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- Dec 3:
- Fennelly: Josh Freeman's mediocre day too much for Buccaneers to overcome
- Bests and worsts from the Broncos win over the Bucs
- Third quarter doomed Buccaneers' chances vs. Broncos
- Dec 2:
- Broncos roundup: Trindon Holliday big again in beating Bucs
- Mitch Unrein scores improbable TD in Broncos lineup switcheroo
- Trindon Holliday big again for Broncos; Stokley out with hip pain
- Broncos' Robert Ayers wishes team well; Fox gives day off
Here's reason No. 150 why Peyton Manning is a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Back in the day, Moses parted the Red Sea. But only Manning can stop the wave in his home stadium.
Any old MVP candidate can pass for three touchdowns in a 31-23 victory against Tampa Bay. On this particular Sunday, however, Manning told 76,432 Broncomaniacs to sit down and shut up.
And they liked it.
"I'm all for excitement, but in a no-huddle offense, when you are calling something at the line, the quieter the crowd can be, it certainly is helpful," said Manning, explaining why he gestured for fans to behave themselves in mid-wave.
This is Manning's house. Oh, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen might have built it. But it's remarkable how hard and fast the new Denver quarterback has laid down the law around here, especially considering Manning came to town with a noodle arm.
Maybe somebody needs to write down the Manning House Rules. In fact, let's begin now:
1) Thou shalt not covet nachos at the concession stand while the Broncos have the football.
2) Please, before becoming an NFL referee, learn how to count to 12.
3) Be prepared to catch a pass, even while sitting on your rump.
4) Keep quiet when the master is at work. There will be ample time to cheer after Manning reaches the end zone.
5) No visiting team gets out of here alive.
Folks talk about tight windows for quarterbacks at this level. Tight window? There was a touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas where I swear Manning squeezed a football in a space no bigger than a mouse hole.
But it's his quirky football genius that really makes heads shake in disbelief.
There was a moment early in the second quarter, when Manning hurried the Broncos to the line of scrimmage on third down and ordered Knowshon Moreno to run a dive play. Huh? The perplexed reaction of most everybody in the stadium, from beer vendors in the upper deck to coach John Fox on the sideline, seemed to be:
What the heck was Manning thinking?
"When you run the ball and call a dive play on third-and-6 (actually third-and-4), it doesn't make you look real smart if you get 2 yards and have to punt," Manning said.
The savvy quarterback, however, knew he caught the Bucs with 12 defenders on the field. The problem? It appeared nobody in the joint had spotted the infraction except Manning.
"You mean including the referees?" Manning said.
Scurrying from sideline to sideline in search of justice, Manning pleaded with the officials, begged offensive coordinator Mike McCoy to challenge the play and even called aerial photographs into evidence to make the case.
Manning fought the law. And Manning won. Upon further review, it was first down, Broncos.
Among Manning's 27 completions for 242 yards against Tampa Bay, it was hard to pick a favorite. But the wackiest one happened during Denver's first possession after halftime.
Needing a yard on third down, Manning scrambled from the pocket, high-stepping it in the direction of the visitors' bench. Let's put it this way: As dancers go, nobody compares Manning with Jennifer Lopez.
But speaking of a famous booty, Moreno fell on his duff while running his route. Yet some way, somehow, with X-ray vision that would do Superman proud, Manning spotted Moreno and completed a delicate touch pass to a teammate who was sitting on the grass.
As Manning ducked out of bounds at the conclusion of the play, he unexpectedly came face-to-face with Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano.
"That's the first time I've ever had an opposing coach tell me that was a good play in the middle of the game," Manning said. "So I appreciated the compliment."
Schiano excitedly patted Manning on the helmet, the way you see a coach applaud a peewee QB in Pop Warner League.
"He's a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and there's a reason why," Schiano said.
Manning is a perfectionist. He sets high standards for teammates, fans and even ink-stained wretches. Has any player in NFL history turned scrunching his face with displeasure into such an art form? After disappointing Manning with more than my share of inane questions, I can only imagine how bad Eric Decker feels when dropping a pass.
It's cool, though. Manning only scolds the ones he loves.
And if we follow Manning's lead, there just might be enough room for every single Broncomaniac in the back seat of his Buick, for a ride all the way to the Super Bowl.
This is Manning's house. Wipe your feet before entering, and kindly memorize all the house rules ASAP.
You never know when there will be a pop quiz.
Mark Kiszla: 303-954-1053, email@example.com or twitter.com/markkiszla


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Development in Rural Areas
In response to the extreme poverty and isolation facing rural communities of northern Mozambique, AKF created the Coastal Rural Support Programme in the province of Cabo Delgado in 2001.
To date, the programme has worked in partnership with the communities to improve the livelihoods of approximately 25,000 households. It has supported agricultural training and provided an array of inputs that offer alternatives to the slash-and-burn subsistence farming methods employed by local populations. The programme currently works in over 190 villages in five districts and supports more than 25,000 households to improve their quality of life.
As in programmes of the Aga Khan Foundation in Asia and East Africa, the essential building blocks for sustainable development remain the village organisation. Over 60 Village Development Organisations (VDOs), formed with assistance from AKF, are currently active in the programme area. The VDOs mobilise community resources, identify priorities and resolve problems.
