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Gas prices usually rise in the summer months, as American motorists hit the road and drive up demand. But this summer prices are falling, as burgeoning US oil production provides a buffer against summer demand and international turmoil – both of which typically mean higher gas prices.
Today's lithium-ion batteries may be too big for future electronics. A startup in California has developed paper-thin, flexible batteries that could be used in smart phones and other gadgets of the future.
Offshore wind farms can have some benefits for marine life, according to researchers. The wind turbines can serve as artificial reefs for barnacles, which attracts hungry fish and hungry seals.
A new poll shows 68 percent of Americans support offshore oil and gas drilling, but the issue is dividing Democrats in Congress. The Obama administration decided to allow seismic energy exploration off the Atlantic coast last week, suggesting offshore drilling may soon be a reality there.
The Ukraine crisis has sparked interest in natural gas production on a continent where many oppose new drilling. Hydraulic fracturing – or 'fracking' – might help Europeans wean off Russian supplies, but the technology remains publicly unpopular and plays a small role in Europe's vision of energy security.
The latest US and EU sanctions on Russia and Rosneft could hurt Russia and Rosneft financially. Meanwhile, the landmark Yukos ruling will cost the world's largest publicly traded oil company tens of billions of dollars.
New energy extraction methods are touted as an answer to high oil prices, Cobb writes, but they more closely resemble emergency measures designed to forestall an inevitable decline in the world's fossil fuel resources.
What would a world powered by solar energy alone look like? According to one study, it would need to be enough solar panels to fill an area about the size of West Virginia.
A new White House climate change report warns of the economic costs of delaying action on global warming. It comes as the EPA begins public hearings on controversial power plant regulations aimed at curbing climate change.
In a multiple exposure photo, Scott Morgan of Canada performs a vault during the men's gymnastics apparatus final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
A new poll shows 68 percent of Americans support offshore oil and gas drilling, but the issue is dividing Democrats in Congress. The Obama administration decided to allow seismic energy exploration off the Atlantic coast last week, suggesting offshore drilling may soon be a reality there.
The energy in biofuels can match the levels of crude oil, researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands have found. But there are some inherent limits on using biofuels at a commercial scale.
The Obama administration proposed new safety rules on oil trains Wednesday after a string of recent incidents brought new attention to a growing method of oil transportation. As pipeline construction lags behind domestic oil production, energy companies are turning to rail to get their product to market.
The National Hockey League released its first sustainability report Monday, responding to 'major environmental challenges' posed by climate change and water scarcity. The report analyzes professional hockey's current environmental impact, and lays out future sustainability goals.
Russia's government-owned oil company Rosneft says US sanctions imposed on Russia will only hurt the US and other Western investors. Rosneft says that the US sanctions are 'illegitimate and groundless.'
The downing of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner last week is further straining relations between Russia and the West over Ukraine. That could spell trouble for several major oil companies operating in Russia.
Gas prices in the US have fallen to the lowest level in 100 days, and drivers have strong US energy production to thank. Analysts say the domestic oil boom is softening the impact that turmoil in Iraq and Ukraine would otherwise have on prices at the pump.
To solve the problem of inequality, the mayor of Bogotá, Colombia turned to better buses and more bike lanes, Guevara-Stone writes. Can urban development done right develop a more egalitarian and sustainable city?
The nuclear industry is lining up heavy hitters from past administrations to convince Congress and the public that nuclear power represents a solution to climate change. But safety fears post-Fukushima, along with concerns about high building costs and the lack of permanent storage for spent fuel rods, remain big hurdles.
Americans across the country are weighing the benefits and downsides of increased domestic energy production, and the controversial new technologies that come with it. Increasingly, they're also debating who gets to decide when and where fracking happens, or if it takes place at all.


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BY BRIAN McGILLIVARY
John Judd wants to know how Traverse City sidetracked its train wye problem to his Garfield Township neighborhood — without public notice to adjoining property owners.
Judd and his mother live on Cass Road, next to a spot where Traverse City purchased land in 2011 through the Grand Traverse County Land Bank Authority. The city will gouge into hills and fill wetlands to replace an existing train wye inside the city limits.
A wye is a track section that allows a train to back up and turn around to head in the opposite direction from which it arrived. It resembles an upside down Y that sits on existing track.
"It just seems really odd that no one tells you anything about it," Judd said. "There's a lot of lowlands in there and I'm concerned about the environment and the impact on the wildlife."
Judd discovered the city's plans in a roundabout way, including a cryptic discussion with neighboring property owners. They planned to sell their land, but wouldn't discuss the buyer.
A few months later he checked public records to discover Grand Traverse County officials bought the agriculture-zoned 34 acres for $315,000. Garfield Township officials wouldn't answer Judd's questions and referred him to the city, who sent him to the county's land bank authority.
"It just seems we had to really push and dig and ask a lot of questions because no one was forthcoming with any information," Judd said.
Ben Bifoss, city manager, said public notice wasn't required to construct the wye because it's a transportation project and exempt from zoning.
Jean Derenzy is the county's deputy director planning and economic development. She believed she had no obligation to inform Judd or his neighbors of the project because it was a land purchase.
Judd spoke with most of his neighbors, many of whom were surprised to discover the city's plans.
Mary Meachum's family lives directly in the middle of the wye, and one arm of the railroad will come about 30 yards from the corner of her house. But Meachum isn't concerned.
"When I bought it this was supposed to be a lot of homes built around here, and I much prefer trains," Meachum said. "I love trains; I wish we got more."
Residents said they get about one to three trains a year on the tracks that run along Cass Road.
"Unless trains make a big comeback ... my feeling is nothing is going to happen," Meachum said.
City officials want the Michigan Department of Transportation to abandon the city wye in order to construct a new, north and south road on the west side of Boardman Lake that would be called Boardman Lake Avenue. MDOT requires the city to build a new wye, and accepted the Cass Road site.
But city officials agreed last year that they want to move the wye regardless of whether Boardman Lake Avenue is built, Bifoss said. Project funding will come from the county Brownfield Redevelopment Authority.
"We should do it within the next five years, but it's not pressing," Bifoss said.

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Matthew runs through his university experience to date, what life is like as an IET Power Academy scholar, his first placement with sponsor company Rolls-Royce and starting his year in industry.
In my introduction I gave you an insight into my love of all things engineering and how I ended up as an IET Power Academy scholar at Queens University Belfast (QUB). In my first diary entry for the IET, let me bring you up to date by giving you a run down of my university experience so far.
I loved my first year at Queen's; I really took to university life and was determined to enjoy it as best I could. I instantly took to the course and found that my existing electronics knowledge was a massive help as it meant I'd a good grasp of the basic theory.
The timetable is pretty intense, although a good portion of the timetable is laboratory work so it lets you exercise the theory knowledge gained (hopefully) in a practical environment. The course challenged me in so many ways - but I genuinely enjoyed it.
By the end of first year I had a good idea of what modules I enjoyed and was most interested in. One of the advantages of Queen's is that they give you some control over what modules you take in your second year. There are some modules that are compulsory, but you can choose from a number of others, which is great should a student not enjoy a particular module - providing it's not a compulsory one!
Here we go again! My second year felt like old hat - I'd been here before and I had an idea of what to expect and how things worked at university. Queen's like to push their students to be the best they can be, so the second year was certainly a step up from what was by no means an easy first year.
It followed a similar format to the first year with labs supporting the material taught in lectures. Our timetable was once again a busy one, but hopefully it'll be worth it in the end. I took the decision to apply to the IET Power Academy [new window] this year as I knew much more about the electrical engineering industry as a whole and what sort of work the companies in the Power Academy do.
One of the biggest attractions of the Power Academy scholarship was that successful scholars must complete a summer placement with their sponsorship company in each summer of their university degree. This was why I applied to the scheme - to gain experience in industry and hopefully apply the knowledge I have learnt in university to "real world" situations.
The process is a challenging one, from the initial application to assessment centres to interviews it was a busy time and I learnt a lot from the experience.
I'm currently writing this as a Power Academy scholar with Rolls-Royce, so I made it and I'm pleased to say that I passed all my exams so that's two of four years of study done.
As a Power Academy scholar I've just finished my first placement with Rolls-Royce Plc. The experience was invaluable!
I learnt a lot, not only as an individual, but as a professional. Suddenly going from university to working was a bit of a shock to the system but I quickly adjusted and soon found myself loving the working experience. Working in such a large and prestigious organisation brings its own pressure, but knowing that a project you work on as an intern is to be used in the future certainly increases this pressure - something off which I thrive!
