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Dr. Rymes' career began in Los Angeles, where she taught junior high school and adult English language learners for three years. To follow up on the issues of language and culture that she experienced and found compelling as a classroom teacher, she pursued a master's degree in Teaching English as a Second Language and a doctoral degree in Applied Linguistics.
From 1998 to 2007, Dr. Rymes was a professor in the University of Georgia's department of language and literacy education, where she continued to study issues of language and culture in classroom contexts and beyond. In 2002, she founded the TELL (Teachers for English Language Learners) program, a five-year project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, designed to bring bilingual community members into the teaching profession.
Dr. Rymes' university teaching has focused on integrating discourse analysis and concepts from linguistic anthropology with a study of the conditions of multilingualism in school contexts. All the courses she teaches are designed to help students develop critical reflexivity regarding the role of language in social life and learning.
Dr Rymes' research, theoretically and methodologically informed by linguistic anthropology, is centered in educational contexts and examines how languages, social interaction, and institutions influence an individual's educational trajectory.
Currently, Dr. Rymes is investigating how multilingual adolescent students' communicative repertoires are shaped by their experiences outside classrooms and the effects those out-of-class experiences and ways of speaking have on in-class social relations and learning.
Her research on students and teaching in multiple contexts, ranging from a Los Angeles alternative school, to rural elementary schools in Georgia, to bilingual teacher education, to her own experiences as a teacher, all inform her new book, Classroom Discourse Analysis: A Tool for Critical Reflection.
Rymes, B.: Deference, denial, and beyond: A repertoire approach to mass media and schooling. Review of Research in Education 35(1): 208-238, 2011.
Rymes, B.R.: Communicative repertoires and English Language Learners. The education of English language learners: Research to practice. Marilyn Shatz and Louis C. Wilkinson (eds.). Guilford Press, 2010.
Rymes, B.R.: Classroom discourse analysis: A focus on communicative repertoires. Sociolinguistics and Language Education. N. Hornberger & S. McKay (eds.). Multilingual Matters, 2010.
Rymes, B.: Why and why not? Narrative approaches in the social sciences. Narrative Inquiry 20(2), 2010.
Rymes, B.: Dimensions of discourse and identity. Sites of Possibility: Critical Dialogue across Educational Settings. L.B. Jennings, P.C. Jewett, T.T. Laman, M.V. Souto-Manning, & J. Wilson (eds.). Hampton Press, Page: 193-220, 2010.
Rymes, B. R.: Classroom Discourse Analysis: A Tool for Critical Reflection. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2009.
Betsy R Rymes: The relationship between mass media and classroom discourse. Working Papers in Educational Linguistics 23(1): 65-88, 2008.
Rymes, B. R.: Language socialization and the linguistic anthropology of education. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, 2nd Revised Edition. N. Hornberger and P. Duff (eds.). New York: Springer, 2008.
Cahnmann, M., Rymes, B. R., & Suoto-Manning, M.: Using critical discourse analysis to understand and facilitate identification processes of bilingual adults becoming teachers. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies 2005.
Rymes, B. R., & Anderson, K.: Second language acquisition for all: Understanding the interactional dynamics of classrooms in which Spanish and AAE are spoken. Research in the Teaching of English 29(2): 107-135, 2004.
Rymes, B. R.: Contrasting zones of comfortable competence: Popular culture in a phonics lesson. Linguistics & Education 14: 321-335, 2004.
Rymes, B. R.: Relating word to world: Indexicality during literacy events. The Linguistic Anthropology of Education. S. E. F. Wortham & B. Rymes (eds.). Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003.
Rymes, B. R.: Eliciting narratives, producing identites: Text-linked versus socially contingent processes for narrating the self. Research in the Teaching of English 2003.
Wortham, S. E. F., & Rymes, B. R. (Eds.): The Linguistic Anthropology of Education. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003.
Rymes, B. R.: Language in development in the United States: Supervising adult ESOL pre-service teachers in an immigrant community. TESOL Quarterly 36(3), 2002.
Rymes, B. R.: Conversational Borderlands: Language and Identity in an Alternative Urban High School. New York: Teachers College Press, 2001.
Rymes, B. R. & Pash, D.: Questioning identity: The case of one second language learner. Anthropology & Education Quarterly 32(3): 276-300, 2001.


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German Studies
HAILI KONG, Professor and Chair
ELEONORE BAGINSKI, Administrative Coordinator
BETHANNE SEUFERT, Administrative Assistant
German Studies
Core Faculty
SUNKA SIMON, Professor
HANSJAKOB WERLEN, Professor 3
TESSA WEGENER, Visiting Assistant Professor
CHRISTOPHER SCHNADER, Lecturer
Affiliated Faculty
Peter Baumann, Professor (Philosophy)
Richard Eldridge, Professor (Philosophy)
Tamsin Lorraine, Professor (Philosophy)
Braulio Muñoz, Professor (Sociology and Anthropology)
Robert Weinberg, Professor (History)
Thomas Whitman, Associate Professor (Music)
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German Studies
The German Studies Program offers students a wide variety of courses in language, literature, film, and culture taught in German, as well as classes in anthropology and sociology, history, music, philosophy, and political science. Stressing the interrelatedness of linguistic competency and broad cultural literacy, German studies classes cover a wide range of literary periods, intellectual history, and film and visual culture. The diverse approaches to German culture(s) prepare students for graduate work in several academic disciplines, as well as for a variety of international careers. German studies can be pursued as course major or minor or as a major and minor in the Honors Program.
Majors are expected to be sufficiently proficient in German when they graduate. To this end, we strongly advise students to spend an academic semester—preferably spring semester—in a German-speaking country before their senior year.
The Academic Program
Not all advanced courses or seminars are offered every year. Students wishing to major or minor in German studies should plan their program in consultation with the program coordinator. All German courses numbered 50 and above are open to students after GMST 008 or 020. Seminars in German are taught in fall semesters only and are open to students with advanced skills in reading and writing German. For seminar enrollment in our affiliated departments, please consult the guidelines and German studies adviser of those departments (art, history, music, philosophy, political science, religion, sociology and anthropology).
Course Major : Options, Requirements, and Acceptance Criteria
- Completion of a minimum of 8 credits in courses numbered 003 and above.
- Majors in course are required to take GMST 091: Special Topics, and enroll in at least one seminar taught in German in their junior or senior year. (See the note on enrolling in seminars)
- Three of the 8 credits may be taken in English from among the courses relevant to German studies listed in the catalog under literature in translation (e.g., LITR 054G or LITR 066G) or from courses listed as eligible for German studies (see list below).
- Comprehensive requirement: Seniors in course are required to submit a bibliography of 20 works to form the basis of a discussion and an extended, integrative paper (approximately 15 double-spaced pages in length) on a topic agreed to by the program coordinator. This paper, due before the date for the comprehensive examination, is complemented by a discussion of the paper with members of the program, in German.
- Students are strongly encouraged to spend a semester in Germany or at least participate in a summer program in a German-speaking country. Of the classes taken abroad, a maximum of 2 credits will normally count toward the major. In cases of double majors, this number might be increased in consultation with the German studies chair. After studying abroad, majors must take two additional German studies classes.
Typical Course of Study:
Minimum of 5 credits in German above GMST 001 and 002:
GMST Seminar (104 and above, 2 credits)
Maximum of 3 credits taught in English from LITR, such as:
LITR 020: Expressions of Infinite Longing. German Romanticism and its Discontents
LITR 051G: European Cinema
LITR 054G: German Cinema
LITR 066G: History of German Drama
Or the equivalent, taught in English, and from List of Courses eligible for German Studies (taught in English in other departments, e.g. HIST 035 and PHL 049 or SOAN 101)
Course Minor: Options, Requirements, and Acceptance Criteria
- Students must complete a minimum of 5 credits in courses and seminars, at least 3 of which are taught in German and numbered 003 or above. Of these courses, GMST 008, 020 and GMST 091: Special Topics are required.
