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5 Associate Degree Grads Who Can Out-Earn 4-Year Students
The average median salary for young workers with a bachelor degree is $45,000, as reported by 2009 data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).[i]
Depending on where you live and how much money you're planning to pay for college tuition, that figure might sound pretty good. Still, not everyone wants to spend 4 years in college – at least not right away. If you're one of those people, you'll be glad to learn that some associate degrees may qualify graduates for jobs with potentially higher than average salaries.
According to the Florida Department of Education, career-track associate degrees and postsecondary certificates are helping recent grads earn up to $11,000 more, each year, than bachelor degree grads from the state's public universities.[ii] Similarly, Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce released a 2011 presentation, The College Payoff, which noted that 28 percent of workers with associate degrees can earn more than the median earnings of those with bachelor degrees.[iii] That's more than 1 out of every 4 students.
Earning more money, by investing half as much time in school, is certainly an attractive prospect, but it doesn't hold true with every field of study. If you're interested in an associate degree, the following job titles may be smart options.
It's tough to pin down exactly what a webmaster's job description is, since the role can vary so much from one organization to the next. Some webmasters are directly involved in a website's creation and evolution; others are more like managers, who coordinate the work done by designers, content writers, architects, and technicians, while overseeing the site's speed, traffic, and user feedback. The open-ended nature of the role means there's some flexibility in terms of who's suited for the job, and what they should study. Many webmasters earn a webmaster certification or an associate degree in Web administration. According to BLS, network systems and data communication analysts (job categories that encompass webmasters and Web developers) earn an average salary of $69,160.[iv]
Radiologic Technologists
Radiologic technologists are the professionals who perform CT scans, MRI exams, x-rays, and mammograms. By completing a certificate or an associate degree program that's accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology, RT students are poised to enter a growing field with plenty of advancement potential. In 2010, the average radiologic technologist earned more than $54,000 per year.[v] That's not a bad return, considering "an associate's degree is the most common educational path for radiologic technologists," according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).[vi]
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Occupational therapy assistants (OTAs) share many of the same goals with teachers or social workers. They help people to live, learn, work, and play – despite the challenges sometimes associated with illness, accidents, or impairments. But instead of studying 4 years or more before qualifying for licensure, OTAs can start working and helping people after just 2 years in an accredited*, associate of science or associate of applied science degree program. BLS reports the median salary for occupational therapy assistants was over $47,490 in 2010.[vii] Job opportunities are expected to grow, as rising healthcare costs prompt facilities to delegate more long-term, follow-up assignments to OTAs rather than to prescribing OTs.
*OTA degree programs should be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE).
Engineering Technicians
If you're skilled with moving parts, or you like to build things, you might have the makings of an engineering professional. Unfortunately, full-fledged engineers need to complete at least 4 years of college, which isn't always enjoyable for tactile, hands-on learners. Engineering technicians, by contrast, can specialize in many of the same disciplines – like civil engineering, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering – and seek employment after just 2 years of study* along with some relevant field experience. Construction engineering technology students, for example, can be hired as cost estimators (with a BLS-reported, median salary of over $56,000)[viii] or as building inspectors (with a median salary over $50,000)[ix]. "Most employers prefer to hire someone with an associate's degree or other postsecondary training in a field such as mechanical design technology," advises the BLS.[x]
*Associate degrees in engineering technology should be accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). You should also bear in mind: if you study engineering technology versus pre-engineering, you may have a more difficult time transferring credits into a bachelor degree engineering program, should you eventually choose to do so.
In the past, firefighters were hired out of high school, and only received on-the-job training. Today, as noted by an October 2011 article from Inside Higher Ed, more colleges are developing fire safety degrees at the associate level.[xi] Many current firefighters still lack postsecondary credentials. So among the entire industry, the average firefighter's salary sits just above $44,000 (per BLS)[xii]. But as the Inside Higher Ed piece notes, many firefighters earn "substantial pay bumps" and "promotion points" for completing college programs – like associate of applied science degrees in fire protection technology. AAS and AS degrees are also good primers for baccalaureate study, which is required by the National Fire Academy for executive officer certification.
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, paralegal roles are expected to grow by 18 percent between now and 2020.[xiii] An online associate degree in paralegal studies or an online paralegal certificate—with options available from big-name schools like Boston University and Post University—may help you gain entry into this exciting job sector. Some paralegal students enjoy concentration options in areas like intellectual property law or trade and finance law. If you're drawn to courtroom drama, you might like to work in litigation support – helping lawyers prepare witnesses, collect evidence, and organize files related to civil or criminal cases. Some paralegals even work as legal researchers, helping to extract evidence from computer hard drives. In 2010, the median pay for paralegals and legal assistants was over $46,000.[xiv]
Keep in mind, the figures presented here are averages. Some regions of the country may trend up or down, in terms of local wages. And no degree is a guaranteed ticket to a specific salary. Even with one of the associate degrees noted above, graduates may still need to acquire professional licensure, or build up their industry experience, before expecting to earn national norms.
[i] http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=77
[ii] http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/colleges/article1143350.ece
[iii] http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/collegepayoff-complete.pdf
[iv] http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/network-and-computer-systems-administrators.htm
[v] http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/radiologic-technologists.htm#tab-1
[vi] http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/radiologic-technologists.htm#tab-4
[vii] http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/occupational-therapy-assistants-and-aides.htm
[viii] http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos006.htm
[ix] http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos004.htm
[x] http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/mechanical-engineering-technicians.htm
[xi] http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/10/27/college-degrees-increasingly-help-firefighters-get-ahead
[xii] http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos329.htm
[xiii] http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Legal/Paralegals-and-legal-assistants.htm
[xiv] http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Legal/Paralegals-and-legal-assistants.htm


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Lutherville couple Steve Bauer and Marianne Wittlesberger are best known by their performing act The Jokesters. But yesterday they opted for a different troupe name, as they performed their signature mime routine on Capitol Hill.
, along with several other performers, donned Adidas track suits under the name the "Google Track Team." Dozens of press photographers snapped away as group followed, or rather "tracked," high-ranking Google executives. (See video, right.)
