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Innovative collaborations between schools, workforce developers, and industry are helping to educate adult workers for the new jobs communities need.
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HYANNIS, Mass. - When Steve Burke took stock of his career prospects on the sandy peninsula of Cape Cod, Mass., the most promising path he saw was green. His steppingstone to a new line of work? A course on energy efficiency at Cape Cod Community College.
"Driving a school bus, even though it's rewarding to some degree, it's basically just going in circles," says Mr. Burke, a former teacher who had relocated and spent five years in that decidedly yellow job. "I really saw that ... more people were embracing renewable energies…. So I decided to take the initiative and get more education."
He dived into a series of classes on renewable energies, and last fall, while observing a home energy audit, he connected with a local auditing company that was seeing a spike in demand. Within a few weeks Burke was hired, conducting up to four audits a day with RISE Engineering. "Financially, it's both more [pay] and more secure than what I've had in the past," he says.
There's something to be said for being in the right place at the right time. But Burke wouldn't have been able to align himself so easily with the new economy had there not been a collaboration building for several years on the Cape among educational institutions, workforce-development officials, and industry groups to prepare people to fill the green jobs on the horizon.
Throughout the country, such innovative partnerships – with community colleges often at the hub – are under way not just in the environmental sector, but also in the life sciences, healthcare, and other fields where job prospects are expected to stay strong or grow, thanks in part to the flow of federal stimulus dollars.
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Maddie Chester is determined to leave her hometown of Gansett Island, a place that has brought her only bad memories and ugly rumors. Then she's knocked off her bike on the way to her housekeeping job at McCarthy's Resort Hotel by Gansett's "favorite son", Mac McCarthy. He's back in town to help his father with preparations to sell the family resort and has no intention of staying long. When Mac accidentally sends Maddie flying over the handlebars, badly injuring her, he moves in to nurse her back to health and help care for her young son. He soon realizes his plans for a hit-and-run visit to the island are in serious jeopardy, and he just may be "maid" for love.
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"With the McCarthy's of Gansett Island, Marie Force makes you believe in the power of true love and happily ever after. Over and over again." (Carly Phillips, NY Times best-selling author of the Serendipity series.)
I enjoyed this. It was so romantic and such a fantasy relationship it was entertaining. I'm glad I didn't listen to the previous review that didn't like it. It's an easy listen and a happy love story.
"Enjoyable story; bad narration."
The story is light and easy with engaging characters and lots of emotional and sensual content. Not only can you not help but like Mac and Maddie, the book introduces a number of other characters that appear as main characters in other books in the series. Too bad the narration is so bad it sometimes compromises the the personality of the characters and detracts from the overall listening experience.
Curled up with a good book in my corner of the world on Sweet Grass Farm, it doesn't get any better than that!
"Not worth the credit. A big disapointment!"
I loved the Fatal series by Marie Force which was why I tried the first in this series. It truly sounds like it could be a production of an earlier work because it lacks the depth, polish, character development and interesting dialog I was expecting from all the books in the Fatal series. I will never purchase another book narrated by Holly Fielding. I barely stayed awake through this one!
I will probably try the I-Team series by Pamela Clare. I listened to the sample and it sounded interesting and the narrator sounded good.
This narrator nearly put me to sleep. The love scenes were boring due to her monotone delivery. I mean, if a guy isn't any more excited than Holly Fielding made Mac sound, I would have asked him to leave and done my nails instead.
It was predictable, but sweet.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
"Another Form of High School Bullying"
I enjoyed this novel. It showed how High School Bullying can affect a person life forever. Bullying doesn't always have to be physical but starting a rumor about someone and forcing others to go along with it has far reaching consequences.
Maddie and Mac has a lot to overcome but true love prevails.
The reader does an ok job, not great, not exceptional.
"Very sweet love story"
I absolutely loved this book it was funny, sweet, and romantic. I would recommend reading it and I hope audible comes out with the rest of the series on audio book. The narrator was very good And I wouldn't mind listening to her again.
"First time reading this author."
No, I do not listen or read a story more than one time.
I loved Mac. Although a little unrealistic...basically too good to be true...however I am reading a romance novel. Found it hard to find an ending spot each night...wanted to squeeze in just a little more!
no, this was my first time with this author. Although other reviews were not very kind to her narration, I enjoyed her performance. She kept my attention!
Maddy was great...her story of who she was before meeting Mac was very realistic..I found myself quietly rooting for her!
Finished this book in 2 days and immediately downloaded next book in the series!
"B+ overall rating..."
