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I would like to ask you to help me and tell me how to target broken elements in IE7 and 8 in quirks mode.
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November 29, 2014
SACRAMENTO - KOLO 8 News Now has learned the California Highway Patrol will honor Nevada's Driver Authorization Cards allowing undocumented immigrants to drive legally.
Officer Adrian Quintero says the cards are considered an authorization card to drive in the state of Nevada, so the CHP will recognize them. The law in Nevada has specific language prohibiting the Department of Motor Vehicles from sharing information with immigration authorities, and Quintero says if a driver is pulled over in the state of California, they won't have to fear ICE either. On a normal traffic stop, ICE isn't involved. Only if the driver winds up in jail would there be the potential for immigration officials to find out about their status.
Quintero does say California law states if you work in the golden state, and live there, a person must get a CDL within ten days.
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Nurse Talk Recaps NNU Ebola Rally & National Day Of Action
Features highlights from Executive Director of NNU, Rose Ann DeMoro's Rally Speech —National Nurses United, 11/19/14 More »
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Nurses are celebrating California's recent announcement of precedent-setting Ebola patient care guidelines that call for strong healthcare worker protections and provide a model for federal and state action for all U.S. hospitals. The new guidelines came in the wake of the Nov. 12 worldwide Day of Action for Ebola Safety by 100,000 registered nurses. —National Nurses United, 11/18/14 More »
National Nurses United today called on the the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other states to follow the landmark mandatory safeguards established by California to protect nurses, other health workers, and the public from the threat of the deadly Ebola virus. —National Nurses United, 11/17/14 More »
Following a worldwide day of actions of 100,000 registered nurses and health workers demanding substantial improvements in safeguards for the deadly Ebola virus, California officials have announced landmark mandatory Ebola guidelines that should be a model for federal and state action for all U.S. hospitals, National Nurses United said today. —National Nurses United, 11/14/14 More »
The state of California, at the insistence of registered nurses, has set an Ebola safety standard for the nation. In the face of the disease known as "nurse killer," CNA/NNU has defeated efforts by the hospital industry to limit the protection of nurses to the voluntary, unenforceable guidelines put forth by the Centers for Disease Control. Instead, we have collectively ensured an optimal standard for personal protective equipment (PPE) and respiratory protection that will enable nurses to safely treat Ebola patients. —National Nurses United, 11/14/14 More »
Nurses gathered outside the VA Hospital in Durham Wednesday to raise awareness about the risk Ebola poses to healthcare workers. It was part of an international effort, urging hospitals to adopt the highest preparedness standards for staff who might potentially treat a patient with Ebola. —Rebecca Martinez, WUNC, 11/13/14 More »


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Current Employment Openings
Last updated: September 22, 2014
Kreider Services, Inc. currently has the following positions available. Please click on a posting for job details.
- Direct Support Professional
Kreider Services currently has full time and part time second and third shift openings in our Dixon and Amboy group homes. This job requires weekend work. Please see the DSP job description for duties and requirements.
Prepared By: Community Living Supervisor
Department: Community Living
Prepared Date: 11/25/02
Reports to: Community Living Supervisor
Revised Date: 1/1/12
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Approved By: R Heiderscheit
Pay: $10.57
- Substitute
Kreider Services currently has first, second and third shift substitute openings in its Day Training and Community Living program. Please see the Substitute job description for job duties and requirements.
Prepared by: Scheduling Manager
Department: Scheduling
Prepared Date: September 25, 2002
Reports to: Substitute Supervisor I
Revised Date: 8/1/04
FSLA Status: Non-exempt
Pay: $9.80
- CDL Class A Driver
Kreider Services currently has a position for a CDL Class A Driver.
- Housekeeping Supervisor
The job of the Housekeeping Supervisor is to provide general cleaning and house keeping to Kreider Services, Inc. buildings.
Prepared by: Housekeeping Supervisor
Department: Maintenance
Prepared Date: 11/25/02
Reports to: Housekeeping Supervisor
Revised Date: 7/1/11
FSLA Status: Non-exempt
Pay: $9.55
- Substitute Maintenance Aide
The Substitute Maintenance Aide coordinates and assists in all phases of construction and remodeling of Kreider Services, Inc. buildings.
Prepared by: Maintenance Mgr.
Department: Maintenance
Prepared Date: 09/17/14
Reports to: Maintenance Mgr.
Revised Date: 8/1/04
FSLA Status: Non-exempt
- Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional I
Provide and monitor services to ensure that individual desired outcomes are being met and services are in compliance with State and federal Public Health/Aid guidelines.
