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Wide receiver Nate Burleson, a 12-year NFL vet who struggled with a nagging hamstring strain throughout camp, linebackers Zac Diles and Jamal Westerman, and running back Chris Ogbonnaya were among the familiar names released by Cleveland.
"Nate is a true professional and it was a difficult decision for us." Browns first-year head coach Mike Pettine said. "Ultimately, his availability was a concern with all the time he missed and we liked what we saw in the other players at that position."
The Browns also waived 15 players: defensive backs Josh Aubrey and Leon McFadden, defensive linemen Calvin Barnett, Jacobbi McDaniel and Justin Staples, offensive linemen Reid Fragel, Garrett Gilkey, Donald Hawkins, Alex Parsons and Abasi Salimu, quarterback Connor Shaw, tight end/fullback MarQueis Gray, running back Dion Lewis, tight end Emmanuel Ogbuehi, and wide receiver Willie Snead.
Meanwhile cornerback Isaiah Trufant was placed on injured reserve with a knee problem that forced him to miss three of the Browns' four preseason games.
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The architects said that they chose the swamp white oaks "because of their durability and leaf color. In fall, the leaf color ranges from amber to golden brown—and sometimes pink." They also added a more poetic reason for choosing the trees, saying "The trees will never be identical, growing at different heights and changing leaves at different times, a physical reminder that they are living individuals."
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TODAY'S TOP PARAGRAPH: Both the House and Senate will examine AT&T's planned purchase of DirecTV in a pair of hearings today. The leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee struck a deal on a cell-phone unlocking bill. Mayors around the country want the FCC to protect net neutrality, and teachers are disappointed with the FCC's plan for technology funding in schools.
CEOS TO DEFEND DEAL: AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson and DirecTV CEO Michael White will argue today that their merger would provide consumers with the bundles of services they want and allow the companies to build out high-speed Internet service in rural areas. Stephenson will say the merger would allow the companies to price their services "more competitively," driving down prices across the industry.
But Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy is skeptical. "I appreciate the appeal of lower costs to the company and its shareholders, but it is unclear whether this potentially significant savings will be passed along to consumers," Leahy will say in his opening statement.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte will say regulators should ensure that "proposed transactions result in enhanced competitive marketplaces so that the attendant benefits continue to run to consumers."
Ross Lieberman of the American Cable Association will call for conditions to prevent DirecTV-affiliated programmers from charging rivals more. Public Knowledge's John Bergmayer will argue that regulators should block the deal outright.
CELL PHONE UNLOCKING RETURNS IN SENATE: The Senate Judiciary Committee announced plans to take up legislation on Thursday that would legalize cell-phone unlocking—though a postponement until the next meeting appears likely. The new language (here's a one-page summary) was introduced with support from Chairman Patrick Leahy and the Sen. Chuck Grassley, the panel's top Republican, and follows House passage earlier this year of a similar measure that allows consumers to switch providers without forcing them to buy a new phone. (Sasso, NJ)
IS THE BULK UNLOCKING PROVISION DEAD?: The Senate bill doesn't include contentious language added in the 11th hour to the House version that would bar unlocking phones in large batches, which the wireless industry lobbied hard for on grounds it would prevent "large-scale" theft schemes. House Judiciary leaders applauded the Leahy-Grassley compromise, and said the bill "expresses Congress' intent to resolve the bulk unlocking issue by moving it to report language accompanying the bill."
MAYORS BACK NET NEUTRALITY: By a strong voice vote, the U.S. Conference of Mayors backed a net-neutrality resolution Monday that condemns "fast lanes" as anathema to the core values of the Internet. The conference voted during its annual meeting for language (visible on page 255) that "supports comprehensive nondiscrimination as a key principle for any FCC rulemaking" and urges Congress to "use their lawmaking power to enshrine access to a free and open Internet and give the FCC a clear mandate." The resolution also backs FCC efforts to overturn state laws that bar municipal broadband.
SCOTUS STILL MUM ON TECH RULINGS: Monday came and went without any decision from the Supremes on Aereo or police searches of cell phones during arrest. The Court will release its next round of opinions Wednesday at 10 a.m. Barring that, look for Thursday morning or next Monday, the last day scheduled for new decisions.
