable brewery and restaurant where reduce, reuse and recycle is an everyday business.
Christian noted that the bones of the building, the old growth doug fir posts, beams and planks were solid, substantial and deserved new life.
So, the old wood became the booths, bar and other varied pieces of furnishings in the HUB.
And then there is Christian's signature statement; scores of bike frames and old wheel rims that were incorporated above the bar and the booths of his pub.
"Every one of these frames was recycled and I'm only about 300 bucks into this – and it really sets the bar apart from anyplace around."
Downstairs, you could say the same thing about the HUB's brewery where pesticide-free and fertilizer-free ingredients are staples of the 10 crafted organic beers that the HUB produces each week.
In the kitchen, organic ingredients take center stage too – from pizza dough to the sauces to the sandwiches with all the trimmings and more.
In fact, even the heat from the pizza oven is recycled and circulated to heat the heat the pub's water.
"That's free heat," said Christian. "Free heat is free energy and lowers our bills but it also lowers our needs to bring in fossil fuels."
Lionne Decker, the HUB's General Manager, is quick to point out that the entire HUB team walks the talk of taking care of the environment and making customers smile at the same time.
It starts with a commitment to the environment, a commitment to what you're putting on the plate, what you're putting in the pint. Really, it's a commitment to leaving the world a better place than we found it. It's amazing! It really is."
It's amazing adventure that may keep you coming back for more – built upon a philosophy worth living.
The Hub is one of just three Oregon breweries that have made the move to produce all organic beer.
The folks who work at the HUB are eager to share and explain all of the different ways that they walk the talk of sustainability.
So, stop in and enjoy a beer and strike up a conversation! The folks at HUB will be pleased to tell their story - it's that sort of a friendly, neighborhood place.
Tucked into a corner of the Willamette Valley, the art of wine making merges with art of the season just off the Gales Creek Highway.
The Shafer Winery and Christmas Shop is the sort of place that makes you feel good and makes you smile. Not just from the fruit of the vine!
In fact, you won't need a sip to enjoy Harvey and Miki Shafer's spirit of the season:
"In the beginning we never really knew if we'd sell anything," noted Miki who started selling varied holiday glass ornaments as a part of the winery more than twenty years ago. "But it made us feel good - we had absolutely no idea that so many people would buy Christmas and wine together…now we are the only Christmas shop with a winery and it's been fabulous."
The Shafer's wine business has been fabulous for nearly forty years.
You can sample and buy their Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and more, but it's the Christmas room that sets Shafer's apart.
It's a room where thousands of gorgeous glass ornaments from across the world are ready for your inspection as prized gifts for your home, your family or friends.
"Perhaps you have a wedding or important dates - the birth of a child," said Harvey Shafer. "Or just about any other holiday events – we have something for every significant event. Most aren't terribly expensive, but they are unique and beautiful."
Uniquely prized gifts that are worth your time for a visit.
The Shafer Winery and Christmas Shop is open (March-December) Thursday-Sunday, 11am-5pm.
Oregon is blessed with abundant rivers that offer countless whitewater rapids. In fact, many of the state's rivers provide thrilling settings for exciting outdoor adventures.
When you prep for the holidays, it helps to have good friends to share the work. People who go the extra mile and make the event fun because the holidays are special just like Silver Falls State Park.
Lou Nelson, President of the Friends of Silver Falls State Park, said that the upcoming Christmas Festival gives back to the community.
It's a gathering of the "Friends of Silver Falls," and for the past 23 years, they have pitched in to decorate South Falls Lodge for visitors who come to play.
South Falls Lodge is the flagship building of the park and it is the only lodge in the Oregon State Park system.
The Civilian Conservation Corps built the lodge in the 1930's and it stands large with rugged rock and timber construction and rare myrtlewood furniture.
Dorothy Brown-Kwaiser, Silver Falls Park Ranger, called the event an "all-Oregon atmosphere."
"When the CCC was here so many years ago, they didn't have many machines, so all the work was done by hand. Look up at the beams, you can see the hand-hewn marks – that wasn't done in a mill so it's irreplaceable. That's a tribute to the CCC and all of their early park work."
The Silver Falls Christmas Festival is a gift from the Friends and the park's staff and it is held during the second weekend in December each year.
"Kids can make gingerbread houses," noted Nelson. They can also make Christmas cards, various Christmas decorations and birdhouses. We even have singers and a volunteer performs the bagpipes. It's great entertainment."
