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Gilbert & George opens this week
Gilbert & George, famous for their elegant manners and tailored, identical suits, create wall-sized images that might come off a pinch rude.
Considered both astute commentators and perverted blasphemers, these avant-garde rabble rousers from London's East End were given unprecedented treatment at London's Tate Museum last year, the largest show ever given to a living artist.
A scaled back version of that massive retrospective of the duo's work, which occupied an entire floor at the Tate and covered a four decades of performance and image making about death, life, sex, war, politics and other fundamentals of humanity, is coming to the Milwaukee Art Museum Saturday.
G&G, as they're sometimes called, are themselves part of their artwork. Standing on a table, dancing and singing "Underneath the Arches," they were famously and collectively called "The Singing Sculpture" in 1969 and have been a unit of art making and performance since.
"Gilbert & George" opens at the Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Dr. on Saturday, but members get a peek on Thursday and Friday.
Watch for my review of the show in Weekend Cue Friday. A video interview of the pair will also be posted here later in the week.
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Beginning with the June issue of Vogue, which hits newsstands this month, readers can expect healthier beauties in its pages. The New York Times reported this morning that all 19 international editions of Vogue have adopted a policy that sets a strong precedent in the health and age of its models.
Under the new rules, Vogue magazines will not work with models under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder. They outline the importance of models who both appear healthy and "help to promote a healthy body image."
Jonathan Newhouse, Condé Nast International chairman said today that they want the magazines to "reflect their commitment to the health of the models who appear on the pages and the well-being of their readers."
Jaw, meet floor. Kudos to Anna Wintour for taking such bold steps to address the much-maligned problem of waif-like models in her magazine—and the heart wrenching repercussions in the skyrocketing incidences of eating disorders and plummeting body image of young women around the world. It's been well-documented that seeing super thin models can exacerbate disordered eating in teenaged girls, and as model thinness has progressed from willowy to wasted in recent years, the concern has become a hot topic of conversation in the industry.
This isn't the first time Wintour has raised spoken up on the issue. The editrix has in recent years been a part of efforts by the CFDA to promote health and age standards in models who walk in runway shows, which garnered a mixed reception from American designers.
Marc Jacobs, for example, flouted the guidelines and featured underage girls in his Spring/Summer 2012 presentation at February's New York Fashion Week. "I do the show the way I think it should be, and not the way somebody tells me it should be," Mr. Jacobs said at the time.
But today marks the first step for the fashion magazine industry, and, as in setting the trends for each season, Vogue is at the forefront. One can only hope that their peers around the world will follow suit.
The new policy, as enacted today makes the following six promises to readers:
"1. We will not knowingly work with models under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder. We will work with models who, in our view, are healthy and help to promote a healthy body image.
"2. We will ask agents not to knowingly send us underage girls and casting directors to check IDs when casting shoots, shows and campaigns.
"3. We will help to structure mentoring programs where more mature models are able to give advice and guidance to younger girls, and we will help to raise industry-wide awareness through education, as has been integral to the Council of Fashion Designers of America Health Initiative.
"4. We will encourage producers to create healthy backstage working conditions, including healthy food options and a respect for privacy. We will encourage casting agents not to keep models unreasonably late.
"5. We encourage designers to consider the consequences of unrealistically small sample sizes of their clothing, which limits the range of women who can be photographed in their clothes, and encourages the use of extremely thin models.
"6. We will be ambassadors for the message of healthy body image."
Thanks Vogue! Class Act!
I think is is great that the fashion industry is looking to get girls younger than 16 out of the circuit. Over sexualizing youth.
I also think it is great that obvious eating disorders are not going to be congratulated.
But I think it is lubricious that so consistently the fashion industry is blamed for setting an unrealistic standard, and creating low self images and eating disorders for women. Yes, we all want to be thinner, more muscular, bustier, flatter, have a bigger butt, have a smaller butt, have thicker hair, straiter hair… etc.
I think is is great that the fashion industry is looking to get girls younger than 16 out of the circuit. Over sexualizing youth.
I also think it is great that obvious eating disorders are not going to be congratulated.
But I think it is lubricious that so consistently the fashion industry is blamed for setting an unrealistic standard, and creating low self images and eating disorders for women. Yes, we all want to be thinner, more muscular, bustier, flatter, have a bigger butt, have a smaller butt, have thicker hair, strait-er hair… etc. Women, and humans in general want to be better, or different than they are… it is the basis of motivation and can be found in any spectrum of life.
What causes eating disorders and links us to media is that at a young age we hear our mothers, our fathers, our aunts and all of their friends saying how they are on a diet; and how miserable it is. We see them struggle and hardly loose any weight. And then on the other hand we have models, glamorized, photo shopped, and already 6'1′ and 120lbs with fake breasts and whatever else… and how did they get that way? What we here, "models are anorexic".
So the options come down to be on a diet, and be fat an miserable… or be anorexic.
This is not fashion's fault. This is not the industries fault. This is the lack of nutritional education. Period.
Oh… and another thing… I hope the replace the tiny models with fitness models!!! Strong is the new Skinny!
Now please DO something about the airbrushing issue.
I've always loved Vogue magazine. I remember reading it when I was younger and feeling glamorous for simply turning the pages. I envisioned myself all swanky and sophisticated. I imagined how I'd look tall, thin and elegant.
I spent a good deal of my life trying to be just that. I had the tall part down. God helped me there. I did my very best to be elegant but after a few too many glasses of wine that image went down the tubes. When it came to the thin part, I achieved the physical shape I had idealized but I went way too far and then way too deep.
I've been free from anorexia for almost four years now. I entered an eating disorder treatment center at the age of 46. I was beyond ashamed for finding myself there, a woman seemingly having it all yet unable to do it all without nearly killing myself.
My how things come full circle. Once I turned to Vogue to look at those swanky woman and today I'm turning to it in support of their stance to bring light to the dangers of eating disorders.