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E-RATE PLAN DISAPPOINTS TEACHERS: The FCC should expand the size of its E-Rate program, education groups argue. (Sasso/ Ryan, NJ)
RUSSIA WANTS TWITTER TO BLOCK A DOZEN 'EXTREMIST' ACCOUNTS: The Kremlin continues to deny it censors the media or the Internet. (Reuters)
FCC HIRES FIRM TO PITCH BROADCASTERS ON INCENTIVE AUCTION: Greenhill & Co., an investment banking firm, will develop material to help sell broadcasters on the benefits of bidding in the auction, which will take place next year. (Doug Halonen, TVNewsCheck)
GOOGLE TAKES ITS LOBBYING EFFORTS TO THE STATES: While lobbying the federal government, Google is also focusing its efforts on state and city governments—seeking to create a favorable environment to test and roll out products like self-driving cars and Glass. (Tony Romm, Politico)
300K SITES STILL LACK HEARTBLEED PATCH: A new report says more than 300,000 sites still haven't been updated to protect against the security vulnerability detected in April—more than half of the sites originally at risk. (Lily Hay Newman, Slate)
GOOGLE TESTING DOMAIN REGISTRATION SERVICE: Google is working on a service to allow small businesses to buy and transfer domains (Josh Ong, The Next Web)
MICROSOFT BETS ON QUANTUM COMPUTERS: Microsoft scientists are working on new supercomputers that they hope can solve problems in fields like chemistry, artificial intelligence and code-breaking. (John Markoff, NYT)
FRANCE WHINES ABOUT .WINE: France says the new domain names .wine and .vin could undermine agreements about geographical labels. (Hugh Carnegy, FT)
SPRINT OFFERS FREE TRIALS: Following in T-Mobile's footsteps, Sprint will allow new customers to drop its service in 30 days and get their money back. (Scott Moritz, Bloomberg)
HOW AMERICA SAYS GIF: Fifty-four percent of folks prefer the hard "G"; no one knows how to pronounce "meme" and hashtags have everyone divided—a look at the language divide over tech terms. (Megan Garber, The Atlantic)
WHAT EVERYONE GETS WRONG ABOUT NET NEUTRALITY: "The net neutrality debate has got many facets to it, and most of the points of the debate are artificial, distracting, and based on an incorrect mental model on how the internet works." (Robert McMillan, Wired)
Congress will scrutinize the proposed AT&T-DirecTV merger during back-to-back hearings in the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law at 10 a.m. and the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights at 2:30 p.m. AT&T President and CEO Randall Stephenson and DirecTV President and CEO Michael White will testify at both hearings.
Reps. Bob Goodlatte and Adam Schiff and Sens. Orrin Hatch and Sheldon Whitehouse will unveil their annual list of countries with the worst intellectual property protections at 9:30 a.m.
The House Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on digital healthcare at 10 a.m., with testimony from 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki.
The House Judiciary Intellectual Property Subcommittee will hold a hearing on "Trade Secrets: Promoting and Protecting American Innovation, Competitiveness, and Market Access in Foreign Markets" at 1:30 p.m.
Politico Pro will host an event on cyber threats to financial markets at 8 a.m.
The Brookings Institution will host Microsoft Executive Vice President and General Counsel for a discussion on "The Future of Global Technology, Privacy, and Regulation," at 10 a.m.
NTIA will hold another facial recognition stakeholder meeting at 1 p.m.
FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly, Commissioner Ajit Pai's chief of staff Matthew Berry, and AT&T's Robert Quinn will join the Phoenix Center for a rooftop roundtable on the FCC's authority over broadband providers at 6 p.m.
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President Barack Obama's re-election in the United States elicited strong feelings - from optimism to skepticism - around the world. A sampling of global reaction:
"One of the first things I want to talk to Barack about is how we must do more to try and solve this crisis (in Syria). Above all, congratulations to Barack. I've enjoyed working with him, I think he's a very successful U.S. president and I look forward to working with him in the future."- British Prime Minister David Cameron, on a visit to Syrian refugees on the Jordanian border.
"The bond between Europe and North America, based upon the shared values on which our alliance was founded over 60 years ago, remains as strong, and as important to the preservation of Euro-Atlantic peace and security as ever. President Obama has demonstrated outstanding leadership in maintaining this vital bond." - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
"I will continue to work with President Obama to preserve the strategic interests of Israel's citizens." - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has had a strained relationship with the American president over Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"During the last four years when Obama was U.S. president, no breakthrough happened in relations between Iran and the US. At the beginning of his first term the situation was a bit better, but as he went on the relations got much worse, with the sanctions being imposed. So I think the outcome of the elections that was just held will not make any difference for Iran." - Amir Karimi, a resident of the Iranian capital, Tehran.
"As a mother and as a grandmother who raises boy children, I think that the symbolism of having a black man occupy the highest office is something that can make my children very aspirational to know that this is possible, you know, in their lifetime" - Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African President Nelson Mandela.
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text: I have been going to church since I was 7 or 8 years old (19 now). I've spent my entire life at a non-denominational christian church. (Community Bible Church) But I have recently been going to the Church of Nazareth. They are a denomination obviously. I've been going for a couple of months now -- everybody is really nice, I have a strong relationship with the reverend, and it is also the first time in my life going to church without my parents. (Big churches aren't my thing.) Does the Bible say anything about denominations? The reverend has explained what denominations are to me -- but being the first time on my own, I'm just a little, nervous, I suppose you could say. Appreciate any input. All the best and God bless! - Aaron


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"Which? Magazine is a highly respected UK publication known for its unbiased and extensive product reviews"
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iPad receives Which? magazine award for must have gadget!
The iPad has won a recommendation from Which Computing magazine. Which? Magazine is a highly respected UK publication known for its unbiased and extensive product reviews. The iPad came out on top of the pile in the must-have gadgets' and the tech buys that make great Christmas gifts.
This was one of the most-hyped gadgets of 2010. Its sleek design, slick touchscreen interface and those all-important apps mean it's the tablet that's on almost everybody's wish list.
Which? carry out extensive testing of products to provide consumers with information to enable them to make correct buying decisions, the process is extremely thorough. Which? do not accept any advertising in their publications; to ensure all of their reviews and recommendations are legitimate and without bias.
Every month, we conduct independent and extensive tests on hundreds of products and services. Every aspect of product performance and specification – price, running costs, efficiency, and reliability – is compared against exacting criteria. The highest scoring products or services are awarded Which? Best Buy status, and the test results are published in the magazine and on Which.co.uk.