The purpose?
To "dramatize" Google's power when it comes to identifying consumers online. Google executives were asked to testify yesterday before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on its business and privacy practices.
The "Google Track Team" was a theme sponsored by Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization.
Calls to Bauer and Wittlesberger were not immediately returned.

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Kristin Beck is contemplating a bid to become the first transsexual to sit in Congress. Queue the freakout from the Republicans. Beck has stated that she is planning a run for the 14th Congressional Seat in Florida. This could be the one currently held by Democrat Kathy Castor. It covers Beck's hometown of Tampa.
Beck is a former Navy SEAL who came out as trans in her book "Warrior Princess". She is planning to run as a Democrat, but not until 2015. So, she would be running for Congress in 2016.
Beck is currently writing her second memoir with her friend Wendy Kelly. This second memoir covers more of her life than "Warrior Princess", which covered her life as an in-the-closet trans woman while she was with the SEALS.
Currently, she is set to begin a series of speaking engagements on behalf of the US State Department and networking with other LGBT activists. She stated that "It's like I'm on a new mission. A lot people are listening about this because I was a Navy SEAL then maybe weren't before."
Do not expect Beck to appear on FOX News anytime soon given their tendency to eschew having actual experts on transsexuality and actual transsexuals on the network.
In the last three decades, there have been a handful of openly lesbian and gay members of Congress. In the House, there are currently five openly gay men and one openly bisexual woman serving. In the Senate, Tammy Baldwin (WI) is the lone LGBT American to serve.
David Cicilline (RI), Sean Patrick Maloney (NY), Mark Pocan (WI), Jared Polis (CO) and Mark Takano (CA) are all openly gay. Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) was the first openly bisexual person to be elected to Congress. All of them are Democrats.


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An Evaluation of the Implementation and Perceived Utility of the Airman Resilience Training Program
Airman Resilience Training (ART) is a psychoeducational program designed to improve reactions to stress during and after deployment and to increase the use of needed mental health services. Its effectiveness is examined as part of an effort to evaluate programs that support psychological health and care for traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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John Boyne is author of the adult novel Crippen as well as the New York Times and internationally bestselling children's novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. He has taught creative writing at the Irish Writers' Centre and at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. In 2005, Crippen was nominated for the Sunday Independent Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year Award. Boyne has also been awarded the Curtis Brown Prize, shortlisted for a Hennessy Literary Award, and shortlisted for the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize and Italy's Paolo Ungari Literary Award for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Boyne's work has been translated into twenty-one languages. He lives with his partner in Dublin.
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Police said that on the heels of the blizzard, a Monroe woman made an emergency call for a dog bite that could be infected, so a town public works crew plowed roads to get EMS and police to her house. .
A Brookfield resident used his plow to push a car up Federal Road early Sunday morning after the blizzard while under the influence of marijuana, said police who arrested him.
A car left in the snow in Bridgeport was stolen and led Trumbull police to arrest a Bridgeport man on a larceny charge, police said.
Stamford neighbors arguing over where shoveled snow should be discarded called police in to mediate the argument after heated tempers caused one man to begin striking the other about the head with a snow shovel, police said. Since no injuries were reported, the suspect faces a disorderly conduct charge instead of assault.
Westport police arrested a Weston woman on a charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol after she failed a field sobriety test and was unable to take a breath test because she couldn'tt follow instructions, police said.
A Stamford man for bit off part of his cousin's ear after the cousin asked him to turn down loud music so he could rest up for work, said police, who arrested him.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday extended its Ukraine-related sanctions to target top Russian intelligence officials and leaders of the pro-Russia revolt in eastern Ukraine, official documents showed.
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Oct. 28, 1942 - Nov. 24, 2013
CLINTON — Ronald T. Voss, age 71, of Clinton, died Sunday Nov. 24, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center South. There will be no visitation or services, cremation rites will be accorded. A private family burial will take place at Fenton Township Cemetery in Fenton, IL at a later date. The Pape Funeral Home is assisting the family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Clinton Humane Society or a Cancer Fund of your choice. Online condolences may be left at www.papefh.com.
Ronald was born on Oct. 28, 1942 in Morrison, IL, the son of Titus and Lorrine (Wolfe) Voss. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam Conflict. He married Patricia Tayek on Sept. 5, 1970 in Camanche. He worked as a supervisor for International Paper, retiring in 2001. Ron earned his private pilot's license thru the Clinton Airport, member of the Fulton Country Club, riding motorcycles, and his cat, April.
Ronald is survived by his wife, Patricia of Clinton; a stepson, Michael (Sandra) Logan of Clinton; a granddaughter, Elyse Logan; two brothers, Dennis Voss of Clinton and Roger (Bernadette) Voss of Davenport; and a sister, Mary Ann (Roger) Jansen of Corpus Christi, TX. He was preceded in death by his parents his parents-in-laws.
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Postecoglou out to make Victory winners
By Guy Hand, 28 Apr 2012
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There was remarkable symmetry in Ange Postecoglou sitting at AAMI Park, talking of resurrecting Melbourne Victory from decline.
Eighteen months earlier, the Melbourne venue was where his Brisbane Roar were given the harsh reality check they needed to become an Australian sporting juggernaut.
On September 12, 2010, at AAMI Park, Postecoglou's Roar drew their footballing line in the sand after a 3-0 defeat by Melbourne Victory.
Beyond it, they were to break records, make and win finals, dominate the A-League like no other team, and re-establish two-time NSL championship-winner Postecoglou as Australia's most sought-after coach.
That day Postecoglou's Brisbane dominated the first half, failed to capitalise, and were torn apart by Ernie Merrick's Victory in the second.
For both clubs, it was a turning point.
The Victory – the self-proclaimed biggest club in Australia – never really hit those heights again in an up-and-down season.
They did reach the finals, then unravelled completely on and off the park.
The Roar, coquettish and pretty in patches under Postecoglou's command, were about to become the A-League's glamazons.
After that defeat, the Roar would not lose another game for their next 36.
They would set a record unbeaten streak for any top-flight Australian football code, win back-to-back grand finals, and earn superlatives no other club team in Australian soccer has received.