- Up to two credits can come from courses eligible for German studies numbered 008 or above.
- Students are strongly encouraged to spend a semester in Germany or at least participate in a summer program in a German-speaking country. Of the classes taken abroad, a maximum of 2 credits will normally count toward the minor. In case of double majors, this number can be increased in consultation with the German Studies coordinator.
Typical Course of Study:
1-2 advanced courses or 1 seminar taught in German or in English from the list of courses eligible for German studies (from LITR or from an affiliated department, e.g. HIST 036 and MUSI 035 or PHL 137)
Honors Major and Minor in German Studies
Majors and minors in the Honors Program are expected to fulfill the minimum requirements for course majors above and be sufficiently proficient in spoken and written German to complete all their work in the language. All majors and minors in honors are strongly advised to spend at least one semester of study in a German-speaking country. Candidates are expected to have a B average in coursework both in the department and at the College.
Honors Major
The honors major requirements are identical to the course major requirements. All honors majors must include GMST 020 and GMST 091 in their course of study. In addition:
- Honors majors in German studies take three seminars, two taught in German and one taught in English from an affiliated program. In consultation with the German studies chair, two advanced courses in German studies (such as GMST 054 and a second special topics course, GMST 091) may be taken in lieu of one seminar.
- Honors majors participate in the external examination process required of all Swarthmore honors students and the Senior Honors Study process explained below. (Total: Minimum of 8 credits, 6 credits for seminars + 1 credit for GMST 091 + 1 credit for GMST 020)
Honors Minor
The honors minor prepares for the examination in German studies by following the minimum course minor requirements. All honors minors must take one seminar taught in German for their honors preparation and complete Senior Honors Study (described below). (Total: 5 credits)
Senior Honors Study (SHS) and Mode of Examination
For SHS, students are required to present an annotated bibliography of criticism—articles or books—concerning at least five of the texts in each seminar offered for external examination. Students are required to meet with the respective instructor(s) of the seminars being examined by Feb. 15 to discuss their planned bibliography and to meet with the instructors for a second time when the approved bibliography is handed in by May 1. The annotated bibliography, which carries no credit, will be added to course syllabi in the honors portfolio. The honors examination will take the form of a 3-hour written examination based on each seminar and its SHS preparation as well as a 1-hour oral panel examination based on the three written examinations for majors or a 30- to 45-minute oral examination for minors.
Off-Campus Study
Students of German are strongly encouraged to spend at least a semester in a German-speaking country. There are several excellent opportunities to participate in an approved program, such as the Columbia Consortium Program in Berlin, Duke University in Berlin, the Macalester College German Study Program in Berlin/Vienna, or the Dickinson College Program in Bremen. Students should consider going abroad in the spring semester. This will enable them to participate fully in the semester schedule of German and Austrian Universities.
Eligible Courses in German Studies
ARTH 005. Modern Art
ARTH 019. Contemporary Art
ARTH 077. Exhibiting the Modern
ARTH 166. Avant-Gardes
GMST 008. Texts in Content: Topics in German Culture and Society from the Reformation Until Today
GMST 020. Introduction to German Studies
GMST 024. German: Teaching and Pedagogy
GMST 054. German Cinema (Cross-listed LITR054G and FMST 054)
GMST 091. Special Topics: TBA
GMST 104. Goethe und seine Zeit
GMST 108. Wien und Berlin
GMST 111. Genres
HIST 028. Nations & Nationalism–E. Europe
HIST 029. Sexuality and Society in Modern Europe
HIST 035. From Emancipation to Extermination: European Jewry's Encounter with Modernity
HIST 036. Modern Germany
HIST 037. History and Memory; Perspectives on the Holocaust
HIST 125. Fascist Europe
LITR 016. First-Year Seminar: Transcultural Mediations: How Texts Travel
LITR 020. Expressions of Infinite Longing: German Romanticism and its Discontent
LITR 051. European Cinema (Cross-listed as FMST 051)
LITR 066G. History of German Drama
MUSI 003A. Jazz Today: USA, Europe & the African Heritage
MUSI 006B. Music of Holocaust & WW II Era
MUSI 007A. W.A. Mozart
MUSI 007B. Beethoven and the Romantic Spirit
MUSI 022. 19th-Century European Music
MUSI 034. J.S. Bach
MUSI 101. J.S. Bach
MUSI 103. Mahler and Britten
MUSI 105. Beethoven
PHIL 029. Philosophy of Modern Music
PHIL 039. Existentialism
PHIL 048. German Romanticism
PHIL 049. Marx, Nietzsche, Freud
PHIL 114. 19th-Century Philosophy
PHIL 139. Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Poststructuralism
POLS 053. The Politics of Eastern Europe: Polities in Transition
POLS 059. Contemporary Euro Politics
POLS 073A. Migration, Immigration and Globalization in Europe
POLS 107. Comparative Politics: Greater Europe
SOAN 044D. Colloquium: Critical Social Theory
SOAN 044E. Colloq: Modern Social Theory
Not all advanced courses or seminars are offered every year. Students wishing to major or minor in German should plan their program in consultation with the section. All courses numbered 050 and above are open to students after GMST 020. (See note on enrolling in seminars.)
GMST 001–002, 003. Intensive German
Students who start in the 001–002 sequence must complete 002 to receive credit for 001.
For students who begin German in college. Designed to impart an active command of the language. Combines the study of grammar with intensive oral practice, writing, and readings in expository and literary prose. See the explanatory note on language courses earlier. Normally followed by 008, or 020.
1.5 credits.
GMST 001. Intensive Elementary German
Fall 2014. Wegener, Schnader.
GMST 002. Intensive Elementary German
Spring 2015. Wegener, Schnader.
GMST 003. Intensive Intermediate German
Fall 2014. Wegener, Schnader.
GMST 005. German Conversation
A 0.5-credit conversation course, concentrating on the development of the students' speaking skills.
Prerequisite: GMST 008 in a current or a previous semester or the equivalent placement test score.
0.5 credit.
Fall 2014. Schnader.
GMST 006. German Conversation
A 0.5-credit conversation course, concentrating on the development of the students' speaking skills.
Prerequisite: GMST 008 in a current or a previous semester or the equivalent placement test score.
0.5 credit.
Spring 2015. Schnader.
GMST 008. Texts in Contexts: Topics in German Culture and Society from the Reformation until Today
GMST 008 is a 4th semester course integrating the continued work on advancing the students' linguistic skills with the acquisition of cultural, historical, and literary content about German-speaking countries. This course is the gateway to all upper level courses in the German studies curriculum. Topics alternate every year.
Prerequisite: placement test score or GMST 003.
Topic for Spring 2015: Deutsche Popmusik – Von Gassenhauer bis Hip Hop
In this course, we will trace the development of German popular music from Weimar era street and vaudeville hits, musical films of the Third Reich and the postwar decades, to post-1968 protest songs, German Schlager, New German Wave, and Hip Hop. While fine-tuning your knowledge of German cultural history, advancing your stylistic, lexical and grammatical competency in German will be the overall goal.
1 credit.
Spring 2015. Wegener.
GMST 020. Introduction to German Studies: Topics in German Literature and Culture
This course serves as the introduction to the interdisciplinary field of German studies. What is German "culture," how has it been defined, which narratives, theories, and events have shaped the national imaginary from the 18th century to today? Students will develop speaking and writing skills through short assignments and presentations intended to familiarize them with the vocabulary of literary and cultural analysis in German. Topics change every year.
Prerequisite: placement test score or GMST 008.