So there you have it, according to Which?, the iPad makes an ideal gift for the holidays. Are you planning on splashing out on an iPad for your loved ones? If you are let us know in the comments!
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iPad receives Which? magazine award for must have gadget!
"Which? Magazine is a highly respected UK publication known for its unbiased and extensive product reviews"
I can't comment on Which?, as I'm not familiar with it. But I do think we'll see more of this sort of recommendation from magazines as the holidays draw near. What astounds me is that the entire computing industry was caught so flat-footed by the iPad. Everyone knew they were working on a tablet for years, and after the success of the iPhone and Android. I do expect Android tablets to catch up eventually, but I can't believe everyone just sat on their hands so long and let the iPad become another iconic device like the iPhone without competing.
Interesting. 'Which?' magazine is read by a much older readership than most gadgety magazines. This could be the start of a revolution in computing for older users. I'm already recommending iPads to parents and grandparents to try and reduce the "can you help me load the internet on the computer" type questions!
Encore une fois Apple avirre a faire passer pour neuf quelque chose qui ne l'est pas du tout.Et le pire c'est qu'il y'a des gus pour penser qu'Apple a invente le monde avec un telephone qui (apres 5 ans) ne necessite plus forcement l'activation via un logiciel tout pourri.J'ai un seul produit Apple (ipod touch) et c'est bien le dernier, tant je suis decu par itunes, la iPolitique et l'ergonomie de mon iDevice.Le jour ou Apple arretera ses conneries, proposera un truc officiel pour l'utiliser a 100% sous GNU/Linux, proposera un telephone sous lequel je peux changer la batterie sans avoir a envoyer mon appareil aux 4 coins du monde par la poste, la, on en reparlera.Je rassure les fanboy : actuellement aucun operateur ou constructeur ne propose un truc qui reponde a mes besoins pourtant tres simples (phone avec wifi, apps, photo/video, qui ne traque pas ses utilisateurs dont l'OS soit ouverte a des apps tierces ; avec un operateur proposant carte pre-paye ou je ne sois pas oblige de finir mon credit en moins de 7 jours, bref un truc respectueux du client, tout simplement).Et c'est bien pour ca que j'ai pas de numero de portable actuellement, et j'en suis pas mort bien au contraire.


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Yisrael Ba-amim, by Isaac F. Baer
Great Jewish Historian
Yisrael ba-amim (Israel Among the Nations: an Essay on the History of the Second Temple and the Mishnah . . .).
by Isaac F. Baer.
Bialik Institute (Jerusalem). 144pp. I£2.800.
Professor Baer of the Hebrew University, the distinguished medievalist and authority on Spain and Spanish Jewry, now is chiefly interested in early Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity. Yisrael ba-amim, based on his lectures to undergraduates, is paralleled by a series of studies that have been appearing in the Historical Society of Israel's quarterly Zion, of which he is an editor. It is a remarkable document, whether as a work of scholarship about the past or as a transparent prescription for the right nurture of the Israeli ethos in the present and future. It is also well printed, written in straightforward Hebrew, and equipped with a solid technical apparatus.
The period dealt with begins in the generations after Alexander the Great conquered Palestine together with the rest of the Persian empire, or roughly the early 3rd century B. Its end Professor Baer puts variously: narrowly and most infrequently in the 3rd century C., with the redaction of the Mishnah; more often in the 7th century, with the Arab conquest; preferably in the late Middle Ages, after Rashi and Maimonides; and sometimes as late as the eve of the French Revolution and the beginning of modern Jewish history. Periodization is a serious matter for a historian, because when he defines a segment in the flow of time as a historical period, he is saying that a unitary spirit informs the occurrences and especially the thought of that segment of time, and that what happens within it is less productive of change than the events marking its beginning and end. Baer's periodization, therefore, means that in his understanding of the career of Judaism and the Jews the example, tradition, and discipline established by pietist (hasidim) farmers near Jerusalem early in the Hellenistic era transcend the independence won by the Maccabees, the Roman conquest, the destruction of the state and Temple, the rise of Christianity, and exile.
The Rabbis sought to obey the word of God: to love and revere Him, to do His commandments, and to mold a society ruled by justice and love, in which the relations between man and God, and between man and man in the earthly microcosm, would mirror the order of the heavenly macrocosm. The pillars of this society were an elite of saintly scholars and a larger mass zealous to be a holy community. It centered in Palestine but extended beyond, and it used Temple and state but could do without them. Its characteristic mode of expression was law, halachah, but its legalism was rooted in a mystical and indeed mythological outlook. The men who framed the Mishnah over the centuries were mystics, ascetics, and pneumatics who thought of themselves and were perceived by their followers as being filled with the Spirit.
The hasidim of the generations before the Maccabean independence of the mid-2nd century B.C. were Utopians with an uncompromising ethic. Most of their successors had to be less Utopian, because they were faced with the needs of a real society and had some of the responsibility for governing it. These were the Pharisees. They found it necessary to condemn some things that their predecessors had preached and practiced, such as giving all to the poor, and they introduced the prosbul a kind of legal fiction to circumvent the Biblical provision that the sabbatical year cancels a debtor's obligation to his creditor, because experience had shown that otherwise loans would not be made. Baer draws an analogy with what happened in Christianity, the utopianism of the early Christians being followed by the compromises of the state church of Rome.
