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Bachelor of Arts (Languages) (Honours)
The information on this page applies to future students. Current students should refer to their faculty handbooks for course information.
The Bachelor of Arts (Languages) honours year is both a preparation for postgraduate study and a capstone to an undergraduate degree. Honours can be the culmination of your formal education, an experience that extends your intellectual range, hones your research abilities, as well as analytical and communication techniques, and helps you to develop the personal and professional skills needed to see a research project though to completion. Honours can also be the first step on a path to a career as an academic or professional researcher. The honours year comprises seminar classes and work toward a short thesis on an independent research project under the supervision of an academic staff member who is an expert in the field of your research.
Please note: The units of study listed below are subject to change and are to be used as a guide only.
Honours subject areas
Units of study
For full information on Units of Study available in this course, please visit the Sydney Courses website
Full units of study list
- AMST4011 - American Studies Honours A
- AMST4012 - American Studies Honours B
- AMST4013 - American Studies Honours C
- AMST4014 - American Studies Honours D
- CHNS4011 - Chinese Honours A
- CHNS4012 - Chinese Honours B
- CHNS4013 - Chinese Honours C
- CHNS4014 - Chinese Honours D
- FRNC4011 - French Honours A
- FRNC4012 - French Honours B
- FRNC4013 - French Honours C
- FRNC4014 - French Honours D
- GRMN4011 - German Honours A
- GRMN4012 - German Honours B
- GRMN4013 - German Honours C
- GRMN4014 - German Honours D
- HBRW4021 - Hebrew (Modern) Honours A
- HBRW4022 - Hebrew (Modern) Honours B
- HBRW4023 - Hebrew (Modern) Honours C
- HBRW4024 - Hebrew (Modern) Honours D
- INMS4011 - Indonesian and Malay Studies Honours A
- INMS4012 - Indonesian and Malay Studies Honours B
- INMS4013 - Indonesian and Malay Studies Honours C
- INMS4014 - Indonesian and Malay Studies Honours D
- ITLN4011 - Italian Honours A
- ITLN4012 - Italian Honours B
- ITLN4013 - Italian Honours C
- ITLN4014 - Italian Honours D
- JPNS4011 - Japanese Honours A
- JPNS4012 - Japanese Honours B
- JPNS4013 - Japanese Honours C
- JPNS4014 - Japanese Honours D
- KRNS4011 - Korean Honours A
- KRNS4012 - Korean Honours B
- KRNS4013 - Korean Honours C
- KRNS4014 - Korean Honours D
- MGRK4011 - Modern Greek Honours A
- MGRK4012 - Modern Greek Honours B
- MGRK4013 - Modern Greek Honours C
- MGRK4014 - Modern Greek Honours D
- SPAN4011 - Spanish & Latin American Studies Hons A
- SPAN4012 - Spanish & Latin American Studies Hons B
- SPAN4013 - Spanish & Latin American Studies Hons C
- SPAN4014 - Spanish & Latin American Studies Hons D
Further course information
Typical workload and assessment
Each honours year involves a mix of seminars and a thesis. Some honours years require three seminars and a shorter thesis (12,000-15,000 words). Others involve two seminars and a longer thesis, up to 20,000 words. Seminar work is marked by the academic staff member leading the class. In some departments, a second academic staff member will mark work written for seminars. A thesis is read by at least two academics in the field other than the student's supervisor. Examiners write detailed reports on each thesis, which the student receives, and assign a tentative grade. The final grades for each thesis are decided by the department or program staff collectively. Each department or program ranks all honours candidates based on their thesis and seminar results. These departmental results and nominations for the University Medals are then considered by the Faculty Honours Board, which includes the Honours Coordinators from every department in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Honours awards and classes
The classes of honours awarded are:
• Honours Class I (where the Honours mark is in the range of 80 - 100)
• Honours Class II Division 1 (75 - 79)
• Honours Class II Division 2 (70 - 74)
• Honours Class III (65 - 69)
• Pass (50 - 64)
Ethics and honours research
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences administers an Honours Ethics Committee that processes all honours-level ethics applications on behalf of the University Ethics Office. As a general principle, any research involving human subjects requires ethics approval, including projects involving the following kinds of methodologies (note: the list is not exhaustive): 1. questionnaires; 2. surveys or interviews (including oral history); 3. telephone interviewing; 4. recording by audio- or video-tape; 5. observations of behaviour (including ethnographic fieldwork).
Please note that a key part of the approval process involves ensuring that the University complies with its duty of care to students. Safety protocols must be prepared for all students conducting any research off-campus, whether in Australia or overseas.
Applying for ethics clearance
The procedure to have your honours thesis ethic proposal considered by the Faculty Honours Ethics Committee is as follows: 1. Fill out the standard ethics clearance form. Make sure you use the correct form for Humanities and Sciences Research Involving Humans. 2. Note that student projects that involve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and/or research involving children are not covered by this scheme. These proposals must still go to the University Ethics Committee. 3. The Faculty Committee may still forward some difficult ethics submissions to the University Ethics Committee for consideration. 4. Submit one original application, including attachments (unstapled) and printed on one side only plus five (5) copies , including attachments (stapled and which may be double sided) to Ms Ghada Daher, Secretariat Administration Officer, in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Office (Room J2.05 Quadrangle ? at the bottom of the Western Tower stairs) by 4pm on the closing date of submission. No late submissions will be accepted. 5. The submissions must be typewritten or word-processed. Handwritten applications will not be accepted. 6. Before you submit your application, you are required to have it authorised by the relevant Head of School. If the Head of School is your supervisor, the application must be signed off by the Pro-Dean. This can be arranged via the Faculty Office.
