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MISSION - Jorge Salinas, 71, died Thursday, July 7, 2011, at his Mission residence.
Chapel services for Jorge Salinas was held July 9, at Rivera Funeral Home in McAllen. Burial was at Valley Memorial Gardens in Mission. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the care of Rivera Funeral Home of McAllen.
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A body has been recovered from the Mississippi River in Davenport.
A jogger on a riverfront recreational trail spotted the body around 8 a.m. Tuesday.
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When he took on the position of Vice-Provost (International) at the beginning of July, Jim Lee took on one of the university's most diverse portfolios. Covering everything from research and teaching to student admissions and alumni relations, the role oversees the facilitation and promotion of internationalization activities across campus and around the world.
Dr. Lee believes as the world becomes increasingly globalized, university graduates not only benefit from international experience, but in developing the "intercultural competencies" that will help them become better global citizens.
"Studying abroad and interacting with people in their own cultural setting changes lives," says Dr. Lee. "Many of our students tell us that their experience has been truly transformational."
But that doesn't mean students only benefit by leaving campus. Dr. Lee says Queen's is increasingly focused on bringing the world to the classroom by better integrating international perspectives into the curriculum. The goal is to give students who stay home the same kinds of competencies they might gain through travel. Queen's also boasts a student body made up of students from more than 120 countries – another way of bringing the world to campus.
Dr. Lee, who is a professor of geology and geological engineering, has always strongly promoted internationalization in all of its diverse forms. Before taking on his current role, he served as the Associate Dean (International) in the Faculty of Arts and Science.
He is already finding his new position very rewarding. Besides facilitating international and cross-cultural experiences for students, he is passionate about raising the university's profile beyond Canada's borders through strategic research partnerships and alumni events.That's why newly formed administrative committees, such as the International Strategy Group (ISG) and Queen's University International Programs Committee (QUIPC), are streamlining international activities and providing more focused strategic direction.
In addition, the International Programs Office (IPO), once a unit dedicated to the Faculty of Arts and Science, is now a central body serving the needs of the entire university. Dr. Lee is also meeting with representatives from faculties and administrative units across campus to provide input on the international strategy he is currently developing over the next few months.


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Sunderland midfielder Jack Colback has called on his team to bounce back from the defeat at West Bromwich Albion when they take on Newcastle United in Sunday's derby.
The Black Cats travel to the Sports Direct Arena eager to erase the memories of the painful 4-0 Barclays Premier League loss at the Hawthorns.
Sunderland had gone into the match on a good run of form having lost only two of their previous nine matches in the competition.
"We've turned teams over before and they have bounced back; now that's something we need to do"
- Jack Colback
But Sunderland, who have been resurgent under the stewardship of manager Martin O'Neill, suffered their fourth League defeat of his tenure with the help of two goals from Baggies striker Peter Odemwingie.
"It was a disappointing one at West Brom, especially as we went down there with a lot of confidence and hoping to get another win," Colback told the club's official website.
"The early goal was key, as it always is when playing at home. The fans got right behind them and we didn't recover. We didn't turn up, really.
"The nature of this League is that you're not going to win every game. We've turned teams over before and they have bounced back; now that's something we need to do."
Sunderland skipper Lee Cattermole said the defeat had not dented confidence in the dressing room.
"Confidence is still high," he said. "When the manager took over, if he could have been put in this position with everything as it is then I'm sure he would've been very happy.
"We're in the quarter-finals of the Cup and are still aiming for the top half of the table. I don't think we'll be too far away.
"To go from the high of beating Arsenal in the Cup to going [to West Brom] and putting on a poor show just isn't like us.
"We're disappointed but we will come back from it."


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WASHINGTON (TheStreet) -- Mortgage applications rose last week even as mortgage rates edged higher.
The volume of mortgage loan applications increased 2.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ending Nov. 19, the Mortgage Bankers Association said early Wednesday.
Refinancing applications decreased 1% from the previous week to the lowest level observed since late June. New-home purchase loan applications jumped 14.4% from the prior week, which included Veterans Day though no adjustments were made for the holiday."The increase in purchase applications last week aligns with other incoming data suggesting that consumers are feeling somewhat more confident with their financial situation," said Michael Fratantoni, MBA's vice president of research and economics. "While the increase was magnified somewhat by the comparison to the holiday week, the level of purchase applications on a seasonally adjusted basis is now at its highest level since the expiration of the homebuyer tax credit." >>Homebuilder Stocks: Behind the Numbers A total of 78.6% of all loan applications last week were for refinancing existing mortgages, down from 80.3% share observed in the prior week. Mortgage activity ticked up last week despite higher mortgage rates. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage increased to 4.5% from 4.46% in the prior week. It is the highest rate observed since the week ending Sept. 3, but remains near all-time lows. Record-low and near-record-low mortgage rates failed to spark robust demand for housing in recent months, but continue to have an effect on homeowners looking to lower their monthly payments through refinancing. While any mortgage demand can be viewed in a positive light, the still-struggling housing market continues to be plagued by sluggish demand, in part because of the tight credit market and inability of many potential buyers to access the credit they need to finance a mortgage.
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Eagles Remain No. 23 in Ultimate College Softball Poll
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Florida Gulf Coast University softball team is ranked 23rd in the nation in the latest Ultimate College Softball poll. The poll was released late Monday night (May 11).
The Eagles (47-9) were ranked 23rd in last week's poll, which was the program's ninth-ever Division I ranking. The FGCU softball team finished the season by winning 39 of their last 44 games.
The FGCU softball team also received three votes in this week's ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll the Amateur Softball Association announced on Tuesday.
This is the 10th time that the Eagles have earned votes in the ESPN.com national poll.
Senior Cheyenne Jenks (Naples, Fla.) finished the season leading the team with a .473 batting average, which helped her earn the A-Sun Player of the Year award by a unanimous vote. Jenks also finished with 61 runs scored, 69 hits, 23 homeruns, 73 RBI (tying her A-Sun single season record), 149 total bases and 58 walks. Senior Jessica Carter (Ocala, Fla.) hit .456 with 17 doubles, four homeruns and 49 RBI. Junior transfer Catherine McDaniel (Melbourne, Fla.) anchored the pitching staff. She wrapped up her junior campaign with a 22-1 record with 112 strikeouts in her 143.2 innings from the circle. McDaniel finished the 2009 season with an ERA of 1.85 and has pitched 15 complete games, including six shutouts.
By finishing the season 47-9, FGCU owns the highest single-season win percentage (.839) in Atlantic Sun history, besting the previous mark of .827 (62-13) by FAU in 2002. The Eagles are also the first A-Sun team to finish a season with fewer than 10 losses. Jacksonville St lost only 11 times in 1996 (46-11). FGCU also finished the 2009 season with a runs per game average of 7.48, which broke FGCU's own conference record of 6.52 (2008).