I talk more about this on my blog, "Alison's Insights" (www.alisonsmela.wordpress.com) with a post titled, "I'm Not Ashamed Anymore." I'm also proud to be the "Alison" featured in your article, "Eating Disorders And The Executive Woman."
Thank you for writing both these articles. Thank you for helping to enlighten many to the dangers of unrealistic images of women and young girls. Perhaps one day we'll all see beyond a person's shell and focus on what really matters – who they are underneath.
Thank you, Meghan, for writing about this on Forbes. The more responsible media coverage we can get on topics like body image and eating disorders, the better chance we have for decreasing the stigmas surrounding the deadly disorders. Thank you again, and thank you for writing responsibly.
Kudos to brilliant young filmmaker Ole Schell and film lead Sara Ziff for the international award-winning doc, "Picture Me," which put this issue in the limelight!
Ole has gone on to film "Win China," about a worker's pursuit of sudden wealth on a Chinese reality show, also widely acclaimed, and Sara is now at Columbia University in NYC.
And kudos to Anna Wintour for taking this stand about body image among ordinary teenagers and women everywhere, when so much money rides upon the modelling industry.
The health and wellbeing of the models should always take precedent and it's important that a brand as large as Vogue is taking responsibility by setting the example.

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Toronto - Saturday was a beautiful warm and sunny day at the Toronto International Film Festival, which some people - some of them carrying autograph books - spent lined up outside one of the hotels here looking for celebrities.
But most times the stars are whisked to cars parked at the curb.
I've no idea who they were waiting for. And in some cases, neither do they.
"Who is he," I overheard one woman ask. "He's not famous."
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Thank goodness for spring! It is a time of re-birth and a great time to get back in touch with nature! Getting back outdoors after a long winter and connecting back with nature grounds us and gives us a deeper appreciation for what we have been missing all winter long. So let's all start our spring clean up on the outside of our homes and address some items that might have slipped by us.
Let's start with the front door. People who use their garages to enter their homes very rarely see what going on in front of their home. They often overlook the front door, front porch and front steps. But that is exactly what visitors see first before they enter your home. So let's see what items come on our list for the entry.
Front Entry
If the wreath on your front door screams old, worn and dated and then get a new one or replace the foliage with new, fresh, bright silk flowers and greenery. Great Feng Shui colors to welcome your visitors include reds and yellows.
Does your door need fresh paint? If not, then maybe all it needs to have the grease and grim removed. For an environmentally safe product simply mix 2 cups of water, 1/2 white vinegar and 1/4 cup liquid dish soap, and 1 tsp. Borax. Place into a spray bottle, wipe and viola!
How is your hardware looking? Add some shine by taping the area around the hardware leaving only the hardware exposed. Try using brass cleaner (readily available at hardware, home improvement centers and grocery stores). Brasso is one of the more popular on the market. Get some rubber gloves and a soft cloth. Rub the brass cleaner onto the surface of the hardware and allow to dry for a few minutes. Polish with a clean, damp, soft cloth. Not too much of an investment for a great shine.
Flower Beds
Are your flower beds looking a little earthy and weed ridden? Get some water boiling on the stove and water your weeds with the hot water. This will kill them and allow you to add a nice, new covering of mulch. Before adding new mulch cover the flower beds with newspaper or old shower curtains. This will help prevent new weeds from cropping up. Now you are ready to add mulch. Mulch varies by color, quality and size so make sure you add the right mulch for your yard. Ask the advice of the home care specialist at your local home improvement store. They are more than happy to help you choose the right mulch for your needs.
Mailbox Woes
Is your mailbox in need of a face lift? Not to worry help is here! You can prime and paint your mailbox to refresh its look. If your flag is worn and falling off try purchasing a new one. With one screw you can easily replace the flag and clean up the appearance. If you are having trouble with the door closing then simply adjust the hasps with vice grips or metal pliers. You can bend them both the upper and lower hasps so that they are aligned.
If your wood post need straightening then dig around the bottom of the post and fill the hole where the posts leans with a rock or piece of concrete and make sure that is no longer leaning. Next, fill a hole about three inches below the surface with dry concrete mix. Pour about a gallon of water into the hole and tamp down the hole with soil. Make sure the post is level and allowed to dry. If you find that your post could use some new paint go ahead and add a fresh coat of paint and then finish the project with brand new brass numbers to reflect your home's address.
Concrete Porch or Steps
Since many of us hardly ever come through our front door it is a good idea to check the concrete porch or concrete steps several time during the year. Here in the Midwest our weather conditions go from one extreme to another causing the concrete to become brittle over time. No need to worry about costly repairs. Take a look at his video to find out how easy it is to repair steps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1smrLU7bgOY. By the way, did you know that calcium is concrete's worst enemy? Make sure the materials you apply to your walkway to melt ice is calcium free. Not only does the calcium melt ice but it also destroys the concrete over time.
Mold or Dirt on Exterior Siding
If your home siding is wood put away the power washer. This is NOT recommended for wood siding and can actually score and damage the wood. Instead use a solution of water mixed with oxygen bleach (NOT chlorine bleach) and fill a spray bottle. Saturate the wood and let the solution sit for about 10-15 minutes. For stubborn stains use a bristle brush and some elbow work. Mold and mildew can build up over time so you might also consider using a mildew repellent to deter the mildew from taking hold.
For aluminum siding you can out your pressure washer. If you don't own one then no worries here because you can rent one at your local home improvement center or hardware store. One word of caution: start with a low setting. Many dents and dings have inadvertently occurred by an over aggressive homeowner determined to get the job done quickly! You can slowly increase the setting to a comfortable level that will not cause any damage. Next apply trisodium phosphate to clean the aluminum. If your aluminum siding is painted and the paint is peeling off then is would be wise to remove the loose and peeling paint, apply a primer and touch up the paint. If left exposed the aluminum will begin to oxidize.
