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Bryce Covert, Contributor
I write about women, economics, politics, and where they all overlap.
SCOTUS has spoken: The U.S. Supreme Court just upheld the Affordable Care Act, saying that the individual mandate is constitutional as a tax. This is fantastic news for the nearly 50 million uninsured Americans.
Women in particular should pop the champagne and celebrate. Of those millions of uninsured, 19 million are women. Up to 10.3 million of the low-income among them will now be covered by Medicaid by 2014 when the law goes into full effect. Although the uninsured tend to use less medical care, and therefore spend less than the insured, altogether they spend about $2.64 billion out of pocket each year. (Not to mention that being uninsured leads to a greater risk of death.) They can rest assured that the Supreme Court won't get in the way of their insurance coverage, which should mean more accessible and affordable care.
Women are big financial winners in this decision in other ways. The first is the elimination of gender rating, or charging women more because they're women, pure and simple. The National Women's Law Center recently found that in states that haven't banned the practice, over 90% of the best selling plans charge women more than men, even though only 3% of them cover maternity services. In fact, even when maternity care is excluded, almost a third of plans charge women at least 30% more than men for the same coverage. One plan even charges 25-year-old women 85% more than men. All told, the practice costs women about $1 billion a year.
That will now become illegal in 2014, after the ACA is fully implemented. Insurers will no longer have free reign to charge women whatever they like for no discernable reason. That extra $1 billion in our pockets sounds pretty good.
Had the individual mandate been struck down, as many assumed would happen, women could have been the first victims. Premium rates would have almost surely risen – read Sarah Kliff's great account of what happened under an incredibly similar scenario in Washington State not too long ago for empirical evidence. There were many estimates of how much premiums would have risen without the mandate: The RAND Corporation predicted that they would rise by 9.3 percent ; the Urban Institute estimated a 10 percent rise; the CBO put it far higher, at 15-27 percent. Even with RAND's lower estimate, it anticipated the average premium to rise by $534. Given that women are targeted for gender rating, their costs would have very likely risen faster than others'. The Supreme Court's decision offers protection from this scenario.
On top of all this, much of women's preventative care, including contraception, Pap test, mammograms, and domestic violence screenings, will be covered without copay. An 18-year-old woman can expect to shell out $11,842 over her lifetime in copays for hormonal birth control and mandated doctor's visits, but now she can put that money in her pocket next to the money saved from gender rating and medical expenses.
Women also have a long history of being denied care because of preexisting conditions, including some dubious so-called "conditions." Think that pregnancy is a normal course of life? Insurance companies have been known to treat women who seek coverage when they're pregnant as if they have a preexisting condition. Even women who gave birth through previous Caesarean section – about a third of all births – are thought to have a "condition." Think the victims of sexual abuse and assault have enough to deal with as it is? Add to their burdens the denial of coverage because receiving treatment related to that abuse has been considered a preexisting condition. Now that the ACA is free to stand, that practice will no longer be tolerated, either.
Other gains women will make now that health care reform will stay on the books: Maternity care is a required coverage area. Meanwhile, nursing mothers will be given mandated breaks and a private place to express breast milk at places of employment that have 50 employees or more.
While it's clearly a moral imperative that we give as many Americans access to quality, affordable health care, it's also a financial issue for millions of women. With the Supreme Court's affirmation of the Affordable Care Act, they stand to see a big boost to their bottom lines. They can rest easier today knowing that their health care costs will be lower for years to come.
Read more:
Five Big Questions About Health Care After Obamacare
Roberts Upholds Obamacare, And The Court's Authority, Too
Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare: What It Means, What Happens Next
I agree with Jose. Furthermore, this article is sexist, assuming all women want and need the same insurance. It will cost me more as insurance rises, and I just want to opt out and put the money in my paycheck or a health savings account instead. I pay many times the cost of an annual check up in premiums every year. If I was putting it into a modest-interest-earning account instead, by now, I'd have enough to cover even major hospitalizations…and I still have a lot of years of working ahead of me. I never wanted kids, so will never need maternity care, I have no intentions of extraordinary measures to keep me alive, and in fact, if I were diagnosed with something major like cancer, all I'd want is some painkillers for my final days. Why am I footing the bill for everyone who wants to run to a doctor for every sniffle?
Well it's good you have your beliefs… try reading the CBO's analysis of how much money will be saved both governmentally (collectively) and by individuals. Your opinion, apparently based on emotion and ideology is baseless and weak. I'm surprised you didn't throw in death panels!
Boiled down, the radical right doesn't want anyone except the top 10 to 15% of the wealthy to have proper care because the radicals commodify people rather than view them as individuals. The fact is we don't need "the best doctors" for 95% of all health problems. The baseline problems that affect Americans most – accident injuries, diabetes, heart conditions, allergies, osteo problems and women's health issues require good, steady competence, not medical geniuses. Since we already have terrible outcomes and since care is already unfairly rationed through pseudo-free markets as Ms. Covert points out regarding women, it's time we took another tack. Watch how the "backward states" will be the ones to resist implementation of the law. The progressive states already have similar programs in gear or will embrace the new way quickly. Funny how the progressive states are the rich states, eh?
I suggest you read a new CBO analysis of the costs of Obamacare rather then rely the original BO talking points. The new analysis states the costs will soar to $1.76 trillion up from $900 billion original estimate. Go figure, the costs have doubled and the program has not even been implemented.
In addition, the Progressives States you claim are all also the most in debt States and most are all on the verge of bankruptcy.
Get government and employer provided healthcare benefits out of the healthcare business and force insurance companies to compete for individuals or family insurance and costs will drop like a rock.
If you gave everone a grocery insurance payment card and there were no prices on the food what do you think would be in the grocery cart rice and beans or steak and crab?
Yes indeed, collectivism is something that survives best where there is capital avavilable to waste on it
Several points:
The article itself is not sexist, it merely points out the sexist system we are currently operating in. When HPV tests AND drugs are administered to men as much as they are to women, and when forms of contraception (there are methods for men tried in India that prove far more effective and cost-efficient than all contraceptives in the U.S. geared towards women), will I consider reproductive services to be more equal. I am sure factors like these contribute to the premium inequality, but, seeing as I'm the one who foots the bill, I find it unfair that I be charged a higher premium, seeing as more than one person benefits from it (read: men).
Preventative services are conducive to lower your healthcare expenses over a lifetime. This takes into account the expensive emergency services, which correlate with lower life expectancy rates. See Japan for evidence. Japanese on average go to routine doctor check-ups 13 times a year. The average american will pay their GP a visit 3 times a year. Japan's LER is higher than that of the U.S. Medical expenses per capita in the U.S. are insanely off-the-chart high, and we still have infant mortality rates that exceed those in third world countries in africa, and cuba has a higher life expectancy rate than the U.S. We're already paying for s****y services and shelling out way more than individuals in ALL other countries. Also, take into consideration that in the U.S., "between 1970 and 1989, employer spending on wages and salaries, controlling for inflation, went up just 1 percent, but for health benefits, it rose 163 percent."
Socialized healthcare also provides speedier service. I should know, I live along the border and have taken the short drive to mexico to see a doctor for immediate care. If I feel I am up for an 8-hr wait, enduring agonizing pain, I take my chances at our local hospital in Texas. There is also that which perplexes polisci's: why populations living along the southern border have a longer average life expectancy rate, even though they have the highest percentage of uninsured. Socialized healthcare in mexico is your answer! We travel to mexico for cheaper, faster care and cheap prescription medicine (and that without prescription too!).
