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Due to steady rain throughout the day, the Princeton baseball game at UC Santa Barbara has been cancelled Saturday. The Tigers and Gauchos will look to conclude the weekend series on Sunday with a pair of nine-inning games beginning at 2 p.m. ET.
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Around Thanksgiving it's easy to look at the gourmet magazines and get a case of kitchen envy: Here are sleek double ovens for simultaneously roasting the bird and baking rolls; industrial-sized refrigerators that hold salads, vegetables, dips and the leftovers; and center islands where guests can gather with nary a dirty dish or soggy towel in sight.
Reality check — kitchen size doesn't matter.
Thanksgiving cooking classes
Here are a few cooking classes to help you get prepped for the holiday meal.
Perfect turkey » Wednesday, Nov. 20, 6:30 p.m. $30 Harmons Station Park, 200 N. Station Parkway, Farmington.
Non traditional holiday meats » Friday, Nov. 22, 6:30 p.m.; $50, Harmons Bangerter Crossing, 125 East 13800 South, Draper.
Holiday pies » Saturday, Nov. 23, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., $55; Salt Lake Culinary Center, 2233 S. 300 East, Salt Lake City; 801-464-0113.
Holiday pies and desserts » Saturday, Nov. 23, noon, $40; Harmons Bangerter Crossing, 125 East 13800 South, Draper.
Simple sides » Friday, Nov. 22, and Monday, Nov. 25, 10 a.m., noon and 4 p.m., $5 per person; Sur La Table, 10 Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City; 801-456-0293.
Pleasing pies » Saturday, Nov. 23, 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; $5 per person; Sur La Table, 10 Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City; 801-456-0293.
Sides made easy » Monday, Nov. 25, 6:30 p.m.; $100; Sur La Table, 10 Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City; 801-456-0293.
Take-and-bake pies » Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 26 and 27, 11 a.m.; $85; Sur La Table, 10 Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City; 801-456-0293.
Last-minute holiday help » Borrow a kitchen in two-hour blocks and get help from a chef to prepare holiday sides; Wednesday, Nov. 27, 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.; $60 Harmons Bangerter Crossing, 125 East 13800 South, Draper.
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Producing the big holiday dinner with an average stove, minimal counter space and a refrigerator that barely holds drinks — let alone a brined turkey — is possible.
"People all over the world cook delicious and impressive food in tiny surroundings," said Diane Sheya, owner and director of the Salt Lake Culinary Center (formerly Viking cooking School). Sheya and three other local chefs offered nine tips on how to prepare a big holiday dinner in any size kitchen.
Have a plan » Create a list of everything you need to do for the meal. Start with the big things, like shopping and roasting the bird; and continue through to little details, such as washing greens, chopping garlic and deciding what platters and serving spoons to use. Check things off as you get them done.
"It's especially important in a small kitchen to be hyper-organized," said Ryan Lower, chef/owner of Copper Onion and Plum Alley restaurants. Lowder, who served several Thanksgiving dinners from a tiny New York apartment, said home cooks should follow the French culinary mantra, "mise en place" or "everything in its place."
"When you're organized and everything is in its place, it goes so much easier," he said.
Select appropriate recipes » Since a whole turkey dominates the oven space for several hours, look for side dish recipes that can be made the day before and rewarmed just before the meal or that can be kept at room temperature. You may also want to think about cooking a turkey breast, which won't take as long, says Mollie Snider, a chef instructor at the Salt Lake Culinary Center. One trendy option is to butterfly or "spatchcock" the bird, which cuts cooking time to about 90 minutes for a 14-pound bird. Ask the butcher to butterfly the turkey for you. (See accompanying recipe.)
Clear the decks » Get everything off the counter so you have as much space as possible, said Sheya. Box up the stacks of papers and put it in another room. Do the same for any appliances you keep on the counter but won't be using on the big day. Create a few extra feet of work space by putting a cutting board or large pan or tray over one-half of your sink.
Use other appliances » Don't have a double oven? No problem. You probably have plenty of other appliances at your disposal, added Snider. Cook your turkey on the grill or in an outdoor smoker; use the slow cooker to make the sweet potatoes or warm the stuffing.
Make dishes in advance » Much of the holiday meal can be made the day before, including fresh cranberry sauce, appetizer dips, stuffing, sweet potatoes, gelatin salad, rolls and pies. "Get as much of the cooking out of the way as possible," said Snider.
Clean the refrigerator » "Refrigerator space at my house is a big issue," said Bill McArthur, the executive chef at Market Street Grill in South Jordan and the owner of a tiny home kitchen. "It's a good time to clean out all of the things that have been hanging around since summer and you're not using." Besides, guests open the fridge a dozen times throughout the day so you don't want to scare them with moldy mystery containers.
Ask for help » You don't have to do the meal by yourself. Ask guests to contribute a dish or two. But be sure assign them something specific or you'll have five cheese plates and no vegetables. Sheya said she asks guests to bring something that is a tradition on their family's traditional table.
Clean as you go » Clean counters and stoves is crucial. It helps you go from one task to the next with ease. "If you have limited space, you don't want messes piling up," said McArthur. "When I do Thanksgiving, I run the dishwasher a couple times during the day just to keep up."Next Page >
Spatchcocked Turkey
1 (14-pound) turkey
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
3 carrots, roughly chopped
4 celery ribs, roughly chopped
2 yellow onions, quartered
Several thyme sprigs
2 bay leaves
Heavy-duty roasting pan, a large rimmed baking sheet or, if all else fails, a large rectangular casserole dish.
Instant–read thermometer
Large skillet
Aluminum Foil
2 Bricks
Preheat oven to 375 degrees or preheat grill to medium-high.*
Double wrap two standard size bricks in aluminum foil and place in the oven as it preheats.
Place chopped vegetables along with thyme sprigs and bay leaves in bottom of pan.
Remove giblets bag and neck from turkey's cavity. Rinse bird and pat dry with paper towel, inside and out.
Place the turkey, breast side down, on a work surface. With kitchen shears, cut through the bones along both sides of the back bone and remove it. Trim off any excess neck skin.
Spread the bird open, skin side up, on the cutting board and press down firmly against the breastbone with the heel of your hands until the bone breaks and the bird lays flat.
Tuck the wing tips back and under the wings so they lie flat against the breast.
Rub the turkey all over with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add oil to the skillet to coat.
Place the turkey, skin side down, in the pan. Cook until the skin has turned a deep golden brown. About 10 to 12 minutes.
Remove the turkey from the skillet and place on top of your cut vegetables in your baking vessel skin side up.