For vinyl siding a mixture of three parts vinegar to seven parts water will do the trick to remove dust, grime, and mold. Remove dust with a hose first and then apply the mixture with a mop and scrub. Simple Green also works well and is easy on the environment.
A word of caution: if you have beautiful bushes or flowering plants that butt up against or near the siding cover the vegetation with a drop cloth before proceeding with any siding treatment. This will help preserve your mature plants and shrubs.
Grab yourself a ladder and a drop cloth. Place the drop cloth beneath the area where you are working so that when you scoop out the leaves (which will be moldy and often times wet) you can just drop them onto the drop cloth. Next make sure the downspouts are clear by placing a hose into the spout and have a helper check to see if the water if flowing freely out the bottom. If not, try using a plumber's snake to clear the debris and free the clog. Run more water through to make sure that clog is completely gone.
Don't put that ladder away just yet! Let's take a quick look at the condition of your roof. Look for signs of water damage, missing shingles, deformed edges, buckling or anything your eye is drawn to that doesn't look right. Now we aren't all professional roofers so if you find that there is damage it's best to call in a qualified roofer to help out with the repairs or to locate where and why problems are occurring. Often times the location of the house is situated so that one portion of the roof is exposed to more wind than the rest of the roof's surface. Check with your roofer to determine what precautions would be advisable.
If you have a cedar shake roof make sure that your roof is clear of debris, tree branches, and leaves. Cedar needs to breathe so make sure that you do regular checks to help extend its lifespan. Check for damages such as splitting wood and warping. Not all cedar shake roofs materials are alike. Before deciding to have a treatment applied to your roof find out more about the product that was originally used and then proceed with caution. This is not recommended as a do it yourself project. Call in a professional. And please note that not all roofers are familiar with cedar shake roofing and may apply a treatment that is not meant for cedar shake roofing materials. Check with your local better business bureau for qualified roofers specializing in cedar shake roofing. It's best to err on the side of caution on this one.
Fascia and Soffits
Check your fascia and soffits to make sure that there is no evidence of wood rot or wood deterioration. Check for evidence of insect infestation as well. Replace rotting wood and bring in a professional to determine what type of insects is feasting on your home.
Well folks there you have it! Sounds like a lot of work but spread over the course of a few weekends the tasks become much easier to handle. Here's a great tip. Enlist a few of your buddies who also own homes and focus on one home at a time. Then when all of the maintenance has been completed have a big outdoor barbeque to celebrate! Things seem to go much easier, much faster and become more enjoyable when you are with a group of supportive people who can have fun while helping out their good friends. Now, let's get ready to enjoy the summer months!
Spring Cleaning Items That Are Often Overlooked!
Here are some spring clean up suggestions that every homeowner needs to pay close attention to. Tackling maintenance items early on will save you $$$$$$$ in the long run!
Thank goodness for spring! It is a time of re-birth and a great time to get back in touch with nature! Getting back outdoors after a long winter and connecting back with nature grounds us and gives us a deeper appreciation for what we have been missing all winter long. So let's all start our spring clean up on the outside of our homes and address some items that might have slipped by us.
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As a reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune from 1993 to 2006, Caitlin Rother drew some of the toughest assignments.
"I would be the one to get the stories about people who committed suicide," Rother said. "I interviewed mentally ill people and their families. I interviewed troubled people."
Even before tackling the emotion-charged Chelsea King-Amber Dubois murder case that became the book Lost Girls, she had gotten the reputation of being a very sensitive person.
"I've always been that way," said the 1980 graduate of La Jolla High School.
But her ability to connect with families of victims matured after she became one herself.
In April 1999, Rother's husband of 2½ years hanged himself in a hotel room south of Ensenada.
Former San Diego County pension fund manager Richard N. Rose, 43, committed suicide 17 months after being arrested on suspicion of stealing $900 in goods from a hotel gift shop in Scottsdale, AZ. (The shoplifting charge was dismissed after Rose completed a remediation course.)
Living through such an ordeal, she said, took her empathy and skill in dealing with victims' relatives "to another level."
"And it also makes them see me in a different way—once I tell them [about the suicide]," she said. "I don't tell everybody, but it helps."
She learned firsthand how even the people closest to you can hide deep secrets.
"I found some papers, some medical reports, that he had hidden from me in a locked briefcase," she said. Rose apparently worried that had Rother seen them, she wouldn't have stayed with him. (They were together four years.)
"I asked him questions," she said. "He just lied to me."
Despite her own tragic story, Rother failed to win cooperation from the King and Dubois families for the book published in July 2012.
"Of course, I reached out to both families—twice at least," she said in an interview last month. "And to Amber's mom multiple times, and to Amber's grandmother multiple times—trying to help them understand why I was trying to do what I was doing, being as sensitive as I could."
But Rother was able to connect with other sources on the book, especially killer John Gardner's mother, who lived in Rancho Bernardo, and many other acquaintances of the sexual predator now serving a life sentence.
How did Rother come to be a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and bestselling true-crime author?
The story begins with her educated family and her father's love of books.
Caitlin Lisane Rother was born in Montreal to a Canadian father and English mother, who moved to Santa Barbara to earn their doctorates in literature.
Her dad landed an assistant professor's position at San Diego State and her mom joined the school as a part-time lecturer. Her father eventually was promoted to full professor and her mother rose through the administration to become dean of undergraduate affairs. Rother became a U.S. citizen in 2004, specifically to vote in her first presidential election.
Rother, 50, recalls "books on every wall in the house" when she was growing up, and always liked to write (and was considered good at it).
Her first book was a school project at age 6—about a family of mice—illustrated with colored pencils and "sandwiched between pieces of cardboard covered with an orange paisley swatch of fabric my mother had given me," she wrote on her website.
The summer before seventh grade, Rother's family moved to La Jolla. She attended what was then called Muirlands Junior High School and later spent three years at La Jolla High.
She excelled academically and athletically, graduating with a 3.86 grade-point average and playing badminton—where her team won a San Diego CIF title and she played on the No. 2 doubles team.
