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(Release: January 14, 2013) - In Jan. 2013, HCC completed its Arts & Sciences Complex with the renovation of two existing instructional buildings: The Classroom Building and the former Science Building, both of which were originally constructed in 1966.
The Behavioral Sciences & Humanities Building (BSH)
The Classroom Building has been renamed the the Behavioral Sciences and Humanities (BSH) Building and now houses classrooms, faculty offices, and the new Fletcher Faculty Development Center. The goal of the Fletcher Center is to provide resources that will strengthen the teaching skills of both full- and part-time faculty through professional development activities. Programs offered through the Fletcher Center will focus on a variety of topics including effective course development, effective teaching practices, and class/course management.
The BSH Building houses behavioral and social sciences faculty members, as well as faculty in the English and Humanities Division. Performing and visual arts faculty are housed in the Kepler Performing and Visual Arts Education Center, which opened in Jan. 2012.
The Learning Support Center (LSC)
The former Science Building has been renamed the Learning Support Center (LSC) in honor of its new function: the central location for HCC's developmental education programs and tutoring services. The LSC offers drop-in student tutoring on a variety of subjects including science, math, English, and computers.
Learn more about these two newly renovated buildings by reading the Herald-Mail article.
The science function of the former Science Building was relocated to HCC's brand new, five-story STEM Building (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), which opened in Jan. 2012. Classes in areas such as biotechnology, cybersecurity, and alternative energy technology are now held in STEM Building.
HCC's Arts & Sciences Complex includes four buildings: the STEM Building, Kepler Center, the Learning Support Center, and the Behavioral Sciences & Humanities Building.


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Riding the wave: Longreef to rock ToledoWritten by Mike Bauman | | email@example.com
Much like one of his other favorite pastimes in surfing, the musical journey for Australian singer/songwriter Josh Barker and his band Longreef has involved lots of courage, patience, determination and risk.
"You just don't know where it's going to take you, and it's always a surprise," Barker said of the comparison between riding the waves and life. "But it's such a good feeling out there having this energy push you from behind and take you where you don't know where you're going, so I definitely think that that has a huge influence on my perspective of being a songwriter, also.
"It's where I find a lot of clarity and a lot of good ideas."
Composed of Barker (vocals/guitar), Nick Miller (guitar), Aaron Carruthers (drums) and Jim Wark (bass), Longreef will perform at Bar 145 on June 16 as part of its summer tour in support of the band's second EP, "Dirty Motel," which is scheduled for release on June 12. The show is the first of three at Bar 145 and one of 12 Ohio dates Longreef has slated in the coming months.
"It's an exciting time for us," Barker said. "We think the music's definitely progressed even just in the one year that it's been since [2011's self-titled EP]. I think that doing 180 shows last year — you know, grueling touring — actually a lot of that travel, the hard times and the energy really came out on the new EP.
"So I think you'll definitely hear a difference from the poppier EP of last year's 'Longreef' to the new, rockier, dirtier sound in 'Dirty Motel.' "
The excitement Longreef is experiencing now is much different compared to where things stood four years ago for Barker, Miller and Carruthers. Prior to Longreef, the trio spent approximately six years in the band Inakin, based in its native Australia, and dissipated in 2008.
"As some bands do, we had a falling out with our bass player and it kind of all went to crap," Barker said. "So it was time to reassess."
For Barker, that reassessing meant heading to Los Angeles, having never been to the U.S. before.
"I was completely alone," Barker recalled. "I got off the plane, had never driven on the other side of the road. I didn't know where I was going and rented myself a car and nearly got killed on the freeway going into Hollywood. It was quite an experience."
The experience improved as Barker began co-writing with the likes of Matt Scannell (Vertical Horizon) and Carmen Rizzo (Alanis Morissette, Seal, Coldplay). He eventually relocated to Nashville, where he recorded an album's worth of material with the help of Longreef manager Steve Forde, 3 Doors Down guitarist Chris Henderson and Alissa Moreno (Rascal Flatts).
"The moment we finished recording, I was just like, 'Wow. We really need to get out and start playing this stuff live,' " Barker said.
After the rest of the band was able to make it over to the States about two-and-half-years ago, Longreef has been able to share the stage with the likes of Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, 30 Seconds to Mars and Seether, among others.
On its journey, Longreef's music has also caught the attention of some major labels and players in the music industry. The single "Lonely" off last year's self-titled EP went to No. 33 on the Billboard R&R Indicator chart as the band continued to gain more fans, including Nickelback's Chad Kroeger.
"He actually invited us out to Atlanta," Barker said of Kroeger. "I think that was just after we recorded the record. He and my manager were talking quite a lot, and he was a huge fan — still is a huge fan — of the music. We're just trying to work out when we could get together and actually do something together."
While Barker said Longreef has had conversations with major labels, he added that right now there is a great team of people around the band, which will put out "Dirty Motel" on its own like the self-titled EP as it continues to build a name in the U.S.
"I think the people here, they're just so into having a good time," Barker said of touring the states. "I think the whole Australian thing must change up the perception of us a little bit because, like I said, everywhere we seem to go they seem to love us.
"Maybe it's the music. Maybe it's the accents. Or maybe it's a combination of the both, I'm hoping."
- On June 16 Longreef will perform at Bar 145, located at 5305 Monroe St. The band is expected to go on between 10 and 10:30 p.m. and there will be a $5 cover charge at the door. For more information, visit bar-145.com or call (419) 593-0073.
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A shocking bp of 180/100 for the first time. It is our scheduled pre-natal check-up on Sept23. Her expected delivery supposedly is on October 10, 2010. As a new parent, excitement is undeniable. Very well cared, check-ups, foods and etc with all the preparations..The baby still kicked 3x, but sad to say, our first child who is a baby boy died in her mother's womb before my wife entered to the ultrasound room of the hospital. My wife did not feel something wrong...No aches, no swelling.All she knew the night before it happened, she noticed the baby is not moving routinely compared previously. My wife suffered severe pre-eclampsia with oligohydramnious abruptly last Sept. 23, 2010. After failure of inducing the baby on that day, a ceasarian operation was done on Sept 24 to get the baby. We are still in the healing process as of the moment.
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The Pieces Falling into Place
by David Quine (shared with permission)
Jigsaw puzzles were part of my earliest childhood. It seems that every Christmas our family received a new puzzle and it wasn't long before the card table became a puzzle table. We would spend hours searching for just the right pieces. At first we looked for the easiest ones — the four corners and edge pieces. But then the work began as we compared pieces in search for just the right one. We were always looking for patterns — patterns in shape and color. Eventually, all the pieces would fall into place and the picture on the box would emerge onto our card table. I didn't realize how important these yearly puzzles were in my life until I started writing this article. I have always been a person who looks for patterns among things that appear on the surface to have no pattern. Searching for how the pieces of life's puzzle fits together is who I am. Some puzzles are concrete like a jigsaw puzzle, but others are not — they are abstract. Those are the harder puzzles to fit together.