Yet as a second Roar grand final win loomed, Postecoglou was edging towards the exit door, and towards the Melbourne Victory job he took over on Thursday.
The Postecoglou to Victory moves started in mid-March.
The Victory flirted with signing Postecoglou the previous season once they'd sacked Merrick, but had given up hope of luring the ex-South Melbourne star back to his hometown.
Their man was Northern Irishman Jim Magilton.
Brought in on a short-term deal until the end of the season, former Southampton and Ipswich player Magilton managed only two wins in 12 matches, yet had the Victory's command in his thrall.
Magilton thought he was on a promise.
He was making plans. He spoke as if he was going to be in charge next season.
When questioned if he had the fulltime Victory job, Magilton seemed almost surprised it was being discussed. To him, there was clearly no doubt about it.
In early March, club chairman Anthony Di Pietro, key Victory officials and Magilton appeared at a fans' forum together, spoke of their plans for the future and were on the same page.
Two weeks later things had changed.
"We'd become aware that Ange was looking for a new challenge, and the possibility of that challenge being in Melbourne was an attraction to both parties," Di Pietro said.
"It was quite sensitive and difficult at the time. From our perspective it was leaving Ange alone to do what he needed to do at Brisbane.
"We dealt with Ange's management.
"Once both parties agreed and when Ange was interested in the challenge, we took that up with Ange's management."
First indications Magilton was on the outer at the Victory came in late March.
Magilton met with a lawyer at the Brighton Hotel, in Melbourne's bayside.
A few days later, on April 1, a statement was released by the Victory saying Magilton was heading back to Britain after refusing to be part of a shortlist to interview for the job.
By that night, wild media speculation had former Chelsea great Gianfranco Zola linked to the job.
But all along, Postecoglou was being pursued. Effectively, it was a shortlist of one. The job was his if he wanted it.
Two things were pivotal in making it all happen.
One, the Victory had not committed to Magilton in writing. His short-term deal ran until the end of the season.
A board which had got so many things wrong in its tenure had got this one spot-on. The goalposts had moved heavily in their favour.
Secondly, Postecoglou had not signed a contract with the Roar the previous season.
The three-year deal agreed was in principle only, and had been made with Football Federation Australia as they attempted to offload the club – eventually to Indonesia's Bakrie Group.
"At the end of last year the club changed ownership and the FFA took over and I came to an agreement in principle to extend my time at the Brisbane Roar for another three years," Postecoglou said.
"But I didn't sign a contract at the time, mainly because the club didn't have owners at the time and I wanted to be sure that the new owners fitted in with my philosophy.
"When the Bakrie Group came in we had discussions with them about formalising the arrangement and that was progressing quite well. But ultimately I decided towards the end of the year, the time for a new challenge had come."
With Magilton there was always a question mark whether he could rebuild the Victory.
With Postecoglou, he's proved he has the answers. To the questions, to the critics, to how to fix the Victory.
He says he doesn't want a carbon copy of the Roar. He wants the Victory to be the next big thing.
"I want to create something new, exciting, something hopefully better.
"You don't want to be doing what's trendy now, you want to pick the next one. You want to be playing the kind of football that's successful next year and beyond.
"That's my challenge as a coach."© AAP 2014
The Crowd Says (49) | Page 1 of Comments
April 28th 2012 @ 8:11am
JoeyjojoShabalooYeahhhBoyyyy said | April 28th 2012 @ 8:11am | Report comment
Glad Magilton is gone.
April 28th 2012 @ 8:32am
pete4 said | April 28th 2012 @ 8:32am | Report comment
Postecoglou will bring MV structure and new purpose to the club. Will definately be interesting to see what he can do with their current squad…
May 1st 2012 @ 9:28am
phutbol said | May 1st 2012 @ 9:28am | Report comment
Brebner and Carlos were mentioned last night in Ange's TWG interview as being uncontracted. Allsopp and Archie specifically mentioned as being contracted and not going anywhere. If Kemp is out of contract I'd be surprised if he is retained.
Kewell is wanted by Ange subject to 'commercial' arrangements between H and MV.
so looks like up to 8 new faces potentially.
Hopefully 9 if they get rid of Muscat as well
April 28th 2012 @ 10:01am
jbinnie said | April 28th 2012 @ 10:01am | Report comment
Guy – In your attempted comparison of the two situations that Ange finds himself 18 months apart you have omitted to mention one very important factor, that being the management structures at both clubs when Ange started his road to fame & fortune.
Two years ago the Roar management structure was a desert, the club was next to broke,the identity who had started the club & ran it as a "one man show" ,had disappeared out of the football scene, leaving a group who had to start to try & unravel the remains of the organisation. The FFA were watching closely & were soon forced to step in with advice & finance. The coach at the time had to leave for reasons that occurred outside the game. In other words the club was total shambles.
Enter Ange,a youngish coach who had been out of a job for a while & coming to this rudderless ship must have been a dream come true for any man with ideas & aspirations. He had obviously not wasted his time in his forced absence & very soon he began to make his mark both on and off the field,but can you start to imagine his joy at the fact that there was no one to stand in the way of his ,what many described, revolutionary ideas. The things he introduced were straight out of the "what's happening at the high levels of the game" curriculum & of course the results attained speak for themselves.
In the meantime the club had been procured by a new business group & like successful business men they would start to set up their own upper management structure, the first crack in the "heaven sent" arrangement enjoyed by Ange.
Now back to Victory.Ange has moved from one extreme to the other & the coming months are going to be very interesting as he attempts to work his magic in what one would have to assume is a tightly controlled management structure, given the size and potential of the HAL's largest,in all facets of business, franchise. So,no "desert' in which to operate, but a number of high profile ego's that will constantly have to be "massaged" into allowing him freedom to operate.One little statement made by the chairman rang a bell with me & that was when he said words to the effect that "AP would be charged with improving the playing side of the club". What happens if it is not only the playing side that needs to be improved???. The future will tell us of course,& for the sake of the HAL, I do hope Ange is successful. jb
April 30th 2012 @ 10:57am
JimmyMac said | April 30th 2012 @ 10:57am | Report comment
… and herein lies the filling of the enormous gap in what's being discussed in the media. nice work, jb.