My Review:
Overall... 4 star
Performance.... 4.5 star
Story... 4 star
This is a series that has been on my reading radar FOREVER, so when it came time to pick out another audio, it came to mind. I'm so happy that I chose to listen to this audiobook. These aren't really long books, so on audio, they last about 6 hours. That's PERFECT for me because I don't get a whole lot of audiobook time.
This was a good one. I thought the romance was really sweet and the narrator did an amazing job with the inflections and voices. Maddie has been burned both by men and the McCarthy family. It was a great conflict for the book set-up as Mac quickly falls for her, but she is REALLY reluctant to get involved with him.
I liked how Mac was all in and she wasn't. I really like that set-up for books, and thought it was especially effective in this book because Mac is the rich, hunky "catch", whereas most people really look down on her on the island. I thought Maddie was a great character. She's been so incredibly wronged, you just can't help falling in love with her and the strength she exhibits. She's extremely proud and independent and strong and you have to admire her gumption in the face of everything she's gone through. I liked her and I loved Mac that he immediately saw that everything the island says about her is so wrong. He SEES her and knows that she's so much more. It's almost an insta-love for him which rarely works for me as a reader, but I'll admit, it definitely worked for me in this book.
I'll admit when the book started, I loved Mac, but I know that Marie Force has written a whole series about the McCarthy family and was immediately worried about the rest of the series....because early on, the McCarthy's DO NOT make a good impression. Seriously, mom is NOT a nice person. *ugh* I really, really, really disliked her. But as the book moved along, I discovered more and I'm sold. I can't wait to read/listen to the whole series.
I am a salesperson on the road everyday, mother of 2 grown children. Happily married
"Good relaxing book"
This book was very relaxing, just what I needed. I liked the narrator. The story line was good sometimes predictable sometimes not
"A Sweet Story"
This was a sweet story. It is written and edited fairly well. The narration did not have much differentiation amongst the character voices which cost it a star in this review. Although I purchased it on sale it is worth a credit.
HATE spoilers! Enjoy HOT, sexy books. No vampires, paranormal, teens 4 me. Running out this type Audible-so on2 lighter romance/mystery :-(
"Perfectly Charming With Little Bit Of Naughtiness"
This is a perfectly, charming book with a little bit of naughtiness that made it wonderful.
The basics: Maddie and her infant son are living on an island. She has a job as a housekeeper. One day while riding her bike to work, a local, who has moved away for several years and returned to help the family wrap up some issues.
As he is driving distractedly down the road, he hits the bike that Maddie is riding on. No worries, just cuts and scrapes. However, she is terrified that if she doesn't show up for work she will lose her job and the only income. So the hero/accident causer, Mac, decides to help her as she is recuperating by helping her with her son.
Their relationship grows and there are some trust issues along with other things that challenge any romance (rumors about her trashy way & Mac's mother's dislike for her) it is well written and a really nice, easy listen.
The narrator was excellent. It is my measure of how well the narrator does by their performance of the opposite sex. It is a true challenge and this narrator easily did the female roles and a good job with the male roles. (If I am distracted by a man performing a woman as a lisp for a female. Or trying to deepen her voice further than natural.) However, this narrator was able to do a fantastic job with the female roles and it was seamless with the male role. I was lost & engrossed in the story, not distracted at all.
Notes: A few descriptions of sex
This is a long series with 12 editions and it has definitely made my Wish List.
Credit worthy/$: This is too short of book for me to use a credit. My rule is seven hours or longer to use the credit. However, I was able to purchase it for $1.99. It was definitely money well spent.
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I ordered my FoxX holster this past Friday and I already received my Little FoxX in the mail today (Tuesday) for my M&P Shield 9mm with Lasermax Centerfire Laser so I thought I'd share my initial impressions with you guys. Let me first start off by saying dealing with FoxX was great the customer service was top notch they kept me informed every step of the way from order confirmation, to when it shipped complete with tracking number, and the turnaround was lightning fast I had my holster four days after placing my order. So for those of you not familiar with the Little FoxX it's a hybrid style tuck-able with one clip instead of two, the do make the full hybrid style with two clips as well as all kydex designs.
The holster is super comfortable and disappears under a shirt. The belt clip cant can be adjusted for straight up and down or forward cant so for those of you who carry AIWB this is the holster you've been searching for. My wife also carries the Shield from time to time and she prefers to carry at the 3:00 position with the straight up and down cant so this will work out great for her as well. The leather is not to bad against your skin like I've read in some reviews and I can imagine after it's broke in it'll get good and soft. I like that it comes standard with the combat cut so you can get a full purchase on the grip when drawing. As I mentioned I have the Lasermax on my Shield, a cool feature which I don't know if it was intended but cool none the less is the laser deactivates when re-holstering and even cooler the laser comes on when you draw the firearm! I tried repeatedly to draw and not have the laser come on just to see if it was possible and it turned on every time I drew which I think is really cool. I also tried repeatedly to re-holster and have the laser remain activated in the holster and I was relieved when I could not make that happen. The kydex belt clip is fantastic it hooks underneath the belt perfectly and is very discreet it blends right in to a black belt, I have a 1.5" Galco SB3.