Taxes and expenses in the US healthcare system is already soaring. If anything, it will force them to change their system in order for healthcare professionals to keep their jobs. They will have to learn to work WITH the people rather than to simply gain more money.
For instance, it may change that do not have to go to your primary doctor for a "reference" to see another doctor (as countries like Korea that have socialized healthcare do). Or you will see more prescriptions available over the counter so insurance for a visit to the doctor is not needed. Overall, the system will be forced to do things more efficiently rather than heavily capitalize as it is now.
"An 18-year-old woman can expect to shell out $11,842 over her lifetime in copays for hormonal birth control and mandated doctor's visits, but now she can put that money in her pocket next to the money saved from gender rating and medical expenses."
There's something very delusional about that statement.
I'm confused. The second half of this article appears to contradict the first half. The author first asserts that "when maternity care is excluded" there is "no discernable reason" for charging women more than men, but then later on lists several things that will now be covered for free that are exclusive to women.
Secondly, 19 million of the 50 million uninsured is 38% women–a clear minority. Now, if this minority "in particular" should celebrate then they must be benefiting a whole lot more than the other 62%. If there is "no discernable reason" then the care an uninsured man and an uninsured woman will receive is worth the same. The woman was previously uninsured and so was not being screwed by the evil insurance company before the law.
This article is a joke!!! First of all, according to the stats she uses above, 50 million are uninsured… 19 million being women… that means 31 million are men!!! With that being said, shouldn't this idiot's article try to target men?
Secondly, I currently pay for my wife's insurance policy through Group Health, she has the "Cadillac" plan and its roughly 15% less than mine on a monthly basis because she's younger than I am… our plans are identical by the way, same exact coverage. There is no separation between Man and Woman… just age… and this was the standard for all policies from EVERY SINGLE insurance company I researched… I know because I performed a detailed review of all available options before making my decision to ensure I was getting the best deal for my money.
Oh, by the way, this is the largest single TAX increase in the history of our country! Way to go Obama!!! I honestly don't get it… all you have to do is look at every other example around the world to see that this is going to fail, and fail horribly. The middle class is going to be hit the hardest, the rich aren't going to feel a thing, and the poor are just going to be pushed even further to the bottom. Everything is upside down and backwards.
And what's next? I'd imagine lots of new "experiments" will be rolling out now that the government can force us to "buy" anything they want by calling it a tax. And now that healthcare is run by the government, they're going to start regulating everything we do, to reduce costs of course. Can you say mandatory public drug testing? Mandatory food rationing and quota requirements? If you drive fast and get caught, now your health insurance costs can be increased because you're more of a public and personal health risk.


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Rolling Stone's Kevin O'Donnell breaks down Together , the latest disc from Canadian-American pop collective the New Pornographers, in our weekly guide to essential new releases. Over the last decade, the band has made some of the most jubilant, endorphin-rushing indie-pop around and they continue that hot streak here. "Silver Jenny Dollar" is a galloping jam featuring the bold harmonies of singer A.C. Newman and Neko Case while songs like "Crash Years" are Sixties-style pop numbers boosted with orchestral strings and whistled melodies. Overall, Together sounds like what you'd expect from the New Pornographers, but they do manage to break out some new tricks, like "Your Hands (Together)," an awesomely heavy anthem that mixes a Black Sabbath riff with Sixties psychedelic touches.
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APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue)
Purdue University's online guide to APA style.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: Reference BF76.7 .P83 2010
Straight from the horse's mouth: how to write an APA-style paper and create references.
APA Style Guide to Electronic References
Call Number: Reference BF76.7 .P831 2007
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APA's official online publication guide.
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Lindell subscribes to many databases that are useful in Marketing research.
- Reference USAThis detailed listing of 10.5 million businesses offers the ability to search by company name, type of business, where it's located, size, and more. If you'd like to find out, for example, how many coffee shops are within a 5-mile radius of Augsburg's address, this is the place for you. (Answer at this writing: 120.) use to get parent company info
- LexisNexis AcademicA big full-text database that covers business, legal issues, news and biography. It includes information from specialized trade journals and leading U.S. and international newspapers. The "Get Company Info" and "Research Countries" searches can provide news and information useful in international marketing research.
- ABI / INFORMLook to this database for academic journals, general business magazines, professional journals, trade journals, and full-text Wall Street Journal articles. Subject strengths include finance, organizational behavior, information systems, and health care.
- Business Source PremierThis collection of popular business magazines, scholarly journals, and trade publications covers such topics as accounting, banking, finance, international business, management, marketing, real estate, sales, and technology.
- Mergent Online (formerly Moody's)Provides business and financial information on 15 years' worth of company financial information, personnel, assets, SEC filings, and histories for more than 10,000 publicly owned companies around the world. SEC filings, updated daily, are available back to 1993. A concise country business profile is available by clicking on the link to specific country name after performing a "country" search.
- ProQuest Newspapers (Newsstand Complete)This is an excellent place to start if you are looking for newspaper articles. Provides full-text access (and indexing and abstracts) for 350 international and U.S. newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Star Tribune.
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These books can be useful to get started on your International Business project.
The Europa World Year Book
Call Number: Reference JN1 .E85 2008 v. 1–2
Published (2 volumes a year) since 1926, this provides current information on 1,900 international organizations and all the world's countries, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
Nations of the World: A Political, Economic & Business Handbook
Call Number: Reference HC10 .N36 2011
Chock-full of detailed information about the world's nations (Ghana gets 10 full pages, for example). Topics discussed include economic growth, exports, key indicators, risk assessments, and industrial sectors. You'll also find country information such as entry requirements, dress codes, etc., as well as banking, travel, and government contact information.
The Dictionary of International Business Terms
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Straightforward and concise, this book briefly explains virtually every term you'll come across in international business negotiations.
Encyclopedia of International Development
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This one-volume work looks at international development as the product of social change — and has the broader aim of eliminating poverty and intolerance from the world. Entries have reference lists for further reading.
Dictionary of Marketing Terms
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This little red book is the Bible for marketing professionals, copywriters, and savvy consumers who want to know the field inside and out.
Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
Well-designed and easy-to-use, this is a great online reference for understanding important topics in business ethics. Browse through the Reader's Guide for topics like Accounting, Marketing, and Environmental Thought, or search for specific topics like "Jack Abramoff". Links to related topics and suggestions for further reading can help you find more sources for your research. Use it online!
Handbook of qualitative research methods in marketing
Call Number: Third Level HF5415.2 .H288 2006
A classic handbook with lots of information. Helpful with data collecting methods and data analysis, as well as data presentation ideas.
Web Resources
- globalEDGEHosted by Michigan State University, this site is dedicated to providing information on global business. You'll find statistics, country information, industry data and more.
- Export.govA government web portal promoting U.S. exports. Includes a handy "Market Research Basics" guide and information on international sales and marketing. You can also find leads by industry.
- Positively Minnesota: Exporting and International TradeA website published by Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development. There's a guide to Market Research and Trade Resources, and even a handy pdf guide to research resources.
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When something becomes the norm and is a constant in our lives, we tend to over look the dedication, sacrifice and hard work that it takes on someone's part to make things in our life "normal."