Outside of school, she also played tennis, soccer (halfback and goalie) and softball (third base).
In her sophomore or junior years, she wrote several stories for the school paper.
"I wrote about a guy who was really funny. … He wanted to be a comedian," she recalls. "And I wrote about this girl who won some award."
During her senior year, her teacher in Honors English suggested that Rother might like journalism as a career, and gave her a book on the craft.
Her final year wasn't too difficult.
She "roamed around taking pictures outside" for an art class, her Advanced Placement political science class met only twice a week, and her honors english teacher did not require students to do their work in a classroom setting, she said.
"I felt like I was not challenged enough," she said. "In 11th grade I was, but our senior year I spent most of it outside in the sun. … They pretty much let us do what we wanted."
A group of alumni on the school's 85th Celebration Committee did what it wanted, too—voting Rother a Distinguished Alumna of the school.
"We had a celebration day during the 2006-2007 school year," said Alicia Snook, administrator of the LJHS Alumni Association.
Rother went to UC Berkeley, writing 14 stories for the college paper, the Daily Californian—the only daily paper covering the city of Berkeley at the time. She took a journalism class her senior year.
But it was at talk station KGO in the Bay Area where she really cut her teeth professionally.
"That's actually where I was really introduced to journalism [in the real world]," she said, recalling an internship her senior year with consumer reporter Chris Bjorklund. "She kind of took me under her wing."
Not wanting to take a first newspaper job "in the middle of nowhere," she started out in public relations—corporate communications for a cruise line.
"I didn't find that fulfilling, so that's when I went to … school at Medill"—the prestigious Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago.
Over the years, though, she retained her ambitions of being a book writer.
But the first was a novel—Naked Addiction—which she calls "a thriller about sex, drugs and police detective Ken Goode's investigation into the murder of young beauty school students near the beach in San Diego"—published in November 2007 after 17 years of revisions and rejections.
"It's very difficult to get a first novel published," she said. But the success of her true-crime work helped pave the way.
Naked Addiction grew out of a writing workshop she took in Northampton, 100 miles west of Boston.
"I started writing that when I was in Massachusetts, and I was homesick," she said. The novel included settings from her La Jolla childhood—and where she still swims.
Her biggest success came with Poisoned Love, a revelatory account of the Kristin Rossum murder case in San Diego—which Rother had covered as a reporter from arrest to sentencing.
The ninth printing of the book was released in December 2011, with 20 new pages of information.
Rother and her agent have been contacted about options and film rights to several of her books, but nothing has come to fruition. She still hopes for a movie deal someday.
Lost Girls was an unlikely project, however.
Rother never expected to do it, writing in the epilogue of her 372-page book about her standing rule: "I cannot and will not write stories about young murdered children. I just can't stomach it."
But after accepting an assignment from the online site The Daily Beast to cover the case, she told of sharing the emotional fallout that the community had felt—and "I was hooked. ... I felt that this story warranted a book-length telling."
Blogging in the Huffington Post in late July 2012, she added: "When I set out to write Lost Girls, I tried to assure John Gardner's mother, Cathy Osborn, that she would stop being the target of blame once the book was released. I would be the one to take the hits. And as most people in San Diego who watched or read the news have witnessed over the past month, I was right."
In her Patch interview of late January, Rother noted: "It was clear that this was going to be a very difficult story for a lot of people. … That's part of the reason I wrote this book—because I see how emotional it was for everybody, just as it's happening."
In her Huffington Post blog titled Why I Write About Tragedy, Rother said:
I will say it again. I am sorry for the loss of Chelsea's and Amber's parents and I am sorry that they feel "deeply hurt" by this book, because that was not my intention. My intention was to honor their daughters' memory by working to prevent future victims from falling to the same fate.
Three years ago Monday, Poway High School senior Chelsea King went missing during a park run in Rancho Bernardo.
Today, Caitlin Rother expresses pride in how she handled one of the greatest crime stories in San Diego County history.
Of Lost Girls, Rother told Patch: "I feel like it's one of the most important books I've written—because of some of the revelations I discovered and because I just feel like it is. I was really trying to do something with this book—and I really feel like I did it.
"I hope that it really makes a difference."
Monday: The Firestorm That Fizzled: 'Lost Girls' Author Defused Mother of Victim
Wednesday: Rother's jailhouse interview with John Gardner and other revelations.


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Crystle Marion of St. Mary's School for the Deaf has been selected as the 2012 Deaf Player
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The Rockland County Legislature's Budget & Finance Committee approved a revised proposed budget for 2013 on Monday night. The reworked budget proposal does not eliminate the almost 70 positions identified in the county executive's original spending plan. Instead it reduces overtime, does away with vacant positions, which were still accounted for in the county executive's budget and cut contingency funding in half.
The committee's budget proposal will go before the full legislature tonight. The budget remains at $736 million and still carries an 18 percent increase for property tax payers. But it restores the mosquito control program, highway department workers and deputies in the Sheriff's Patrol and Mounted Units. It rescinds the layoffs of security guards, food service staff in the jail and laundry service employees.
Budget & Finance Chairman Ilan Schoenberger said, "All of those (services) consist of CSEA personnel who signed a contract with the county and were told there would be no layoffs for budgetary reasons."
He said the county had to be accountable to its employees and could not tell them one thing and then eliminate their positions with plans to replace that service with an outside agency. The revised budget included a Legislative Appropriation Reserve of $1.4 million that would be put aside in case funds are needed. A resolution would be needed before any of the money could be used.
The vote to adopt the committee's report on the budget was six in favor and three opposed. Legislators Philip Soskin, Harriet Cornell, Schoenberger, John Murphy Frank Sparaco and Toney Earl voted in favor with Michael Grant, Alden Wolfe and Nancy Low-Hogan casting votes against.
"My concern is we are not doing anything about the large looming deficit," she said. "We don't know what is going to happen in 2014."
Schoenberger objected to Low-Hogan's comments.