Topic for Fall 2014: Verlorene Unschuld: literarische und filmische Jugendporträts
This course will explore representations of youth and coming-of-age in literature and film of the German-speaking world. We will read both canonical and non-canonical texts beginning in the 18th century and extending into the 21st that engage with themes of love, education and crisis. What do these narratives reveal about national, cultural and individual identity formation during early stages of maturity? How are these narratives shaped by various political and historical contexts? In addition to works by authors such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frank Wedekind, Ingeborg Bachmann, Bernhard Schlink, and Jana Hensel, we will also examine key theoretical texts and films that focus on narratives of youth.
1 credit.
Fall 2014. Wegener.
GMST 054. German Cinema
(Cross-listed as LITR 054G/FMST 054)
This course is an introduction to German cinema from its inception in the 1890s until the present. It includes an examination of early exhibition forms, expressionist and avant-garde films from the classic German cinema of the Weimar era, fascist cinema, postwar rubble films, DEFA films from East Germany, New German Cinema from the 1970s, and post 1989 heritage films. We will analyze a cross-match of popular and avant-garde films while discussing mass culture, education, propaganda, and entertainment as identity- and nation-building practices.
Eligible for FMST credit, fulfills national cinema requirement.
Writing course.
1 credit.
Not offered 2014–2015.
GMST 091. Vienna 1900/Wien 1900
In this interdisciplinary course, we will undertake a broad exploration of the rich and diverse culture of turn-of-the-century Vienna. Around 1900, this Austrian city was a cultural hub for intellectuals, artists and scientists alike. Through dynamic exchange and influence between various cultural arenas, this space became the birthplace of particular forms of modern thought and art shaped by key figures of the late Habsburg Empire. We will not only examine literature by prominent authors such as Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Robert Musil, but also engage with the works of artists, architects, composers, philosophers and psychologists living and working in Vienna around 1900. In our analyses of these works, we will consider how cultural production is shaped by and reflects its historical context. To this end, this course will also provide an in-depth look into the political and social discourses of the historical period, with a specific emphasis on the social tensions and political upheavals leading to the rise of virulent anti-Semitism and the collapse of the Habsburg Empire in 1918. This course will hopefully include a visit to the Neue Galerie in New York, which is home to the most distinguished collection of Austrian fin-de-siècle visual arts in the United States.
1 credit.
GMST 093. Directed Reading
Five German seminars are normally scheduled on a rotating basis. Preparation of topics for honors may be done by particular courses plus attachments only when seminars are not available.
Note. Students enrolling in a seminar are expected to have done the equivalent of at least one course beyond the GMST 020 level.
GMST 104. Goethe und seine Zeit
This seminar familiarizes students with arguably the greatest German writer whose literary works revolutionized German poetry, drama, and the novel. Often regarded as the founder of German classicism, Goethe's literary writings, spanning over six decades, defy easy categorization. Texts read in the seminar include the early drama Götz von Berlichingen and the influential epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, the classical drama Iphigenie auf Tauris, the novels Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre and Die Wahlverwandtschaften, early essays on Shakespeare and Gothic architecture, poetry from all periods of his life, and, of course, Faust. We will also look at Goethe's scientific ideas (morphology of plants and theory of optics) and his philosophical and economic worldview.
2 credits.
Not offered 2014–2015.
GMST 105. Die deutsche Romantik
Romanticism as the dominant movement in German literature, thought, and the arts from the 1790s through the first third of the 19th century. Focus on Romantic aesthetics and poetics, including the influence of German Idealism.
2 credits.
Not offered 2014–2015.
GMST 108. Wien und Berlin
Between 1871 and 1933, Vienna and Berlin were two cultural magnets drawing such diverse figures as Sigmund Freud, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gustav Klimt, Gustav Mahler, Leon Trotsky, Gerhard Hauptman, Käthe Kollwitz, Rainer Maria Rilke, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Tucholsky, Else Lasker-Schüler, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schönberg, and Adolf Hitler. This course will examine the multiple tensions that characterized "fin-de-siècle" Vienna and Berlin, such as the connection between gender and the urban landscape, the pursuit of pleasure and the attempt to scientifically explore human sexuality, and the conflict between avant-garde experimentation and the disintegration of political liberalism.
2 credits.
Not offered 2014–2015.
GMST 110. German Literature After World War II
The aim of the seminar is to acquaint students with literary developments in the German-speaking countries after the end of World War II. The survey of texts will address questions of "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" and social critique in the 1950s, the politicization of literature in the 1960s, the "Neue Innerlichkeit" of the 1970s, and literary postmodernity of the 1980s. We will also study the literature of the German Democratic Republic and texts dealing with post-wall, unified Germany. Authors included are Böll, Eich, Grass, Frisch, Bachmann, Handke, Bernhard, Jelinek, Strauss, Wolf, Delius, Plenzdorf, Süskind, and Menasse.
2 credits.
Not offered 2014–2015.
GMST 111. Genres
This seminar will explore in depth a particular genre of literary and media production.
Scheduled topics include the following:
- Deutsche Lyrik
- Populärliteratur
- Der deutsche Film
- Das deutsche Drama
- Das deutsche Roman
1 credit.
Fall 2014. Simon.
GMST 111: Medienkultur – German Media Culture
German Media Culture, beginning with the first Western book printed in movable type in the 1450s (Gutenberg's Bible), is a rich source of inquiry for historical, political, sociological, philosophical, technological, and aesthetic reasons. In this interdisciplinary senior seminar, we will not only read, view and listen to primary media sources in their specific historical contexts, but we will also investigate and analyze media theories by Freud, Marx, Benjamin, Heidegger, Adorno, Brecht, Enzensberger, Habermas, Kracauer, and Kittler (among others) that develop alongside and in reaction to the rapidly changing mediascapes of 19th–21st century German-speaking countries. From print and popular press culture, letters and postcards, to radio, film, television and digital media, the seminar will devote two weeks to each major medium with authentic material made available on a course website and on reserve. Students are responsible for one oral presentation (submitted in written form a week later) and researching, composing and constructing a detailed analytical project in digital form in German, which they will present as a poster session at a German Studies event in early December.
2 credits.
Fall 2014. Simon.
GMST 112. German Short Fiction (Erzählungen, Novellen, Gerschichten)
When the Austrian writer Hugo von Hoffmannsthal, himself an accomplished writer of stories (Erzählungen), published a collection of 19th-century German Erzählungen, he stated that he only needed to remember the most moving reading experiences of his youth to establish a long list of indelible stories written by the greatest writers of the century. The popular genre of German (short) prose fiction, characterized by thematic diversity and narrative innovation, has been flourishing in various literary movements from Goethe to the present time. In this seminar, we will read a great variety of prose fiction (Erzählungen, Geschichten, Novellen), from the late 18th century onward, and examine the changing narrative forms and thematic preoccupations found in these texts. Authors include: Goethe, Tieck, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Arnim, Eichendorff, Kleist, Büchner, Keller, Gotthelf, Droste-Hülshoff, Stifter, Hebbel, Grillparzer, Schnitzler, Rilke, Hofmannsthal, Kafka, Langgässer, Kaschnitz, Koeppen, Lenz, Bachmann, Hildesheimer, Böll, Aichinger, Lenz, Wohmann, Handke, und Hein.
2 credits.
Not offered 2014–2015.
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The pending levee improvements are predicated on the Flood Control Act of 1944, which has sanctioned billions of dollars in flood-control projects on inland waterways since becoming law. Originally the L-15 levee plan, as it is known, called for the protection of the 30,000 acres in eastern St. Charles County that lies between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. But efforts to authorize the project in the 1970s and 1980s failed to pass a cost-benefit analysis required by Congress. The earlier proposals also stirred the ire of Illinois residents and environmentalists, who opposed the project because it would have redirected the water from the St. Charles floodplain to communities on the east side of the Mississippi River.