Just as our readers have come to rely on Dorothy Brush's "Random Thoughts" and "Looking Back" columns each Wednesday and Friday, we at the Chronicle have grown into a complacency of sorts, knowing her writings will always arrive on time each and every week.
"I have been told many times throughout the years that one of the best features in our newspaper is Dorothy Brush's 'Looking Back' column," said Publisher Pauline Sherrer. "I, too, always turn to this page first to learn more about Cumberland County. I have seen Dorothy working for hours through our old newspapers, lifting many heavy bound volumes to gather the information for her column. Dorothy is a beautiful lady and so delightful to work with. I just cannot remember a time when we have asked her to help with one of our projects where she declined or had something more important to do."
It is with that thought we take time out to publicly recognize Dorothy's dedication to her craft and to our readers, and to simply say thanks.
What some folks may not know is that for over a quarter century Dorothy has continued to maintain her weekly schedule and has never missed a deadline even while dealing with terminal cancer. In true Dorothy style, she refused any treatment and instead looked the cancer demon in the eye and said, "Get behind me, I have a column to write."
Her son, David, accompanied Dorothy to the oncologist's office when she was diagnosed with lung cancer, and the doctor's prognosis was disheartening for the family. "But, she wouldn't accept the doctor's short-term death sentence which has permitted her to continue to explore and practice her passion ― writing," David said this week. He added, "(She) continues to defy current medical knowledge." That was nine years ago. And she is still writing.
If that doesn't inspire your inspirational gauge, then you might want to have it checked.
In 2004, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists named Dorothy "Columnist of the Year," the only Chronicle staffer to ever be so recognized.
Not too long ago, Suzette Martinez Standring, NSNC past president, wrote about Dorothy.
"I picture her: a welcoming smile, a chipper spirit, slightly stooped wearing an outlandish red-white-and-blue flag dress. Offering a pat on the arm to anyone, Dorothy exudes the rare motherly encouragement of you-can-do-no-wrong," Sandring wrote.
In an exchange of notes, Sandring shared what Dorothy wrote to her in 2008: "My faithful band of friends and family who pray for me had been a great blessing. Just about a year ago a new X-ray showed the growth has changed some but in the wrong direction. However, I went through last year with no additional symptoms so those prayers have allowed me all these extra years and without pain ... what more could I ask? Bless you for thinking of me."
I started writing the "Looking Back" column not long after I arrived at the Chronicle in 1984. I loved the task, but found myself chasing rabbits across the pages of past Chronicles and was losing way too much time looking up items to feature. I felt it was too important to drop the column because of the large number of newcomers who were hungry to learn more about the history of their new home. The column was also fun for life-long residents who loved taking walks down memory lane. The question was how to keep the column fresh. And, along came Dorothy, who shares a love of history, and to be honest, she does a much better job in much less time.
Whether working on the annual Pride special edition, or writing a people story, Dorothy never turned down a request to help us out. She has always been our constant in the midst of the chaos that is the news business.
Dorothy, like myself, started our writing on a manual typewriter. I loathed the idea of having to learn "computerese" at my age. Dorothy went through some of the same angst but finally resolved, "I am going to let Earl take care of the technical part. I am just going to write."
Earl, her husband, one-man support team, encourager and number one fan, has always been there to figure things out and to support her writing endeavors.
Now, it is way past time for us to pause and say, "Thank-you Dorothy, from the bottom of our hearts here at the Chronicle, and on behalf of our loyal readers who have enjoyed you work over the years."
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The subway in the nation's capital recorded 779,787 passenger entries to the system on Inauguration Day, about 70 percent of ridership on Inauguration Day in 2009.
The Metro system recorded an all-time high ridership four years ago, counting 1.12 million trips.
Metro says that, unlike four years ago, Inauguration Day fell Monday on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. That meant more people were off work and not commuting.
Metro hasn't said where Monday's total falls on its list of all-time high ridership. But the day doesn't even make it into the top 20, which includes days when there were Washington Nationals home baseball games, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the annual Cherry Blossom Festival and the state funeral for President Ronald Reagan. More than 830,000 people rode trains on each of those days.
Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says Monday's total is about 50,000 more than an average weekday and three to four times greater than ridership on other holidays.
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I don't go to many movies but I always watch the Oscars. This year was no different.
Every year, without fail, the one thing you can count on is that every acceptance speech will include a long list of names – usually too long to name everyone. These lists include close colleagues, family, and long-time supporters; people to thank and to share in the award. Why? The point is clear:
No one achieves great things alone.
I see the same thing happen at any awards program from the national stage to the local community center. Working together is the only way we can move the needle, change the conversation, create collective impact or fulfill our vision. So, a key question for each one of us is this:
With whom do I need to connect?
I recently talked with a board president who told me that their board created a list of key influencers - people who would support their cause and were in a position to advance their cause. After refining the list, they divided it up, each person taking responsibility for connecting with the people on their list. In this way, the board engaged efforts towards building public support and laid the foundation for sustainability.
What's your vision for a better tomorrow, and who shares that vision? Who can help address the cause your organization is working so hard to advance? These and similar questions may stimulate discussion at your next management or board meeting. If you're not sure how to proceed, contact ONEplace and we'll work on a strategy together.
Many of you are aware that ONEplace offers direct assistance services, i.e., first line consultation on unique challenges and concerns faced by nonprofit staff and boards. We average about six contacts each day, attending to phone calls, emails, and personal appointments.
We value this work in large part because of the trust inherent in our conversations. You not only trust us to provide sound guidance and resources but also to hold your concerns in confidence. We honor this position and hold it as a cornerstone of our organization's integrity.
Building upon this position, we have responded to specific needs by conducting limited on-site facilitation and training for organization staff and boards of directors. These tailored events not only address your specific challenges and concerns, they also provide a common experience upon which to build. Responses to this service so far have been very positive.
Another extension of our direct assistance services comes in recognizing that ONEplace doesn't have all the answers. Sometimes your best solution resides within another organization that has faced a similar challenge in their recent past. So, from time to time, we facilitate introductions and connections between nonprofits to address the specific concern and to continue to strengthen the overall nonprofit sector.
We value your trust and hope you will extend it to your colleagues as we assist one another in building more effective organizations and a stronger community.
Every month, we learn much from the participants and presenters we meet at ONEplace. In Just ONEthing… we highlight an insight gained during the past month from our nonprofit community and its partners.
This months' insight comes from our Annual Reports People Actually Read webinar. During the webinar, Kivi Leroux Miller (Nonprofit Marketing Guide) presented the sobering fact that the vast majority of people receiving our annual reports will spend only 30-to-90 seconds with them before putting them in the recycle bin. Ouch!
This led into an excellent presentation and discussion on how to best use annual reports. Since there are no regulations or requirements governing nonprofit annual reports, they may focus on connecting with the target audience – commonly donors. Her two main guidelines: frame the report with one main thing to be remembered and keep the report short, personal, and timely.
More information may be found at Kivi's webpage devoted to annual reports. Also, this webinar (like many that we present) may be viewed individually at the library. Simply call ONEplace to set an appointment (269-553-7910).
Many people find that having a small group of trusted colleagues contributes to the foundation of their success. These take various forms: master mind groups, personal boards of directors, content-area small groups, sector-based small groups, and more. Some last for a few months and others continue for years.