"To say we're not doing anything about the deficit is not true, it's not accurate," he said. "Were moving and we're fighting and we're trying to reduce the county deficit."
The committee vote on accepting the legislature's vote was seven in favor and two opposed. Soskin, Cornell, Wolfe, Schoenberger, Murphy, Earl and Grant supported it. Low-Hogan and Sparaco voted against it.
Wolfe explained he supported the legislature's budget because he felt it was better than the budget submitted by the county executive.
The legislature's consultants determined in some areas the county executive's budget understated revenues. The legislators indicated they relieved heavily on the recommendations of the auditor's report and referred to it frequently during the more than two-hour long meeting.
Committee members also voted on restoring $188,000 of funding for contract agencies that had been cut in C. Scott Vanderhoef's budget. They also discussed technical adjustments requested by the county executive's office, which actually contract agencies that had been overlooked and not budgeted for any funding. The county's finance commission said the $276,000 could be taken from the Early Intervention and Pre-K Programs budgets of more than $7.7 million because enrollment has been lower than projected.
Wolfe was skeptical about so much excess in those programs' budgets.
The revised budget took out the $12 million of potential revenue from the sale of Summit Park Nursing Home & Hospital included in the original budget. Later this month or in January, legislators expect to discuss the recommendation to establish an LDC (Local Development Corporation) to handle the sale of Summit Park.
If the full legislature passes the revised budget, it goes to Vanderhoef who can approve it or veto certain line items. If he exercises line item vetoes then the budget goes back to the legislature, which can override his vetoes with a two-thirds majority. If they reject the revised budget then the original budget proposed by Vanderhoef goes into effect in January.
The meeting tonight begins at 6 p.m. with several public hearings prior to the discussion and vote on next year's budget.
Here is what's been discussed so far during this budget process:
- Proposed 2013 Budget Enters Final Phases
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Director Defends Department
- Legislators Debate Capital Projects Despite Absent Reps
- Consultants Point to Flaws In County Budget Proposal
- County Mosquito Program Faces Possible Cuts
- Public Speaks Out Against Proposed Budget At Legislature Meeting
- Rocklanders' Reliance On Social Services Increasing
- Sheriff Makes Case For Restoration Of Budget Cuts
- Proposed County Budget—Public Safety Concerns (Highway Department)
- Proposed County Highway Layoffs May Reduce Service
- Legislature Debates Cuts In General Services


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04/12/2012 Executive Director Update: ATRS Retirement Planner for July 2012
ATRS Retirement Planner for July 2012
If you are at the point in your educational career that you may consider retiring this year, this executive director update is intended to assist you as you wade through all the details that you need to consider. It also attempts to answer several questions that you may have. If you are an ATRS employer, this update is also intended to give some additional information to assist you in helping your employees as retirement season approaches. On behalf of the ATRS Board, I want to thank all 2012 retirees for your service to education in Arkansas and wish you the best in retirement. Just as when you were an active member, ATRS will be here to serve you.
Attached is a 10 page question and answer format update on things to consider and do if you are certain about or considering retiring at the end of this school year (July 1, 2012) as well as a memorandum to employers participating in ATRS that outlines the requirements for retirement and T-DROP eligibility. ATRS decided to share the memorandum to employers with everyone to give more information to members. The ATRS Board has stressed that quality and timely information to ATRS members and employers is an important ATRS Board priority. The ATRS Board remains committed to make more and better information and services available to members. ATRS staff is pleased to work on carrying out this important ATRS Board objective.
This update addresses some of the most important things to do and consider as you plan your retirement in 2012. Many of the questions and answers were included at the request of the ATRS Benefits and Counseling staff. Most of the questions are those that the B&C staff felt were most either the most important or most commonly asked questions by members considering retirement. The intent of all this information is to help clarify the steps to a smooth retirement with some directions on tailoring your benefits to fit your particular needs. Hopefully the result includes answers to many of the questions that a potential retiree has considered or should be considering in an easier to read format. The T-DROP FAQ's from last week is also attached again in the event you missed the April 6th update. You should have three total attachments to this update.
Through the ATRS executive director updates and FAQ's, ATRS hopes to keep members better informed and up-to date! If you have any suggestions on topics or improvements that you think ATRS should consider, then feel free to call or an email to me with your suggestions.
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Fresh Air Weekend
- Saturday 6-7pm
Look to Fresh Air Weekend for highlights of some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Fresh Air Weekend emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. Many of the most popular reviewers from weekday Fresh Air can also be heard on Fresh Air Weekend sharing insights into recent movies, music, and books. And there's more. Special segments, including reviews of recently released videos, have been added to the program. Fresh Air Weekend is everything you already love about Fresh Air -- tailored for Saturday and Sunday.
Friday Folio
Hearts of Space
- Sunday 11pm-Monday 12am
Interfaith Voices
- Sunday 10-11am
Interfaith Voices is an innovative and growing public radio show, reframing the discussion of religion in our society. It explores the full range of faith traditions, promoting interfaith dialogue, respecting diversity and fostering religious tolerance and offering compelling discussions of contemporary issues in religion, spirituality and ethics.
It's Your World
- Saturday 11pm-Sunday 12am
The first World Affairs Council broadcast aired in October 1947. Back then, it was called "World Affairs are Your Affairs." Guests on the show included Gen. Dwight Eisenhower (July '49) and Vice President Alben Barkeley (October '49). The show ran continuously for 23 years. Today's World Affairs Council broadcast, called "It's Your World," brings some of the brightest minds to the air. It's Your World captures leading voices in politics, business, academia, media and art in candid discussions on issues concerning the world today.