One of the first priorities identified by many VDOs was finding markets for surplus production. Without markets for their goods, farmers were reluctant to produce surpluses - a reluctance that resulted in the stifling of economic exchange.
To resolve this problem, the Foundation has integrated marketing into its rural development programme. It has fostered the establishment of farmers' cooperatives by linking maize, sesame and rice farmers with agri-businesses in Pemba and Nampula. On Ibo Island, it has linked fruit and vegetable farmers with restaurants and hotels on the mainland. It has also worked to solve a major impediment to trade - transport - by arranging for alternative methods (in some cases, buyers provide the transport) of bringing goods to market.
Agricultural and Marine Productivity Gains
Marketing efforts have gone hand in hand with projects designed to increase agricultural output and quality, which have helped to boost agricultural earnings from US$30,000 in 2005 to US$600,000 in 2006. The efforts have encompassed:
Food Security
An internal mid-term evaluation in 2008 confirmed many successes in the programme's interventions. The number of households eating one meal or less per day (during the "hungry" season) fell from 24 percent in 2003 to 18 percent in 2008.
Also during the hungry season, the number of households with an acceptable diet rose from nine percent in 2003 to 24 percent in 2008. While only 13 percent of households were sending their children to primary school in 2003, 67 percent now report that their boys and girls are attending schools. Whereas almost no pre-schools existed prior to CRSP(M)'s interventions, now 13 percent of households send their children to the over 70 pre-schools in the programme area.
Vaccination levels have increased dramatically since 2003, with large increases in the number of children immunised from illnesses such as polio and measles. Also, the percentage of children sleeping under bed nets rose to 49 percent from 7 percent in 2003.
Habitat Initiative
With the focus on improving the quality of life of communities, the Habitat Initiative - a programme within CRSP(M) - is facilitating communities' ability to undertake significant improvements to their built environment.
Housing in the project area is largely of poor quality, lacking sufficient light, ventilation and vulnerable to environmental elements. Typically, houses here have an average lifespan of only five years, often deteriorating rapidly because of failing roofs. By working with rural community organisations to build 15 ecologically- constructed learning centres, the initiative is drawing on traditional techniques and developing innovative skills that improve the use and encourage the sustainability of naturally available materials. For example, communities are being taught how to create improved bamboo framing systems by treating the bamboo with cashew oil to avoid pest attacks, and forming the bamboo into strong beams in order to create larger, more durable structures.
In order to enhance community knowledge and skills, community groups are involved closely in the planning, design and construction of the learning centres. The initiative is also supporting the creation of local ecological building construction associations as well as entrepreneurs in order to meet future demand, thereby enhancing economic opportunities as well as promoting improved structures in the region.
Entrepreneur Development Initiative
Established in 2007, the Entrepreneur Development Initiative (EDI) takes a market development approach to facilitate the development of micro and small enterprises. EDI acts as a knowledge broker and a capacity builder, employing a small team of market development specialists to build on the potential of producers, entrepreneurs, and private sector support systems in northern Mozambique.
EDI focuses on research and learning, and conducting value chain analysis in strategic sub-sectors and invests in local capacity to provide market support services and capitalise on emerging opportunities by training both its own staff and promising partners in the private sector, other NGOs and government. EDI works in various sectors and sub-sectors to engage in and facilitate the provision of services at key points along the value chains of these sectors. It provides both direct services as well as facilitating linkages to ensure access to appropriate inputs as well as buyers.
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Dear Kalamazoo,
I can't thank you enough for selecting The Submission for your Reading Together program, and even more, for the hospitality you showed me. It was wonderful to spend a couple days in a city that combines the warmth of a small town with the vibrancy of a cultural center.
And what readers! I almost fell over when I met a book club who had spent four hours discussing my novel, give or take a little time spent on the carrot cake. And who caught a tiny change I had made between the hardcover and paperback versions. When I spoke, the audience's energy was palpable and their questions stimulating. And seeing the student art inspired by The Submission and displayed at the library was among the most inspiring experiences I've had since publishing my book.
Both the community and the library staff have my admiration and gratitude for doing so much to support readers and writers. The ideas for programming for Reading Together were brilliant, and I wish I could have attended.
I'm working hard on my next book so I can get back to Kalamazoo...
All best
Amy Waldman
Anyone who has struggled with grief may share in the disconnected and disorienting place it can be. The death of a loved one or good friend whether it is impending and expected, or tragic and sudden, can bring emotions that seem impossible to navigate. This presentation looked at the variety of ways art may serve to navigate that experience and move through grief individually and as a community. The panelists wove a common thread through how art, whether a community memorial or a personal pencil sketch, may facilitate the grieving process. Death and dying is such a phenomena that human beings no matter how matured are left dumbfounded; art as an expression of grief acknowledges the loss. This may be the first step to acceptance and healing. Art has the ability to acknowledge and share the grieving experience. Studies have shown that communities where people feel connected and supported have higher qualities of life and health. Perhaps there is a correlation between those societies and communities who create memorials to commemorate and thereby acknowledge the grief experienced by those directly affected. In so doing the memorial, the sculpture, the painting, by acknowledging the life and death experienced we are creating greater connection and a deeper sense of community.
~ Norm Hamann Jr, Reading Together Steering Committee
Knowing that not everyone is affected by tragedy in the same way it was important for me to find a balance between sentiment and honor. I feel it's important for people to be able to mourn in their own time, openly if they need to, and for a community to acknowledge its history and its tragedies.