What's clear is that having a mutually supportive network of trusted colleagues is critical to personal development. At ONEplace, we've just completed piloting a mindfulness small group and we're currently facilitating two other small groups. We're learning as we go, but we're already seeing promising results, such as: focused, in depth exploration of real, current issues; development of personal practices that reduce stress; and deepening relationships with nonprofit colleagues.
Would you like to participate in a small group? Do you know 2, 3 or 4 others who also may be interested? Here's how ONEplace can assist:
At our first meetings, the group decides how frequently they'll meet and the number of meetings involved in the initial commitment (e.g., meet monthly for six months).
Please email me (email@example.com) with your thoughts and interest. We'll launch new groups in January.
Once again, a challenge arrives that stops you in your tracks. What do you do? Where do you turn?
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You're the only one in your organization who does this work – a lone ranger. Be it fundraising, communications, executive leadership, program manager – you need to talk through this challenge with someone who gets it.
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Let's be real…for many of us, September starts the program year. In addition to school, many programs, seasons, and endeavors of all sorts begin in the fall.
As I launch into this year, I look forward to the activities, the people, the fun, the challenges, and all the ups and downs. I make plans secure in the knowledge that few things go as planned. I set a course confident that I will, more than once, find myself off course. I claim a vision encouraged by the surety of surprising twists and turns.
Emboldened by the barriers, hurdles and miscues that lie ahead, I open my eyes wide and dive right in. But, that's leadership – keeping the endeavor mission-focused over the long haul while events and circumstances (largely beyond our control) would draw it off course.
Fortunately, while we may feel isolated from time to time, none of us have to face our challenges alone. My greatest joy over the past year at ONEplace has been the daily confirmation that all of us in the nonprofit community are on the same team. Every engaging post-workshop Q&A session, discussion, and counseling interaction draws upon a shared commitment to building a Greater Kalamazoo. We're on the same team – not by virtue of common funders but because of a common passion and our common commitment to live, work, play and thrive in this place we all call home.
So, here we go. Another year kicks off promising nothing more than the opportunity to engage. Go for it!
A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. English Proverb
According to Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards, each board is responsible for keeping itself competent. This is done through good recruitment and good training.
When boards act, they act as one, so it's often helpful for them to learn and grow together as one. These common experiences not only provide useful governance tools but the board also grows together – deepening relationships and building trust. It adds effectiveness and satisfaction to their work.
Boards rarely have extra time, so ONEplace works with executive directors and board leadership to target training on specific, high priority concerns. Further, we follow up to help ensure that the change you desire comes to pass.
Each nonprofit board is as unique as the organization it governs. Sometimes, our board members need more than prior board experience to navigate your board's particular challenges. We're here to help.
While staff development line items wither on many of our budgets, we still know that attending to our team's learning promotes job satisfaction and increases productivity.
In a January 2012 Forbes article, Josh Bersin says that the days of the formalized training programs in big corporate universities are gone. Today, many high performing companies use "formalized informal learning programs" that mix on-the-job learning with coaching and performance support.
Does your organization's training program need some attention? We work with those responsible for staff training (e.g. Executive Directors or Human Resource Directors) to help organize learning programs. Together, we balance learning opportunities from your industry, from internal resources and from ONEplace to provide a comprehensive approach to staff learning.
Whether your program is well-established or more of a thought bubble, I suggest you read Peter Senge and the Learning Organization. It's lengthy, but it provides an excellent summary of Senge's 1990 seminal work, The Fifth Discipline, and offers lessons learned from those who've used it.
Books, articles, blogs, on-the-job research, peer discussions, workshops, and time to think – these and more all play a role in your learning. And there's more than enough from which to choose.
Do you have a personal learning plan? What are your career goals? A personal learning plan (a.k.a., professional development plan or action plan) focuses your learning so that you can select an effective balance of resources to meet your goals.
To assist you in preparing a personal learning plan, we provide a template you can use, workshops on personal learning, and we're happy to meet with you to help focus your goals.
The key is finding what works best for you at this time in your life, and then cultivating a balance of new knowledge, skill development, and personal development. You learn something new every day. Being intentional about your learning will greatly increase your retention.
Under the category, "Can't leave well enough alone," we're shaking up our communications…but only slightly.
Avid ONEplace email watchers know that, every other Monday, our eNews brought you this blog, job postings, and programming for the upcoming three weeks. On the off-Monday, our This Week email listed programs just for the week ahead.
In an act worthy of a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercial, we combined the two to create our new This Week (which is basically a weekly eNews using This Week as the title).
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A Milwaukee man is facing charges after allegedly raping his neighbor's dog.
It came to light after a woman set up a webcam in her south side home.
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The newsreel casts its black-and-white images like a transmission from a different world, a place where unbound optimism and faith in the future are still abundant.
A mass of people crowd a city street, shoulder to shoulder, looking expectant and excited as they jostle one another. Boys jump and wave at the camera. A marching band parades through the crowd in impossibly stiff uniforms. Officials in suits smile and congratulate each other. Men wear hats. It's clearly an important day.
A title card silently interrupts the proceedings to set the scene:
At Big Emory Gap, in Roane County, Tennessee, where the Emory river breaks through Walden's Ridge, after its rapid descent from the Cumberland Plateau, stands the City of Harriman.
On February 7th, 1891, Harriman was incorporated as a city. Living ever up to its slogan… "Advancing into the future – Boosting, Building, Benefiting."
Harriman keeps pace with progress in its sustained march toward the great, well-rounded metropolis it is destined to be.
It didn't quite reach that goal. But no one in this film suspects how different their main street will be in 70 years. For now, the city of Harriman, Tenn., is thriving with industrial anchors like The Harriman Co. Paper Mill, Cumberland Gap Woolen Mill, Harriman Mfg. Co. Farm Implements, and—biggest of all—the Harriman Hosiery Mill. There are five different railroads that serve the area. Downtown is bustling with businesses and consumers. And now, the city's progress is being recognized with an incredible honor, a glamorous gift blessed by far-away Hollywood: a new movie theater.
The 900-seat Princess Theatre is no ordinary moving-picture exhibitor. It is a streamlined portal to the modern world, with art deco curves and a swooping neon marquee that declare this theater to be the most up-to-date creation of a suddenly technological era. The smooth building juts out from Roane Street's assemblage of angular, brick Victorian storefronts like a visitor from America's soon-to-be future, a promise of marvels to come. The Harriman Record treats the grand opening with a special Princess Theatre Section, declaring Thursday, Nov. 16, 1939 to be "The Dawn of a New Day for Theatre Patrons" with the opening of the "South's Finest, Most Modern, Fire-Proof Show House." Clark Gable sends his urgent regards from Culver City via Western Union: "WITH EVERY GOOD WISH FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE NEW PRINCESS."
And for many decades, it did succeed. The Princess became the pride of the community, its focal point for entertainment, and downtown was its gathering place. Shops lined the wide sidewalks: the big department store of Miller & Brewer, Edwards Shoe Store, Ed Farnham's Hardware, Chase Drug Store, and many others. But they're all gone now: the shops, the factories, the people. Roane Street is mostly empty today, and optimism has been fading into memory.
"My time was from '57 through '68—to me that was the peak time in downtown Harriman," recalls Paul Mashburn, who's lived most of his life in this city 40 miles west of Knoxville, near Kingston. "But along about '74-'75, K-Mart came to town. Soon after that, Wal-Mart came to town. And then that's when you started seeing the shops, the mom-and-pops, close down. The paper mill closed, the hosiery mill closed, and it all just kind of dried up."