A couple minor negatives that definitely are not a deal breaker are the retention for me is a bit to tight for my liking but I know this is easily remedied with a hairdryer and an unloaded firearm so I will be contacting the owner of FoxX Ray Watson to have him walk me through the process. The second minor negative for me is the fact that it is a bit difficult to re-holster without removing the holster first because with the forward cant a bit of your pants material gets in the way, it's not impossible but just a bit difficult but again this is not a deal breaker for me because I myself do not do a lot of re-holstering being it's a defensive weapon. I do believe it's due to the design so that when using it with the cant adjusted straight up and down then the kydex would be level with your belt line, thus when the forward cant comes into play the front part of the kydex sits just below the belt line.
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Microsoft releases Office for Mac 2011 to manufacturing
updated 02:40 am EDT, Sat September 11, 2010
Mac Office expected to ship in late October
Microsoft on Friday released its long awaited Office for Mac 2011 to manufacturing, keeping in line with its expected release date before the holiday shopping season--some time in late October. The company, which has been working on the next-generation Office suite for the Mac for nearly two and a half years, said that the newest version of Office Mac users will be its "best release yet," bringing new features such as a new template gallery, reintroduced Visual Basic support, a new Outlook for Mac application, connections with online Microsoft services, and a new Ribbon interface as well as Sparklines and photo editing.
Supporting earlier reports of an October 27th release date, it has completed "final testing and the product is officially getting sent on its way to production and to customers," according to Geoff Price, Product Unit Manager at the MacBU, the company's Mac-focused business unit.
The software, created with help from development teams around the world (including Redmond, Microsoft Silicon Valley, Beijing, Dublin and Tokyo) will remain 32-bit, meaning that the entire Office suite has not been completely transitioned over to native Cocoa. Unless the entire suite is written in Cocoa, it cannot take advantage of 64-bit processing and larger memory configurations.
Price's blog post also includes a brief video that the MacBU team put together to "give a behind-the-scenes look at RTM and some special features that didn't make the cut (our "deleted scenes" if you will)."
Owners who purchase Office 2008 for Mac between Aug. 1, 2010 and Nov. 30, 2010 are eligible for a free upgrade, while other users will have to purchase the standalone versions. The Home and Student includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Messenger, but does not include Outlook and is being priced at $120 for a single user, or $150 in a three-installation Family Pack. The Home and Business edition includes the new Outlook for Mac, but is $200 for a single license, and $280 for a "Multi-Pack" supporting just one additional computer.


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The Washington Blanket Primary was an Initiative to the Legislature in Washington.
Sponsors filed the measure on August 21, 1934. The sponsors collected enough signatures to require the Washington State Legislature to consider the measure. The legislature enacted the measure on February 21, 1935. It is now identified as Chapter 26, Laws of 1935.


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[Newsmax.com] President Barack Obama has defended his use of executive action despite intense criticism, and said he intends to seize every opportunity to use it going forward on a range of issues he believes congressional Republicans are obstructing.
During a wide-ranging press conference Wednesday, the president signaled he would take more action on issues such as tax reform and immigration, and vowed to "scour our authorities" seeking opportunities to act "wherever I have the legal authorities to make progress," The Hill reported.
"The American people don't want me standing around twiddling my thumbs waiting for Congress to do something," he added.
The president did however acknowledge he does not have a "green light" to unilaterally act on his political agenda, and that the administration was "going to make sure every time we take one of these steps we are working within the confines of my executive power." –Read More…
[HumanEvents.com] We have a lot of domestic issues on our plate in the United States, but we should take a moment to monitor what's happening to our ally Israel – not only because Israel is our ally, but because civilized people should always take interest in a struggle against murderous barbarians. And that is what this is all about. It's always been what the Israeli struggle against terrorism was about. It's civilization vs. anti-civilization. There are Palestinians who very much want to take civilization's side in this struggle, but the barbarians are running the show. Maybe this time they'll be defeated thoroughly enough for something better to rise in their place.
