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OK, so is anyone else here starting Pitt's ABSN program on the 29th? I've gone all through the folders on blackboard but I am just trying to make sure I'm not missing anything. I've watched the videos posted on courseweb in the... Read More
- 0Jan 19, '12 by spore2008The weekly class schedule is intense. Mondays I am in class from 8am until 6.30pm, Tuesdays 9am to 4pm, Wednesdays 9am-11am and then same minor committments; Thursdays and Fridays are clinical days and we are in the hospital from 6.45am until 3.30pm. We have not had any exams yet. Our first one is tomorrow.
If you can live close to campus or on a bus line, I'd recommend it. This way you can sleep later on clinical days! I live about 2.5 miles from the nursing school. Sometimes I drive, sometimes I take the bus.
If you have already taken Nutrition, you will likely take a 1 credit independent study which involves some homework and attendance at 3 lectures (partial) during the course of the semester.
For clinicals we are divided into groups of 7 students. I know those students a bit better.
FYI, I'd say about half of the class is in their early twenties, about a quarter just graduated from undergrad. I am over 30 and about quater of the class is in that age range. About a quarter of the class is male. Almost everyone is from PA...I am not.
Any other questions, just ask.
- 0Jan 29, '12 by spore2008Hi Sully23,
Tuition is about 42-44K.
I had to take out loans: both subsidized and unsubsidized from the US government. Be proactive and fill out your FAFSA. I had to take out about 4K in private loans to cover the difference.
Also, I do not know if you are male, an underrepresented minority, or financially challenged. There was a scholarship of 10K offered to 4 students in my class and for the class before me. Hopefully, the scholarship will still be offered. Since I do not fit into any of those categories, I did not apply for the aid. There is very little tuition assistance for second degree students.
My cohort is about 1/4 male. About 1/4 is about 30years and older (max 36), probably about 1/2 are in their early twenties (just graduated or 1-3 years out of undergrad). Most folk are from PA (in state tuition) though some have moved to Pittsburgh in the last few years or so.
I am older and from out-of-state. A true career changer.
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|Fri, 12-09-2005 - 10:27am
DH and I have recently decided to purchase our first toy! That being said, I have absolutely no idea what sites are safe, reliable, etc. Across the board many people refer to their toys but I haven't found anything thus far stating where they bought them.
We would greatly appreciate any suggestions - whether you were happy with the site, product or not, etc.
Thanks a bunch! This is shaping up to be a wild and crazy Christmas!!!!
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We have bought from a few different on-line sites , mypleasure (type mypleasure in google)
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Thanks for your replies. While it has taken me some time to get my DH to even talk about sex or buy anything relating to sex- he is TOTALLY against going to a store. Private is private, he says! (I find this embarassing part of him, soooo cute). So, I am trying to keep it as discreet as possible and will most likely purchase online.
We are venturing out (slowly but excitingly) and appreciate any help anyone provides!
Thanks again Tish and Trl1720.
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We do all our shopping online. As much as I like the last post about getting a sitter and making a day of it, I doubt DH would comply.
Here is a site that might help, and might be fun for you Hubby too look at with you. It is a .org so it has a bit of an eduactional feel about it.
Have fun and good luck!
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I just checked out that .org web site mentioned in post 8, and it seems to be a marketing scheme thinly disguised as public service. Every few lines there is a link to a site selling stuff. I'm not saying that site is disreputable, but I'm skeptical given the devious marketing.
I'm not a huge sex toy shopper (yet) but I've done a lot of looking and a little buying. Here's what I've found:
Adam & Eve (adameve.com) has been in the mail order sex toy business longer than anybody else I know of, since way before the www came about. Their web site is decent and has customer reviews of products, a la Amazon.com, which is a great feature.
Good Vibrations (goodvibes.com) is woman-owned and has been on the web for years. Their site was down today, but I have ordered from them and was pleased with the product and the service.
Toys in Babeland (babeland.com) is similar to Good Vibes, also woman-owned and has also been around for years with a solid reputation.
Idol Passions (idolpassions.com) is one that I have not heard of until I found it today while searching for a particular product. The product I was shopping for turned out to be significantly cheaper there than most of the other 20 or so online shops I checked. I checked out their shipping policies, etc. and they seem to be respectable. Maybe someone can confirm or deny that?
The product I was looking for turned out to be cheapest at Seeking O (seekingo.com), but I didn't really like their site. You can check it out though. Incidentally, that product (Sportsheet) varied in price from over $225 at some sites, to only $120 at Seeking O. So it definitely pays to shop around, although you obviously want to go with a respectable shop and not go strictly by the lowest advertised price.
All those places advertise discreet shipping and billing, and I can attest that Good Vibes lives up to it. I can't vouch for the others just because I haven't ordered from them...yet.
Passion Blush is an online sex toy shop partnered with Henry and June, which is a pretty big online lingerie shop. They have some higher-end toys.
If you're not looking for anything super risque, you could try drugstore.com. They have your basic sex toys as well as pharmacy stuff.


