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One of the topics that saw the English media briefly stray from its Olympics coverage last week was the call by environmental groups for a levy to be introduced on "single-use" plastic bags.
The English still get given free plastic bags by their supermarket chains, and the call to put an end to that comes in the wake of the news that the supermarkets gave out 5.4 percent more of them last year – 8 billion – than in 2010, many of them ending up as litter.
Ring a bell? Nine years ago South Africans stopped being given free plastic bags by supermarkets.
The government decreed that the bags should be thicker – at least 24 microns – to make them re-usable, in the hope that fewer would end up littering our urban and rural landscapes as our unofficial national flower.
And there was a feel-good aspect to the new dispensation, too – a levy on each bag, then 3c, collected by Sars, would go towards the setting up of a Section 21 company called Buyisa-e-Bag (buyisa meaning "give back") as a joint initiative |of the government, labour and business.
Buyisa-e-Bag's aims were, to quote the Department of Environmental Affairs: "The expansion of waste collection networks, the establishment of rural waste collection SMMEs, job creation, improving skills and re-skilling workers in the plastics field."
I reported on all of this at length at the time, and heard many a government official wax lyrical about what a win-win deal this was.
Well, it didn't happen. Sorry to be a downer when we're basking in Team SA's Olympic triumphs, but we've been had.
Buyisa-e-Bag was wound up at the end of last year, having pretty much failed to accomplish anything, supposedly because of some very complicated red tape problem to do with the way the company was set up. So much for giving back.
According to government statistics, plastic bag recovery for recycling has remained ridiculously low – less than 5 percent – since the levy was introduced.
So we're still paying for plastic bags; an unregulated amount which varies from supermarket to supermarket.
What is regulated is the levy – now 4c a bag, paid to Sars by the plastic bag manufacturers. Sars in turn pays that money to the National Treasury.
We're jointly paying about R150 million a year. And what does Treasury do with that money?
Well, I have asked, but the department's spokesperson hadn't responded to my query at the time of writing.
A Pick n Pay spokesman told Consumer Watch: "We have not had any updated information from government regarding how this levy is spent, or of the establishment of any recycling plants funded by the levy."
So, we know that the government is winning, because they're getting a nice stream of revenue they didn't get before 2003 when we began paying for plastic carrier bags. And they're apparently not spending it on recycling initiatives to benefit the environment and create jobs.
Are the supermarket groups winning, too? After all, plastic bags were a massive cost to the industry before 2003, and now they charge us for them – and they get to determine how much.
That was one of the questions I asked all four major supermarket groups last week: "Minus the levy, does that leave the company with |a profit or break-even on each bag, given that prior to the introduction of the levy, the supermarket groups bore the cost of the albeit thinner bags?"
Three denied making a profit on the bags…
Pick n Pay: "We make no profit on the bags."
Shoprite/Checkers: "The Shoprite Group has been selling the regulated bags below cost price since the inception of the law in 2003 as part of its commitment to its customers."
Woolworths: "The bags are not a profit stream for us."
And Spar was decidedly cagey: "We can appreciate that this is of public interest… but our competitors would be even more interested…"
And here's the really sad bit: Whereas the number of plastic bags dispensed by supermarkets took a radical dip when they acquired a price tag in 2003, the years since have seen the numbers climb again.
It seems we South Africans have generally got used to paying for plastic bags, and we'd rather do that than go to the trouble of taking our own reusable bags with us when we go shopping.
So bearing in mind that the plastic bags are a lot thicker than they were pre-2003, we've actually gone backwards – there is effectively a lot more plastic landing up in landfills, in the form of supermarket carrier bags, than before the environmental initiative was launched.
Which means, of course, that the other winner is the plastics industry, which is churning out all this extra, thicker plastic.
Only the Shoprite group, which is patronised by mostly middle- to lower-income consumers, reported a "slight" drop in the demand for plastic bags. "This may indicate that customers are either re-using the bags, or are making use of durable bags more frequently.
"But many customers still purchase shopping bags on every shopping trip."
Here's what the big four are currently charging for a standard |24-litre carrier bag:
PnP: 39c
Spar: 36c
Shoprite Checkers: 39c
Woolworths: 44c
And contrary to some consumers' suspicions, the bags haven't "got thinner" in the past nine years – all four groups are still selling bags of at least 24 microns thick, as legislated.
The same can't be said for many smaller retailers of all descriptions. Some even charge for their too-thin carrier bags – the ultimate consumer rip-off.
Given that the idea of charging shoppers for thicker, re-usable plastic carrier bags was to motivate us not to acquire a fresh stash of plastic on every shopping trip, which would end up in the landfills, I think the retailers should hike the price for each bag to at least 50c, and donate the profit to an environmental cause of their choice.
That way we might actually achieve something "green" as a nation out of our shopping bag habits, despite our government's spectacular failings in this regard.
Make a difference – one recyclable carrier at a time
Meanwhile, if you really want to play your part in sparing the landfills, and the environment, from millions of discarded plastic bags – and, in some cases, make a meaningful contribution to a worthy cause – invest in a sturdy non-plastic shopping bag.
We're spoilt for choice:
- Pick n Pay's "green" bags come in a variety of colours, and R1 from the sale of each one goes to the company's Kids in Parks programme, which has allowed more than 30 000 children to visit our national parks.
The company has also partnered with the Township bag enterprise which sees between 60 and 80 women working in seven co-operatives in Cape Town townships, producing the limited-edition bags.
- Spar sells a "huge" range of eco bags in its stores countrywide.
- The Shoprite Group currently sells a R1.50 durable brown paper bag in its Western Cape stores and will be rolling this out nationally if shoppers take to it. It can hold up to 12kg and is also suitable for damp items such as milk sachets and frozen goods.
- Woolworths has produced a range of R29.95 sturdy carrier bags in response to SA's environmental threats, with R10 from each sale being donated to various causes:
Save the Painted Dog: R450 000 donated to the African Painted Dog conservation, led by the Wildlife ACT Fund.
Save the Cheetah bag: R420 000 raised so far for cheetah conservation, led by the Wildlife ACT Fund.
Save the Rhino bag: 100 000 bags sold since September 2010, with a donation of R1m having been made towards the purchase of anti-poaching equipment.
The new Rhino Bag, launched last month, will see R10 of every sale donated to the Wildlife ACT fund |to support a project aimed at boosting the population growth of black rhino in SA.
Giving praise where praise is due helps improve service levels
Since we're all currently bursting with national pride, I thought I'd echo the mood by sharing some tales of heartwarming customer service.
First, a commendation of my own, witnessed on a flight on our national carrier, SAA, about 10 days ago.
One of the cabin attendants working in economy class on SA542 from Durban to Joburg that morning didn't do anything spectacular like help deliver a baby or calm panicked passengers during a patch of turbulence.