There is a puzzle I have been thinking about for the past 15 years. It has to do with the emergence of Classical Education into Christian education. It was first seen in the starting of Classical schools and then more recently a flood of classical curriculum and classical co-ops within homeschooling itself. As the author of World Views of the Western World and Starting Points and home school speaker, many years ago I was asked to present a series of lectures at a "Classical Education" convention. However, several weeks after the invitation was given I was told that my materials were not acceptable and I would not be allowed to present after all. At the time I thought this a little puzzling, but let it slide.
But now I understand what is happening. About a month ago the pieces of the puzzle began falling into place. Where do I start? For me there are four pieces to this puzzle and each piece relates to a particular person: Dr. Peter Enns, Dr. Susan Wise Bauer, the late Dr. Francis Schaeffer, and finally, Josh McDowell. All four of these people are considered influential Christian thinkers and teachers. Let's look at each puzzle piece — analyzing its color and shape to see how they all might fit together. I will put them into the order in which they came to my mind – although we could actually start with any piece.
Puzzle Piece Number 1: Dr. Susan Wise Bauer
In her very popular history series, The Story of the World, Dr. Bauer subtitled her book: History for the Classical Child. Have you ever asked yourself this question: "Is the Classical child a Christian child?" I think this is a legitimate question. In fact, I think it is the pivotal question. When this textbook first became available I was puzzled by the opening chapter: The Earliest People. As I read the first and then the second paragraphs, I was puzzled.There was no mention of the people I was accustomed to thinking of as the earliest people. Where was Adam and Eve, Cain and Able, and where was Noah? They were no where to be found. The first person mentioned is "Tarak . a seven-year-old nomad who lives with her family – almost seven thousand years ago." And then where was the God of the Bible? He wasn't there either — not until several chapters later. We are first introduced to the gods Ra and Orisis and others. It was puzzling to me.
Puzzle Piece Number 2: Josh McDowell
In a presentation given in March of this year Josh McDowell talked about the 5 Core Beliefs of Christianity:
1 – The Reliability of Scripture,
2 – The Deity of Christ,
3 – Truth
4 – The Resurrection, and
5 – Salvation through Faith
We agree that these five beliefs are at the core of Christianity. In fact, they are the foundation of the curriculum we have written. Our curriculum is considered an apologetic approach to learning where the student learns not only what we as Christians belief, but why we believe what we believe and then how to communicate these ideas to those in our culture. We teach students how to dialogue from a Pre-suppositional Apologetic (Francis Schaeffer and others), from an Evidential Apologetic (Josh McDowell and others) and from a Moral Apologetic (CS Lewis and others).
I was shocked by the statistics that Josh gave at this conference regarding the lack of belief in these 5 Core Beliefs among evangelical born again young people in the church today. His research study has revealed that less than 4% of evangelical born again young people hold all five of these beliefs as true! Less than 4%! That is shocking.
Puzzle Piece Number 3: Dr. Peter Enns
Dr. Enns was a new piece to my puzzle and perhaps the key to putting all the others together. He is a Christian author, teacher, and writer. I hope that I am able to clearly articulate his piece in the puzzle. It was his association with Dr. Bauer that makes his piece so significant and understandable. He is the author of many articles and several books. The one which is the most important for this discussion is Inspiration and Incarnation. The subtitle to this work is Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament. This book has caused quite a stir among evangelical theologians and is worthy of your time to read. His thoughts are very important. Please stay with me through this part. To understand what Dr Enns is saying let me share excerpts from a letter written by Dr. Wayne Grudem (2008) to Dr. Peter Lillback, President of Westminster Seminary, Philadelphia, regarding Dr. Enns, who was at that time a professor at Westminster Seminary:
I find the book (Inspiration and Incarnation) to be deeply troubling, for the following reasons:
Enns repeatedly delights in presenting interpretations of the Bible that make it appear more problematic and more filled with unresolved and irresolvable problems than it really is (pp. 72, 79, 92, etc.). He insists on translation options that make Scripture internally contradictory with itself (pp. 92-93), or simply false (pp. 54, 98). He repeats the same kind of anti-inerrancy rhetoric that I heard at Fuller in the 1970s, characterizing belief in the Bible's complete truthfulness as "defensive" or as coming close to "intellectual dishonesty" or as simply "preconceived notions" (pp. 14, 107, 108), but speaking of views that take the Bible as contradictory as "creative," "refreshing," and "listening to how the Bible itself behaves" (pp. 15, 66; see also 73, 108). He frequently represents conservative evangelical scholarship as unreliable and untrustworthy (at least pre-Enns), but, remarkably, he impugns conservative scholarship not by documented quotations but by using undocumented, straw-man arguments (pp. 47, 49, etc.). The overall result of this approach will be to lead readers to distrust both the Bible and much evangelical Old Testament scholarship.
He implies that he thinks there is no difference in the truthfulness we should ascribe to the Bible and to ancient Akkadian stories: "How can we say logically that the biblical stories are true and the Akkadian stories are false when they both look so very much alike?" (p. 40). It apparently does not occur to him that believing the Bible to be the Word of God (as I thought Westminster faculty we expected to do) is a very good reason for saying that the Bible is true, and the Akkadian flood stories are unreliable. He fails even to consider the possibility of God's special revelation to Moses, and of his providential guidance and protection of the truthfulness of the records, so that the Bible's stories of creation and the flood are absolutely truthful, historical and reliable. He gives no indication here that he thinks God was any more involved in the biblical accounts than in the Akkadian myths.
He says that "what makes Genesis different from its Ancient Near Eastern counterparts is that it begins to make the point to Ab
raham and his seed that the God they are bound to . . . is different from the gods around them" (p. 53). But this is in the context of discussing the category of "myth" (which he opposes to "historical," p. 49), and so the implication seems to be that truthfulness or historical accuracy of the account is not something that makes Genesis different from other Ancient Near Eastern creation myths.
He says that "Genesis – as other stories of the ancient world – thus portrays the world as a flat disk with a dome above" (p. 54). But what is a reader to do with this? We know today that that view is false: the world is not a flat disk. But I do not see how readers then can avoid the implication that they should not believe what Genesis tells them about the world. Genesis according to Enns is simply untrue.
He claims that Hebrew (or an earlier version of written Hebrew) may not have even existed at "the end of the second millennium B.C." (p. 51), and thus implies a chronology that makes it impossible for Moses (died 1400 or perhaps 1180 B.C.) to have written the Hebrew words of Genesis – Deuteronomy (p. 52).
This was the missing piece to my puzzle. I had never seen the connection before. This explains why Dr. Bauer's history series, Story of the World, doesn't include the first eleven chapters of the Bible! What happens to each of the 5 Core Beliefs of Christianity within Dr. Enns framework of theology? Do we maintain the reliability of the Scripture and Truth? What about the other three aspects of these core beliefs?
Puzzle Piece Number 4: Dr. Francis Schaeffer
The final piece of this puzzle explains what we can expect to happen regarding these 5 Core Beliefs of Christianity.
I remembered Dr. Schaeffer writing about the Reliability of Scripture and Truth in his book No Final Conflict, but what did he say? I began reading. He explained that the watershed issue of our generation would be the Reliability of Scripture and Truth and then eventually the other three core beliefs.