Carefully place the two oven-heated brinks on top of the turkey breast and place in the oven.
Roast for 75-85 minutes or until breast meat has reached 160 degrees. Cooking time will vary depend on turkey size and oven. Begin taking thermometer reading 30 minutes into the roasting process.
Place turkey on a carving board, tent with aluminum foil, and allow to rest for at least 20 minutes.
Carve and serve.
*To grill: Follow recipe above, omitting the vegetables and herbs. While the grill is preheating, heat your aluminum wrapped bricks on the upper rack of your grill. Place your prepared turkey skin side down on the grill. Cook covered until the skin has turned a deep golden brown, about 8 ti 10 minutes.
Turn bird. Place the two preheated bricks on top of the turkey breast to weight. Close cover and cook until your instant-read thermometer reaches 160 degrees.
Remove turkey from the grill, transfer to carving board, tent with aluminum foil, and allow to rest for at least 20 minutes.
Carve and serve.
Servings » 10-12 with leftovers
Source: Salt Lake Culinary Center
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October 16th Monthly Meeting
Hello East Bayside neighbors,
This months October 16th, Tuesday, 7pm, EBNO meeting WILL NOT be held at the Root Cellar on Washington Ave, it will instead be held at Tandem Coffee Roasters. Tandem is one of a few exciting new businesses that have made a home in East Bayside. They are located on 122 Anderson Street this months meeting location.
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Cookies are the heartbeat of Christmas baking. They are the quintessential treats that sweeten the holidays, and we look forward to baking and munching and giving year after year.
They are even an occasion for a party – and there are almost as many reasons to hold a Cookie Swap as there are cookies to bake for it.
A Cookie Swap is a wonderful time to reconnect with friends and neighbors, those you hold dear but with whom you don't cross paths regularly during the year. Throwing the party will get you into the Christmas spirit like nothing else; it is a great reason to get your house decorated for the season. And who wouldn't jump at a chance to attend for the camaraderie—and to be able to fill their cookie jars with a variety of home-baked goodies at the same time? Hardly anyone has time these days to bake multiple batches of cookie recipes; this way, all but the one you bring is baked for you, relieving you of stress and leaving you with more relaxing family time.
Each person brings a large batch of their favorite holiday cookies and copies of the recipe to the party. (No fair relying on chocolate chippers!) The hostess arranges them on her dining table, and partygoers take turns circling the table and filling plates or tins with samplings of everyone's homemade cookies. It is a perfect way to enter the joy and pure deliciousness of the season.
Of course, there are other occasions where it would be more feasible to contribute one dozen cookies. An office Cookie Swap makes a grand party; the only rule is that if you don't make them yourself, the cookies should come from a yummy bakery. If it is held at a restaurant after work, you may want to purchase take-home containers to pack each person's assortment in. Colorful holiday boxes and tins are available at craft stores.
Children love Cookie Swaps, too. If you make your child's favorite, chances are all the attendees will be happy, too. Just remember that children's tastes can be picky when it comes to nuts and coconut, and you'll need to pay special attention to potential food allergies when planning your contribution.
Your host has probably knocked herself out making sure the party is memorable, so make your cookies the stuff of urban legend. Some of the holiday classics here, such as Hidden Kisses or Mexican Wedding Cookies, are easy to make with everyday ingredients. Others are contemporary twists, such as White Chocolate Cherry Chunkies or Savannah Cheesecake Cookies. Any of them will have your friends begging for your recipe!
Our Favorite Cookies to Swap:
Perfectly Pecan Praline Cookies
White Chocolate Coconut Cookies
Vanilla Sugar Cookies
Monster Cookies
Chocolate Raspberry Cookies
Low Country Cookies
Cousin Johnnie's Whoopie Pies
Peppermint Pinwheels
Fruitcake Drop Cookies
Debby Maugans is the author of Small-Batch Baking. Her next book in the series is Small-Batch Chocolate Baking, available in early 2011. Debby writes a weekly food column for The Birmingham News, produces advertorials for Cooking Light, Real Simple, and Health magazines and works as a food and prop stylist. Along with a good friend, Debby writes a food blog combining funny haiku and delicious recipes to suit your mood. Visit Debby at www.smallbatchbaking.com.
I love everything about Paula Deen, love her recipes, her cooking items and her...She to me is a true lady and cook....love love love..
By Sherry Lester on December 05, 2013
You are awesome Paula Dean, keep up the good work.
By Marge Due on December 05, 2013
Dear Paula, I have been hosting cookie exchange parties for years. Last year I hosted it with a Murder Mystery. And I am sorry but the whole plot was to solve who killed Paula Deen. It was so funny and everyone loved it. Thanks for sharing all the good recipes and blogs with us. May you and your family be blessed this holiday season with the spirit of our Lord and Savior, Love, Joy & Peace. Jamie
By Jamie Rice on December 05, 2013
Paula love you and your cook book I have one I've made Jamies coconut creme cake many times for my uncle who pasted away in july of cancer but thank you for sharing, it was his favorite and the only one he requested for all family get togethers I made his last one in June and he enjoyed a piece, so thank you and your family for your love of food that cake will always be special to me
By Anonymous on December 04, 2013
I loved when you was on TV. I love your recipes. Keep up the good work. I am a great fan of yours. Have a great X-Mas and a Healthy and Happy New Year.
By Anna Semetsis-Torri on December 04, 2013
Hi Paula I have been a fan since I tuned in to your show and an we're making baked macaroni and when it was finished you said " you all let's have a taste" it looked so good I wished. Could have jumped into my tv for my taste! Love yo Mrs Paula Dean!
By Chy McKay on December 04, 2013
Love all Paula Dean. All her receipts are in my house. Love to meet her.
By Dora J. Hickman on December 04, 2013
This will be one definet dessert on table for Christmas along with devinty can not wait to try my hand at that
By Frances Johnson on December 18, 2012
Hi Paula, Just had my first Christmas Cookie Exchange Party for about 15 of my classmate friends yesterday, followed by a brunch consisting of breakfast foods, as well as luncheon foods. We had such a wonderful time! Great way to welcome the Christmas Holiday Season!
By Carolyn Dreibelbis on December 04, 2012
I love Paula's recipes. My mom was a great southern (Arkansas)cook, and lots of Paula's recipes remind me of my mom and grandmother. I love her spicey personality, too. That reminds me of myself. Keep up the good work and we will keep watching.
By Janet Alberty on December 04, 2011
I love Paula's recipes. They are easy to follow, and don't require a lot of expensive ingredients for those of us on a limited budget. I will be making the Fruitcake Drop Cookies for Christmas gifts for my neighbors. thanks Paula!