On the face of it, all he did was his job. Directing passengers to their seats, going through the safety drill, serving refreshments.
But it was the way he did these things, his general demeanour and his energy, which set him apart.
Zakhele Mpanza was upbeat, full of smiles, caring, and clearly loving his job – and most passengers responded to him with matching warmth.
I saw him help an elderly woman – who'd recently had a knee replacement, I later learnt – to her seat. He fetched a blanket for her, made sure she was comfortable, then leant down slightly and said something like: "Now if you need anything at all, you just let me know…"
If they hadn't been different races, you could have been forgiven for assuming she was his grandmother.
What Zakhele displayed, apart from competency and passion for his job, was great empathy for his passengers.
And empathy, in my view, is what elevates service from acceptable to exceptional.
I hope SAA appreciates him.
Second, Edward Carman wrote to commend Garmin Southern Africa for "going above and beyond the expectations of reasonable customer service" by giving him a free replacement for his broken, out-of-warranty heart-rate strap.
He took the broken strap to the company's Joburg service centre last week. Not only was it out of warranty, but he'd bought it overseas, so he was fully expecting to pay for a repair or replacement.
Instead, the company replaced the strap, and refused payment.
"These straps are not cheap – more than R500 – so this definitely counts as exceptional service in my book," Carman said.
Okay, so this third "above and beyond" good-service story concerns not a local company, but Amazon.com of the US, but it deserves a place on this page.
Tracey Joubert of Howick in KwaZulu-Natal had two Kindles in the family go faulty recently.
"Both times I've gone online to the Amazon chatroom for 'issues' and within half an hour I've had all my details checked, a problem logged and a new Kindle dispatched – all with extreme politeness and loads of patience and help from the service agent dealing with my 'chat'.
"Each time the new Kindle has taken an amazing three days from despatch in Louisville, Kentucky, in the US to reach little old Howick in the Midlands."
Both damaged Kindles were collected by a courier company and returned to the US, free of charge.
"In both cases I've not had to pay a cent and have received a new device in less than a week. Wow!"
Wow indeed.
If only all companies made returning defective goods this pleasant and hassle-free.
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San Antonio, Texas - November 23, 2011
Karen Matayka: I think, honestly, we're soul mates.
Ed Matayka: I think she's got a good opinion. (laughs)
Ed and Karen Matayka were single and in their early 20s, when they met 12 years ago in San Antonio, Texas-- home to the Alamo, the birthplace of Texas liberty, the Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio and one of the premiere military hospitals in the country, Brooke Army Medical Center or BAM-C. The Mataykas both studied medicine there, eventually fell in love and became medics in the Vermont National Guard.
Now, they find themselves back at BAM-C, where Ed is learning to walk again.
"I won't be walking on my legs, but I will be walking on legs," he said.
In July of last year, Ed's military vehicle hit a massive roadside bomb during a convoy in Afghanistan.
"I'm starting to get back to the new normal," he said. "And the new normal isn't just for wounded soldiers; it's for every soldier that deploys. When you come home, things are always different."
Some 185 Vermont National Guard soldiers were wounded in Afghanistan. Those injuries range from minor to the most severe. And that number is expected to grow as more of our soldiers come forward with post-traumatic stress disorder. Right now, 105 of our soldiers are still getting treatment, either at home, or at hospitals like BAM-C.
For privacy reasons, the Guard won't specifically say how many of those 185 were seriously wounded like Ed.
"The complications in his case are more extreme," physical therapist Marie Black said.
Ed gets specialized treatment and rehabilitation at the Center for the Intrepid (CFI) on the San Antonio campus.
"We take the soldier from the standard rehab and we take them to do things that people think they couldn't do," Dr. Raul Marin said.
It's a high-tech center designed to serve the high numbers of amputees and burn victims returning from war. Wounded veterans are treated here at no cost. And they continue to get rehabilitation as long as they're making progress.
"Everyone wants to be here," Ed said. "I want to be here. So, why wouldn't I give it my all?"
"The CFI is a really busy place," Black said.
And for most here, rehabilitation is the new basic training.
"We take things for granted like sitting on the edge of the bed and getting into bed and getting back out of the bed. When your body isn't listening to you like it used to listen to you, it's a lot bigger struggle," Black said.
Ed and Karen say being with other wounded vets helps in the healing process.
"They help each other get over the wounds you don't see," Karen said.
Ed not only gets medical treatment here, but he and Karen live on the BAM-C campus, too. They share a home with about 20 other wounded warriors and their families. It's called the Fisher House and it's located next to the rehab facility. They stay here free, thanks to generous donations.
"When you are surrounded by people going through the same things as you are, it's easier to talk about problems you may or may not be having," Ed said. "In general, yes, we tremendously feed off each other."
"It's only normal to be depressed, angry, etc., when you have all of these losses," Dr. Marin said. "I tell my guys and gals it's half the battle."
Doctors say younger vets in their teens and early 20s who are wounded typically have a more difficult time in recovery. Ed is 34.
"When you have Mount Everest to climb and you are young it is hard. The advantage that Ed has is maturity. That sets Ed apart," Marin noted.
Post-deployment problems affect families, too. Studies show that divorce rates are twice as high for veterans returning from war. Doctors say some spouses can't handle the extra burden of caring for a wounded vet. But more often the veteran pushes their spouse away.
"I think he gives me too much credit," Karen said.
Not Ed and Karen; Ed says her love and support got him through the worst of it.
"Granted, a lot of the physical work is mine, but a lot of the mental challenges I have had to overcome has been by what she's told me, the way she's encouraged me, and made me strive to continue on," Ed said.
Karen says love kept her strong and Ed's sense of humor kept them pushing forward together.
"I'm very proud of him," Karen said.
And the Mataykas are planning for their future.
"We are looking forward to children," Karen said. "Initially, Ed wanted six children when he woke up from his coma. He's dialed back to a more reasonable three. I think I can handle that."
"We were going to have kids before I got injured," Ed said. "Why we would change our plans now that I am injured?"
The couple is starting fertility treatments and hopes for kids in about a year, when Ed is closer to leaving the military hospital in San Antonio.
"We want to share love. We want to have children," Karen said.
But as they move on the Mataykas never forget. Ed still wears a bracelet honoring Specialist Ryan Grady, a Vermont soldier killed in the same blast that left Ed critically wounded.
"I remember him and every night before I go to bed I look at it and I remember," Ed said.
And they hope to help other wounded veterans and their families, possibly starting a charity to help with the expenses not covered by the government or foundations, like wheelchair vans.
"There are a lot of people we have to thank and that we'd like to pay it forward," Ed explained.
"The love and support that people show helps a lot. It helps more than I think they know," Karen said. "That helps us emotionally and we achieve more physically."
"I may have been down for a bit, but I'm not out," Ed promised.