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A light rain falls on the streets of Poznan, Poland, where a long line of people wait patiently behind a steel fence, hoping to buy a theater ticket, to cross that fence where a troupe named Travel Agency is about to perform an outdoor stage production of Macbeth that will include motorcycles, 10-foot puppets and a nightly ritual in which the set burns almost to the ground. The ushers look for spots where hopefuls might be able to squeeze in and see the action. Some perch in trees. Only those in the front get to sit — cross-legged on the ground, or on blankets. Behind them, about 300 audience members huddle on their feet 20 rows deep. The most striking characteristic of the crowd is that there's hardly anyone over 30 in it; they are hot to see live theater the way people in their 20s in L.A. line up outside Hollywood clubs to see a rock or hip-hop show. And it's not just this production. A simple one-man performance packs in 150 20-somethings on the other side of town night after night. From Kraków and Lublin to Szczecin, the Polish theater is so dominated by youth, people over 40 have stopped going.
Here in Los Angeles, it's another story. For at least the past 10 years, our regional theaters and even our more established smaller theaters have been experiencing a slow-moving panic from the graying of their audiences (see accompanying article by Steven Mikulan), causing many in theater to wonder about the future of the form.
How is it that the arts in general, and theater in particular, are so hip with the young in Poland? And what have we been doing so wrong here?
Dr. Juliusz Tuszka (professor of cultural studies at Poznan's Adam Mickiewicz University) points out many reasons for the cult of youth in Polish theater, including long-standing traditions of political oppression and censorship that fueled underground arts movements. But the primary factor, he says, is education. The arts are pounded into Polish students throughout their studies. That education, he says, is frequently doctrinaire and incompetent, inspiring youngsters to rebel against their professors rather than emulate them. But in that rebellion, they don't necessarily abandon the theater. They form companies of their own.
That shouldn't come as a surprise, even here. A 1992 survey ("Effects of Arts Education on Participation in the Arts"), conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, concludes: "Those with the most arts education were also the highest consumers and creators of various forms of visual art, music, drama, dance, or literature."
Nonetheless, such thinking, while gaining ground, is still swimming upstream against several decades of educational theory. In the mid-'70s, a concern about the drop in math and science skills led to a "back to basics" mentality in our schools that pushed the arts to the back burner, a mentality that still holds a strong grip. The New York Times reported on March 26 that in order to get children to pass federally mandated "No Child Left Behind" tests, thousands of schools across America are now eliminating all subjects except math and reading for underachieving children. That kind of thinking is almost criminally shortsighted, as it's been proved in study after study that arts education has direct benefits for both literacy and building arts audiences of the future.
We were doing quite well with arts in our schools during the '40s and '50s. About 10 years later, a new network of national, regional theaters saw serious-minded young adults walking through their doors, bearing out the relationship between school arts programs and subsequent theater attendance. About a generation after the arts were slowly shoved out of public-school systems, our theaters started noticing that their audiences were aging, with no younger replacements in sight.
A 2004 study by the Wallace Foundation for the RAND Corporation ("Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts") concludes: "Research has shown that early exposure is often key to developing life-long involvement in the arts. The most promising way to develop audiences for the arts would be to provide well-designed programs in the nation's schools."
On a Wednesday morning in February, 100 fifth-graders from Robert Hill Elementary School sit cross-legged in the lobby of the 24th Street Theater — a storefront venue on Hoover near USC. The kids have been bused in from their Monterey Park school as part of a service contract between the theater and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The theater's artistic director, Debbie Devine, speaks out in a husky voice and brassy style about what happens in a theater lobby: "This is where people gather before a show."
On cue, actress Sarah Zinsser pokes her head out of the box-office window and sings one verse of "There's No Business Like Show Business" until Devine cuts her off: "No, no, no, Sarah. You work in the box office; this is where you give people their tickets. The show happens on the stage, and you're not in the show."


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1. Heat oil in a medium pot over medium heat. Cook leeks, stirring often until softened, about 5 minutes. Measure out 1/4 cup leeks and set aside. Add garlic to remaining leeks in pot and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Increase heat to high. Add broth and potatoes and cook, covered, until potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Add half-and-half and salt.
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Raccoon Death Prompts County Warning For Pet Owners
Miami-Dade dog and cat owners are being urged to make sure their pets are up to date on their rabies and distemper vaccinations after the county's Animal Services department confirmed that a raccoon died of canine distemper.
Miami-Dade Pet Adoptions Successful With Help From Miami Heat
Miami-Dade County's Animal Services Department took a new approach to getting pets adopted this week.
Miami-Dade Commission To Vote Tuesday On "No-Kill" Plan
Miami-Dade County Commissioners are scheduled to vote on a plan this Tuesday to reduce the county's animal overpopulation.
Miami-Dade Animal Services Looking For Dog Stolen From Shelter
Miami-Dade Animal Services is looking for a man and woman thought to have stolen a dog from its enclosure at the shelter.
Pets Aplenty At 24-Hour Animal Adoption Event
Are you a night owl in need of a four legged friend to keep you company? There's a perfect event for you this weekend, Miami's midnight to midnight Mega Pet Adoption Event, a time when you can find the perfect dog or cat companion and give him or her a needed forever home.
Marlins Game Hosts Pet Adopt-O-Mania This Weekend
This weekend's Marlins game offers fans and animal lovers a very special bonus.