By Joyce Schiwart on November 30, 2011
Do you have a recipe for Butter Cookies? I used to have one that was great but have lost it. I figured since you love butter like I do you would have one.
By Barbara Peters on December 18, 2010
A friend of mine made a lemon cookie, it was 2 cookies with some lemon in the middle, looked like snow balls, (sort of) she has misplaced the magazine, and I was wondering if anyone has the recipe for the lemon that was spreed in between the 2 cookies.
By Sherry on December 18, 2010
Libbie, Thank you for your reply. Merry Christmas to you and all the staff.
By Linda on December 17, 2010
Hey Linda! We have also tested the Chocolate Raspberry Cookies using Ghiradelli raspberry cream filled chocolate squares and it was delicious. You may want to cut back on the sugar just a bit though. Happy Baking!
By Libbie Summers on December 15, 2010
Hi Paula, I am interested in making your Chocolate Rasberry Cookies. Could you let me know if the rasberry creme filled chocolate baking pieces are available in grocery stores? I am a Canadian fan and not familiar with this item. Thanks for the wonderful cookie choices.
By Linda on December 15, 2010
What a mess I had. I made the Hidden Mint Cookies, using Pillsbury Sugar Cookies roll (out of the frozen food section), and Pearson's Mint Patties. Baked them at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. The cookies rain all over the pan.I sliced the dough in 1/4 inch slices as directed. They were tough and not good looking at all. Whas is my problem? (Dough has a 01-06-2011 date on it.) The recipe looked so good, and the ones on your TV program did too. HELP!!!!
By Eunice Helmke on December 15, 2010
Hey Lizabeth! I know it sounds a bit old fashioned, but adding paraffin wax (which is usually made out of vegetable oils and is edible) to chocolate in candy making gives the chocolate a pretty glossy finish and it also helps to keep it solid when stored at room temperature. You'll love Paula's Chocolate Peppermint Patties! Libbie Summers, Senior Food Editor for Paula Deen
By Libbie Summers on December 14, 2010
Hey Ann! The recipe for the chocolate cookie from the Cookie Swap show Paula hosted is: http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/recipe_view/top_secret_chocolate_cookies/ They are delicious! Happy Baking! Libbie Summers, Senior Food Editor for Paula Deen
By Libbie Summers on December 14, 2010
Paula. i want to let you know the waffel with pecans so good. and i and i have one waffel with pumkin butter and surup and toped with wip cream. Thank you love your show. Joann Torrence.
By Joann Torrence on December 14, 2010
That's the recipe I got online for also!!!
By Cheryl Raulston on December 10, 2010
Watched the show on the cookie swap last night and felt so inspired I decided to check out the recipes…only one problem..where is the recipe for the big chocolate crinkle cookie? it looked so yummy!
By Ann Macomber on December 09, 2010
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Come see Paula's live show at the Alabama Theatre in Birmingham, AL and get a heaping helping of Paula's recipes, and some good old-fashioned fun and laughter!
Tickets available from Ticketmaster here!
Sponsored by Springer Mountain Farms.
Inspired by her early days of selling lunches as The Bag Lady, Paula Deen will host a Box Lunch to End Hunger, presented by The Bag Lady Foundation, Springer Mountain Farms, and Hoffman Media. This grab-and-go lunch event will be held at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Tuesday, September 16 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. For a $15 donation at the door (no advanced tickets), guests will receive a box lunch prepared by Edgar's Bakery featuring Springer Mountain Farms chicken and Golden Flake potato chips, and have the opportunity to meet Paula Deen. Grab these delicious boxed lunches and take them back to your office or share with a friend or neighbor. One hundred percent of proceeds will be donated to the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama, which serves 12 counties in our area. For the price of one lunch, 135 meals or 65 pounds of food can be distributed to the food insecure in our area.
"Since September is Hunger Action Month, the timing of this event couldn't be more perfect," says Brian Hart Hoffman, Chief Creative Officer at Hoffman Media. "Paula Deen's dedication to helping those in need and positively impacting people's lives every day makes this event ideal for getting our community involved in the fight to end hunger in Central Alabama."
Each guest will be entered into a raffle to win front-row seats to the Paula Deen Live! show at the Alabama Theatre the same evening.
Sponsors for Paula Deen's Box Lunch to End Hunger include Golden Flake and Edgar's Bakery.
The Birmingham Botanical Gardens are located at 2612 Lane Park Road Birmingham, AL 35223.
Come see Paula's live show at the Times Union Center for Performing Arts in Jacksonville, FL and get a heaping helping of Paula's recipes, and some good old-fashioned fun and laughter!
Tickets available from Ticketmaster here!
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5 Ways to Celebrate National Coffee Day
Feeling the need for one extra cup today? Go ahead and indulge, because today, Sept. 29, is National Coffee Day. Here are five ways to celebrate, so try one or four, depending on your level of sluggishness.
- Enjoy — really enjoy — a cup by following the coffee tasting process employed by the pros. This way, you'll appreciate the complexities rather than just the jolt.
- Free coffee! At 7-Eleven's CofFree Day, get a free medium cup until 11 a.m. Krispy Kreme is also giving away free coffee, no doughnut purchase necessary. But, you know, while you're there . . .
- Speaking of doughnuts, in honor of National Coffee Day, Dunkin' Donuts is hosting an online Chance for StarDDom contest to find the country's most passionate Dunkin' Donuts coffee fan. Enter on DD's Facebook page for a chance to star in a Dunkin' Donuts ad or down free coffee for a year.
- Make coffee ice cream. At least in San Francisco, it's still ice cream weather, so why not have your coffee for dessert?
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Must regional planning stumble on climate change?
The Sierra Club has filed suit to challenge the most recent Regional Transportation Plan of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) (see "Sierra Club sues for better Regional Transportation Plan–current plan doesn't deliver on public-transit, city-planning, or climate-change goals").
Every four years MTC revises its long-term Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) for the Bay Area, and this revision was supposed to be the first to have climate change as a focus. Under SB 375, the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008, California has introduced a new requirement for transportation planning agencies to develop a Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) to make sure that RTPs really incorporate the goals for reducing greenhouse gases.
The Bay Area's combined RTP/SCS will be the blueprint for spending $292 billion through 2040. If it really addressed climate change, it could lead to big changes.
The plan, though, does not deal adequately with the climate threat. San Diego's SANDAG was the first big transportation planning agency in the state to issue an RTP/SCS, which was thrown out in Superior Court for not effectively addressing greenhouse gases. (The case is now on appeal.) MTC's 2013 RTP risks a similar fate.