Even the spectacular Princess finally shut its doors in 1999, accelerating its inexorable deterioration. And now Roane Medical Center, the last major employer downtown and occupier of many downtown buildings, is set to leave in 2013 for a $72 million building being constructed out near the interstate by new owner Covenant Health. As in so many other small cities, the death of Harriman's downtown seemed inevitable, victim to the same progress it embraced over 70 years before. There are no longer many reasons to go there, so few do.
However, the Princess may yet show the way to the future. A decade-long effort to save the theater is culminating in a nearly complete restoration that will return the building's appearance to its 1939 heyday. City leaders, local educators, and citizens who remember the Princess in better times are betting everything they have that a restored theater—reconfigured as an arts education and performance center—will save their main street.
"Right now, to me, it's the only hope for downtown," says Mashburn, who has devoted himself to documenting the project in a blog, step by step. "If it doesn't go, then Harriman will continue to die."
It's a gamble that involves millions of dollars, political careers, educational aspirations, and a leap of faith.
The Mayor
Harriman is nestled below the Cumberland Plateau's Walden Ridge, a picturesque mountain setting that's accentuated by the city's many Victorian-era buildings and homes, especially downtown and in the historic district of Cornstalk Heights. It's a place with an equally quaint history, being founded by the East Tennessee Land Company in 1889 as a "temperance town"—an alcohol-free refuge for prohibitionists, led by the company's president, Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, who was the Prohibition Party's presidential candidate in 1888. Although the company went bankrupt in 1893, Harriman continued to grow, and the American Temperance University soon occupied its castle-like building, Temperance Hall, which is currently undergoing restoration and houses the Harriman Heritage Museum.
But Harriman Mayor Chris Mason is anything but quaint. A tie and dress shirt do little to constrain his burly physique. With sunglasses propped atop his shaved head, a spare goatee menacing his face, and a Roane County juvenile court officer's badge adorning his belt, he looks more like a streetwise cop from a TV series than the 37-year-old mayor of a small town of not quite 7,000 residents. The fact that he is Harriman's elected leader is a surprise to him as much as anyone. Born and raised here, he only left Harriman for four years to attend Tennessee Tech in Cookeville and then returned in 2000 to start an AT&T retail store.
"I had no interest in city government," he admits, fidgeting in a cast-off theater seat at the Princess construction site. "But I was watching some of the City Council meetings on TV, and it was one of those things where you kind of feel a call to do something better. So I ran for Council in 2003. On Council, I couldn't get done what I thought needed to be done, so I ran for mayor in 2007. I used the analogy that you're riding in a car in the back seat—you can't go where you want to go. So that's why I ran for mayor in 2007, and probably would not have re-run for mayor this previous year, but this whole downtown project is so close that it needs its hand held for a couple more years before it can go on its own."
The "downtown project" has become the hallmark of his tenure as mayor, one that he will be most remembered for, whether it turns out well or not.
"This is his baby. This is one of the things he ran his mayoral campaign on, and put his name on the line for," says Leslie Henderson, president and CEO of the economic development organization Roane Alliance. "You know how it is with anything—there are a lot of people who say, 'What in the world are they doing?' But he stayed the course and said, no this is what we need to be doing. There are a lot of folks who believe in it, and I think it's going to work."
The most controversial aspect of the Princess project lies in how Mason finally got it off the ground: using $1.7 million of TVA economic development funding, a windfall that resulted from the December 2008 ash spill in Kingston. Combined with a state grant of some $400,000 to establish a visitors center at the theater, the project will cost $2.1 million—a figure that most involved in the project agree could not have been raised otherwise for many years to come.
"It was manna from heaven, as far as I'm concerned, because it's hard as heck to find that kind of funding—$1.7 million," Henderson says. "You just can't find funding like that for a project like this, it's usually nickel and dime stuff."
In February of 2009, the effects of the ash spill were weighing heavily on Mason's mind: "People from out of state who I had talked to were under the impression we couldn't even breathe here. 'Are you all still living there?!'" That, combined with even his own constituents' comments that "Harriman is dead," convinced him that changing that perception would be his ultimate goal, he says, rather than using the ash-spill money for more practical projects like paving roads or building ball fields.
That month, he took some TVA representatives out to lunch and pitched an idea: Help Harriman restore its theater as an arts and education center. A few months later, TVA asked Harriman and other area municipalities to present economic development projects for consideration by the newly formed Roane County Economic Development Foundation. Mason took his proposal to the Harriman City Council where a formal resolution was passed to ask for funds to complete the Princess restoration.
"It went through several channels, but lo and behold they did. I never thought they would, or I would have asked for a lot more money," Mason says. "Hindsight being 20/20, that's probably the only thing in my first term that I would have done differently—I would have asked for more. But this will give us some synergy. What they have done for us is great. What this is going to do is give back to the youth, hopefully long after I'm gone."
The Dreamers
The idea of saving the Princess started with an unexpected partnership. In 2000, just a year after the Princess had shut down, local electrician Gary Baker decided he had to save the theater from the wrecking ball. His earliest memory of the Princess involved winning a coloring contest in the second grade, which afforded him the opportunity to see Old Yeller at the art deco palace.
Meanwhile, Hollywood character actor Muse Watson was also interested in rescuing the theater. Although famous now for his recent roles in the TV series NCIS and Prison Break, in 2000 he was probably best known as the demented hook-wielding murderer in I Know What You Did Last Summer from 1997. The Louisiana native's colorful career path had once taken him through Oak Ridge as a driver of nuclear fuel, which perhaps inspired him to later move back to the area to buy a 60-acre spread.
So, the electrician and the actor met and decided to purchase the Princess together from Carmike Cinemas. But then what? They certainly didn't have the money to renovate the building themselves. And reopening it as a regular movie theater didn't seem feasible. Other cities around the country—not to mention Knoxville—have utilized downtown movie palaces to spur revitalization by turning them into performing arts centers. This was something they were considering, but Watson had another component in mind.
"Muse Watson has had a vision from the very beginning of children and education," Baker says. "These small theaters, very few of them are economically viable just on ticket sales. You have to have other ways of keeping the doors open. So with education it gives us the opportunity to have something for the community."
While Watson worked his connections to open political doors and enlist friends like Bill Landry to the cause, Baker met with Dr. Gary Goff, president of Roane State Community College, Mayor Mason, and Russell Bird of Comcast to hatch an usual plan: Launch a government educational channel run by Roane State at the Princess and use it as a TV lab for its students. Watson and Baker would give the Princess to the city (which they did in 2007), and the city would lease the space to Roane State, which in turn would manage the TV station and the theater.
"I thought it was intriguing. I thought it had great possibilities," Goff says of hearing the plan. "You know, Roane State already operates an exposition center in Roane County that brings in about 30,000 tourists and visitors a year as an entertainment venue, so it wasn't too far off the mark to consider us being engaged in a restoration project of a 1930s theater and provide opportunities for it to be used in an educational process."
Thus, Channel 15 was launched about a year ago in a state-of-the-art television studio built next door to the Princess, funded by federal stimulus money. Roane State started its first mass communications program around the station this semester, eventually to include an associate's degree transferable to any four-year public university in the state. Once the theater renovation is complete, the stage will be rigged with remote-control cameras and microphones, allowing students to produce entire television performance shows. The Tennessee Technology Center will also offer classes.