April 28th 2012 @ 10:33am
Qantas supports Australian Football said | April 28th 2012 @ 10:33am | Report comment
Intriguing article Guy—asking a lot of questions what the squad will be like next season… Ange's preference has always been working with young mobile talent.. It seems to me he is being asked to stay with the big names and make them perform like young mobile talents.. Well if anyone can do it, it will be Ange.. His man management skills will have to be spot on this year, if he is going to get the best out of the incumbent squad.. One thing that wont change in his approach—getting a keeper who is comfortable on the ball and who can play out from the back with both feet. Whether Covic is his man or not who can do this remains to be seen..
April 28th 2012 @ 1:09pm
stu said | April 28th 2012 @ 1:09pm | Report comment
just returned from overseas and sadly missed the GF along with the AP departure from BR. Catching up on the comments made ny impression is that AP may not want to live up to the bigger picture he has painted for a successful team and club. my reaction seems more to AP happy with taking over a club with out pressure on him, gain success at a-league level and before the pressure really mounts, seek out another down and out club to start the cycle again. If AP was true to his stated beliefs he would carry through to the next level and build towards ACL success. happy to be corrected in this and understand some family pressures may apply but can't really understand why the outcome has not met the expectations.
April 28th 2012 @ 1:11pm
striker said | April 28th 2012 @ 1:11pm | Report comment
what i love about Ange is that he wanted to go to Mthe elbourne Victory because he knows that a strong Melbourne Victory is good for the A-League in terms of crowds and TV ratings, he has done so much to lift the credibility of this league.
April 28th 2012 @ 2:07pm
JoeyJoJoShabalooYeahhhBaby said | April 28th 2012 @ 2:07pm | Report comment
Or maybe Ange took the job so he could keep his family in Melbourne and earn a big fat pay cheque.
June 11th 2012 @ 10:53pm
james said | June 11th 2012 @ 10:53pm | Report comment
yea and he rejected them. haha.
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Over the past month we've talked about wedding styles for women and wedding styles for men. I didn't want to leave out my pregnant ladies!
Dressing for a wedding during the hottest months of the year while you're pregnant can be understandably difficult. But as the years go on, there are plenty more fantastic options for maternity style out there. Many stores are now offering maternity styles alongside the standard clothing.
If you look to the right, you'll see options for maternity looks at three different types of weddings.
First is the casual wedding — this especially works for an outside wedding. You'll want to be nice and cool and still look seasonally appropriate. This floral sleeveless dress is perfect for the occasion. Adding a statement necklace, coordinating clutch, and pretty flats complete the look. And since you'll be outside, consider taking a cute cardigan to throw over the dress if you get chilly.
The second look is for the more formal wedding. You can't go wrong in a little black dress — especially one with a lace detail on the sleeves. It's easy to wear and no matter the accessories you pair it with, it'll look classy. Consider using nude accessories — a necklace, kitten heel shoes, and pretty clutch. Black and nude is such a beautiful combination! Adding in extra gold details amps up the look.
Finally, a black tie wedding can be a bit more difficult, but still absolutely possible. This plum colored satin dress with its high waist band will accommodate your growing belly. And then? Pile on the diamonds (real or faux)!
A long diamond necklace is perfect with the plunging neckline, diamond stud earrings don't overpower the necklace, and a beautiful wide diamond bracelet adds flair to your wrist. Pair the diamonds with simple silver low heels (the lower size is perfect for dancing the night away) and you're ready to show off your glow to the wedding guests.
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The Rev. Marjorie S. Bevans
The Rev. Marjorie S. Bevans grew up on a farm in the Piedmont region of Virginia. After a brief career as a jockey and horse trainer, she received her B.A. in Philosophy from The University of Virginia, and while attending law school at George Mason University began to feel God's call into ministry in the church. After working as Director of Religious Education at St. John's, Georgetown, in Washington, D.C., she served as missioner to an Eskimo village on the Arctic Coast, helping to establish the northernmost Episcopal Church in the world, St. Alban's-in-the-Arctic in Point Lay. From there she was sponsored for ordination by the Diocese of Alaska and went to seminary at Nashotah House in Wisconsin, from which she received her M.Div. in 2000.
Marjorie has served parishes in Richmond, Petersburg, and Lawrenceville in Virginia.
Ginger Smith, Parish Administrator
Ginger has been a member of Good Shepherd for 47 years. She is a widow with two children, Ty and Brittany, who are both married. She has been our parish secretary for more than 18 years, taught Preschool Sunday School for 22 years, and serves on the Altar Guild. Ginger currently serves on the Board of Directors and is Secretary for the Community Service Council. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Wood County Habitat for Humanity.
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"If you want a leader who will listen when the layman calls
Who when he takes the stage it's understood that he'll be standing tall
When skies are gray
What can I say?
Who'll lead the way!
Yes, Barack O. is our rock, oh we'll be flocking just to shout our cheers
Never have a fear, the choice is clear- now give him four more years!"
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Controlling Insurance Costs
Keeping a sharp eye on your business can keep your premiums low.
By Denise L. Rondini, Executive Editor
Insurance premiums represent a significant cost to most dealerships. In fact, according to Zurich Services Corporation, the national average workers' compensation insurance cost is almost 3 percent of payroll. And workers' compensation is only one type of insurance coverage dealers must have.
However, there are steps dealers can take to try to control their workers' compensation risk, according to Jeff Kweder, president, InsureTruckDealers.com, a division of Shepherd Insurance.
"Dealers need to be proactive in terms of their hiring practices as it relates to pre-employment physicals and drug and alcohol testing," he says.
"Even committing to wellness initiatives at the company is a good idea because not only is it important from an overall health insurance perspective, but it drifts down to the workers' compensation dollars as well." And given that worker's compensation may be 50 percent of a dealer's overall insurance premium costs, anything a dealer can do to reduce claims helps.
"There is absolutely a cause and effect relationship with the experience model for workers' compensation," Kweder says. "The lower your frequency and severity of loss, the lower your premiums become. Conversely, the higher your frequency and severity of loss, the higher your premiums become."