Dade's Animal Services Sends 30 Pooches On Road Trip
Nearly three dozen dogs from Miami-Dade's Animal Services Department hit the road Sunday for new homes in shelters in Maryland and New Hampshire.
Miami-Dade Animal Services To Offer Free Spay/Neuter Surgeries
The Miami-Dade Animal Services Department is taking a different approach at saving cats and dogs.
April Brings Free Shots To Dogs And Cats
Dog and cat owners searching for vaccinations will experience economic relief throughout the month of April.
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Charles River Associates (CRA) Further Expands Capabilities In Life Sciences
Charles River Associates (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing management, economic, and financial consulting services, today announced that Dean Neese has joined the firm as a vice president in the Life Sciences Practice based in Chicago. Mr. Neese is a seasoned consultant specializing in advising senior executives on such issues as organic core growth, acquisitive growth, performance management, execution, and organizational design.
"It is a pleasure to welcome Dean Neese to CRA," said CRA's President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Maleh. "His knowledge of the pharmaceutical sector as both a management consultant and industry executive strengthens the business advisory consulting capabilities of CRA's life sciences offering and builds upon CRA's continued expansion in this area."
Prior to joining CRA, Mr. Neese served as vice president, corporate strategy and corporate development, for Mead Johnson Nutrition during its IPO in 2009. While at Mead Johnson Nutrition, he established a new strategic planning process, defined the long-term growth strategy for the company, and originated and closed a JV in the Middle East. Prior to this role, Mr. Neese was a partner at Marakon Associates and a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He has advised Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Sterling Winthrop, among other organizations. He holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a BA degree in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University.
About Charles River Associates (CRA)Charles River Associates® is a global consulting firm specializing in litigation, regulatory, and financial consulting, and management consulting. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its unique combination of functional expertise and industry knowledge, and for its objective solutions to complex problems. Headquartered in Boston, CRA has offices throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Detailed information about Charles River Associates, a registered trade name of CRA International, Inc., is available at http://www.crai.com. Statements in this press release concerning Dean Neese, the future business, operating results, estimated cost savings, and financial condition of the Company and statements using the terms "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "should," "prospects," "target," "continued expansion," or similar expressions are "forward-looking" statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon management's current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties. Information contained in these forward-looking statements is inherently uncertain, and actual performance and results may differ materially due to many important factors. Such factors that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements made by the Company include, among others, the Company's restructuring costs and attributable annual cost savings, changes in the Company's effective tax rate, share dilution from the Company's stock-based compensation, dependence on key personnel, attracting, recruiting and retaining qualified consultants, dependence on outside experts, utilization rates, completing acquisitions and factors related to its completed acquisitions, including integration of personnel, clients and offices, and unanticipated expenses and liabilities, the risk of impairment write downs to the Company's intangible assets, including goodwill, if the Company's enterprise value declines below certain levels, risks associated with acquisitions it may make in the future, risks inherent in international operations, the performance of NeuCo, changes in accounting standards, rules and regulations, changes in the law that affect the Company's practice areas, management of new offices, the potential loss of clients, the ability of customers to terminate the Company's engagements on short notice, dependence on the growth of the Company's management consulting practice, the unpredictable nature of litigation-related projects, the ability of the Company to integrate successfully new consultants into its practice, general economic conditions, intense competition, risks inherent in litigation, and professional liability. Further information on these and other potential factors that could affect the Company's financial results is included in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cannot guarantee any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.
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UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust, $300 Billion Investor Coalition, Call For Transparency At Walmart On Use Of Compliance-related Clawbacks
DETROIT, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to increase transparency around Walmart's compliance practices, the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust ("Trust") is leading a $300 billion global investor coalition calling on the company to publicly disclose whether it has clawed back pay from executives whose actions have caused significant financial harm to the company and its owners. The coalition's request is included in Walmart's 2013 Proxy Statement as Proposal No. 8, Request for Annual Report on Recoupment of Executive Pay, and will be considered by investors at the company's June 7, 2013 annual meeting.
"The coalition's proposal asks Walmart to disclose if and when its existing clawback and recoupment policies are actually used," says Meredith Miller, coalition leader and Chief Corporate Governance Officer for the Trust. "The disclosure requirements would apply to senior executives covered under one or more of the company's policies. To date, Walmart has not committed to disclosing any actual clawbacks to its shareholders."
Walmart has relatively strong clawback policies in place, under which the company may recoup incentive compensation if it is discovered that the recipient engaged in behavior that is deemed contrary to the best interests of the company or failed to comply with the company's standards of conduct. In its 2013 proxy statement, Walmart states that it has included both compliance objectives in its annual cash bonus for several senior executives and a clawback of the bonus if these objectives are not met.
"Walmart reports in its proxy that the CEO could be subject to a compliance-related clawback of his cash bonus. However, it is unclear under what circumstances the clawback would apply," says Miller. "The investor coalition is asking Walmart to provide these disclosures for the previous year and annually thereafter to its shareholders."
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Duval in contention once again at Pebble
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – You have to fight your way through a crowd of six tied atop the leaderboard – navigating through a media guide, of course, since Alex Cejka, Matt Jones and Bryce Molder are among those setting the pace – but once you do that, you find the name saturated in the most intrigue halfway through the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
David Duval.