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The U.S. Senate narrowly approved a $50.5 billion federal aid bill for New York and neighboring states three months after they sustained the wrath of Hurricane Sandy.
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The bill passed Monday night by a vote of 62-36, just beyond the 60-vote minimum required for approval in the Senate, with Democrats unanimously voting in favor of the legislation. President Obama must now sign the bill.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who held a press conference in Point Lookout on Sunday about the legislation and the specific projects the funds provides to storm-damaged communities from the New Jersey Shore to Long Beach to Montauk, said after Monday's vote:
"At long last, relief is now coming to our homeowners who need to rebuild, small businesses who are trying to reopen, and communities that have laid out billions of dollars for repairs after the storm."
Before the vote, Sen. Michael Lee, a Republican from Utah, called for an amendment to institute a percent federal spending cut to the forthcoming nine years to pay for the Sandy aid, but both Democrats and Republicans rejected it by a 62-35 vote, according to Newsday.
Along with Congress's approval of $9.7 billion bill for national flood insurance claims that was approved Jan. 4, the $50.7 billion legislation will deliver about $60 billion in aid that Obama requested Dec. 7.


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Tony Award nominee Lonny Price (A Class Act), who directed Bucks County Playhouse's A Grand Night for Singing — the first show of last year's grand re-opening — will helm Summer of '42, based upon the novel and screenplay by Herman Raucher.
Performances will begin July 25 for a run through Aug. 11. Casting and a creative team will be announced at a later date.
"Summer of '42 was a seminal piece of literature and filmmaking, and we are glad to be bringing this story to the stage," said Bernstein in a statement. "We are also proud to be continuing the legacy of bringing in top-class theatre artists to the Bucks County Playhouse."
As previously announced, the season will also include Mame, starring Andrea McArdle (May 23-June 9); a new, yet-to-be titled play by Terrence McNally, starring Tyne Daly (June 13-23); The World Goes 'Round, featuring the songs of Kander and Ebb (June 27-July 21); Really Rosie, a family classic with book and lyrics by Maurice Sendak and music by Carole King, directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge (July 5-21); and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, directed by Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines (Aug. 15-Sept. 1).
Bucks County Playhouse is located at 770 South Main Street in New Hope, PA. For more information and tickets, call (215) 862-2121 or visit BCPTheater.org.
Located 90 minutes from New York City, the Bucks County Playhouse opened in 1939 on the site of a grist mill dating from the late 18th century. The structure was at that time in danger of demolition, but playwright Moss Hart and the local community rallied to save the building and re-opened it as a theatrical venue, which quickly became one of the country's most famous regional theatres. It remained in continuous operation (under a number of operators) until December 2010. Bridge Street Foundation, the non-profit family foundation of Kevin and Sherri Daugherty with Tanya Cooper as president, reopened the venue on July 2, 2012, exactly 73 years from when it originally opened in 1939. The Rodgers & Hammerstein revue A Grand Night for Singing launched the 2012 season.


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|Panthers rout Lady Jeffcats in sectional softball
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MIDDLE POINT - Just about everything went right for the Parkway Lady Panthers in their tournament opener against Jefferson at Lincolnview High School Saturday.
The Lady Panthers rode 14 hits to plate 12 runs and got a 2-hit shutout from junior Sierra Fent and senior Kylie Snyder to roll to a 12-0, 5-inning win.
"We wanted to get a game in. No matter who you're playing, in the first tournament game where it's 1-and-done, you want to get a win under your belt, relax and get used to the field," said Parkway coach Mark Esselstein.
Parkway (16-5) could relax a little bit easier after the first inning. Fent struck out the Jefferson side in the top of first and the Lady Panthers put up a 5-spot in the bottom of the first.
Sophomore centerfielder Kayla Walls singled before advancing on an error and a passed ball. Junior Rachel King then singled Walls home before a Snyder single and a walk by senior second baseman Lindsey Walls loaded the bases. Sophomore third baseman Terra Walls scored King and Snyder with a 2-run single and sophomore catcher Zoey Pond followed suit to plate Terra and Lindsey Walls.
"That kind of set to tone for the game. Everybody could relax a little bit. We got big 2-out hits and drove in runs. That's the way we want to keep playing," explained Esselstein of the first inning.
Parkway added four more in the home third. Lindsey Walls doubled and scored when Terra Walls singled. Junior shortstop Ashlynn Henderson then singled before Kayla Walls turned around to the right side of the plate and singled home Terra Walls and Henderson. Finally, King singled Kayla Walls home to run the Lady Panther lead to 9-0.
The final blow came in the bottom of the fourth, after Parkway began unloading the bench.
Sophomore Whitney Rollins singled to open the home fourth and freshman Selena Burtch reached on a fielder's choice which didn't result in an out. Henderson then blasted a 3-run home run over the center-field fence to run the score to 12-0.
Snyder shut down the Jefferson (0-16) offense in the top of the fifth to end the game with a 12-0 score after only 4 1/2 innings.
"We just came across a quality team; they've won a lot of ball games this year against good competition. We knew coming in it would be a battle; I thought overall we just had a few miscues that hurt us early," said Jefferson coach Josiah Stober.
Fent got the win for Parkway. She went three innings, allowing one hit while walking none and striking out six. Snyder went two innings in relief, also allowing one hit while walking none and striking out two.
"They're both good in different ways," Esselstein added of his pitchers. "We don't have any more regular-season games scheduled, so we need to keep both sharp."
Senior Kayla Kill got the first hit for the Lady Wildcats in the top of the third. The hit could have easily been ruled an error, as it was bobbled by two Lady Panther fielders. Junior Kamie Pulford added the only other Jefferson hit.
Senior Taylor Branham got the loss for Jefferson. She went four innings, allowing 12 runs, 11 earned, on 14 hits. She walked one and struck out two.
Henderson led Parkway by going 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs score. King went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a run. Terra Walls was 2-for-2 the three RBIs and two runs scored.
"What I like best is that when we made outs today, they were pretty hard-hit outs. We did a good job of waiting for pitches to hit," added Esselstein.
Stober said that the team has improved throughout the season.
"We've been teaching them all year to learn from every situation. From where we were at the begining of the year to where we are now, they're been learning," he added.
The win advances Parkway to play Ottoville (2-9) at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Lincolnview.
Jefferson continues in regular action at home versus Ottawa-Glandorf today.
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People Who Went To Penn: E. Digby Baltzell
What do you call those non-Jewish residents of the Main Line again? You know, with the yachts and the non-Kosher diets? Thanks to this guy on the right, E. Digby Baltzell (Class of 1940), we call 'em WASPs.