There is a difference in the Corps' latest plan, however. Whereas past L-15 proposals have sought to raise the levee system to 100-year flood-protection levels, the current design would only guard against a 20-year flood. The 100-year standard is typically used to guard commercial or industrial development, whereas the 20-year level provides less protection to agricultural land. Moreover, the plan that is now on the drawing board would only extend for 24 miles along the Missouri River, from just east of the Highway 370 bridge to about 2.5 miles from the Missouri's confluence with the Mississippi River. The more problematic 10-mile stretch along the Mississippi to Portage Des Sioux has been removed from the current plan.
The federal government would pay for 75 percent of the $7.5 million project, with the local levee district picking up the rest of the tab. The Corps plan would essentially bring a hodgepodge of levees up to federal standards, providing a modicum of protection to farmland that is more often threatened by floodwaters from the Missouri River than by those from the Mississippi. Farmers who work here are both the benefactors and the victims of periodic deluges, which over time have deposited a deep, rich sediment across the alluvial plain. To take maximum advantage of these soil conditions, settlers in the 19th century built berms as close to the riverbanks as possible. The current Corps plan would raise these existing farm levees an average of 1.6 feet to bring them up to 20-year flood-protection standards. If the Corps raised the levee system any higher, the farmers, who belong to the Consolidated North County Levee District, would be ineligible for federal flood insurance.
In the past, the prospect of better flood protection spurred two industries in the affected area -- McDonnell Douglas Corp. (now Boeing) and Union Electric (now AmerenUE) -- to financially back the local levee district's efforts to improve the levee system. Those attempts failed, however, because Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regulations adopted by St. Charles County more than 20 years ago created floodways that prevented new construction near the river.
As a result of the FEMA guidelines, building a new flood-protection system at the 100-year level would require moving the levees back from the river, which would in turn decrease the amount of tillable soil. To date, the amount of agricultural land that would have to be given up for a 100-year levee system has kept such a project from being carried out. In short, it would be more expensive to build than it would be worth, according to the federal cost-benefit formula.
Missouri Sen. Steve Ehlmann (R-23rd) a former attorney for the levee district, says the 20-year plan would help Illinoisans, too. "I don't understand why the people of Illinois are concerned, because that Missouri River levee actually keeps the water from going across the county over into the Mississippi River," he says. "The whole concept of an industrial levee down there has been dead for a long time," Ehlmann adds. "That area down there is going to be flooded. What the people down there say is, "We can make a living (farming) -- if we're only flooded every 20 years.'"
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Prof. Konstantine Klioutchkine Interviewed on Changing Russian Identity on Canadian Public Television
Prof. Konstantine Klioutchkine was interviewed by the TVO Canadian public television program "The Agenda with Steve Paikin," on Feb. 12. During the news program, the five-person panel discussed how Russian identity has changed since the fall of the Soviet Union two decades ago.
Klioutchkine, an associate professor of Russian, joined the Pomona faculty in 2002. He works in the fields of cultural history and media studies. He has published on Dostoevsky, on the culture of print, as well as on Post-Soviet culture and media. He is currently working on a book project entitled The Rhetoric of the Intelligentsia Self, exploring the language of personality in intelligentsia discourse between 1840 and 1880.
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Ulysses Dietz, curator at Newark Museum recently stopped by to give us a heads up on a Herter Brothers cabinet that a friend of his spotted in the 1964 Warner Brothers movie, My Fair Lady. I extracted a scene showing the library, above, and have provided the Bonham's sale image below. I believe that we can assume they are one and the same cabinet since my earlier posts chronicled the Warner Brothers sale of many Herter Brother's pieces earlier this year. Apparently, this cabinet did not sell due to notable damage. I wonder where it resides today?
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|School Membership(s)School Assoc.
|National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Other school association(s)
|Religious Affiliation
|Grades Offered
|Grades Prekindergarten - 8
|Learning Difference Programs
|Learning Programs Supported
|Mild Learning Differences
|Year Founded
Student Body
|Total Students
|105 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 37%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|23 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
|% Faculty w/Advanced Degree
|Average Class Size
|12 students
|Number of AP Courses
|5 courses
|List of Courses Offered
|Link to List of Courses
|Advanced Courses
|Algebra, Introduction to Physics and Chemistry, Language Arts, Spanish,
|Matriculation DataMatric. Data
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|Classroom Dress Code
(Formal chapel dress one day a week)
Finances and Admission
|Admission Deadline
|None / Rolling
|Yearly Tuition Cost
|Tuition Notes
|Tuition ranges from $7500-$10,648.
|% on Financial Aid
|Average Financial Aid Grant
|Acceptance Rate
National avg.: 85%
|Admissions Director
|Amy Salinas
|Admissions Associate
|Stephanie Flores, ELC Head
|Total Sports Offered
|4 sports
|Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Track and FieldBaseball, Basketball,
Soccer, Track and Field,
|Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
|2 extracurriculars
|Fine Arts Academy, Russian Language Club Fine Arts Academy,
Russian Language Club,
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In August of 1995, Wesley Academy opened its doors and welcomed students from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds. Today, Wesley Academy, conveniently located in the Westchase District, is housed on a twenty-eight acre campus. The two-story building contains 3 science labs, 2 swimming pools, ample field space, a gymnasium and handsome facilities to enhance academic and artistic development for children 6 months old through Grade 8. The school enables each child to develop a sense of self-worth, independence, responsibility and self-direction.
Students are introduced to the wondrous diversity of creative expression and dynamic teaching from our fine faculty. A robust curriculum coupled with the cultivation of character, faith, and knowledge support our students well as they transition and thrive in high school and beyond.
Wesley Academy is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the Texas Association of Non-Public Schools.
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Houston3500 South Gessner Road
Houston, TX 77063
(713)783-6990Special Program Emphasis (Non-sectarian)0.4 mi | Gr. 6-12 | 61 students
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Houston, TX 77042
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Houston10600 Richmond Ave
Houston, TX 77042
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Houston9603 Westheimer Road
Houston, TX 77063
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A crusty police detective who is close to retirement age relocates to a small North England town from London, where he still continues to work as a police inspector and gets a new partner instead of retiring. One of the reasons he cannot retire is that he is continually haunted by the brutal murder of his wife…back when he was living in London. Set in the 1960s, the George Gently character seems, at first, like all of the other grumpy, old British police detectives and this will be like all of the other British police series…ala Frost, Morse, etc. But, Gently has an edge that carries through all of the episodes and makes this one stand out among the crowd.
About Cecilia C.
I order the DVDs, Blu-rays, and Audiobooks at the Niles Library. I love movies almost as much as I love being a librarian. Also, I am an Anglophile, Hitchcock-phile, destined to move to London/England one day, loves to travel (Europe), loves to read, wishes for some more time to write.


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Established in 1914, the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens features more than 2,000 animals and wildlife displayed in naturalistic habitats on 110 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds. Nestled at the mouth of the Trout River, the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens features a variety of interesting animal exhibits that let visitors come face to face with a diverse group of wildlife, including jaguars, howler monkeys, capybaras, Western lowland gorillas, African elephants, cheetahs, and so much more. Visitors will also enjoy the zoo's train and carousel rides.
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Cape Fear Wildlife Expo is back!
The Cape Fear Wildlife Expo features dozens of exhibits and displays about everything from fishing, to hunting, to trucks, boats, ATV's and even some wildlife art.
The expo encourages kids to enjoy the outdoors and heighten public awareness and conservation of our natural resources.
Kids under 11 are free with an adult. Regular tickets are $10. It's going on all weekend long; from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Sunday.


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Bright future for Brixham writer with a dark side
Posted: September 11, 2012|
A teenage internet writing sensation is set to cash in after she secured a six-figure deal for a vampire novel.