Jazz with Bob Parlocha
- Sunday 7-10pm
- Monday 7-10pm
- Tuesday 7-10pm
- Wednesday 7-10pm
- Thursday 7-10pm
Bob Parlocha began producing his nationally-distributed jazz radio program in the late 1990s, after serving as a jazz host in the '80s and '90s on San Francisco's KJAZ. Besides his on-air duties at KJAZ, Parlocha was music director, auditioning new releases and determining which albums and cuts fit the KJAZ mold. Parlocha has also produced a number of albums for artists. His first was for singer Laurie Antonioli's Soul Eyes on Catero Records. He engineered the late Martha Young's Live at Bajone's album on the Carnelian label and an album for pianist Steve Cohn. He first heard jazz on his mother's Count Basie and Duke Ellington records. In high school, he played tenor and soprano saxophones and flute and sang in road bands.
Jazz with Bob Studebaker
- Sunday 12am-Monday 12am
- Monday 12-1am
- Monday 9am-1pm
- Monday 9pm-Tuesday 1am
- Tuesday 9am-1pm
- Tuesday 9pm-Wednesday 1am
- Wednesday 9am-1pm
- Wednesday 9pm-Thursday 12am
- Thursday 12-1am
- Thursday 9am-1pm
- Thursday 9pm-Friday 12am
- Friday 12-1am
- Friday 1-5am
- Friday 9am-5pm
- Friday 9pm-Saturday 12am
- Saturday 12-1am
Jazz with David Jaye
- Monday 1-5am
- Monday 1-5pm
- Tuesday 1-5am
- Tuesday 1-5pm
- Wednesday 1-5am
- Wednesday 1-5pm
- Thursday 1-5am
- Thursday 1-5pm
For more than 20 years, David Jaye has been entertaining crowds of all kinds. Trained as a classical singer, his talents soon took him to acting on the stage and screen. His television credits include numerous commercials, as well as TV movies such HBO's "Criminal Justice" and NBC's "Stuck with Each Other."
David Jaye been a familiar jazz radio personality on Pittsburgh radio for 30+ years -- WDUQ/90.5, WYJZ/860, WJAS/1320, WJJJ/104.7 & WWCS/540. He was the jazz arts director for the Shadyside Summer Arts Festival (1981-2001) working with such jazz greats as David Amram, Joe Beck, Don Braden, Ed Calle, Ravi Coltrane, Hank Crawford, 'Papa John' & Joey DeFrancesco, Charlie Earland, Robin Eubanks, Slide Hampton, Johnny Lytle, Ray Mantilla, Susannah McCorkle, Jay McShann, Bob Mintzer, Mark Murphy, Jackie Paris, Houston Person, Emily Remler, Rosanna Vitro, Jack Walrath, Carla White & many others.
Jazz with Helen Wigger
- Monday 5-9am
- Monday 5-9pm
- Tuesday 5-9am
- Tuesday 5-9pm
- Wednesday 5-9am
- Wednesday 5-9pm
- Thursday 5-9am
- Thursday 5-9pm
- Friday 5-9am
- Friday 5-9pm
Helen Wigger has been a member of the JazzWorks team since the network's start in 1998 as a host and to providing operational support. Some of Helen's favorite jazz artists include Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Mary Lou Williams and Duke Ellington. Helen owes her love to all types of music to her mother, an art and music teacher. Over the past thirty years Helen has been a jazz host at various stations including WEKU-FM in Richmond, KY; WUKY-FM in Lexington, KY; and WDUQ-FM in Pittsburgh, PA. In addition to her shift on JazzWorks Helen is the Operations Manager for 90.5 FM Essential Public Radio in Pittsburgh, PA. A native of Springfield, Ohio, Helen is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. She enjoys her free time listening to music, going to jazz events, sports, and spending time outdoors.


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Aston Students' Guild is the centre for students' social lives, entertainment, facilities and a whole lot more. Our Guild is the equivalent to what other universities call their Student Union and not only houses the majority of the social life that takes place on campus but also a wide range of services, societies and clubs that students need whilst studying at Aston.
Being a relatively small university, it's very easy to become involved in clubs and societies and with a huge range to choose from, there's something for everyone. Clubs and societies are a perfect way to meet new friends, try something that you've never done before and can even enhance your career prospects.
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It does not matter how much money is spent, but how wisely it is spent, as it pertains to home decorating. In every home decorating situation, regardless of what fashion is the target, imagination and ingenuity are truly the most significant assets.
Keeping that in your mind, here are a few suggestions from frugal decorators on the best way to take advantage of the tight home decorating budget.
Skilled amateurs, both and talented professionals say the real satisfaction in home decorating originates from finding affordable options to vexing issues. The aim here is not to be Scrooge, yet to make every cent count.
Start by using cheap materials generously and expensive materials frugally. For example, matching sheets are available in a myriad of patterns as well as colours, and they are able to be utilized in tons of ways, from swag draperies to table coverings. Excellent slipcovers are made by cotton sailcloth too. Restrict expensive materials to trims and accessories including pillows.
Decide the labor, each time, when selecting between expensive labor and materials. The design is really in the details, whether it is sewing some slipcovers for side chairs or painting faux finishes in the walls. Those are the touches that'll create a room look fantastic.
Take advantage of It: Regardless of the state of the furnishings, take advantage of them, then consider what else is desired. For example, a room could be transformed just by rearranging the furniture. Or transfer those oblong rugs from your bedroom to the family room, and place the rugs within the bedroom. The result likely will enhance the appearances of both spaces.
At the same time, many modern homes lack the sort of architectural details found in dwellings. Because of home improvement stores, these attributes could be added for a little cost. Wood moldings are available in a broad variety of designs as well as sizes. Likewise, wallpaper border supplies ornamental detail for the cost of a few rolls. It could go towards the top of walls to provide a distinct dimension to your room. This addition can build a beautiful focus for virtually any room.
Just Paint It: If nothing else, there is always paint.


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The Mankato Free Press
---- — Anyone who hasn't hunted ducks during the last 30 years would be in for some big surprises if they climbed into a duck blind for the 2013 season.
For starters, how about an opening day fully a week earlier than it used to be?
Once upon a time, the season opener was locked in by state law as the Saturday closest to Oct. 1.