"It puts the students out into the city, so we're closer to the people we'd be interviewing or communicating with on a daily basis," says Channel 15 Manager Matt Waters. "Next semester we'll be offering studio production and camera production, more than just video work, so they'll be learning to direct shows, how to run every piece of a TV set."
Furthermore, the Princess will be open to local schools as a venue for their own performances. "Right now our five high schools here in the county do not have theaters where students can do plays and have drama organizations," Goff says. "So part of it will be to allow performing art opportunities for those high schools, to have a place for them to put on their plays. The data reflects that students who are engaged in performing arts tend to have better and higher critical thinking skills and tend to be able to succeed in higher education and in the work place at a higher rate."
The theater itself will be managed by 25-year-old Megan Anderson, hired by Roane State in August, who grew up in a theatrical family in Nashville. Her father once produced a show for the Grand Ole Opry, and she started at Nashville's Texas Troubadour Theater at 16, working her way up from the concession stand to sound and lights and everything in between. Right now, about to start a theater essentially from scratch, she has a long to-do list, from examining different ticketing systems to planning the center's art gallery, to finding the right acts to perform each week.
"It'll be mostly regional acts, but I hope to expand," Anderson says. "It's going to take a lot because of the area we are in. We're not in a major hub, so I think we'll really have to build ourselves up to be exposed and to get different types of acts to come in."
Does being charged with revitalizing a city through her programming choices frighten her at all?
"I don't feel daunted," she says without hesitation. "Actually, I think it's really a great thing to be a part of. I feel the Princess is something that will bring people back to the downtown area, as well as into Roane County."
Of course, Roane State is still waiting for construction to be completed before it can sign the lease, and it looks hopeful this will happen in December. But it was a long time coming; from 2000 when Watson and Baker purchased the theater, it took 10 years before reconstruction even began, and another two years to finish the work.
"I never had any doubts it would happen, I just didn't know when," Baker says. "From the start of this project, we've been blessed. It's just like it's meant to be, because along this journey of 12 years, all along the way, when we didn't know what might be the next step, there's always been the right person who stepped up."
The Reconstructors
Tim Plemons is absolutely sure this is the biggest job he's ever done. The painter and his crew have labored at the Princess for six weeks, mostly on their backs on scaffolding high above the auditorium's floor, recreating the rolling art deco paint scheme first created by local designer Joe Vargas in 1939. But it's all worth it for Plemons, a Harriman native who grew up seeing movies at the Princess in the early '60s, after its moderne décor had been toned down with later remodelings.
"My grandmother took me to see Gone With the Wind here," he recalls, stopping his paint brush for just a moment. "We sat in the 20th row. The sound was so bad you couldn't understand a word. But she had read the book 25 times, so she literally mouthed every word of the whole movie. So that was my first memory, 1964."
The beguiling design and its colors were mapped out in schematics created by Daniel Scott Cooter of Sparkman & Associates Architects, deriving them from old postcards from the era. Based in a bungalow house in Bearden, Frank Sparkman has been specializing in preservation work for much of his 40-year career, beginning with the old Knoxville Printers and Publishers building at Broadway and Central in 1975. With his Father Christmas beard and professorial manner, he is central-casting perfect as the Eminent Architect.
"It's like any every field: If you're not interested in history, you miss some great lessons," Sparkman says. "That's part of why we do a lot of preservation work. So on the selfish side I can say it's because of my fascination with the architecture, but the reality is you come to know that this is really 'green building.' This is sustainable design when you save something that might otherwise have been thrown out, and extend its useful life."
Captivated by older design ideologies and building technologies, he was particularly drawn to the Princess project, which involved not only updating the building to current codes, but also expanding its usable space to the nearby buildings. Baker had called him in 2000 to do some preliminary studies to show what could be done with the theater, transforming it into a multi-purpose facility. Once the TVA money came through in 2009, Sparkman began actually dealing with challenges of replacing the roof, expanding the stage and backstage to support live performances, and bringing in all-new mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire systems—all while trying to reproduce the theater's original 1939 appearance. Another challenge was dealing with community critics, something he was already familiar with from similar projects.
"People didn't understand why you'd put money in an old theater in a dying downtown," Sparkman says. "And then there were some who saw the vision that Harriman has a chance to revitalize itself, but it has to start somewhere. There have been a number of community theater projects that have made that difference. We worked on one in Crossville that was completed in 1999, and it was very controversial—people wanted to tear it down, make a parking lot, that sort of thing. A downtown group there fought for and got the funding to get it restored, and it likewise became a multi-purpose auditorium so it could support plays, live musical events, movies, graduation ceremonies, anything the community needed.
"It's about giving something to the community it never had before, and it really is a wise use of the money if they understand the long-term goals."
Still, the doubters touch a nerve even in the phlegmatic Sparkman: "From the beginning, people were saying, 'Oh, they're out of money, they're out of money.' Well, I'm the one that's watching the money, and I know we're not out of money. So here we are, about to finish up, and by god we're still doing it."
So: Could there be any other way to save Harriman's downtown other than by reopening the Princess? Chris Mason considers the question for only a moment.
"Yeah, there is: Give me a check for $10 million and I'll have it done in six months," he snaps, before getting serious again. "This is the only way to do it, in my opinion. I felt so strongly about it, I told several people—I mean, we got raked over the coals for doing it—that if in my heart I did not feel it was the right thing, I would have stopped two and a half years ago and gone, 'Let's pave roads.' But I know I'm right. It's a wait and see project. In four years, 99 percent of the people that didn't understand or didn't like the project will change their minds."
As the once city-owned hospital vacates many of the buildings along Roane Street, they have been reverting back to the city. "We're so fortunate because we are able to deed these properties over to our industrial board and they can market these properties at an attractive price to get some enthusiasm," Mason says. "I think that is going to help us just as much as the theater reopening."
The mayor reports that two of the buildings have already been sold, and the city has received seven letters of intent from developers—all sparked by the Princess' redevelopment. A date still hasn't been set for the theater's grand reopening.
Once Mason's term as mayor expires, he's not sure what he'll do next—maybe go back to being a business owner (he also ran the TradeBank franchise for Middle and East Tennessee) or figure out something in politics. But his experience with the Princess Theater has given him faith that things will eventually work out.
"I spoke to a group of high school students the other day and I gave them advice on life. I still don't think I'm at a point where I can give people advice on how to live, but what I told them was things that I didn't know when I was their age that might help them. The last thing I told them was to, on every decision you make, pray about it. That's kind of how this whole thing has gone. It's been divine intervention. If you'd been a part of watching how everything has come together, you'd be crazy not to believe it."
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Cellar/Tasting Notes "This is undisputably the wine of the vintage, a year that was clearly over-exposed and over-rated, largely because it was better than the four vintages that preceded it ... The 1975 La Mission-Haut-Brion, which consistently received perfect scores in its first thirty years of life, remains a..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "... The wine exhibits a good dark ruby/garnet color, a sweet nose of cedar, chocolate, cassis, and spices, good ripe fruit and extraction, and a weighty, large-scaled, tannic finish ... but this is clearly the second-best Mouton of the decade."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The 2009 Leoville Las Cases may be the most open-knit and forward Las Cases I have tasted to date. Analytically, it is high in tannin and the alcohol is 13.8%, nearly a record at this estate. This blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc was showing brilliantly at..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "One of the most concentrated and massive Petrus offerings I have ever tasted...Petrus has reduced its use of new oak over the last decade, now averaging under 50%. The 2010's dense purple color is followed by classic aromas of mulberries, black cherries, black currants, licorice, mocha, caramel..