Doctors admit Ed's prognosis is unclear. They cannot guarantee he'll be a full-time walker. They say it's more likely he'll walk part time and use his wheelchair part time. But they expect him to be much more independent, relying on Karen less when he's done with rehab.
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As an athletic trainer, Natalie Steadman is equipped to handle many different medical situations. However, during a playoff game in Anton last Fall, she was put to the ultimate test.
Steadman, who is the trainer for Petersburg High School, says she was leaving the sidelines after assisting an injured player. With just one minute left in the game, she was called back out, where the team photographer had passed out.
"I ran down there, we rolled him over and he wasn't breathing, wasn't conscious, didn't have a heartbeat," Steadman said.
Steadman's 20 years of experience and training kicked in, and she began to do CPR on the man. With the assistance of the Littlefield EMS, she used an AED on him.
"I noticed about 50-60 compressions in, I noticed an eyelid flicker and his eyes opened and we had him back," Steadman said.
The photographer was transported to the hospital by ambulance. Steadman was dubbed a hero, having saved his life. Despite the recognition, Steadman says she doesn't consider herself a hero. She believes all the odds were in her favor that night.
"It just turned out that way, that it was the right time, right place, had the right equipment and he had the right thing that could be helped," Steadman said.
Steadman says she believes anyone would have done what she did.
"I'm glad it all worked out and you just realize how precious life is and how quickly it can be taken, because technically, for a minute, he wasn't here I'm just glad it worked out," Steadman said.
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NBC News Veteran Provides Inspiring Address at 64th Commencement Exercises
Anne Thompson, a 16-year veteran of NBC News, delivered the address to nearly 500 graduates at the 64th annual Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 19, at Mohegan Sun Arena. Click the link below to listen to her inspiring message to our graduates.
In addition to addressing the graduates, Thompson will receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree from King's.
A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Thompson is currently NBC News' Chief Environmental Affairs correspondent. Her reports appear across all platforms of NBC including "NBC Nightly News," "Today," MSNBC and NBCNews.com.
Since being hired by NBC News in 1997, Thompson has been a national correspondent and chief financial correspondent before being named environmental affairs correspondent in 2007. She led coverage of the Gulf oil spill, covering all aspects of the crisis from beginning to when the well was finally killed. This extensive coverage made Thompson the NBC news correspondent with the most airtime in 2010, according to the Tyndall Report.
Thompson received the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award, and she was part of the "Nightly News" team that won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Journalism Award and the Emmy Award for coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2006.
She was also awarded the Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial journalism for a series of reports that aired on "Nightly News" on the jobless economic recovery. She was also nominated for four business and financial news Emmys.
Prior to joining NBC News, Thompson was employed at television stations in South Bend, Ind.; St. Louis; and Detroit.


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Luigi Rossi
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Luigi Rossi (c. 1597 – 20 February 1653) was an Italian Baroque composer. Rossi was born in Torremaggiore, a small town near Foggia, in the ancient kingdom of Naples and at an early age he went to Naples. There he studied music with the Franco-Flemish composer Jean de Macque who was organist of the Santa Casa dell'Annunziata and maestro di cappella to the Spanish viceroy. Rossi later entered the service of the Caetani, dukes of Traetta.
Rossi composed just two operas: Il palazzo incantato, which was given at Rome in 1642; and Orfeo, written after he was invited by Cardinal Mazarin in 1646 to go to Paris for that purpose, and given its premiere there in 1647. Rossi returned to France in 1648 hoping to write another opera, but no production was possible because the court had sought refuge outside Paris. Rossi returned to Rome by 1650 and never attempted anything more for the stage.
A collection of cantatas published in 1646 describes him as musician to Cardinal Antonio Barberini, and Giacomo Antonio Perti in 1688 speaks of him along with Carissimi and Cesti as "the three greatest lights of our profession."
Rossi is noteworthy principally for his chamber-cantatas, which are among the finest that the 17th century produced. A large quantity are in manuscripts in the British Library and in Christ Church Library, Oxford. La Gelosia, printed by F.A. Gevaert in Les Gloires d'Italie, is an admirable specimen. He left about 300 cantatas in total.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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- Free scores by Luigi Rossi at the International Music Score Library Project
- Free scores by Luigi Rossi in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Luigi Rossi, a valuable article on the website of Goldberg Magazine by Dinko Fabris, translated by Yolanda Acker
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GE CEO Immelt's Conservative Fox News-Watching Mother Didn't Want Him Working For Obama
There was another fascinating part of GE CEO aka White House jobs czar Jeffrey Immelt's interview on 60 Minutes Sunday besides him asking Lesley Stahl why she doesn't root for his company's success.
His conservative, Fox News-watching mother didn't want him working for the Obama administration (video follows with transcript and commentary):
JEFFREY IMMELT, GE CEO AND OBAMA JOBS CZAR: You know, I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and my parents are really right wingers. My dad watches like, five or six hours of "Fox News" every day and stuff like that. So I called home and said, "Hey, just to give you a heads up, you know, I'm going to be with the President and he's asked me to lead this jobs council." And my mother said, "Well, you said, no, of course didn't you?" I said, "No mom, that's not what I said."
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" And my mother said, "Well, you said, no, of course didn't you?" I said, "No mom, that's not what I said."
Nope, I said "Yes my Messiah, may I lick your boots after I kiss your royal behind?"
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
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President Obama has a nearly unlimited 'stash' of taxpayer money - Mom and dad can't compete with that kind of kickback.
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ETU Poomsae Ranking List 2013
The ETU Poomsae Ranking List for 2013 has been completed. It now includes all ETU Poomsae A-Class tournaments from 2013:
ETU Poomsae Ranking List 2012
The ETU Poomsae Ranking has been set up based on the results of seven ETA A-Class Poomsae tournaments in 2012 (German Open Poomsae, Belgium Open Poomsae, Danish Open Poomsae, Austrian Open Poomsae, Finnish Open Poomsae, Hungarian Open Poomsae, Serbian Open Poomsae).
The Poomsae Ranking List has been updated - this is the list up to Nov. 2012.
ETU Ranking List 2010
ETU A-Class tournaments are the elite Taekwondo championships in Europe, They are hosted by selected National Federations and are screened by ETU for high class level of organization and partizipation. Click on the list below and find out the top level Taekwondo players of Europe for 2010:
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- The Ranking List of the A-Class tournaments for 2010 will NOT be used for seeding in future competitions.