SB 375 also requires ABAG to mesh its eight-year Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA, pronounced REE–nah) with the SCS. Here too the housing plan may not produce the needed greenhouse-gas reductions.
The biggest problem with the RTP is that MTC plans to build 300 miles of new freeway lanes. Since 41% of the Bay Area's greenhouse-gas emissions come from transportation, it will be a remarkable trick to show how the freeway lanes might help cut carbon or support the goals of the Sustainable Communities Strategy.
» To learn about some of the other problems, see "Will regional planning stumble on climate change?" (Aug. 22, 2013).
» For an overview article see "A transportation plan for the Bay Area" (Aug. 24, 2011).
» For a copy of the Club's comment letter on the RTP, see Letter on Draft 2013 Transportation Improvement Program (pdf).
» For other RTP-related news, see "TIPping the balance for Bay Area transportation" (December 2012-January 2013, front page).


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Wood Pellet Heating. The economic & environmental benefits.
Findings from the Futuremetrics study of the wood pellet industry, December 2013
By Futuremetrics President William Struass, PHD.
When people talk about energy, particularly at the federal level, they think of electricity and transportation. In the northern states, those two large sectors account for about 65% of energy use. The other 35% is often ignored in policy discussions. It is the need for heating homes and businesses over the long cold winters.
The reason this matters is that for many the heat is produced from burning imported petroleum-based fossil fuel in boilers or furnaces.The negative economic and environmental impacts of this dependency are significant. But the positive benefits that accrue from the conversion of homes and businesses from fossil fueled heating systems to renewable premium pellet fueled systems are significant.
For those northern states that are heating oil dependent, the majority of every dollar spent on heating fuel leaves the local economy and much of that money spent on heating leaves the country. At a price of $3.80/gallon FutureMetrics estimates that about 770,000 jobs are exported to the other countries that supply the petroleum for the heating fuel used to keep the northern tier states homes and business warm.
The conversion of homes from heating oil to locally-made premium wood pellet fuel has many benefits. The benefits accrue from three key pathways: (1) Locally produced pellet fuel keeps almost 100% of every dollar spent circulating locally. (More than 75% of each dollar spent on heating oil does not stay in the local economy. Jobs are exported along with that money.); (2) Pellet fuel is about half the price of heating oil for the same heating energy. Those savings increase the income that households and businesses have for spending in the local economy. The increased disposable income that homes and businesses have after conversion is money that stays in the local economy and creates commerce and
jobs. (3) The supply chain for harvesting sustainable biomass and for manufacturing and distributing the fuel creates jobs. All of these pathways have significant positive multiplier effects.
The environmental benefits are also significant. Particulate emissions from modern fully automatic pellet boilers are about the same as heating oil boilers. And carbon emissions are much lower. Every pound of carbon dioxide produced in the combustion of pellet fuel is reabsorbed by the new growth in the sustainably managed forests from which the fuel originated. Accounting for the fossil fuel used in logging and trucking and electricity production for running the pellet refinery, pellet fuel has 87% lower carbon emission than heating oil and 80% lower carbon emissions than natural gas.
The job creation effects from the conversion from heating oil and propane to premium regionally produces wood pellet fuel are significant. Creating need jobs for low and moderately skilled workers should be a major component of an energy policy; and the premium pellet market delivers on that.
A significant market will never be served by natural gas pipelines and which is dependent on heating oil primarily refined from foreign petroleum and propane. About 6 million homes in the US northern states are in rural locations (will not have natural gas) and use heating oil or propane.
The economic impacts that would accrue from the conversion of homes and businesses from heating oil or propane boilers to premium pellet fuel used in modern pellet boilers is very significant. About 1.34 million jobs will be created when those 6 million homes are fueled with domestically produced renewable premium wood pellet fuel. In an era when downsizing is viewed positively for its impact on the bottom line, the wood pellet sector delivers a better bottom line from producer to user, and generates sustainable economic benefits and higher energy independence.
Finally, even though the US currently does not explicitly have policies that incentivize lower carbon emissions, the wood pellet sector delivers anyway. The significant economic benefits are accompanied by significant environmental benefits.
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Why should we adopt morals?
Morals cannot be proven philosophically and are not needed for a stable society that already punishes people for doing things that are detrimental to our society. Morality only hinders us, as it makes us, as a country, (I'm in the USA) obligated to give money to poor countries and not torture terrorists who have crucial intelligence needed to ensure the national security.
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Apr 16 2013: How so, serving the highest amount of people is the definition of utilitarianism. My argument is that, since all philosophical beliefs should be equally esteemed, in that none of them has any evidence to back them up, we should scrap them and then adopt to utilitarianism. When I say all philosophical beliefs should be esteemed equally, I'm saying that they should all be thrown out, and that instead people should realize that since they're all equal philosophically, they should instead embrace practicality for the majority of themselves. Which means having a utilitarian stance and doing what's best for most of them, this stance however, is not necessarily a philosophical one because it doesn't claim to be "right" but instead practical, and it responds to most peoples' needs and desires regardless of whether that's "right" or "wrong". Your quote of me was not describing a philosophical belief, but instead a practical one that doesn't claim to be philosophically superior to any other beliefs.
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The Records: The Bulldogs enter Thursday's game against MTU with a 7-15 overall mark and are 5-8 in league play. Michigan Tech heads into the contest with a 12-11 record and owns a current 7-7 conference ledger. Northern Michigan held a 14-9 overall record along with an 8-6 GLIAC mark entering Thursday's (Feb. 8) league road game at Lake Superior State.
Media Coverage: Both games will be carried live locally by News Talk 1460 AM WBRN. Jason DaDay will handle the play-by-play duties for the coverage. A live video and audio webcast will be available through B2 Networks for a charge of $6 on FSU's Athletics Website at www.ferris.edu/sports. A internet audio-only broadcast is tentatively slated to be available at www.ferris.edu/sports. Live internet statistics will be offered on FSU's Athletics Website at www.ferris.edu/sports. Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan also will have audio webcasts of their broadcasts at the following sites, respectively: www.michigantechhuskies.com and www.nmu.edu/sports.
Ticket Info: Tickets for both games will be available at the door. For more information, please contact the FSU Athletics Ticket Office at (231) 591-2888 or go online at www.starticketsplus.net. Tickets for home games are $7 (general admission) or $10 (reserved) for adults along with $5 for students (K-12) or faculty/staff. FSU students are admitted free of charge with identification. A family pass with two adult and two youth tickets is $15.