According to Baer, those successors of the early hasidim who remained Utopian were the Essenes. He grants the need for responsibility and compromise but admires the impractical Utopians. The pressures and temptations to be realistic are so great, he implies, that men do not need much urging to take that course. It is harder to be Utopian.
About the relation between Rabbinic and Greek thought Baer speaks in two voices. Mostly he cites influence and example. He attempts to show the influence of Plato, and he mentions the Pythagoreans as a possible model of a fraternity of masters and disciples engaged in intellectual and theosophical speculation, guiding a real community, and observing a ritual and dietary code. But sometimes he prefers to suggest that great societies, like great minds, independently think alike. In law actual Greek influence on the Rabbis was from contemporary Hellenistic practice, but Baer sees in certain property legislation of the founders of the Mishnah an unborrowed, spontaneous resemblance to the earlier law of Periclean or pre-Periclean Athens.
Besides being a work of scholarship and a kind of program for Israel, Yisrael ba-amim is also a sustained polemic against the positivist temperament in modern Jewish thought—the hardheaded, no-nonsense temperament. Jewish positivism regards mysticism, and even theology, as absurd, aberrant, un-Jewish. In religion, the positivist says that you have to obey the commandments; to be concerned about God and belief is unbecoming; halachah is the only thing that counts, and it has nothing to do with aggadah. If a secular nationalist, the positivist has no use for the spiritualizing exceptionalism of an Ahad Ha-am. If a scholar, the positivist follows Graetz in dismissing the Cabbala and all it represents as an impudent forgery. Baer has always opposed this frame of mind. The ostentatious absence of the Dead Sea materials from his discussion can be explained by his desire to avoid complicating his demonstration that the founders of the normative tradition were mystic, ascetic, and pneumatic. Showing this to be true of the sectarians would not help his case.
A close friend and associate of Baer's, Professor Gershom Scholem, in recent American lectures adduced other strong proof of the antiquity and normativeness of Jewish mysticism. A corollary of what Baer and Scholem have been saying is that the Zohar is less a forgery than a pseudepigraphon reflecting authentic tradition, and more generally, that the positivists have been presumptuous. When one thinks of it, it seems odd that they have been able to speak with such assurance for so long. The author of the Duties of the Heart was a judge on a rabbinical tribunal, the author of the Shulchan Aruch was a visionary mystic, and Elijah of Vilna was no contemner of the Cabbala.
Besides Jewish positivism, what ideologies, assumptions, and prejudices more specific to Israel is Baer arguing against? What may he be trying to correct in his students?
The most striking thing about his book is that Baer feels he has to defend Judaism and the history of the Jews. Some Israelis apparently think that the Jewish tradition is negligible in comparison with the Greek, and he tries to show that this is not so. But there also seem to be some who think that Judaism is negligible in comparison with Christianity; and he has to assert and repeat that in vision, spirituality, and abnegation of self the Rabbis were the equals of the early Christians, let alone the imperial Christians.
A related attitude that Baer finds unacceptable has for its best-known spokesman Mr. Ben Gurion—a love of the Bible accompanied by a distaste for post-Biblical and galut Judaism, one kind of "negation of the Diaspora": ". . . the distant past is closer to us than . . . the last two thousand years. . . . Abraham . . . Moses . . . King David . . . the prophets . . . are closer to us than Rav Ashi . . . Maimonides . . . and in recent times all the Zionist ideologists." To which Baer answers that Rabbinic Judaism is the legitimate successor to Biblical-prophetic Judaism, not inferior and not less important. And since Mr. Ben Gurion admires the Greeks, Baer can make the point that it is post-Biblical Judaism which was affected by Greek thought and example.
To those negators of the Diaspora for whom statehood is the difference between life and a stunted, twilight existence, Baer's answer is that both the rise and the fall of the Second Commonwealth are subordinate incidents in his history. Without a state, to be sure, there may not be a sufficiently bracing challenge to conviction and doctrine; the fittest objects for moral guidance and criticism are the state and the market. Maccabean independence, therefore, as much by the opposition as by the assistance it offered, was helpful, but its disappearance was not fatal. States are not ends, they are useful means and tests of moral perfection. As for galut, it could impose only physical, not spiritual ignominy on the Jews.
To the cosmopolitans, who urge that Israel should seek out the greatest measure of cultural influence from abroad, Baer implicitly gives this advice: receptivity to foreign influence is good, provided that it is discriminating and that the new influence is harmonious or at least compatible with the tradition. Be careful about contemporary foreign culture, because it may be in a state of decadence; an earlier, more nearly classical, phase of the culture may be preferable. In any event, natural absorption is likely to be better than deliberate grafting. Best of all is to bring into being and maintain a spirit that will generate an independent achievement comparable with that of the foreign culture when it was classical. The capacity to do that is the test of Israel's health. Direct Hellenistic influence on the Jews of the early Mishnaic period led to an unprophetic emphasis on the sacrificial cult and to gilding the horns of bullocks in festal processions, while independent creativity produced laws like those of Hellenic Athens.
Against the Orthodox Baer can turn this argument around. The Mishnah combined the old and the new in the right proportions. The Rabbis knew they could not safeguard their heritage by freezing it, and the lesson of the Rabbis is to preserve the tradition by broadening it, creatively to naturalize good influences from the outside.