~ Brent Harris, sculptor, commissioned to create the Eric Zapata Memorial in honor of the Kalamazoo Public Safety officer shot and killed in the line of duty in 2011.
On Thursday evening, March 28, at 7 pm in the Van Deusen Room of the Kalamazoo Public Library, the Kalamazoo County Public Arts Commission will collaborate with Reading Together by presenting a panel of its past and present members to discuss how it is that public art could engender controversy.
All the internal discussions an individual might have with her/himself about a work of art—I like it, I hate it, I get it, I don't get it, my kindergartner could do it, it offends me, etc.—have the potential to be heightened when it's a work of public art. Here in Kalamazoo, classes are taught and conversations – formal and informal, are held on this subject. Who knew?!
And questions arise:
Big questions. The panel (speaking from the members' own perspectives rather than on behalf of the Public Arts Commission) won't be providing definitive answers. But it will delve into the questions, and provide some insights into those factors which influence the individual and community perceptions of public art. The moderator will be Sarah Lindley, a practicing visual artist and Associate Professor of Art and Department Chair at Kalamazoo College. She discusses these issues in her classes at K College.
The panel is composed of:
I hope you'll be able to join us.
~Martha Aills, Member, Reading Together Steering CommitteeMember, Kalamazoo County Public Arts Commission
In 1981, a competition was announced for the creating of the Vietnam War Memorial. Over 1,400 artists, architects, architecture firms, sculptors, landscape designers, community groups, and everyday citizens anonymously summited posterboard concept drawings for consideration. A blue ribbon panel of architects, artists, scholars, and historians culled out 1,000 of the entries in the first cut. A day later, they winnowed the entries to 200. After debate and consideration, one submission rose to the top, a minimalist slash of polished black stone wall featuring the names of all the 58,272 soldiers who died in the Vietnam War. The name and address of the selected designer was summoned. One of the professors on the panel recognized the street address of the submitter as undergraduate housing at Yale University. The creator of the winning entry was a 21-year-old architecture student working alone in her dorm room: Maya Lin.
I'm glad I read The Submission before learning the history and controversy surrounding the design and installation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. I better understand Mohammad Khan's unwavering character in The Submission after watching the 1994 documentary, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision. Lin, diminutive and soft spoken, had to stand up to fierce congressional hearings with her strong, clear vision of a memorial focused on the true costs of war: human lives. Opponents to her design felt her memorial was a black hole in the ground hidden away from an embarrassed nation. Instead, they said it should be towering, pure white with American flags and bald eagles rising. The young Lin calmly stuck to her ideals, insisting that art sometimes pushes the boundaries of tradition. In the end, a compromise came about, not by changing Lin's original design but by adding a subtle gateway entrance featuring an American flag and Frederick Hart's sculpture The Three Soldiers.
As an elementary student in the 1970s, I was not taught about the Vietnam War. When I was in middle school in the rural Midwest at the time of the 1981 memorial development, I was unaware of the controversies of the Vietnam Memorial, let alone having an understanding of what that war was about. Since then, I've visited the memorial, commonly called The Wall, three times. The first time was with a gaggle of high school classmates. We approached The Wall not from its intended entrance but from a vantage point where I could see the whole wall from a distance. It didn't move me.
The second time I visited The Wall was on a sightseeing hike as I tried to cover as much ground as possible to experience Washington, DC via some kind of see-all-the-sights checklist.
It wasn't until my third visit, properly not in a hurry, at night, entering through the traditional entrance that the power of The Wall hit me full force. Such a simple concept: walk along the wall where it starts out knee-high then see it rise above you at the height of the conflict. It had a similar effect on me to walking a meditative labyrinth, slowing casting away our outside world as we step in to the depths of contemplation, nearly swallowed by the power and presence of The Wall. I've never been so moved by a memorial.
I encourage you to visit the National Mall to experience Maya Lin's masterpiece and appreciate this tribute to our fallen citizens and to American values of fairness to all who choose to enter submissions.
~Jim Ratliff, Librarian, Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeArcadia Commons Campus
Last fall, Amy Waldman won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction. Those of you who were able to take part in Waldman's visits to Kalamazoo last week will certainly understand how she became the winner of this prize sponsored by the Susan B. Anthony Institute that promotes promising new authors. As the winner of this prize, Waldman joins quite a prominent collection of previous winners including Anne Tyler, Ann Patchett, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Toni Morrison. So if you haven't read The Submission, I encourage you to do so and discover a promising, new author who just might become a favorite.
~Judith J. Bosshart, Library Director T. F. Reed Memorial LibraryDavenport University
I think we can say with a high degree of confidence that the loss of innocence to one degree or another has been the collateral damage for all of us following 9-11. Maybe innocent is not the word that would spring to mind when those around the globe would think to describe the US. But I'm thinking of all the people who left their homes to go to work on that morning in September thinking that as on any other average day, they would return.
In my mind, as I read Amy Waldman's book, this brutal tearing away of innocence was illustrated through her characters over and over again. We are no longer the Norman Rockwell nation of the four freedoms if we include being tucked in bed with the freedom from fear. This is now a world where a garden isn't just a garden, hijabs are torn from women's heads, and even Claire who led the charge for Mo's design trips up against the complications of that truth in this new world of fear.