Bumping the opener up to a week earlier a few years ago made it more likely early migrants like blue-winged teal and wood ducks would still be hanging around for state hunters.
For years, legal shooting time was set at high noon on opening day. More recently, it was moved up to 9 a.m.
The opener was bumped up to that magical time of half-hour before sunrise for the 2011 season..
Though resident Canada goose populations were on the increase 30 years ago, they had not yet reached levels sufficient enough to be regarded as nuisances.
Indeed, bagging one — that was the daily limit in those days — was cause for some proud hunters to haul their prizes down to the local newspaper office to be photographed.
Nowadays, early September hunts for the big birds are essentially pest control measures held statewide with limits as high as five birds daily.
Thirty years ago, with notable exceptions for geese, opening and closing dates for waterfowl season were uniform from north to south.
For the last couple of years, however, the state has been divided into three zones with seasons tailored to maximize hunting opportunities as the southward waterfowl migration progressed.
It appears that waterfowlers can expect big changes again this fall.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a measure that will allow migratory bird hunters to possess three times their daily limit.
For decades, hunters have been allowed to possess only twice their daily bag limit.
The change, which mirrors regulations now in effect in Canada, would apply to all migratory species from waterfowl to doves to snipe.
Assuming another six-duck daily bag limit is allowed in Minnesota this fall, hunters then could possess as many as 18 ducks.
Dove hunters could possess as many as 45 mourning doves.
Federal officials also approved a special August hunt to further curb the expansion of the Canada geese population.
For nearly 20 years, special September hunts have been held to reduce the ever-expanding population of geese.
While it has expanded goose hunting opportunities, it hasn't worked particularly well at reducing population levels.
Last year, with the state populations of resident Canada geese at more than 400,000 birds, well above a goal level of 250,000, there were plenty of complaints from farmers about crop depredation.
While final regulations have yet to be set, it is expected that a special August goose season will be held in west-central Minnesota.
The daily bag limit for the August hunt might be set as high as 10 birds.
Presumably, there will be no limit on the number of mosquitoes hunters can kill.
John Cross is a Free Press staff writer. Contact him 344-6376 or by e-mail at email@example.com.


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Facilitating Change Among Nursing Assistants in Long Term Care, by François Aubry, PhD; Francis Etheridge, MA; and Yves Couturier, PhD, discusses the implementation of change in long term care organizations (LTCOs). This article adds to the May 2003 OJIN topic, "Health Care and the Aging Population: What are Today's Challenges?"
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb has declared a state of emergency for 56 Oklahoma counties due to a winter storm that is pounding the state.
Lamb issued the declaration early Monday afternoon at the request of Gov. Mary Fallin, who is in Washington for a meeting of the National Governors Association. The counties included in the emergency declaration stretch across western, central and northern Oklahoma.
The declaration allows state agencies to make emergency disaster relief purchases and is a necessary first step toward seeking federal assistance, if necessary.
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Meanwhile, back on the suffrage campaign trail, the women worked day and night, weekends and holidays. This 1912 article from my grandmother Edna's suffrage movement archive gives the details of the work. The suffragists were frequently accused of being emotional about the issue of Votes for Women. The reporter Cora E. Morlan includes Dr. Anna Howard Shaw's story of 15,000 men at a convention in Baltimore putting on a show or what she termed a "wild demonstration." Now, who's emotional?
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The music moves with you
With the Beats by Dr. Dre Studio Wireless over-ear headphones the music on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod can truly roam free. The Bluetooth stays connected up to 30 feet away so you easily move about and keep the music going. Take calls, skip songs, and change the volume right from the headphone.
Feel your music
The Beats Acoustic Engine gives you an intimate, real encounter with your music. Thanks to Beats' signature DSP software delivers the exact emotional experience that Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, and some of the music industry's greatest rock, hip-hop, pop, electronic, and R&B producers want you to feel.
Put the world on mute
Silence the noise from your daily commute or the drama from your loud neighbors with Beats' no-compromise dual-mode Adaptive Noise Canceling (ANC). When you're listening to music, ANC automatically strikes a balance between your audio and the world outside. And if you want to use the headphone just to cancel external noise, ANC-only mode automatically increases the level of noise cancellation to make things even quieter.
What batteries?
Instead of digging around for your iPod or iPhone when you want to change a song, use the controls on your ear cup to manage music and phone calls.
Lighter, stronger, and more comfortable
When Beats re-imagined these legendary headphones, they designed it like a beautiful sports car and made disciplined choices. They streamlined the new Beats Studio with fast curves, smooth surfaces, and no visible screws. It now weighs less than the original and has a lighter, stronger, and more comfortable headband. The ear cups are softer and there's an ergonomic bellow to create a flexible, custom fit for every head shape, so you can keep your music all to yourself.
- Built-in microphone
- Controls on the ear cup for calls and music
- Adaptive noise-cancelling technology
- Battery fuel gauge indicates charge level
- Rechargeable battery lasts 12 hours when connected through Bluetooth and up to 20 hours when plugged into your audio device
Did you notice?Mic and controls built into ear cup gives you solid playback control, plus crystal-clear hands-free calling on your iPhone.
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- Hard shell carrying case
Tech Specs
- Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz
- Other Features: Wireless
- Form Factor: Over Ear
Manufacturer Information
Part Number
- Mfr. Part Number: 900-00199-01
- UPC or EAN No.: 848447010325
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Manufacturer Note
- *Battery lasts 12 hours when listening wirelessly and 20 hours when you plug in the headphones.