I worked in the civil aerospace sector of the business, which was extremely enjoyable as it was a new learning experience from day one. It was a steep learning curve, but dare I say so myself, I feel that I've gained an impressive knowledge about that sector and the company as a whole.
The skills I gained through working on my project alongside other projects will benefit me hugely in the future and be an asset when I return to university next September. Yes that's right, next September!
As a sandwich student I'm required to do a year in industry, something which I've been looking forward to from the moment I started university.
I'm currently based in Limerick in the Republic of Ireland and at the time of writing am in the first month of my new job with Analog Devices as an applications engineer in precision analog to digital conversion.
I'm currently in the settling in stage - getting to know the names (often more difficult than remembering the faces) as well as the products, the software and also the hardware I'll be working with and on over the coming weeks.
From what I've learnt and done so far it'll be a busy time. I'm based here for the next nine months and will be working on a number of projects, which I'll be able to talk more about in my next diary entry.


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Because Wooden Shjips apparently just can't stop remixing other artists, they're following up their unexpected remix of LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls" with a remix of Mystery Jets' "Dreaming of Another World." Although both versions feature the same driving fuzzed out riff, WS submerge their version in an insanely long, fried guitar solo. It's like Mystery Jets wanted to make sure we knew what would happen if they took a bunch of drugs and got really dark for awhile. Both versions are good, it's just that one makes us feel like we're hanging out in Death Valley in a trailer with a really haggard dude who also happens to have a lot of wisdom. Guess which one!
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As a therapist I have seen a variety of inpatient hospitalizations, some voluntary and others involuntary. Colleagues have had individuals who were removed from their homes by the police and taken to the ER of a psychiatric hospital. The reality of this often shakes the core of family members, caretakers, and friends. If you are a therapist, I'm sure this reality affects you too.
Severe or untreated mental illness is extremely difficult and it often appears that everyone involved is the victim. Families suffer as a result of lacking support from the system, caretakers feel uninformed or alone, and friends often don't know what to say or do to help. In some cases, the hands of a therapist are also tied.
During this time, there are many questions that flow through the mind. As you sign thousands of forms and ask the questions that overwhelm your mind, you wonder if you are doing all the right things, signing the right forms, or asking the right questions. When its time to leave, you walk away, feeling unsure about the whole thing and wondering what the next step is. Many feel guilty about their loved one being hospitalized and others fear they will be hated.
It will be important to separate how angry your loved one may be with you from their severe need of treatment. Thankfully, there are things you can do to make the process of a hospitalization less of a nightmare. Below you will find a list of questions to ask that will aid you in the process of voluntary or involuntary hospitalization.
Before hospitalization
There are many questions families have before they decide to have a family member committed or encourage a family member to sign into a hospital. The first thing you want to consider is how to sustain the integrity and self-worth of your loved one during this process. One way to do this is to attempt to have a conversation about your concerns and symptoms you observe. You want to encourage your loved one to seek treatment themselves. If this fails, you then want to consider how to incorporate professional help without bringing the type of attention that would embarrass your loved one (ambulances, police, neighbors knowing, etc.). It is often best to avoid having the police transport your loved one to a psychiatric ER.
General questions to ask:
During hospitalization
Concerns for children and adolescents
After hospitalization and discharge
Continual Treatment
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We ended up in the Bonanza Inn because we couldn't find any other Room. To our suprise it was really clean, the Room was Quote Big and the location is perfect to explore Reno. The old Lady that gave us our room, was also very friendly and very helpful. I'd certainly go there again
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The SanDisk Sansa e280 is a sexy MP3 player! The e280 is a 8GB flash-based player with tons of extra features, a microSD slot, an impressively stylish design, PlaysForSure support, and a user-replaceable battery. The e200-series players are also a bit cheaper than their Apple counterparts. The Sansa's drawbacks have to do with the controls and playlisting features, and although it is technically capable of connecting to both Macs and PCs, the cross-platform experience isn't without its risks. The e280′s combination of features, style, performance, ease of use, and price make this the best non-Apple player out there. But the overall user experience isn't quite as smooth as that of its chief rival, the powerhouse iPod Nano.
The e280 is beefier than the iPod nano. The e280 manages to maintain a very hip sleekness. The back of the e280 is made of a military-grade metal alloy that's light, but extremely strong. The 1.8-inch, 220- by 176-pixel LCD takes up about half the front face, which is made of a clear-lacquered black polycarbonate that will pick up plenty of fingerprints, but not as many scratches as the Nano. In the lower left corner of the e280′s face, there's a power button that also takes you to the main menu screen when pressed briefly; this button could use a bit more tactile feedback. Other controls are sometimes difficult for larger fingers.
The headphone jack and hold switch are on the top of the e280, the proprietary dock connector is on the bottom, and there's a dedicated record button on the left side. On the right side, there's a microSD slot, which means you can expand the e280′s storage beyond its built-in memory! The slot also takes Sandisk's TrustedFlash Cards. Considering how inexpensive MicroSD cards are, this is an interesting solution. Although you can't copy files from the device to the card or vice versa, music on the card still shows up in a seamless list along with music already stored on the player itself.
The device ships with a protective sleeve that very, very similar to the one that ships with the iPod Nano. The e280 also comes with a USB cable, earbuds, a lanyard, the software CD, and documentation. There's no AC adapter, but the device charges via USB and will work with any USB to DC (5V) adapter plug.
The player takes close to 15 seconds to start up; it doesn't have the iPod's instant-on capability, though this means the Sansa's battery won't drain at all after you've turned it off. The main menu is clear and easy to navigate using the scroll wheel, which lights up a bright blue and gives you some tactile feedback. You can also use the play/pause and contextual menu buttons to move up and down in lists if you desire more precision. The menus are all circular, which means when you get to the bottom of a menu it automatically loops you back up to the top.
The e280 blows away the iPod nano in terms of features. The FM tuner is one of the strongest ones on the market, and supports lots of presets, as well as FM recording! The built-in voice recorder is clear, although some digital traffic pops up here and there in the recordings.
The e280′s built-in rechargeable battery is removable, and SanDisk says that spare batteries will come with screwdrivers and extra screws. The company rates the battery life at 20 hours for continuous audio playback with the included earbuds.
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Become a made man as you vie for power in a Chicago-like town during the
prohibition era. Gangsters is the strategy game where crime pays--and with
dividends! You can don the knuckle dusters and "persuade" the local
business owners to pay you for "protection" services. You can get your
hands even more dirty and navigate in the cutthroat world of politics. Or
simply go for the throat as you order your wiseguys to execute your enemies
in the streets and show the city who's "da boss". Gangsters gives you all
the power you need to get things done.
Played in a vast city filled with over 5,000 individual characters, Gangsters feature real-time action in a highly detailed isometric terrain. The game sports an easy-to use strategy planning interface, to authentically recreate the seedy, violent, and ruthless world of gangland mobsters. Remember, real power is never given, it's taken!
ATI/AMD compatibility notice: Gangsters: Organized Crime requires graphic card drivers version 13.4 or older.
Minimum system requirements: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7, 1.8 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM (1 GB recommended), 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended), 2GB HDD, Mouse, Keyboard.
Posted on 2012-09-13 07:41:29 bycw8:
When I first played it with my boxed copy back in 1999, I was pretty intimidated by the game's complexity, but I played on and was rewarded with a pretty deep strategy game in the unique mobster setting. You start off with your own HQ, some territory and some of your goons and via the weekly orders interface you plan your course of action: buying new territory, extorting businesses,read more recruiting new mobsters and even lawyers, ordering your men around to explore the city, defend your territory or engage the other gangs. Your hoods have skill levels and different stats attached to them, so you need to observe who you recruit to your gang and what jobs you assign them. You can setup illegal businesses behind legal "Fronts" which are a great source of money. See an enemy gang property, send your mob to bomb them skyhigh. Eventually, like any successful gang, you get rich and powerful, and then you start buying cars and vehicles for your thugs so they don't have to travel on foot, you buy new, better guns like the Tommy Gun for them so they can mow down enemy gangsters better and that's also when you bribe and employ corrupt police although the FBI will still be on your tail if you're not careful.
Apparently there are 3 ways to win the game (go straight, become the mayor or wipe the other gangs off), but I've only tried the one that's the most fun: wipe the enemy gangs off. I had a lengthy war of attrition with the gangs before I even got close to the enemy HQs, and I had to get rich, real rich, have a huge gang, equip all of them with great guns and vehicles and then storm the enemy HQ with most of my thugs. Casualities will still run high storming an enemy HQ so do be careful.