Mo grew up believing and living a life as any privileged American young man with great expectations of achievement and the assumption that the constructs of the country we live in "has our back". Only such a blind spot of innocence would have enabled him to presume he could submit a memorial design judged on its merit alone, irrespective of his new post 9-11 self. Could that pre 9-11 Khan imagine that his design could unleash the spiral of events that would lead to Asma's stabbing? Is this where we assess guilt and innocence? Or should we lay this at the feet of the media ("The press! They killed her!") ? Alyssa, making her way as a young scrappy journalist, is telling the story, or any story just to keep her job. Did she have the least idea of what power she had to change the course of lives?
An image that I felt very compelling near the end of the book describes men in prayer (p318) – "rears hoisted in the air and their socked soles exposed had made him wince for their dignity…" the ultimate submission.
Being a child who grew up in the 50's I can remember being in a similar position in elementary school, under our desks, we all were covering our heads in a futile position against a potential nuclear attack. How innocent we were, and now as we submit to the indignities of travel, peeling off clothing, exposing bare feet and submitting to crucifix style xrays believing this too will keep us safe.
~Jeanne Grubb, Donor Relations Officer Kalamazoo Community Foundation
I hope you had a chance to hear Amy Waldman this week, either at her thought-provoking talk on Tuesday evening about writing The Submission, or perhaps at Kalamazoo College on Wednesday when she dug a little deeper into the topic of writing fiction versus writing as a journalist. Maybe you even had the opportunity to ask her questions during the live web chat she graciously agreed to do at MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette. Whether or not you were fortunate enough to hear her speak, I'm happy to report that Kalamazoo is the richer for having had Amy in our midst.
Her authenticity, her sense of humor, her vulnerability, and her honest approach to writing fiction and continually learning something new in the process, all affirm what the selection committee has always known to be true: that our community conversation about a specific book, the hallmark of Reading Together, can only be heightened by having the opportunity to meet the author and learn more about her motivation and life experiences. Amy Waldman is no exception.
Amy's visit is the springboard for many more events coming up in the next month. Please keep the momentum going and join us!
Amy Waldman will be arriving in Kalamazoo today and speaking tonight at 7pm in Kalamazoo Central High School Auditorium. Hopefully that's not the first you're hearing of her visit, unlikely if you are reading this blog, but if it is, what great timing!
The Reading Together author event kicks of a month of great programming and has always deepened my understanding of the selected book and how and why it came to be. I'm sure this year's event will not disappoint. Each year I look forward to learning more about the authors writing process and hearing how they talk about and present the book and how their perspective tweaks my own. I also look forward to hearing unexpected details from the author. There is usually some hidden aspect of the publishing process or unforeseen literary challenge that is brought up during the talk that surprises me. These unexpected moments are often elicited by great questions from the audience at the end of the prepared talk and that spontaneity is part of what makes the Q&A one of my favorite parts of each year's program.
One area of publishing that you don't often hear authors talk about is book jacket design. But like it or not, the wrong jacket can doom a great book from the beginning, and so jackets matter. As a teaser in anticipation of tonight's unexpected moments you can read Amy Waldman and designer Rodrigo Corral comment on The Submission's cover. See you all tonight!
A couple people have recently asked how to find and participate in a discussion about The Submission. While we have a calendar of book discussions that are open to the public (and we add more as we learn about them), in actuality, any Reading Together event you may attend in the next 5 to 6 weeks will be an opportunity to discuss the book.
For instance, during Art Hop this Friday, March 1, you're likely to hear from some local high school students about which themes of the book influenced their digital creations and/or theatrical readings. And of course, Kalamazoo Central High School's auditorium will be filled on Tuesday, March 5 with people who have read the book and who want to hear directly from author Amy Waldman about what inspired and guided her as she wrote The Submission.
Please join us in welcoming Amy to Kalamazoo and in continuing this month-long book discussion. After all, that's what Reading Together is all about!
A line late in The Submission points to what I feel may be a great truth: "It's almost like we fight over what we can't settle in real life through symbols. They're our nation's afterlife" (332). Several separate strands about our country and the world flow through my mind as I ponder this quote.
First, there is so much in life that we can't control that we try to take super control of tangential things. This seems apparent with the after-Newtown struggles about gun control. We want so much to keep our children safe, and there is no way to ensure their safety, so we fight over who should have guns, as if one answer will take care of the problem. We argue and picket about gun control and mental health, whether or not children should be vaccinated, and what is appropriate for children to eat at what age—and these are all areas that need our attention, but in our hearts we know that none of those things can fully protect our children. In The Submission, the characters struggle with what the 9/11 monument should be, almost as if the perfect monument could in some way erase the tragedy. How do you protect all of the children? How do you make a monument that gives everyone a sense of peace and closure?
In the end, it is really only William who finds closure and that is with a small cairn in a faraway garden. We need symbols. We need closure. We need to feel we're doing everything we can, but all too often "everything we can," as in The Submission, falls short of anyone's lofty goals. And symbols, however needed and important they may be, are certainly not what I hope for when I think of our nation's afterlife.
Second, along somewhat the same vein, I was caught by the number of times "who wins" is either stated or implied in the novel. This is what I fear more than settling for symbols. Everything has become a contest, and losers do not graciously concede and work together with winners. It is like we say "I may not have won, but I sure can make you sorry you did. If I am not on your side, no idea you have can have merit, and I will oppose you with my every breath." What we may end up with is a metaphorical plaza of flags, solutions that work for no one. Perhaps it is time to stop taking sides, stop keeping score of winners and losers and do something more meaningful for our national afterlife.