Besides having an esoteric name and a bangin' sense of style (can tweed make a comeback, please?), this St. A's alum popularized the acronym with his 1964 book, The Protestant Establishment: Aristocracy and Caste in America, written during his years as a sociology professor at Penn.
It seems Baltzell's specialty was studying the social caste system in America. You know, how "old money" was still running everything in town. (Those gosh-darned Tom Buchanans get everything!) No word yet on if he ever realized he actually WAS one of the people he
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ESCONDIDO (CBS 8/CNS) - Some parents are still on edge following an online threat that closed four Escondido charter schools last week, but many said they were pleased with how the threat was handled.
On Tuesday, students returned to find increased security at all four schools following a meeting Monday night held by school officials and police.
On Friday, all four of the American Heritage charter schools were shut down after a school shooting threat was posted online.
The threat made in an online chat room claimed a minor would "use a barrage of bullets" at the school and commit suicide. It turns out the minor -- who is not even a student at the school -- was a victim of identity theft and didn't write the threat. Investigators are now closing in on finding the person who did.
"This is really about computer forensics and that can be fairly labor intensive, so that part will take some time," Lt. Neal Griffin said.
Though investigators soon traced the message to a student of another school, they determined that the youth was not the responsible party, but rather "a victim of a very malicious personal attack of identity theft," Griffin said last week.


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This was a family vacation and first time for the kids to be on a ship. We arrived on Saturday and stayed at the Crown Plaza and it's close to Port Everglades. Check in was quick and easy. We arrived about 10:30. I am a gold member and went to the gold line to check in. We were all checked in about 10 minutes. We had to wait until 12:00 to board. When we got on the ship my mouth dropped. I very beautiful ship. We walked around till 1:00 till our room was ready. We took Starbuck gift cards and got a coffee and walked the ship. I got the advice off here for the gift cards. Very nice not to have to put it on the sea pass
We hung out at the solarium most of the time on days at sea. We are early risers and would get some breakfast and then go get a chair and layout till about noon. The ship is so big we took the afternoon to walk around the ship. We still did not get to see the whole ship. I guess we will have to go on it again. There is something for everyone to do. The food is very good on the ship. We tried different place to eat and enjoyed them all. The boys love dinner time because the could eat all they wanted in the main dining room. The hotdogs are great too.


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Agriculture has changed, too: The Columbia basalt is now home to a burgeoning wine industry, second in America only to California's Napa Valley. Vineyards seem to cover every south-facing hillside, and grapes love the soil. The wineries are building Spanish- and Italian-style villas atop hillcrests to lure foodie tourists. Under the influence of viniculture's transplanted European rusticity, the landscape has lost some of its harsh Old Testament quality. The wine influence is echoed in the Tri-Cities' many new housing developments, where mushrooming McMansions often look more like McChateaux.
The region's growth doesn't please everyone. Thirty miles east of the Tri-Cities, the once-sleepy town of Walla Walla has changed beyond the recognition of long-term residents. In the spirit of the "Don't Californicate Oregon" campaign of the 1970s and 1980s, "Don't Bend Walla Walla" stickers shout from bumpers - a reference to Bend, Ore., whose explosive growth has caused similar distress to its locals.
In late June, the site of McGrail's sequestration field test was finally revealed: Wallula, Wash., a few miles south of the Tri-Cities on the east bank of the Columbia River just below its confluence with the Snake and Yakima rivers. McGrail's team will inject 3,000 tons of CO2 into the Grande Ronde formation of the Columbia basalt at a depth of 3,000 feet or more.
The site, an industrial park, has easy access to hydropower, rail lines and the Columbia River. Energy producers have taken notice: A new Gig Harbor, Washington-based energy consortium called the Wallula Energy Resource Center has announced plans to build a $2 billion state-of-the-art power plant near the test site. It would be an integrated gasification combined cycle coal-fired power plant with 600-700 megawatts of capacity. The power plant would use McGrail's test site to sequester 65 percent of its CO2. If the Byzantine energy-facility permitting process goes well, the plant could be operating by 2013.
Some Washington environmental organizations share the doubts of the national groups about the "clean coal" scenario. Sequestration is "unproven, it's expensive, and it's going to add some costs and risks for Washington utilities and residents," says Paul Horton, executive director of Climate Solutions, an Olympia, Washington-based nonprofit. "We'd rather enable other kinds of investments, a smarter way of using energy."
Indeed, any successful geosequestration technology risks enabling a continued reliance on fossil fuels, even though most experts agree that climate change requires action on many fronts, including a reduction in the use of hydrocarbons. If geosequestration works, keeping the good news from seeming like a panacea will be difficult. Some cynics even suspect that coal interests will promise sequestration to get their permits - and then renege after the plants are built, claiming it would be too costly.
Horton, however, thinks that in the near future Washington state's new regulations and federal climate policies will bring "legal limits and caps." These new guidelines will change the price of power, making renewables and energy efficiency much more competitive. "The rules of the game change at that point," he says.
But even if it works perfectly, CO2 sequestration of any sort won't be the Holy Grail of global warming; McGrail stresses that all the other options have to be employed as well, from energy conservation to alternative energy sources. Geosequestration, he says, is just "the linchpin that finally gets us to stable (atmospheric) CO2."
It will take about three years to get an idea of how well McGrail's lab tests and calculations have predicted the behavior of CO2 in basalt under real-world conditions. If things go well, perhaps basalt's poor-relation status will change, and its main champion will go down in history as the "Holy McGrail" of carbon sequestration, a designation his multi-layered diffidence would surely resist.
Valerie Brown, a science writer and musician, lives near Portland, Oregon. She grew up on Idaho's Snake River flood basalt; her grandfather ran sheep on Oregon's Columbia River basalt in the early 20th century; and her geologist father intensely studied gabbro, a close relative of basalt, in a formation on the Oregon-Idaho border.
Carbon Bookshelf
Potential for carbon dioxide sequestration in flood basalts
by B. Peter McGrail, H. Todd Schaef, Anita M. Ho, Yi-Ju Chien, James J. Dooley, and Casie L. Davidson; Journal of Geophysical Research Vol. 111, B12202, doi:10.1029/2005JB004169, 2006
Columbia River Flood Basalt Province, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, USA
Health, Safety and Environmental Risks of Underground CO2 sequestration: Overview of mechanisms and current knowledge
by Kay Damen, Andre Faaij and Wim Turkenburg; Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation; http://manhaz.cyf.gov.pl/manhaz/links/COAL_BASED_NEW_TECHNOLOGIES/e2003-30.pdf
A Sudden Change of State
by George Monbiot Posted July 3, 2007 http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/07/03/a-sudden-change-of-state/
Climate Change and Trace Gases
by James Hansen, Makiko Sato, Pushker Kharecha, Gary Russell, David W. Lea and Mark Siddall; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society; A (2007) 365, 1925-1954, doi:10.1098/rsta.2007.2052; Published online 18 May 2007 http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2007/2007_Hansen_etal_2.pdf
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Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later" - "Columbia River Basalt Group (Columbia basalt)" http://www.iinet.com/~englishriver/LewisClarkColumbiaRiver/Regions/Places/columbia_river_basalt.html -V.B.