This game became one of my most memorable games ever because of its gameplay, allowing me to roleplay as the "Godfather" and general satisfaction of successfully becoming powerful and hence I can easily recommend this to anyone who loves strategy games and are patient enough to get past the steep learning curve at the start.
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I remember this game very well, hours upon hours played and I never got past the first mission. I read the manual countless times till I could get a grip on the gameplay and when I did there was a hidden gem there. A very difficult game and not for the faint of heart but was rewarding when a drive by was executed perfectly or a enemies distillery was blown up and those weren't easyread more feats. If you wanted a simple rts of the moblife look elsewhere, if you wanted a aneurysm this is for you.
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I loved this game back in the day. It is pretty hard if you take your time. You have to move quickly and get as many recruits collecting money and do as much work as soon as possible otherwise it runs away from you.
The interface is a bit clunky but it is a very good game. Very happy that I will be able to play it again.
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Larry D. Haisch, D.D.S.
Title: Associate Professor
Department of Adult Restorative Dentistry
Room: 2153
UNMC College of Dentistry
40th and Holdrege
Lincoln, NE 68583-0740
Telephone: (402) 472-1290
Fax: (402) 472-5290
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- Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska
- University of Nebraska, College of Arts and Sciences, Lincoln, Nebraska
- D.D.S., University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, Lincoln, Nebraska
Teaching Responsibilities:
- Co-Director, DENT 620, Student Scientific Program
- Instructor, ARD 555, Restorative Techniques (Lab)
- Course Director, ARD 618, 695/696, Clinical Operative Dentistry
- Course Director, ARD 616, Advanced Topics in Operative Dentistry
- Instructor, ARD 532, Operative Technology (lab)
- Chief Examiner and Organizer, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry Mock Boards (D4 Clinical Competency Examinations)
Recent Publications:
- Brackett, W.W., Ito, S., Tay, F.R., Haisch, L.D., Pashley, D.H. Microtensile Dentin Bond Strength of Self-Etching Resins: Effect of a Hydrophobic Layer. Oper Dent, 30(6):733-738, November/December, 2005.
- Brackett, M.G.,Brackett, W.W., Haisch, L.D.: Microleakage of Class V resin composites placed using self-etching resins: effect of prior enamel etching. Quintessence Int, 27:109-113, February, 2006.
- Brackett, M.G.,Ito, S., Nishitani, Y, Haisch, L.D, Pashley, D.H.: The Microtensile Bond Strength of Self-etching Adhesives to Ground Enamel. Oper Dent, 31(3):332-337, May/June, 2006.
- Brackett, W.W.,Tay, F.R.., Looney, S.W. Ito, S., Haisch, L.D, and Pashley, D.H.: Microtensile dentin and enamel bond strengths of recent self-etching resins. Oper Dent, 33(1):89-95, January/February, 2008
- Brackett, W.W.,Tay, F.R.., Looney, S.W., Ito, S., Haisch, L.D, Pashley, D.H.: The effect of subject age on microtensile bond strengths of a resin and a resin-modified glass ionomer adhesive to tooth structure. Oper Dent, 33(3):282-286, May/June2008
- Lynch CD, Blum IR, Frazier KB, Haisch LD, Wilson NHF. Repair or replacement of defective direct composite restorations: Contemporary teaching in US and Canadian dental schools. JADA, (143):157-163, 2012.
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The Wonderful world of Weeds, Bees and Butterflies
Logan Botanic Garden Thurs 24 July — Sun 31 Aug 2014
Logan Botanic Garden is hosting the Muddy Feet exhibition that explores the roles of weeds, bees and butterflies in science, art and wellbeing over the ages in Galloway and wider Scotland.
Garden Orienteering
Logan Botanic Garden Thurs 31 July 2014
Collect your free button compass and navigate your way round the garden, collecting the clues to solve the puzzles.
Family Fun at Logan!!
Logan Botanic Garden Sat 2 Aug 2014
Enjoy a day of fun and relaxation in the garden. Activities include croquet, draughts, mini golf and Jenga!
Jazz Night in the Walled Garden at Logan featuring Mike Daly and his band.
Logan Botanic Garden Sat 2 Aug 2014
Enjoy a relaxing evening of Jazz in the magical setting of the Walled Garden. Tickets £10, RBGE members £5, any 4 tickets £30.
Plants for Free
Logan Botanic Garden Thurs 7 Aug 2014
Join the garden's staff and learn the hidden secrets of plant propagation; take way your own pot of cuttings from Logan.
Guided Walk : Summer Sizzlers!!!
Logan Botanic Garden Tues 12 Aug 2014
Come along and enjoy a tour with a gardener and ask questions as you go around viewing the late summer floral displays. Some of the plants you will see on your tour include Watsonias, Galtonias, Dieramas and exotic Fuchsias.
Make a Bat Box
Logan Botanic Garden Thurs 14 Aug 2014
Come along and join members of the Dumfries and Galloway Bat Group who will help you to make your very own bat box to take away; as well as getting involved in other "batty" activities and learn more about these wonderful flying mammals.
Make a Sun Catcher
Logan Botanic Garden Thurs 21 Aug 2014
Come along and make a sun catcher using petals and leaves collected from the garden to hang in your window at home.
Logan Botanic Garden Plant Fair
Logan Botanic Garden Sun 31 Aug 2014
Logan hosts a plant fair of Dumfries and Galloway's finest Gardens and Nurseries. This is the ideal opportunity to purchase unusual plants that are rarely available to the public. Why not make a day of it and make a combined visit to the Garden and Plant Fair!
Guided Walk : A Tapestry of Colours
Logan Botanic Garden Tues 9 Sept 2014
Come along and enjoy an autumnal tour around the garden in the company of one of the gardeners and see the early autumnal joys on offer. Some of the plants that you will see include Agapanthus, Eucryphia and Fasicularia.


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First Two Siberian Husky Titles to be Recognized by AKC – CH Highlander's Go for Broke, SDX & Highlander's Morris Guidinov, SDX
by Brian & Anne Palmer
It is a great honor to be recognized by the American Kennel Club and the Siberian Husky Club of America as having working Siberian Huskies. We are thrilled that the Siberian Husky Club of America's recognized Sled Dog Titles are now being recorded by the AKC Performance Events Department.
Sled Dog Titles are reflective of the dog's capability of working in harness.
When working with the dogs, you come to cherish and appreciate their willingness to please and learn what they are capable of giving. The emotions you and the dogs develop together during a race is thrilling.
We participate in races and in dog show conformation. Some of the dogs that have made up our teams are as follows:
- CH Highlander's Go For Broke, SDX – 2007 SHCA National Specialty Best of Breed, 2009 AOM
- CH Highlander's Turn The Beat Around, SD – Best Sled Dog 2007 SHCA National Specialty
- CH Highlander's Yosemite Sam, SD – RWD 2005 SHCA National Specialty
- CH Highlander's Austin Powers, SD – 2005 & 2009 SHCA National Specialty AOM
- CH Highlander's Wildflower, SD – Winners Bitch and Best BBE 2005 SHCA National Specialty
- Highlander's Morris Gudinov, SDX
We enjoy all aspects of the Siberian Husky and are proud to be the owners of some fine dogs. We are excited as members of the Siberian Husky Club of Greater Detroit to be promoting the sport of purebred dog sled racing.
Brian & Anne Palmer


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July 29, 2014
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas troopers have increased patrols to watch for drunken drivers during a three-week holiday reporting period.
The Texas Department of Public Safety says the additional DWI patrols began Friday and run through Jan. 2. The period includes Christmas and New Year's Day.
DPS says the increased patrols are funded through a grant from the Texas Department of Transportation.
Texas troopers during the similar holiday enforcement effort last year made more than 1,200 DWI arrests. DPS also had more than 17,600 speeding citations and more than 2,000 seat belt/child safety seat citations.
DPS patrols during last year's holiday period also resulted in 258 fugitive arrests and 211 felony arrests.
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"The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it."
~Debbi Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies
The last College Alternatives post focused on the skilled trades, such as machinist, electrician, arborist, and others. Since college has been pushed as a primary option for most students, there has been a labor shortage in many of the trades, making them a good alternative or second skill to develop. Trades are not for everyone, though, so the final two college options I'll talk about are entrepreneurship and learning through apprenticeships or guilds. Even if your student eventually decides to attend college, he or she can benefit by having one or more of these experiences during high school.
One way that students can experiment with entrepreneurship is to start a micro business while still in high school. A microbusiness (or micro-business) is a very small business, started with minimal resources, and operating without business loans or major overhead. Microbusinesses are ideal for teens who want to save for college while gaining business skills. They also work very well for work-at-home moms or people who need to make money while caregiving for elderly family members. A microbusiness can also be a good way to try out a possible career, or to supplement income in a flagging economy.