Nearly 10 years to the day when he surpassed Tiger Woods to become No. 1 in the world, nine years removed from his last PGA Tour win and eight years separated from his last 36-hole lead, Duval is in the thick of things here on the edge of the Pacific.
Duval, 38, followed Thursday's 67 at Spyglass Hill with a 68 at Pebble Beach and if not for a bogey at the difficult par-3 17th, he'd have shared the lead at 10 under.
As it is, he is thrilled to be just one off the lead heading into Saturday's round at Monterey Peninsula – especially since earlier in the week he didn't think he'd play. Duval said he walked away from a practice round Monday at Pebble Beach and figured "I wasn't going to play, at that point."
But each day he has felt a little better, so here he is, in contention for the first time since last summer's dramatic U.S. Open. This time, he's even reunited with Mitch Knox, who was Duval's caddie during those years of glory (1997-2001) when they won 13 times and became No. 1.
Just don't suggest it feels like old times.
"I've shrunk and gotten fatter. He's shrunk and gotten fatter," Duval said, laughing.
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Vermont Newsguyby Jon Margolis
Vermont: 1964 - TodayJanuary 10, 2014
"The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964" " the subject of the next installment of "The American Experience" on PBS January 14th. In his new installment of The Vermont Newsguy for VPT, Margolis examines what Vermont looked like in 1964 and how it has changed in the last 50 years.
That New Years Day, a traveler could drive into Vermont from the south on Interstate 91, crossing the border from Massachusetts right about at the Guilford-Vernon line, and then zooming as far north as"well, about as far north as Bellows Falls.
From there northward, it was Route 5, inching through all the towns and villages along the way.
There was a little more of Interstate 89. Motorists could drive between Montpelier and Bolton, and also between Richmond and Winooski. But not straight through.
A few days after the year began, the Legislature convened in Montpelier. The 30 senators gathered in their chamber. The 246 House members met in theirs.
Yes, 246 House members. The year that had just begun was 1964, and Vermonters still elected one House member from each town, regardless of size. The 35,000 residents of Burlington elected one House member. So did the 113 of Stannard. House members representing 12 percent of the people comprised a majority.
Not for long. The year that began half a century ago was the one in which Vermont entered the modern world.
Or perhaps was pulled into it, not quite kicking and screaming, with as much reluctance as enthusiasm. As it was in the rest of the country, 1964 was a year of profound change in Vermont, a kind of dividing line between eras. Vermont's old era " when it was dominated by small towns, dairy farmers, the Republican Party, and antagonism toward the federal government " was fading. Something else was beginning.
The new beginning, needless to say, had earlier beginnings. There is something a touch arbitrary about assigning unique significance to any one year. The Interstate highway system that would transform the state began in the late 1950s. For a few years after 1964, the state would still have a poll tax, and University of Vermont students and visitors would still enjoy (and defend) the blatantly racist "kake walk. "The Legislature would not abandon its "one town-one vote" system until 1965. And Democrat Phil Hoff had eked out a victory in 1962, becoming Vermont's first Democratic governor in more than a century.
"That second term for Hoff signaled that (his victory in) 1962 wasn't a fluke." said Mark Hudson, the Executive Director of the Vermont historical Society.
And throughout the year, the bulldozers kept churning and the concrete kept being poured. By the end of the year, more than 13 more miles of I-89 had been open to traffic.
"The Interstates were it." when assessing the single biggest factor that "pushed Vermont into the modern age." said Chris Graff, the veteran Vermont journalist who is now vice president for communications at National Life Group.
Graff said the expansion of the IBM plant in Essex, new and bigger ski resorts, and second home development. "Just would not have happened if it wasn't easy to get to Vermont."
And that growth, he said, with its occasional excesses, brought about the reaction that led to the Land Use and Development Act (Act 250) and other environmental laws which are now central to government and society in the state, and such an important part of its nationwide image.
In 1964, Vermont's population had been growing for more than a decade. But in many ways the state remained "a very isolated rural backwater, with an old economy based on dairy farming, lumbering, quarrying and small manufacturing." said Paul Searls, an assistant professor of history at Lyndon State College.
But it was not only the state's economy that was archaic, Searls said. So was its governmental structure, in which power was centered in 'tiny fiefdoms of local control."
If the Interstates brought the state into the 20th Century economically, that U.S. Supreme Court decision of 1964 (Reynolds v. Sims) and the federal court orders that followed did the job governmentally. The following year, amidst great controversy and no little anguish, the legislature recreated itself, reducing the House of Representatives to 150 members, apportioned by population, not town lines.
Not all Vermonters were happy about the changes. Romaine Tenney did not like the new Vermont the Interstates would bring, and would not leave the land his family had farmed since 1892, though it was in the pathway of I-91. When the sheriff's deputies came to evict him, he set fire to his farmhouse and died with it.
Percy Mendell did not like the federal government ordering Vermont to change the way it chose its House of Representatives.
"It's how we elect our Legislature. And it's worked just fine." he said. "What right do the folks in Washington have to come in and tell us to fix what ain't broke" It just flies in the face of logic " and it destroys local control."