Last week's pretense that the murder of those three innocent Israeli students was the work of "rogue operatives" who have nothing to do with Hamas or the Palestinian government are gone, replaced with Hamas spokesmen declaring that "all Israelis have now become legitimate targets." War has a way of clarifying such matters. Of course, that's what these guys thought last week, too. They're just saying it out loud now, in part because now that the Israelis have gone to work on them in earnest, they're crapping their pants. They don't have much left except blood-curdling threats. They managed to put rockets further into Israel than they ever have before – there are reports that nearly half of the Israeli population spent the night in bomb shelters – but it's not going to win the day for them. –Read More…
[Personal Liberty Digest] Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Thursday called for Attorney General Eric Holder's impeachment in the Department of Justice fails to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservatives and former IRS employee Lois Lerner's mysteriously missing emails.
Cruz said that the IRS's "computer crash" excuse for not providing Congressional investigators with two years' worth of Lerner's emails screams of a criminal conspiracy.
"We're told that the hard drive crashed, and that the documents are irretrievable under any circumstance," Cruz said. "We also know that hate IRS didn't follow the law when it failed to report the hard drive crash that we're told occurred."
Cruz likened the IRS tactics to those used to cover up wrongdoing during the Nixon Administration. –Read More…
[WND.com] Ever wonder why presidents before Barack Obama didn't feel the need to publicly berate the U.S. Supreme Court during a State of the Union address, even when they disagreed with a decision, as Obama did over the campaign finance ruling?
Did you think why earlier presidents did not demand ranks of unaccountable "czars" in the White House, to address everything from water use to executive pay?
And did you notice the reams of orders emanating from the Obama White House regarding immigration policy, social welfare programs and terrorism policy, issues that logically should be addressed by Congress?
There's one man who's noticed it all: Filmmaker Joel Gilbert, who has directed the movie "Dreams from My Real Father: A Story of Reds and Deception," about Obama and his past.
Gilbert purports in his production that Obama's biological father was not the "Kenyan goat herder" Barack Obama Sr., who visited the United States as a student and later returned to Kenya. –Read More…
[Newsmax.com] The Labor Department released figures Friday touting the biggest gains in job creation in more than two years and an unemployment rate at its lowest since the height of the recession, but the figures disguise less promising news that hundreds of thousands of people quit looking for a job altogether, analysts say.
[Newsmax.com] The April jobs report showed a gain of 288,000 jobs, with a larger than expected drop in the unemployment rate from 6.7 percent to 6.3 percent — the lowest rate since October 2008.
But a significant portion of that drop, is due to the labor force shrinking by 806,000 in April, to a 35-year low. "I consider 288,000 jobs created to be significant progress," Labor Secretary Thomas Perez told CNBC. Read More…


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UPDATE 6/2!- Nixed the triple trees for something more creative. OK so you guys are inspiring me to finish a rat I that has been sitting as ideas for too long. The build off might be just the pressure I need. This is a bit regurgitated from my stalled start. But here we go. It started with this little nugget right here. Picked up for $35 bones. '69 Sears Spyder 5-speed. Love the bike, stripped it and primed it with a rust inhibitor primer w/ a foam brush. But the problem I had with the original design is that the sissy bar broke up the flow of this bike. Especially the line created from the chainguard to the fender. So using an old car rim as a form I bent the heck out of that sissy! I liked the lines that created, but worried about it bending under my weight, so I need to anchor the front nose of the seat, using the original post as a fulcrum. At the moment the thing I like most is the drum brake shoe from my 1971 Datsun! It should be plenty strong. You can see foamcore where I plan on cutting the shoe. I think the seat looks pretty cool now Though it will need some prettying up! I am also thinking it would be wicked to mount the 5-speed stick shift to the 'hump' in the middle of the brake shoe! Pics! I was surprised how well the bent sissy bolted in front of that back wheel! I used long bolts with rubber hoses on them for protection (top one isn't all the way in there yet!) Still have lots of room for the twin brake calipers. Long way to go but you guys are inspiring me to take it to the finishline.
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Dusting off the cobwebs. Very honestly sir, this is the first muscle bike I've ever seen that hasn't made me cringe. I'm not a fan of that astheric, but the way you re-routed the sissy bar has done WONDERS for this machine, and I've never seen that done before. Truly excellent, bravo!
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Dusting off the cobwebs. Not too shure about that brake-shoe thingie but I absolutely love the way you're using the sissybar!! You've not only created a nice flow, but it kinda fits the unique and original frametube feature. Way to go! Good luck and have fun.