Tight Race: With only three weeks left in the regular-season, Ferris remains in contention for a GLIAC Tourney berth. FSU enters the week tied for fourth place in the North Division with a 5-8 mark along with Saginaw Valley State and Lake Superior State. Grand Valley State holds the top spot in the division (10-2) followed by Northern Michigan (8-6) and Michigan Tech (7-7). Northwood rounds out the division with a 4-8 GLIAC ledger prior to Wednesday's (Feb. 7) play. Findlay leads the South Division heading into this week's play with a perfect 13-0 mark. The top three teams in each division plus the next two best finishers will qualify for the annual postseason tourney. Hillsdale presently holds the fifth spot in the south with a 4-8 GLIAC record to date.
GLIAC Tourney: The annual GLIAC Postseason Tournament will begin with four quarterfinal-round games at campus sites Tuesday, Feb. 27. The top remaining seed will host the semifinals/finals Friday and Saturday, March 2-3, with the tournament winner receiving the league's automatic bid into the NCAA-II Great Lakes Regional March 9-12.
Ferris Splits Two: Ferris State recorded a 84-73 GLIAC road triumph over Saginaw Valley State last Wednesday (Jan. 31) before suffering a 79-71 league home loss to Northwood Saturday (Feb. 3). Four Bulldogs scored in double-figures at SVSU, led by senior guard Julius Vines' (Muskegon Heights) team-best 19 points. Sophomore guard Jessie York (Muskegon Heights) paced Ferris with 23 points in the loss versus Northwood. NU shot 65.1% from the floor in Saturday's game.
Last Campaign: Ferris State posted an 18-13 overall mark en route to making its second consecutive NCAA-II Great Lakes Regional Tournament berth during the 2005-06 campaign. FSU posted a second-place 13-5 mark in GLIAC North Division regular-season action after claiming back-to-back league crowns in 2003-04 and 2004-05. Ferris also received GLIAC Tournament runner-up accolades last season.
Two Years Ago: Ferris State capped off a banner 2004-05 season with a runner-up finish in the NCAA-II Great Lakes Regional Tournament (March 12-15) held in Findlay, Ohio. FSU reached the regional championship game for only the third time in school history. The Bulldogs, who won their second-straight GLIAC North Division Championship in 2004-05, concluded the year with a 24-7 overall record and fell one game shy of advancing to the NCAA-II Elite Eight for the second time ever. FSU's 24 victories represented the third-most wins in school history.
Head Coach Bill Sall: A 1994 Calvin graduate, fifth-year FSU head coach Bill Sall previously held assistant coaching positions at Calvin (1992-95), Ferris State (1995-98) and Hillsdale (1998-02) prior to being named Ferris State's 11th head coach. The Zeeland, Mich., native served as Ferris' interim head coach for a portion of the 1995-96 campaign and led the Bulldogs to a 5-8 mark. Before joining the coaching ranks, Sall was a standout player at Calvin from 1985-90. He twice (1989-90) received second-team National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III All-America honors and led Calvin to three Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAA) championships, four NCAA-III Tournament bids and the 1990 NCAA-III Final Four. Sall has a current 79-72 (.523) career mark.
The Bulldog Tradition: The 2006-07 campaign marks the 79th season of Bulldog men's basketball. The program began in 1925 although Ferris did not field a team from 1942-45 due to World War II. FSU has compiled a 941-871 (.519) all-time mark. The Bulldogs have won 11 GLIAC titles, made eight NCAA Division II Tournament appearances and reached the 1988 NCAA-II Elite Eight. Ferris captured a league-record four consecutive GLIAC titles from 1986-90.
The Team Captains: The senior trio of forwards Terrance Shaw (Saginaw/Bridgeport) and Michael Daniels (Detroit/Murray-Wright) along with guard Julius Vines are serving as team captains this year. The 6-5 Shaw received All-GLIAC Second Team accolades a year ago after averaging 13 points and a team-best 6.8 rebounds in 2005-06.
The Bulldog Roster: Ferris' 2006-07 roster includes three seniors, four juniors, two sophomores and six freshmen. Eight of the 15 players are guards while the remaining seven are frontcourt players. All 15 players on the Bulldogs' 2006-07 roster hail from Michigan.
B2 Broadband Webcasts: A live broadband video and audio webcast will be available via B2 Networks for FSU's remaining home games this season. The cost is $6 per game and includes live video along with a radio audio feed. To access the service or obtain more info, please visit the FSU Athletics Website at www.ferris.edu/sports.
Live Internet Stats: "Live Stats" of all 2006-07 Ferris State home games will be provided in progress via the internet. Visit the site at www.ferris.edu/sports and click the "Live Stats" icon to access.
GLIAC Games On The Air: All eighteen of FSU's 2006-07 league games are tentatively slated to be carried live by local radio station WBRN (News Talk 1460 AM). FSU Assistant Athletics Communications Director Rob Bentley will once again call the play-by-play action on the road while Jason DaDay will be the on-air talent for home games. Selected contests can also be accessed live via the internet by clicking on the Bulldog Athletics Webcasts icon at www.ferris.edu/sports.
On The Internet: Ferris State University Athletics' official web site can be found at www.ferris.edu/sports. The site features information on all FSU varsity programs including rosters, stats, yearbooks and more.
Bulldog History: Ferris State's impressive basketball tradition includes 11 GLIAC titles, eight NCAA Division II Tournament appearances and a berth in the 1988 NCAA-II Elite Eight. Ferris, which last won the GLIAC Tournament championship during the 1997-98 campaign, captured a league record four consecutive conference titles from 1986-90. FSU has won more GLIAC Championships (11) than any other league member.
Rankings Information: FSU is not ranked in the current (Jan. 30) National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II Top 25 Poll after being listed among other teams receiving votes with four points in the preseason national rankings. Defending NCAA-II National Champion Winona State (Minn.) is presently ranked first nationally this week. GLIAC members Findlay and Grand Valley State are listed 5th and 7th, respectively, in the current rankings. Southern Indiana was ranked 12th in the poll and Quincy 13th from the Great Lakes Region ........ Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan are ranked 8th and 10th, respectively, in the most recent (Jan. 31) NCAA-II Great Lakes Regional Rankings. Findlay tops the current regional poll.
Turning It Around: The Bulldogs had posted only a 21-82 (.204) mark in the four seasons prior to head coach Bill Sall's arrival, but have since went 74-64 (.536) and claimed two divisional titles while making two NCAA-II Tournament appearances in his four previous seasons at the helm. FSU won only four games (4-22) the year before Sall arrived in 2001-02.