Finally, Baer dislikes Realpolitik, domestic or foreign. He knows that the best policy cannot always be followed, and even that the best may be the enemy of the more urgent real. But if there are to be departures from the best, Baer wants them to be grudging. Utopians are valuable in their own right. They also remind governors of the distance between the real and the ideal and keep them from becoming too fond of the real. Without the Utopian insistence on an impossibly high morality, public life would decline to an intolerably low reality. In this last point Baer comes closest to a defense of the Magnes-Ihud spirit and the Hebrew University group associated with it.
Professor Baer's concerns are unlikely to cease being topical for some time to come. Obviously, they do not detract from his work as history; Gibbon, Ferrero, and Rostovtzeff also went to the past to discover or prove something about the present. After scholarly debate has made all the necessary corrections and modifications of Baer's thesis and facts, he will still be recognized as a great historian and philosopher of Jewish history.


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For a good three months now, you may have noticed that we're forced to run the same couple of Oscar photos every time we talk about Sandra Bullock because, aside from a couple of carefully orchestrated paparazzi shots, the woman has not made any public appearances. That will all changes though on June 6, when Bullock will appear at the MTV Movie Awards to accept the MTV Generation Award for her "riveting and diverse contributions to the film industry."
Sure, handing the Oscar winner an award in order to lure her into the spotlight for the first time since her husband's sex scandal broke is a clever ploy, but there's no doubt that the crowd will show her some serious love and support. In order to keep the rumormongers and awkward moments at bay, Bullock reportedly will not be doing interviews there, however.
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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Cam Atkinson scored a pair of goals while Brian Gibbons registered a goal and two assists to lift No. 2 Boston College to a 4-0 win over the seventh-ranked University of New Hampshire men's hockey team on Friday night in front of a sellout crowd of 7,824 at Conte Forum.
BC netminder John Muse stopped all 12 shots he faced to improve to 22-5-1, while Matt Di Girolamo (Ambler, Pa.) turned aside 38 shots including 27 in the final two period and falls to 19-8-6 on the year.
UNH, which saw its four-game unbeaten streak snapped, moves to 19-8-6, 17-5-4 in Hockey East. Boston College slid into first place in the league standings with a one-point lead heading into tomorrow's regular-season finale at Whittemore Center (7 p.m.). The Eagles are now 25-7-1, 19-6-1 HE. BC can clinch the regular-season title with a win or a tie tomorrow night, while New Hampshire would take the title with a win.
After clanging the goal pipe three times in the early going, Boston College broke the ice with a power play goal by Brian Gibbons at 8:34 of the first with an assists from Steven Whitney and Joe Whitney. The Eagles controlled play in the frame holding a 12-3 shot edge.
BC doubled its lead in the second as Gibbons stole the puck in the UNH zone and setup Cam Atkinson for a nifty short-handed tally at 9:50 of the period. New Hampshire would generate offensive opportunities in the second half of the frame, but could not crack the scoreboard. The Eagles held a 15-6 shot edge in the period.
The Eagles added a pair of insurance tallies the first coming when Atkinson scored his second of the night after knocking in a loose puck that he batted down in front of the net. The even-strength goal at 9:25 of the third was assisted by Gibbons and Edwin Shea making it 3-0. Bill Arnold would close out scoring with a short-handed goal at 16:06 that was assisted by Gibbons. BC held a 15-3 shot advantage in the final period for a 42-12 edge in the contest.
BC was 1-3 on the power play, while UNH was 0-3 on the extra-skater advantage with the Eagles netting a pair of short-handed goals.
UNH and BC conclude the series in Durham on Saturday night (7 p.m.). The game will serve as the regular-season finale for both teams. For more information about UNH hockey including tickets to the upcoming Hockey East quarterfinals visit UNHWildcats.com.


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Two-tone hair is exactly how it sounds: hair that is two different colors. If you're having a hard time picturing what this hairstyle looks like, search it on the Internet. Christina Aguilera is one celebrity who sports more than one hair color at a time using the two-tone method. If you'd like to try the two-tone hairstyle for yourself, read on to find out how.
Two-tone hair is different from highlights, lowlights and other types of hair coloring jobs because this particular style involves having the top half of the hair one color and the bottom half a different color. Of course, this doesn't mean it's time to mix and match colors. That's the quickest way to make the top of the "worst hairstyle" list. The two-tone look is best when the colors are within the same color family.
There are a number of ways to go about getting the two-tone look at home using a regular hair dye kit but if you're not quite a hair coloring pro, your best bet would be to go to a salon and get it done by a professional stylist. Already a hair coloring guru? Then take a look at these do-it-yourself techniques and let the coloring begin!
The easiest way to prep your hair for two-tone color is to part your hair in a horizontal line around the back of your head, using the top of your ears as reference points. A general rule of thumb is to have the darker color on the bottom half of the hair, with the lighter color on top but feel free to do the opposite.
The first thing to do is apply color to the top of the head. After securing the bottom half of the hair so it doesn't get mixed with the strands you're working on, begin at the center and work your way outwards. When you're done completely coloring the top half of your head, wrap it with a plastic cap and begin coloring the bottom half with your second shade. Once the entire head has been colored, wait the recommend amount of time and rinse the bottom half first (the top half should still be kept in the plastic cap). Afterwards, remove the cap and rinse out the top half.
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WORCESTER, Mass. – Junior Nate Koneski (North Dighton, Mass.) struck out a career-high 10 batters but the Holy Cross baseball team's offense could not find a groove versus Big East foe St. John's as the squad fell 8-2 at Fitton Field. With the result, the Crusaders move to a record of 7-8 while the Red Storm goes to 9-8 season. Koneski pitched six innings, faced 25 batters and allowed four runs on six hits.