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The Upshur County Board of Education soon could have a new social media policy.
The board said it's taking a proactive stance to protect students and staff in the world of social media.
Assistant Superintendent David Dilly said Tuesday's meeting was the first of three public readings of the proposed policy.
"We've been looking at this issue for a while. Not anything in particular but just trying to get out good practices for staff and our students," said Dilly.
Dilly also said the comment periods between the readings will allow for improvements to be made. The second reading will be at the board's next meeting on February 12.


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Art Provides Healing Outlet for Young Cancer Patients
February 12, 2013
During the month of February, the atrium of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center will be brightly adorned with artwork created by the Center's pediatric cancer patients. With the guidance of art therapist Tracy Councill, the patients created works while reflecting on their journey with cancer. Councill runs Tracy's Kids, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping young cancer patients and their families cope with the emotional stress and trauma of cancer and its treatment.
The goal of the art program is to promote positive energy and healing and to maintain an atmosphere filled with creativity and hope. During visits to the Center, children spend time in between treatments painting and drawing in a space designated for that purpose.
Nonverbal techniques such as creating art can help patients process trauma and rebuild their self-esteem. It can also help them cope better with treatment. "Our mission is to ensure that the children and families we serve are emotionally equipped to fight cancer as actively as possible—and prepared for the time when they are cancer free," says Councill.
Accompanying many of the pieces is a description by the child who created it. The piece titled "Bridge to Healing" by 19-year-old Bridget, includes her own personal note: "I wanted to go to school, learn how to drive, and just get on with my life beyond dealing with my cancer. But like many people in my situation I wasn't sure how and where to begin, and that alone made me hesitate to start. …. While I'm still in the middle of my crossroads, I will eventually find my way to a future where I can balance my life in and out of the hospital."
One piece is a collaboration between two brothers, ages 3 and 5, the older of whom is fighting cancer. Another piece includes a poem by 20-year-old Bassam, who writes, "This is a poem about the beginning of malignancy and the paradox of how a single cell acquires 'immortality', and eventually presents the danger of death."
The Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Georgetown'sLombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is renowned for providing emotional and developmental support to patients and families. Tracy's Kids has played no small role in building this reputation.
"Today, well over 70% of children diagnosed with cancer will beat the disease and live the overwhelming majority of their lives cancer free," says Councill. "Tracy's Kids is dedicated to helping to ensure that the children we serve are ready to live full, happy and healthy lives."
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An article in the New York Times recently posed this question. "What if scientists discovered a substance that had the potential of causing heart disease, cancer, liver failure and diabetes for millions of people? And this same substance increased the likelihood of poor performance in school and subsequently in jobs, along with a greater risk of smoking, delinquency, drug use, teen pregnancy, suicide and domestic violence." Just like asbestos, lead paint and other toxic substances, we would do everything we could to keep this away from our children.
There is such a thing, but it isn't a substance. It's called "toxic stress" and for more than a decade, researchers have been studying the effects of frequent and continual stress on young children and have concluded that especially for those children lacking parental support and nurturing, this continual stress becomes "toxic" and puts the child at much higher risk for the aforementioned maladies.
It is important for this discussion to distinguish between "normal" stress and toxic stress. It would be impossible to remove stress from children's lives; everyone will experience some stress. In fact, some stress can be beneficial for children who are raised in supportive and loving homes because it can promote developmental growth and well-developed problem solving skills. Toxic stress is more of a continual stress and occurs when there is little parental protection and where the parent doesn't interact with the child in a manner that allows the child to feel safe and emotionally protected.
According to the Time's article, researchers Vincent Felitti and Robert Anda conducted an extensive study in the late 1990's examining the effects of "Adverse Childhood Experiences" (ACEs) on a number of children and their families. ACEs included, abuse, neglect, domestic violence and general family dysfunction. Their landmark study concluded that there is a strong connection between the amount of "chaos/trauma" a child experiences and subsequent health and social problems. Interestingly, this study was conducted on a predominately well-educated, middle class group of 17,000 people. ACE's were more common than the researchers had expected. 40 percent of the respondents reported two or more ACEs, while 25 percent reported three or more. Subsequent studies and surveys have produced very similar results.
In the ensuing years, the article continues, major advances in biology and neuroscience have shed light on the manner in which the brain responds to ACEs and how this affects an individual's "mental blueprint," including their cardiovascular system and immune system. Jack P. Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, where "toxic stress" was first coined, stated that, "These insights provide an opportunity to think about new ways we might try to reduce the academic achievement gap and health disparities — and not just do the same old things."
Since it is impossible to shield children from situations (such as poverty) that create major stresses, it is important that we teach parents and early childhood educators how to respond to the stresses in children's lives in a manner that ameliorates the devastating effects that ACEs have upon them. Perhaps the single most important element in lessening the effects of ACEs upon children is the quality of the relationship between the parent or caregiver and child. Children need parents who will set firm but kind limits on them so that they can feel protected and safe. Children growing up with inconsistent limits and parents who don't know how to allow them express their feelings often repress those feelings or act them out through temper tantrums and other "out-of-control" behaviors. Later in their lives these repressed feelings manifest themselves in both emotional and physical complaints.
When parents (as well as early childhood care providers and educators) are engaged and supportive of young children, children's brains develop a resiliency that allows them to cope more effectively with difficulty. Conversely, where support and engagement are inconsistent or unavailable, children's brains develop differently and this can have life-long effects.
Most parents, childcare providers, and early childhood educators believe that they are engaged and supportive, but in truth, this is a very difficult goal to achieve. It requires us to truly use empathy and try and understand not only what children are "doing" but what they are "feeling" as well.
It requires "intentional" parenting — thinking about what we are doing rather than merely reacting. We cannot "ban" toxic stress, but we can surely do a whole lot better in preventing it!
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eTEAL Three Part Approach
The aim is to devote a majority of resources to "instructor development in applied learning" as supported by the Faculty Senate, while remaining administratively efficient. Early adopters and faculty participants include Jess Boersma, Kristen DeVall, Art Frampton, Tricia Kelley and Kae Livsey.
Applied Learning Summer Institute
The Summer Institute is open to all UNCW faculty and staff (including graduate students). UNCW-based experts and nationally recognized experts will deliver workshops annually. We strongly recommend that interested instructors participate in the workshops, particularly as they pursue QEP-Supported Initiatives described below. Workshop topics include:
- Research-based best practices in pedagogy and critical reflection;
- Developing plans to implement applied learning ideas in classes, with course-specific student learning outcomes; and
- Encourage participants to propose funded initiatives.