~Sherry Ransford-Ramsdell


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Munich Fabric Start Gets ReadyThe next edition of Munich Fabric Start is warming up its engines before rushing ahead between 5 and 7 February 2013 and disclosing fabric and accessory anteprimas for S/S 2014. The beauty and diversity of fabrics are the key themes for this edition, and the new motto will be "Beauty Full". Over 840 international exhibitors will present their latest developments and ideas in Munich's MOC Centrum. The show expects about 20,000 visitors, most of which will be industry professionals and designers.
The show will host a new exclusive cooperation partner - C.L.A.S.S. (Creativity, Lifestyle and Sustainable Synergy), an international platform known for both its valuable archive of ecof-riendly fabrics and its activity regarding new initiatives that combine fashion, design, innovation and sustainability. On 5 February between 11 and 12 am, at Eco Village/Foyer 4, C.L.A.S.S. has organized the round table "Design Responsibility".
The Blue Zone, the denim-focused section of the show hosted inside the Zenith Hall on 5 and 6 February, will host 55 exhibitors showcasing their newest fabric and treatment developments. On 5 February at 12pm, in Bluezone, in the Central Trend Area, the round table "Tomorrow's Denim Market in Germany: a value chain insight into consumers' trends" will take place. The initiative organized by Isko and supported by Sportswear International as media partner will be followed by a working lunch - read more here. on sportswearnet.com.
On 6 February at 2 pm. Alexandra Perschau, Future of Cotton, will give a lecture in the Eco Village on "Better cotton compared to organic cotton - the market situation and relevance". On that same day at 3pm Manfred Santen, Greepeace, will also discuss about the future of the outdoor clothing industry within the lecture "Chemistry for every day".
On the night of 6 February, at 6.30, the Munich Fabric Start Night will take place at the Kesselhaus location, opposite the Zenith hall.
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The Supreme Court and the Battle for Second Amendment Rights
Recorded: Thursday, July 22, 2010
In June 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment individual right to keep and bear arms with its Heller v. District of Columbia decision. Two years later, in June 2010, a second historic decision squeezed through the highest court in the land.
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook, Donald E. J. Kilmer Jr.Type: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Gun Control, History (U.S), Law Enforcement, Litigation, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Race Issues
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Recorded: Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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For more than a century U.S. foreign policywhether conducted by Democrats or Republicanshas been based on the assumption that Americans interests are served best by intervening abroad to secure markets, fight potential enemies far from American shores, or engage in democratic nation building. But, what is the record of such policies, including now in Iraq?
Experts: Carl P. Close, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, James L. Payne, Edward P. StringhamType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy
Bureaucracy vs. The Environment: What Should Be Done?
Recorded: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
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Environmental quality has been a major public concern since the first Earth Day in 1970, yet the maze of environmental regulations enacted since has fostered huge government bureaucracies better known for waste and failure than for innovation and success.
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Cathy Crowley's 18 year-old son bought a shotgun and that weekend, the Maine youth killed himself. Cathy went to the store to find out how her son could buy a weapon so easily. They said that selling her son a gun was legal, and, if she didn't like it, she should try and change the law. So, Cathy said she'd do just that. This is her story.
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The circuit was designed for overtaking. Slow curves of varying degrees are set at the end of each straight and drivers have to be alert to attacks launched on the inside. The progression along the circuit is constant as there are no chicanes or series of identical curves to slow artificially lap times. A little like Magny Cours, Adria presents a tough test through a carefully planned layout.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina can't go to a bowl. If Georgia Tech doesn't get rolling soon, the Yellow Jackets aren't going anywhere, either.
Coach Paul Johnson's team looks to continue its march toward bowl eligibility -- and maybe even the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game -- Saturday when Georgia Tech faces the Tar Heels in a pivotal Coastal Division matchup.
The Yellow Jackets (4-5, 3-3) can play their way into their third league title game since 2006 with two wins and some help. But if they don't win two of their last three, they'll miss the postseason for the first time since 1996.
The Tar Heels (6-3, 3-2) can't go to a bowl because of NCAA sanctions against the program. But they can play spoiler in the division race.
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Soccer governing body Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) said there is a need for the federation to start investigations on allegations that some referees receive bribes to favor some teams.
Speaking recently , TFF information officer Boniface Wambura said recently they have been receiving many complaints that some referees do receive money to affect the results of some premier league games .
And he said his body is treating the allegations very seriously and will soon start investigating to find the truth on the matter.he asked all stakeholders to cooperate with the federation so that they can end the practice .
Wambura remarks has come at a time when many soccer lovers and some football coachers have been complaining that some referees receive bribes to influence results mainly those involving big teams .
Recently Villa squad head coach, Habibu Kondo openly said some referees receive bribes to favor premier league teams Simba , Yanya and AZAM football clubs .
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" We have been reciving this complaints for along time now and we think time has come for us to act , what is more worrying is that there are some individuals implicated in the syndicate " he said
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Artist Lecture Series - Carrie Will
Art photographer Carrie Will is the first speaker in the upcoming 2014-15 Artist Lecture Series at Sage College of Albany, co-sponsored by Opalka Gallery and the Department of Art + Design.