Closing dates for ethics applications
The closing dates for submission for 2011 are:
* Monday 14 March (Committee meets on Wednesday 23 March)
* Monday 18 April (Committee meets on Wednesday 27 April)
* Monday 23 May (Committee meets on Wednesday 1 June)
* Monday 20 June (Committee meets on Wednesday 29 June)
* Monday 25 July (Committee meets on Wednesday 3 August)
* Monday 22 August (Committee meets on Wednesday 31 August)
Further dates to be added as the year progresses
Postgraduate research at the University
Research in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences extends across a diverse range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, embracing traditional, emerging and cross-disciplinary subjects. Staff in the Faculty enjoy international reputations in their chosen fields, reflected in the high level of academic publications published each year. The Bachelor of Arts Honours year is the Faculty's essential research training pathway to higher degrees by research in the humanities and social sciences. For more details, see our research degrees [hyperlinks]: Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy; Master of Arts (Research); Doctor of Arts; and Doctor of Social Sciences. Read more information about Sydney research [hyperlink]
Joint and double honours
It is possible to complete either double honours or joint honours in some Arts subjects. Double honours involves completing all the honours requirements in one subject area and then in another and thus normally takes an additional year. In joint honours the two units of study are more generally closely related and a special program of study is designed for the honours year. This will usually entail doing approximately half the final honours requirements for two subject areas.
Applying for honours
All students who plan to undertake Honours in Arts submit an application [hyperlink to Apply Now] to the University. As soon as you decide you may want to do Honours in a subject area of your choice, you should confirm with the Honours Coordinator [hyperlink to list of coordinators in column O] of the department in which you wish to study exactly what the specific requirements will be for that subject area and plan your degree structure accordingly.
Admission requirements
To qualify for admission to honours students need to have results at Credit (65%) level or above in eight senior units of study (48 credit points) in the subject in they wish to undertake honours. Some departments and programs have additional prerequisites, including advanced senior units of study designed to prepare students for the challenges of fourth year study.
How to apply
Domestic students
How to apply
Apply online via Sydney Student website at: https://sydneystudent.sydney.edu.au/sitsvision/courses/dbhartlah1000-0.htm
Please note: not all courses are offered in the July semester intake.
Further requirements
Please see:
International students
How to apply
Overseas applicants may apply (i) directly to the University's International Office, (ii) through a University overseas representative (education agent), or (iii) through the Universities Admissions Centre, for students applying on the basis of a current Australian Year 12 secondary school examination, or studying either an International Baccalaureate in Australia or a New Zealand Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 3.
Further admission requirements
Please see:
Fee disclaimer
Domestic students
Indicative Undergraduate Student Contribution Amount
This student contribution amount for a Commonwealth Supported Place is an indication only of the fees that are payable by you in the calendar year you commence your course, commencing in 2014 for a standard annual full time load of 48 credit points (1.0 EFTSL). The exact student contribution that you pay will depend on the specific units of study in which you ultimately enrol. If you are a Commonwealth supported student and was enrolled in a University course before 1 January 2013 your student contribution may differ.
For further information about how to calculate your specific total student contribution, please refer to the University's Future Students' website.
Annual review
Importantly, student contribution amounts are subject to annual review by the University, and are likely to increase each year of your period of study (subject to a Commonwealth specified cap), effective at the start of each calendar year.
Additional incidental fees
For some courses there are incidental fees additional to the student contribution. Some of those fees are significant, for example, faculty-specific materials, tools, protected clothing, and equipment. For further information about these additional incidental fees, please visit the University's Future Students' website.
Potential for inaccuracy
Whilst every reasonable effort has been made to include correct and up to date information here, you are also advised to consult directly with the Student Centre for domestic students or the International Office for international students so that they can provide you with specific and up to date information about those fees.
International students
Indicative international tuition fees for undergraduate students
This international tuition fee is an indication only of the fees that are payable by you in the calendar year you commence your course, commencing in 2014, for a standard annual full time load of 48 credit points (1.0 EFTSL). The exact tuition fees that you pay will depend on the specific units of study in which you ultimately enrol.
For further information about how to calculate your specific total tuition fees, please refer to the University's Future Students' website.
Annual review
Importantly, tuition fees are subject to annual review, and are likely to increase each year of your period of study, effective at the start of each calendar year.
Additional incidental fees and health insurance
For some courses there are incidental fees additional to the tuition fees. Some of those fees are significant, for example, faculty-specific materials, tools, protected clothing, and equipment. For further information about these additional incidental fees, please visit the University's Future Students' website.
In addition to the fees indicated here for the course of study, International Students studying on an Australian Student Visa must have appropriate health insurance for the duration of their studies on a Student Visa through an approved provider of the Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) scheme. This is a requirement of the Australian Government, unless otherwise exempted by the Government.
Potential for inaccuracy
Whilst every reasonable effort has been made to include correct and up to date information here, you are also advised to consult directly with the Student Centre for domestic students or the International Office for international students so that they can provide you with specific and up to date information about those fees.


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Star Beacon
GENEVA — Donald E. Martin, age 98, of Geneva, Ohio, passed away Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, at The Sanctuary of Geneva Assisted Living.
He was born August 10, 1915, in Zoar, Ohio, to Adelia (Essenwine) and Harry Martin. Don graduated from Mineral City High School in 1933. After graduation, he worked in a coal mine with his father for several months before getting a job in a tile factory. In the fall of 1937, Don enrolled in college at Kent State University and graduated with a B.S. in Education in 1941.