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Ratings & Reviews
I currently own the Bose Quiet Comfort 3 and Bose Quiet Comfort 15 but bought the Beats Studio as could not find a Bose set that w I currently own the Bose Quiet Comfort 3 and Bose Quiet Comfort 15 but bought the Beats Studio as could not find a Bose set that were both Bluetooth (wireless) and had the noise cancelling feature before going on holiday. These really are a truly amazing set. Easy to use with my IPhone 5s. I like the little battery display that comes up on the iPhone for the beats. Sound quality is perfect, great volume and base. When I use them with the phone on calls, the clarity is good both at my end and the other person can hear me clearly. Highly recommended! …
- Written by Kevin G from Poole
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Questions & Answers
Answers from the community
Does this have a 3.5mm port so that while im listening to something wirelessly my wife can plug in her wired headphones and listen to the same thing?
- Asked by James K from Mascot
- 02-Jul-2014
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Are these headphones compatible with Ipad Air?
- Asked by Neal S from New York
- 21-May-2014
Can I activiate siri using the controls on the headphone?
- Asked by Daniel J from Scarborough
- 03-Jul-2014
Unfortunately, pressing and holding the play/pause button (the usual operation to activate siri) doe Unfortunately, pressing and holding the play/pause button (the usual operation to activate siri) does not activate siri but unpairs the headphones from your device. As of the current and latest firmware update by Beats Electronics LLC., there are no plans to create a patch on siri integration for the Headphones. …
- Answered by Eddie C from Brisbane
- 17-Jul-2014
Do these leak sound? I bought an old pair of beats a few years ago and they leaked so bad. Do these?? I listen to music at top volume...
- Asked by Nikki B from Whitehall
- 06-Feb-2014
Does it work with the iPad Air
- Asked by Brian M
- 13-Jun-2014
Yes. It does. I'm using an iPad Air and it works perfectly well.
- Answered by Seifer T
- 16-Jun-2014
how many bluetooth devices can be connected simultaneously to headphones?
- Asked by Vladimir K from San Mateo
- 08-Apr-2014
The headphone can be paired with more than one device, however active connection is with one device The headphone can be paired with more than one device, however active connection is with one device only. You'll have to disconnect from one paired device first to reconnect it to other paired device. It's very quick though. …
- Answered by Shakeel A from Washington
- 06-Jun-2014


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GMC Sierra Lease Questions
Hi dpjunior. Ally's current base lease rate and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 Extended Cab SLE 4WD with 12,000 miles per year are 1.05% and 54%.
When negotiating your deal on this truck, make sure to take advantage of the $3,000 cash incentive that is currently available on 36-month leases of it through Ally.
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suicidy Posts: 7Car Man, thanks for the lease info. It was helpful in negotiating my new lease on a 2013 Sierra Denali yesterday. With that information and a number of available incentives, I was able to negotiate a monthly payment of $ 420.93 (Pre-tax) with only first payment plus sales tax and registration fees down.
It hewlped that I got bonus earnings on my GM Mastercard and $ 2,000 conquest cash for the lease on my Infiniti G37. Which I also got a great deal in large part thanks to your help on the G37 leasing thread.
lewisb11 Posts: 1Gentlemen, you seem pretty intelligent when it comes to leasing. I was wondering if I could get your opinion to see if i got a good deal, as this is my first lease and i plan to buy out my lease.
Truck: 2013 Sierra extended cab SLE w/ regional pkg, leather, remote start, Line-X bed-liner.
Deal: $387(tax & fee's included) a month for 39 months. $2500 down a signing and a $18000 residual value. I also received a $3000 bonus from gm
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Hi lewisb11. Do you know this truck's MSRP or selling price? Those would be very helpful in evaluating your deal. The selling prices of leased vehicles are negotiable, just as if you were paying cash for or financing them. These numbers make it easier to see how large a dealer discount you are being given and in turn if there's any additional room left to negotiate.
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I am looking at leasing a 2013 GMC Sierra Crew Cab, not sure if I want a 2wd or 4wd but I want a 5.3 v8 with the 6 speed auto. Everything else is up in the air. I would need to know what the Money Factor is and the Residual Value. I can get the MSRP from the website or the sticker. Also, can get the invoice price on here as well. Looking at a 36 month lease, 15K miles per year. Also, does GMC do Multiple Security Deposits?
Any help would be appreciated.
Can someone help me out? Looking for lease rates for GMC Sierra Crew Cab 2013. Looking at 2wd SLE trim with 5.3 v8 with 6 speed auto. Looking at a 36 month lease, so would need the MF and RV. I already ahve the MSRP. 15K per year lease. Does GMC do Mulitiple Security Deposits?
Hey CarMan as I am in the process of selling my Ford Edge, I am wondering what is the residual and money factor for a 2014 Sierra Denali 4 door pick up 4 wheel drive. For 36 months 12,000 miles per year. Also, I see a $7500 off list does this apply to leasing too? Likewise, is there any conquest money available on a Sierra Denali? Ford is offering me an extra $1000 to come back to Ford. Please let me know what the numbers are for March 2014 thanks!
@drockhold said: Hey CarMan as I am in the process of selling my Ford Edge, I am wondering what is the residual and money factor for a 2014 Sierra Denali 4 door pick up 4 wheel drive. For 36 months 12,000 miles per year. Also, I see a $7500 off list does this apply to leasing too? Likewise, is there any conquest money available on a Sierra Denali? Ford is offering me an extra $1000 to come back to Ford. Please let me know what the numbers are for March 2014 thanks!
Is that the Double Cab? Doesn't matter, as the Crew Cab has the same numbers.
2.65% MF and 61% residual.
I could be wrong, but I don't think you can get the same incentives on this lease that you get on a straight purchase. A 61% residual is pretty high, so I doubt they would pair it with a $7500 discount.. There are bound to be some purchase rebates in that amount that wouldn't apply to the lease.
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@newguy1234 said: hi looking for feedback on this deal 2014 sierra 1500 denali msrp 53010 neg price 49800 less 1750 cash back residual 59% interest rate 2.9% 39 months 12k /yr putting down $2500 to cover taxes and fees works out to be 542 a month
I get about $526/mo., using your numbers, but that's pretty close. I show the base rate to be 2.65%, rather than 2.90%, though. Using 2.65% would lower the payment by about $9/mo.
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