Abigail Gibbs, 18, from Brixham in South Devon, has been commissioned by HarperCollins in Britain and America after an online novel she has released chapter by chapter notched up 17 million hits.
So far, the young writer, who starts a degree at Oxford this term, has been attracting followers on social reading website Wattpad.
She is the first talent to be discovered on the site, and now more than 100,000 fans will have to buy the ebook published this week, or the paperback out next month, to find out how her dark story ends.
It is the tale of 18-year-old Violet Lee who witnesses a horrific mass murder in Trafalgar Square before being kidnapped into a dark world of vampires.
The teenager said the feedback from readers helped her shape future chapters.
She told The Sunday Times: "It can help you grow as a writer. People said 'what would happen if... and 'why is this never mentioned in vampire books?' I'd take that and work with it."
The teenager was inspired to create stories when she was given a writing set at the age of nine. None of her relatives are writers, and she went to a local school at the time marked as "failing" by the government. She said: "Pursuits like reading and writing weren't necessarily encouraged". She studied for her A-levels at a grammar school.
"I wrote 100 pages of a sci-fi story and after that you just couldn't stop me," she said. "Harry Potter was a massive inspiration. I read the first book about 18 times."
The teenager admits her work was partly inspired by Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books. However, Kate Elton, publisher of HarperFiction, said: "The fact that she's writing something that feels British – within a genre that's traditionally been American – gives it an individual feel."


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In adult patients without clinically evident coronary heart disease, but with multiple risk factors for coronary heart disease such as age, smoking, hypertension, low HDL-C, or a family history of early coronary heart disease, LIPITOR is indicated to:
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LIPITOR is indicated:
Therapy with lipid-altering agents should be a component of multiple-risk-factor intervention in individuals at increased risk for atherosclerotic vascular disease due to hypercholesterolemia. Lipid-altering agents should be used in addition to a diet restricted in saturated fat and cholesterol only when the response to diet and other nonpharmacological measures has been inadequate (see National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Guidelines, summarized in Table 7).
After the LDL-C goal has been achieved, if the TG is still ≥200 mg/dL, non-HDL-C (total-C minus HDL-C) becomes a secondary target of therapy. Non-HDL-C goals are set 30 mg/dL higher than LDL-C goals for each risk category.
Prior to initiating therapy with LIPITOR, secondary causes for hypercholesterolemia (e.g., poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, nephrotic syndrome, dysproteinemias, obstructive liver disease, other drug therapy, and alcoholism) should be excluded, and a lipid profile performed to measure total-C, LDL-C, HDL-C, and TG. For patients with TG <400 mg/dL (<4.5 mmol/L), LDL-C can be estimated using the following equation: LDL-C = total-C - (0.20 × [TG] + HDL-C). For TG levels >400 mg/dL (>4.5 mmol/L), this equation is less accurate and LDL-C concentrations should be determined by ultracentrifugation.
LIPITOR has not been studied in conditions where the major lipoprotein abnormality is elevation of chylomicrons (Fredrickson Types I and V).
The NCEP classification of cholesterol levels in pediatric patients with a familial history of hypercholesterolemia or premature cardiovascular disease is summarized below:
The patient should be placed on a standard cholesterol-lowering diet before receiving LIPITOR and should continue on this diet during treatment with LIPITOR.
The recommended starting dose of LIPITOR is 10 or 20 mg once daily. Patients who require a large reduction in LDL-C (more than 45%) may be started at 40 mg once daily. The dosage range of LIPITOR is 10 to 80 mg once daily. LIPITOR can be administered as a single dose at any time of the day, with or without food. The starting dose and maintenance doses of LIPITOR should be individualized according to patient characteristics such as goal of therapy and response (see NCEP Guidelines, summarized in Table 7). After initiation and/or upon titration of LIPITOR, lipid levels should be analyzed within 2 to 4 weeks and dosage adjusted accordingly.
Since the goal of treatment is to lower LDL-C, the NCEP recommends that LDL-C levels be used to initiate and assess treatment response. Only if LDL-C levels are not available, should total-C be used to monitor therapy.
The recommended starting dose of LIPITOR is 10 mg/day; the maximum recommended dose is 20 mg/day (doses greater than 20 mg have not been studied in this patient population). Doses should be individualized according to the recommended goal of therapy (see NCEP Pediatric Panel GuidelinesNational Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP): Highlights of the Report of the Expert Panel on Blood Cholesterol Levels in Children Adolescents, Pediatrics. 89(3):495–501. 1992., CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, and INDICATIONS AND USAGE). Adjustments should be made at intervals of 4 weeks or more.
The dosage of LIPITOR in patients with homozygous FH is 10 to 80 mg daily. LIPITOR should be used as an adjunct to other lipid-lowering treatments (e.g., LDL apheresis) in these patients or if such treatments are unavailable.
LIPITOR may be used in combination with a bile acid binding resin for additive effect. The combination of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and fibrates should generally be avoided (see WARNINGS, Skeletal Muscle, and PRECAUTIONS, Drug Interactions for other drug-drug interactions).
Renal disease does not affect the plasma concentrations nor LDL-C reduction of atorvastatin; thus, dosage adjustment in patients with renal dysfunction is not necessary (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Pharmacokinetics).
In patients taking cyclosporine, therapy should be limited to LIPITOR 10 mg once daily. In patients taking clarithromycin or in patients with HIV taking a combination of ritonavir plus saquinavir or lopinavir plus ritonavir, for doses of atorvastatin exceeding 20 mg appropriate clinical assessment is recommended to ensure that the lowest dose necessary of atorvastatin is employed (see WARNINGS, Skeletal Muscle, and PRECAUTIONS, Drug Interactions).
LIPITOR® (atorvastatin calcium) is supplied as white, elliptical, film-coated tablets of atorvastatin calcium containing 10, 20, 40 and 80 mg atorvastatin.
10 mg tablets: coded "PD 155" on one side and "10" on the other.
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40 mg tablets: coded "PD 157" on one side and "40" on the other.
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80 mg tablets: coded "PD 158" on one side and "80" on the other.
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Teaching students about giving back has a place in the classroom, especially when it has roots in learning. Youth Service America has created amazing guides for teachers on how to carry out these projects, one version of which you can learn about here.Setting: Schools
There may be some people who want to join you.
Jake McCollum, Sarah Bayer, and their students at IB Lincoln World Middle School engaged in YSA's Semester of Service, a program in which teachers and students work together to connect meaningful community service activities with intentional learning goals and academic outcomes.
More than 130 eighth graders did a Semester of Service – or a "STEMester of Service" – applying their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills to community issues. Students focused on local water quality and natural resources, and researched hydraulic fracturing, a major issue in their Colorado community.
Students hosted a "conversation café" with local leaders, community partners, and energy company officials to share their research findings and facilitate discussions about the pros and cons of fracking. Students launched a school-wide energy awareness campaign and concluded the school year by organizing a neighborhood "Zero-Energy District" Energy Expo.
Adaptable to most classroom settings and subject areas, all Semester of Service projects include these key elements that are known to promote student engagement:
Students reduced energy use at school by 25% in four days and raised awareness of energy conservation in their community.
Perceptions about teaching and teaching practices changed as a result of this project. Jake wrote as he reflected on this project, "The program took me out of being a teacher and into being a facilitator working with the students. This has forever transformed my teaching and expectations of what kids can and should do."
Jake suggests letting students create a list of potential issues and guiding them to choose one with which they will experience success. He says, "Success is vital to the power of service learning."
Jake's mentor, Sarah, used YSA's resources throughout the year. "Thanks to the great structure that YSA has provided, we have been able to connect our entire science curriculum to the project using the Semester of Service Strategy Guide."