After a courtship that included many dates to Myers Lake Park for dances, trips to the movies, and an ice cream parlor, he married Virginia "Ginny" I. Carson on August 17, 1939 in Dover, Ohio. They were married 73 years, until her death on June 29, 2012.
Don was a teacher and successful high school coach in boy's football, basketball, and track at Creston, Painesville, Strasburg, and North Canton, Ohio. His coaching career spanned 20 years from 1941 to 1961 and he remained in contact with many of his former players. Don served for a number of years on the Ohio High School Athletic Board. Don received his M.S. degree in Education at Kent State University in 1961 and was a guidance counselor and dean at Euclid High School from 1962 until he retired in 1980.
After retiring from Euclid High School, Don started a radio station, WDON 104.9 (now named WKKY) in Geneva, Ohio. He sold the station in 1990 and started as well as managed the Blue Ribbon Cheese Haus in Madison, Ohio from 1991 through 2000.
Don and Ginny regularly attended Saturday night ballroom dances with couples who became life long friends. He enjoyed high school and college sports, golfing, gardening, having a beautifully manicured lawn, bird watching and sharing jokes. Don will be remembered for his sense of humor.
Don is survived by his sister, Helen (Martin) Weaver of Bolivar, Ohio; and his children, Philip (Jeanne) Martin of The Villages, Fla., Drs. Paul (Nancy) Martin of Lexington, Ohio and Kay (Widd) Raymond of Geneva, Ohio. In addition, eight grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren survive him.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia; and son, Dr. David Martin.
Don and Ginny enjoyed numerous visits from family and friends while living at The Sanctuary of Geneva.
A special thank you is extended to The Sanctuary of Geneva and Harbor Light Hospice for the excellent care provided for Don and for the support of his family.
There will be a Celebration of Life for Donald and Virginia at The Winery at Spring Hill, located at 6062 S. Ridge Rd. W., Geneva Ohio on Monday, Nov. 11th from 4 to 7 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Don to The Holden Arboretum, 9550 Sperry Road, Kirtland, Ohio 44094. Prior memorial contributions were made in memory of Virginia. Arrangements were completed by BEHM FAMILY FUNERAL HOMES, 175 S. Broadway, Geneva.
Obituary and condolences at www.behmfuneral.com and starbeacon.com.

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---- — The only thing surprising about scandal-plagued Democratic Justice Diane Hathaway's decision to "retire" from the Michigan Supreme Court halfway through her term was that it took so long.
The question, however, is this: In naming her replacement, will Gov. Rick Snyder seize this opportunity to act on the recommendations of a blue-ribbon bipartisan court reform panel — or will he once again act as if the court was designed to be a dumping ground for political hacks?
The Hathaway mess has brought new disgrace to a court which a 2008 University of Chicago study found to be the most politicized and least respected state supreme court in the nation.
Her days have been numbered since last spring, when a Detroit TV station aired a sensational story about "irregularities' in a sale of a home she and her attorney husband owned in Grosse Pointe Park a little more than a year ago.
As time went on, the more that was known about this deal, the worse it looked. Eventually, a civil suit was filed in U.S. District Court.
Then, on Monday, the state Judicial Tenure Commission filed a sensational, 19-page complaint against her charging that she had broken federal money laundering and tax laws and federal and state tax laws, and had committed more than a dozen violations of law, ethics, standards of conduct and judicial canons.
Essentially, what Hathaway and her husband, Stephen Kingsley, are supposed to have done was temporarily transfer other properties they owned, including a home in Florida, to relatives in order to get a bank to let them qualify for a "short sale."
That allowed them to write off $600,000 of mortgage debt on the Grosse Pointe Park home they sold. Subsequently, the complaint says the houses were deeded back to the Hathaways.
What will happen to the justice after she leaves the court Jan. 21 is not known, though the federal government has attempted to seize her Florida home, and Republicans are calling loudly for her to forfeit her pension, which she qualifies for based on both her four years on the state supreme court and time on Wayne County's Circuit Court.
What is clear is that the governor now gets to name a replacement, and that this will almost certainly turn the court's 4-3 GOP majority into a heavier 5-2 advantage.
Legally, governors can pick whomever they like in a situation like this, and the process has normally been intensely political.
But there is now a bipartisan blueprint for a better way. Last April, the Michigan Judicial Selection Task Force released its final report, which includes recommendations how to improve the process in an instance exactly like this.
The task force had about as impressive a pedigree as could be imagined. The honorary chair was retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a Republican and the first woman ever on the nation's highest court. The two working chairs were U.S. Court of Appeals Judge James Ryan, another Republican, and former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly, a Democrat. The task force, which studied the court system for more than a year, was actually the brainchild of Justice Kelly.
In a 2011 interview, she told this columnist that she had been deeply concerned over the Michigan Supreme Court's integrity and its public image, and wanted to do something to improve both.
The task force's final report recommends that the governor name an advisory screening commission of lawyers and non-lawyers, which would accept applications from those seeking appointment to the high court, and conduct open public hearings on the applicants' mertis. Eventually, they would recommend a list of three to five of the best qualified to the governor, who would agree to pick one.
"This process would leave the governor's ultimate authority to appoint justices intact. But the justices the governor appoints by this method would no longer need to worry about the public perception of their qualifications," the report added, concluding:
"The task force respectfully asks Governor Snyder to adopt this practice in his current administration."