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Summary: Who is Jesus Christ? In The Third Jesus , bestselling author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra provides an answer to this question that is both a challenge to current systems of belief and a fresh perspective on what Jesus can teach us all, regardless of our religious background. There is not one Jesus, Chopra writes, but three. First, there is the historical Jesus, the man who lived more than two thousand years ago and whose teachings are the foundation of Christian theology and thought. Next there is Jesus the Son of God, who has come to embody an institutional religion with specific dogma, a priesthood, and devout believers. And finally, there is the third Jesus, the cosmic Christ, the spiritual guide whose teaching embraces all humanity, not just the church built in his name. He speaks to the individual who wants to find God as a personal experience, to attain what some might call grace, or God-consciousness, or enlightenment. When we take Jesus literally, we are faced with the impossible. How can we truly "love thy neighbor as thyself"? But when we see the exhortations of Jesus as invitations to join him on a higher spiritual plane, his words suddenly make sense. Ultimately, Chopra argues, Christianity needs to overcome its tendency to be exclusionary and refocus on being a religion of personal insight and spiritual growth. In this way Jesus can be seen for the universal teacher he truly is-someone whose teachings of compassion, tolerance, and understanding can embrace and be embraced by all of us.
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In fact, Google is making a point of calling this initial launch of Google+ enterprise features a "preview" that Apps administrators have the option to enable -- or not -- for their domain's end users at no additional charge until further notice. The Education edition is free, while the Business and Government editions cost $50 per user per year, or $5 per user per month.
A key, absent feature, according to Lepofsky, is an activity stream in employees' Google+ profiles where notifications of actions by their colleagues are displayed, such as when someone creates a document or posts a comment.
"They need broadcast notifications in the stream," he said.
Another Apps component that could be boosted through integration with Google+ is the Sites website-building application, Lepofsky said.
Bavor concurred that linking Google+ with Sites has a lot of upside potential.
"When you combine this tool [Sites] for structuring and organizing information, with the sharing capabilities of Google+, interesting things can happen," he said. "We're considering and evaluating all our options with Sites there."
Forrester's Koplowitz said that a full ESN version of Google+, along with the suite's existing functionality in Gmail, Docs and the other components, could make Apps very attractive to prospective customers.
However, Google isn't helping itself by being so tight-lipped about its road map and plans, because enterprise IT professionals need clear statements of commitment and direction from their vendors, he said.
Since the Apps components all started as consumer applications -- Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Sites -- their future destiny and development seem tied to their popularity among consumers, he said.
This is problematic in the case of Google+, which some industry observers maintain hasn't fulfilled the company's popularity expectations among consumers.
In the past year, Google has been anything but shy about axing products that it considers outdated, unpopular or redundant, an aggressive pruning effort mandated by CEO Larry Page.
"Google+ looks like a compelling enterprise offering, but, if it doesn't get traction in the consumer space, will Google continue to invest in it as an enterprise-only product? Will it pull the plug?" Koplowitz said. "That keeps me up at night a bit."
Bavor disputes the premise that Google+ is on shaky ground in the consumer market, pointing out that the social networking service has 150 million active users, with growth fueled by strong momentum.
He also said that the company's strategy for Google+ both among consumers and Apps users is to enmesh it in the fabric of Google's other products.
In fact, the push to make Google+ a ubiquitous presence across Google products is one element that will differentiate it from competing offerings, he said.
"We are deeply committed to Google+," he said. "We see it as being a cornerstone for the entire Google consumer and enterprise user experience."
Juan Carlos Perez covers enterprise communication/collaboration suites, operating systems, browsers and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Juan on Twitter at @JuanCPerezIDG.


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The Master of Education in Early Childhood Education is a program for students seeking knowledge and expertise in the field of early childhood development and teaching. The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) standards form the foundation of this program. The curriculum includes instructional strategies, teaching methodologies, assessment techniques, theories of early childhood growth and development, and the impact of family and cultural diversity on early childhood. With a focus on children from birth through third grade, this program has embedded practicum experiences throughout the coursework, requires a student teaching component, and will lead to a teaching credential in Arizona.


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Jennifer Poudrier
B.A. University of Saskatchewan, M.A. University of Saskatchewan, Ph.D. Queen's University
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In press Jennifer Poudrier and Roanne Thomas-MacLean. We've Fallen into the Cracks: Aboriginal women's experiences of breast cancer through photovoice. Nursing Inquiry
2008 Carolyn Brooks, Jennifer Poudrier, and Roanne Thomas-MacLean, Creating Collaborative Visions with Aboriginal Women: A PhotoVoice Project, in Pranee Liamputtong (Ed.), Doing Cross-Cultural Research: Ethical and Methodological Perspectives
2008 Roanne Thomas-MacLean, Jennifer Poudrier, and Carolyn Brooks, Envisioning the Future with Young Aboriginal Breast Cancer Survivors. Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal
2008 Roanne Thomas-MacLean and Jennifer Poudrier, Health Status in Canada, in H.D. Dickinson and B.S. Bolaria (Eds.), Health, Illness and Health Care in Canada, 4th Edition. Toronto: Nelson
2007 Jennifer Poudrier and Janice Kennedy, Embodiment and the Meaning of the 'Healthy Body': An Exploration of Aboriginal Women's Perspectives of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image, Journal of Aboriginal Health, 4(1):15-24
2007 Roanne Thomas-Maclean, Jennifer Poudrier, and Carolyn Brooks. What is Ethical Health Care? Words and Images from Aboriginal Breast Cancer Survivors. Making Connections: A Canadian Cancer Research Conference Celebrating NCIC's 60th Anniversary, November 15-17, Toronto, ON, p.127
Annette Burfoot and Jennifer Poudrier, 2008. In cerca della diversità: il caso
Jennifer Poudrier, Roanne Thomas-MacLean, and Carolyn Brooks, 2007. Moving Forward: Learning from Aboriginal Breast Cancer Survivors' Photography. Cancer Research Day, December 5, Saskatoon, SK
2007 Jennifer Poudrier, Organizer and Chair. Sociological Analyses of Health Care Reform in Canada I. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association, May 29-June 01, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
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- Pacific Drilling S.A. is a mid-tier offshore driller specialized in UDW drillships based in Luxembourg. The company delivered its Q2 earning impressive results on August 6th, 2014.
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It takes more than technology to make some tech projects succeed. It requires diplomacy, dedication, perseverance, a willingness to embrace change, and the vision to come up with new ways to solve old problems.
When the Allegheny County Department of Human Services teamed with MAYA Design in June 2004, it hoped to create a data warehouse for the thousands of service providers in the Pittsburgh metro area. But they ended up creating something much bigger: a new model for building communities around information.
HumanServices.net is a gateway to an "Information Commons" -- a distributed database that brings together a wide range of information and data types into a single, easily searchable repository. The site contains detailed profiles of everything from daycare centers and drug counselors to free clinics and food banks, along with photographs, maps, directions, and even the nearest bus routes. The site has changed how case workers do their jobs, says John Pierce, who directs the office of information management at the Allegheny DHS. In the past, a case worker might spend three or four hours calling agencies to find out if they offered certain services needed in a particular neighborhood.