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Dusting off the cobwebs. Thanks for the comments guys! I am glad some of the non muscle-dudes are digging on it too. And I understand what you are saying as my tastes are usually more to beefy bikes than muscle. But I like that this is a 24" bicycle! And I dig the dual rear brake. (Just wish I could fit some 24x3 rubber in there easily!) Speaking of rubber, I could use a tatty 24X2.125 whitewall for the back if any one has one they want to sell cheap. Doesn't have to be pretty. In fact preferable old and a bit stained to match the front better. Made some progress. Tried on some new forks. And was thrilled that the original 5-speed rear cluster threaded on to a modern aluminum (7-speed) rim yesterday. The original rim was thrashed, and I like the weight reduction! (And as I understand it, better braking power, especially since this will not have a front brake!) I need to take a new snap of the mock-up. It is a pretty big bike!
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Dusting off the cobwebs. Pics of Progress. Beefing it up a bit by trying tome triple trees. Bought a ....... Camp Flashlight at a flea market with a cool little star motif happening. (Can't take credit for this idea as another member turned me on to this light. Psyched I found one though!) Actually there is another build I was saving this light for so I will see if it stays on the Svelte Spyder. Threaded the original 5-speed cluster on a modern rim. Lightener and better braking I hear (plus my original would have need a full respoke!) I will be hitting Brimfield Antique fair (one of the biggest in the country) this week so who knows what goodies will totally change this thing!
Re: The Svelte Spyder- New Pics-trying some forks I decided 'Nah' on the triple tree fork. In the end I didn't think it helped the flow of the bike. I thought I'd get creative and try to mimic what I did on the rear sissy bar up front. Using the original fork I bent another sissy into sort of a truss setup. The bend echos the rear sissy. Grabbing a weird set of handle bars I had (they use to have brake levers welded on) I flipped them and immediately dug the repeating horse shoe shape that started happening. Then I had a rusted out antique westing house vacuum. I gutted it and ripped the motor out of this housing which I used as a light fixture. A cool thing happened when I realized how close the bent sissy was to the bars. I could use a Moto-cross bracing bar (black) attach it to the handlebars and run it through two holes on the motor housing! This tied the bars and the sissy together. I am digging this vibe more. And I am starting to think I want a shorter polo banana seat. It feels a little bulky for the streamline thing I am after here. I may cut this one too, we shall see!
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Update 6/2 bye-bye triple tree it difrent and kind growing on me. yup think I like it kinda cool.
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Update 6/2 bye-bye triple tree I'm really liking that new front end set-up! Good ideas.
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Update 6/2 bye-bye triple tree I'm "liking" this bike!...Totally different concepts. I especially like the symmetry with the bends and the arches, keep going...I'd like to see it in person someday. 8)
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Update 6/2 bye-bye triple tree This a terrific build, I wish I had a ounce of the creative imagination you guys have! Keep it up! 8)
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Update 6/2 bye-bye triple tree I knew we had to watch you. This is turning out to be one heck of a build! I really like where this is going (or already is...) The frontend set-up is kinda what I had in mind although mine is much simpler with the mini-sissy bar and all. Yours is just perfect! Everthing is really well ballanced and has a thought-out look (if that is correct english). And the frontend is again perfect for the rest of the bike. Very creative and out of the box thinking without the use of strange add-ons that look out of place. Really cool, this build, and HIGHLY original while maintaining a vibe of authenticity. 8)
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Update 6/2 bye-bye triple tree Thanks guys! I don't have a welder or a big stash of parts laying around, so it is a lot of looking. Setting things on the bike. Removing them. And more 'looking' at my surroundings for what I have. In a way I guess limitations force you to be creative with what you have on hand. Sometimes it is amazing how things will line up as if they were waiting to go on a bike. But I was pretty surprised that an old motor housing from a 40's Westinghouse vacuum would bring two parts of the bike together with no drilling or cutting. I don't know if I showed it well enough in the above photos, but see how the black MX bar slid through the existing holes in the motor housing? And then as if that wasn't enough there were two perfectly placed threaded screw holes in that housing that lined up exactly where a seat would have attached to the sissybar! I just love it when stuff like that works out!
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Update 6/2 bye-bye triple tree Your build is one I liked before. I love the frame,but I love how you bent up the sissy bar as support for the seat but keeping the lines flowing, ( I'll have to try that sometime )..... Now you're using a sissy bar as trusses AND re-using old junk parts... Completely digging this build. As far as ridability a polo seat would probably be better but I like the flow of the one you have on now. (Back skirts or filling in the body all the way to the back tire like you had in the front would look cool).
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Update 6/2 bye-bye triple tree Thanks man! You are reading my mind with the side skirts. Been thinking up a few shapes or them. You know I just pulled the old vinyl off of that seat so it is just the pan. Something much sexier about the shape already because of that. So I am keeping it for a bit longer yet! I will mod it in some way though. Either split down the middle, like a relief road seat. (This would match the bars well.) Or maybe just drill some holes in it to open it up a bit. Time will tell right! I like to think I have a second person in my head, my subconscious. And I let him work on these problems while I work on other stuff. Hopefully he will figure it out!