Applied Learning and Teaching Community
The Applied Learning & Teaching Community (ALTC), organized by the Center for Teaching Excellence, evolved from one of our QEP pilot projects, Expanding the Professoriate; the ALTC is the second part of our model. Two Applied Learning Fellows are identified each semester, and the QEP provides either a one course release or overload pay for their contributions, which includes cultivating support and enthusiasm for applied learning and for eTEAL. The QEP also provides funding for a Graduate Assistant who works with the Applied Learning Fellows to manage and coordinate their work, and the QEP funds the ALTC newsletter. The ALTC encourages and supports colleagues to use best practices in applied learning where practical, and compiles and disseminates information (successful practices, pilot projects, etc) of those efforts. A common goal is to discuss, develop, and share ideas related to pedagogy and critical reflection with the QEP Task Force. Thus, the ALTC helps to maintain long-term sustainability of eTEAL.
Fall 2012 Applied Learning Fellows: Tony Atkins (ENG) and Jess Boersma (FLL)
Spring 2013 Applied Learning Fellows: Art Framton (BIO) and Anne Pemberton (LIB)
eTEAL-Supported Initiatives
eTEAL funding, the third part of our model, is available to support applied learning opportunities at UNCW. The Request For Proposals (RFP), for the Spring 2013 semester, is available here (PDF). Successful proposals are expected to include:
- Intentionality of the applied learning experience;
- Critical reflection about the applied learning experience; and
- Student Learning Outcomes specific to the discipline and venue for learning.
RFP eTEAL Supported Initiatives Spring 2013 (PDF)
Proposals can request funding to support legitimate needs in applied learning settings. Details of support will be refined on the basis of Applied Learning Summer Institute, and revised as needed based on emerging knowledge. Instructors with funded initiatives will be designated Applied Learning Scholars. As such, they will be expected to:
- Participate in the Applied Learning and Teaching Communities (as mentors);
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Gospel artist Ginny Owens gives voice to Habitat for Humanity
Gospel artist Ginny Owens gives voice to Habitat for Humanity
NASHVILLE, April 29 2004 – Dove Award-winning recording artist Ginny Owens and Habitat for Humanity International are partnering to raise awareness for Habitat's house building efforts.
Owens, whose Beautiful album debuted in the Top 10 its first week out on the SoundScan Christian chart, will take part in some Habitat house builds and some media events in local markets during her tour.
There are also plans to create a multi-artist, multi-city event in the fall involving local and national artists. Collectively, the artists and their fans will raise money to sponsor and build a Habitat house with a family in need.
"More than 12 million children in the United States, one in six, live in poverty," says Owens. "Habitat seeks to provide hope for those families. If I can encourage people to know that anyone can help, I will.
"I'm ready to pick up a hammer and be a part. I hope it will inspire others to do the same." She said.
"Habitat for Humanity is thrilled to partner with Ginny Owens," says Karen Peterson Lienau, special event director for Habitat for Humanity International. "She is showing how everyone can put their faith into action and help eliminate poverty housing from the face of the earth."
The first phase of the partnership enlists Owens' help to focus awareness for Habitat during interviews scheduled during Gospel Music Association Week this week in Nashville.
Last week, Owens achieved a personal record with her highest first-week sales ever on Beautiful, her third studio album. Sales of the pop/soul, piano-driven project put Owens at No. 12 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart as well. Following a successful March tour with Shane & Shane, Owens is touring with label mate George Rowe on her 30-city "Beautiful" tour in such markets as Knoxville, Indianapolis, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle and Pasadena.
Owens has been inspiring audiences since her debut on Michael W. Smith's Rocketown Records in 2000. Released April 6, Beautiful, is receiving strong critical reviews. Billboard magazine wrote: "Talented singer/songwriter Ginny Owens … always manages to 'see' more about the human condition than most of her sighted contemporaries. She shares these heartfelt observations through songs that are infused with poetic lyrics and breezy melodies.
"Lyrically, the album conveys the depth, passion and vulnerability that fans have come to expect from Owens … Owens remains one of the Christian community's most compelling songwriters."
Owens' website, ginnyowens.com, will feature links to Habitat for Humanity for more information about the organization and partnership, as well as for Habitat house donations, and Owens and Habitat will soon announce more details about fall events. For more information, contact Karen Peterson Lienau at Habitat for Humanity International, email@example.com, or April Hefner at Rocketown Records email@example.com.
Habitat for Humanity International is a Christian ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing. Founded in 1976 by Millard Fuller, along with his wife, Linda, Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliates in more than 3,000 communities in 92 nations have built and sold more than 150,000 homes to partner families with no-profit, zero-interest mortgages. www.habitat.org


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Gift Ideas to Support a Simple, Healthy, Creative Life
Hi my name is Courtney and I am a minimalist.
While I don't like to get caught up in the labels, I do recognize that I have downsized my possessions considerably, paid off my consumer debt, sold my car and am ready to sell my house and live an even simpler, happy life with my husband and daughter. (and 2 cats and a dog)
Knowing that, it might surprise you that I do give and receive gifts. Our holiday giving and receiving has certainly changed over the years. We want less, give more to people who really need our gifts and live with the one in, one out philosophy so even after the presents are opened, we don't have more than we did to begin with.
The gift ideas …
gift the gift of learning and growing with self study e-courses that your loved one can enjoy in the new year.
- The gift of time and space. Ecourses offered from your lovely life include merry extras including audio and video bonuses, free ebooks and a donation to The Kopila Valley project.
- How to dress with less. The Project 333 Self Study course will be gone forever at the end of 2012. If you or someone you know wants to simplify their life starting with their closet, check it out.
- Everyday Magic photography course. Learn how to capture creative images with your camera.
Books are a gift that continue to give long after the reading is finished.
- Crazy Sexy Kitchen: 150 Plant-Empowered Recipes to Ignite a Mouthwatering Revolution for the aspiring vegan. (on my Christmas list)
- The Shack a one of a kind invitation to journey to the very heart of God.
- Simple Ways to Be More with Less if you are ready to simplify your life and improve your health, start here.
- The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles. Anyone that makes anything will be inspired to get started by reading this book.
- Holiday Cookie Cravings. Delicious festive cookie recipes!
- The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future perfect for your favorite entrepreneur.
- Best Kindle Books to inspire simplicity. Find more recommendations here.
- cooking class. go local or check out virtual cooking courses from the Stonesoup Virtual Cookery School.
- date night or a weekend away.
- massage gift certificates.
- a lunch date.
- simplicity session. comes with personalized gift certificate.