Senior Nick Ciardiello (Edison, N.J.) gave the Crusaders their first run in the bottom of the first, extending his hit streak to 11 games and scoring sophomore Alex Maldonado (Brooklyn, N.Y.) on single to the St. John's shortstop. Holy Cross made it a 2-0 game two batters later as junior Steve Tkowski (Bourne, Mass.) hit a sac fly to score senior Jack Laurendeau (Sudbury, Mass.), who also singled in the inning. At the end of the first, the Crusaders had a 2-0 edge, scoring their runs on four hits. Koneski retired nine straight batters after letting up a double in the first at-bat of the game, holding the Red Storm to two hits total and striking out six through the first three innings.
St. John's came back to tie it, 2-2, in the top of the fourth, scoring on a double and then a throwing error by Koneski. The Red Storm then tagged Koneski for two runs on three hits, including two run-scoring doubles, to take a 4-2 lead in the top of the sixth.
Sophomore Tom Marra (Sea Cliff, N.Y.) came in to replace Koneski in the top of the seventh. Holy Cross' offense stuggled, as the Crusaders scattered just two more hits from the second through seventh innings. St. John's then scored three times in the top of the eighth, including a two-run home run to drop Holy Cross back, 7-2. The Red Storm added one last run in the top of ninth while the Crusaders went three up, three down in the bottom half of the innings, falling by the final 8-2 score.
Despite the strong effort from the mound, Koneski falls to 1-3 on the season. St. John's starter, Brendan Lobban, gets credited the win, improving to 3-0 after pitching six innings, allowing two runs on six hits and striking out eight. In all, Holy Cross scored two runs on seven hits and made three errors while the Red Storm scored eight runs on 11 hits.
Holy Cross returns to action on Tuesday, March 22, traveling to its third Big East opponent, UConn. First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m. at J.O. Christian Field in Storrs, Conn.


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Obituaries, January 13, 2014
Joseph Daniel "J.D." Brothers
DURHAM — Joseph Daniel "J.D." Brothers, Jr., 92, died on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at his home in Croasdaile Village. His leaving is hard to imagine since he couldn't pass another human being or enter a room without finding out who you were and leaving you with a joke. J.D. was born on January 29, 1921 in Beaufort County, NC to the late Joseph Daniel Brothers, Sr. and Mary Gertrude Clark. He was the youngest of five loving siblings, having been predeceased by Gladys Rigsbee, Vera Larson, Catherine Wagoner, and Marvin J. Brothers.
A member of the greatest generation, J.D. served the U.S. Army in World War II in Central Europe, Northern France, and at Normandy. His service medals include 4 Bronze Service Stars, a Distinguished Conduct Medal, and a Victory Medal among others. He returned to Smithfield, NC to make his home and entered a long career in the tire business. There he met a beautiful girl who became his best friend, lifelong dance partner and loving wife of 67 years, Lessie Mae Barbour.
J.D. and his brother in law, Stewart Rigsbee, established Rigsbee Tire Sales in Durham where he made many friends and became a 67-year member of the Exchange Club of Durham and was instrumental in establishing Durham Exchange Club Industries. J.D. served as president of the club and was named its most outstanding member in 1953. J.D. was an avid golfer and honed his skills, jokes and friendships on the courses of Willowhaven and Croasdaile.
Hunting and training bird dogs was another love of J.D.'s. The family has fond memories of many tales of shooting quail and deer with his cousin, Harvey Brothers (Mildred) on their family farm in Aurora, NC.
J.D. is survived by the family who adored him, his wife Lessie Barbour Brothers, his daughter, Mona Broadway (Henry) of Durham; son, Joe Brothers (Cindy) of Greenville, SC; grandchildren, David Brothers, Lisa Morton (Peter) and Kristen Pleasants (Will). Great grandchildren include Matthew and Grace Morton and Laney Pleasants.
Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2014 in the Chapel of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service. Rev. Ed Denton and Rev. Johnny Hewitt will officiate. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens.
Friends may visit prior to the service beginning at 1 p.m. at Hall Wynne Funeral Service.
Memorial contributions may be made to Lakewood Baptist Church, 2100 Chapel Hill Road, Durham, NC 27707 or Exchange Family Center 3708 Lyckan Parkway, Suite 103, Durham, NC 27707.
Online condolences www.hallwynne.com.
Patsy "Jean" Ann Kearns Perry
DURHAM — Patsy "Jean" Ann Kearns Perry, departed to be with her lord and savior Jesus Christ on January 9, 2014.
She was a devoted member of Mt. Olive AME Zion Church. She served with the mass choir, the missionary society, the general claims committee, and the laymen's council.
She leaves a husband, Andrew A. Perry Sr., and two children, Andrew A. Perry Jr. and Cynthia L. Perry Garland (Terence D. Garland). Also survived by her mother, Ms. Lillie Mae Kearns, and a sister, Deloris Kearns, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 12 noon with the visitation being held one hour prior to service at Mt. Olive AME Zion Church, 1515 W. Club Blvd., Durham, NC, with the Rev. Karim L. Currey officiating. Burial will be at Beechwood Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Fisher Funeral Parlor.
Jean W. Stott
WILSON — Jean W. Stott, 77, of Wilson passed away Saturday. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner's Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. The Rev. Doug Radford will officiate.