"This is a wonderful opportunity and it would be a wonderful idea if the governor were to seize the moment," just-retired Justice Kelly said when reached at home Tuesday morning.
During the task force's deliberations, she said, they met with the governor, who acted interested in their suggestions but who was "politely noncommittal." The state's largest newspaper has urged him to adopt that task force's suggestion for the vacancy.
But repeated calls and emails to the governor's office about the issue produced no comment the day after it was confirmed that Diane Hathaway would leave the state supreme court.
Instead, speculation centered around the possibility he would instead just appoint Oakland County Circuit Judge Colleen O'Brien to the vacancy. However, she was a candidate for the Michigan Supreme Court in last November's general election — and was rejected by the voters, finishing behind the two winning candidates, one from each party, and even behind a second Democrat who also lost. She received nearly a million fewer votes in the state than GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney did, and he lost badly as well.
Appointing her might seem to be defying the will of the people. Trying the method suggested by a task force led by Sandra Day O'Connor might seem to be not only precedent-setting good government, but also, good sense.
Jack Lessenberry, who teaches journalism at Wayne State University, is Michigan Radio's senior political analyst, ombudsman and writing coach for the Toledo Blade and former foreign correspondent for and executive national editor of The Detroit News. He was named Journalist of the Year in 2002 by the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.


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Traverse City Record-Eagle
---- — COLLEEN J. ADAMSKI, age 86, of Manistee, died Sunday morning, Sept. 29, 2013, at the Manistee County Medical Care Facility.
Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at First Congregational Church in Manistee with Pastor Steve Davidson officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 10 a.m. until time of service.
The family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Manistee.
DIANNE MARIE AVERY, 61, of Traverse City, passed away Sept. 27, 2013.
Visitation will be held on Friday Oct. 4, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
ROBERT F. BRAY, 64, of Cedar, passed away March 25, 2013. A Memorial Mass will be held at St. Francis Catholic Church in Traverse City on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 10 a.m. The family is being served by the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
MELISSA "MISSY" HROMADA, 40, of Buckley, died on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. A complete obituary will be in a later edition of the Record-Eagle. Arrangements are pending with Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
JAMES A. NEVERS SR., 77, of Elmira, passed away Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013, at his home.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 1 p.m. at the Mancelona Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes. The Mancelona Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes is handling the arrangements.


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The 2014 Catalyst Awards Conference—Making Change Happen—was held at the Waldorf Astoria on April 2, 2014, in New York City.
For more than 20 years, the Catalyst Awards Conference has brought together experts from around the world to share knowledge and shape the dialogue about inclusive leadership and other critical factors related to women and workplaces around the world. This gathering of experts is one of the strongest communities of change, shaping the global dialogue and individual organizational diversity and inclusion strategies in accordance with Catalyst's Vision: Changing workplaces. Changing lives.
Making Change Happen. There is no better time for this year's theme. We have witnessed the desire for significant change for decades. We have seen forward movement, but it is slower than we all anticipated and what we all deserve. The 2014 Catalyst Awards Conference was designed to ignite change through a variety of avenues:
Inspired Initiatives: Organizations Making Change Happen
The event showcased Award-winning initiatives with proven, measurable results that promote the recruitment, development, and professional advancement of all women. This year two initiatives will be featured that have proven that meaningful change is possible:
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation: Unleash Your Power: Strengthening the Business With Women Leaders
- Lockheed Martin Corporation: Women Accelerating Tomorrow
Inspired Leadership: Individuals Making Change Happen
Deborah Gillis, President & CEO Catalyst, chats with Rosalind G. Brewer, President & CEO, Sam's Club, about her professional journey to the C-Suite.
Inspired Learning: Collaborations Making Change Happen
Learning Labs were designed to deliver practical advice that can be adapted to make change in any organization, at any stage of the diversity and inclusion journey.
- Inclusive Leadership
- Jump-Starting Change
- Developing Boardroom and C-Suite Leadership
- Next-Level Practices
Inspired Stories: Making Change Happen Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Rhodes Scholar and the first African-American to win an Olympic or Paralympic skiing medal, Bonnie St. John shared her inspirational story, provided career advice, and inspired the game-changers in the room.
Catalyst's Michael J. Chamberlain and Emily V. Troiano served as co-hosts.
Catalyst Awards Conference Retrospectives


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Extreme Teen Bible-Ncv
Thomas Nelson Inc, Sep 1, 2001 - Religion - 1602 pages
Extreme for Jesus™ speaks to the hearts of today's teens in ALL languages. That's why the Extreme Teen™ Bible is offered in the NKJV and now the NCV translation of the Bible!
You guessed it, this unique Bible still delivers just what teens are looking for: real answers to life's tough questions--and real road maps to help them get around in God's Word. All of the innovative study helps are geared to the teen culture--guaranteed to address the issues young people deal with every day. Generous book introductions and hundreds of relevant study notes bring the message of the Bible into focus and help teens target God's plan for their lives. Forty full-page profiles tell the stories of amazing young people in Scripture who had God working through them to make an impact on their world.
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Original recipe yields 1 10-inch bundt pan
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
- Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix the oil and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture just until combined. Stir in chopped pecans, carrot baby food, grated carrots, and coconut. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
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This recipe is outstanding. Although what started out a disaster turned out to be an even bigger success. When I tried to get the cake out of the pan it broke apart into 4 sections. I was in tears because I couldn't serve it on Easter the way it looked. My husband sampled it and said it was the best carrot cake ever and I HAD to serve it...so this is what we did. I broke the cake up into bite size cubes and layered it in a clear bowl as follows... cake pieces, drained pineapple chunks and Whipped Cream Cream Cheese Frosting. I repeated the layers 2 more times. The frosting recipe is on this web site also and it is also fantastic. It was a huge success and people asked for the recipe. I think I'll always serve it this way from now on!!!