"It is my conviction that the crucial area of discussion for evangelicalism in the next years will be the Scripture. At stake is whether evangelicalism will remain evangelical. The issue is whether the Bible is God's verbalized communication to men giving propositional truth where it touches the cosmos and history, or whether it is only in some sense "revelational" where it touches matters of religion. The early chapters of Genesis relate to this discussion, but ultimately the question is not (and cannot be) confined to them: the whole Bible is involved." (Francis A. Schaeffer, No Final Conflict, Introduction)
"We must say that if evangelicals are to be evangelicals, we must not compromise our view of Scripture. There is no use in evangelicalism seeming to get larger and larger, if at the same time appreciable parts of evangelicalism are getting soft at that which is the central core — namely, the Scriptures..
"We must say most lovingly but clearly: evangelicalism is not consistently evangelical unless there is a line drawn between those who take a full view of Scripture and those who do not.
(Francis A. Schaeffer, No Final Conflict, Ch. 1
The neo-orthodox position is that the Bible contains mistakes in the areas of history and science, but we are to believe it anyway in the religious areas, that somehow a "religious word" breaks forth from it. The result is that religious things become "truth" inside of one's head — just as the drug experience or the Eastern religious experience is "truth" inside of one's head.
"Further, it means that the next generation of Christians will have the ground completely swept from under them. It is my observation that those who are taught a weakened view of the book of Genesis by their professors almost always carry it further into the whole Bible and are left really shaken as far as any real basis for their Christianity is concerned. And there is a reason for being shaken, for there is no reason to keep what the Bible says religiously if we have put it in an upper story and thrown away that of which the Bible speaks when it touches history and the cosmos.
(Francis A. Schaeffer, No Final Conflict, Ch. 2)
This is not always easily detected. Think with me for one more moment. Our core beliefs are being undermined in the very curriculum we are using with our children by our own hands! Puzzle Piece #1 omits the first eleven chapters of Genesis. Puzzle Piece #3 gives a theological basis for making that decision, because how can we know for certain that the Genesis story of Creation and the Flood are any more reliable than these other accounts. Puzzle Piece #2 gives a report on state of the evangelical born again young people in our churches. Puzzle Piece #4 explains what is really at stake! When you reject what the Bible says regarding history (including the first eleven chapters of the Genesis) and the cosmos, there is really nothing left. Do you see how all the pieces fit together?
Before we return to my original question, Is the Classical child a Christian child?, let me introduce you to a new magazine entitled IOTA published by The Youth Classics Institute. It "is a new Classically-themed magazine for elementary school students! It aims to introduce Classics and Latin in a fun, informative, and engaging way, and its content is designed and written to fit in with curricula on the ancient Greeks and Romans. Each full-color issue is approximately 25 pages and explores a god, a monster, a historical person, an object from the ancient Greco-Roman world, and Latin words. Students will enjoy the exciting stories, multitude of pictures, interactive games, and varied activities!"
We are encouraged to follow the link to see sample pages of their new magazine for elementary school children. On their web site we are introduced to Demeter, a goddess of classical Greece and Rome. Because she is the goddess of grain and harvest she is seen featured on a cereal box in living color. The lesson explains her importance to farming and the need to worship her. The child is told that the worship of Demeter has its origin in the mysterious worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis. Then the student is asked to complete several activities: 1 – Draw her picture; 2 – Create a new Cereal Box cover featuring Demeter; 3 – Write a speech as if you were Demeter encouraging your worshippers to care for Mother Earth; and 4 – learn the Latin names for several items.
When it comes to a classical education, would there be a more informed voice than Plato who started the first Academy?
The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression more readily taken.
Harmless? Hmmm. Although I can't imagine any Christian family using such material, I am sure it will seep into our curriculum halls before long because the door has now been opened. Will we walk through it or will we close the door? May I rephrase my original question, "Can a Christian child be a Classical child?"
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The LORD lift up His countenance on you,
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I have always wanted to go to Charleston, SC. This weekend I am finally getting to visit but I am not excited at all. It is for my husband's cousin's wedding. No one from my FIL's side of the family acknowledged Cooper's life or death. None attended Cooper's funeral, none sent sympathy cards, not even a phone call, no email or even facebook wall posts when we make comments about missing our son or the PE Promise Walk. I know my husband is hurt by this especially when he looks at my family who have done the complete opposite. My husband is excited about this weekend because he knows that I have always wanted to go to Charleston SC. I have not had the heart to tell him that I am not really excited because of the reason for the trip.
And to top it all off, my husband tells me last night that his stepmom has alway started talking about how we need to name this baby after my father-in-law. The same thing happened with Cooper. She and her daughter threw a fit about how we needed to name Cooper after my father-in-law. My father-in-law even threw a semi-fit. Only our first child has been named after someone and that person was my husband so its not like we are picking sides of family. Why anyone (especially a stepmother and stepsister who never even lived with my husband) think they have the right to tell us what to name our children is beyond me. And to demand someone to name a child after you is just plain nuts. Plus, there is no way in * that we would ever name our child after a person who puts alcohol before his son, grandson and his own health, is consistantly hurting my husband by making promises and then not keeping them and who while my husband was in college got a credit card in my husband's name, didn't pay it, screwed up my husband's credit which almost cost my husband the opportunity to work where we have both been employed at for almost ten years. In my opinion, they need to be grateful that we still even acknowledge them. My husband's stepmother is a really loud drunk who will probably talk about the whole name thing this weekend and I don't know if I will be able to be the better person.


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Harwood boys led by a spectacular effort of their skating relay team had a come-from-behind victory to capture second place at the Vermont Division 2 Championships held at Mt. Top Nordic Ski Center in Chittenden on February 21 and 22.
The Nordic competition was a two-day event. Both classical and skating scores were combined. The classical competition took place at Breadloaf Touring Center on the Middlebury College campus. After the Classical race Harwood was third -- 17 points behind BFA-Fairfax.
In the individual skating race at Mt. Top the Harwood boys beat Fairfax by eight points. This set up a dramatic winner-take-all race in the boys' skating relay. A victory over Fairfax in the relay would give Harwood Vermont Division 2 runners-up honors.
The coaches from Harwood and Fairfax applied different strategies in the relay. Fairfax sent their best skier out first. Harwood veteran coach John Kerrigan saved his big gun, senior Neil Smeltzer, for the anchor. Harwood's scrambler Colton Crowley and second-leg skier Caleb Kernan kept it close with the top two skiers from Fairfax. The third leg was dramatic. Harwood's Tim Shepard overtook the Fairfax skier on an icy downhill. Neal Smeltzer increased the margin over the anchor for Fairfax by a whopping 20 seconds to capture second place in the relay and second in the state.
This was the fifth time Harwood Nordic skiers have been runners up at the state meet. Harwood Nordic skiers have earned five state titles. This was the 24th runners up title for Coach John Kerrigan. Kerrigan-coached Harwood teams have captured 23 Vermont state titles in cross country running, Nordic skiing and track and field.