Microbusiness possibilites are nearly endless. My own microbusiness career began when I was in elementary school– I used my little red wagon to peddle avocados around our neighborhood. I made an average of $100 a year, until I got too big to be seen in public with a red wagon. I graduated to making macramé bracelets with beaded names; then to doing–and ultimately teaching–calligraphy. Each of these microbusinesses brought in a decent amount of money for doing something fun and relatively low-key. I'm certain that the skills I learned from each venture were more valuable than almost anything I would have gained in a traditional minimum-wage job.
If you'd like to explore microbusiness with your teens, you will find the four-book Micro Business for Teens curriculum by Carol Topp to be a clear, concise guide. Carol is not only a homeschool mom; she's also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who has worked with many adult and teen entrepreneurs. If your teen works through the curriculum and successfully launches and runs a business, you can add credit for Entrepreneurship 101 to their high school transcript. Each book builds upon the previous one, developing the business skills necessary for success. The four titles are:
Starting a Microbusiness
Running a Microbusiness
Money and Taxes in a Microbusiness
Microbusiness for Teens Workbook
Although I'd like to report that formal apprenticeships are easy to find, a recent Wall Street Journal article, Apprenticeships Help Close the Skills Gap. So Why Are They in Decline?, suggests otherwise. Although classic apprenticeship programs allow employers to train for precisely the needed skill set for a position, they have traditionally been seen as more of a blue-collar option. In addition, many employers fear that an apprenticeship program may open the way for unionization (labor unions provide some of the best apprenticeship programs available).
However, an apprenticeship can be well worth pursuing. According to Brad Neese, director of Apprenticeship Carolina, a program of the South Carolina Technical College System, employers who do provide apprenticeship programs discover that "College degrees and internships don't produce the same quality of worker as intensive, on-the-job apprenticeships." Many homeschoolers have found informal apprenticeships through acquaintances and local contacts, as described in some of the articles linked below. One of the easiest ways to begin is to offer services on a volunteer basis. Sometimes this will work into a paying position; other times it simply provides experience.
Exploring Apprenticeships in the Teen Years by Becky Cooke and Diane Kummer originally appeared Homeschool Enrichment Magazine.
High School Apprenticeships at Home by Maggie Hogan provides a look at two different apprenticeship stories, with a few tips on finding your own. This originally appeared in The Old Schoolhouse Magazine.
Forging Ahead: Apprenticeships in the 21st Century is a good overview of apprenticeship history and options from HSLDA.
Registered Apprenticeship site from the U.S. Department of Labor provides a place where employers can offer apprenticeships, students can search for opportunities, and parents and potential partners can learn more.
Medieval Guilds from Thomas More College "Inspired by the original models, Thomas More College has established a series of guilds that enable students to gain practical skills and experience in areas such as woodworking, sacred art, homesteading and music."
Apprenticeships and Resumés by Kym Wright covers helpful information on how to present unique experiences on a resumé.
What Do Homeschoolers Do After Graduation? Here is an interesting look at what some Pennsylvania homeschoolers have done after college, along with some practical advice and comments from parents on things that worked well in their homeschooling.
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills, Inc. (NIMS} Competency Based Apprenticeship System offers the opportunity to become a NIMS Certified Machinist, Toolmaker, CNC Setup Programmer or a Certified Journey Worker at any NIMS occupation.
Arborist Training Programs links to some useful resources for tree climbers. You may find more by searching online for "arborist apprenticeship programs."
AFL-CIO apprenticeship information: I'm ambivalent about unions, but they do offer extensive, well-paid apprenticeship options.
Many small, local companies and organizations offer apprenticeship or internship opportunities. These can be well worth pursuing, as they can open doors to local career opportunities. Try searching online for opportunities in your area by entering "apprenticeship [city name]" or "internship [city name]." You may also add in the field in which you'd like to find on-the-job training–technology, farm work, plumbing, etc.. If your student can shadow a well-respected adult and learn by doing, it is likely to be an experience he won't forget.
Homegrown Programmers is an apprenticeship program offered by the homeschooling owners of Automation Excellence, a technology company.
The University of Virginia posts opportunities of various kinds; it would probably be worth checking colleges in your own area for the same type of posting.
Agriberry Farm offers a Young Worker Training Program in central Virginia.
Joel Salatin's Polyface Farm has a popular apprenticeship program for "Bright eyed, bushy-tailed, self-starter, eager-beaver, situationally aware, go-get-'em, teachable, positive, non-complaining, grateful, rejoicing, get'erdone, dependable, faithful, perseverant take-responsibility, clean-cut, all American boy-girl appearance characters. We are very, very, very discriminatory." Working with the bright and opinionated Salatin is bound to be a life-changing experience for any teen interested in permaculture.
Quivira Coalition lists agrarian ranch apprenticeships in the western United States.
Greenville Technical College is partnering with GE Power & Water to develop skilled machinists through the GE Gas Turbine Machinist Apprentice Program.
You will find that some states have more opportunities than others. To locate more these, copy and paste the following search terms into your search engine, adding your state name:
Well, you get the idea. If you're interested in creative, on-the-job learning, just start asking around locally or search online. You'll be delighted by all the options available!
After the last two posts on financial aid, there were a few private comments about how hard it can be for a student to qualify for some types of aid. Honestly, it is easier now than it has ever been. There are all sorts of programs, initiatives, and projects, all designed to get more people into college.
This is not necessarily a good thing. Not every student is called to a profession that requires college. Not every student is ready for college right out of high school. Not every student is able to benefit from higher education. College can be a wonderful learning experience for an engaged, motivated student, but for some, it's just an expensive party venue with a long-lasting bill.
If you have students who maintain they don't need college, don't want it, or don't understand the purpose and meaning of education, it is probably not the right time to go to college. It is better to wait until they are ready than to rush off right after high school and incur debt for an education they won't appreciate. They can go to work, start a business, work on the family farm, or do something else. If they eventually need college, it will be there.
The first college alternative is the skilled trades, including machinist, mechanic, builder, welder, electrician, pipe fitter, plumber, electronics or machine maintenance personnel. The traditional list could doubtless be expanded to include healthcare technologists and assistants, cabinet makers, arborists, midwives, and many others. My husband and I encouraged our sons to cultivate both a head skill and a hand skill, not just to have backup career options, but for wholeness of spirit. Although each has a bent toward one type of skill or another, having experience in both has been a personal and professional plus for each of them.
Although college has been increasingly pushed as an option for everyone, Matthew Crawford in Shop Class as Soulcraft writes of anecdotal evidence that suggests "one of the fastest-growing segments of the student body at community colleges is people who already have a four-year degree and return to get a marketable trade skill" (p. 12; emphasis mine). Subtitled "An Inquiry into the Value of Work," Shop Class as Soulcraft examines the purpose, meaning, and value of productive labor through the lens of Crawford's transition from think-tank PhD to motorcycle mechanic. He makes a compelling case for the trades, noting that he has "often found manual work more engaging intellectually" than wrestling with the abstract.
The trades experience chronic labor shortages, which are only getting worse as experienced workers retire. According to an article in Fortune, "companies that make tangible products are struggling to find candidates for about 237,000 job openings. To put that figure in perspective, it's 89,000 more than the entire U.S. economy created in September." Those openings need to be filled, and a 2013 article in Forbes analyzes where the greatest needs will be in the coming years. If you're willing to consider a career based on demand, the Forbes article offers solid statistics to consider.
Wages for the skilled trades have been compared to wages for middle managers, but figures vary, depending on experience and where you live. Forbes suggest that the "median wage . . . is $20.25 an hour, and even the bottom 10 percent earn $13.14 an hour." Training for the skilled trades can come through vocational training programs, trade schools, community colleges, or apprenticeships.
Although the skilled trades don't always earn the respect they should, they are an excellent option. There's even an extra bit of job security for some of the trades– when was the last time you heard of a plumbing job being outsourced to China?
Next, you may want to read College Alternatives, Part 2: Entrepreneurship, Apprenticeships, and Guilds.
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One of the best parts of speaking at many homeschool conferences across the country is getting acquainted with the issues that are top-of-the-mind for homeschoolers in different areas. This year, there seemed to be an interesting shift in focus. People were still stopping by to talk about Excellence in Literature, teaching writing, and creating transcripts, but there was also a new urgency of interest in things that could save or make money, such as getting a jump start on college or starting a microbusiness.