Give experiences when you can, or buy nothing if that appeals to you, but be thoughtful about your gifts and how you give and receive them. The gift is rarely about what is inside the box.
I just delivered day 4 of 31 Days of Gifts You so Deserve. It's not too late to sign up or give this program as a gift to someone you love. You'll receive one gift a day through the end of December plus the gifts you missed and so deserve.
Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed this post, please subscribe to Be More with Less and connect with me on Twitter.
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These are excellent ideas Courtney! Now, I work very hard to consider someone's needs as a gift over something that they will never use. I especially love the idea of giving experiences. I would much rather give or receive an opportunity to do something fun versus something that gets forgotten a month later.
After downsizing this year I'm looking forward to a few new gifts but heed your advice on the one in one out philosophy. In the last two years I've received several of the simplicity books on your list as presents and they have have been so useful.
These are great ideas. I like to get things like a gift card for a pedicure or an amazon card to buy books for my kindle. Less stuff…
Great ideas I would also add things like tickets to the theatre, season tickets for a year's admission to an art gallery. My partner and I have booked tickets to a dinner theatre and an overnight stay at a hotel. Great fun, great memories and it doesn't have to be dusted, stored, wrapped or insured
Great ideas! My friends and I always exchange homemade edibles (or drinkables! ). Giving someone something that will help them to simplify their life is a great idea, though. Thanks!
Ahh!!! You and Tammy Strobel are adding to my Christmas list! I would LOVE the gift of admission to some of these ecourses as I focus on trying to switch gears in my life!!!
My wife has always given experiences for gifts, this year she's taking the girls in my family to see the Broadway play "Cinderella". I'm taking my Dad to a jazz concert in the city and my brother in law and nephew to a Jets football game. My wife grew up doing that and now my family is catching on, our first experience filled Christmas!!
Love the idea of gifting ecourses I wrote a blog post recently about giving gifts that are meaningful. I also love the idea of gifting "experiences"!
My family adopted a rule that you must be able to eat or drink gifts – nothing else! If you have time, baking a favourite cake, cookies, etc. If not, your favourite pastry shop or grocery store's is fine. You get the picture… It's now my rule all around, except for kids of course!
The holidays are fun again. No silly/expensive shopping, low stress and just fun family reunions and watching kids' joy. :o)


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In an interview, Sen. Bongbong says that current laws relating to transportation are mostly regulations meant for land, air and sea transport sectors and very few tackle measures meant to strengthen safety and welfare of commuters and passengers.
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John Patrick Shanley's Storefront Church features an all-star cast lead by Tony winner Tonya Pinkins, TV's Giancarlo Esposito and Zach Grenier. We went downtown to get the inside scoop about this new political drama.
Like Saturday Night Live for theater fans, Forbidden Broadway lovingly lampoons Broadway's most popular shows and biggest stars. The cast opens up about why Alive & Kicking is the series' meanest edition yet.September 14, 2012
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Musicals Tonight! brings great musical rarities back, and Cole Porter's Red, Hot and Blue is no exception. Watch the cast talk about this musical comedy and its amazing score.October 5, 2012
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Off-Broadway's The Old Man and The Old Moon, combines live music, puppetry and theatrical effects to tell this folktale about the moon's caretaker who goes to the ends of the earth in search of his lost love.October 10, 2012
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Julia Murney and Daniel Everidge lead a family on the brink of collapse in off-Broadway's Falling. Hear from the cast and creatives about the show's powerful message and why audiences can't get enough of this autism-themed drama.October 15, 2012
As a cancer-ridden judge reexamines his life choices, he permanently upsets the lives of four others. The cast and creatives of Don't Go Gentle open up about the drama's modern themes.October 15, 2012
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Modern Terrorism is hiding out at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre, starring Utkarsh Ambudkar, Steven Boyer, William Jackson Harper and Nitya Vidyasagar. Find out more about Jon Kern's daring comedy about terrorists in New York City.October 17, 2012
Will Eno's one-man-play Title and Deed has arrived off-Broadway at Signature Theatre Company's Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, starring Conor Lovett. Title and Deed is the story of a nameless traveler who explores the meaning of love, life and death while visiting a faraway place.June 4, 2012


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Hopzilla - Lawson's Finest Liquids
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Ratings: 241 | Reviews: 77 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by BrewUSA:
4.35/5 rDev -0.5%
Lawson's Hopzilla
Look 9/10
Smell 16/20
Taste 38/40
Feel 9/10
Drinkability 20/20
Overall 92/100
Very unique malt bill. Stays juicy and creamy. Devastatingly drinkable and rich. I'm going to miss Vermont and Lawson's dearly :( How could so much great beer come from one area?
01-18-2014 05:02:55 | More by BrewUSA
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3.93/5 rDev -10.1%
Dear Hopzilla,
As much as I want to beat you up for having a notably uncreative name, I will refrain. Why? Well, because you're pretty darn tasty. As a reviewer from the depths of southern california, I have had more than one IPA. In fact, I have had just about any big name IPA available to the voting constituency of Los Angeles. That being noted, I have to give you a tremendous about of street cred... I have just as much respect for you as i do only white guy in the cryps. You hold it down. Im not going to jock you and tout you as a "pliney killer" or even a "sculpin/racer x/anything alpine killer" but you are without a doubt an avid and talented "sculpin fisherman."
I severely suggest this beer to hop heads but dont trade an arm and a leg for it. A friend of mine and I went botttle for bottle with some speedway stout and that seemed like the perfect match (considering he drove 2 hours to get some the first time and they were sold out) go $4$ and enjoy the hell out of this beer.
Mr. Lawson. Well Done.
09-27-2010 23:56:01 | More by gregmoscetti
4.75/5 rDev +8.7%
12-21-2012 14:53:05 | More by getinked
4.25/5 rDev -2.7%
12-12-2011 19:18:31 | More by bishopdc0
New Hampshire
4/5 rDev -8.5%
11-21-2013 20:11:36 | More by JakerLou
4.75/5 rDev +8.7%
10-23-2012 23:06:18 | More by bierdabbler
4.38/5 rDev +0.2%
Thanks to Sean for dropping these off early at the Warren Store the day of SIPtemberfest. Batch #153 - bottle 68 of 68.
$10 for the bomber.
Pours a hazy gold color w/ a full two fingers of fluffy white head...thin lacing.
Ever stick your nose in a bag of fresh Cascade hops? This is just about what you get when you keep a lingering nose over this one.
Flavor is what you would expect from a name like Hopzilla. An incredibly bitter, sticky brew w/ a very slight citrus peel addition in the finish. There is nothing juicy about this beer, it is all bitter all the time and just superb if you like your bitter hops. Despite the bitterness, it finishes quite clean and incredibly dry...the alcohol is nowhere to be found...I love the fact this one is under 9%. One bomber is all you need, as you will have very little palate left to taste anything hoppy beyond this.