How this won an award...I will never know!!!! Run from this recipe!!!!
AWSOME! My family and I loved this cake! Extremely moist, GREAT flavor...and, with a few changes, it's semi-healthy too! All I did differently was: I added a little allspice to the flour mixture. Used only 1 cup of vegetable oil (HIGHLY reccomended - it was plenty moist) Used about 1 1/2 cups sugar (I thought it was the perfect amount of sweetness, especially with the frosting..by the way, my frosting had one package of cream cheese, half a stick of butter, 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar, and 1 tsp. orange extract. Sometimes I add orange zest too. Orange is a GREAT flavor with carrot cake.) Instead of baby food, I used extra grated carrots. I reccommend adding extra carrots even if you use baby food, since 1/2 cup isn't very much. Didn't put any pecans in the batter - just on top of the frosting. =) With these small changes, it was definitely a 5 star cake!! ((This recipe is VERY similar to Carrot Cake III - only this one calls for baby food, so I think I'm going to start using that recipe...not that this one isn't DELISH!))
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Amount Per Serving (12 total)
- Calories
- 573 cal
- 29%
- Fat
- 37.4 g
- 58%
- Carbs
- 56.5 g
- 18%
- Protein
- 5.6 g
- 11%
- Cholesterol
- 70 mg
- 24%
- Sodium
- 556 mg
- 22%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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During the last negotiation session between the Neshaminy School Board and Neshaminy Federation of Teachers, the mediator told the board's negotiation team that the union would be bringing the board's "final offer" before the rank and file teachers for a vote.
However, NFT President Louise Boyd said later that the union "never said anything to that effect" and that no vote was planned. She stated that the union leaders would review the offer, which is based on the Council Rock contract, and share and discuss it with NFT members.
Now, school board President Ritchie Webb is urging the NFT to reconsider letting its member vote on the offer in the following letter to the editor:
"She is denying them an opportunity to vote on a contract that would bring an end to over five year's unrest in Neshaminy.
She is denying them a contract modeled after the most respected school district in the county, if not the state, Council Rock.
She is denying them the same salary schedule as Council Rock where teachers with 12 years or more experience are making over $100,000 per year.
She is denying them the same working conditions that have proven successful, year after year, as Council Rock continues to excel academically.
If this contract is good enough for Council Rock, it should be good enough for Neshaminy.
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NORMAN — DJ Ward was ready for it to end. After a year that started out with him being considered the top ranked player in the state and ending with him not playing a single game, the Southmoore senior was looking forward to graduating Friday.
"High school has been a long and strenuous thing," Ward said. "I'm just glad it's over with. It was fun while it's lasted, but it's time to get back to work."
According to Rivals.com, the 6-foot-3, 245-pound Ward is the No. 1 ranked football player in the state and the sixth ranked defensive end in the country. He committed to the University of Oklahoma on April 14. At that time he was still enrolled at Lawton High and coming off a stellar junior campaign.
But during the summer, Ward transferred to Oklahoma City Douglass. He soon left Douglass for Southmoore and was ready to play out his final year as a member of the Sabercats.
However, the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association had questions regarding the move to Southmoore. Even though the organization had given him a hardship waiver to play football at Douglass, they declined to give him one when he moved into the Moore School District.
Ward said he doesn't know why the OSSAA rejected his hardship waiver.
"My parents know," Ward said. "They didn't need to tell me about it. So I really didn't want to find out any way."
Ward and his family appealed the OSSAA decision and that was declined also. That is when it finally hit him that he would not be playing his senior year.
"When all of it was happening, it was unreal," Ward said. " But it is what it is and you have to move on. The day after they rejected whatever they rejected, I just sat there and thought about it that I'm not playing at all this year. I haven't not played football since I was a little kid. It was really different."


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Upgrade a blazer 4.3l v6 vortec: Supercharger kit or turbo kit?
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My car is a Chevrolet Blazer 2002 with Vortec 4.3L V6. Chevrolet sold some blazers here with just some adaptations in the exterior and with this 4.3L engine made by Vortec. The engine is the same of your in USA or Canada. But I don´t know why, they have reduced a lot the power of it here. Maybe the brazilian legislation or other rules forced Chevrolet to change some settings of this engine. The result is a Vortec 4.3L V6 with just 192 HP.
I´ve been searching all over the internet, in some brazilian forums and others places, for informations about upgrading this engine and making it just like in USA, with Supercharger or TwinTurbo, what would be better. I heard about Syclone and Typhoon, which came originally with this same engine but a lot more powerfull. I saw some people saying that this 4.3L Vortec is very huge and can run more than 300HP. It is a shame to have this engine in my car with just 192HP.
I am able to import some parts from USA and ask my mechanic here to install and adjust everything.
I need some help to know what is the best solution for my truck, if it is the supercharger or the turbo kit, and what kit do i have to buy. My intention is not to build a tremendous machine and take the risk to have a lot of maintenance and breakups. The idea is to have a more powerful car but also safe and durable.
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Very nice truck, welcome to the site.
The Canadian and US trucks do not have superchargers, or turbochargers, just V6 engines with throttle bodies.
You may have some tougher clean air laws that lower the hp; but, I am going to suggest the engines are the same and that the South American way of determining the hp may be different.