Dealers who have not already done so, might want to think about adding a risk management coordinator or a safety training coordinator. "I have seen a lot more investment from dealers in safety concerns and safety models lately," he adds.
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However, workers' compensation is not the only risk dealerships have to contend with. Another big area of concern is garage liability insurance.
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Chis and Dan. Please make Atlarge Whey available soon. I recently bought some Brand X whey, and after having my palate spoiled by Nitrean and Opticen, my taste buds were insulted. It would be nice to have a less expensive yet tasty alternative when whey is the order of the day.
Also, have you guys thought about making an unflavored Nitrean so that you could throw it in lets say gatorade, and having it still taste like gatorade. That would be nice.
Last edited by DoUgL@S; 06-09-2005 at 05:15 PM. Reason: spelling.
Thank you very much!
One comment, there is no time that a whey-only product would be better for you than Nitrean or Opticen. I truly mean that. If I thought otherwise I would sell a whey-only product because I could do so and make a lot more money.
Law of dimishing returns? Also, I would really really like to see an atlarge whey product, but still offer nitrean as well.Originally Posted by chris mason
Yeah. Whey-only definitely wouldn't be as good as say Nitrean, but wouldn't it be a lot less cheaper? This coming from a high school student.
Age: 16
Weight:160 lbs.
Height: 5'7"
So this is it, my time to live.
I have come to realise that fact. But it is a cheaper alternative, and sometimes (like when $ is tight) we need an alternative that supports WBB.Originally Posted by chris mason
edit: unless of course you plan on having Nitrean specials often. :evillaugh
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I was just wondering the same thing Mr. Molina, when I came to look in here. I want to start ordering opticen, because I'm cutting and 52g of protein per 90g serving sounds like a good deal.
But $35.00 for a 23 serving supply? Don't most ppl take 2 scoops per day? That's 11.5 day's supply for too much $$ IMO. Chris, can you justify this?
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Can I justify it?
Well, first, I can tell you that supplement sales on the internet have permanently skewed people's ideas of what a good deal is.
What people don't realize is that what you are paying for products on the net is, in many cases, very close to a distributor's cost for the product. They can sell the products at these very low margins because they have very little cost associated with the sale other than the dead cost of the product.
Go to a local store and see what they are charging for a product comparable to ours in quality. You will see prices of $55+.
I don't think that the vast majority of you have ANY idea what AtLarge's actual cost is for the products we sell. Trust me, whatever you think it is MORE.
We make a profit, absolutely. We are a BUSINESS and need a profit to stay in business.
In addition, quality costs money. We don't sell crap and never will. We pay for top dollar ingredients in our products so that we can offer the best products on the market. We then have gone out of our way to price ourselves competitively even at the cost of making a relatively small margin.
If you want the best buy our products. If you don't feel you are worth the best then buy elsewhere. The choice is yours, we hope you make the right one.
I think you are confused, either that or perhaps your budget is really just extremely very tight. I am not sure. In case you are confused, let me break it down for you.Originally Posted by Nick Hatfield
Opticen is a 23 serving supply. Each serving is 3 scoops.
Personally I take one opticen per day at 11 am and and 2 x Nitrean servings per day post workout.
So thats $1.56 for the Opticen serving and $0.94 for the Nitrean servings.
So a total of $2.50 per day for a total of 100 grams of high quality protein. Not to mention the other macronutrients, vitamins and minerals that come with Opticen.
In our honest opinion thats a very good price for a high quality protein.
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35.00 for 23 servings just seemed high to me. When you put it into perspective like that, it does make more sense.
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The whey I take is $30.00 and for every 70 grams it has 54g of good Protein with vitamins and minerals. Sounds like you're getting a raw deal.Originally Posted by Nick Hatfield
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I get so tired of this crap.
First, the protein you are referring to only contains 70% protein by volume and that is crappy. Our product is 80% protein by volume (when you take out the carbs and small amount of fat---i.e. the protein matrix is 80% by volume).
Our product is an MRP (Meal Replacement Powder), not a protein-only supplement. It also contains carbs, a very small amount of fat, and various vitamins and minerals.
Next, our protein matrix contains whey, casein, and egg protein which is superior to any whey-only product.
Last, we use a superior quality protein source. We pay more for a better product, that is the way it works.
You can buy the best or you can shortchange yourself. The choice is yours.
Pretty much any MRP will be about $2 a serving. Think about it - a quality meal for under $2.Originally Posted by Nick Hatfield
Squats work better than supplements.
"You know, if I thought like that, I'd never put more than one plate on the bar for anything, I'd never use bands or chains, I'd never squat to parallel or below, and I'd never let out the slightest grunt when I lift. At some point in your lifting career (assuming you're planning on getting reasonably strong and big), you're going to have to accept that most people think you are some kind of freak." -Sensei
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Truthfully you can't beat this product, the only product that is as good as opticen in terms of quality ingredients and taste (not so much) is at least twice as much, $3-4/serving.Originally Posted by Nick Hatfield
My point was that IF I decided to buy whey, I'd like to buy it from Atlarge. I am sure that I am not the only one that feels that way.
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I know, it's such a hassle educating your customers.Originally Posted by chris mason
Originally Posted by PashaSarcasm aside, I think you missed the point and the tone of the post above yours. "I think you're getting a raw deal" clearly shows that Pasha does not understand what the going rate is of meal replacment products. Had he known he would then understand that Opticen is a great product for what it's priced at. Plus he was comparing a whey product to an MRP product which has a blend of proteins.I know, it's such a hassle educating your customers.
On top of this, Pasha went on to make a very stupid comment which only further shows that he is either trying to stir things up or is lacking brain cells.
I think Chris does an excellent job educating AtLarge customers. And, with all the bull**** these two guys have to cut through you have to understand that sometimes it can be quite tiresome.
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"I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
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You have to understand there is a difference between legitimate inquiries and questions meant to be projected in a negative light.Originally Posted by Nuts
In addition, as Maki stated, certain individuals might be prone to repeat the same comments which get tiresome to me. Again, I am NOT speaking of legitimate inquiries.