"The second place was as thrilling as many of the state championships we have won. This is a special team. Both boys' and girls' members are motivated and fun to work with. I look forward to coming out to practice every day. "
Other highlights for the Nordic team at the state meet:
Julienne Vergura, Classical, 6th; Freestyle, 9th; Annie Mendes, Classical, 15th, Freestyle, 13th; Neal Smeltzer, Classical, 9th; Freestyle, 10th.
In addition Tim Shepard was named to the New England Junior 2 team (14/15-year-olds).


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My name is Daniel Lee Meyer and I am 27 years of age. I served in the United States Air Force for nearly six years and served tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. I suffer from a terminal lung illness called Bronchiolitis Obliterans which I obtained from being exposed to toxic burn pits on our military installations in Iraq and Afghanistan. I have many questions as to why this happened to me, but let's just focus on the big picture.
Tens of thousands of military personnel, civilian contractors, and local civilians have been put at risk by these burn pits. Allowing these toxic burn pits to operate so close to military personnel's workplace and living quarters was a lack of judgement to say the least. Now, many veterans are seriously ill or have passed away due to the toxicity of materials that were being burned. In my case, its left me on oxygen for the rest of my life, in a wheelchair due to large tumors in my legs, and a seriously deteriorated quality of life. Regardless, I'm still proud to have served our great country and would repeat everything the same way, even with knowing the consequences to my health. Still, who should be held liable for this atrocity?
What makes everything worse is how badly I've been treated by the military and the VA throughout my entire illness.
Here is my story:
Although my injuries are apparent now (I'm attached to an oxygen tube and in a wheelchair), in the beginning they were considered "invisible". I wasn't shot, struck by a mortar or rocket, or injured by an IED. I didn't lose a limb and wasn't airlifted out of the combat due to injuries. Instead, my injuries manifested inside me for years. While others receive purple hearts and commendations, I received malice and ill-contempt. But how is my injury any less worthy of your attention? Why was I ridiculed, instead of supported?
I spent eight grueling months being poked, prodded, and called a liar by military doctors. I endured some of the worst breathing problems you could imagine. I experienced terrible bouts of insomnia, constant episodes of bloody sputum being hacked up, the lining of my throat tearing from endless coughing, and coughing so violent that breathing was nearly impossible. Doctors at the Mike O'Callahan Federal Hospital on Nellis AFB, NV diagnosed me with everything from lung cancer to everything being in my head. A mere figment of my imagination? Still, it continued to get worse.
I was punished at work for "faking" an illness because there was no diagnosis. I was ordered to work in a position where I handed out toxic chemicals and tools as my duties. A civilian Pulmonologist who was working towards a diagnosis with me wrote a letter to my military doctors and leadership within my squadron stating I should be "completely absent from any industrial work environment." They all completely ignored it and denied ever seeing it. In my new position at work, the fumes from the materials I handed out made my condition progress exponentially faster because of the blatant disregard for my health. On multiple occasions, I was found lying on the floor, puking my guts up from having a severe reaction to the chemicals I was needlessly being exposed to.
Next, came the Air Force physical fitness test. I couldn't climb a flight of stairs or go five minutes without coughing so hard I would be sick, but without a diagnosis I was expected to perform at full capacity. The first test I attempted, after five or six sit-ups, I coughed until I was sick. Now, I was deemed lazy and out of shape. I returned to my Pulmonologist who wrote another letter stating I was in no way physically able to perform my fitness tests. Again, my military doctor denied the letter and sent me back to work. It took me going to patient advocacy and filing a complaint against that doctor in order to be placed on the proper medical profile.
At that point, I still didn't have a diagnosis and was getting sicker and sicker by the day. Soon, I would have some answers.
In February 2011, I underwent a very painful lung biopsy and was diagnosed with Bronchiolitis Obliterans. A very rare terminal lung disease that is progressive, untreatable, and incurable. All I could do is wait and see if it continued to get worse. After eight weeks of recovery from surgery, I attempted to return to work. However, the condition was continuing to progress which made ever the commute to work difficult. Shortly thereafter, I was placed on full time oxygen and was told it would be required for the rest of my life.
It took getting to this point with my medical problems before my squadron finally placed me in an administrative type position. Unfortunately, the problems continued to get worse.
Due to my lungs failing, my heart began trying to pump oxygen into my body. This shot my resting heart rate up to 180 beats per minute and I was quickly put on medications to slow it back down before it became inefficient. Then in June 2011, fatty tumors formed in my knees, making walking extremely challenging. My immediate supervisor finally stepped up and told me it was unrealistic for me to come to work anymore and to stay home and rest. If they needed me, they would call. For a month or two, I was finally able to stay at home and tend to the medical conditions that were quickly debilitating me as I waited for my retirement paperwork. But, it surely could not end here.
My active duty case manager found out I wasn't working and demanded a full inquiry as to why. I started receiving phone calls and e-mails telling me that I was abusing the system and that I was no longer contributing to the "team". "How is it fair that others have to make up for your absence," they would ask me. By this time, I was almost completely unable to walk and obviously still on oxygen. Then came the bombshell.
I was being ordered to undergo a physical assessment at the Health and Wellness Center on base to determine my work capabilities. What would I be able to do you might wonder? Well, according to the case manager, make a full return to the flight line. That's right. They were ordering me back to turning wrenches on the flight line when I could no longer walk and was unable to breathe without an oxygen tank by my side. It was the most demoralizing thing I had ever experienced in my life. They were going to literally work me to death.
I was forced to contact Congresswoman Shelley Berkley's office. I explained to her office the details of my situation and they couldn't believe what they were hearing. They offered to do anything possible to help me and were appalled at how the Air Force had been treating me. Just days later, I received the medical board decision when I was told it would be many months before it came and that's why they wanted me back to work. I was awarded a 100% disability rating, was given homebound status, and was scheduled to be medically retired just three weeks later. I informed the Congresswoman's office and they let me know if I needed anything at all to contact them.
October 1, 2011 I was honorably medically retired as a Staff Sergeant, E-5, from the United States Air Force.
I thought entering the VA system would help alleviate my issues and work toward treating some of my conditions, instead the problems have continued to compound, wreaking havoc on my mind, body, and spirit.
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Returning from a mid-May trip to Virginia, I was happy to bring back a bouquet of lilacs cut from my sister's yard.
Growing up, we both loved an old lilac that stood at our home's backdoor, and would often take flowering branches, stems wrapped in damp paper towels, to our teachers. The scent of lilacs still transports me back to those schoolgirl days.
Although I have tried without success to grow lilacs on our South Carolina farm, I do have something that is now filling the warm air with a nearly identical fragrance. A double trunked Chinaberry tree stands enveloped in a white cloud of star shaped flowers with an aroma so close to lilacs I am not sure I could tell the difference if blindfolded. Chinaberry trees have some annoying characteristics, but I forgive them all in gratitude for this sweet gift.
Another source of heady perfume is a flowering vine, my beloved Confederate jasmine. Two spindly sticks planted years ago have gradually climbed to cover the trellised wall of our potting shed and form a beautiful canopy over its door.