Edit: I just checked the US GMC 2013 Sierra 4.3 V6 specs. For 2013, GM is rating the 4.3 as 195 hp in the US. Your truck is rated the same as the US trucks.
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If you really want to spend the money for a kit (Over $3,000USD) they do make them.
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a turbo at a low boost setting would work and be cheap (relativly).
200 horse for a v6 isnt really bad. the 4.3 isnt a real powerhouse, but it makes decent power, is very reliable, and has alot of torque for its size.
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Jared Logan's job history spans the free clinic grind to finding half-eaten hot dogs at the movies.
Burned every book I own.Every single one.
I read about this meetingyou can go to.
I read about it online.
This meeting you can go towhere they burn books.
So I got all my booksin a big bag,
and I drove out of townto this meeting,
threw my bookson this gigantic inferno,
saw all my books burn.
But then, at the endof the meeting,
they started talkingabout Nazi stuff,
and I got the (bleep)out of there.
I thought it wasabout eliminating clutter.
That last bitwas entirely made up.
I'm an actor, okay?
That's what I do.
I create facial expressionsthat make you feel something.
That's my skill.
I was a theater majorin college.
That's a shitty major.
Do not become...It's a...
Theater major's a stupid major.It is.
But I wason academic scholarship
and then I used that moneyto become a theater major.
So, that's like,you win the lottery
and you just spend iton Beanie Babies.
You know what I mean?
That's what I didwith that money.
And then you haveto get a real job.
You can't be Dame Judi Denchright away.
Which is my ultimate goal.
And I lived in the Southat the time, and in the South
they don't really knowwhat theater is.
Do you know what I mean?
Like, a lot of people don't knowwhat theater...
Guys in the South thinktheater is, like,
a bunch of gay dudesin a basement,
kissing penises with makeup on.
Which it can be, andthere's nothing wrong with that!
So, I would have to interviewfor jobs,
and these Southern bosseswould see "theater major"
on my résumé,and they would react strangely.
And this is a true story.
One time, this guyat, like, a plumbing company
was looking at my résumé,and he goes,
"Now, I see 'theater'here on your résumé.
Is that gonna interferewith your ability to... work?"
And I was, like,"No, I'm very responsible.
I'll be here every day,9:00 a.m., ready to go."
And he really said this.He goes,
"Yeah, but you're an actor.
You could be lying to me,and I wouldn't even know."
I'm not a sociopath.
When you get a theater degree,you don't get special powers.
This guy's, like,"I can't hire you to work here.
"You can changeyour shape at will!
"I come in for a cup of coffee,you're the coffee pot.
Get out of my office,metamorph!"
Metamorph-- do you knowwhat that means?
It's like a sci-fi thing.
Shut up!
nobody wants to go see plays.
Plays are boring and stupid,
nobody wants to gosee them anymore.
So the way they get peopleto see the plays--
they don't sell a ticketat a time,
they have, like, groupscome to see the plays.
Like community groups,clubs come and see the play.
So, one night I'm workingin the box office,
and this big groupcomes into the theater,
and they walk up to the boxoffice, and they go, "Hi,
we're from SNAP."
And I go, "Oh, SNAP.
"That's kind of a fun,zingy name.
"What do you guys do?What does your group do?
"What do you guys do?
What is... what is...what do you do, what is SNAP?"
And then, they go,
"We're the Survivor's Network
for Abuse by Priests."
And I was like,
"Why do you have a fun,zingy name, then?
"And also, why do you guys
go on fun groupactivities together?"
That's weird, right?
Like, what, do they allgo to Six Flags
and ridethe roller coaster together?
Like, "Aah!
Oh, my God,that was terrifying!"
"Kind of like the time...
"that we weremolested by priests,
"and it ruined our lives.
"Do you remember that?
'Cause I think of itevery time I look at you."
The, uh,
I temped a lot.
Uh, does anybody here ever temp?
(scattered applause and whoops)Doesn't matter.
Don't know why I'm asking.
Temping stinks,because you're always
in somebody else's cubicle.
They're awayon their maternity leave
or on their vacation,
and you're in their cubicle
with all their crappy crapthat you hate,
like their stupid cat calendar
and their cockeyed pictureof their ugly family.
Got to put that down,don't want to look at that.
One time I'm in thiswoman's cubicle,
and this woman hadwhat seemed like
thousands of Post-it notesin her cubicle.
Like she was trying to solvethe Kennedy assassination.
And there were two Post-itsright in my field of vision
that were driving me crazythe entire time.
The first one said,
"Three steps to fix error 285."
And it said,"One: log in as 'admin.'
Two: run detectand repair sequence."
And, "Three: reinstall Excel."
Then, right beside that,I swear to God,
she had a Post-it that said,
"Three ways to be more happy."
And it said,"One: be more honest.
Two: free your heartfrom hatred."
And, "Three, expectthe unexpected."
And I think the danger there
is that you goto be more honest,
but you accidentally justreinstall Excel, you know?
Or for seven years,
you're like,"Why am I not happy?!
"I'm logged in as 'admin'!
"I hate my son;is that on the server?
Get I.T. down here."
This is the last thingI wanted to tell you.
A little while ago
we had a hurricane, uh,here on the East Coast.
Um, I live in New York. Ithit... it hit there pretty hard.
I luckily was in a part of NewYork where it wasn't very bad.
I was very safe, but my momis from West Virginia,
and she comes from a townthat's, like, one dirt road
and it's in a circle,do you know what I mean?