Prepared by: Manager of Clinical Services
Department: Clinical Services
Prepared Date: 10/01/02
Reports to: QIDP Manager
Revised Date: 1/1/12
FSLA Status: Exempt
Pay: K
- Licensed Practical Nurse
To provide and monitor health services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Prepared by: Health Services Manager
Department: Health Services
Prepared Date: 11/25/02
Reports to: Health Services Manager
Revised Date: 9/1/08
FSLA Status: Non-exempt
Pay: 21a
- Float Direct Support Professional
The primary purpose of this position is to provide coverage for Kreider Services programs when regular staff is not on duty. You will complete all of the duties of the Habilitation Technician position, but will work in various settings depending upon the need.
Prepared by: Scheduling Manager
Department: Float
Prepared Date: September 25, 2002
Reports to: Float Supervisor II
Revised Date: 1/1/12
FSLA Status: Non-exempt
Pay: $10.57 + .50 differential
- Supervisor
Supervise DSP's in teaching, training and promoting developmentally disabled adults. Serve as a role model of appropriate socialization, interaction, and communication skills. Ensure a safe, clean, open environment for learning
Prepared by: Program Manager
Prepared Date: 9/9/2014
Reports to: Program Manager
FSLA Status: Exempt
Pay: J
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NEW YORK — Nearly two dozen demonstrators arrested last year while protesting the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy have gone on trial.
Some 22 people arrested in October outside a Harlem police station appeared in court Monday. Two accepted offers to get their cases dismissed by staying out of trouble for six months.
The group on trial includes Princeton University professor and civil rights activist Cornel West. It's one of the biggest groups to go to trial together over political protest arrests in New York City in recent years.
Police say protestors blocked the entrance to the precinct and ignored orders to leave.
Defense lawyers have said there's reasonable doubt that any laws were broken.
The judge on Monday barred them from making another argument: that the protestors' conduct was justified.
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November 27, 2014
She went from your normal Northwoods teenager to being crowned Miss Teen USA. But, she did not do it alone and that is why Vanessa Senrow is in Rhinelander, thanking her hometown community for their support.
The 17-year-old now lives in New York, but she is back for a two-day homecoming trip.
We caught up with her at the Oneida County Senior Center as she signed autographs and posed for pictures with her older fans.
Vanessa says she will spend the next year talking to other teenagers across the country about preventing violence and peer pressure.
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November 20, 2014
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A proposal trying to crack down on bullying that happens over the Internet, through text messages or on social networks is up for a vote.
The Wisconsin Senate's Education Committee planned to vote Thursday on the measure that takes on cyberbullying.
Current law prohibits sending a message via email or other messaging system with intent to frighten, intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass another person. The proposal also makes it illegal to publically post a message intentionally threatening to harm any person or property.
The bill by Sen. Tim Cullen, of Janesville, also requires the state Department of Public Instruction to update its model school policy on bullying to include bullying by electronic means.
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Photos and Description of this 3 bedroom holiday apartment in Dreta de l'Eixample
Accommodates up to 8 people in the center of Barcelona
It is a spacious apartment of 150m2 in the heart of Barcelona. The apartment has all amenities and has been recently renovated with charm and style. With 3 double bedrooms, two spacious bathrooms, a large living room of 60m2 and a lovely terrace fully glazed gallery overlooking a quiet courtyard, is very spacious, sunny and bright. The kitchen is fully equipped (dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, kettle, toaster, etc.) and room amenities include TV 40 ', DVD, WII, WIFI, aircon, etc..
Located on the 4th floor of a fully restored Art Nouveau building s. Century, retains the charm of period details such as high ceilings with moldings, the original cement floor tiles and paintings typical Eixample own neocentismo Catalan movement. Given its great artistic and heritage, it is a listed building and preserved by the City Council.
List of services and amenities:
- Capacity for 8 people in a very comfortable
- 3 bedrooms: 2 with double bed and 1 twin
- Sofa-bed for 2 people
- Designer kitchen with all the facilities and fully equipped
- Luxury bathrooms with bath and walk-in showers
- Elevator
- Air conditioning and central heating
- TV, DVD, IPOD and IPHONE dock, WII, WIFI
- Towels and sheets for each tenant, as well as spare parts for long stay
- Bottle of Spanish wine from La Rioja Welcome
- Coffee, selection of teas, oil, salt, sugar, snacks, etc.
- Books about the city, restaurant guide, city map, subway map
Check in and Check out Flexible except for other subsequent bookings.
Easy to hire additional services (no management cost, in order to facilitate the stay to tenants): cooking classes, bike rentals, museum visits, etc.
We aim to make your stay as comfortable as possible, so do not hesitate to contact us for any additional information you may need, both on the flat and over the city.