The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Wednesday prior to the service at Joyner's Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway and other times at the home.
Jean is survived by her husband, Guy V. Stott of the home; her daughters, Lisa S. Gammon and husband, Ronnie of Hillsborough and Sharon E. Walker and husband, Tim of Downingtown, PA; her son, Rev. Kevin Stott and wife, Sherry of Bratt, FL; her eight grandchildren; her two great-grandchildren; her sister, Gail W. Norris of Randleman; her brother, Earl Wilson and wife, Janice of Black Creek; her sister-in-law, Sylvia Wilson of Wilson and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Thelma Wilson and her brother, James Wilson.
The family would like to express their thanks to the staff at DaVita Dialysis Center, WilMed Hospice and Dr. Al-Haidary for all they have done. A special thank you to her care giver, Michelle Bryant, for all the love and support she has shown Jean.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be directed to the First Free Will Baptist Church, 4865 Nash Street N.W., Wilson, NC 27896 or the WilMed Hospice Center, 1705 Tarboro Street S., Wilson, NC 27893
Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.


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- 4 restaurants
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Detailed studies on two fossils from Kenya suggest that two of our ancient human relatives lived side-by-side, 1.5 million years ago, rather than evolving one after the other.
The fossils were found seven years ago near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, and now Fred Spoor, from University College London, and his colleagues have studied them in detail.
They both belong to the genus, or group, Homo, the same group modern humans, Homo sapiens, belongs to. One belongs to the species erectus and one to the species habilis .
The first specimen is a well-preserved skull and dating techniques reveal it to be about 1.55 million years old. It is a similar size to the smaller Homo habilis, but shows most of the hallmarks of being Homo erectus.
The second specimen consists of fragments of upper jaw and is dated to 100,000 years later at 1.44 million years old. It has the dental characteristics of H. habilis.
'The two fossils confirm something that had long been suspected,' said Chris Stringer, human origins expert at the Natural History Museum. 'The primitive small-brained species H. habilis (known from East Africa) and the larger-brained and larger-bodied H. erectus (known from various regions of Africa and Asia) overlapped significantly in time, and did not have a simple ancestor-descendant relationship.'
The research suggests H. erectus and H. habilis lived side-by-side in eastern Africa for almost half a million years.
Some scientists have argued that H. habilis evolved gradually into H. erectus but their co-existence makes this unlikely.
'It remains possible that there was evolution from habilis to erectus,' says Chris, 'but as erectus fossils are known from at least 1.75 million years ago, the transition must have been earlier still, and some populations of habilis must have persisted alongside the descendant species Homo erectus for many hundreds of thousands of years.'
The research implies that H. erectus and H. habilis probably had different adaptations and lifestyles. 'Both were apparently stone toolmakers,' adds Chris. 'But one possibility is that the larger and perhaps more mobile erectus species was an active hunter, while habilis scavenged or caught small prey.'
Scientists have debated about the differences between male and female bodies, known as sexual dimorphism, in the species H. erectus .
Some argued H. erectus had similar sexual dimorphism to modern humans, Homo sapiens , where the males on average were only slightly larger than females.
The H. erectus fossil in this new research is the smallest ever found, suggesting this species was not as human-like as once thought.
'The new skull is from an adult, or near adult,' says Chris, 'and yet is much smaller and less strongly reinforced than other similarly-dated erectus skulls. This implies that the species had a high level of dimorphism, more like that of gorillas.'
'In turn, this suggests that male and female erectus may have had very different patterns of behaviour, or that erectus groups had socially dominant male individuals, equivalent to the silverback males found in gorillas.'
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- Greet passengers boarding transportation equipment and announce routes and stops.
- Collect fares from passengers and provide change in return.
- Issue and collect passenger boarding passes and transfers, tearing or punching tickets as necessary to prevent reuse.
- Provide customers with information on routes, gates, prices, timetables, terminals, or concourses.
- Determine or facilitate seating arrangements.
- Adjust window shades or seat cushions at the request of passengers.
- Transport baggage or coordinate transportation between assigned rooms, terminals, or platforms.
- Inspect kitchens or dining areas to ensure adherence to sanitation requirements.
- Clean rooms and bathroom facilities, change linens, and replenish supplies in washrooms.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
- Bar code reader equipment — Barcode scanners
- Barricades — Portable barricades
- Cash registers — Computerized cash registers
- Digital camcorders or video cameras — Digital video cameras
- Emergency medical services first aid kits — First aid equipment
- Flashlight — High-powered flashlights
- Hole punching units — Ticket punches
- Lifts — Mechanical lifts
- Light trucks or sport utility vehicles — Light trucks
- Minivans or vans — Work vans
- Notebook computers
- Power staple guns — Power staplers
- Safety harnesses or belts — Restraining harnesses
- Seatbelts — Vehicle seat belts
- Tie down anchors — Tie downs
- Traffic cones or delineators — Parking control cones
- Traffic signals — Parking signs
- Two way radios — Mobile radios
- Wall anchors — Wheelchair clamping devices
- Wheelchairs
Technology used in this occupation:
- Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Transportation — Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Time Sharing — The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
- Auditory Attention — The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Visual Color Discrimination — The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
Work Activities
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Detailed Work Activities
- Collect fares or payment from customers.
- Provide transportation information to passengers or customers.
- Signal others to coordinate vehicle movement.