So it's like, "Bye!"
"Where you going?"
"Back here. I'll be right back."
So my mom called meon the day of the hurricane,
like, 29 times to try
to help me survivethe hurricane,
which... I'm a 33-year-old man.
If I need my mom to call,maybe I should die, you know?
But she just kept callingand calling and calling,
and she would say crazy things
on the phonewhen she would call.
At one point she called meon the phone and she said,
"They said on the news
they're evacuatingthe entire state of New York!"
I was like, "No, they didn't."
Because they didn't say that.
"What are you talking about?"And I don't know what news
she seeswhen she's watching the news,
but my mom will seea different news.
When my mom is watching thenews, it must look different.
It must be like... It must looklike this... It must be like,
"Good evening. Tonight's news:
"your son Jared is in trouble!
"You have to save him!
"Quick! Look up hurricaneson Wikipedia!
"Send that to him.
"Send him a link.
"Just send him a linkin an e-mail.
"No, the link.
"So you got to send him the...Copy and paste the link.
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Most people tend to underestimate the amount of calories that they're consuming. I would cut calories down further in order to give yourself a little bit of wiggle room. As long as you're keeping above 1200 calories a day, you should be fine.
I'm measuring everything and entering it into SparkPeople, so I shouldn't be underestimating anything. That said, I'll try to stick to the lower end of the scale and see what happens, and if that doesn't work, I'll cut it further. I usually have a hard time breaking into the bottom end of the calorie range anyway, especially on weekends where I tend to skip meals because I'm not in my regular work routine.
I picked up some snacky things that I know I'll like eating like frozen Greek yogurt (they're good!) and frozen fruit for smoothies.
Note that I purposely didn't get the P90X, but the P90 boot camp, which had some complaints on Amazon about being "too easy", so I figured that would be a good place to start; however, I'll go with your suggestion, papadage, since that sounds like a good place to start!
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Wade H. DuBose, 82, of Fort Worth, Texas passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont after an illness.
He was born on June 2, 1930 in Nacogdoches, Texas. One of his favorite pastimes while growing up was playing baseball. He turned that passion into his first career, playing with the semi-professional baseball team The Houston Buffalos, until an injury that sidelined him.
He then joined the Marine Corps where he served his country proudly with the Military Police.
After the Marine Corps he settled into what became his life's work, being in the newspaper business. He started as a driver in the service department at The Houston Post. From there he went on to the layout department at the Houston Chronicle. He then moved to Port Arthur to become the manager of the classified department for twelve years. Later he moved to Fort Worth and retired as an advertising executive with the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He excelled at his work… a born salesman with the gift of gab. A true Southern gentleman.
Wade was a member of the Julian Field Lodge #908, 32nd Degree Mason, Scottish Rite and Shriners, past President and past Deputy District Governor of Lions Club. He was on the Board of Directors of the Tuberculosis Association and was involved with the Camp Fire Girls and the Boy Scouts of America.
Wade is preceded in death by his mother, Oda Lee "Kitty" Baty, Aaron Dupuis his son-in-law and Barbara DuBose.
He is survived by four daughters Terry Hampton and husband Jon of Port Arthur, Karen Dupuis of Port Arthur, Jamie DuBose of Fort Worth, Carla Haberzettle and husband Terry of Keller, Texas. Also surviving are seven grandchildren, Keith Dupuis, Jordan Dupuis and wife Laura, Scott Hampton, Todd Hampton, Chelsie, Callie, and Tyler Haberzettle, one great grandchild Aaron Hampton, and close friend Virginia Seymour.
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The Cobb Board of Education will hear more about the fiscal year 2014 budget process during a work session Wednesday.
The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. in the board room of the Cobb County School District central office located at 514 Glover Street in Marietta. A public comment session takes place at the start of the meeting.
Cobb schools chief financial officer Brad Johnson told board members last month that preliminary figures for fiscal year 2014 show a shortfall of $79.5 million.
The creation of a calendar for budget approval also is on the agenda. The board typically adopts a budget in May, which then goes into effect July 1.
Other items include the possible appointment of a new public safety director for the school district. James Arrowood, who has been in the job for 10 years after a long public safety career with Cobb County government, is retiring at the end of the month, according to The Marietta Daily Journal.
The board also will consider proposed school modification and renovation projects at Argyle, Baker, Harmony Leland and Nicholson elementary schools.
Also on the agenda is a proposed $900,000 extension of an existing contract to continue installing and integrating security access control systems at schools throughout the district.
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Duke Energy to close troubled Fla. nuclear plantBy EMERY P. DALESIO
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Nuclear Operator Warren Gill looks over the panels in the control room at the Crystal River Nuclear Plant in Florida on Tuesday.RALEIGH, N.C. The largest U.S. electricity company said Tuesday it will permanently close a Florida nuclear power plant after botched repairs and use $835 million from an insurance settlement to refund consumers forced to pay for higher-cost replacement power.
But Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy also said it will seek to recoup from customers its $1.65 billion investment in the Crystal River Nuclear Plant, about 70 miles north of Tampa. The company said it is starting a closing process that may take 60 years before the nuclear site is decontaminated and dismantled and is considering whether to build a new, natural-gas-fueled power plant to replace the power lost.
The nuclear plant operated by Duke Energy subsidiary Progress Energy Florida has been shut down since 2009, when its concrete containment building cracked during a maintenance and upgrade project. A 2011 repair attempt resulted in new cracks in other parts of the containment structure. Estimates put repair costs at between $1.3 billion and $3.4 billion.