Percy Mendell is fiction, a character in "Into the Wilderness." a novel by Deborah Lee Luskin of Newfane. Luskin never got to Vermont until 1965, and she was then only nine years old. But she set her novel in the fictional town of Orton, Vermont, 1964, and said she did extensive research into what life was like in rural Vermont then, reading old newspapers and talking to people who remembered those days.
And there's little doubt that the outlook she has Mendell express was widely held in rural Vermont at the time. Nor was it just a matter of governmental philosophy. It was also a matter of power and money. Under the old system, lawmakers used their power to funnel state money into the small towns. It was 'small-town pork-barrel legislation." in the words of Anthony Marro and Stephen C. Terry in their book, "Philip Hoff: How Red turned Blue in the Green Mountain State.
Fictional though he was, Mendell was at least partly right. If switching to one person-one vote did not "destroy" local control, it greatly diminished it. The state now handles many of the functions then under the control of the towns. In 1964 each town had an "overseer of the poor." It was they who dealt with income support for the disabled and indigent. There was no state welfare system. Nor were there state environmental laws, though Hoff tried to get the Legislature to pass a bill regulating land use. Hoff called that his "most tragic loss" of the year.
Change is never easy, its benefits are not without some cost, and the benefits are not evenly distributed. In general Vermont is far more prosperous than it was in 1964, but to some extent the prosperity has followed the paths of the Interstates. The economic troubles of Rutland and Bennington, Chris Graff notes, can be at least partly explained by how far they are from the highways.
A more centralized government inevitably brings with it more bureaucracy, more control from farther away, and even if "farther away" in this case is only as far as Montpelier, dealing with a state office is more impersonal than dealing with the town clerk, who is also a neighbor. The consolidated "union" high school, not in the center of the village but out on the highway, may have more up-do-date facilities than its smaller predecessor, but perhaps gives some parents the 'sense they are losing control over their own children." Paul Searls notes.
As it is elsewhere, life in Vermont is more standardized, more homogenized than it was 50 years ago. Television, chain stores and restaurants, suburban subdivisions that seem all to have been designed by the same (not very good") architect almost seem to have conspired to blot out distinctions.
Vermont still seems to want to retain its distinctions, and despite all the changes, the 2014 debates about how to do so sound not so different from the discussions of 1964: how much should state government do and how much left to "local control"" Should schools or school districts consolidate" Should economic growth be guided or limited, or just left to the dynamics of the market"
Such discussions are not unique to Vermont, but seem to have more salience here simply because most Vermonters do want to retain the small towns, the pastoral landscape and the more personal ambiance of the state's past. The irony, as historian Searls sees it, is that "in order for Vermonters to take control of their own destiny they have to shape it rather than have outside forces shape it."
In other words, a certain amount of very modern government planning " the kind Phil Hoff envisioned but could not accomplish in 1964 " may be needed to preserve what people want preserve of the past. Left untouched, the dynamics of the market will suburbanize and standardize everything in their path. Among the legacies of 1964, it seems, is what to argue about and how to argue it.
Is Vermont High School Football an Endangered Species?October 18, 2013
It's mid-Autumn. Most of the leaves have fallen, a chill is in the air, and many a Vermonter " even some who don't have children, neighbors, or friends out on the field " enjoy going to a high school football game. They go to cheer on their home-town kids " the Champlain Valley Union Redhawks in Hinesburg, the Tigers down at Middlebury High, Colchester High School's Lakers or the aptly named Solons in Montpelier.
Check that last one. Montpelier High fields soccer teams " boys and girls, varsity and junior varsity. But the Solons don't play football any more.
"It was just a lack of numbers and a lack of interest," said Montpelier High School principal Adam Bunting. If the school had fielded a team this year, he said, it would be so small that boys might feel "pressure to play injured" to avoid having the team forfeit a game, as it had to do last year.
Montpelier is not unique. According to figures supplied by the Vermont Principals Association, 33 Vermont high schools fielded football teams in 2006, with 1,945 boys participating. In 2012, 26 schools had teams with a total of 1,159 players.
For two reasons, those figures could overstate the falloff in football participation. First, they may not be complete; schools are not required to report their programs, and one or two small schools may not have informed the Principals Association. Second, football is hardly the only school activity in which fewer students take part. In fact, there are simply fewer students in Vermont than there were several years ago.
But the student population of Vermont high schools fell about 13 percent from 2006, while the number of football players went down by almost a third.
"You are beginning to see fewer and fewer students involved," said Bob Johnson, the associate executive director of the Vermont Principals Association.
High school football in Vermont is not about to disappear. Several programs are thriving. Lots of teenage boys love playing football. Realistically or not, some see the game as their ticket to a college education (perhaps a free one) and maybe even a career in the National Football League.
Besides, as in the rest of the country, the passion, the pace, sometimes seemingly the purpose of life in many a high school centers around football in the autumn. It isn't just the players. It's the cheerleaders, the band, the pep rallies, the booster clubs. For several weeks the game dominates school life, and most students seem to like it that way.
But high school football in Vermont is diminished from what it was, and is likely to be more diminished in the near future. School athletic officials say they would not be at all surprised if more schools drop the sport.
Some smaller and medium-size schools that are near each other might join forces, with just one school fielding a team, but with boys from nearby schools eligible to play on it. Montpelier tried to work out such an arrangement with Williamstown and Northfield High Schools, neither of which has a football team, but it did not work out.