Date: Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Opalka Gallery - Albany Campus
Contact: Sean Hovendick, 518-292-1808, email@example.com
Carrie Will is a photographer and a New York native. Her camera always seems to aim at the people and the relationships in her life, past and present. Photolucida named Carrie one of the top 50 photographers in 2012 via the Critical Mass competition. Will's work is held in various permanent collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC and The University Art Museum in Albany, NY. Her work has also been seen in many galleries nationally and internationally, most notably at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, Michael Foley Gallery in NYC and the Australian Center for Photography. Her most recent art shows include a solo show at SRO Art Gallery in Texas and a DIY solo show on the streets of Troy, NY where she exhibited her most recent work, We Love Bikes, which was funded by New York State Council for the Arts and the Arts Center of the Capital Region.
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Rome has always been Italy's go-to city for epic evening adventures. Whether it's a romantic rooftop drink, dinner in a boisterous restaurant, or dancing into the wee hours, Roman nightlife has always been a scene set for a movie.
Director Federico Fellini immortalized nocturnal Rome in his many films about life in the Eternal City. Satyricon showcased Lucullan all-night banquets
(and some more naughty entertainments) of the days of the emperors, while La Dolce Vita flaunted nightclubs and paparazzi of the city's Hollywood-on-the-Tiber era. And as the director lovingly showed in Fellini's Roma, the city's streets and piazzas offered the best place for parties and alfresco dinners. Many visitors would agree with Fellini: Rome, the city, is entertainment enough. The city's piazzas, fountains, and delicately colored palazzos make impressive backdrops for Rome's living theater. And Rome is a flirt, taking advantage of its spectacular cityscape, transforming ancient, Renaissance, and contemporary monuments into settings for the performing arts, whether outdoors in summer or in splendid palaces and churches in winter. Held at locations such as Villa Celimontana, Teatro dell'Opera, the Baths of Caracalla, or the church of Sant'Ignazio, the venue often steals the show.
Of all the performing arts, music is what Rome does best to entertain people, whether it's opera, jazz, or disco. The cinema is also a big draw, particularly for Italian-language speakers, and there's a fantastic array of other options. Toast the sunset with prosecco while overlooking a 1st-century temple. Enjoy an evening reading in the Roman Forum or a live performance of Shakespeare in the Globe theater in Villa Borghese park. Top off the night in your choice of Rome's many bars and dance clubs. When all else fails, there's always late-night café-sitting, watching the colorful crowds parade by on a gorgeous piazza—it's great fun, even if you don't speak the language. Little wonder Rome inspired Fellini to make people-watching into an art form in his famous films.
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Elmo, Zoe, Rosita and friends are making a beautiful block house, but can't agree whether to put a square or circle on top. Alan helps them solve the problem by having them raise their hands for the one they like best. After counting up the votes, the square wins by one.
Later, Zoe and Elmo want to sing a song. Zoe wants to sing "Twinkle Twinkle," but Elmo wants to sing "Row, Row Your Boat." Voting helped solve the problem last time, but this time it's a tie. Alan explains that since both sides have the same number of votes they need one more voter to decide which one wins.
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19 Feb. 2013
Interview: Woolmark's Rob Langtry on the Woolmark International Prize
Having helped to launch the careers of Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent in the 1950s, the International Woolmark Prize is of quite some standing. Re-launched this year, the Australian award held its 2013 final during London Fashion Week on Saturday 16 February. Belgian designer Christian Wijnants was crowned the winner, wowing judges including Donatella Versace, Diane von Furstenberg, Franca Sozzani and Tim Blanks with his innovative single-yarn Merino Wool garments. As part of the prize, he received the sum of $100,000 AUD as well as the opportunity to stock his wares at notable stockists including Harvey Nichols, Bergdorf Goodman and 10 Corso Como.
To learn more about the project and the wool techniques employed by Christian Wijnant and his fellow finalists, we caught up with Rob Langtry, chief strategy and marketing advisor, AWI/ Woolmark International.
The International Woolmark Prize has been praised for supporting young talent. In what way does it benefit Woolmark?
The prize allows us to introduce emerging talent to wool, the versatility of which is not known to some designers. Many mistakenly think it's warm, itchy and heavy but perceptions quickly change once they have been introduced properly to the fibre; designers are often surprised to discover how versatile wool is, and how many properties it really has.
How did the 2013 edition of the award take shape, and in what way did you work with the designers to help them achieve the array of wool techniques used?
After a global search spanning twelve months and involving over seventy emerging designers, six made the cut – Dion Lee (Australia); Ban Xiao Xue (China); Christian Wijnants (Belgium); Pankaj and Nidhi (India); DRESSEDUNDRESSED (Japan) and Sophie Theallet (USA). We worked closely with the designers to help them source the type of fabric or yarn they had in mind for the pieces within their collections. It was fascinating to see the wide variety of different interpretations the finalists came up with.
Lucky winner of the International Woolmark Prize: Christian Wijnants and his designs
All finalists displayed incredible level of innovation. The style of Dion Lee, for example, has a particular look and feel that is very different to that of Wijnants, and he was able to use wool to create some very interesting semi-sculpted silhouettes. Meanwhile, Pankaj and Nidhi opted to use wool in a completely different way by maximising the impression you can get with colour saturation. It is often assumed that wool is a dull and dark fabric, but the Indian duo proved the opposite by drawing on their ethnic influences and injecting it into a range of wool garments, showing that wool can very much make a colourful statement. It was also interesting to see some designers using techniques that haven't been around much for fifteen or twenty years.