The past few years have been an economic challenge for most single-income families, but many have risen to the challenge and are doing constructive things to counteract decreased income. Over and over I heard inspiring stories of parents or teens who are moonlighting or running a microbusiness in their spare time. At the AFHE conference in Arizona, I enjoyed seeing an entire row of Young Entrepreneur exhibits, manned by remarkably professional-sounding young people who had not only learned how to create something useful, but also how to present themselves and market their product.
I believe that entrepreneurship should be part of every education. Creating a small business does more than just provide a bit of extra money– it provides learning opportunities that nothing else can. Here are five reasons it's important to learn the kind of attitudes, skills, and habits that characterize successful entrepreneurs.
Mindset: Andrew Pudewa coined the term freedomship, and although it's not found in any dictionary (yet), it encompasses some of the most compelling reasons for learning and teaching business skills. We live in a society that teaches passivity, rather than active exploration and initiative. Conformity, along with its Siamese twin mediocrity is one of the primary lessons taught by schools, government, the media, and the workplace.
For most people, it's not easy to be different. Homeschoolers have an advantage, though, as we've already chosen an alternative approach to education and bypassed the all-too-human compulsion to be like everyone else. It's already too late. Entrepreneurial training takes this a step farther by teaching students how to act with freedom, integrity, and purpose in their work life.
Flexibility and Preparedness: Our nation was built on a foundation of courage and independence, but modern influences continue to erode personal responsibility and initiative. Entrepreneurial education provides a way for anyone of any age or financial condition to be better prepared to independently generate personal income. Business transitions are a fact of life. Factories close or automate, corporations merge and shift focus. It's critical to be prepared to observe trends and be ready and able to move into another field or to supplement income with a microbusiness.
Basic business training helps workers understand coming changes and take appropriate action. For example, if you work for an automobile or furniture assembly line and begin to hear rumors that the factory will soon close, that's the time to start planning an exit. It's not only stressful, but also financially suicidal to wait until the formal announcement is made and all your co-workers are also looking for options. If you understand how to start and run a microbusiness, you can quickly begin moonlighting in a venture of your own, and have a head start when the axe falls.
Learning: Creating a business of any kind, a full-scale brick-and-mortar business or a tiny internet-based microbusiness, provides a lot more front line learning than any theory-based business class. Teens who choose run a business rather than flip burgers for the summer learn not only the service or product they are selling, but they also learn about business structures, bookkeeping, customer service, marketing, creative problem solving, real-world communication, and much more. Real bookkeeping for a small business is a lot more memorable than exercises from a consumer math textbook. Best of all, the skills and knowledge gained can be applied to many other parts of life.
High-School Transcript: A small business is a great addition to a high-school transcript. Whether a teen is bound for college, trade school, the military, or is planning to build his or her business into a full-time career, entrepreneurship demonstrates initiative, hard work, creativity, perseverance, and other valuable skills and character traits. It's likely that you'll be able to grant credit for many of the business functions (bookkeeping, salesmanship, web design basics, etc.) your student learns as her or she builds a business.
Fun: Finally, entrepreneurship is just plain fun. It empowers individuals– moms, dads, teens, pre-teens– to create something of value and share it with others in a profitable way. A young person who starts a microbusiness gains a lot more than spending money. He or she gains confidence, valuable experience, and a host of new skills that can be used for life.
"The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it."
~Debbi Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies
This classic essay by an unknown author has been around since I began homeschooling, and I often recommend it to parents of children who just don't fit the college-bound mold. As it becomes more and more common to try to shove every student into a college, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit this essay and think about the consequences of expecting every young person to walk the same path.
As much as I value the beauty found in literature, art, and music and enjoy studying it, I realize that the world would be a wee bit lopsided if everyone were just like me. We need machinists and mechanics, soldiers and sailors, builders and bricklayers as much as we need authors, artists, and scholars. Each plays a much-needed role in society, and we do a disservice to young people when we imply that only one type of gift is valuable.
No matter what society tries to convey, a worker who diligently and ethically practices a trade can earn an excellent living, and if they have an entrepreneurial bent, can also provide an excellent living for many others. Despite the fact that the wages of many white-collar workers hover at a level similar to the trades, I know that many parents look at the wage-earning potential of blue-collar jobs (something you can research in the Occupational Outlook Handbook), and fear that their child will be unable to support a family, especially on a single income, but honestly– it happens all the time. Many homeschool families are even able to create multiple streams of income that help to supplement the primary wage.
Consider also that in times of disaster such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the most immediate need is for people with practical skills– cleaning, digging, repairing, healing, building. The economists, philosophers, and academics will eventually be needed, but at first, it's all about practical ministry. There is honor and value in work well done, whether it's work done with mind, heart, or hands.
Finally, and very significantly, there is also joy and success when a student is allowed to work out his or her gifting. Just read the essay below, and absorb it. It's a vivid picture of a competent young man with strong, mature role models who is deeply interested in relevant things. He has mastered many of the skills he will need to use his gifts, and he's eager to learn more from people who share his interest and talent for practical knowledge. I think he'd join Winston Churchill in declaring, "I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught."
I'm not very good in school. This is my second year in the seventh grade, and I'm bigger than most of the other kids. The kids like me all right, even though I don't say much in class, and that sort of makes up for what goes on in school. I don't know why the teachers don't like me. They never have. It seems like they don't think you know anything unless you can name the book it comes out of.
I read a lot at home—things like Popular Mechanics and Sports Illustrated and the Sears catalog—but I don't just sit down and read them through like they make us do in school. I use them when I want to find something out, like a batting average or when Mom buys something secondhand and wants to know if she's getting a good price.
In school, though, we've got to learn whatever is in the book and I just can't memorize the stuff. Last year I stayed after school every night for two weeks trying to learn the names of the presidents. Some of them were easy, like Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln, but there must have been 30 altogether and I never did get them straight. I'm not too sorry, though, because the kids who learned the presidents had to turn right around and learn all the vice presidents.
I am taking the seventh grade over, but our teacher this year isn't interested in the names of the presidents. She has us trying to learn the names of all the great American inventors. I guess I just can't remember the names in history. Anyway, I've been trying to learn about trucks because my uncle owns three and he says I can drive one when I'm 16. I know the horsepower and gear ratios of 26 American trucks and want to operate a diesel. Those diesels are really something.
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." Albert Einstein
I started to tell my teacher about them in science class last week when the pump we were using to make a vacuum in a bell jar got hot, but she said she didn't see what a diesel engine has to do with our experiment on air pressure, so I just shut up. The kids seemed interested, though. I took four of them around to my uncle's garage after school and we watched his mechanic tear down a big diesel engine. He really knew his stuff.
I'm not very good in geography, either. They call it economic geography this year. We've been studying the imports and exports of Turkey all week, but I couldn't tell you what they are. Maybe the reason is that I missed school for a couple of days when my uncle took me downstate to pick up some livestock. He told me where we were headed and I had to figure out the best way to get there and back. He just drove and turned where I told him. It was over 500 miles round trip and I'm figuring now what his oil cost and the wear and tear on the truck—he calls it depreciation—so we'll know how much we made. When we got back I wrote up all the bills and sent letters to the farmers about what their pigs and cattle brought at the stockyard. My aunt said I only made 3 mistakes in 17 letters, all commas. I wish I could write school themes that way. The last one I had to write was on "What a daffodil thinks of spring," and I just couldn't get going.
I don't do very well in arithmetic, either. Seems I just can't keep my mind on the problems. We had one the other day like this: If a 57 foot telephone pole falls across a highway so that 17 and 3/4 feet extend from one side and 14 and 16/17 feet extend from the other, how wide is the highway? That seemed to me like an awfully silly way to get the size of a highway. I didn't even try to answer it because it didn't say whether the pole had fallen straight across or not. [Logic]
Even in shop class I don't get very good grades. All of us kids made a broom holder and a bookend this semester and mine were sloppy. I just couldn't get interested. Mom doesn't use a broom anymore withher new vacuum cleaner, and all of our books are in a bookcase with glass doors in the family room. Anyway, I wanted to make a tailgate for my uncle's trailer, but the shop teacher said that meant using metal and wood both, and I'd have to learn how to work with wood first. I didn't see why, but I kept quiet and made a tie tack even though my dad doesn't wear ties. I made the tailgate after school in my uncle's garage, and he said I saved him $20. [Relevance, meaningless rules]
Government class is hard for me, too. I've been staying after school trying to learn the Articles of Confederation for almost a week, because the teacher said we couldn't be a good citizen unless we did. I really tried because I want to be a good citizen. I did hate to stay after school, though, because a bunch of us guys from Southend have been cleaning up the old lot across from Taylor's Machine Shop to make a playground out of it for the little kids from the Methodist home. I made the jungle gym out of the old pipe, and the guys put me in charge of things. We raised enough money collecting scrap this month to build a wire fence clear around the lot.