I imagine it just took me by surprise. Just don't let them get to you, sometimes it's difficult dealing with morons...I do it all day long. No hard feelings I hope.
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Winners are simply people who are willing to do what losers won't.
If you are hurt, go to the doctors. It really doesn't get any simpler than that people.
Their choclate flavor is uncomparable its like comparing a really good quality choclate that costs you10bucks for small peice, to a choclate you just buy at the supermarket the cost 25cent.
You know what - F*ck the price. I use Nitrean because it works. Some of the greatest strength gains I've made have been while I've been on this product. This coming from someone who has been doing this for nearly 20 years. I have dumpt a ton of garbage in my body over the years, so I know the difference. It is, flat out, the best quality protein on the market.
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PLUS!!!!! it taste good=)
Since I have switched to Nitrean from regular whey only products, I have found that a blend seems to work better for me at any time of day so I will not be going back to whey only. Also if you consider price, quality, taste & conveniece, I think Nitrean and Opticen can't be beat.
Hmm, I think I will get some of this next month.
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The Falcons signed head coach Mike Smith to a three-year contract extension on Thursday. Smith led the Falcons to an NFC-best 13-3 record in 2010.
In three seasons with the Falcons, Smith has yet to record a losing season, leading Atlanta to the playoffs twice with a combined record of 33-15. He was the 2008 AP Coach of the Year.
"When we hired Mike Smith in 2008, we believed we had found the total package: a head coach with strong leadership skills and experience and the track record to back it up, and a man of high character and integrity," Falcons owner & CEO Arthur Blank said in the team's release. "In his three seasons with us, Coach Smith has demonstrated all of these characteristics, and then some.
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Smith is one of the league's best and most underrated coaches, and Blank is giving him a well-deserved extension. Despite the team's struggles in the postseason, Smith gets credit for getting the Falcons to win consistently with a young QB in Matt Ryan. This past season marked the first time in franchise history the Falcons had three consecutive winning seasons.


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Shares in state-run oil marketing companies rallied on Friday as oil prices slid after a huge earthquake and tsunami swept Japan.
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The BSE Oil & Gas Index dropped 3.4 percent on Friday in a broader market that fell 2.7 percent to its lowest close in three months.
Reliance Industries led the Oil & Gas Index fall with a 3.7 percent drop.
According to CNBC TV18's business channel, the energy major has submitted a $2 billion expression of interest for private Canadian firm Value Creation Inc, which holds oil sands assets. Reliance fell to 981.30 rupees, its lowest close in three months.
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Washington state legislators wisely did not require that standardized test scores be attached to teacher evaluations. Therefore, Washington has become the first state in the country to lose its federal waiver from the many requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Because no state has been able to achieve 100 percent proficiency, nearly all of the states have already received a federal waiver from No Child Left Behing - on the condition that they implement policies that reduce teaching and learning to a test score.
One of the many impossible propositions of No Child Left Behind was that 100 percent of students at all schools in the United States would be fully proficient in reading and math, as registered by student test scores, by 2014. All these goals were to be achieved while the states have cut funding and staff resources that were needed to educate our children.
Does any institution or profession working with people achieve a 100 percent success rate? Do hospitals and doctors cure everyone? Does the criminal justice system and lawyers rehabilitate everyone? Do auto companies and workers produce vehicles 100 percent free of defects?
Our Washington schools are not failures! The real failure is on the part of federal and state politicians who refuse to direct more resource to the neediest schools. Politicians who continue to cut the school budgets for art, music, science and math while allowing more corporate tax loop holes.
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- Why carry out a risk assessment?
Why carry out a risk assessment?
For many small businesses the management of health and safety issues and keeping up with the multitude of regulations can seem like a daunting task.
For some, the answer is to ignore it and convince themselves that it does not apply to their business. For others, the answer is to pay a third party organisation to 'sort it out' and provide the required policies and documentation.
In truth neither option is the correct approach and both can be very costly to the business.
What are your legal responsibilities?
According to Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, all employers have a duty to ensure that – so far as is reasonably practicable – the health, safety and welfare of all employees is looked after.
The Act also requires that employers of five or more employees have a written statement of their health and safety policy and that this is, along with any revisions, communicated to the workforce.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 places further duties on employers to:
- Carry out assessments of risks to employees and other people, that are caused by their work activities
- Introduce effective arrangements for planning, organising, controlling and monitoring controls and precautions
- Appoint one or more competent person to help and advise on health and safety matters
- Provide employees with relevant and understandable information relating to the risks arising from their work activity and the controls/precautions to be followed.
Failure to comply with Health and Safety laws can result in heavy fines or imprisonment.
What is a risk assessment?
Many small businesses think that completing a risk assessment is a difficult and complicated process, and as a result is often misunderstood. For this reason many companies employ third party consultants to complete a series of assessments and prepare the required documentation and then they relegate the manual to a remote bookshelf.
Jukka Takala, Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) says: "This is not what we want. It is more important for a small company's management to apply their own rational thinking to the key health and safety issues within their workplace, and carry out a simple assessment than to engage a big consultancy firm."
A risk assessment is simply a careful examination of what, in your workplace, could cause harm to people and an evaluation of whether the controls and precautions you have in place are adequate.
The simple approach to risk assessment published by the HSE comprises 5 steps:
Step 1: Identify the hazards
Step 2: Decide who might be harmed and how
Step 3: Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions/controls
Step 4: Implement the controls and record your findings and actions
Step 5: Review your assessments regularly or when there is a significant change in the risk and update as necessary
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The law requires that a business should carry out and record risk assessments if it has more than 5 employees.
Businesses are encouraged to carry out the assessments themselves if they have the competency in-house, however it would be wise for a smaller business to take expert advice and support when doing so.
A company such as CRL Risk Adviser, for example, offers small businesses a wealth of health and safety information in an easy to understand format. For a low cost – just £47 including VAT in the first year – a business can also access a library of downloadable document templates and support directly from the CRL experts.
Services like these are an enormous help to the small business owner who doesn't have the time to filter the huge amount of information out there and work out what is relevant to his or her business.