When my daughter was small and we would walk near the blossoming jasmine, I would ask, "Ellie what do you smell?"
She would always reply, "I know Mom, that is the smell of Cedarleaf in spring."
Years and miles away from those days, I hope she will get an occasional wind-blown whiff of jasmine and for a moment return to her childhood.
While Confederate jasmine is my very favorite vine, another that I would enthusiastically recommend is the Major Wheeler red honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), a native plant. Although it is not nearly as deliciously fragrant as the wild yellow and white honeysuckle that cascades over our fences, it is a true showstopper.
Its profusion of bright red tubular blooms with golden throats is a favorite feeding station for hummingbirds and honeybees. Consider ordering one to plant in November, keeping in mind the old saying that most vines take "a year to sleep, a year to creep and a year to leap."
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Willamette University President M. Lee Pelton today announced that he has appointed Marlene Moore as the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts, effective June 1, 2010.
Moore brings to the nationally recognized university significant experience and expertise gained over the course of her 30-year career as a teacher, scientist, scholar and university administrator at the University of Portland.
Moore served as the dean of University of Portland's College of Arts and Sciences for 11 years. She began her career with University of Portland as a biology professor in 1976. Before becoming dean, she chaired the college's science division for seven years and served for three years as special assistant to the dean for science development. She is currently the Rev. Joseph Powers, C.S.C., Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence.
"Marlene Moore possesses many of the attributes we look for in a dean," says Willamette University President M. Lee Pelton. "Her impeccable reputation regionally and nationally as a leader and advocate for liberal arts education; her informed judgment and administrative experiences, and credentials in scholarship and pedagogy will serve and strengthen the College of Liberal Arts and the university community."
Moore's outstanding service and commitment to teaching and education has earned her recognition among her colleagues and peers. During her tenure at the University of Portland, she spearheaded development of the undergraduate research program and revision of the university's general education, honors, social justice, community-based learning and assessment programs. This work was supported by partnerships with Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and by funding from foundations.
As a Scientist-in-Residence with PKAL, she worked on creating regional networks for faculty development and leadership initiatives which were supported by the National Science Foundation. Her affiliation with high-profile organizations like PKAL, the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Carnegie Foundation have given her opportunities both to learn and to contribute on a national level to an understanding of the factors essential for institutional change and leadership.
"Willamette University presents an opportunity for me to engage all my gifts, experience and energy to help prepare students to confront the challenges of a changing world. Willamette is a special place that pursues intense intellectual discovery while instilling in students a sense of responsibility to the world at large. This is the future and value of liberal arts education in the 21st century," says Marlene Moore.
Moore holds a Ph.D. in human anatomy from Baylor College of Medicine (1975) and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in endocrinology at Oregon Health Sciences University (1976). She earned a B.A. in biology from the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas (1969).


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The Twinkie manifestoNovember 20,2012The Twinkie, it turns out, was introduced way back in 1930. In our memories, however, the iconic snack will forever be identified with the 1950s, when Hostess popularized the brand by sponsoring The Howdy Doody Show. And the demise of Hostess has unleashed a wave of baby boomer nostalgia for a seemingly more innocent time.
Needless to say, it wasnt really innocent. But the 50s the Twinkie Era do offer lessons that remain relevant in the 21st century. Above all, the success of the postwar American economy demonstrates that, contrary to todays conservative orthodoxy, you can have prosperity without demeaning workers and coddling the rich.
Consider the question of tax rates on the wealthy. The modern American right, and much of the alleged center, is obsessed with the notion that low tax rates at the top are essential to growth. Remember that Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, charged with producing a plan to curb deficits, nonetheless somehow ended up listing lower tax rates as a guiding principle.
Yet in the 1950s incomes in the top bracket faced a marginal tax rate of 91, thats right, 91 percent, while taxes on corporate profits were twice as large, relative to national income, as in recent years. The best estimates suggest that circa 1960 the top 0.01 percent of Americans paid an effective federal tax rate of more than 70 percent, twice what they pay today.
Nor were high taxes the only burden wealthy businessmen had to bear. They also faced a labor force with a degree of bargaining power hard to imagine today. In 1955 roughly a third of American workers were union members. In the biggest companies, management and labor bargained as equals, so much so that it was common to talk about corporations serving an array of stakeholders as opposed to merely serving stockholders.
Squeezed between high taxes and empowered workers, executives were relatively impoverished by the standards of either earlier or later generations. In 1955 Fortune magazine published an essay, How top executives live, which emphasized how modest their lifestyles had become compared with days of yore. The vast mansions, armies of servants and huge yachts of the 1920s were no more; by 1955 the typical executive, Fortune claimed, lived in a smallish suburban house, relied on part-time help and skippered his own relatively small boat.
The data confirm Fortunes impressions. Between the 1920s and the 1950s real incomes for the richest Americans fell sharply, not just compared with the middle class but in absolute terms. According to estimates by the economists Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, in 1955 the real incomes of the top 0.01 percent of Americans were less than half what they had been in the late 1920s, and their share of total income was down by three-quarters.
Today, of course, the mansions, armies of servants and yachts are back, bigger than ever and any hint of policies that might crimp plutocrats style is met with cries of socialism. Indeed, the whole Romney campaign was based on the premise that President Barack Obamas threat to modestly raise taxes on top incomes, plus his temerity in suggesting that some bankers had behaved badly, were crippling the economy. Surely, then, the far less plutocrat-friendly environment of the 1950s must have been an economic disaster, right?
Actually, some people thought so at the time. Paul Ryan and many other modern conservatives are devotees of Ayn Rand. Well, the collapsing, moocher-infested nation she portrayed in Atlas Shrugged, published in 1957, was basically Dwight Eisenhowers America.
Strange to say, however, the oppressed executives Fortune portrayed in 1955 didnt go Galt and deprive the nation of their talents. On the contrary, if Fortune is to be believed, they were working harder than ever. And the high-tax, strong-union decades after World War II were in fact marked by spectacular, widely shared economic growth: Nothing before or since has matched the doubling of median family income between 1947 and 1973.
Which brings us back to the nostalgia thing.
There are, lets face it, some people in our political life who pine for the days when minorities and women knew their place, gays stayed firmly in the closet and congressmen asked, Are you now or have you ever been? The rest of us, however, are very glad those days are gone. We are, morally, a much better nation than we were. Oh, and the food has improved a lot, too.
Along the way, however, weve forgotten something important namely, that economic justice and economic growth arent incompatible. America in the 1950s made the rich pay their fair share; it gave workers the power to bargain for decent wages and benefits; yet contrary to right-wing propaganda then and now, it prospered. And we can do that again.
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There's a reason Thanksgiving dinner leaves you wanting to fall asleep in the middle of the ballgame, and it's not just the fact that you ate until you had to unbutton your pants. The quantity was certainly a factor, but the quality of your meal — all those simple carbohydrates, the heavy gravies and the extra helping of dessert — not only gives you an immediate energy crash but pose some serious threats to any health or weight-loss diet you had in the works just a few days earlier.