The federal operating license for the nuclear plant, which began operating in 1977, was due to expire at the end of 2016, meaning Duke Energy would have had to wage a regulatory fight to extend its authority to operate.
We believe the decision to retire the nuclear plant is in the best overall interests of our customers, investors, the state of Florida and our company, Duke Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Jim Rogers said in a statement.
Rogers expected successor following Duke Energys merger last July with Raleigh-based Progress Energy, which owned Crystal River, was unexpectedly fired within hours after the combination was completed. Duke Energy board members said they dumped former Progress Energy CEO Bill Johnson in part because of dissatisfaction over his handling of the Crystal River closing.
Duke said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it would seek to recover its investment in Crystal River over a 20-year period beginning in 2017, an amount that spokesman Mike Hughes said was $1.65 billion.
Progress Energy Florida provides electricity to more than 1.6 million Florida customers, including the cities of St. Petersburg and Clearwater and the area surrounding Orlando.
Florida Public Counsel J.R. Kelly called the companys decision a bad one for consumers, who face the potential of higher rates to pay for more expensive alternate power sources. The settlement of Duke Energys dispute with Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd. shortchanged ratepayers because the additional $530 million the insurer agreed to pay was less than half the lowest projected repair cost, said Jon Moyle Jr., a lawyer for the Florida Industrial Power Users Group, which advocates for manufacturers.
Florida utilities regulators will decide when customers see refunds to compensate for higher bills Progress Energy passed along because it had to replace electricity not produced by the nuclear plant with higher-priced power.
Floridas Public Service Commission last February allowed a $150 million increase in base rates but directed Progress Energy Florida to refund customers $288 million over two years for costs related to the nuclear plant shutdown. That money started to be included last month, Mike Hughes said. Another $100 million is due to customers in 2015 and 2016 because repairs on Crystal River had not begun by the end of 2012.
Duke Energy spent $338 million through the end of 2012 to repair the nuclear plant, $143 million of which was covered by payments or by insurance. How much of the cost to close the plant will be covered by customers or absorbed by shareholders will be decided by Florida regulators, Hughes said.
The ultimate allocation of those costs will be determined in the future, so I dont have any specific percentage that we anticipate that customers might pay, a specific percentage that we anticipate shareholders might pay. That will be determined by the proceedings convened by state regulators, Hughes said.
The Knoxville, Tenn.-based Southern Alliance for Clean Energy said it applauded Duke Energy for its decisive decision to close Crystal River.
Crystal River clearly demonstrates the vulnerabilities of being overly dependent on a high-risk energy source like nuclear power, which exposes ratepayers to high financial risks and residents to unnecessary health and environmental risks, executive director Stephen Smith said.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Quarterfinal action in the Bahamas, Orlando, Fullerton and Anchorage promises to heat up the holiday and provide a break from the day's NFL slate.
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What's Better Than Rebalancing for Your Retirement?
Rebalancing a portfolio can grow your nest egg, but other strategies might yield better results.
What if I told you that there were lots of things you could do that would guarantee a higher probability of providing for your retirement than just rebalancing your portfolio?
First, let's look at why annual rebalancing isn't as important as the gurus would have you believe.
The rule of thumb is that you should look at your overall portfolio and aim to have 110 minus your age invested in equities, with the rest in fixed-income instruments. As one asset class grows or shrinks more than the other, over time, your allocation may get out of whack, necessitating rebalancing of your assets to get back to the magic formula.
David Swensen of Yale in his book Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment, states that proper rebalancing can add 0.4 percent to your annual returns.
First, we'll examine why a 0.4 percent change in your returns won't have a material impact on your retirement, and then we'll look at what you other things you can do to get an even better return on your money.
Let's take the example of a 25 year old named Bob who makes $50,000 and gets a 3 percent raise every year. This person is reasonably diligent in saving and investing. He saves 10 percent of his income, or $5,000 and gets a 7 percent return annually without rebalancing. This means, according to Swensen, if he does it right, he'll get a 7.4 percent return with appropriate rebalancing.
If Bob works to age 65 and doesn't rebalance, he'll have $1,693,645.62 in his investments. If he rebalances, he'll have $1,868,692.04. If you assume a 4 percent withdrawal rate, then he'll be able to withdraw $5,645.49 a month if he didn't, and he'll be able to withdraw $6,228.97 a month if he did rebalance. While annual rebalancing will have gained him 10.3 percent more cash each month, this difference is highly unlikely to make or break Bob in retirement. He may have a slightly lower standard of living from not rebalancing, but, as you'll see below, rebalancing is not the key to whether or not Bob can retire. What are the things that Bob can do which will earn him more over his lifetime than rebalancing?
Believe it or not, I'm not the only one preaching this. Researchers from the Boston College Center for Retirement Research took three different approaches to evaluate the impact of asset allocation and came to the same conclusions.
Annual rebalancing, if done properly, is an important piece of the retirement puzzle. Nobody will turn down an improvement of 0.4 percent in their investments; however, it's only one piece, and relying solely on rebalancing will not get you to there.
Jason Hull is a candidate for the CFP(R) Board's certification, is a Series 65 securities license holder, and owns Hull Financial Planning.


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State officials are warning families giving baby chicks and other small birds as Easter gifts to avoid possible Salmonella infection.
The New Mexico Department of Health and the New Mexico Livestock Board issued a warning Tuesday and sent out a list of recommendations as a precaution.
Officials say New Mexico has had 19 human cases of Salmonella related to baby chicks and ducklings in the last seven years.
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