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Saturday 09 June 2012
Big ShelterBox Week
Big ShelterBox Week
Why not join us and get involved with our Big ShelterBox Week for 9-16 June this year. Join people from all over the world as we embark on seven days packed full of activities to raise awareness and funds, helping families who have lost everything after a disaster.
Big Camp Out
If you enjoy sleeping under the stars, the Big Camp Out is for you. Be adventurous and camp out in an unusual place where no man has gone before... Do what you love and get sponsored for it.
Big Cake Bake
Fancy yourself as a bit of a foodie? Join the Big Cake Bake and bake, eat, or sell cakes. Why not host your own cake party and, while the party's in full munch, challenge your guests to find out what goes in a ShelterBox.
Big Clear Out
Sell a box to fill a box in the Big Clear Out. Turn boxes of your unwanted goods into boxes of life-saving equipment for families who have lost everything in a disaster.
Don't do nothing, do something and help make a difference to families around the world who have been made homeless by disaster.
For more information visit the Big ShelterBox Week website by clicking here.
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Advanced surgical techniques for rare brain tumors, epilepsy or Chiari malformations. Urgent interventions for injuries due to trauma or stroke. Neurosurgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital provides the best possible care to all pediatric patients with neurosurgical needs.
Our staff works closely with the departments of Anesthesia, Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Hematology/Oncology & BMT and many others to promote positive outcomes for neurosurgical patients from birth to age 21, and to selected adults with congenital neurological disorders.
March 2010 marked the completion of our new, state-of-the-art neurosurgical operating room, equipped with intraoperative MRI, advanced neurosurgical microscope system and stereotactic guidance.
AVMs (arteriovenous malformations)
Brachial plexus injury
Brain tumors - Learn about our Brain Tumor Program
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The experience and expertise of our neurosurgical team allows the provision of state-of-the-art care. Our surgeons value collaborative relationships with primary care physicians and believe in maintaining communication to support ongoing patient care. The team's expertise includes minimally invasive endoscopic procedures to decrease the impact on the patient, minimize pain and promote faster recovery. They also specialize in minimally invasive treatment of intraventricular pathology and appropriate brain tumors.
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Baby Blake had a whole team in place just for him, months before he entered the world. Diagnosed with spina bifida, Blake would need surgery within his first few days of life.
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Inpatient Discharges: 384
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Total Discharges: 443
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Hayden Hawkens - Free Photo Gallery
8 photo sets of Hayden Hawkens
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What you see is what you get. Not only are Malena and Hayden good friends, they also share a certain physical craving for each other as you can see. In these instances, it's best to find an open, and relatively even lighting source and let the girls have at it without too much direction from me. If all goes well the result is visually beautiful and certainly titillating. -Mark Lit
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dsshop said over 2 years ago
10 Stars out of 5! Hayden and Malena have the #1 Girl-Girl photo and video set on this site. Love all the pictures of their tongues coming together like #21. And knowing those tongues will be in each others pussy. And Fuck Me - #91 - Am I seeing that right?! Hayden's finger in Malena's Ass! Wow - you don't see that often here. Especially two gorgeous babes like this. Amazingly SEXY all around photo set!
countmacula said over 2 years ago
I LOVE the neck kissing shots. Every lesbian shoot should have them.
rickmar said over 2 years ago
This is, without a doubt, the most scorching hot girl/girl set you have ever done. I don't know how you could ever top it. OUT FUCKING STANDING!
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I don't think it can get much better than this!
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sexaddict said almost 3 years ago
Fantastic. I only wish I could eat Malena Morgan's pussy like Hayden got to...
darlings01966 said almost 3 years ago
One of your greatest shoots ever! These two make their love seem so real, and when they go down on each other it's totally believable. What Hayden is able to do with her tongue takes my breath away. And the "A" set is nicely complemented by the "B" shots. Bravo!


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TARGET Areas is another new cabinet position created by Labour — and it could leave you scratching your head as to what it means.
Essentially it is targeting areas of the city which are deprived and in desperate need of greater attention.
The councillor tasked with this responsibility is Ryland Doyle and the wards highlighted are Townhill, Penderry and the top half of Castle (the areas north of the train station).
Mr Doyle's experience lies with helping to tackle poverty in deprived areas, spending a decade working for Communities First, the Welsh Government's "tackling poverty agenda".
So far, Mr Doyle has been looking at what needs to be done, where and how.
One of the councillor's biggest concerns is the life expectancy gap between Swansea East and Swansea West —13 years.
But in the two and a half wards listed as target areas, that gaps widens further. In Townhill the gap is nearly 17 years, where the average life expectancy is 67, compared with 84 in parts of the west.
Something, Mr Doyle says, needs to be done.
Another issue is children in care (known in the authority as looked-after children, or LACs). A report in July said there were 550 LACs in Swansea, but 277 were from the target areas.
"That's an astonishing figure," Mr Doyle said. "Especially as these are relatively small geographical areas."
Child poverty is high in these areas. In one primary school located in these wards between 80 and 85 per cent of pupils receive free school meals — the Welsh Government's marker for child poverty.
However, the average for the target areas hovers around the 70 per cent mark.
In order to qualify for free school meals, parents must be on a certain level of benefits and tax credits.
"We have been trying for some time to have a concerted, targeted approach," Mr Doyle said
"My role is to begin to focus the council departments to think about these areas.
"We need to look at them when setting budget proposals, working with partnership agencies so we can progress, making sure the focus is on these issues."
So, what is the focus? To get people off benefits if possible, and out of poverty.
"We need to look at employment issues and upskilling people to make they are well places to take advantage of any job opportunities," he said.
"If they are on benefits, we need to make sure they are the correct levels of benefits.
"But welfare reform will be the biggest challenge many people in the target areas will have faced in some years."
The coalition government in Westminster has been rapidly overhauling the UK's welfare system.
Changes include a reduction to housing benefits and benefits being paid directly to the claimant. Housing benefits will be reduced based on the number of empty bedrooms they have.
Changes coming in next year include size criteria assessment for under-occupancy.
It calculates those needing one bedroom as one adult aged over 16, a couple, two children of the same sex aged between 10 and 16 and any two children under 10.
So if a family made up of one couple and two girls aged 13 and 15 live in a three-bedroom house, they would be under-occupying and have a spare room.
In certain circumstances a families could lose £14 a week per spare room.
The trouble is, Swansea Council doesn't have enough houses to move everyone around. And legislation around building more homes is so complicated, it is almost impossible to do.
So the council is having to look at all options when it comes to homes. And if it did have lots of homes, Mr Doyle said, it would create a problem of having to move people around once they outgrow a home, or if the children move out.
But this goes against what Mr Doyle thinks social housing should be.
"It comes down to what we see council housing as being," he added. "Are they stop-gap measures, or are they homes for life? That's what they should be."
Managing their own finances on a monthly basis will also be a challenge.
Mr Doyle wants the housing department to put people in touch with credit unions, such as LASA in Swansea, to see what can be done to help this people in a financially responsible way.
Mr Doyle also would like to see people educated about managing their money — and this responsibility may well fall to the council.
Libraries will also feel the strain of the new welfare system, he said, with the government setting targets of 80 per cent of claims being made online.
In the target areas, only 25 per cent of homes have internet access, so they will be likely to head to their local library to make that claim — if at all.
In the meantime, Mr Doyle has been visiting schools and community groups to talk to them about how they feel.
"They do see themselves as deprived," he said. "But they do not often talk about the issues which most people link to poverty, like those the Welsh Government use as indicators.
"We're taking a long-term approach — this isn't something that can be done in two years. These areas need long-term investment and commitment of resources."