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August 21, 2013
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Verizon will begin to install their equipment in Transit Wireless' secure Base Station Hotel facilities over the next several weeks and Verizon Wireless customers can expect to start receiving service in the 36 stations already online in mid-town Manhattan and Chelsea later this year.
"Bringing wireless service into the New York City subway has been a big step forward for our customers, and we're pleased that even more of them will be able to take advantage of it," said Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman/CEO Thomas F. Prendergast. "The ability to make and receive phone calls underground is an important improvement for safety and security as well as convenience, and our customers will certainly appreciate it."
The company will next participate in Phase 2 of the project, which comprises 40 new stations, including Grand Central Station, 34th St. Herald Square and Bryant Park in mid-town Manhattan and stations throughout the Borough of Queens.
Phase 2 is expected to be completed in early 2014.
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The Benefits of Door-to-Door Service in ADA Complementary Paratransit Many U.S. transit agencies continue to struggle with the quality of ADA service, the costs, and the difficulties encountered in contracting the service, which is the method of choice for a significant majority of agencies. One of the most basic policy decisions an agency must make involves whether to provide door-to-door, or only curb-to-curb service.
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Fermented Grape Soda
The ginger "bug," which jump-starts the fermentation in this recipe from chef Cortney Burns, Bar Tartine, San Francisco, specifically uses organic ginger because it's rich in microbes. You'll have extra bug; use it to make more grape soda, or try 4 cups fresh unpasteurized apple juice in place of grape.
Published: September 2013 Servings: Makes 1 quart prep: 40 minutes total: 7 days
- 4 tsp. finely grated washed organic ginger, divided (grate 1 tsp. at a time over 4 days)
- 4 tsp. sugar, divided
- 3 lb. red seedless grapes
Nutritional Information
- Calories (kcal) 250
- Fat (g) .5
- Saturated Fat (g) 0
- Cholesterol (mg) 0
- Carbohydrates (g) 5
- Dietary Fiber (g) 3
- Total Sugars (g) 56
- Protein (g) 2
- Sodium (mg) 65
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Special Equipment:
A clean 1-liter plastic soda bottle with cap; cheesecloth
Stir 1 tsp. ginger, 1 tsp. sugar, and 4 cups water in a 32-oz. canning jar to combine. Cover jar with cheesecloth; secure with a canning jar band (without lid). Let sit 1 day out of direct sunlight at room temperature.
Stir in 1 tsp. ginger and 1 tsp. sugar and let sit 1 day. Repeat twice more. Mixture (ginger bug) should have bubbles throughout and release more when agitated.
After 3 days, purée grapes in a blender until smooth. Strain, pressing on solids (you should have about 4 cups juice).
Combine juice and ½ cup ginger bug in a large nonreactive bowl. Cover with cheesecloth; secure with a large rubber band. Let sit out of direct sunlight at room temperature, skimming white mold from surface, until mixture is slightly foamy and releases bubbles when stirred, 3–4 days. Strain into bottle, cap, and let sit at room temperature until bottle feels pressurized, about 1 day longer. Chill.
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Watch: A Chinese Lake -- and a Way of Life -- Is Disappearing
ChinaFile An area that produces more than half of China's grain is losing its water.
If you drive south from Beijing on the highways that cut across the North China Plain, some of the first things you notice are the invisible rivers. The road arcs upward above the cornfields and a sign insists you are crossing, "The Hancun River Bridge," "The Liuli River Bridge," "The Sha River Big Bridge," or "The Especially Big Bridge" over the Qin River. But on most drives, this information functions mainly as history. Underneath the bridges there is nothing but more corn, or a pile of dust shifting in the breeze.
Water supplies on the North China Plain, an area that is home to 200 million and produces more than half of China's grain, are among the scarcest per capita in the world. Centuries of damming and diversion for irrigation and flood control and recent decades of heavy industrial pollution have left the region parched on the surface and sinking deeper every year into the emptying aquifers beneath. China's leaders are racing to replenish the region with water from other parts of the country, but in the meantime the wells get deeper with every passing year.
Perhaps nowhere do the threats to the region's water supply appear more menacing than on Lake Baiyangdian, the massive wetland known as North China's kidney. In living memory, the lake teemed with fish, flushed pollutants from rivers that passed through it, and regulated the region's climate. Today, it is shrunken and poisoned, barely able to support the people and animals who live on its waters, let alone the country beyond.
In "Staying Afloat: Life on a Disappearing Lake," Chinese filmmakers Lynn Zhang and Shirley Han Ying train their camera on the people who have been both perpetrators and victims of Baiyangdian's decline. They show us not just how its current predicament came to pass, but also the urgency of making sure Baiyangdian does not follow the region's rivers into history. --Susan Jakes
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May Is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: One Local Resident Shares Her Battle With CF
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(CBS Charlotte) — Cystic Fibrosis, also known as CF, is a genetic disorder that affects various organs throughout the body. The disease is most known for causing lung complications, and people who are diagnosed with CF often have trouble breathing.