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— One of Indiana's most important advocates for children will be the keynote speaker at the Indiana Youth Institute's Because Kids Count Conference Dec. 4-5.
Willis K. Bright Jr. will give the keynote address Dec. 5. Bright is the former director of youth program of Lilly Endowment Inc., where he worked to build opportunities for children. He will look at the current state of youth development and outline the prospects for youth-serving professionals in the future.
In addition to Bright's keynote address, highlights of the conference include:
- an opening session presented by Afterburner, Air Force fighter pilots who will share their techniques on flawless mission execution so attendees can better accomplish their objectives in helping Indiana children.
- the Leadership Institute option, focused on igniting innovation within organizations.
- an award-winning documentary on the difficulties of getting into college experienced by children who are the first in their families to pursue education after high school, and featuring a discussion session with the film's producers.
- dozens of workshops presented by state and national experts on topics such as working with children, fundraising, getting parents engaged in their children's lives, bullying, child development and nonprofit management.
- the Vectren Resource Center featuring 75 exhibitors.
The Because Kids Count Conference is intended for anyone who works with children including community leaders, youth ministers, educators, counselors and those who impact the well-being of Hoosier children.
The conference opens Dec. 4 with Afterburner. These Air Force fighter pilots will show attendees how to start with an objective, identify threats, find available resources, evaluate lessons learned, determine a course of action and plan for contingencies.
Several workshops about how to prevent and address bullying will be featured. Workshops on bullying during the two day event include "Breaking the Social Structure of Bullying in School" and "Frenemies, Queen Bees, and Girl Wars: Addressing Relational Aggression with Young Women." There will also be a discussion of teen suicide, one of the leading causes of death for young people.


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Aristotle was the great disciple of Plato, and it was he who took up the challenge of Plato at the end of Republic X to show that poetry was, 'not only pleasant but also useful, for man and society. Though Aristotle never refers directly to Plato, much of the Poetics is a covert reply to his great master. Aristotle takes up Plato's challenge and demonstrates the value and significance of poetry in moulding the character of the individual. The Poetics is a systematic exposition of the theory and practice of poetry, a well-reasoned rebuttal of Plato's charges against poetry. Aristotle takes up hints and suggestions from his great teacher, reinterprets them, and imparts new meaning and significance to Plato's concepts. No two individuals could differ more widely in their objectives and methods of work than do Plato and Aristotle; and out of this difference result their different attitudes toward poetry:
1. Plato set out to recognise human life; Aristotle to reorganize human life
2. Plato was a transcendentalist and had the temperament of an artist; Aristotle a scientist, a biologist, an experimentalist, who arrived at his principles through observation and analysis. This accounts for his passion for "categories", and classification.
3. Plato was an idealist. He believed that the phenomenal world is but an objectification of the ideal world. The ideal world is real; the phenomenal world is but a shadow of this ideal reality. It is, therefore, fleeting and unreal. Aristotle, on the other hand, believed in the reality of the world of the senses. The world is real, and it must form the basis of any scientific or systematic study. It is on the basis of the study and observation of particular realities that general principles can be induced. Thus Aristotle moves from the real to the ideal, from the particular to the general. His methods are inductive. In this respect, he stands at the opposite pole from Plato.
4. Plato's language is poetic and charming; that of Aristotle is dogmatic, telegraphic. It is the language of private, personal notes of an intelligent teacher rather than that of a finished product.
5. Aristotle makes full use of the terminology and doctrine of Plato, develops or confuse them, and on the basis provided by them develops theories of his own. Plato was a more original genius; Aristotle more comprehensive and systematic.
6. Plato was the first to use the word, 'imitation', in connection with poetry; Aristotle took the word from his master, but breathed a new life and soul into it. Plato considered imitation merely as mimicry or a servile copy of nature; but Aristotle interpreted it as a creative process. The poet while imitating reality transforms it into something new and much higher. He brought the emotions within the range of imitation.
7. Plato likened poetry to painting; Aristotle likened it to music. According to Plato, poetry imitates only surface appearances, as does a painter; according to Aristotle, poetry imitates not only the externals, but also internal emotions and experiences.
8. In Plato's view, poetry presents a copy of nature as it is; according to Aristotle, poetry may imitate men as they are, or better and worse, poetry is not concerned so much with what is, but with what ought to be. Poetry gives us an idealised version of reality. Thus the two differ widely in their views; on poetic truth. .
9. Plato condemned poetry on moral, intellectual and emotional grounds. Aristotle takes up the objections of Plato one by one, and justifies poetry morally, emotionally and intellectually. He is the first to use the term Katharais in connection with tragedy and this part of the Poetics is highly original and moving. We get no corresponding theory in Plato. The theory of Katharais enables Aristotle to demonstrate the healthy influence which poetry, in general, and tragedy, in particular, exercise over the emotions.
10. Plato had taken up the cudgels on behalf of philosophy, and his purpose was to show that philosophy is superior to poetry, and so philosophy must replace poetry in the school; Aristotle, on the other hand, takes up the cudgels on behalf of poetry and effectively brings out its superiority. In his view, poetry is to be preferred both to history and philosophy.
11. Plato, regarded the emotions as undesirable and so advocate their repression; Aristotle on the other hand stresses the need for emotional outlets. "Doubtlessly, Aristotle was saner in this than Plato with his phobea of emotion"—(Lucas). Emotions may be controlled and guided, but they must not be suppressed.
From whatever angle we consider Plato and Aristotle, master and pupil, stand poles apart. There were radical differences between these two minds, and, ''out of this difference came the most formidable assault on poetry, and the most effective defence of it, that has ever been known,"
Lascelles Abercrombie beautifully summarises the different points of view of the two as follows: The difference between the two may, very roughly, be indicated by referring to the studies in which they were specially interested. Aristotle's philosophy was coloured by his interest in biology, Plato's by his interest in mathematics. This means that Aristole's mind liked to proceed from things to ideas, Plato's from ideas to things. Aristotle had the scientific, Plato the metaphysical mind. The nature of Plato's objection to poetry is quite in accordance with the nature of his philosophy, just as Aristotle's answer to that objection accords with the nature of his philosophy, and with his antipathy to Plato's. "Aristotle never says that his theory is an answer to Plato; he never mentions Plato in the Poetics, and never even alludes to the Platonic objection to poetry. But his whole argument is exactly planned to invalidate Plato's argument at every point; and thus falls in with his openly expressed opposition to Plato elsewhere.'' The difference between the two minds is shown in the way they approach the very existence of poetry. It seems a paradox to Plato, who in his youth had done exquisite things in poetry, and in his maturity had such perfect command of literary art that he could present philosophy as an enchanting music of ideas, should have been the man to condemn poetry; whereas Aristotle, whose extent works can scarcely be called literature at all, should have directed the full force of his philosophy into the sanest and strongest justification that poetry has ever had.