When you're planning your Thanksgiving feast for this year, keep your most important centerpiece dishes, but consider swapping out some of your sides with these healthier alternatives:
1. Veggie Platter
Yes, we're aware that the veggie platter you lay out every year is the one plate that's still mostly full when it's time to put away the appetizers. This isn't because of the veggies, though. It's because you've set it on the same table as those cookies and the meat-and-cheese board. This year, offer only veggies, plus maybe a little fruit. Folks will still want to munch, but they'll munch much better. Great seasonal candidates for platterdom include celery, carrots and broccoli crowns. Although they're not in season this time of year, it's not too hard to get some bell peppers and cucumbers to add to the mix.
2. Fruity Salads
It almost isn't Thanksgiving dinner until somebody breaks out the bowl full of Jello with fruit in it. That wobbly bit of wonderful may taste good, but it's got about as much sugar in it as the dessert pies. This year, jettison the Jello. Replace it with a varied green salad made of crisp greens, some cheese and sliced apples or pears. Throw some nuts or dried fruit on top to garnish. If you don't want to experiment, try this salad with figs and almonds.
3. Soup of the Day
Soup is a quintessential holiday food, a steaming bowl of yummy that reminds you how warm it is inside at the table. Lots of soups are high in sodium and the simple carbs that thicken the broth — especially if you're serving it out of cans. One of the best things about soups is they're very forgiving, so experiment with scratch-cooking a nice pumpkin soup this year. It's a verified superfood, low on sodium and carbohydrates, and thematically matched with Thanksgiving culinary expectations.
4. Lose the Potatoes
With apologies to Idaho, potatoes are among the worst foods you can choose from a health standpoint. A simple baked potato has the same effect on your endocrine system as a bottle of soda. Try replacing your mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes with steamed green beans or carrots. Make them a bigger hit by adding a simple garlic sauce for the beans, or a honey glaze for the carrots. For an alternative that better matches the color and texture, try mashed cauliflower. It's nutritious, lacks the starch, and you can spice it to match anybody's taste.
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The trouble with your fruit and pumpkin pies is the sugar content, much of which is in the pastry crusts most people put at the bottom. By switching to a low-sugar crust, you can enjoy this holiday must-have while cutting down on the calorie load. Another trick is to simply make less dessert. Nobody needs four helpings of pie — so get an accurate head count and cook accordingly.


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Stocks start November on a positive noteBy KEN SWEET
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Trader Jeffrey Vazquez works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Stock futures are heading lower after U.S. policy makers said they would maintain a massive economic stimulus program.NEW YORK The stock market started November on a strong note as investors reacted to an expansion in U.S. manufacturing last month.
The improvement came during what could have been a difficult month for the U.S. economy, with a partial government shutdown that lasted 16 days and a narrowly averted default on the U.S. governments debt, which could have rattled financial markets.
With what happened in the last two months, its amazing how strong this market has been, said Bob Doll, chief equity strategist at Nuveen Asset Management.
The Institute for Supply Management reported that its manufacturing index increased to 56.4, the highest level since April 2011. That was better than the 55.1 figure economists were expecting, according financial data provider FactSet.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 69.80 points, or 0.5 percent, to 15,615.55. The Standard & Poors 500 index rose 5.10 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,761.64. The Nasdaq composite rose 2.34 points, or 0.1 percent, to 3,922.04.
Energy stocks lagged the market after Chevron reported that its third-quarter income fell 6 percent, missing analysts estimates, due to weakness in the companys oil refining business. Chevron fell $1.95, or 1.6 percent, to $118.01.
The energy sector was also weighed down by a drop in the price of oil. Crude oil fell $1.77, or 1.8 percent, to $94.61 a barrel.
The positive start to this months trading comes after a strong October for the stock market. The S&P 500 closed at a record high seven times during the month, most recently on Tuesday. It ended October with a gain of 4.5 percent.
However, some investors have expressed skepticism that stocks can keep up this rapid pace pace heading into the last two months of the year.
The S&P 500 is up 23 percent so far this year, while the average annual return on the S&P 500 is around 8 percent. Stocks are also starting to look expensive by some measures. Investors are paying more than $16 for every $1 of earnings in the S&P 500, the highest that ratio has been since February 2011.
I dont think this market is cheap by any means, said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer for Commonwealth Financial. Weve been urging caution for some time now.
In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.62 percent from 2.56 percent.
On Friday morning, the Nasdaqs options market was halted due to a technical glitch. Regular stock trading was not affected.
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On Saturday, September 29, the Rise Up Vermont Roots and Culture Festival took place on the grounds of the Bundy Center for the Arts in Waitsfield. The event was produced and managed by Satta Sounds and Rise Up Productions, music promoters from the Burlington area.
The Bundy Center for the Arts is pleased to be able to make the facility available to groups like these for a reasonable rental fee, encouraging the opportunity for diverse music experiences for our community. However, after speaking with several community members, we feel it is necessary to make the public aware that the publicity, the choice of artists and music, and the ticket price were not the responsibility of the Bundy CFA and its managing organization, Mad River Chorale/Bundy Inc.
The Bundy wishes to be a good neighbor to the community and certainly depends on its support to provide educational and entertaining arts programs. If you have a concern about the Rise Up Vermont Festival, or any other event taking place at the Bundy, I invite to you call me at the Center for a conversation (496-4781). If I am not available, please leave your name and phone number so I may return your call.
Ruth Ann Pattee, Operations Director
on behalf of the MRC Bundy Inc. Board of Directors


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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Hey Haverford!!! Is your heart yearning to learn about cardiology? Join the Pre-Health Society during National Heart Health Month for our cardiology panel! Come to Sharpless Auditorium on Thursday, February 7th at 7pm to meet current cardiologists Simon Abraham '82, … Continue reading
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Madeline Fellabom, of Mount Pleasant, shows some hometown love with the Moultrie News in the Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium. She is studying abroad in the city of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, this semester and had the great opportunity to travel all over Europe while she was there.
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I think I have a good question for the experienced players on this forum. I am going to need to shorten the recoil spring when I attempt a gas operated 2xtm 7.62x25 conversion. (Just humor me, like I know what I am doing.) Does anybody have experience disassembling and reassembling that thing? I don't think I will need to shorten the rods inside the assembly, but I would like to hear techniques to do that in case I need to.
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They downed Crawford County 9-0 last Tuesday. Coach Mandy Vaughn reported that Tori Dover struck out five, walked three and allowed two hits for the victory, and that the defense played well behind her.
Brooke Sheffield and Maddie Knight were each 2-for-4 with an RBI, and Dover was 1-for-2 and drove in a run to lead the offense, which collected seven hits and seven walks while striking out only three times.
"I was extremely proud of our hitting. We put the bat on the ball, but more importantly, we were hitting the ball hard," Vaughn said.
The Lady Hounds added a 12-0 no-hit victory over Byron on Thursday. Kloey Goins and Shelby Fontenot pitched for Gray Station. Goins struck out four, and neither pitcher walked a batter.