Dad says I can quit school when I'm 16. I'm sort of anxious to because there are a lot of things I want to learn.
Remember, " . . . the body is not made up of one part but of many . . .
If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
As it is, there are many parts, but one body." (From I Corinthians 12)
I've posted a new article in the Home Business section of the Everyday Education website. It's Franchises: What They Are and What You Need to Know, and it's an overview of what you need to think about before you make a decision on whether franchising is right for you.
As most of you know, I am a big advocate of entrepreneurship, including microbusiness and home business. Teens who can start a microbusiness based on their interests can earn high school credits for what they learn, and they'll also learn valuable life and business lessons as well. (Transcripts Made Easy will tell you how to track what they do and properly assign credit for it.) Imagine going approaching colleges or businesses with several years of entrepreneurial experience on your transcript and resume. It can be pretty impressive!
I've been an entrepreneur since the days when I dragged my little red wagon through the neighborhood selling the avocados from our back yard tree. You might think that wouldn't be a very lucrative way to spend time, but during those years (I realize that I date myself when I tell you it was the late 1960′s), I averaged about $100 a year which I banked and used to pay for my wedding. I eventually outgrew the little red wagon, but it was fun while it lasted.
My next venture was in middle school when macrame' bracelets were all the rage. I custom made them with my client's name beaded in, and they sold like hotcakes for as long as that fad lasted. I profited from that venture because I knew it would come to an end, so I didn't stock letter beads ahead of time, but bought them on an as-needed basis.
In high school, I used calligraphy skills to letter certificates, invitations, and anything else that was wanted. This was the most profitable venture yet, and I worked as a calligrapher and taught calligraphy for many years, until I started earning more money through writing and editing.
The key to all these ventures was that my parents allowed me to make decisions at a time when the stakes were relatively low, so I learned from each experience without getting into financial trouble. If you want to make the most of your teenager's high school years, encourage them to consider a microbusiness!
I was honored to have last week's post on The Perfect Cure for Boredom featured in the first section of this week's huge and wonderful Carnival of Homeschooling. Be sure to check out all the posts (this may be the biggest Carnival ever)!
Don't forget about the Convention Season Specials! They end at the close of July 12, 2009, so be sure to get them.
If you plan to be at the Northern Virginia Home Education Conference (NoVA) on 7/10-11/09, please visit at me at Booth #203!
Is anyone else ready for spring? The daffodils are up, forsythia is glowing at the edges of the woods, and from my cozy spot by the woodstove, the bright sunlight offers the illusion of warmth. It's quickly dispelled by the damp chill when I open the windows, but the boisterous bird song renews faith that spring is on its way.With spring almost here, I thought we all might enjoy a lovely floral journey for the March 31, 2009 edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling. Our writers have submitted some excellent posts, so gather 'round and enjoy the Carnival!
We'll begin with a bit of late breaking news: Better parenting leads to more competent children hosted at "Why Homeschool" Henry Cate reports that studies confirm that loving and firm parents have more competent children. Really? Read more
I thought you might enjoy seeing my four-year plan for homeschooling through high school. It's included in Transcripts Made Easy: The Homeschooler's Guide to High School Paperwork, which is, of course, my favorite resource for keeping high school records;-).
This is an academically-oriented plan, with an emphasis on looking forward and preparing for life after high school. Even if your student isn't planning to go to college, it can't hurt to have the basics in place, just in case his or her plans change, as they did in our family.
One of our boys is in an HVAC apprenticeship, and didn't plan to go to college at all and wasn't so sure he needed all the academic stuff. However, after he graduated from high school, he started considering entrepreneurship for the future. He ended up earning a Business Management certificate, and is currently studying for his Associate's degree in Business. Having the academic basics in place made it easy for him to make a quick post-high-school decision to start taking classes, and having a solid transcript ready to go made the whole process easy for me.
• 6 courses, 1 unit of each core subject (English, Mathematics, History, Science, Foreign Language, Arts/Physical Education/Electives)
• Read for pleasure as much as possible.
• Learn Greek and Latin roots for vocabulary.
• Establish solid study habits.
• Practice note taking skills.
• Begin developing test-taking skills (PSAT skill book can be useful).
• Think about personal aptitudes and read up on career options.
• Same class balance as freshman year.
• Continue or develop extracurricular activities that fit interests.
• Schedule PSAT for the fall of junior year.
• Begin researching college, trade school, or apprenticeship options.
• Request info.
• Use test-prep books to get ready for the SAT or ACT.
• Take CLEPs whenever ready.
• Begin classes at a community college, if desired.
• Six classes*
• Take the PSAT in the fall (optional, but there are benefits, such as qualifying for the National Merit Scholarship).
• Focus on time-management & study skills.
• Narrow down college and/or career options.
• Spring: Take SAT/ACT and visit colleges or alternatives.
• May/June: Apply to two or more colleges, tech schools, or apprenticeship programs.
• Six classes*
• Scholarship search/essays/applications.
• Take SAT Subject Exams, AP, CLEP exams.
• Retake SAT I or ACT if desired.
• Continue good study habits and extracurricular activities.
*Hands-on learning, college classes, entrepreneurship, or apprenticeship activities can fulfil some of the class requirements, so don't feel that you have to have six traditional, text-book-based classes. Mix and match as needed!
Good planning and recordkeeping will help you and your student reach your goals (it's hard to reach what you haven't set, so goal-setting is a key part of the planning process). Take time to plan, then have monthly meetings with your student to determine whether you're on track to succeed. If you work as a team, homechooling through high school can be a tremendous blessing!
(If you're have difficulty getting your life organized enough to feel as though you're making progress, you may find Cindy Rushton's Organized Moms Super Set– a complete program for organizing every facet of your life. It includes audio resources, inspirational and instructional books, reproducible planning pages, and much more. It's comprehensive and encouraging enough to help the most organizationally-challenged mom do more in less time than she ever thought possible. What a blessing!)
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When I teach students how to write an essay, I often recommend that they look at the Opinion or Editorial pages of their local newspaper for samples of well-constructed persuasive arguments. I especially recommend that they look for two articles on the same topic that present opposing viewpoints.
I came across two such articles in the Sunday edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and since the topic is interesting and timely, I'd like to suggest that you take a look at them. The question that each article addresses is "Degree or Not Degree?".
The first article, by scholar Charles Murray, author of Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality, and co-author of the controversial The Bell Curve, suggests that "For Most People, College Wastes Time and Money." He outlines a reasoned argument for his thesis, and suggests "a better way."
The second article, by Daniel J. La Vista, executive director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, suggests that "America Faces a Shortage of College Graduates." He refers to Murray's new book, and posits an opposing viewpoint, citing the need to stay parallel with "other nations in the global economy."
You'll notice that in each of these articles the writers' thesis is clearly stated in the headline. There's absolutely no question as to which side of the debate each article supports. Although the tone of the headline could be seen as dogmatic or controversial, the tone of both essays is moderate and reasoned, designed to persuade.
I suggest that you print out both articles, and study them with your teen students, or even on your own. Note how each author introduces the topic, organizes the flow of information, and supports his thesis. Mark up the print-outs, noting skillful transitions, vivid examples, and interesting word choices. You may even want to copy a few paragraphs to internalize the flow of text.
Benjamin Franklin learned to write by studying, copying, and re-writing in his own words, articles from The Spectator. His autobiography bears witness to the level of expertise he gained, the method has lost none of its ability to produce excellence. I think you'll enjoy it!
As for the subject of the articles, "Degree, or Not Degree," do you find your opinion changed in any way by reading these essays? The topic is far more than a clever wordplay– it's a choice that many of us have made, or will make at some time. I'd love to hear your opinions, and your reactions to the article! You may leave them in the comment section at the end of the post.
I may as well confess that my reaction was to make a trip to Amazon.com for a copy of Real Education. Murray's arguments seem very compatible with homeschooling, and I'd like to read more. I'm less convinced that keeping up with the Jones's (or the Taiwanese) is a good reason for getting a degree, so Mr. LaVista has a bit farther to go before I'm persuaded.
An interesting link: I came across Digital History, an interesting history site from the University of Houston. It offers many interesting resources, including an interactive timeline, primary source documents, and multimedia exhibits. It may be just the thing you need to capture the interest of a student who thinks that history is boring (can you imagine?).