Which techniques have been rediscovered, and why do they appeal to young designers?
While there is plenty of wool jersey on the market today, felted wool has been more scarce; but this is obviously about to change as a lot of young designers are rediscovering the benefits of fabrics such as felted wool, which has an inherent structure and integrity to it while it is also breathable.
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Sporty. Modern. Feminine. Maurice Lacroix's Miros Collection represents the ultimate in ladies watches, with a heady mixture of verve and finesse. Its esthetic, carefully cultivated down to the smallest detail, reveals a watch that is both delicate and full of energy. A multitasker, like the woman who wears it will be sure to impose its style, whatever the circumstances. With its curved, clean lines and petulant temperament, the Miros Chronographe Ladies watch fits on the wrist like a second skin. It is ultra-modern and versatile, available with a white leather strap or a steel bracelet, and is a 38mm-diameter twin to the brand's masculine chronographs. Designed to be worn by day or by night, with jeans or with an evening gown, this is a watch that, whether gem-set or otherwise, can adapt to every situation, as a companion in your daily routine or a partner for a chic evening engagement.
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Organizations produce piles of documents, images and other information electronically. The location of this information is a time consuming task. Users tend to file papers and to save documents in folders on their own computers. Nobody knows what information is across the company and what information is needed
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Is U.S. Justice Broken?
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From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
Experts: David D. Friedman, Alex Kozinski, Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement
Edward López with David Theroux on the New Book, The Pursuit of Justice
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
Independent Institute Research Fellow Edward Lopéz, Associate Professor of Law and Economics at San Jose State University and editor of the new Institute book The Pursuit of Justice, talks with Institute President David Theroux about the faulty incentives at the heart of government legal failures and whether market-based alternatives can provide viable solutions to the serious problems caused by the bureaucratization and politicization of the law.
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The Supreme Court and the Battle for Second Amendment Rights
Recorded: Thursday, July 22, 2010
In June 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment individual right to keep and bear arms with its Heller v. District of Columbia decision. Two years later, in June 2010, a second historic decision squeezed through the highest court in the land.
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook, Donald E. J. Kilmer Jr.Type: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Gun Control, History (U.S), Law Enforcement, Litigation, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Race Issues
David Theroux on the Arizona Immigration Law
Recorded: Thursday, July 15, 2010
David Theroux discusses the Arizona immigration law on The Neil Asbury Show.
Experts: David J. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Immigration, Law Enforcement
William Watkins on NPRs Talk of the Nation Discussing Supreme Court Nominations
Recorded: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
With the hearings on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, Research Fellow William J. Watkins, Jr., was interviewed on NPRs Talk of the Nation to discuss how to revise the nomination and selection process of Supreme Court Justices, based on his recent article in the Washington Examiner, A role for the people in judicial selection.
Experts: William J. Watkins Jr.Type: RadioIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Litigation, Politics
Robert Higgs on Booms, Busts and Bad Predictions
Recorded: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Robert Higgs is interviewed here by Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio. They discuss the economic baloney of mainstream economists, the failure of most to understand the potential for mass inflation given the money supply currently sitting around in bank reserves, the reality of the business cycle and the politicians and medias failure to grasp it, and why none of us should make sweeping predictions about how the future will unfold, even if we do understand economics, since human action and the flexibility of markets are impossible to quantify.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Banking and Finance, Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Politics
Ivan Eland on Henry Paulsons Accusation
Recorded: Monday, February 1, 2010
Originally aired on 2/1/10 on Russia Today. Senior Fellow Ivan Eland comments on former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's allegation that Russia attempted to undermine the American economy shortly before the global recession.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
A Gala for Liberty: Special Tribute from Ron Paul
Recorded: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The Independent Institutes 25th Anniversary with Congressman Ron Paul and Independent Institute President David J. Theroux.
Experts: Ron Paul, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Freedom, History (U.S), Political Ideology and Philosophy
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Full Video of The Independent Institutes 2011 25th Anniversary Gala for Liberty held November 15, 2011.
Part 1: Introductory Remarks and Tribute to Robert Higgs
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Part 3: History of The Independent Institute and Fund for the Future
Part 4: Tribute to Lech Walesa
Part 5: Special Tributes, Sponsors, and Credits
Experts: Leszek Balcerowicz, Price V. Fishback, Robert Higgs, Ron Paul, Jorge Quiroga, David J. Theroux, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, Mario Vargas Llosa, Lech Wałęsa, Yuri Yarim-AgaevType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Government Power, History (International), History (U.S), Latin America, Nationalism, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Privatization, Property Rights, Terrorism and National Crises
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Recorded: Thursday, September 29, 2011
Independent Institute President David Theroux speaks with John Stossel of Fox Business Networks Stossel discussing What if libertarians were in charge?
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At the heart of social work is service to others, and in that dimension, Keuka College senior Nakita Simons sets the standard.
Praised as a natural-born leader, the Prattsburgh resident and social work major coordinates so many special projects for non-profit agencies and organizations between home and school that it can be hard to keep them all straight. For her multitude of service, Simons was recently named one of six student Social Workers of the Year at a regional chapter event for the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). The NASW award recognizes social work students in the New York State Chapter's Genesee Valley Division who have made significant contributions in the field.