Road Trip Next Week: The Bulldogs hit the road next week for their final GLIAC regular-season road trip of the year. FSU visits Wayne State Thursday, Feb. 15, for a 7:30 p.m. (EST) league game in Detroit before traveling to Lake Superior State for Saturday's (Feb. 17) 3 p.m. (EST) GLIAC encounter at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
GLIAC Player Of Week: Freshman guard Anthony Sydnor (Muskegon Heights) was honored as last week's (Jan. 29) GLIAC North Division Player of the Week. The 6-0 Sydnor tallied a team-high 20 points and dished out eight assists versus Ashland (Jan. 25). He then added a personal career-high and team-best 25 points along with four rebounds, two assists and two steals against Findlay (Jan. 27). Sydnor shot 61.5% (16-26) from the floor in the two games and compiled 45 points, 10 assists, five rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots. Sydnor's recognition last week marked the first time a FSU player had received the conference weekly honor this campaign.
Bulldog Bites: Terrance Shaw became only the 25th player in school history to notch his 1,000th career point at Mercyhurst (Jan. 18). He grabbed his 600th career rebound and dished out his 100th career assist at SVSU ....... Ferris needs nine wins to record the school's 950th all-time win ...... FSU's game at Saginaw Valley State marked Bill Sall's 150th game as the Bulldogs' head coach, including his stint as interim head coach in 1995-96 ..... Junior guard/forward C.J. Van Wieren (Holland/West Ottawa) tallied a personal career-high 13 points at Saginaw Valley State ..... Junior forward Jason Holder (Saginaw/Arthur Hill) had a career-best 10 points versus Northwood ........ Michael Daniels is six points shy of recording his 900th career point ......... Julius Vines tallied a career-best four steals at SVSU.
From Long Distance: FSU's Jessie York presently has 99 career three-pointers and is one away from recording his 100th trey entering Thursday's game. York needs six more treys to move into 11th place on the school's all-time list. In addition, he presently ranks 10th in career three-point shooting percentage (.385) on the school's all-time list. York's 23 points versus Northwood marked a personal career-scoring high.
Number 500: Thursday's game versus MTU will represent the 500th game Ferris' Bill Sall has been involved with at the collegiate level. As either a player, assistant coach, interim head coach or head coach in college basketball, Sall's teams have posted an impressive 312-187 (.625) record. He began his involvement in college basketball as a player at Calvin College in 1985-86.
Ferris Picked Second: Ferris State was picked to finish second in the 2006-07 GLIAC Men's Basketball Coaches Preseason North Division Poll. The Bulldogs totaled 27 points but had no first-place votes in the balloting, which was conducted by the conference's head coaches. Defending GLIAC North Division Champion Grand Valley State was selected as the divisional favorite as the Lakers recorded 36 points along with six first-place votes. Findlay took the top spot in the South Division. The league's 13 head coaches voted for the division in which they play.
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Scouting Michigan Tech: MTU enters the contest with a 12-11 record and owns a current 7-7 conference ledger. Michigan Tech maintains a 50-47 all-time series' edge over Ferris and won the most recent meeting earlier this year (1/13) by a score of 61-49 at Houghton, Mich. FSU head coach Bill Sall has a current 4-5 mark versus the Huskies, but has directed FSU to wins in four of the last six games. The Huskies, under 13th-year head coach Kevin Luke, have won three of their last four games, but dropped a 66-59 conference home decision to Mercyhurst last Saturday (Feb. 3). The Huskies were 14-14 overall during the 2005-06 campaign and compiled a fourth-place 10-8 GLIAC North Division record. MTU, which is led in scoring by senior guard Radayl Richardson (15.9 ppg), was picked to finish third in the 2006-07 GLIAC North Division Preseason Coaches Poll.
Scouting Northern Michigan: Northern Michigan holds a 14-9 overall record along with an 8-6 GLIAC mark entering Thursday's (Feb. 8) league road game at Lake Superior State. NMU is presently 63-44 all-time against the Bulldogs. However, Ferris has captured nine of the last 11 meetings, including a thrilling 65-64 triumph earlier this year (1/11) at Marquette, Mich. FSU's Bill Sall is 9-2 in his head coaching career against the Wildcats, who are guided by 21st-year head coach Dean Ellis. Northern Michigan, which was picked to finish fourth in the 2006-07 GLIAC North Division Preseason Coaches Poll, is led in scoring by senior forward Ricky Volcy (21.7 ppg). The Wildcats have won six consecutive games to date this year heading into Thursday's road contest at Lake Superior State. NMU was 17-11 overall in 2005-06 and placed tied for second (13-5) with FSU in the divisional standings.
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A Durham man is using music to help awaken what Alzheimer 's disease hasn't taken from his wife.
Reuben and Evelyn Ewert have been married 58 years. In that time, they had four kids and traveled the world as Evangelists.
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But he is the only one who can talk about their countless memories together. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's four years ago.
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Evelyn doesn't need the amount of medications she once took after the start of the music.
"I think we ought to increase the dosage of music and decrease the dosage of anti-psychotic medication," Reuben said.
Winston said the short-term memories are gone but the music helps trigger long-term memories. The music beings her back to a certain point because she is in that moment, Winston said.
"One of the things that fulfills me the most is to see a smile and if I can go home and say, 'She smiled 27 times.' Man, I've had a good day. Or one time, because I know what I've done, is I've reached into her heart," Reuben said.
Peak Resources –Treyburn hopes to start using music therapy for other patients if a grant becomes available through the "Music and Memory" program.
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LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund will welcome Toyota as presenting sponsor of the NALEO 31st Annual Conference in San Diego. The nation's largest gathering of Latino elected officials, the NALEO 31st Annual Conference runs from Thursday, June 26 to Saturday, June 28. The 2014 Toyota Highlander Hybrid will also serve as the conference's official vehicle.
"Toyota is a strong partner of NALEO Educational Fund and a great supporter of the Latino community. We are thrilled to have them join us as presenting sponsor of this year's annual conference," said Arturo Vargas, executive director of NALEO Educational Fund. "We also appreciate Toyota adding to their support for NALEO Educational Fund by providing us with a new Highlander Hybrid, which will allow us to pursue our work across the region more effectively and with a smaller environmental footprint than ever before. Protecting our natural resources needs to be an even greater priority for all Americans, and we hope our partnership with Toyota will help expand awareness of the important role that hybrids and other green transportation can have for Latinos nationwide."