The Lady Hounds had 10 hits in 18 at-bats in the game. Autumn Land went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, Logan Faulk was 2-for-2 with an RBI, and Maddie Bennett, Dover, Sheffield, Ashlynne Williams and Goins were all 1-for-2. Sheffield drove in two runs and Goins one.
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Saturday, May 3, 2014
The Boulder Bluff Elementary School chorus recently performed at the S.C. State House in Columbia. Choral Director and BBE music teacher Cindy Brewer received a special invitation from State Representative Bill Crosby for the group to perform at the State House.
While there, students received a tour of the State House and had the opportunity to say Hello to Mr. Crosby and Lt. Governor Glenn McConnell.
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Swimming and Diving Finish Competition
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University swimming team completed competition at the AT&T U.S. Winter Nationals at the University of Texas. The WVU diving squad also finished competition at the Miami University Invitational.
For the women's swimmers, the highlight of the competition were seniors Rachael Burnett and Mandie Nugent, who qualified for the finals in the 1650 free and the 200 fly, respectively. Burnett finished in fifth place with a time of 16:09.92, while Nugent placed sixth with a time of 1:58.10. Senior Kata Fodor placed eighth in the second consolation finals with a time of 16:49.59 in the 1650 free, while sophomore Julie Ogden placed 27th with a time of 2:02.76 in the 200 fly.
"It was another solid day with some very good morning swims, along with Kata and Daeton's (Davenport) miles (1650 free). Rachael and Mandie placing fifth and sixth tonight against very strong fields is a strong indicator they are on track," coach Vic Riggs says. "Rachael probably swam her way into NCAAs and Mandie is not far off. For them to be swimming so close to their best times unrested is a good sign for them."
Other women's swimming action included the 200 back, senior Nikki Vetterlein placed 36th with a time of 2:01.31, and junior Danielle Smith placed 38th with a time of 2:01.46. In the 200 breast, senior Breanna McCann finished 47th with a time of 2:19.92.
For the men's swimmers, sophomore Daeton Davenport took 12th in the 1650 free with a time of 15:36.19. In the 200 back, sophomore David Palley, placed 54th (1:53.14). In the 100 free, sophomores Julien Vialette and Nathan Cobbe placed 44th (44.59) and 64th (46.41), respectively.
For the relay teams, the events finished up with the 400 free relay. The men's team of freshman Andrew Marsh, freshman Ross Glegg, Vialette and Cobbe finished ninth with a time of 3:01.89.
For the WVU diving squads, it was the final day of competition in the Miami Invite. For the women's team, sophomore Haily VandePoel placed fourth (267.05) and fifth (254.20) on the 3-meter and 1-meter boards, respectively. Freshman Lindsay Schmidt took sixth (217.20) and seventh (227.65) on the 1-meter and 3-meter, respectively. Sophomore Jenn Rey finished seventh on the 1-meter witha score of 216.95, and Tori Taffner placed 12th in the same event with a score of 190.65.
For the men's divers, junior Richard Pokorny finished fifth on both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives, with scores of 257.75 and 296.65, respectively. Freshman Christian Parker placed sixth (246.30) and eighth (254.85) on the 3-meter and 1-meter, respectively. Also on the 3-meter, junior Liam McLaughlin placed ninth (263.95), and freshman Keith Carmichael placed 11th (245.25).
The Mountaineer swimming and diving teams are off to train until January 12th, when they travel for a dual meet with Pitt in the aquatic edition of the Backyard Brawl. The meet will begin at 12 p.m., with a complete recap following on WVUsports.com.
Big 12 Media Days: Dave Wannstedt
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There is something dangerous and sexy about drink. Bubbles that tickle the nose, bite the back of the throat; a feverish flush crawling up your neck, coercing you to let down your hair, laughter bubbling up uncontrollably. Heat like a flow of lava over the tongue, burning a path down the gullet, clawing at your chest. Fumes rushing up into your head, behind your eyes, seething, foggy warmth clouding your thoughts and all reason. A powerful blast of sexy is drink; shimmering gold or pink or deep jewel red, wrap your hands around the sensuous curve of a glass, breath in the heady bouquet, the electrifying scent, a fusion of fruit and earth and the devil that makes your head spin, makes you think of things, creates desire that burns like the liquid as it courses through your body.
Why the fascination with drink? Why the necessity to imbibe, to ring in each holiday, to toast each celebration with something boozy? There's no way around it, drink is the very essence of conviviality. We pop corks, the spicy sweet blaze of alcohol rushes into the glass amid laughter and merriment with each milestone, each festive event. Refined and savage, sophisticated and fierce, a glass of something straight up or a mad inventive cocktail brings a dash of hospitality, a splash of romance, an infusion of cheer. And out of nothing but a feeling of wellbeing, a burning passion, we toast our beloved, nothing but the best, the booziest will do.
One would think that after twenty-five years and more of living in France that having a drink, a flute of bubbly, a glass of wine, a splash of brandy or a drop of grappa, would have sunken into the trite and meaningless, like a glass of milk or a cup of coffee. A banality, a glass of red for lunch, a glass of white with dinner, wine drunken like water to wash down a meal. A sweet sip of Cointreau, the burning heat of brandy, the tickle of Champagne, popping corks whenever the mood hits, everyday, yes, the liquor flows like water in France.
But no. No matter how often we partake, no matter how many bottles line our kitchen shelves, no matter how many corks fill our utensil drawer, a drink is still something special; it is downright celebratory. Birthdays or anniversaries, New Year's eve or a personal success, what better way to celebrate than with….booze! And there are so many things to fete, so many people to honor. The applause is loud, the memories are great, we raise a glass to commend and praise, to congratulate and rejoice. Big or small, in this mad, wild, uncertain world we live in, every little pleasure, milestones both large and small, the chance to share joy with others, pat friends on the back or triumph with loved ones, there is such delight in raising a tumbler, hearing the click click of glasses meeting, the charm and comfort of sharing a drink with friends and strangers.
Therefore, each and every Friday I dash excitedly over to my friend Barb's wonderful blog Creative Culinary to discover what new cocktail she has concocted for The Friday Cocktail hour. And each Friday, I sit back and savor her words and images, sit back, close my eyes and imagine that I am holding one of her cocktails, surrounded by girlfriends on her terrace while the warm sunshine filters through the trees. Or maybe at a noisy, rambunctious party or even something a tad more solemn. Or curled up with the one I love the most to quietly exult in whatever we have accomplished together.
And this week, Barb is celebrating – celebrating! – one year of Friday Cocktail and we are pulling out the booze! But as Barb's Friday cocktails are not just cocktails, as Barb spikes dessert after glorious dessert – from Blueberry Basil Martini Pops to Sicilian Chocolate Gelato with Bourbon and Strawberry Ricotta Gelato Fizz – she has shown us that something boozy doesn't have to be liquid! So to help Barb celebrate the one-year anniversary of her Friday Cocktail, I have created a Chocolate Berry Rum Trifle. A dense Chocolate Fudge Chiffon Cake, a mix of blueberries and cherries in their juice (and why not a splash of Cointreau?), a Rum-Infused Vanilla Pastry Cream and clouds of whipped cream make one hell of a festive treat!