Aristotle could never have stood beside Plato as a literary artist. But it was Plato, the philosopher, who condemned poetry; and the mere fact that he did so is typical of the way his philosophy regarded things. "Things being important only as the representatives of ideas, he was quite prepared to say that a thing which was unnecessary or, unworthy as a representative of ideas ought not to exist. Poetry was a thing oft his nature; Plato, therefore, proposed that it should be abolished. But it was with a biologist's respect for the existence of things that Aristotle looked on poetry; for him, ideas were only important as the interpretation of things." It never occurred to Aristotle to ask whether poetry ought or ought not to exist. It does exist: the questions his philosophy asks are: In what manner and to what result does it exist ? One might perhaps say, Aristotle would no more think of asking whether poetry ought to exist or not, than whether a species of animals ought to exist or not. At any rate, the conclusion he comes to is the exact opposite of Plato's opinion; it is, that the function of poetry can be supremely beneficient. It may very well be that he started with this opinion; and that to prove it against the great authority of Plato was his chief motive in composing the Poetics. He rejected, in all spheres of his philosophy, Plato's theory that the emotions are in themselves bad and in particular he rejected the view that, by rousing emotions, poetry produces a dangerous excess of these emotions in real life. "Aristotle's theory of 'Catharsis' in his answer to Plato on these points, and one of the main elements in his defence of poetry as having a proper and necessary place in human life, and, therefore, in the state."
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- Critical Synopsis of Sidney's "Defence of Poetry"
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LatinD and I want to make wallpapers a more regular post, so if you have an idea, post it and LatinD will feature it on the Wallpapers page linked on the left. It doesn't have to be explicitly Spurs related either. You can focus on PTR or something PTR related.
While mine isn't shiny and sharp as BlaseE's submission or as fiery as LatinD's... I hope this submission will find a temporary home on a few screens.
May I present to you, Vitruvian Manu:
Apologies for any distortion (shouldn't be much) Next time I will start at 1600 x 1200 and go down. I went the wrong direction.
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I expect Reinheart to translate it soon, and an official post soon after.
There is a Dev post on the JP side today about it.
I expect Reinheart to translate it soon, and an official post soon after.
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CORTEZ -- Karen Bell doesn't throw anything away in her office at A.P. Bell Fish Co., the hulking gray landmark on the southwest corner of the historic fishing village.
She has old mending needles and compasses and sounding equipment used by generations of commercial fishermen.
Bell also has gill net samples that her father, Walter, gave her 20 years ago when she was the office manager and spoke anywhere and everywhere trying to educate the public about the proposed gill net ban on the 1995 election ballot, which would ultimately pass and become law.
Almost 20 years later, two days after a Leon County circuit judge overturned that ban, Bell held the gill nets in her hand.
"I may need to pull them back out," the fish company co-owner said Thursday.
A talisman, perhaps?
Bell and other Cortezians are encouraged by the bold decision Judge Jackie Fulford -- an iconic Cortez family name, though no relation -- in favor of commercial mullet fishermen, who belong to the Wakulla Com
mercial Fisherman's Association.
That Attorney General Pam Bondi's office appealed on behalf of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission did not discourage Bell.
Nor did the FWC announcement it will continue to enforce the ban during the appeal process.
"Minimally, it has the issue back in people's minds," she said. "I think people are interested to see where it goes. They already are aware it was the wrong way to go, deciding politically how to manage our fisheries. Fisheries need to be managed continually, because they're always changing. But to ban something forever, something that makes not just the fish houses but the culture go away, something that was unique to Florida, that's wrong."
Cortez once had five fish houses, but now has just two -- A.P. Bell and Cortez Bait & Seafood. Small mom & pop fish houses all along Florida's southwest coast also went out of business.
"The feeling always was a grave injustice was done and one day it will be corrected," Bell said. "Maybe this is a step in that direction."
Larry Fulford sure hopes so.
"The judge is right," said the 62-year-old scion of the longtime Cortez fishing family. "Anything they do will help."
Yet he is cautious.
"They're not going to overturn it completely," he said. "It should be something grandfathered for fishermen who've been here two, three generations, fishing families up and down this coast for generations.
"But I doubt even that. When it comes right down to it, it's all about money and politics."
John Banyas, a Cortez fisherman all his life, echoed that.
"It'd be the way it should be, but we'll have to wait and see," said the 48-year-old owner of Cortez Bait & Seafood. "There's a viable resource out there that can be managed properly, but politics and money is what it boils down to."
That combination, he said, stacked the odds against Cortez and other fishing villages in the net ban battle.
"The state let us down, but they're always pushing Florida fresh seafood," Banyas said. "Everybody wants to eat it, but who's going to get it?"
Plum Taylor is keeping her fingers crossed this judge's ruling will give her descendents that opportunity.
"We need to have those nets for the younger generation," said the widow of Alcee Taylor, Cortez historian and keeper of the flame when it came to fighting the net ban. "It would be a good thing if we got the nets back. The economy and fishing industry would bubble."
This ruling and its potential for constituents has the attention of state Sen. Bill Galvano. The net ban took place before he took office in the state Legislature, but he knows its impact on them.
"I think it would be worthy to revisit the issue in light of the court's decision, and make sure the amendment and implementation of the rules that we're not both killing an industry and harming the environment in ways that were not intended," Galvano said. "Cortez Village is a rich part of our history in this region and the state. I will give them deference as we revisit these issues."
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