"At Toyota, we are great believers in NALEO Educational Fund and in its mission to expand civic engagement across the Latino community," said Patricia Salas Pineda, group vice president of Hispanic Business Strategy Group at Toyota. "We are pleased to have the opportunity to expand our long-standing support for NALEO Educational Fund this year and to join NALEO's members in San Diego for this very important conference."
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A blown transformer in the Tanglewood Drive section of East Lyme led to 59 people in the area losing their electricity today.
As of 9 p.m., all but seven of the customers had been restored to full power, and a Northeast Utilities spokesman said it was only a matter of hours before the area would be fully restored.
Spokesman Shawn Johnston was unsure of the cause of the transformer problem, although he said the company was first alerted to the situation by a 911 call and that the fire department was on site at one point. Another report had said there may have been a small grass fire associated with the outage, but Johnston could not confirm the report.
Johnston said he did not know when the outage first occurred. But he said all customers would be without power for less than 24 hours.
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Do you honestly think that people are against Ron Paul because he's a sweet old peace loving man who is going to save the world?? No. He's got a lot of baggage and several terrible views on specific issues which people tend to ignore.
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From the Director
As we enter the 2013-14 academic year, I write to call your attention to important features of the Honors curriculum that will assist you in advising your students and to provide some updates to our application process. The curriculum focuses on modes of thinking across disciplines and the integration of academic and experiential learning. With increased flexibility via three Honors designations (Interdisciplinary, Departmental and College Honors), the core curriculum central to Interdisciplinary and College Honors provides an academic experience that reflects the Program's values and encourages students to see the relationships between their academic pursuits and the rest of their personal and professional lives. In addition to featuring small and engaging Honors courses, the curriculum emphasizes the importance of experiential learning, critical reflection, and a broad understanding of the interconnectedness of knowledge, a process facilitated by the on-going portfolio.
Our application process will continue to match the larger UW's updated timeline:
- The Honors Program section of the 2014 freshman application will be available together with the main application for admission to the UW on October 1, 2013;
- Our final deadline will match the UW's application deadline (December 2nd @ 10pm);
- Honors recommendation forms must be submitted on or before January 17;
- All UW Honors Program freshman admissions decisions will be mailed between March 24-April 7, 2014.
For the freshman Honors class of 2013 we received over 2,600 applications and accepted 759 in order to reach our goal of 225 students. Once again, we had to turn away many students who appeared qualified to enter our Program. We also kept a large waiting list, a fact that reflects the quality of our applicant pool. These are students whom we would certainly have accepted into the Program had we the space. Each year we manage to take a small number of students from the list into the Program. We continue to be struck by the excellent job that Washington High Schools, public and private, do in preparing students for college in general and for our Honors Program in particular and are frustrated by our inability to accept more of your students. We continue to hope that in the future we will be able to increase significantly the number of students we admit to the Program, but that time will only come when the state and university budgets are more robust.
As in the past, when reading applications we try to identify those students whose files suggest that they are not only academically prepared for the UW Honors Program, but who are also in tune with programmatic values. In order to do this, we read the files carefully and fully, looking at GPAs, SAT/ACT scores, extracurricular activities, all essays, and recommendations. Similar to last year, in place of a letter, we are asking recommenders to complete a short form (available online). Please note that if we do not receive this recommendation form, we will not process a student's application. A surprising number of students are not considered each year because recommenders fail to send their recommendations on time or at all. Everything is considered in the process and we ultimately select for admission those whose achievements, aspirations, and attitudes toward education suggest that they would gain most from and contribute to the Program. Please note that if students are not admitted in the Autumn of their freshman year, they can apply for late admission in the Spring quarter. Also, Departmental Honors is available for all UW students who satisfy departmental requirements.
Regarding the recommendation form, please know that the short and focused questions made it much easier for us to determine the suitability of the program for your students than letters of a more general nature. Students who might not have been accepted in the past were admitted because the answers to these questions underscored the good fit between the Program and the students. The forms can make a significant difference in the application process.
In order to provide assistance for you in advising your students, I am including information below that I hope will clarify what we are looking for in applicants to the Program. It is my hope that you can help students decide if what we are offering suits both their short-term and long-term goals.
Thank you for recommending the UW Honors Program to your students. For a glance at what some of this year's graduates have achieved, pleases go to http://depts.washington.edu/uwhonors/community/grads/. Our students are truly remarkable and we hope that we will include your students in the class of 2017.
Sincerely yours,
James J. Clauss
Director of Honors
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Professor of Classics
University Honors Program at the University of Washington
Traditionally, honors programs at universities have attracted the most talented and ambitious students in high schools, students who have taken a number of Honors, AP, and IB courses and thus students who have been prepared for university honors programs by parents, teachers, and counselors. These students have also been among the most active outside of the classroom, participating in various extracurricular activities (sports, music, service projects, etc). As we have learned over the years, a large portion of this group who apply to university honors programs have chosen to do so (1) as a natural extension of their advanced high school programs, (2) for the recognition acceptance brings, (3) for the smaller classes such programs offer, (4) with the expectation of being part of an elite group of the best and brightest, and/or (5) with the hope that completion of a university honors program will secure admission to graduate or professional schools after college. While some of this is true, the UW Honors Program offers to and requires of its students far more.
The Honors Program at the University of Washington has developed values, goals and outcomes that are essential for potential students to understand before beginning the application process. With regard to the points listed above:
- Advanced courses in high school, whether Honors, AP, or IB, are significantly different from university Honors core courses. The latter attempt to get students to see beyond the disciplinary boundaries established in the typical high school curriculum and to understand the interconnectedness of all knowledge. Not infrequently, Honors students enter college with an eye toward acquiring expertise in a particular field (e.g., medicine, engineering, business, international studies). The continuation of a highly compartmentalized understanding of education, combined with the ambition of getting into the best post-graduate institution, often leads to resentment at having to study topics outside of the student's chosen discipline(s) and to include experiential learning projects and maintain an on-going portfolio. Students who want a streamlined course of study that supports a more focused approach to education might not consider the University Honors Program appropriate for their purposes.
- The University Honors Program is indeed a highly competitive program and acceptance does set the admitted student apart. But such recognition alone will not lead to satisfaction if the student's goals are out of sync with the Program's values that also include community, diversity, leadership, lifelong learning, global and community engagement, and research.
- UW Honors Core courses under the HONORS rubric are indeed limited to between 25 and 35 students, and students in these classes are among the most accomplished at the university. But these courses represent less than a third of the required credits to graduate. All UW students are likely to find themselves in a class of several hundred over the course of their study here. Students entering the UW Honors Program need to realize that they are also attending a large public university - one that offers amazing opportunities not available at small colleges. The UW Honors Program, among other things, does make the university seem smaller, but it does not isolate its students from the larger university community.