- Move materials, equipment, or supplies.
- Record operational or production data.
- Explain regulations, policies, or procedures.
- Assist customers to ensure comfort or safety.
- Verify information or specifications.
- Assist passengers during vehicle boarding.
- Clean facilities or work areas.
- Inspect facilities to ensure compliance with safety, quality, or service standards.
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Work Context
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 80% responded "Every day."
- In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment — 67% responded "Every day."
- Contact With Others — 75% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Time Pressure — 82% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Sitting — 47% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Consequence of Error — 69% responded "Extremely serious."
- Deal With External Customers — 45% responded "Extremely important."
- Outdoors, Exposed to Weather — 58% responded "Every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 43% responded "Extremely important."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 21% responded "Extremely important."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 42% responded "Very important."
- Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People — 27% responded "Every day."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 29% responded "Important results."
- Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 59% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 35% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Telephone — 43% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Physical Proximity — 28% responded "Slightly close (e.g., shared office)."
- Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable — 51% responded "Every day."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 24% responded "Not important at all."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 41% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Exposed to Contaminants — 25% responded "Never."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 35% responded "Very little freedom."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 44% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 39% responded "Less than half the time."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 29% responded "Every day."
- Frequency of Conflict Situations — 40% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
|These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
|Related Experience
|Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include sheet metal workers, forest fire fighters, customer service representatives, physical therapist aides, salespersons (retail), and tellers.
|SVP Range
|(4.0 to < 6.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|High school diploma or equivalent
|Post-secondary certificate
|Some college, no degree
Interest code: RSE
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
- Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
- Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
Work Values
- Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
- Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Related Occupations
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2014)
|$11.24 hourly, $23,380 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2012)
|23,000 employees
|Projected growth (2012-2022)
|Average (8% to 14%)
|Projected job openings (2012-2022)
|State trends
|Top industries (2012)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014 wage data and 2012-2022 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2012-2022). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.


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Difficulty: Very Easy (if you have access to a laser cutter) - I made this at the Techshop SF
Step 1: What you will need.
One sheet of 1/4" acrylic about 15" x 15" (actual thickness 0.23") - $10
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Round head machine screws 6-32 x 2": buy 4 - $0.50 ea
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Nuts 6-32 (0.1" thick): buy 8 - $0.15 ea
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One Acre Cafe, the nonprofit cafe on West Walnut Street where everyone will eat regardless of their ability to pay, has pushed its soft opening back to October.
Renovations to the building remain in full swing. The cafe's army of volunteers is shifting its focus to operations and training. And the community is rallying in support of the $50,000 One Acre Challenge, a startup campaign to help the cafe through its first six months of operation.
As of July 26, $13,174 had been donated. The figure does not include proceeds from Mackie Financial Group's Barnaroo concert held Sept. 6 at Grace Meadows Farm in Jonesborough or pledges being raised by seven area swimmers taking part in the Swim For Them charity event under way at the new Aquatics Center in Kingsport.
"The community is getting behind our One Acre Challenge," Executive Director Jan Orchard said. "We've got $36,825 to go in order to open in October."
At the cafe building at 603 W. Walnut St., many generous in-kind gifts of skilled labor and materials have been received.
John Buff, of Hard Rock Stone and Tile of Piney Flats, installed a new 40-foot circular granite countertop in the serving and reception area Friday. A new stairway, handicap-accessible ramp and porch have been built across the front of the building compliments of Builders First Source, which donated all the lumber. More dining room furniture and kitchen equipment donated by Eastman Chemical Co. has been delivered.
John Maxwell, of Environmental Drain and Plumbing, installed a $3,000 state-of-the-art water heater. Hodge Electrical Contractors teamed up with Marty's Electric to install the cafe's electrical outlets and canned light fixtures. Herman and Beverly Jenkins, of Main Street Cafe in Jonesborough, ordered the cafe's new commercial oven. Allen Carpet and Interior donated carpet for the lounge. Zak's Fine Furniture chipped in $3,500 worth of lounge furniture.
For the front of the cafe, Foster Signs is building a 5-by-10-foot sign and preparing the parking lot for the concrete base that will support it. A group of local paving and curbing companies is working with the city of Johnson City on a beautification plan to improve the cafe's street appearance. Ed Snowden, of Omar Awning, designed and donated an awning for the entrance that will extend down the stairway and into the parking area in the style of high-end metropolitan restaurants.
All total, Orchard said about 1,000 hours of labor have been donated by approximately 100 volunteers.
"The sense of community in the cafe is building," she said. "Everyone who comes to work here feels it's their cafe. It belongs to them and to their community.
"It does feel like the momentum is picking up. People drive by with their heads turned to look and everyone we see tells us they've been watching.
"The community is supporting us and we're anticipating opening in late October, with continued support of the community," she said.
Volunteer workdays at the cafe are held each Saturday. The focus on the cafe's operations has come to the forefront, and a couple of staff training days to be led by two professional restaurant managers are planned for early next month.
Those who wish to help in any capacity are encouraged to watch the One Acre Cafe Facebook page for work projects and training sessions lined up.
Tax-deductible donations may be made through the PayPal link found on the Facebook page or by mail to One Acre Cafe, P.O. Box 3411, Johnson City, TN 37602.
More information about the cafe may be obtained by calling Orchard at 833-8033 or emailing email@example.com, or calling Cafe Administrator Michelle Watts at 218-7900 or emailing email@example.com.