One reason schools might drop football, Johnson said, is that there are now so many more sports alternative for high school students. Some schools have volleyball and bowling teams. Others are considering rugby and ultimate Frisbee.
Besides, considering the need for protective equipment and uniforms, and for several coaches (offense, defense, line, backfield, and maybe special teams), football is expensive.
And about to get more expensive for Vermont high schools thanks to what is almost certainly (though not provably) the other reason fewer boys are playing the sport: the danger of serious brain injury.
"No parent has come to me specifically and said, "my son is not going to play football because I'm worried about concussion,'" said Trevor Squirrell.
But the very fact that Squirrell is involved in this conversation at all proves that the brain injury threat is having an impact on high school football participation. It also shows that Vermont's athletic, educational, and political establishment is not trying to deny that playing football can lead to serious and disabling head injuries.
Squirrell is not a coach (though he has coached), a teacher, or an education official. He is the executive director of the Brain Injury Association of Vermont, and his association is involved in high school football because both the educators and the Legislature have established a procedure designed to protect student-athletes.
And also, perhaps, to preserve high school football.
And even though there is no conclusive evidence that boys " or their parents " are deciding not to play football out of fear of brain injury, Squirrell does not doubt that such decisions are being made.
"Certainly there seems to be evidence out there that this is happening," he said.
It could hardly be otherwise. The suicides of former NFL players Junior Seau, Dave Duerson, and " most recently " Paul Oliver received extensive news coverage. Autopsies revealed that Seau and Duerson had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease that can be caused by repeated blows to the head. Duerson's story is part of a new movie called "The United States of Football," which also cites experts questioning the safety of football at all levels, starting with Pop Warner League "pee-wee" football.
There are no reports of serious brain disease that might have been caused by high school football in Vermont. In fact, there are no reports of any Vermont football player receiving a serious head injury in recent years.
But there have been such incident in other states, and Vermont followed the lead of some of those states by passing Act 68 earlier this year. The law requires schools to adopt an "action plan" for dealing with head injuries in "collision sports" such as football, and establishes a "concussion management plan" which includes a flow chart for what coaches are to do when a player shows any sign of concussion.
"Concussions are going to happen," said Squirrell, in football and in other sports. But if they are properly dealt with, if players are not allowed to return to play " or even to "return to learn" in the classroom " before they are ready, concussions are less likely to lead to brain injury.
The new law also orders coaches to undergo "training in recognizing the symptoms of concussion and how to reduce the risks of concussion," and requires a trained "licensed health care professional" at every interscholastic football game.
Almost all schools already have such a professional on hand, but some of them are emergency medical technicians. By 2015, that level of license will no longer suffice. Some schools will have to find " and pay for " health professionals with more training. Along with other costs of fielding a football team, this could price some schools out of the game.
"Football can be a very safe sport," said Bob Johnson, predicting that it is "still going to be here at some level" for years to come.
But he acknowledged that it might be a slightly different game (getting rid of kickoffs has been discussed at all levels of the sport), and possibly played by fewer players at fewer schools. Though kids can get hurt in all sports (and that includes cheer-leading), the evidence suggests that the risk of serious injury is greater in football.
If more schools drop the sport, it would be more than just a change in athletic schedules. It would be a change in the culture of high school, one that some principals and teachers would welcome, though many in school and in town would regret. Somehow it's hard to imagine a pep rally for the ultimate Frisbee team.
Damage Control. A panel of experts and young athletes discuss the issue of concussions in sports, and the response of Vermont schools and officials. Live call-in. Panelists include Alan Maynard, President of the Vermont Association of Athletic Trainers and Dr. Kalev Freeman, Director, Emergency Medicine Research, Fletcher Allen.
Is Vermont's Sex Offender Registry Effective?July 12, 2013
At last count, there were 1,155 Vermonters on the public section of the state's Sex Offender Registry and Notification (SORN) list.
That's the list open to the public. It allows anyone to go on line and learn whether anyone living nearby has been convicted of a sex crime, including (but not limited to) sexual crimes against children and young teenagers.
The web site provides the name, age, and description (including a picture) of each registered sex offender, whether he (it's usually a he; only 27 women are on the Registry) is considered "high risk" to re-offend, the date he was convicted, and the statute he violated. It does not give street addresses, only the town of residence. Those who want to know if the offender lives next door would have to consult their local phone book or other resource.
The Registry is required by law, both state and federal. Its goal is to minimize sexual assault against children by alerting both police and parents to the presence of potentially dangerous offenders.
Does it work"
At first glance, the evidence seems to suggest that it does. The number of reported sexual offense against minors is on the decline. In 2004, according to the Vermont Criminal Information Center (based on data from the National Archive of Criminal Justice) there were 204 forcible and 89 non-forcible sex offenses reported against victims under the age of 18. By 2010, the last year for which information is available, there were only 165 forcible and 39 non-forcible offenses reported.
But not necessarily because of the Sex Offender Registry.
Thanks to publicity surrounding such horrible crimes as the abduction and murder of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett in Randolph June 2008 (and perhaps to the promotional zeal of some cable television personalities) public awareness and public outrage about sex crimes against children has been growing.
But the actual commission of these crimes has been shrinking.