"Now they go online and do it in minutes, and they can look up all the agencies in that neighborhood, not just the few they might already know about," Pierce says.
Best of all, the department did it without spending a dime of taxpayer money. Pierce says the project has cost $750,000 so far, all provided by more than a dozen Pittsburgh-area foundations.
Building the Commons required breaking down deeply entrenched information silos, both technological and bureaucratic. In fact, the technology was probably the easiest part, says Josh Knauer, MAYA's director of advanced development.
To extract data stored in Oracle and FoxPro databases, Excel spreadsheets, and the like, MAYA used a universal format it invented called the u-form. Each u-form consists of a small unit of data -- such as one row in a relational database -- along with attributes such as the data's source, the set it belongs to, and any digital signatures or intellectual property rights associated with it.
MAYA uses XML and SOAP to pull u-forms from each source, then distributes the database on a peer-to-peer network co-hosted by each major stakeholder -- such as the Allegheny DHS, the local chapter of the United Way, and A+ Schools, an educational advocacy group -- all of which offer their own customized gateways to the Commons.
But the biggest hurdles were political and practical, not technical. For example, no agency wanted to cede control over its data or its tools, Pierce notes. In MAYA's scheme, they don't have to. Each agency updates information using its existing database tools; the Commons then extracts the data in the background. It turned out to be a cheaper route, Knauer says. "Using a distributed data infrastructure, where everyone in the Commons participates in creating, editing, and updating the information, is a heck of a lot less expensive than having one central server and one organization managing all the data," he says.
The key to making it all work was having 3 Rivers Connect manage the project, Knauer says. 3rc also hosts DHS's database and performs day-to-day maintenance.


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"Trojan protection comes in many forms. Now legally tipped: "College colors are now slightly more protected by trademark law: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Louisiana State, Ohio State, Southern Cal [that's douchebag sports announcer speak for USC], and the University of Oklahoma in a case involving T-shirts that used the colors but not the names or logos of major college football programs," US News' Paper Trail blog says via Inside Higher Ed. "The four schools sued Smack Apparel Co. over concerns that its designs could be mistaken for university-sanctioned merchandise."
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From adult programs to open house events, Dunes Learning Center special events offer people of all ages opportunities to develop, and be inspired by, a personal connection to nature.
Join Dunes Learning Center supporters and friends for our annual event at the newly refurbished Spa Special Events Center where we'll present the 2014 Green Apple Award to Duneland School Corporation, Flora Richardson Foundation and Duneland Education Foundation.
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Time: 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. Central Time
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Humphrey, Albert, and the Flying Machine
Booklist Reviews 2004 October #1
Gr. 1-3. Reluctantly attending the sure-to-be-boring birthday party of Princess Briar Rose, brothers Humphrey and Albert soon yawningly note that the long-rumored prophecy is coming true as everyone at court falls into a deep sleep. The boys awaken 100 years later (but before the other guests) and leave the castle in search of a prince who can end the enchantment with a kiss. Instead they find real-life inventor Daniel Bernoulli, who is attempting to invent a flying machine and manages to fulfill their purpose as well as his own. Though the ending owes little to either history or folklore, it is entirely satisfying anyway. Besides linking the story to that of Sleeping Beauty, the appended author's note provides information about scientist Bernoulli's life and his discovery. Large in scale, comical in characterization, and dramatic in composition, the spirited watercolor, gouache, and pencil artwork will help draw children into this lighthearted blend of fact and fiction that's good for reading aloud. ((Reviewed October 1, 2004)) Copyright 2004 Booklist Reviews.
Horn Book Guide Reviews 2005 Spring
Melding science and traditional literature, this fractured fairy tale features Sleeping Beauty and a European scientist from the 1700s, Daniel Bernoulli. With the help of two palace boys, Daniel wakens the princess from her one-hundred-year spell, thus gaining her hand in marriage. Copper-toned watercolor, gouache, and pencil pictures illustrate the uninspired tale. A brief biography of Bernoulli is appended. Copyright 2005 Horn Book Guide Reviews.
Library Media Connection Reviews 2005 April
This is a fun Sleeping Beauty story with a twist. Rumors before Briar Rose's birthday foretell the curse, including the hundred-year sleep and the kiss to end it. Humphrey and Albert are part of the sleeping court and wake before anyone else. They set off to find a suitor for the princess. Their ad warns that some kissing will be required, but there are many applicants to interview. Their most worthy candidate is inventor Daniel Bernoulli, who actually lived in Europe in the eighteenth century. Daniel and the boys use his flying machine to go directly to the castle courtyard, bypassing the hedge of thorns. Briar Rose is no fool; after the kiss that wakes her, she falls in love with Daniel on the spot though he's not a handsome prince. Even better-he's a genius! Fun illustrations help tell the story. When everyone else looks horrified at the entrance of the evil fairy, Briar Rose looks ready to take her on if she dares to threaten anyone else. An author's note gives a brief biography of Bernoulli. Recommended. Anne Hanson, Library Media Specialist, Hoover Elementary School, North Mankato, Minnesota © 2005 Linworth Publishing, Inc.
Publishers Weekly Reviews 2004 November #1
Favorite fairy tales and songs are featured in new picture books. Science, history and fairy tale unite in Humphrey, Albert, and the Flying Machine by Kathryn Lasky, illus. by John Manders. In this witty riff on "Sleeping Beauty," siblings Humphrey and Albert are reluctant guests at Princess Briar Rose's birthday party. "The boys' prophecy had come true: This was indeed the world's most boring party.... The princess had been cursed, and the entire court had fallen into a deep sleep." But along with inventor Daniel Bernoulli, the brothers save the day. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
School Library Journal Reviews 2004 October
K-Gr 2-Humphrey and Albert, 10 and 8 respectively, do not want to go to Princess Briar Rose's birthday party, fearing it will be-their favorite word-boring. Things look more promising when the evil fairy appears, but then the curse kicks in and they fall asleep for the requisite 100 years. The boys wake up three weeks early, however, and go hunting for a handsome prince to kiss the princess and break the spell. When they hack their way through the nettles surrounding the castle, they encounter the scientist and inventor Daniel Bernoulli, hard at work on a flying machine. With the boys' assistance, he completes the plane, flies over the nettles, and kisses the princess. Although he is not handsome, she imagines his mind, and "in that mind she saw beauty, and in his eyes she saw love." An appended author's note attempts to clear up the confusion created by the text regarding the real Bernoulli and his genuine accomplishments. This is an uncomfortable blend of reality and fantasy that simply doesn't work and will leave children with no clue as to who "this prince of science" was or why he was important. Manders's frenetic watercolor, gouache, and pencil cartoons are comic but rely so heavily on shades of brown that details often blur together. Debbie Dadey's Shooting Star: AnnieOakley (Walker, 1997) and Diane Stanley's Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter (HarperCollins, 1997) offer more satisfying mixes of fact and fancy.-Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.