People who have CF are also prone to infections, and frequently undergo treatment for their disease. CF affects people of all ages and there is currently no cure for CF — but management of the disease has improved over the last few decades. In honor of May being Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, we spoke to a local resident about her battle with CF. Amity Furr was diagnosed with CF when she was three years old, and over the past year, her lung function has drastically decreased. She is currently 23-years-old, resides in Concord, North Carolina, and is looking forward to marrying her best friend later this year. While Amity's battle with CF can be emotionally draining at times, she remains positive and hopeful that she will overcome her disease.
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Here is Amity's story:
Q. How has CF changed your life?
A. The biggest way is by bringing so many amazing people into my life. Since I battled this disease, growing up I always felt the "why me" feeling, but I've learned that there are social media sites made just for people who battle this disease. Through those sites, Twitter, and other social media sites, I have been able to meet so many amazing people who have become not only a huge help, but have also become close friends of mine. I have been introduced to many nurses and doctors who have become closer to me than just the hospital life. They have become friends of mine, people who I can count on at anytime. This disease may take a lot from me, but it has also given me some of the most important people in my life. CF has made me look at life from a completely different aspect. I now know that each breath I am given is a blessing. No one is promised tomorrow, but with cystic fibrosis, we know that each moment is an amazing thing — the chance to create another memory with the ones we love. I've been given an amazing fiance and he has shown me that he loves me more for my disease, because he has seen how strong it has made me and the courage it has given me. I have the most amazing support team, family, and friends I could ask for. They lift me up when I need it the most and they NEVER make me feel like I'm any different for having this disease. If anything, they make me feel like I'm special because I have this. I've always been told, "God gives his toughest battles to his strongest warriors," and that's a quote I live by. I feel lucky that God chose ME to fight this disease. I feel like he knows I can beat it.
Q. Are there things that you cannot do because of your disease?
A. At the rate my illness has progressed, it has made it nearly impossible for me to work. Due to hospitalizations every 6 to 8 weeks, holding a "normal" job doesn't work in my favor. Employers aren't very optimistic about having an employee who needs to be out 1-2 weeks at a time for each treatment. Another is exercise and simple tasks around the house. Exercise for me is walking 5-10 minutes without becoming short of breath. On a good day, that is a huge accomplishment. On the days that feel the worst, just getting up and walking to the bathroom or kitchen, can take a large amount of energy from me. I think the thing that CF has most kept me from is being able to live out my dream career. I've wanted to become a nurse all my life and help children with sicknesses have the motivation I was given as a child. Unfortunately, being a nurse and working with sick children isn't in the cards for me, due to the weakness of my immune system over the past five years.
Q. If you could tell people one thing about CF, what would it be?
A. CF is not government funded. The only way research is funded, is by the caring and supportive people who help and donate. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation accepts donations all year long on their website. The money goes toward finding a cure and helping with finding of new medications that can help and prolong the lives of people living with CF. Right now, the life expectancy for people with Cystic Fibrosis is 30′s-40′s. While some are lucky enough to make it longer than that, others struggle to even make it out of their early 20′s. Research is desperately needed, but can only be done with the funds to do so.
Q. What would you tell other people battling CF or similar diseases, to help them to stay strong?
A. I would like to let them know that even at your darkest moments, when it feels like you can't fight anymore… KEEP BREATHING. Cystic Fibrosis may be a huge part of our lives, but it isn't our WHOLE life. We have greater things in this life to look forward to. I want them to know that they are not alone. While this disease is a tough and trying one, we are meant to fight hard, with everything we have.
Closing: "I encourage everyone to take the time and help out with the Cystic Fibrosis community. There are always CF walks all over the country in different states. Walks that help raise money for the foundation. May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, and I encourage people to do some research about CF and learn how it affects the lives of those living with it, their families, and their friends. If anyone would like to follow me on twitter, I post day to day updates on my health, on things going on in the CF community, and research that is being made. Cystic Fibrosis is a life threatening disease and everyone battling it deserves the chance to live a long, healthy life that others are given the chance to do. I am lucky enough to have the chance to marry my best friend and walk down the aisle with him, come September. I want that same dream to be a reality to so many other people. Donations and research have brought Cystic Fibrosis so far in the 23 years since I was born. I want to see the research go even further. I hope that one day CF is a thing of the past. I just hope that by spreading the word and my story, I can help someone, somewhere want to make a difference."
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