South Falls Christmas Festival is also a great bargain: no admission fee and open top everyone. There is a $5 for a parking fee at the state park.
It is a fine holiday gift for the family!
Speaking of holiday gifts, Robert Campbell, store manger at Fisherman's Marine and Outdoor says holiday "gadgets and gear" that are made in Oregon are easy to come by at his story.
Many of the possible gift items in the well-known store sport familiar names– like Columbia, Danner and Traeger.
For example, Campbell pointed out the latest in wading boots made by "Korker," a local wading boot manufacturer that offers a "convertible" boot with interchangeable soles that suit the territory.
"Whether it's pea gravel or mud bottom, large slimy substrate, boulders and that sort of thing. This boot can suit the conditions the angler meets anywhere they go fishing."
When it comes to seeing clearly, Oregon's Leopold binoculars can bring the great outdoors into focus.
"They're for hikers, hunters, birders, fishermen," noted Campbell. "Anyone with an outdoor pursuit who wants to see things up close and personal."
He noted that homegrown, Portland-based, Leatherman Tools makes a toolbox for your pocket:
"You'll have a million uses for it; once you have one in your pocket, you realize you shouldn't have been without it."
When it comes to reading more about the outdoors, Oregon's "Frank Amato Publishing" based in Milwaukee, produces hundreds of book titles with an Oregon outdoor theme:
"All Oregon products and they've been publishing for nearly fifty years so Amato Publishing has something for every outdoorsman; hunting, fishing, history. It's in our blood for sure."
Folks who like to float a boat will have no trouble finding a gift that's made in Oregon, noted longtime boating expert Trey Carskadon.
As Chairman of the Oregon State Marine Board, Carksadon's been an advocate for the marine world for decades. He said it's the homegrown nature of Oregon marine-related 'supply and demand' recreation that's led to a variety of marine products that boat owners will enjoy and use.
For example, he pointed out a rod holder that keeps fishing rods safe, secure and out of the way in the boat.
"It's a great little gadget designed so that it will straddle a boat transom or the back of a pickup. You can store your rods there for secure, safe storage when you're running from spot to spot."
He also showed off a handy tiller extension made by Ironwood Pacific in Lake Oswego.
"You simply fasten it on to your outboard motor and makes it real easy to steer."
Tightline is a company based in Aloha, Oregon and produces an electric warmer that helps to keep the wet out of your boat.
"Basically, it's a de-humidifier that keeps the boat dry and free of condensation. Water is just a killer on marine products during the winter months, so this is a handy product."
Trey added that the best gift of all for the mariner in your life could also be the most affordable: free on-line information at Boatoregon.com. He called it the best bargain in the boating world!
"You will find all of the regulations and rules of the water and there's a wealth of other publications too. For example, boating in the Columbia River, the Willamette River, at the Oregon coast. There are plenty of maps and charts – and it's all free. It is the first place I go when I plan to take my boat to new territory in Oregon."
That brings us back to South Falls Lodge where you can visit anytime – enjoy the lodge fire, the holiday decorations and a spirit of the season across a vast parkland that is open for hiking and camping seven days a week.
You can also enjoy a bargain in that parking pass purchase this month. Oregon Parks and Recreation offers a five-dollar discount on an annual parking pass purchase.
Another holiday gift idea that's sure to being a smile: purchase an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife hunting or fishing license for a friend or family member.
Simply visit any sporting goods store that sells license and provide a person's basic information: name and birth date and you can buy the license for them as a gift.
It's a great idea and the sort of gift they'll remember all year long.


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During press duties at the Television Critics Association, Charlie Hunnam sat down to talk about his hit FX series "Sons of Anarchy."
Not surprisingly, the "Undeclared" actor was confronted about his Emmy snub after this year's round of nominations. Not to mention, the five seasons prior!
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Showing off his soft side, Jimmy Kimmel revealed pictures of his adorable daughter Jane during Monday night's broadcast (July 21).
The doting daddy opened up the segment by talking about his activities during his two-week break. Those projects included painting around the house, growing a beard and welcoming his daughter with wife Molly.
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Entering into a new level of their relationship, Zac Efron stepped out of Michelle Rodriguez's home with an overnight bag early Sunday morning (July 20).
The "Neighbors" star was seen out and about with "The Fast and the Furious" star partying it up the night before.
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Rocking a super-sexy black and white jumpsuit, Kate Hudson strutted through the streets of New York City and headed over to "The Tonight Show" on Monday (\July 21).