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Cellar/Tasting Notes "One of the most rustic and powerful Petrus of the last 25 years, this wine still has a murky garnet/plum/purple color, a gorgeous nose of overripe black cherries, mocha, caramel, chocolate, and a hint of iron and blood. Full-bodied, super-concentrated, with massive tannin and extract, this..


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International Students
Welcome to the University of Louisville!
Applying to study at the University of Louisville
Where and when do I start?
What are the requirements for applying?
- The general directions and requirements for all graduate applicants include the online application for admission, $60 (US currency) application fee, official transcripts, test scores (GRE and TOEFL or IELTS), and at least two letters of recommendation.
- As an international applicant, you must also fulfill additional requirements as determined by your department. These may include, but are not limited to transcript evaluations, proof of English proficiency, resume/CV, personal statement, etc.
When is the best time to apply?
How do I apply?
- Create an account, then complete and submit your online application form
- Mail all other application materials as specified as needed by your department
Where should I mail the application materials?
Graduate Admissions Office
University of Louisville2211 South Brook Street105 Houchens Building
Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
Admission Process
I've applied. What's next?
- You can check the status of your application online by visiting http://ulink.louisville.edu. Click on the student services tab and then view my graduate application status. If you are unable to obtain your user ID because you do not know your student ID number, please e-mail the graduate admissions office at firstname.lastname@example.com and your ID number can be sent to you.
- Make sure to have reliable mailing and email addresses for future contact from UofL. Update immediately if either change via ULink.
I have received the Form I-20 (or DS2019). Now what?
- Apply for a student visa by using this document and other required materials. Contact your local consular office for more information.
- If you plan to have your spouse or dependent children accompany you, you should request the International Center to send you separate Form I-20s (or DS2019s) for each person. The department you apply to will only request the International Center to send one of those forms for you.
Note: It is advisable that you apply for your visa in advance because the influx of applicants at your local consular office can be longer than expected during admission seasons.
What considerations should I make to bring my spouse/family with me?
There are certainly some challenges for students with families. For instance, getting good health insurance coverage for dependents is hard. But there are a lot of positive sides to living with a family in Louisville.
- This southern city is home to welcoming, polite, and nice people.
- Louisville is a great environment with many nice facilities.
- School-aged children are able to attend the local public schools, where tuition is free.
To learn more about living in Louisville, visit http://louisvilleky.gov.
Are there any financial support options for international graduate students?
- Most international graduate students apply for service, research, or teaching assistantship positions along with admission
- The School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies also provides fellowships to a limited number of graduate students. Since graduate applicants are nominated for these positions by departments, you only need to fulfill admission requirements to be considered.
Note: Assistantships and fellowships usually include full tuition and a stipend with which students cover their living expenses. If your I-20 shows sufficient support to cover tuition and living expenses, you will not need to submit any additional financial documents.
Do I need to show proof of additional finances if I have an assistantship?
- If your Form I-20 (or DS2019) doesn't sufficiently cover the expenses for your study and living, you must show additional proof of full financial ability to the consular officer.
- For any dependents who will accompany you, you should show proof of $2,500 for every dependent, either on your Form I-20 or DS 2019 or other documentation.
- You should also find out if the consular office in your country/area has a different requirement or if your country's government has any financial restrictions for students studying abroad.
What are the work permit restrictions for international students?
- International students can only work up to 20 hours on campus during spring and fall semesters, which is normally assistantship positions assigned by departments.
- During summer (June-July), international students can work up to 40 hours, but only on campus. For permission to work off campus, you will need to apply to the International Center. Immigration law prohibits spouses and dependent children of international students on F-1 visa to work. However, the spouses and dependent children of exchange scholars/visitors on J-1 visas can apply to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for permission to work in the United States.
Are offers of admission and stipends a guarantee for being granted a visa?
- the size of your stipend or proof of financial ability
- your ability to demonstrate the intent to return home after study
- your academic records and/or Proof of English Proficiency
Students should be prepared to present strong evidence in the above areas to increase their chances of obtaining a visa.
What comes after I obtain my visa?
- You may want to get in touch with other students in the US, if possible in Louisville, to find out about the city, the university, and so on.
- Make sure to read all information provided by the International Center, School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies, and your department.
- Take time to learn a little about the weather, transportation, accommodation, food, places, etc in advance, there won't be too many surprises when you land here.
Pre-Arrival Preparations
How do I register for courses?
- Consult your department's Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) to determine when you can register for courses for the first semester.
- Course registration is done via ULink. Log on and click on the student services tab, then enrollment, then add, drop, or swap courses to begin.
- If you are unsure what courses to register for, consult your DGS.
How do I find housing accommodations?
- You need to have a Social Security Number (which you can only apply after 10 days of your arrival in the US and will receive in about 3 more weeks), a credit history check, and proof of income.
- You must sign a rental contract in person.
- Apartment owners normally require security and advance deposits.
- Apartments close to campus tend to run out of supply early in the summer, and in some cases, a few months before academic semesters begin. This issue applies to on campus housing as well.
- the temporary housing service run by University Housing
- local families who offer to host new international students for a short period of time
- affordable local room and board services
Note: If you plan to live at a distance from campus, you should plan accordingly for transportation.
Arriving at Louisville International Airport
Transportation options upon your arrival include reserving a rental car to be picked-up when you arrive at the Louisville International Airport.
Taxicabs are also available at the traffic island. The taxicab companies in Louisville are Ready Cab and Yellow Cab.
The Transit Authority of River City (TARC) also provides bus service at the airport. Free TARC schedules are available at the airport information booth. You must have correct change to ride TARC. TARC pick-up is located on the island on the east end of the terminal.
Courtesy Vans are for those who will need travel assistance to and from the airport to their hotel or motel. The Reservation Center calling board is located on the lower level next to the Information Booth. Hotel/motel vans are parked to the right of the taxi stand on the green curb.
Remember that:
- Anyone who offers to help international students with their transition do so as volunteers, so they should not be treated as "responsible" to meet your needs
- You should expect the process of sociocultural, academic, and climactic adjustment to be challenging
Any survival tips for the newly arrived?
- Attend International Center orientations, the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies orientation (this is required if you are a GTA), your department's orientation, and any social events on campus.
- Get to know other graduate students in and beyond your department, both local and international.
- Be proactive in finding out about basic services—transportation, banking, mail services, communication, food, laundry, lodging—before you are in dire need of them. Use the web to find out what you need.
- Do not hesitate to ask for help when needed. Do not hesitate to ask people to clarify things for you.
- Take notes. Use a calendar to mark events and times. Keep a list of important numbers with you.
What are the options for transportation?
- City buses are free for students with their university ID card.
- If you plan to drive to campus, you must buy a parking permit from the Parking Office.
Maintaining Student Status, Adapting to the System, and Succeeding
What do I need to do to maintain my legal/student status?