Re: The Svelte Spyder- Update 6/2 bye-bye triple tree Hey Fisch, Sorry for being off topic... Via your intro, I just stumbled upon your website. You do some amazing art... I'm wondering what medium you work with/in. :shock: 8) :shock: No wonder you're building an awesome bike. I'm an artist myself and I've posted some bike-related stuff in the Art-thread on this forum. Don't know if you are aware of it. Maybe you've posted something already there... If not, you should :wink: Here's the link: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8001 Oh, and there was a thread about foreign hotrods I think was right up your alley. Japanese/australian... Can't find it though...
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While some anxiety related to sexuality is common among college students, the problems facing LGBTQ people are often more difficult than those facing others. Because positive role models are often difficult to identify, LGBTQ people may feel alone and unsure of their own sexual identities. Fear of rejection is greater among LGBTQ people due to the prejudices in society against them.
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Suggested Readings:
Now That You Know. Betty Fairchild & Robert Leighton. New York, NY. Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich, 1989.
Beyond Acceptance. Carolyn Welch Griffin, Marina J. Wirth & Arthur G. Wirth. New York, NY. St. Martin's Press, 1997.
Straight Parents/Gay Children. Robert A. Bernstein. New York, NY. Thunder's Mouth Press, 1995.
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Six members of the Financial Consulting Group were honored earlier this month by the American Institute of CPAs at the Business Valuation Conference in Miami.Those chosen for the Hall of Fame and Volunteers of the Year were honored for their service to the profession. Hall of Fame inductees included James Hitchner, CPA/ABV, ASA of Phillips Hitchner Group, Inc.
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The following article is provided courtesy of CCH, Inc.In a lengthy report, "Internal Revenue Service: Recommendations to Improve Financial and Operational Management" (GAO-01-42) dated Nov. 17, the General Accounting Office (GAO) offered 80 recommendations--43 previously suggested and 37 new.
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Anyone who has bought goods or services over the Internet, or is participating in e-Commerce themselves, knows how loud the tax man is knocking on the door of cyberspace to begin collecting tax. However, coming up with a viable method that can be collected, both intrastate and interstate, has been difficult at best.Wisconsin is one of four states that have agreed to participate in a pilot project to electronically charge tax.
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AccountingWEB has been selected as the very first recipient of the "On The Edge Innovation Award" from the Leading Edge Alliance, a progressive association of independently owned public accounting firms in the USA.AccountingWEB CEO Michael Platt was in Las Vegas last week to pick up the award at the association's Annual Conference."We are truly honored to be the first recipient of this special award recognizing innovation in the accounting pro
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Michael Rosedale, CEO of CPAdirectory.com met with John Hunnicutt, AICPA Senior Vice President - Public Affairs and others in a live Webcast Wednesday, Nov. 15, to discuss the controversial cognitor designation and related issues. "The only new 'global' designation should be the three letters 'CPA'," stated Rosedale.
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Intralipid infusion ameliorates propranolol-induced hypotension in rabbits
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Recent case reports of successful amelioration of lipid-soluble drug toxidromes with Intralipid infusion have prompted interest in the scope of lipid emulsions as antidotal therapy. Propranolol is a highly lipid-soluble, nonselective beta-blocker with additional local-anaesthetic properties. We explored the hypothesis that propranolol toxicity may be similarly attenuated by Intralipid infusion in a rabbit model.
Twenty sedated, invasively monitored, and mechanically ventilated New Zealand White rabbits underwent propranolol infusion at 4.2 mg/min to a target mean arterial pressure (MAP) of 60% baseline MAP. Animals subsequently received 6 ml/kg 20% Intralipid, or 6 ml/kg 0.9% saline solution over a 4-minute period. Pulse rate and MAP were recorded at 2.5-minute intervals to 15 minutes.
MAP was greatest in the Intralipid group (median 69 mmHg, interquartile range [IQR] 17.5 mmHg Intralipid vs. median 53 mmHg, IQR 12.75 mmHg saline;p = 0.029) at 15 minutes. No difference was observed in first derivative of MAP, or pulse rate between groups.
Propranolol-induced hypotension is ameliorated by Intralipid infusion in this intact rabbit model. The mechanism of action remains to be elucidated.