During her visit on the NBC talk show, the "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" challenged Jimmy Fallon to a fun game of Box of Lies.
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During promotions for her upcoming flick "A Most Wanted Man," Rachel McAdams graced the cover of Allure magazine's August 2014 issue.
Posing for Carter Smith in a collection of gorgeous ensembles from Valentino, Erdem and Charlotte Olympia, the "Mean Girls" beauty opened up about her most terrifying moment on set and how she felt about working with Lindsay Lohan on the hit 2004 comedy.
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Happy Birthday, Prince George! The little prince that captivated the world last year turns 1 today (July 22) and Kensington Palace celebrated by releasing a few adorable photos of the heir to the crown.
Earlier this month (July 2), George headed over to the Sensational Butterflies exhibit at London's Natural History Museum with his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and posed for a darling photo shoot with John Stillwell.
She's a few days earlier than expected, but that's totally okay with us! We're referring to Blake Lively launching her new lifestyle website, Preserve, on Monday (July 21).
In addition to the debut, the "Gossip Girl" beauty explained to her audience what to expect from the site in a Letter from the Editor.
It's easily one of the most anticipated films of the summer, and the cast of "Guardians of the Galaxy" was thrilled to get promotions started for their upcoming superhero flick on Monday night (July 21).
Chris Pratt looked incredibly handsome while showing off him slimmed down figure on the red carpet of the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, CA as he posed with his lovely wife Anna Faris.


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By JOHN VASILE, Fit Bits
---- — Many people may not recognize the importance of walking.
It is something we do every day and rarely think about. However, there are real benefits to walking, and it is certainly a great activity on beautiful sunny days. It is one of the simplest and least expensive ways to increase your physical activity level and improve your overall health.
Walking is a weight-bearing exercise that increases bone density but is easy on joints. Bone density is important, especially for aging women at risk of osteoporosis.
Other benefits include reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes and obesity. Walking also conditions lower extremity muscles, which help pump blood back to the heart, improve circulation, muscular endurance and balance.
There are numerous muscles that are engaged during walking, including the knee extensors (quadriceps); hip extensors (hamstrings and gluteal muscles); lower legs (gastrocnemius and soleus in the back and tibialis anterior on the front); and arch muscles in the feet.
Keeping these muscles conditioned is crucial to a successful walking program.
It is a given that walking shoes or sneakers are needed for this activity. However, it is important to wear a shoe that is well-fitted and has the correct amount of cushion.
Individuals with any ankle issues may need additional ankle support. Proper arch support and flexible soles are necessary, as well. Clothing should be appropriate for weather and climate. Sunglasses and sunscreen should be worn in order to protect you from harmful UV rays.
As always in exercise, proper hydration is necessary in order to maintain good health.
The American College of Sports Medicine recommends people participate in a walk or other moderate intensity exercise for 150 minutes or more a week for health benefits.
For weight loss, 250 minutes or more of moderate-intensity activity is recommended per week.
A pedometer is a motion-sensing device, typically worn at the hip, that records walking data.
This self-monitoring tool will help you keep track of your total steps and distance walked. One activity scale that depicts various levels of walking (in steps daily) shows that 0-5,000 is sedentary, 5,000-7,499 is low active, 7,500-9,999 is somewhat active, 10,000-12,500 is active and 12,500 or more is highly active.
It is important to notice that this merely measures steps and does not include other non-ambulatory activity throughout the day. For healthy adults, a daily goal should be 10,000 steps per day (about 5 miles).
If you are currently below this, progress your steps by 1,000 per day every two weeks until you reach your 10,000 steps per day.
Try walking different routes, while mixing in hills for terrain variation. Also, incorporate some interval training into the program by varying the pace. Some examples could include power and speed walking.
In order to maintain ambition and tempo, listen to music that is enjoyable and upbeat (while being cautious of traffic!). Mix social time with exercise by walking friends, which will also make it more fun.
There are different ways to incorporate more walking into your daily activities. Each day, try to park further from your destination — school, work or the store. Use stairs instead of elevators or escalators.
Even small amounts of additional activity will increase total calorie expenditure.
One way to increase energy output is to push off your toes more through each stride. This will engage more of your calf muscles when walking.
Use a more vigorous arm swing, as upper body muscles will help burn more calories. When walking, use breathing patterns to determine perceived exertion. Easy breathing would be considered casual pace, halting speech would be a brisk 3-to-4-mph pace and the inability to speak would indicate that you are walking too fast.