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This dress is fantastic! At 25, I find it difficult to find clothes that look my age. I find most stuff I like makes me look like a teenager. But I hate the style of most adult women's clothes. This dress is perfect. It looks great in my casual office with leggings and boots, and I feel like myself.Quality and comfort is fantastic. Really nice thick fabric. Nice details. Sturdy buttons.I normally wear a small or medium on top and a medium on bottom. I got the medium. It is a bit snug around the hips, so if you're between sizes, size up. It's too short for me to wear without leggings, but if you have a shorter torso and/or are more modest, it'll probably work.I just ordered some more shirtdresses from Quiksilver and they're all great. Great brand!
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i really like the cut of the "dress", it's very modern, casual, but very cool at the same time, and it frees your legs for nice long strides.there are alot of this type of dress out there but for a more work like environment or catered to an older crowd, that doesn't have the modern touches that this one has. good job quicksilver for combining low-key, with very very sexy. not many outfits can pull that off and this one does.the skirt length is much shorter than i'm used to exposing, but will keep me cool in the summers. it's a nice stiff fabric that also makes you more slender. well done.


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There are a couple items that seem to be true for moms: beauty regimens change when we have kids, and it becomes harder to take care of ourselves when we're taking care of everyone else. That's why we want to spend an entire month covering these topics.
Here are a few suggested topics. Feel free to write on one of these ideas or take some creative liberties.
- Tips for speeding up the getting-ready process
- Ways to pamper yourself
- Easy hair ideas
- Best beauty products
- Make-your own beauty products
- How to repurpose old jewelry
- Spicing up your wardrobe
- Make-up tips to give the illusion of a full night's sleep
- Tips to help your lipstick stay put
Recipes for healthy snacks
- How to eat healthy when your diet mostly contains uneaten chicken nuggets off your kids abandoned lunch plates?
- Favorite workout ideas for busy moms, incorporating exercises into household tasks
- Healthy kid snacks
- Ways to maintain mental sanity
- How do you find yourself in the midst of mothering?
- Why is it important to take care of yourself?
- How to know when you've given too much of yourself?
- What is beauty?
- How do you balance innate beauty with perceived beauty?
- How do we teach our sons and daughters about beauty?
Submission Deadline: August 1, 2014
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If you haven't tried Cover Girls Lip stay lipstick you owe it to yourself to do so... I apply one time in the morning then go. I love it I do find that I have to buy an extra gloss from time to time but over all it is the best I have ever found!!
I believe it is important to pause and step away for self-care. However, I feel we tend to resort to "self-induglences" vs. "self-care". I often have to think twice about what I am choosing when I feel I am deserving of a treat, which isn't always a healthy one or one I can afford.
Good point! We would like to focus on self care and not self indulgence. Thanks!
I echo another lady's comment desiring articles that help encourage contentment and peace about staying home with your kids - especially during their early years. I love to encourage women to enjoy and invest in the time while they are home with their kids.
Great thoughts, Jane!
I think we need to give ourselves permission to practice self-care, whatever it may look like for us. It took me years to accept this and now that I'm healthier, my whole outlook on life has changed!
Permission is the hard part, Laura. Thank you for mentioning that for the topics to be covered!
I would love an article about finding contentment and peace with the decision to stay home with your children. I feel so restless sometimes! The best beauty products are joy and contentment.
Great idea, thanks!
I want tips to stay healthy and active...!
Great tip, Jessalyn!
I would like more information on self. I struggled (and still sometimes do) for a long time about our decision for me to quit my full time job and become a stay at home Mom after our second child was born; I felt like I should contribute more financially to our family...
Thanks, Marisa. It is a tough decision.
It would be nice to get ideas about how to dress during the first few months after having a baby. My third child is 2 months old and I am currently in the phase where I refuse to wear maternity clothes because I am not pregnant and my pre pregnancy clothes do not fit. BUT I want to look cute! Help:)
Great idea for a much needed topic! Thanks!
Never knew how hard it would be to just do the basic essentials for self care let alone going out for a pedi/mani these days would be a HUGE event! Ha, ha! Would love to hear more about how to do quick and easy self care! Thank you!
Yes, the quick easy tips are much needed. Thanks!
I need encouragement to focus on healthy me-time, instead of what I've been settling for lately...LATELY is the operative word. I've been staying up too late in the evenings after the house is quiet. I tell myself that this is the only time I have to myself, but it's what I'm settling for and it's taking its toll. Tired momma syndrome...
It's always great to read about encouragement to take care of ourselves and to get some good ideas.
I'd like to read about organizing time and stuff, while finding time to read and spend time in prayer with a crazy life of 5 kids and husband! Time management seems to be a tough one for me. Lets not even mention how I have neglected myself, these days if I even get to have a shower its a good day.
Time management is a big one and I think most moms struggle with it.
Love this timely topic! I'm always looking for creative time management tips in order to have a bit of time for self-care. Thanks!
Time management and self care, much needed topics! Hopefully we can get some great ideas!
I am going to try this!
Great! Good luck!
I'd love to read about self the most. And I can't wait to start writing about this as well.
We are excited to see what you submit!
I would like to read about making a change from a life where I've neglected my self, my health, and my beauty routine. How do I get back to making time to work out and eat healthy?
That's a great article idea! Thanks for the idea.
Anything that is about taking care of myself QUICKLY! Sure, I'll take time for myself-the occasional brushing my hair, meal on the go, exercise, but any tips on making those times effective and quick is helpful!
Quick is the key word for sure! Thanks!
DIY pedicure and how to maintain it.
That's a great idea! Thanks for the topic suggestion!
Information about how to get my blood pressure down naturally, without over the counter medication.
Thanks, Heather. Great idea.
I really need help with speeding up the get ready process!
That is a great topic idea!
Taking care of myself is something I've been wanting to be better about. With 3 young kids, it's hard to make time for me a priority!
That is very true, Angela. Thank you!
I would love to hear others' ideas about exercising during a busy day. I have tried, seemingly, every method there is...and I have now settled on using nap time, which seems to work best for me.
Fitness is hard to fit into a routine. Great topic idea!
What are some ideas/activities/hobbies/fun stuff for a stay at home mom to maintain her sanity? I have a toddler who just learned how to unlock doors, and open baby locks to get into the cupboard for fluff to "paint" with (LOL gotta laugh or you will cry).... Us moms need SOMETHING to focus besides just the kids or it will consume our life and then we end up talking like toddlers ourselves (i.e. Do you know where the potty is here?). BTW I love my kids VERY much I am just with them consistently (even in the bathroom) and nothing is sacred and I don't remember what quiet time or me-time is anymore.... LOL
Holly, children are the best but I love your topic idea. We all need some self-care to be the best moms!
Healthy recipes!
Thanks, Angela!
I've recently become passionate about encouraging moms to add at least 5 minutes at the beginning and end of everyday to take care of you!! It's something I neglected to do for the past 9 years I have been a MOP!!
I like the idea of starting and ending your day that way!
Excited about this topic! I'd love to hear someone talk about the beauty that comes from living the life God intended you to live.
Thanks, Ida, great idea.
Lately my daughters are loving to munch on crunchy lettuce. Mix some salad and adding fruits to double the fun. The fruits can vary from apples, clementines, to cut up grapes. Healthy and easy. :)
AWESOME!!!! So excited that my daughter finally likes broccoli (They are now called little trees.) She will only eat it raw with dip or ranch but YAY! My other daughter will eat tomatoes like an apple-lol Have you tried celery(or "insert veggie here") with hummus? Very tasty!!!! Keep up the good work with the veggies/fruit!!!! <3
There are some really great recipes out there on Pinterest for making your own beauty/toiletry products. I make almost everything myself now and blog about it at www.home-hearted.com. If you don't have the supplies to make it yourself find a friend who is making stuff and ask her if you can buy some, it will be a 100% better for your body than what you can get at the store.
Thanks, Madalyn!