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- Title
- Intralipid infusion ameliorates propranolol-induced hypotension in rabbits
- Journal
Journal of Medical Toxicology
Volume 4, Issue 2 , pp 71-76
- Cover Date
- 2008-06-01
- Print ISSN
- 1556-9039
- Online ISSN
- 1937-6995
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Topics
- Keywords
- propranolol
- toxicity
- Intralipid
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Martyn G. Harvey (1)
- Grant R. Cave (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Pembroke St., 2001, Hamilton, New Zealand
- 2. Emergency Medical Systems, Australia, Melbourne, Australia


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Kansas UU's Organize Effectively to Help Defeat Three Anti-Immigrant Measures
Since January, local groups in Kansas have been working together to defeat three egregious anti-immigrant bills: a repeal of current state law that grants in-state tuition to undocumented students who grew up in the state; a Voter ID bill; and legislation modeled after Arizona's Draconian SB 1070.
On March 13, a large interfaith coalition attended the hearings to oppose the legislation. Local ministers, including Rev. Lisa Romantum Schwartz of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Topeka and Rev. Jill Jarvis of the Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, were joined by members from their congregations as well as members of All Souls, Kansas City, all dressed in their yellow Standing on the Side of Love t-shirts.
"There was lots of opposition to the bill, and some religious group there passed out stickers featuring Leviticus 19:34 (on loving the stranger/alien), and most of us UUs wore those, too," said Rev. Schwartz. "I never thought I'd be in a group of socially conscious UUs, all sporting a quote from Leviticus! But it actually felt really good to be able to stand on the side of love with people who are religiously different from us."
Rev. Schwartz explained one key reason why her congregation was so concerned about defeating this legislation: "The main thing that got my ire up was a clause that said anyone providing shelter or support to undocumented workers would be violating the law. The Topeka Fellowship does work with undocumented people by supporting with money and volunteers with VIDA ministries, a Presbyterian-sponsored organization that provides ESL classes with child care, a community garden, computer classes and more to latino/a people, regardless of their 'legal' status."
Written testimony was submitted by the Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, KS and their minister, Rev. Jill Jarvis, offered testimony at the hearing. In addition to Rev. Jarvis, UU Angela Ferguson of All Souls Kansas City, an immigration attorney, also gave testimony.
The bills were defeated in the House. Angela Ferguson explained, "We were successful because of the broad base of our coalition. The business community had a coalition of 35 associations, ranging from Chambers of Commerce to the Farm Bureau and the Kansas Livestock Association. We had ACLU, churches, students, schools, and immigrant rights organizations."
In the midst of the flurry of hearings in March, an Interfaith Prayer Vigil was held at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence, KS on March 22nd to pray for tolerance, respect, and peace regarding immigration in Kansas. Members from St. John's Catholic Church, Central United Methodist, the Jewish Community, the Islamic Community, Peace Mennonite Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Plymouth Congregational Church, and Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence all gathered and held candles and prayed. (For more pictures, see the Facebook page.)
Kansas and Missouri congregations plan to continue standing on the side of love with immigrant families. Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, with their interfaith allies in Lawrence Action Network for Diversity (L.A.N.D.) and members of All Souls, Kansas City, will participate in a peaceful witness at University of Kansas on April 12 when Secretary of State Kris Kobach is scheduled to speak. The UU Fellowship of Topeka is reading Death of Josseline and planning a study group of the book, and the congregation continues to support VIDA ministries in Topeka and their 'sister community' in Talpetates, El Salvador. All Souls, Kansas City is planning an Immigration service on May 15th, focusing on No More Deaths, and continues to be active in their interfaith coalition, Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation.
Kansas UU's are a model for how to stand on the side of love with effective results!
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Inspiring! Here in Oklahoma City we are gearing up to do the same thing (oppose draconian anti-immigration measures) via the Oklahoma Sponsoring Committee, a CBCO group that First Unitarian of Oklahoma City is heavily involved with. It's wonderful to see that this challenging work can succeed!


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One reoccurring theme we have seen in several software stacks running on Atom is that the architecture can take a significant hit in performance from "short" functions. By "short" functions I mean a function that has very few instructions (~10 instructions) separating the call and the matching return. The Atom architects came back with a nice explanation of this phenomenon. The lesson has been to aggressively avoid "short" functions whenever possible for the Atom architecture. The best methods to avoid "short" functions are listed below:
1) The latest Intel compilers will take steps to avoid this situation
2) Avoid use of position independent code (fpic/FPIC) for 32-bit binaries. The fpic compiler option is often unnecessary for shared objects, especially if only one process loads the shared object.
3) Explicitly inline known "short" functions with inline/_inline
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For those who are more curious about the reasons for the performance impact, I have put an explanation below with an example.