"The rate of sexual assault, according to all federal crime data, has been declining for many years," said Andrew Harris, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, who has done extensive research into sex offender policy. "Whether it can be attributed to any particular policy " the registries, better investigation, longer sentences " we can't say."
But there does seem to be something approaching a consensus in the academic research over the question of whether the registries are effective. That consensus is that they are not.
One study reaching that conclusion was done in 2005 by the Legislative Council for the Vermont State Legislature. It found that "there is insufficient evidence to determine whether posting information about registered sex offenders on the internet is a valuable and effective public safety tool."
But, the report acknowledged, "The general assembly determined'that the majority of the public feels that the internet registry provides important information that can be used to protect families and expects such information to be a matter of public record."
That's not quite saying (because researchers working for the Legislature would not say) that politicians were pursuing a useless policy because of public pressure. But it's close.
Even Harris, who described himself as middle-of-the-road on the dispute, could only say that just because the research has "not been able to demonstrate a significant impact (of the registries) doesn't lead to conclusion that there is no impact."
But Vermont Commissioner of Public Safety Keith Flynn and Francis (Paco) Aumand, the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice Services both argue that the Registry could protect some children in ways that no research could uncover.
By warning their children about the presence of "predatorial sex offenders," Flynn said, parents who have checked the registry could be protecting them from potential attacks.
Flynn and Aumond agree with Registry critic Allen Gilbert, the Executive Director the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont that the vast majority of sex offenses against children are committed by their relatives and acquaintances, not by what Gilbert called "a stranger in a trench coat leaping out from behind the bushes."
But Flynn noted that even the "small minority of sexual offenders (have the) potential to do great harm," and Aumand pointed out that some sexual predators become friendly with families " and thereby make themselves "acquaintances" " precisely to gain access to their vulnerable children. Forewarned about this new companion's past, he said, the parents can cut off contact with him before he can pounce.
Still, most experts in the field, including Flynn and Aumand, acknowledge that if the registries may do some good, they can also do some harm. Many of those experts conclude that the harm outweighs the good.
That's the conclusion of "Raised on the Registry: The Irreparable Harm of Placing Children on Sex Offender Registries in the US," a 111-page report issued by Human Rights Watch in May.
"Of course anyone responsible for a sexual assault should be held accountable," wrote Nicole Pitman, the author of the report. "But punishment should fit both the offense and the offender, and placing children who commit sex offenses on a public registry " often for life " can cause more harm than good."
Pitman was referring in part to a problem " or at least what many consider a problem " that does not apply in Vermont: placing on the Registry a teenage boy who has consensual sex with an under-age (16 in Vermont) young woman.
However objectionable it might be, such conduct is the sign of a normal sex drive, not the abnormal passion for sex with minors that serves as one justification for sex offender registries. Vermont does not put those offenders on the Registry as long as the offender was under 18 and the victim older than 12.
But a common offense of the Vermont registrants is "lewd and lascivious conduct with (a) child." That could describe truly dangerous and abhorrent conduct. But in one case (not in Vermont) a college student, probably after drinking a few beers, urinated on the grass at the edge of his campus. Unfortunately, it was also near a house where two teen-aged girls lived. The parents pressed charges and the young man is on his state's registry.
There is no evidence that there is a similar case in Vermont. But no guarantee that there is not.
In a few cases, being listed on the Registry has proved fatal. In 2006, a self-appointed vigilante from Canada murdered two men who were on Maine's Registry (he had also checked out the Vermont list) before shooting and killing himself.
One of the murdered men had been convicted of having sex with his girl friend just a few days before she reached the age of consent.
The Vermont Registry posts a disclaimer on its web site: "Any person who uses information in this registry to injure, harass, or commit a criminal offense against any person included in the registry or any other person is subject to criminal prosecution."
"I'm not sure what good that does," said Allen Gilbert. "The law already says you're not allowed to hurt anybody."
Vermont's law differs from those of many states in other ways. It does not empower localities to limit where offenders can live. And most offenders are on the Registry for a period of time. If they do not re-offend " and most do not " they are removed from the list when the time expires.
Critics and advocates of Vermont's Registry disagree over whether its benefits outweigh its costs. Gilbert said he would prefer to replace the Registry with "a more reasonable approach" which would rely on "treatment programs that work," and a greater effort to "successfully reintegrate (offenders) back into society."
The Registry hinders that process, Gilbert said. It stigmatizes those on it, making it harder for them to find and keep a job, to be accepted by civic organizations or to be welcome by their neighbors.
But he also acknowledged that the question is complicated. And while law enforcement officials such as Flynn and Aumand think the Registry is worth its costs, they don't dispute that it has its cost, and that it can interfere with efforts to treat offenders to the point at which they no longer endanger anyone. Unlike their counterparts in some other states, Vermont's top law enforcement officials do not say they believe that people who sexually abuse children have an affliction that can never be cured.
"This is a legitimate argument that needs discussion," Flynn said, acknowledging that the Registry "limits civil liberties," and should be applied selectively, "with appropriate balance."
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was the Macedonian infantry known as?
(a) Ground Quake.
(b) The Foot Companions.
(c) The Warrior Eagles.
(d) The Fighting Macedons.