My daughter eats what I eat, and I eat what she eats. I try to always make good choices but I'd love some tips and recipes!
Tips and recipes are always great! I think we will get some good ones!
How do I encourage my daughter that God made her beautiful as she is while I'm fussing with my hair and makeup?
Great topic idea! I find it's hard to teach my daughter that God made her beautiful the way she is, but also taking care of yourself and good hygiene.
Love to read healthy recipes that give ways to "sneak" vegetables into casseroles and other dishes and ways to incorporate exercise with kids without going to the gym.
Great ideas, thank you! I like the idea of incorporating exercise with kids and no gym!
Some kind of quick beauty hacks would be fun. Maybe paired with easy fitness for a busy/tired mom and maybe some quick meals. I seem to gravitate to carbs when I'm hungry and short on time.
I like the idea of beauty hacks! Thanks for the ideas!
Trying to stay fit while chasing the littles
That is a great one! How to workout when you are already exhausted!
These topics sound fun!! I need to know how to take care of myself and have been wondering what/how other moms do it!! It's like you read my mind!!
We try! Thank you, I think we will get some great tips!
Looking forward to reading all of the articles!
Thanks, we are too!
I would love to read about and even try to actually write something! Need to boost up my confidence!
Give it a try! We love reading all the submissions!
I'd like to read about how to look and feel your best while caring for little ones and living a busy lifestyle.
That is a great topic! How to look your best when you only have 5 minutes to get ready!
I'd love to hear tried and true healthy (and easy!) meals that everyone in the family can enjoy!
I always need easy meal ideas!
I can't wait to read some eating healthy ideas!
Keep checking back! It is a great topic!
I already started! Can't wait to submit. Great topics!
Great! We look forward to seeing your take on these topics! Happy writing!
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Nelfinavir is classified as Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pregnancy Category B.
Animal Carcinogenicity StudiesNelfinavir was neither mutagenic nor clastogenic in a series of in vitro and animal in vivo screening tests. However, incidence of thyroid follicular cell adenomas and carcinomas was increased over baseline in male rats receiving nelfinavir dosages of 300 mg/kg/day or higher (equal to a systemic exposure similar to that in humans at therapeutic doses) and female rats receiving 1000 mg/kg/day (equal to a systemic exposure 3-fold higher than that in humans at therapeutic doses).
Reproduction/FertilityNo effect of nelfinavir has been seen on reproductive performance, fertility, or embryo survival in rats at exposures comparable to human therapeutic exposure. Additional studies in rats indicated that exposure to nelfinavir in females from mid-pregnancy through lactation had no effect on the survival, growth, and development of the offspring to weaning. Maternal exposure to nelfinavir also did not affect subsequent reproductive performance of the offspring.
Teratogenicity/Developmental ToxicityNo evidence of teratogenicity has been observed in pregnant rats at exposures comparable to human exposure and in rabbits with exposures significantly less than human exposure.
Placental and Breast Milk TransferTransplacental passage of nelfinavir has been minimal to low in humans. In a Phase I study in pregnant women and their infants (PACTG 353, see below), transplacental passage of nelfinavir was minimal.2 In addition, in a study of cord blood samples from 38 women treated with nelfinavir during pregnancy, the cord blood nelfinavir concentration was less than the assay limit of detection in 24 (63%), and the cord blood concentration was low (median, 0.35 µg/mL) in the remaining 14 women.3 Among 20 mother-infant pairs in the Netherlands, the cord to maternal plasma ratio for nelfinavir was 0.14 compared to 0.67 for nevirapine and 0.24 for lopinavir.4
Human Studies in PregnancyA Phase I/II safety and PK study (PACTG 353) of nelfinavir in combination with zidovudine and lamivudine was conducted in pregnant HIV-infected women and their infants.2 In the first 9 pregnant HIV-infected women enrolled in the study, nelfinavir administered at a dose of 750 mg three times daily produced drug exposures that were variable and generally lower than those reported in non-pregnant adults with both twice- and three-times-daily dosing. Therefore, the study was modified to evaluate an increased dose of nelfinavir given twice daily (1250 mg twice daily), which resulted in adequate levels of the drug in pregnancy. However, in two other small studies of women given 1250 mg nelfinavir twice daily in the second and third trimesters, drug concentrations in the second and third trimesters were somewhat lower than in non-pregnant women.6,7


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Sweet and smoky and spicy are three flavors that work wonderfully together, and this recipe for roasted chicken thighs is a fast, easy and delicious way to make that point.
I start by combining a mess of dry seasonings with honey to use as a wet, though very thick, rub for the chicken. The spicy comes from ginger and chili powder, but have no fear, it's mild. And what heat there is gets tamed by the sweet honey and the mellow smoked sweet paprika.
For a second blast of sweet, we roast the chicken thighs on top of a layer of orange slices. The sugars in these slices caramelize during cooking, intensifying the flavors. The juice from the slices is the finishing touch that gets squeezed over the chicken, tying everything together.
The best part: The flavors are complex, but the prep isn't. The dish is ready for the oven in under 15 minutes; ready to serve just 25 minutes later.
Honey-Paprika Chicken With Roasted Oranges
Servings: 8
4 navel oranges
1/4 cup smoked sweet paprika
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground dry ginger
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons chicken broth, white wine, orange juice or water
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1 cup mixed marinated olives, sliced
Heat oven to 400. Coat a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
Slice off and discard the ends of each orange. Cut each orange crosswise into 4 thick slices. Arrange the slices in a single layer over the baking sheet.
In a small bowl, mix together the paprika, garlic powder, chili powder, salt, cumin and ginger. Stir in the honey and broth to form a thick paste. Rub paste thickly and completely over each chicken thigh, then set the thighs in an even layer over the orange slices. Scatter the olives over the chicken. Roast for 25 minutes, or until the chicken reaches 165 degrees.
To serve, divide the chicken thighs and olives between 8 servings plates. Use tongs to squeeze 1 or 2 orange slices over each serving.
Nutrition per serving: 320 calories; 15g fat; 75mg cholesterol; 25g carbs; 4g fiber; 18g sugar; 670mg sodium.
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Blue Ivy is a jet setter and she's only 5 months old. Jay-Z and Beyoncé were spotted with their daughter, Blue Ivy,outside their Paris hotel.
I wish Beyonce and Jay didn't feel the need to always cover Blue's face. And why is Blue always bare-footed?
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Darrin has multiple programs for breakout sessions. These programs are typically 45 minutes to an hour and include detailed information about each topic in a fun and easy-to-understand manner.
Detailed outlines of individual breakout programs are available on request. Check out some of the breakout topics below.
Facebook and Twitter: Future, Fad or Facade? Social networking is all the rage. Millions of people use these tools daily. But is it here to last? Is it truly effective for businesses to generate new revenue? In this 60-minute breakout program, Darrin takes an indepth look at how to add personal touches when communicating via the major social networks to help improve your numbers. It's an exciting look at a complicated subject.
Unlocking Google's Power The search engine giant can provide wonderful opportunities for businesses of all types. In this 60 minute program, Darrin discusses how to tap into the countless searches for products and services. He covers Google Places, organic listings and Google AdWords. It includes entertaining examples of what to do - and what not to do, all in an entertaining way that will help attendees retain the material.
Online Marketing: Use it or Lose it? An informative and entertaining look at online marketing, including social media, banner advertising and search engine marketing. This is a basic overview that helps beginners get a full understanding of the different online marketing tactics available. Darrin keeps it simple and lively, teaching what are the best and most cost-effective online tactics.
Customizable Programs Darrin can customize any of the breakout programs listed here to meet the needs of you and your group. He can also address any social media, online marketing, mobile marketing and search engine marketing topics you like. And, he does it it all in a compelling, and entertaining way. Contact him with details about your next event.