A pleasure to have this offering from Lawson's Finest in my home....very well received.
10-07-2010 00:39:04 | More by warriorsoul
4.97/5 rDev +13.7%
Op tap poured into an 8oz wine glass.
Pours a nice deep golden amber color with a small white fluffy head. There's some very fine but really nice lacing. Nose is a bit muted but nice an hoppy with a very light sweetnss.
Taste is really hoppy and sharp very drinkable. It's really sharp but it's not too sweet like say 90 minute is, and it's less dry than heady topper. Light caramel notes and a smooth finish with a nice hop bite on the finish.
04-21-2010 20:49:36 | More by kingcrowing
North Carolina
4.5/5 rDev +3%
03-28-2014 23:00:55 | More by Mantooth
4.25/5 rDev -2.7%
12-12-2013 03:27:15 | More by stereosforgeeks
New Jersey
4/5 rDev -8.5%
09-30-2012 01:08:37 | More by acurtis
4.4/5 rDev +0.7%
Big thanks to wtfdic for this one!
A: Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a 1.5 finger white head on top, nice a foamy with great retention. White lacing forms all around the glass in nice sheeting.
S: Very tropical with some pineapple, grapefruit, and a bit of papaya. There is a hint of grainy malt in the middle with a little bit of pine near the end. Very nice aroma though.
T: The citrus/tropical fruit flavor is more intense on the flavor profile. Lots of grapefruit and plenty of citrus rind with a clean piney finish. Just a hint of pale malt, but the citrus fruit flavors really dominate the flavor profile.
M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation, very slight hint of alcohol, but it isn't really a deterrent at all. Slightly dry finish.
O: A fantastic DIPA from Lawson's. Very drinkable with a great flavor profile. Would love to try the other hoppy offerings from this brewery to compare.
09-23-2012 20:45:27 | More by mdaschaf
5/5 rDev +14.4%
11-14-2011 15:26:14 | More by jh1982
New York
4.55/5 rDev +4.1%
Thanks to Mark for this one. Poured from a 22oz. bomber into a Duvel tulip. Shared with schen9303.
Pours a 1 finger foamy white head with very good retention. Lacing is stringy and thick with great cling. Beer is a clear ruby red. Outstanding.
Nose is a bouquet of citrus hop flavors. Grapefruit, pineapple, papaya, and mango. Great creamy hop presence floats in the back asserting itself here and there. Super appetizing.
Opens citrus, papaya, cane sugar, and pineapple in the back. Cane sugar malt backbone makes its presence felt early and often. Balanced out by a subtle hop bitterness. Finish is more tropical fruit and sweetness. A real east coast IPA that leans on the maltier side. Delicious!
Light bodied with moderate to high carbonation. Carbonated and quenching in the mouth and smooth going down. Messy finish with a lingering aftertaste. Perfect for the style.
There's hardly a IIPA that comes out of Vermont that is less than exceptional and this beer doesn't disappoint. Amazing in all aspects with a great look and smell and an even more impressive taste and feel. At 8.7% this one is so dangerously drinkable!
09-29-2012 01:05:17 | More by SpeedwayJim
4.93/5 rDev +12.8%
22oz bomber, split 3 ways - cheers @suncrust
appearance: served in my great lakes chalice, bright orange-amber body, thick fluffy white cream with a nice sticky lace
smell: a really lovely hop bouquet, tropical - pineapple, grapefruit, guava
taste: ISO Vermont trading partner. This was a glorious beer - smooth and layers of hop complexity - grapefruit zest, guava, pineapple, starfruit, huge floral notes, light bitterness. One of the best IPA's i've ever had.
mouthfeel: creamy, abv buried, light bitterness
overall: fantastic
10-01-2012 17:29:33 | More by dirtylou
4.93/5 rDev +12.8%
Full hop flavor without a heavy malt character, which I find true in most double IPA's. Hopzilla is dangerously good!
A - slight haze, but fairly clear, with an orange tint
S - A floral hop smell with a clear hint of grapefruit. From the first
nose, you can tell it is going to be a hop bomb
T - Hopzilla tastes more like an IPA, than an imperial. The 8.7% ABV is incredibly well disguised, no doubt from the abundance of hops flavors which continue from the initial taste, right through the bittering.
M - Very smooth
D - possibly the best part about this brew. The malt characters are light and well balanced, allowing the full waft of hop flavors to shine!
12-29-2010 15:41:44 | More by Madbrew
4.4/5 rDev +0.7%
Thanks to Bubba83 for this great Vermont tick.
Pours a mostly clear bright orange-copper color with a well-formed whitish head that leaves a nice bubbly foam layer.
The aroma is awesome fresh hops - citrusy and herbal, almost reminiscent of Dreadnaught or something. Just a little maltiness behind it.
The flavor has a subtle caramel malt base and a huge hop punch in yo' face with grapefruit, tangerine, resin, and herbal notes.
Really palate-wrecking without being too syrupy, with somewhat soft carbonation and a long bitter finish.
This one is legit! I really like it and think it's up there with a solid west coast IPA.
10-14-2010 17:27:04 | More by nickd717
4.88/5 rDev +11.7%
22 oz metallic gold wax topped bomber into a tulip glass. Batch 139. Bottle 3/96.
Pours a hazy at first but this clears up very nicely in a brilliant coppery apricot color that shimmers beautifully in the glass. This is topped with roughly 2 fingers of thick and frothy white head that has just the slightest off-look to it. This settles down into a huge rich dollop in the middle of the glass, with some swirling kicking this up to a near finger again, and leaving behind a thick latticework of sticky lacing which drenches the sides of the glass. The aroma is DEEPLY floral in the nostrils at first, being punctuated by sharp swathes of bitter grapefruit, spice, pine, earth, and herbal tones all through this. Some tropical fruit notes and bready gains sweep in and help temper the sides of the bouquet but this is just ALL about the hops, with them being unbelievably full, lush, and bitter here in the nose.
The taste just literally drips with hops. Sticky resins, peppery spice, refreshing grapefruit, and some earthy grit. All of the bitter awesomeness that you could possibly want out of your hops is here. There are even some softer herbal tea-like qualities and ripe tropical fruit action from them at work here as well; bringing some needed sweetness to this. The malts give this some sturdy balance as well but mostly add a grainy presence across the back of the palate which gives the hops something to bounce off of. The finish consists of plenty of earthy and fruity bitterness to it, laying a spicy dryness which fortunately doesn't overstay its welcome one bit. The mouthfeel is medium-fuller bodied, with a FANTASTIC soft creaminess to it that blends with the oily textures from the hops, giving this an unbelievably smooth feel in the mouth. The beefiness to this from that 9% ABV is just spot-on here, adding size and warmth to the body but there is absolutely no alcohol taste to this at all. Ahhh, just a really awesome mouthfeel here that contributes immensely to the overall awesome drinkibility of this.