Becoming and staying regularly active through a walking program is one effective way of maintaining good health and body composition.
This is an activity that can be performed over a lifetime.
John Vasile, NSCA, holds a bachelor's degree and is a certified personal trainer at the Wellness Center at PARC, located at 295 New York Road (next to ARC) in Plattsburgh. For more information, call him at 324-2024.


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Dr. Stan Williamson is the Chairholder of the Bruce and Liz Boulware Professorship in Management.
He is a professor of management at the university and has been since 2003. Previously, he was an associate professor of the same from 1996-2003, an assistant professor from 1990-1996, and held the ULM Tom and Mayme Scott Endowed Professorship for Teaching Excellence from 1999-2002.
He received his B.S. in business administration from Louisiana Tech University, summa cum laude, in 1972; his M.S. in health care administration from Trinity University in 1975; and his Ph.D. in personnel management and organizational behavior from the University of North Texas in 1990.
His business experience includes posts as an administrator at North Claiborne Hospital in Haynesville, La.; vice-president of facility development at the Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, La; and director of staff services at the same.
Teaching innovations include employing Michaelsen's Team Based Learning process to incorporate active learning in the classroom and allowing student teams to negotiate with each other to determine the value of an assignment for the course in order to encourage team interaction, involvement and cohesion. He uses Hollywood cinema excerpts to demonstrate organizational behavior concepts in the classroom, uses role-playing to emphasize certain course concepts, and employs special recognition techniques for highest scoring students/teams on exams.
His participation in peer-reviewed books, chapters in books, journal articles, and cases is prolific. He actively contributes to peer- and non-peer-reviewed proceedings or presentations for professional meetings.
He maintains a membership in such organizations as the Academy of Management - Organizational Behavior Division and Business Policy and Strategy Division, as well as in the Federation of Business Disciplines/Southwest Academy of Management. He reviews cases and papers for other professional organizations, performs constituent service activities, and contributes to copious community service programs.
He serves on several committees on a departmental, college and university level.
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The Bruce and Lizabeth Boulware Professorship in Management endowment was established to encourage and reward excellence in teaching and demonstrate scholarly expertise in an appropriate field of business management.


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There is an ad which is currently airing on national television for a Christian dating service, which in many ways captures the spirit of Purim.
The ad states, "Sometimes we wait for God to make the next move when God is saying, it's your time to act."
I love this ad because it flies in the face of the way so many within the Judeo-Christian tradition live.
Many seem paralyzed when it comes to taking action.
When considering important decisions, often it seems easier to ask for divine intervention, than to weigh the pros and cons ourselves.
I believe in prayer. It centers us. It enables us to focus and tune out life's distractions. We turn to a higher power, and temporarily give up control. And often this inspires us to do what is right.
Yet, sometimes we abdicate that responsibility, and "wait for God to make the next move." And in some cases we wait a long time.
It also explains why many of our ancient rabbis actually considered Purim to be most important holiday on the Jewish calendar.
Purim? Really?
What about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover?
"No," say our rabbis.
Within the Torah, it was God who commanded us to celebrate Judaism's major festivals. The Torah lays out the dates, and sets in motion a number of observances which exist to this day.
Not so with Purim.
It is a day to bake funny shaped cookies, to consume "energized" beverages, to mock our institutions and traditions. We are encouraged to make rude noises when the name of a certain evil character is mentioned.
And perhaps most importantly, we're supposed to provide gifts of friendship (Shalach Manot) to elevate the spirit of those who are ailing.
We read from the scroll of Esther which recounts how a modest woman named Hadassah (Esther) exposed a Persian plot to kill the Jews. We survived, and the celebration continues to this day.
And therein lays the beauty of this holiday.
Our ancient rabbis pose the question, "Where is God mentioned in this story?"
And the answer is "nowhere."
Although tradition implies that God inspired the events of Purim, they note that more importantly Purim provides an important lesson regarding the power of human beings to exercise free will.
The Rabbis expand on this theme. They note that while the Torah was originally accepted on Mount Sinai, there may have been just a bit of coercion involved.
The Israelites, fresh out of Egypt, were weak and vulnerable. There is a gnawing suspicion within theTalmud, that our people accepted the Ten Commandments under duress.
The Talmud actually insists that the Jewish people ultimately accepted the Torah on Purim, not because of what God did, but because of what God didn't do.