When executing a near function call, the call instruction pushes the instruction pointer onto the stack so that it can be used later as a return-instruction pointer. Atom encounters a significant architectural bottleneck when the return address pushed onto the stack by a call instruction is quickly read off the stack in the next 4-5 cycles. A read in that window will result in a reissue on the load which causes a 9-10 cycles cost in performance. The most common case where this situation will be encountered occurs when a return is encountered soon after the call instruction is executed. Functions with short dynamic paths of execution will hit this scenario often. Another common situation will result from position independent code (from fpic/FPIC options) where a call/ret pair is executed in order to grab the instruction pointer. The function which grabs the instruction pointer will use the name __i686.get_pc_thunk.bx or something similar with the words "PC", "thunk" or "GOT" (Global Offset Table) in it.
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The latest on Prince Fielder, which may or may not be of continued interest to the Cubs.
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Johnson would presumably resume his 4th/5th outfielder duties.
The new CBA, as expected, is a problem. The Cubs picked up another scout from the Red Sox, and may grab another former executive, as well. Tom Ricketts is interviewed, and the Yankees may be changing their stripes.
The Cubs are looking primarily at Reds' pitcher Travis Wood.
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Shockers complete sweep of Southern Illinois
Wichita State's baseball team has entered an alternate universe from the one it was floating aimlessly through eight days ago.
Starting with a blowout victory last weekend at Evansville, which snapped an eight-game losing streak and put to rest a string of 43 at-bats without a hit with runners in scoring position, the Shockers are suddenly hitting in the clutch and in every other situation.
WSU notched 14 hits in six innings in an 11-1, seven-inning run-rule victory over Southern Illinois on Sunday at Eck Stadium. WSU earned its first sweep since opening weekend as Daniel Kihle sparked the offense with three hits from the leadoff spot, including a double and a home run.
The Shockers (21-18, 6-6) had seven hits with runners in scoring position on their way to scoring double-digit runs for the third time in the last five games. In that stretch, WSU is 5-0 and has outscored opponents 44-12. The last four games have been played in Wichita after the Shockers spent two weeks on the road.
"I've never really seen an 0 for 43 like we went through," WSU coach Todd Butler said. "I've seen some bad weekends. It's like a virus, you have to let it run its course. We tried not to talk too much about it, but you have to address it, then you're just trying to get it out of your head.
"I think coming back home and being in Wichita, that kind of gave them some comfort and they played very well this weekend."
Kihle, who recently returned from a broken bone in his hand, took the team batting average lead from Casey Gillaspie, who also had three hits, by reaching a qualifying number of at-bats. The sophomore from Andale is batting .405, four points better than Gillaspie.
Sunday, the Shockers fed off both players and the one in between them at the top of the batting order, No. 2 hitter Dayne Parker, who had a pair of singles and an RBI.
The eight hits by those three didn't create a lopsided lineup, though, because eight of WSU's nine starters had at least one hit and only Micah Green, who contributed an RBI double and a walk, didn't score a run.
WSU didn't rely solely on hitting with runners in scoring position – there were doubles with runners on first base and Kihle's one-out solo homer in the fourth – nor did the Shockers bash their way to a second run-rule victory in two weekends.
Zair Koeiman legged out an infield single during a three-run third inning, sliding headfirst to beat the throw from shortstop. After the first of SIU's three relievers exited in the fifth following a single, double and triple, WSU welcomed Lee Weld with a hit batter, two singles and an RBI groundout to go ahead 11-1. Kihle and Gillaspie delivered hits with runners in scoring position.
"We struggled over the nine-game road stretch at getting those timely hits, now I think everyone is starting to get those," Kihle said. "I think everybody is just relaxing finally. We all know we can do it, and now we've proved it the last couple games. The weight is coming off our shoulders and we're able to just swing – not really think, just swing the bat."
The Shockers removed doubt with a five-run fifth after starting pitcher Sam Tewes created some with a shaky bottom of the fourth.
Tewes allowed an unearned run in the first then pitched around either a hit or a walk – or both – in the following three innings. His start became particularly perilous in the fourth, when he issued a one-out walk before allowing a hit and another walk with two outs to load the bases.
Following a stretch in which Tewes had thrown eight of 21 pitches for strikes, SIU leadoff hitter Dyllin Mucha swung at the first pitch and popped lazily to third baseman Chase Simpson. Tewes faced the minimum over the next two innings without issuing a walk, heeding the advice of Butler and pitching coach Brent Kemnitz.
"We were on him a little bit, coach Kemnitz and myself – get ahead, get ahead," Butler said. "But he competes, he still competes. That's one of the things he still has to overcome right now, is throwing one of the first two pitches for a strike, and I have total confidence in him. He didn't do that today, but he still gave us a chance to win."
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