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tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:/forums/november-2010-babies/rss Recent Posts on November 2010 Babies forum on What to Expect Recent Posts on November 2010 Babies forum on What to Expect 266 267 general-discussion General Discussion tag:www.whattoexpect.com,2009-05-01:Forums::Topic/24836896 Grab the All-New (and Improved!) WTE App Today! 266 267 general-discussion 24836896 24836896

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Our sweet beagle has started having a lot of neck pain since Christmas Day. She's been to the vet 4 times in a week and on mega pain meds and steroids and isn't improving. We're pretty sure we're going to lose her soon because she is suffering so much. We've tried explaining to our son that she is hurt and may not be here for much longer but it's hard to explain this to a 3yo. Any advice? I had to have another dog put down when I was pregnant with my son and am expecting baby 2 in June. Pregnancy seems to disagree with my fur babies. :(
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I'm a November 2010 Mom, but never posted here before. My (almost) 3yo has turned into a wild beast in the past sixish months, maybe. I remember her being so sweet, and wanting to help and learn all the time. Now she's over the top with everything, defiant, and NOT listening. Time outs are a constant. We had to pull her out of swimming classes as she was not focusing and disrupting the class. We are hoping it's just her age, and she wasn't interested in the classes, but I worry there might be more to it. I should say that it's not 24/7, but she acts up very often through the day. Also, we welcomed another child in July. Anyone else's 3 yo acting like a wild child?
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 Trying to find some of the people that had commented a few years ago on thread about "pregnant wtihout sex?" I'm really trying to find someone to whom this has actually happened! Please email me today! firstname.lastname@example.com
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So we are expecting baby number 2 in September and we want to go on walks as much as possible after baby is born. DS is perfectly capable of walking on his own, but it would be nice to have the option for him to sit down and rest. My question is that he is a big boy already 45lbs. I know some sit and stands go up to 50lbs, but just curious what others thoughts are about them.
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My 3 yr old son has developed major attitude issues at home. He has become hateful towards both my dh and I as well as his brother (who is 1). He screams at us, tells us no, whines about absolutely everything, it's horrendous. He's started hitting his brother and I get that being 1 his brother is probably bothering him more than anything but he can't be hitting him. We do time outs and spankings when things get to severe, but nothing really seems to help. He goes to preschool and I've talked with his teachers and they say he's nothing like that there and he gets a good report sent home everyday. I'm a stay at home mom and we sent him to school because of the socialization factor and to help with learning. I'm considering taking him down to part time (only 2 or 3 days a week) but I don't know if being home more will help him or not. It's like the second he gets home be becomes a terror and I'm getting onto him and I hate that. I'm wondering if being home with me and his brother more will help with the attitude. He's home this week for winter break and I've come up with schedule that includes a little tv in the morning while I clean up from breakfast playtime work time ( while brother naps) then letting him help with lunch lunchtime hd d
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Anyone have advice on back-tracking with potty training? My DD is 3 years 4 months old, and was completely potty trained for a while. She even got up at nighttime to get me when she had to pee. We have dealt with lapses before...once when we moved/switched daycares, and once when all of a sudden pooping was the devil and she would hold it til she was constipated. We got through all of those and she was GREAT! Then my hubby deployed and now she wets the bed every night and had had 3 daytime accidents just from holding it too long (she hasn't done that in AGES!). This is so frustrating for me, and she is so stubborn/sensitive. Anyone been in a similar situation and have good ideas about overcoming it?

What has worked before is getting up ~1 am each night to take her to the bathroom. I am just dreading that, as I am 16 weeks pregnant and exhausted all the time. I also try to cut off her fluid intake by 6 pm, but let me tell you how not easy that is as I get home from work at 5ish and still have to make dinner. Is she supposed to eat dinner with no drink?

Ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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My son turned 3 couple of wks ago and I really want him to potty train since another baby is on it's way. I tried to train him over the thanksgiving wkend and he will not do it. He will sit there in the potty but will not pee or poo. I used stickers, candies, even chocolate as incentive. I took his diaper off and put underwear on, and he pees on there every time and will walk funny after he pees on it.

Some ppl told me not to push it, he will let me know when he's ready.

How do u do it? Should I keep training or just wait till he tells me? Any strategies?
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He loves his trucks, music, singing and dancing. Only thing he doesn't want to play is drawing. He has no interest in it. Anyone has any idea of how to get him to draw or even get a little bit of onterest? He will draw a circle and runs away like that's boring without any action.
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I read "well it'll take 2 or 3 year's before we're playoff ready or we don't have the right pieces" any time fan's are talking about the Ram's in the playoff's or something and you know what I'm willing to bet that 2 or 3 year's down the road I'll still hear the same thing cause I think it's ALWAYS 2 or 3 years down the road or we don't have the right pieces. I don't think the majority of fan's understand that mentality is that of losers that's what losers think you know I don't think Fisher is thinking that and frankly I'd be surprised if he was. I think he's looking to take the team to the playoff's this year and you know what why not, as I sat watching the 2011 Ram's spiral into nothingness half way through the season I saw another team from the same division rise up and make it deep into the playoff's with there new coach. I watched as the 49ers beat team's that many said they wouldn't be able too but they did and they did it with a mediocre offense led by Alex Smith, a good defense and a coach that knew what the hell he was doing and had a good strategy.
They bought into his vision and made it happen and they got into the playoff's. I ask you why can't the Ram's do that?? you know what I think it is that made them successful??? I think it was 98% mentality versus 2% effort which I saw witnessed when the Ram's played the Saint's during that game they truly believed they could win that game and you know what they did. I believe that if they buy into Fishers vision and I mean really buy into it then 98% of the work is already done. I think what most people have to understand is that all it takes is for a team to make it to the play off''s and then who knows what happens. The Giant's season wasn't the greatest in fact they were struggling some but they made it to the playoff's and went on a hot streak. I don't know if the Ram's will make it to the playoff's or not and I don't know if Fisher is as good as some say but I do know that he has a strategy and a vision. I can hear some of you say "Well Freewheeler2 since you called us losers let's see your ass come up with a way the Ram's could go to the playoff' you dumb ass." I'm glad you asked.
I believe most team's probably won't take the Ram's seriously based on their futility of past season's but especially on the 2011 season so they'll play as if it was a scrimmage game ohh they'll say the right thing's but their play will reflect what there really thinking which will be to not take the Ram's seriously which Fisher can and I suspect will exploit. I do not think he will just run and pound the ball those day's are long gone I think it will be more of a combination pass and run. I believe he will also play to Sam's strength's what you have to understand is Sam's is used to a spread offense, no huddle and moving around and passing the ball he is a very accurate long and short passer and from what I understand the air coryall system is more or less what Sam is used to playing Sam is also a very intelligent football player. The game will be slower for him because of what he has gone through in 2010 and especially 2011. I believe most of the key player's are already there for the Ram's to have a good season but I think it all hinges on whether or not they believe in Fishers vision and strategy.