- Students accepted into the Honors Program are indeed among the best and brightest, but applicants should be aware of the fact that we employ a holistic approach to reading applications. The valedictorian of a class with 2400 on the SAT and a 4.0 overall GPA with lots of extracurriculars may not be admitted into the Program if her/his essay makes it clear that she/he is not interested in pursuing a broad-based education. We are looking for those students who not only show academic ability and promise, but whose goals for their education include but also transcend a future career; in particular, we prefer students who are intellectually curious and willing to take academic risks in order to expand the boundaries of their knowledge. For in doing this, such students are the ones who are more likely to expand the boundaries of knowledge in their fields after graduation.
- Envisaging Honors as a fast track to a graduate or professional program is not only out of sync with the philosophy of the Program, more importantly completion of this or any honors program does not in itself guarantee admission into any program. It is but one of numerous factors that are taken into consideration by program evaluators at the graduate level. Graduation from the UW Honors Program has indeed contributed toward future academic and professional success for the majority of our students, but it is our goal that graduates of this program leave the UW not only experts in their chosen fields but also committed to continuing their education both professionally and personally, serving their various communities as leaders, and engaging the world as global citizens.
Surveys submitted by those attending the UW Honors Program have shown us again and again that students who enter the Program for the wrong reasons either end up leaving or completing it with less satisfaction than anticipated. It is critical, then, that students, parents, teachers, and counselors consider the values and goals of the UW Honors Program before applying. Students who commit to our broader concept of a college education uniformly report that they have been transformed by the experience. It is this quality that makes our Program truly distinctive.


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March 15, 2013
For the seventh consecutive year, Northampton Community College (NCC) has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The designation recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. The honor is accorded to fewer than one in five colleges and universities nationwide.
NCC achieved honor roll status based on a wide variety of campus/community partnerships. In the past year close to 600 Northampton Community College students participated in service learning projects, contributing the equivalent of $129,214 in support of a variety of civic projects. If volunteer work done by clubs and individual students were included, the numbers would be significantly higher.
"We are very proud to receive this recognition because it speaks to the central values of the College, said NCC's president, Dr. Mark Erickson. "Northampton is often described as a college 'of the community'. We train the workforce that serves this community, but we also endeavor to imbed in our graduates the importance of giving back to the community through service. We encourage these actions by our students because we know they will continue to model this behavior long after they leave Northampton."


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David E. Sanger
David E. Sanger is chief Washington correspondent of The New York Times. Mr. Sanger has reported from New York, Tokyo and Washington, covering a wide variety of issues surrounding foreign policy, globalization, nuclear proliferation and Asian affairs.
Twice he has been a member of Times reporting teams that won the Pulitzer Prize.
In 2011, Mr. Sanger was part of a team that was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for International Reporting for their coverage of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan.
Before covering the White House, Mr. Sanger specialized in the confluence of economic and foreign policy, and wrote extensively on how issues of national wealth and competitiveness have come to redefine the relationships between the United States and its major allies.
As a correspondent and then bureau chief in Tokyo for six years, he covered Japan's rise as the world's second largest economic power, and then its humbling recession. He also filed frequently from Southeast Asia, and wrote many of the first stories about North Korea's secret nuclear weapons program in the 1990's. He continues to cover proliferation issues from Washington.
Leaving Asia in 1994, Mr. Sanger took up the position of chief Washington economic correspondent, and covered a series of global economic upheavals, from Mexico to the Asian economic crisis. He was named a senior writer in March 1999, and White House correspondent later that year.
Mr. Sanger joined The Times in the Business Day section, specializing in the computer industry and high-technology trade. In 1986 he played a major role in the team that investigated the causes of the space shuttle Challenger disaster, writing the first stories about what the space agency knew about the potential flaws in the shuttle's design and revealing that engineers had raised objections to launching the shuttle. The team won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. He was a member of another Pulitzer-winner team that wrote about the struggles within the Clinton administration over controlling exports to China.
Mr. Sanger appears regularly on public affairs and news shows. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Strategy Group.
Born on July 5, 1960, in White Plains, N.Y., Mr. Sanger was educated in the public school system there and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1982.
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How do we save African elephants from extinction?
African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory as a surprising consequences of the rise of Asian economies. Symbolic of wealth and prestige, ivory was once only affordable for a few. Now with hundreds of millions of newly rich people in Asia, demand has outstripped supply and elephants are being killed at a rate that will drive them to extinction in less than 15 years.
African governments are unable to stop the poaching - the price of ivory is driving impunity, corruption and is now under control of criminal cartels.
How do we stop this? What will it take to reverse this trend? Do we need to change cultures? Appealing for compassion in China, Thailand, Philippines? Is it about law enforcement?
We need some bright ideas from TEDsters who love African animals and who know how to cause change in Asia
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Louise KyteMar 6 2013: Another conservation advocacy group, the Environmental Investigation Agency, said Tuesday that Google Japan's shopping site now has 10,000 ads promoting ivory sales.
About 80 percent of the ads are for "hanko," small wooden stamps inlaid with ivory lettering that are widely used in Japan to affix signature seals to official documents; the rest are carvings and other small objects.
The trade is legal within Japan, but banned by Google's own policies. The EIA said hanko sales are a "major demand driver for elephant ivory."
"While elephants are being mass slaughtered across Africa to produce ivory trinkets, it is shocking to discover that Google, with the massive resources it has at its disposal, is failing to enforce its own policies designed to help protect endangered elephants," said Allan Thorton, EIA's U.S.-based president.
Google said in an emailed response to The Associated Press that "ads for products obtained from endangered or threatened species are not allowed on Google. As soon as we detect ads that violate our advertising policies, we remove them."
The EIA said it had written a letter to Google CEO Larry Page on Feb. 22 urging the company to remove the ads because they violate Google's own policies. It said Google had not responded to the letter or taken down the advertisements.
About 70 years ago, up to 5 million elephants were believed to have roamed the African continent. Today, just several hundred thousand are left.
As Asian economies have grown, so has their demand for ivory. Over the last 12 months, an estimated 32,000 elephants were killed in Africa, according to the Born Free Foundation, which says black-market ivory sells for as much as $1,300 per pound, a huge multibillion-dollar business.
CITES banned the international ivory trade in 1989, but the move did not address domestic markets. Since then, Japan has imported ivory stocks from Africa in at least two legal, controlled sales.
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