It was Mordechai and Esther who concocted a scheme to infiltrate King Achashverosh's palace. They executed their plan with a bit of sex and intrigue. And in the end, the Jewish people survived.
The Rabbis love this holiday because it teaches that sometimes it is humanity and not God which needs to act. We possess the free will to make life happen.
How many of us procrastinate when it is time to make an important decision? We often wait for a sign. We consult horoscopes. We look to the heavens, or confer with countless mentors and advisors, when often the right thing to do lies in front of us.
Indeed, our tradition tells us that when the Messiah comes, there will only be one holiday which will survive.
It will not be Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover or Chanukah.
It will be Purim, a holiday where Judaism reminds that each one of us possesses the capacity to take control.
God exists in our lives as a divine partner, but it is up to each of us to find our own way.
And once we achieve that realization, then life can take on meaning and joy. It can even turn into a great celebration.
Are we ready to seize life and to challenge what hold us back?
In the words of the great rabbi Hillel, "if not now, then when?" Indeed, sometimes, it's not God who needs to provide. For as Hillel also taught, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me?"
Let's enjoy ourselves this weekend. It's a time to sing, laugh, eat, enjoy and act silly.
God knows we've earned it. God also knows that in life, we need to have fun too.
As we take the next bold step into our future.
Chag Purim Sameach (Happy Purim).
Rabbi Irwin Huberman


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HARBOR SPRINGS — Traverse City will be well represented at the Division 1 state skiing finals later this month.
Both Traverse City Central and TC West placed their boys and girls in the top three at Thursday regional at Boyne Highlands, sending them on to the state meet on Feb. 25 at Boyne Mountain.
"We're very excited about that," Titans coach Ed Johnson said. "Both of our teams are ramping up and seem to be building and building at the right time."
In the girls meet, TC Central won the regional with 43 points while the Titans were 60 and Marquette also qualified with 98 points.
"It was a good day for us," Trojans girls coach Jerry Stanek said. "Our girls lost Shannon Weaver in the slalom, which put us in a little bit of a bind. But, we have six strong girls. We really skied well in the GS. We're ready for states."
Madison Ostergren won the GS in 58.09 for TC Central while Weaver was second (58.80). Cassidy Klein was sixth (1:00.03) and Molly Whiting was ninth (1:01.34). In the slalom, Ostergren was second (1:14.39), Klein was fourth (1:17.35), Devon Dotterrer was ninth (1:21.84) and Paige Pfannenstiel was 10th (1:22.62).
TC West's Monica Hessler was the regional champ in the slalom in 1:13.67. Morgan Culp was fifth (1:17.70), Katherine Hornbogen was eighth (1:21.52) and Claire Podges was 12th (1:24.35). In the GS, Culp and Hessler tied for fourth (1:00.02), Devan Gorton was 12th (1:02.51) and Hornbogen was 13th (1:03.10).
The boys meet was a tight race, as Marquette took the regional with 65.5 points, followed by TC Central with 68 and TC West with 77. The Trojans won the GS in the morning while the Titans won the slalom in the afternoon.
TC West's Finley Clark won the slalom in 1:09.85. Matthew Lowe was seventh (1:16.27), Austin Skibowski was ninth (1:16.39) and Ben Friar was 13th (1:17.37). In the GS, Clark was fifth (59.34), Skibowski was ninth (1:00.25), Friar was 14th (1:00.93) and Ryan Geiser was 19th (1:01.93).
TC Central had the morning lead in the GS after John Whiting took second (58.87), Kurt Frick was fourth (59.33), Tyler Sepanik was sixth (59.41) and Kalvis Hornburg was seventh (59.56).
"We got off to a great start," Trojans coach Nick Stanek said. "We had some outstanding performances from some freshmen. Really, the young kids brought us through the morning race. In the slalom, we lost a couple in the first run and we were in a little bit of a hold-back. But, they really came through."
Whiting was fifth in the slalom (1:15.55), Lars Hornburg was sixth (1:15.78), Frick was 11th (1:17.14) and Jacob Gerstner was 27th (1:28.24).


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Jaci Michelle Bolton of Neches, daughter of Mark and Tina Bolton of Neches, will be married Dec. 29 to Wesley Keith Gallup of Palestine, son of Keith and Brenda Gallup of Palestine. The wedding will be at Evangelistic Temple in Palestine. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Glenn and Lois Bolton of Jacksonville. The prospective groom is the grandson of Thomas H. Romine of Palestine.
November 3, 2012
Bolton-Gallup engagement