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ISO 9002 & ISO/TS 16949:2002 certified manufacturer of standard & custom spring steel fasteners & stamped & formed metal parts. Products include circlips, rings, nuts, washers, shims, cotters, clamps, clips & bands. Nuts such as push-on, flat & J & U shape nuts are available. Types of washers include precision, conical spring, single wave spring, double wave spring & three wave spring washers. Clips such as U, C & S shape, dart, garnish, fan balance, panel & ball stud clips are available. Products are available in high & low carbon steel, carbon & alloy steel, stainless steel, copper based alloy & silicon steel. Capabilities include stamping, forming, tapping & degreasing. Markets include automotive, housing components, electronics & appliances.
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The Topy manufacturing plant in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, is now producing a wide range of spring steel fasteners, clamps, clips and other components. This 40,000 square foot facility features state-of-art equipment that assures cost-effective production of spring steel, stainless steel, brass and aluminum parts.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Movie Synopsis: Johnny Depp returns to his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow in an action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise. When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), he's not sure if it's love—or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.


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If your bill from Lakeland Electric is late, it may not be coming.
Lakeland Electric says hundreds, possibly thousands of bills may have burned up in a fire a few weeks ago. It involved a mail truck and semi on I-75 in the Wesley Chapel area.
Not so, says the United States Postal Service. The Postal Service says its mail truck was carrying fliers, brochures, and that kind of thing -- not first-class mail like Lakeland Electric bills.
The due dates on the Lakeland Electric bills are April 8 and 9. If you don't pay bill on time, you can expect to get an automatically generated notification and a late fee.
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My last few playoff fill-ins on Breakfast Links were wonderful opportunities, for which I remain grateful. This morning, however, I have been passed a bitter cup: Skipper has tapped me to take one for the team on the morning after losing the World Series. Per Skip: Post some links and get out of there. Get on with the offseason while the Blog Lords get a head start cleaning out their lockers. But it breaks my heart. Just hard to watch. Just, just...Hurt.
So I tried to give the Yankees props. I'll even cop to the notion that they were the better team, and think that Matsui being the first Japanese player to win Series MVP is a great story, way better than this one, even though it came at the expense of Chase Utley. And if you thought last night sucked for you, imagine if you were this guy. Even, to a lesser degree, this guy.
But then I took a look at this:
Ghosts of '57 Game 7 remain just that
I swear this was one of the first postgame links out there last night. But for crissakes, the lede that you take is that it's a damn shame there's no game 7 in Yankees Stadium, and this continues a 52-year drought of game 7s? Right there-RIGHT THERE-I tapped into the vein of deep Yankee Loathing from which I will never return. It just seems like this is what America would be like if the Nazis had won. Don't believe me? Then try this.
So even though I feel like one of those guys in the late afternoon at the Aqueduct, stooped over below the day's post-racing cigarette haze picking through discarded betting slips looking for a winner, there really is reason for optimism as a Phillies fan, say, compared to the last team that managed to beat the Yankees in the World Series. Still hurts though, even though this '09 team didn't quit. Even though Manuel has plenty of room to be second-guessed.
Transit union chief says he's "most hated" man in Philadelphia. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver breathe easier. Everyone else has to walk or ride their bike to work. Meanwhile, in New York, well, you know.
Ogasawara busts out but keeps poker face.Game 3 of the Japan Series. Maybe somewhere over in Japan there's a slugging third baseman. And now it's official: the Japan Series is the baseball equivalent of Branson, MO. Go Ham Fighters!
That's all I have stomach and time for this morning. Feel free to add your links in the comments. Thanks again to all for a fun season. Until right now. Wait 'til next year.


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The Wisconsin Department of Justice has been swamped with requests for concealed carry permits.
Since the law went into effect in November, the DOJ reports it received over 80,000 permit requests and approved nearly 70,000.
DOJ Administrator Brian O' Keefe says workers at the DOJ struggled to keep up not only because of the permits requests but due to the increasing number of people buying guns.
"We are seeing about 10,000 purchase checks come in a month. The DOJ Hotline workers have to process those too, and have just 48 hours to get it done," said O'Keefe.
The DOJ has added staff to handle processing the permits.
Wisconsin's concealed carry license for guns, pepper spray and has several requirements. The fee is $50. You must be 21, pass a background check, provide proof you took a firearms training course.
The Attorney General recently created a stir by having the Department of Justice issue an emergency rule, requiring applicants to take 4 hours of training. The NRA and others voiced concerns about the time requirement. It is now on hold, but the state still requires proof of some firearms training to get a permit.
At North Central Technical College, 300 people have taken the concealed carry courses. The Dean of Public Safety, Bryce Kolpack says, "The training the state requires doesn't require any interactive training. We do have that here, where the gun owner is holding an actual firearm."
The simulators put you with an intense confrontational situation using sound and video. You have to make split second decisions on pulling the trigger.
"A lot of our training is based on decision making if you are going to conceal and carry a firearm," said Kolpack.
A Milwaukee permit holder faced that decision last week, shooting and wounding one of two robbers in an Aldi's grocery store. The store was posted off limits to concealed weapons.
Police say the permit holder man is unlikely to face charges since he and others in the store faced imminent danger.
For more information on state requirements for a permit, visit www.doj.state.us.
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ESPN's McShay has Okung to KC in first mock draft
Kansas City Chiefs Record: 3-10 Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma State Help up front might be Kansas City's greatest need. LOT Branden Albert -- a first-round pick in 2008 -- has had problems staying healthy, and he could slide to the right side or even inside to guard if the Chiefs land a franchise left tackle. Okung is the most complete offensive tackle prospect in this class and could provide that piece of the puzzle for Kansas City.


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Governor touts worker programs, new grantsBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
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Vermont Labor Secretary Annie Noonan speaks at a news conference Wednesdayin Montpelier, discussing two federal grants to help unemployed people start new businesses and $1 million to enhance training programs.MONTPELIER A $1 million federal grant will keep alive a state program credited with reducing the amount of time it takes laid-off Vermonters to find work.
Gov. Peter Shumlin said Wednesday the so-called Re-employment and Eligibility Assessment program is among the initiatives hell use to combat an unemployment problem worsened recently by the layoff of more than 400 workers at IBM.
While Vermont still has the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the nation, jobless numbers here jumped by 10 percent during the last two months as tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a trend that runs counter to the mission statement of the states second-term Democratic governor.
My top priority as governor is jobs and job creation, and expanding the income of Vermonters that have jobs, Shumlin said Wednesday.