- enroll full-time each fall and spring semester
- accept employment only on campus and as authorized by your department and the International Center
- maintain a valid passport at any time you travel outside the US
- keep your I–20 or DS–2019 form valid and up-to-date at all times
- update address changes in ULink within ten days of moving
- your student and visa statuses (normally within 10 days of any change)
- any other changes in your academic status, including major or degree level, and changes in enrollment, such as failing to enroll or enrolling less than full time.
Note: You need to have both your permanent address in your home country and your mailing address here in the US current in the both SEVIS and ULink.
What is academic good standing?
- your timely progress in the degree program
- your GPA and overall academic performance
What challenges should I anticipate in adapting to the new academic system?
- the nature of academic assignments and projects
- relationship between teacher and students, role of students in the classroom or lab
- the practice of meeting the professor in his/her office, making appointments
- ways in which you can and cannot borrow ideas from the research and writing of other scholars
- selecting your own courses to take, finding your own topics to research and write about, developing your own specialization
How can I best adjust to and succeed in this system?
- seek advice or support from relevant people in your department
- learn the new terms and concepts about academic practices, about discipline-specific practices, and about how things are done in your program
- get to know more advanced fellow students in your program
- see if your department has a student mentoring program whereby a more advanced student in the program will be paired with you to share his/her experiences
- not hesitate to seek help from your professors - visit them in their offices during specified office hours or email them for appointments
- consult your academic advisor or mentor about more general issues
- attend the International Graduate Student Academic Transition PLAN workshop
- In order to increase your professional skills, as well as to chart a broader course of development as a scholar, attend the PLAN events organized by SIGS


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Chris Ryall Talks Kiss Solo: The Demon
Tuesday, Apr 16th, 2013
Hey IDW Fans! When he's not Rock 'n' Roll-ing all night and partying everyday, Chris Ryall is hard at work writing Kiss Solo: The Demon! We've got an exclusive interview with the mind behind bringing The Demon's solo adventure to the page. Read what Ryall has to say about musical influences, The Demon's rage issues, and how he approached the idea of breaking up the band (so to speak) and doing the first solo outing! You wanted the best, you got the best!
This is the first book in the Kiss Solo series, and really the first time we've seen the Four-Who-Are-One work separately; what kind of struggles will The Demon have battling evil as a solo act?
I figured since they've never really been apart before, I should start out small and ease the character into being in a battle without anyone to watch his back. So in this issue, the Demon goes up against the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. You know, starting small and all.
As a spirit of vengeance and fury, The Demon is definitely one of the most aggressive out of the four; without the other members will he be able to contain his rage and remain in control over the situation at hand?
In the issue, he's trying to figure out just what the deal is with humanity, why they're so important in the scheme of things. So it opens with him trying to be human and understand humanity, and then the Horsemen attack and he has to decide whether they're even worth fighting for.
How involved are the band members of Kiss in the creative process for their respective solo issues? Is there any precise direction you were given from Gene Simmons in regards to The Demon?
Not direction, really—at this point, having been in business with Gene for the past 5-6 years and with nearly a year of Kiss comics behind us, he trusts us our understanding of the characters now. So he doesn't suggest anything specific, but we do run every idea and art piece by him since he's a big comics fan so he enjoys the process. He and Paul see everything every step of the way
The Four-Who-Are-One proved victorious in their previous battle against The Destroyer; will The Destroyer be a prominent villain in these solo stories, or will he take the sidelines in order for new evils to be introduced?
The Destroyer's the ultimate evil looming in the background, but he doesn't appear here – instead, he trusts his minions of the apocalypse to do plenty of damage for him.
Were there any specific songs, albums, or past Kiss stories that you used in order to inspire your creative process?
For these solo issues, we wanted to title each story after a song on the four respective solo albums the band did; that was our starting point. This first issue uses the Demon's "Radioactive" as its basis.
Are these Solo adventures leading to a big cataclysmic battle with evil, or will they be more a self-contained stories?
They're all self-contained this time; so
anyone who might like a certain member can grab that issue and read
a full story (hopefully they like all four). We also have four
different artists working, so fans will get four very different and
cool takes here, starting with Angel Medina in issue one.
One last question, will the books be printed with ink containing phials of blood?
No blood, plenty of sweat and maybe a few tears (of joy)…
Thank you Chris Ryall! Grab your copy of Kiss Solo: The Demon in stores on April 13th. Follow Chris on Twitter @chrisryall and check out his Tumblr at http://www.tumblr.com/blog/ryallsfiles and of course, be sure to check back daily with www.idwpublishing.com for exclusive interviews, news, and sneak peeks from all of your favorite IDW books!


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Bank of the Sierra, Porterville, California, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation. The counterfeit items are reportedly associated with an Internet art scam.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 121137027, which is assigned to Bank of the Sierra. The items are markedly dissimilar to authentic cashier's checks and are tan to light brown in color. The counterfeit items contain the following security feature statement within the top border: "THIS CHECK IS VOID WITHOUT A COLORED BORDER AND BACKGROUND PLUS A KNIGHT & FINGERPRINT WATERMARK ON THE BACK - HOLD AT ANGLE TO VIEW." A security feature statement also appears along the bottom border. The following statements are displayed directly below a dotted signature line: "If this check is lost or stolen it will not be replaced for 90 days," and "SIGNATURE AREA CONTAINS A KNIGHT & FINGERPRINT CHECK WORDING." Patent numbers are printed in pink beneath the bottom border and disappear when touched or blown upon. The word "REMITTER" is printed in the lower left.
Authentic checks have ornate borders and a multi-colored background. The following security feature statement is centered within the top border: "NOTE: SEE REVERSE FOR SECURITY FEATURES." Displayed directly below the signature line is the statement "If this check is lost or stolen it will not be replaced for 90 days."
Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic check (VOID) are attached for your review. Be aware that the appearance of counterfeit items can be modified and that additional variations may be presented.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:
Dina Wilson
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial Crimes Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-4004, Washington, D.C. 20429, or transmitted electronically to firstname.lastname@example.com. Questions related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
For your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's website at www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2007/index.html. To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.
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NOTE: As a security precaution, the FDIC does not post to its Web site electronic images of fraudulent items or authentic checks that have been counterfeited. This is to avoid attempts by others to use these instruments to facilitate additional fraud. Financial institutions can view images of the fraudulent items and authentic checks (marked as VOID) using the FDIC's free, secure Web site, FDICconnect. (See more information about FDICconnect at http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2006/fil06032.html.) Printed copies of each Special Alert and its attachment(s) may also be obtained from the FDIC's Public Information Center (telephone: 1-877-275-3342 or 703-562-2200; fax: 703-562-2296; or e-mail: email@example.com).
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
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After several corporations and universities were targeted in cyberattacks, the US government arrests Timothy French for allegedly posting thousands of people's usernames and passwords online.
The final slide has been removed. The USAjobs.gov site is up and has not been affected by the federal shutdown.
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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had said it would dump BlackBerry in favor of the iPhone. Now it'll run a pilot program for new BB10 devices.
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Beginning next March, flights in and out of New York's JFK Airport will be limited to 82 to 83 an hour during peak times. (AP)
Airport officials in Grand Island want to trade their daily flights to Kansas City for flights to Denver.
Airport director Mike Olson says there has been a significant drop in the number of people flying to Kansas City, so the airport would like to offer flights to Denver, where more connecting flights are available.
But federal officials will have to approve the change, because the flights offered by Great Lakes Aviation are subsidized by the federal Essential Air Service program.