Beat-the-Clock Essay Workshop: This much-anticipated workshop will take place Saturday, September 6, from 10-2:30 at First Mennonite Church at 601 E. Parham Road, Richmond, VA. It's sponsored by the Richmond Regional Home Educators, and you will find complete information at the rrhe.org forum (for members), or at my website, www.EssayWorkshop.com (the date needs to be updated on the site, but the rest of the information is all there). Contact the coordinator by e-mail at Kathleen Lansing at gmail dot com. (remove the spaces and use appropriate symbols, of course!) to ask questions or register.
SAT*-Prep Workshop: If you'd like to catch the "Conquer the Test! Tips, Techniques, and Strategies for Getting the SAT Score You Need" workshop in person, I'll be doing one in Chester, Virginia on Friday, September 12. You may contact coordinator Darleen Rudnick at 748-0984 or via e-mail at darleen2 at yahoo dot com. If you can't make the workshop, or you'd just like to have it handy to listen to more than once, you can purchase the recorded workshop with 60+ page worktext at www.SAT-Workshop.com (and it's at a special introductory price until 9/15/08, or until the first printing runs out, whichever comes first– I just got the quotes for the second printing– OUCH!!).
I often talk about college or entrepreneurial options for homeschool students because that is where most of my personal interest and experience lies. However, there are many other wonderful options to consider, including skilled work in hands-on fields such as construction, plumbing, manufacturing, and so on (often referred to as the trades).
I'm reminded of these opportunities now, as my third son, a kinesthetic learner who has always wanted to work in HVAC (heating and air conditioning), has just been accepted into a three-year paid apprenticeship in his chosen field. He found the opportunity in the classified ads of our local paper, but you can search online for similar programs. The application process was similar to a job application process, as he's going to be working full-time while taking classes, so that at the end of the program, he will be a journeyman.
Remember tech school? Most high schools used to offer shop class, woodworking, machine shop, and other training for interesting blue-collar jobs. Now, with the current emphasis on college, many students aren't even made aware of the opportunities that are available without a four-year degree. A skilled tradesman (tradesperson? whatever!) can often earn a yearly salary and benefits comparable to that of a college graduate. Read more


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Prolific Falmouth shoplifter stole wallets
7:00am Tuesday 9th July 2013 in News
A prolific shoplifter who stole three wallets from a shop in Falmouth was arrested after some good work by the police, Truro's magistrates' court heard.
A picture from CCTV images taken at the Fat Face Shop in Church Street was sent to Penzance, where a policewoman recognised the man as she had dealt with him before for similar offences.
Before the court was carpenter Clifford Vaughan Townsend, aged 51, of Chywoone Place, Newlyn, who pleaded guilty to the theft of the wallets worth £48 on March 19.
Prosecutor Julian Herbert said when CCTV was checked, after defendant had left the shop, it showed him taking the wallets and leaving without paying. He had a number of previous convictions for shoplifting.
Solicitor Paul Gallagher said Townsend realized he was nearing the end of the road and had now changed his lifestyle, changing his friends, and was adamant that he would not offend again.
As a carpenter he had been short of work lately, which was why he had been stealing.
Townsend was given an eight week prison sentence, suspended for a year, by District Judge Ian Strongman. He had to pay £48 compensation.
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The Mankato Free Press
---- — ST. PETER — A sentencing hearing for a rural North Mankato couple who pleaded guilty to abusing and neglecting their malnourished child ended with Mona Hauer being led away to jail and her husband, Russell, sobbing outside a St. Peter courtroom.
Mona Hauer, 45, received 60 days in jail on Tuesday with the term to begin immediately. Russell Hauer, 45, received 30 days in jail, a sentence that will start after his wife is released.
Both are also required to serve 30 days of Sentence to Service and Russell Hauer will be required to serve another 15 days on electronic home monitoring. With good behavior in jail, both of their sentences could each be reduced to two-thirds of the total time.
Nicollet County District Court Judge Allison Krehbiel set aside arguments by the Hauers' attorney, Christopher Rosengren, that the three children still living with the couple would be harmed if their parents were sent to jail. He asked that they be placed on home monitoring. A request to allow Mona Hauer to have work release from jail so she could homeschool the children also was denied.
Krehbiel said she reviewed dozens of letters written both on behalf of the Hauers and the now 9-year-old boy who has been permanently removed from their home. She said arriving at a fair sentence wasn't easy because the case was emotionally charged and guidelines had been set through a plea agreement.
Mona Hauer pleaded guilty in October to a felony-level charge accusing her of causing substantial harm to her child, who was 8 years old when she brought him to a hospital, as a result of her neglect. Russell Hauer pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor charge accusing him of neglect that could have resulted in substantial harm.
The Alford plea allowed the Hauers to maintain their innocence but admit enough evidence existed for a jury to find them guilty of that charge and several others filed against them nearly a year ago. Nicollet County Attorney Michelle Zehnder Fischer said she accepted the Alford plea and a 60-day cap on jail time to avoid putting the boy through the trauma of testifying at two trials, one for each of his former adoptive parents.
The charges were filed last November after investigators learned the boy, one of the Hauers' four children, had been denied food and possibly physically abused. The Hauers have said the boy had problems that led to an eating disorder when he was originally placed in their home as a foster child. The boy told investigators he wasn't allowed to eat, was spanked frequently with a broom and a board, and was left outside for long periods of time.
The boy was taken to a hospital by Mona Hauer a year ago after he ate a frozen treat he had taken from a freezer without permission. She thought it was blood, so she brought the boy to the hospital in Mankato. He was transferred to Rochester after doctors realized he was so malnourished his body could not properly digest food.
Victim impact statements read by the boy's current foster mother, Robin Burow, described how he has changed since he was taken out of the Hauers' home just north of North Mankato on Highway 169. A statement the boy prepared himself, with the help of a computer program that asked specific questions, also was read by Burow.
Burow's husband, Loren, is Mona Hauer's brother. Robin Burow said the boy and his two siblings, who are still living with the Hauers, were originally brought to them for foster care when they were taken from their birth mother's home. The Burows were happy when they found out the Hauers would be adopting the children and keeping them in the family. That changed about five years ago when Mona Hauer cut off ties with the Burows. They were shocked to see the boy's condition when he was returned to their care during the investigation of the Hauers.
"Those first transitional weeks were pretty rough for everyone," Robin Burow said. "As (the boy) got more comfortable, he shared more and more what life was like with the Hauers. The isolation, corporal punishment and their 'fix-it' plan solutions were just the opposite of what a child of trauma responds positively to.
"Their rigid parenting was like rubbing salt in an open wound, causing pain and adding to his trauma history."
The boy put his statement into story form. The first half of his story talked about a child who was starved, spanked and endured a month of treatment in the hospital. After making it clear the story was really about him, the second half talked about a boy who is "awesome," loves to ride his bike and looks forward to going to school.
It was the comparison of two photographs that "tipped the scales" and made it clear the Hauers deserved jail time, Krehbiel said. One photo was of the boy after he had been taken to the hospital. The other was a recent photo from the Burows, who said his weight has doubled and he has grown nearly 8 inches during the past year. The boy had only gained 5 pounds during the five years he was under the care of the Hauers.
"It's very difficult for the court to grasp how anyone couldn't realize something was amiss when a child only gains 5 pounds in five years," Krehbiel said. "There is no excuse for that and the punishment fits."
After a civil trial earlier this year, the Hauers lost their parental rights over the boy, but they have been allowed to keep the other three children.


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Wineology: Hang time is all about grapes' magic moment
Some people may think that hang time refers to how long you stay at the tasting bar while sipping through the wine list.
Among serious wine country travelers, this measure-ment is something to be proud of.
In the wine-growing world, it also can be a subject of pride, but, thankfully, for a more meaningful reason.
Hang time is all about grape ripeness. With today's trend toward more concentrated, bolder and more alcoholic red wines, wine growers work hard at timing the perfect moment to pick grapes at harvest so they get the ripest grapes possible, without being overripe, or with too high a sugar level.
Allowing grapes to hang on the vine longer before picking can add fine qualities to a wine, but it's not without risk.
Relatively speaking, very ripe grapes produce a very high sugar level, which ferments to a very high alcohol level. But while sugar levels, measured on a scale called Brix, rise inside the grape, the acidity decreases.
Acidity is important because it's what gives a wine freshness and a lively fruitiness. So, achieving the optimal balance of sugar and acidity at the time the grapes are picked is almost like finding the Holy Grail.
Grapes are typically picked when Brix readings are anywhere between 22 and 28 degrees, depending on the grape varietal and the desires of the winemaker. Waiting for higher sugar levels means the possibility of the grapes becoming overripe, causing an unpleasant, prunelike quality in the wine.