And now you scoot on over to Creative Culinary and check out all the boozy delights, cocktails and desserts, that we have all brought to the party! Happy Cocktail Anniversary, Barb!
Favorite boozy treats from Life's a Feast:
Cherry Prosecco Granità
Chocolate Rum Bundt Cake
Gâteau Nantais
Chocolate Orange Grand Marnier Madeleines
Orange Cointreau Brownie Tiramisu
NOTE: Drink sensibly and always in moderation.
From Abigail Serves, Choicest Recipes Presented by Sisters of Abigail No. 3, United Order of True Sisters, Albany, New York, 1956 – of which my Great Aunt Mae Cohen was co-chairman
¾ cup (scant 200 ml) boiling water
½ cup (50 g) unsweetened cocoa
1 ¾ cup lightly spooned into measuring cup and levelled (220 g) cake flour
1 ¾ cup (350 g) sugar
3 tsps baking powder
1 tsp salt
½ cup (125 ml) vegetable oil
7 medium or large eggs, separated
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp cream of tartar
Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C). Have ready an ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
Sift the cocoa powder into a small mixing bowl and whisk in the boiling water until smooth. Allow to cool.
Sift or whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and whisk in the oil, the egg yolks, the vanilla and then the cooled cocoa mixture until smooth.
Place the egg whites in a large mixing bowl (I prefer plastic) and sift on the cream of tartar if using. Whip the whites until very stiff; beat stiffer than for angel food or meringue. Fold the stiff whites carefully into the cake batter with a rubber or silicone spatula until blended. Pour into the tube pan and bake for 55 minutes at 325°F (160°C) and then increase oven temperature to 350°F (180°C) and continue baking for an additional 10 or 15 minutes, until the top of the cake springs back when lightly touched.
Cool the cake in the tube pan upside down before loosening with a long, sharp blade and remove from the pan.
1 cup (250 ml) whole milk
2 Tbs cornstarch
½ cup (100 g) sugar
1 large egg
2 large egg yolks
2 Tbs (30 g) unsalted butter, cubed (at room temperature makes it easier)
The seeds scraped from one vanilla pod or 1 tsp vanilla
2 – 3 Tbs rum, or to taste
Sift the cornstarch into a small mixing bowl. Dissolve the cornstarch in ¼ cup of the milk; whisk until smooth and there are no lumps. Combine the remaining milk with the sugar and the vanilla seeds in a saucepan. Bring just to a boil; remove from heat.
Place the whole egg with the yolks in a medium-sized heatproof mixing bowl and whisk to blend. Whisk in the cornstarch mixture until smooth. Pour the boiling milk in a slow, gradual stream into the egg mixture, whisking constantly so that the eggs do not begin to cook. Return the mixture back to the saucepan.
Whisking constantly, cook over low heat until the pastry cream thickens and comes just to a boil. This should only take a minute or two. Remove from heat and beat in the butter and vanilla extract if using.
Whisk the rum into the pastry cream a tablespoon at a time to taste. Allow to cool slightly, whisking or stirring occasionally to keep it creamy and so a skin doesn't form on the top.
About half the CHOCOLATE FUDGE CHIFFON CAKE
2 cups (500 ml) heavy whipping cream
Confectioner's sugar to taste, about 2 Tbs
¾ - 1 cup berries, fresh, jarred or frozen, sweetened with 2 tsps sugar
1 Tbs Cointreau or Grand Marnier for the fruit, if desired
1 Tbs blanched slivered almonds
Place the berries in a small bowl with about ¼ cup of the juices if using frozen or jarred. Stir the sugar into the berries, add about 1 tsp (or more to taste) of the Cointreau or Grand Marnier and allow to macerate while preparing the pastry cream.
Place a glass or metal bowl with the beaters of an electric mixer in the refrigerator to chill. The bowl must be large enough to hold all of the heavy cream once it is whipped.
Cut 1-inch (2 cm) thick slices of cake and press together, overlapping just slightly, into the bottom of a clear glass serving bowl (mine is approximately 8 inches in diameter): I used 5 slices. You want to see a layer of chocolate cake underneath the layers of pastry and whipped cream. Spoon about ¾ of the spiked berry juices over the cake, allowing the juices to soak into the cake. Spread all of the rum-infused pastry cream on top of the layer of cake slices, making sure all of the gaps around the edges are filled with pastry cream. Spoon ¾ of the berries evenly over the pastry cream.
Add another layer of cake sliced thinner, about ½ - ¾ inch thick.
Whip the heavy whipping cream in the chilled bowl with the chilled beaters, adding 2 tablespoon of confectioner's sugar. Beat until very thick. Mound the whipped cream onto the Trifle, making sure that the whipped cream comes to the edges of the bowl and fills in any gaps around the edges. Just before serving, top with the rest of the berries and about a tablespoon of blanched slivered almonds. If you like you can grate on some chocolate.
Serve immediately. Store any leftover Trifle in the refrigerator, the bowl covered with plastic wrap.


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Personal Social Media Use
Social media sites can feel overwhelming because they create scenarios that blur the lines between our public and our private lives.
FSU strongly advocates that faculty and staff educate themselves on how to use their personal privacy settings for social media sites like Facebook and Twitter and to take full advantage of them. Here are some helpful articles from Consumer Reports and Mashable.com that offer some good ideas on how to be safe and protect your private info while using Facebook:
7 Things To Stop Doing Now on Facebook
A Guide To Protecting Your Online Identity
It's a good idea to not include any personally identifiable information that can be used to locate someone offline. (This includes anyone's screen name, personal photo, hobbies, identification numbers such as social security numbers or student ID's, addresses or business phone number). We know this seems obvious, but we're restating it here, anyway.
Many faculty and staff struggle with whether or not to add students and co-workers to their private social media networks. FSU encourages faculty and staff to first and foremost talk to their supervisors and the chairs of their departments about this issue to determine what is appropriate. If they know less about social media than you do, take advantage of our resources to approach them about this issue and discuss it. Here's an informal sampling of ways FSU faculty and staff approach this issue:
For the most part, I avoid being FB friends with my immediate coworkers. Even though there are filters and privacy settings, I don't think most people use them effectively. I have found that when people see something on FB that surprises them, they share that with others who might not be FB friends–old-fashioned gossip. So, as others mentioned, don't put anything on FB that you don't want everyone to see.
I have a policy of not "friending" students until after they've graduated. I love teaching and I tend to have great relationships with my students, but I think FB can make far too blurry the line between professional and personal. On the other hand, I enjoy my "friending" relationship with my professional colleagues–esp. those in my own discipline... I appreciate the opportunity FB gives me to connect with my peers.
It can get really bad/ugly if folks don't learn how to use filters on the privacy settings. I allow students to friend me, but I have a special "student" list so they can only see a handful of pictures and can't see my status updates or other more personal info.
And as stated in our social media guidelines, assume everything you communicate via social media is permanent.
If you wouldn't want it carved in cement or published on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, don't broadcast it via social media. Remember that there is no such thing as a "private" social media website–what you write from your home computer is an extension of who you are, and can follow you to school or your job.