2. In what year was Alexander the Great born?
(a) 3 AD.
(b) 120 AD.
(c) 808 BC.
(d) 356 BC.
3. When King Philip met the Illyrians in battle, how many Illyrians did he kill, approximately?
(a) Nineteen thousand.
(b) Seven thousand.
(c) Only a handful.
(d) One Hundred.
4. At what event was Philip assassinated?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A peace negotiation.
(c) A speech to the Macedonian assembly.
(d) A battle.
5. In response to learning that Philip supported the Persians, what did the Greeks do?
(a) Tried to poison Philip.
(b) Arrested and tortured Philip.
(c) Sent men to rob Philip's palace.
(d) Arrested and tortured one of Philip's men.
Short Answer Questions
1. What strategy did Philip use in 939 to defeat his enemy?
2. What regions was Macedonia divided into prior to Alexander's birth?
3. What military strategy did Philip innovate in his battle with the Illyrians?
4. In which year did the Persians capture Sidon from the Greeks?
5. Who was the mother of Alexander?
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Roundtables. In addition to the one-on-one mentoring sessions, VCs and entrepreneurs will break out into smaller group discussions in which topics will focus on challenges shared by startups and other players in the innovation ecosystem.
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A lawsuit against Target has brought to light an employee training document –"Organization Effectiveness, Employee and Labor Relations Multi-Cultural Tips" – that offers advice to managers who work with Hispanics. According to court documents, Target was thoughtful enough to remind those in charge that:
a. Food: not everyone eats tacos and burritos;
b. Music: not everyone dances to salsa;
c. Dress: not everyone wears a sombrero;
d. Mexicans (lower education level, some may be undocumented);
e. Cubans (Political refugees, legal status, higher education level); and
f. They may say 'OK, OK' and pretend to understand, when they do not, just to save face.
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Three former employees – Robert Gonzalez, Bulmaro Fabian and Pedro Garcia-Ayala — are suing the retailer, alleging that their bosses used slurs when speaking to Hispanic workers. (The lawsuit was filed in Yolo County, CA.) Moreover, Gonzalez says supervisors acted against him when he complained. All three were fired.
A statement appearing on The Atlantic Wire says:
The content of the document referenced is not representative of who Target is. We strive at all times to be a place where our team and guests feel welcome, valued and respected. This document, which was used during conversations at one distribution center, was never part of any formal or company-wide training. We take accountability for its contents and are truly sorry.
It's certifiably insane that any sentient person thought this was in any way all right. More than that, it speaks to organizational deficiency at Target that even one piece of the company could get away with passing out this trash. It's a lesson: When even one smidgen of your organization is infected with negativity, it has implications for the organization as a whole.
At a time when companies are realizing the buying power of Hispanic consumers (and multicultural shoppers in general), alienating an entire group of people isn't the way you want to go. Might we suggest that Target enlist some outside help with the sensitivity training manual they're no doubt working on right now.
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CUPERTINO, Calif., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- MyEchain today announced their partnership with Cellfire, the leading provider of digital grocery coupons in the U.S. The partnership will enable MyEchain iPhone app users to instantly browse and upload grocery coupons to their grocery savings cards and redeem savings at more than 30 grocery banners across nearly 5,000 stores nationwide. The app is next planned to be available for the Android operating system for even more smartphones to utilize Cellfire savings.
In addition to being able to store and use loyalty rewards cards on an iPhone or Android device, MyEchain users will now be able to securely link a manufacturer's coupon to their grocery savings card for a convenient, safe, and paperless redemption experience within the grocery store. "Having the ability for users to seamlessly associate coupons they normally wouldn't have access to right on their loyalty card is a game changer for consumer savings. And being able to scan their loyalty card from their iPhone, and in the near future Android smartphone, is the icing on the cake for the experience of the savvy shopper. This is truly a revolutionary time to save money at grocery stores", says James McLaughlin, Director of Marketing for MyEchain.
"Cellfire is excited to be a part of compelling mobile applications such as MyEchain that offer consumers ways to get organized and save time and money," said Robert Drescher, CEO of Cellfire. "With the QMobile coupon syndication platform, we offer consumers more channels for receiving grocery coupons when and where they want them."
Coupon content will be available on both the paid and free versions of the MyEchain app for iPhone. The Android release is planned soon after in July 2012. To take advantage of the new feature, MyEchain users are instructed to upgrade to the latest version of the app and look under their favorite retailers to find relevant coupons powered by Cellfire. Coupons will also be conveniently located in the app next to the "loyalty cards" section. Mobile grocery coupons will be updated regularly so MyEchain users will have access to the most recent and enticing coupons.
The Cellfire enabled MyEchain app is available now at the Apple App Store and with free and paid versions of the app. It will soon follow in the Google Play Android App Store. For download information please visit MyEchain.com. For more information on redeeming digital grocery coupons visit Cellfire.com.
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MyEchain is a loyalty cards / membership cards / rewards cards app that allows you to digitally store thousands of your cards in one central location on your phone. In addition it offers you a barcode scanning app on your iPhone and a QR code reader. This makes the MyEchain app truly the "Swiss Army Knife" of mobile shopping and savings. Now available both as an iPhone loyalty card app as well as an Android loyalty card app.
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