At a news conference at the offices of Cabot Creamery in Montpelier, Shumlin outlined a workforce development plan aimed at tailoring workers skills to the needs of Vermont employers.
In addition to the REA program, Shumlin highlighted a piece of recently signed legislation that calls for an inventory of the universe of job training programs.
Lawmakers who helped write the bill said the analysis will separate the wheat from the chaff and allow the state to redirect money toward more productive and relevant training programs.
Rep. Michelle Kupersmith, a Burlington Democrat and clerk of the House Committee on Economic Development, said decent-paying jobs exist. But out-of-work Vermonters, she said, are finding themselves without the skills needed to land them.
Vermonters have said to us very clearly We hear about these jobs, but every time we apply, were told we dont have the experience or skills to do it. We get shut out, Kupersmith said. Were realizing theres a disconnect between what those opportunities are and what (job training programs) Vermonters are actually accessing.
Labor Commissioner Annie Noonan said the REA program for which Vermont has won renewed funding is among her departments success stories. Jobless Vermonters who participated in the program, which was introduced in 2012, spent on average 30 percent less time on unemployment than people who did not.
The grant has funded one REA staff member in each of the departments 12 district offices around the state. Noonan said the program includes at least three counseling sessions for each newly unemployed Vermonter, sessions in which theyre given a customized plan of action for returning to work.
That (REA staff person) actually spends time just understanding who you are as an unemployed Vermonter, what you like to do, what are your aspirations, and then works with you to place you to do job development, on-the-job training to make a connection to a job that you can be successful in, Noonan said.
The program served 4,458 people in 2012, according to the Labor Department, and is expected to reach an additional 10,000 in 2013.
Shumlin said hes optimistic the inventory of workforce development programs will help solve a frustrating situation that has seen thousands of Vermonters remain without work even as companies near them advertise open positions.
For the first time in the states history weve said, Hey, theres a lot of both private and public money that we spend to ensure were training workers to do the work that we have in Vermont, but how well are we doing that and how can we better coordinate that effort to ensure were spending the dollars on jobs and skills that we actually need? Shumlin said.
Noonan said the pending arrival of AnC Bio, a tech firm slated to begin operations in the Northeast Kingdom, lends urgency to the workforce development overhaul. The company will have 250 openings for employees with some expertise in clean-room technology.
No one does that right now, and through this review, were going to be able to figure out who has money and who could put money toward training programs for clean-room technology, Noonan said.
Shumlin also touted the receipt of a $50,000 federal grant designed to help the long-term unemployed start their own businesses. The program will match would-be entrepreneurs with mentors who can help them realize their business plans and connect them with the array of state and federal programs from which they could be eligible for financial assistance.
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Kenny Werner Trio; Monday, February 24, 2014
Monday, February 24
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
"Kenny Werner is a total musician" – Toots Thielemanns
Kenny Werner is relentless. A brilliant pianist, Werner is also an esteemed composer whose compositions have been performed by the Mel Lewis Orchestra; Finland's Umo Jazz Orchestra, and several other European big bands; as well as classical ensembles. His work with harmonica savant Toots Thielemanns and saxophone giant Joe Lovano is lauded by all, as are his stellar groups with Randy Brecker, David Sanchez and Chris Potter. But the acoustic piano trio is Kenny's home base. A savvy and energetic improvisor, his touring trio includes Johannes Weidenmueller on bass, and Ari Hoenig on drums.
Born in 1951, Kenny Werner grew up on Long Island in New York. A child prodigy on the piano, he made his first television at age eleven. Although his early studies focused on classical music, he was interested in playing anything he heard, regardless of category. While in high school, he attended the famed Manhattan School of Music, majoring in classical piano but found it too confining. Kenny's natural inclination for improvisation put him at odds with the strict classical regimen and he transitioned to the Berklee School of Music. His teacher at Berklee, Madame Chaloff, helped Kenny to realign his not just his piano technique but to change his whole approach to playing music in a spiritually conscious fashion. The next major step in Werner's evolution as a performer happened in Brazil, studying with Joao Assisa Brasil whose approach to the piano was another major influence on his playing. These learning experiences, over the years, eventually led to Kenny publishing his book, Effortless Mastery, a blueprint for all musicians looking to improve their playing and improvising.
Werner interned through a number of sideman gigs as a young musician, eventually putting together his own long- running trio, beginning in 1981, with Ratzo B. Harris, on bass, and Tom Rainey, on drums. The group lasted for a decade-and-a-half with four recordings to their credit. By the mid-'80s, Kenny occupied the coveted piano chair in the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (formerly the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra). This was an especially creative period for Werner as he began composing and arranging for big band and classical ensembles. In the ensuing years, his compositions have been played by a number of European jazz orchestras that include the Umo (Finland); Metropole (Holland); as well as big bands in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium. Werner also expanded into the classical realm with pieces for string and wind ensembles, as well as full symphonic orchestras. In the past twenty years, Kenny has collaborated with harmonica master Toots Thielemanns; Broadway singer Betty Buckley; and saxophone great Joe Lovano. The group he formed with drummer Ari Hoenig and bassist Johannes Weidenmueller, in 2000, set a new standard for the piano trio format. Other post-2000 projects have included David Sanchez, Chris Potter, Brian Blade, and a number of leading jazz artists. In 2010, Werner was a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship Award for his large ensemble work, No Beginning No End.
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The 29-year-old pilot works for Great Lakes Air, which notified police. The pilot reported that the small plane's engine quit and he restarted it, but it quit again. The aircraft wasn't damaged in the landing.
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In a few weeks a Middle Tennessee woman will be on her way to Haiti after conducting a successful shoe drive to help the needy.
In March, Channel 4 profiled Tracy Swack and her efforts to collect shoes and clothing from across the state.
Because of her hard work, she collected 75,000 pounds of donations in 18 weeks.
"Every day was something new - a blessing that can't be described," said Swack.
It was all part of a challenge in which she squared off against others across the country. Swack won the contest and a trip to Haiti with the local charity Soles 4 Souls.
Together they are taking the donations to those still recovering from the devastating 2010 earthquake.
"It was so amazing how many people I met (while collecting the donations.) I was thrilled to be a part of it," said Swack.
Tracy said her campaign took her as far as Knoxville. She made the six-hour roundtrip to pick up hundreds of pairs of shoes from a woman who wanted to help.
At times she said she was so busy collecting shoes that she forgot about the trip.
"To know that I'm actually going to get to meet the people we did this for. It's hard to believe. Never in my life did I think we'd go to Haiti," said Swack.
She said if she can make a difference, so can the rest of the public.
"Anybody can do it. I am not a person of means. (I'm a) single mom with two teens," said Swack.
She leaves next month for Haiti.
Swack lost her father to cancer last year, and she's donating his shoes so they can be used by someone in need.
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