So, if you think of the growing season as the amount of time grapes remain on the vine, from bud break in the spring to picking time at harvest, then "hang time" is generally defined as the amount of time grapes remain on the vine after reaching a sugar level of about 24 Brix.
Wine regions with warm but not very hot days and cool afternoons and evenings, like Monterey County, have a longer growing season than warmer regions — up to a month longer when you take into consideration early budding and late ripening. They are therefore capable of enjoying more hang time for the grapes.
Stretching out the growing season allows the grapes to develop more intense flavor, color and complexity, characteristics of great wines.
Although measuring ripeness has been debated over the years, most people rely upon scientific measurements of sugar, acid and pH levels in the grapes. Others simply taste and examine the berries, seeds, stems and skins, checking for physiological maturity. Regardless of how it is measured, there is little disagreement among winemakers as to the value of grape hang time and ultimately knowing when to pick their grapes.
— Len Napolitano of the Central Coast is a wine enthusiast who believes the more you understand wine, the more you will enjoy it. He has studied under wine experts in Bordeaux and Burgundy, France, and holds certificates from the Chicago Wine School. Send your questions about wine to firstname.lastname@example.com or by mail to Len Napolitano in care of the Ventura County Star, P.O. Box 6006, Camarillo, CA 93011. Wine-ology is a registered trademark of Len Napolitano.
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Former Dale Farm residents prepare for second eviction
Basildon Council has decided it will evict a group of travellers who were removed from the Dale Farm camp last year but have now set up a new camp in a nearby lane. Piers Hopkirk reports.
Basildon Council has decided it will evict a group of travellers who were removed from the Dale Farm camp last year but have now set up a new camp in a nearby lane. Piers Hopkirk reports.
Some of the travellers who were evicted from the illegal Dale Farm camp last year face being evicted again. After the eviction, they set up their caravans on Oak Lane next to their old site. But Basildon Council has now decided they must be moved on. Piers Hopkirk reports.
A second operation to evict travellers displaced by the clearance of Europe's largest illegal site will be carried out.Read the full story
Mandie Skeat from Basildon Council responds to allegations that houses on the Felmore estate were 'dangerous tinderboxes'.
Four people have been left homeless after a fire destroyed the roof of a row of terraced houses.
Following the re-provision of mains electricity to Dale Farm, fulfillingthe Council's obligation to the High Court, enforcement notices were todayserved on three pitches at the former Dale Farm site, where unoccupied caravansand buildings still breach planning regulations.
The enforcement notices were posted at the pitches by Council officers today and cover the stationing of portable structures on two of the pitches and will enable the removal of a small derelict building on the other.
Cllr Tony Ball, leader of the council, says: "We made it quite clear that there was due legal process to be followed to enable the council to progress the next stages of enforcement in the Dale Farm area.
"Now that electricity has been restored to the pitches in accordance with the court order, we have served enforcement notices to tie up the remaining loose ends on the Dale Farm site."


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The Tacoma Fire Department helped rescue one boater from South Puget Sound on Saturday night.
Tacoma firefighters responded to a mutual aid request for assistance with a water rescue off McNeil Island at 6:42 p.m.
Initial reports indicated two people were aboard a 14-foot skiff that capsized and were stranded in the cold waters off the northwest tip of McNeil Island.
Fireboat Destiny arrived in the area and coordinated a parallel search with the Anderson Island fireboat.
After searching for about 10 minutes, the crew from the Destiny located one adult clinging to the skiff. They pulled the boater to safety and helped transfer the patient to local responders.
The second adult from the skiff was able to swim to shore and was found safe on the beach.
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Heather Dubrow is the Real Housewives of Orange County's resident actress and she's just landed a new gig. Heather will return to TV Land's Hot In Cleveland for the second time and while that is obviously great news, she's got her hands full with her hectic schedule.
Heather's first episode of the show aired for a second time on TV Land over the weekend and her co-star Vicki Gunvalson tuned in. Before the show, she wrote, "Getting ready to watch Heather's sitcom appearance of 'Hot in Cleveland.'" It's great to see that Heather and Vicki are getting along. While they were never really at odds, the people they were closest to were feuding during the last season. Could this be a sign that alliances will change on the next season?
Heather is thrilled to be coming back to the show, but between her filming schedule for Real Housewives of Orange County and her mommy duties with her four children, it's a bit hard to juggle. Over the weekend, she tweeted, "Crazed! Shooting 2 shows this week! ack!" It's all in a days work for an actress/reality star.
Hopefully, this is the start of something great for Heather. Fans would love to see her face on television even more.


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Straight Talk Discussion about the future of struggling print media from U of O's Dean of Journalism Time Gleason and The Oregonian's executive editor Peter Bhatia. Also, Oregonian cartoonist Jack Ohman stops by and offers his insight into the changing media of tomorrow.
Straight Talk: Newspaper Print Troubles Today's Journalism vs. Tomorrow's Future
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For Immediate Release
Mow weekly to avoid pests, violations
With the arrival of the growing season, it's important to remember to properly care for lawns by mowing at least once a week. Tall grass and weeds can create homes and food for unwanted rodents, mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, chiggers, snakes and other animals. Some of these pests are known to carry diseases that can be passed along to you, your family and your pets.
City Code states that grass shall not exceed 12 inches in height. When grass exceeds this height, the property owner and/or occupant are notified to mow or otherwise take care of the problem. If not resolved in the given time frame, the property may be mowed by the City at the property owner's expense.
To report tall grass, call 417-864-1010 or fill out an online service request at http://www.springfieldmo.gov/request/. Please note that as of last year, the Health Department no longer takes complaints about tall grass unless it involves a confirmed vector problem such as mice or rats.
The City received 657 calls reporting tall grass in May. While the City thanks citizens for taking action, we ask callers for their patience as our inspectors are responding to reports as quickly as possible.
Below is the process that occurs once a violation has been reported.
- An inspector from the City's Building Development Services department visits the property and verifies there is a violation of City Code – that the weeds are in excess of 12 inches or there is danger from overgrowth.
- The property is posted with a notice that states that the occupant needs to mow the property within 12 days or contact Building Development Services to schedule a hearing.
- A notice is also mailed to the property owner on record (with Greene County Recorder's office). The owner may want to schedule a hearing if they disagree with the City's assessment that they are in violation of the ordinance.
- The property is re-inspected after 12 days. If the owner has not requested a hearing or mowed within that time, an order is sent to the City's contracted mower.
- A lien is placed against the property for the mowing fees.


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Our longtime friend and sister in the faith, Elizabeth, just posted a comment recommending that we encourage our readers to listen to our sermons, the better to get a context for our writing. She writes:
To a casual observer this blog might give the impression that your conservatism is about being on the right side of the culture wars. And then too you have sympathizers posting that they'd rather be Baptists because at least then people would know where they stand on hot-button social issues. Your friend's second paragraph shows he is sympathetic to this outlook. ...I suggest you point him (and your general readership) to your recorded sermons, and start posting more here about the central doctrinal content of the faith, so that there will be no mistake as to whether your Christianity is merely a question of the best alternative to feminism, communism, corporate America, etc. Don't, like so many other American evangelicals, underestimate the dangers of a merely moral religion. Rome will beat you at it every time.
This is wise advice. So here is a link to David's 2006 sermons, and here is a link to my own. Recently, David has been preaching a series on idolatry, while I'm coming to the end of preaching through Galatians.
Readers might be particularly interested in three sermons I recently did on Galatians 6:1,2 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) focussing on the biblical doctrine of the church and the threats to that doctrine posed within the conservative reformed, or evangelical world. I'd encourage readers to listen to all three sermons, but if you only have time for one, make it Part 3.
I thought I was a Baptist because of theological positions I accept, but I can understand the confusion. :^)
Ironically, though, most of the social issues leaders I can name (Dobson, D. James Kennedy, Robertson, etc..) are not Baptists. Oh well.
This Baptist has particularly enjoyed David's series on idolatry. Some sobering and provocative content.
I appreciated this quote:
"In the godly, fear and love embrace."


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Emergency crews were called Thursday evening to McGavock High School after the school received a threat in an email message.
Officials said the threat was made to the school, located in the 3100 block of McGavock Pike, about 5:45 p.m.
A spokeswoman for Metro Nashville Public Schools said the school had an open house event scheduled for later in the evening, but everyone was sent home early due to the threat.
Officers did a sweep of the school, and nothing suspicious was found. Extra security will be at the school overnight and into the morning Friday, and school is still on as scheduled.
At this point, investigators are trying to determine who sent the email. Investigators have not released information on any suspects in the case or what type of charges they may face as a result of the threat.
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