You know, I like to think that I've had a lot of the top ranked IPA selections out there and I have say that this absolutely stands tall as one of thee best that I've ever had the pleasure of putting my lips to. Just almost unparalleled fresh and robust hop character here (the fact that this was consumed less than a week after bottling surely helped) and the tremendous balance and mouthfeel made for an absolutely world-class drinking experience. This one is going to blow up once the word gets out. Better get a bottle while you still can. ;)
07-23-2010 15:03:13 | More by Kegatron
New York
4.75/5 rDev +8.7%
11-28-2013 20:17:52 | More by Darwin232
4.5/5 rDev +3%
11-14-2012 01:59:58 | More by claaark13
3.98/5 rDev -8.9%
a: light golden copper. frothy 1 1/2 finger white head. spotty lacing
s: tropical, citrusy hop burst (orange, grapefruit). some pine. caramel
t: starts out with mostly piney hops with accent of some citrusy hops. Caramel malts quickly come in and enact a scorched earth policy until the finish
m: good level of carbonation. medium body. juicy.
o: My first from Lawson's. Aroma was great but I was let down by the flavor as I thought the maltiness was way too pronounced for what I look for in a DIPA. Glad I got a chance to try this. Hope to try something else from them down the line.
11-09-2013 01:38:28 | More by Jaycase
4.5/5 rDev +3%
10-30-2013 02:10:24 | More by Ajlvt
New Jersey
4/5 rDev -8.5%
05-12-2013 17:02:12 | More by mikeburd1128
4.38/5 rDev +0.2%
Bottle 56 of 96 from Batch 176. A wax-capped 750 mL bottle courtesy of monsterzero.
A: After some prying, the wax came off easily. Poured into a mini tulip, the double IPA is a golden orange, opaque thanks to a general haziness. There is no sediment suspended in the ale. A finger and a half of white head has left legs of lace all around the glass.
S: Tropical fruits hide thick hoppy aromas. Melon and orange rind, along with grapefruit and pine. There is enough malt under the surface to keep things honest. Mango and cantaloupe near the finish.
T: The taste delivers, piney resins and rich fruits be damned. Melons up front, peppery heat following, with a wall of biscuit in the back. Hops leave a dull bite, present but disinterested. Before the finish gets there, the hops reign supreme. The tropical flavors have a peppery undertone, adding a little heat to the sweet body. Very leafy, the DIPA has a fresh concentration of bitterness. The full hop bitterness runs rampant through the finish. A very well rounded IPA, plenty of hoppiness, tropical and lush. Vermont at its finest.
M: The mouthfeel takes a bit to get going. At first, the hoppiness is blinding and hot. As time passes, the floral bouquet emerges and takes control. A spicy hot hop bomb.
D: The IPA feels bigger than 8%, quite a bit of hop strength corraled into one bottle. A good one though.
03-05-2011 01:08:33 | More by akorsak
4.25/5 rDev -2.7%
12-14-2013 04:52:29 | More by VeganUndead
Hopzilla from Lawson's Finest Liquids
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Asset Building through Credit Pilot Program
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Can a secured credit card teamed with education help entrepreneurs to build their credit and business?
That's the central question posed in the Asset Building through Credit (ABC) Pilot Program. With the financial support of the Citi Foundation, FIELD teamed up with Justine PETERSEN – a leader in microenterprise development and credit building – to help five microenterprise organizations offer a Citi/Banamex secured card, accompanied by credit education, to microenterprise clients.
Why a secured credit card?
In today's economy, a good credit score is an important financial asset that allows families to access resources and, in some instances, reduce their cost of living. Many low-income microentrepreneurs have 'thin files', or slightly impaired credit histories, that make it challenging for them to access business loans. When properly managed, secured credit cards are a good tool for building credit. Against this backdrop, the pilot explored the following questions:
Do secured cardholders build credit and progress towards their business goals?
- Does offering a secured card help microenterprise organizations build scale?
- Can microenterprise organizations sustain the delivery of the secured card?
Initial findings
In early 2014, FIELD released the first findings from the ABC pilot. The publication examines the experiences of the five participating sites during the year-long pilot period. Drawing from their experiences, the paper provides insights for organizations, coaches and financial institutions about the ideal customer profile, card approval rates, the demographic and credit profiles of cardholders at the time of application and preliminary findings on credit score outcomes.
Evaluation Model
FIELD's evaluation methods combine quantitative data collection, qualitative research methods, and participatory learning. In collaboration with the grantees, FIELD is collecting data on client characteristics, credit scores at application and over time, performance on the card, financial education and microenterprise services received. FIELD is also collecting data on microenterprise program costs in implementing the program. In addition, FIELD is documenting the experience of the grantees in launching this new product with the view to identifying key factors in successful private sector-nonprofit partnership. Client interviews will add a human face to the data analysis.
The grantees hail from across the country, chosen for their experience working with diverse target markets and experience working with entrepreneurs and financial education: CVOEO and CVCAC , Latino Economic Development Corporation (LEDC), Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE), and Women's Brooklyn Enterprise Center (WBEC). Read more about the sites here.
FIELD is also leveraging the expertise of partner Justine PETERSEN, a pioneer in offering this product and the processing portal manager, to understand whether and how its positive experiences can be replicated. Read about Justine PETERSEN's client experiences in credit building with a secured card.


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With the 15th pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, the New York Rangers select Jonathan Miller, a center from the United States National Team Development Program in the United States Hockey League.
Miller, who also goes by J.T., has committed to the University of North Dakota for the 2011-12 campaign. He's a two-way forward that's responsible anywhere on the ice, can use his body well and is very solid when it comes to dishing the puck. On the flip side, he isn't the most consistent of players, and that's something he'll have to work on in college and, eventually, in the pro ranks.
Read more on Jonathan Miller at our New York Rangers blog, Blueshirt Banter.
For full coverage of the 2011 NHL Draft, stick with this StoryStream and our 2011 NHL Draft hub. You can also find team-by-team coverage around our network of 34 hockey sites, where you can find player profiles, news and rumors. Be sure to check out our network-wide 2011 NHL Mock Draft as well.


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Provides education and support to birth parents.
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Provides adoption support services to birth parents.
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Yuma, Arizona 85365
Phone: (928) 341-9400
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Sunset Community Health Center
Provides comprehensive primary care services to anyone regardless of ability to pay.
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County Health Department
Your local county health department may offer services such as immunizations, nutritional counseling, WIC services, health education classes, prenatal home visitation services and other maternal and child health programs.
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Administers affordable housing programs including Section 8.
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