According to Stephanie Craig, associate professor of social work and chair of the College Division of Social Work, Simons "is versatile, dedicated and one of the most diligent new social workers to enter this field. She's got a lot of social work insight that has just really blossomed and developed through her experience here."
Just how much does Simons serve? Well, she delivers holiday food baskets for the needy and serves at a bake sale fundraiser for the Howard Union Church. She coordinates Christmas gift deliveries through the Angel Tree project and runs twice-monthly volunteer support at Milly's Pantry in Penn Yan for the College's Association of Future Social Workers (ASFW) chapter. The ASFW members also host an annual Hunger Banquet to raise awareness of poverty, and assist the Branchport-Keuka Park Fire Department with their annual Halloween party for local children.
As president of Phi Alpha Theta, the College honors society for social work students, Simons coordinates all fundraising and community service work for the group. The newest venture, slated for April, will be conducting service work on behalf of veterans at the Bath VA Medical Center, she said. Back on campus, Phi Theta Alpha has also given a presentation on veterans' issues, including mental illness, homeless rates, and other needs. In addition, Simons has served three years as a New Student Orientation (NSO) mentor, logging extra hours on her own to take new freshmen under her wing and show them skills for success.
In addition, Simons, who also served as a biology tutor, maintains a 3.9 grade point average, said Craig who attended the NASW awards banquet with Simons last week.
And the NASW award is not the only one. Simons boasts another prestigious accomplishment: earning a BSW Child Welfare Scholarship from New York's Social Work Education Consortium. The scholarship carries a two-year employment contract as a child welfare caseworker with a county Department of Social Services agency and the possibility of earning additional scholarship money for a master's degree in social work, provided all goes well in an initial semester-long practicum. But once again, Simons stands apart. (more…)
Editor's Note: Where can a Keuka degree take you? This is the third in a series of snapshot profiles on members of Keuka's Class of 2013.
Emily Ekstrom '13 graduated cum laude with a B.S. in education and has accepted a post as a special education teacher serving grades 3-5 at Holiday Park School in Phoenix, Ariz.
During her four years at Keuka, the Ashville, N.Y. resident participated in the Equestrian and Education clubs, worked as a lifeguard and also as a facilitator for the Teamworks! Adventure course, served on Student Senate and was vice-president of Sigma Lambda Sigma, Keuka's college-wide honor society.
"Although I have never done a Field Period at the school, my previous Field Periods have helped," she said, referring to Keuka's required 140-hour annual internship. "As much as I hated the paper work, I loved my Field Periods and all the experiences I gained from them."
Ekstrom's prior Field Period internships included a third-grade inclusion classroom in Bowling Green, Va., a 4-H summer camp in Long Island, N.Y., a month in two different special education classrooms at Chautauqua Central School, and a fourth-grade classroom in Falconer, N.Y.
Ekstrom added that another bonus was the support from close personal ties at Keuka, such as those she found in the division of education, via a mentor affiliated with the Teamworks! Adventure course and the College chaplain.
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Jonathan Accardi, director of campus recreation and aquatics at Keuka College, received a double dose of good news Thursday (April 18).
After winning the College's Work-Study Supervisor of the Year Award, Accardi learned he had also captured the Northeast Association of Student Employment Administrators (NEASEA) Supervisor of the Year Award.
The NEASEA's Supervisor of the Year program begins at an institutional level and progresses to the regional level. The award was established to recognize the integral part that the supervisor plays in the education of a student employee. Supervisors act as mentors and provide education to their students not gained through the classroom. Students at colleges and universities across the region were asked to nominate supervisors they felt were especially worthy of recognition.
In all, 91 supervisors were nominated, including seven from Keuka, and 11 schools submitted their winner for consideration for the NEASEA award. Accardi bested winners from colleges in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, Pennsylvania, and West Virgina.
According to senior Samantha Stevenson, who nominated Accardi, he communicates continuously with student workers, is always open to comments or concerns, and freely shares his vision for future campus recreation programming. Stevenson called Accardi one of her greatest mentors. (more…)
Editor's Note: Here is a look at the seven people nominated by students for the Work-Study Supervisor of the Year Award, which will be presented at a luncheon April 18.
According to international student Sini Ngobese '15 of South Africa, College Chaplain Rev. Eric Detar creates a warm and positive work environment in the Center for Spiritual Life. With his kindness, generosity, compassion and patience, as well as light-hearted spirit, the rewards of working in the CSL office have extended farther than wages, she said.
The work shift begins with a heartfelt smile and greeting and a few moments to catch up and ensure that all is well, Ngobese said. It's not simply a polite inquiry, she said, "but a genuine interest for my well-being which, as a student who is an ocean and continent away from home, helps me feel welcome, cared for and important."
Each work shift has enabled her to learn positive skills that will benefit future workplace endeavors, she said. New tasks are explained with patience and stated in a conversational manner, rather than as commands. If ever a mistake is made, Detar never chastises, but rather empowers her how not to make errors in the future.
"He wholeheartedly praises the good, which helps me as the employee feel motivated, important, encouraged, enthusiastic and inspired," she said, adding that, Detar's personable demeanor and propensity to share laughter have helped instill a love for the job and a passion for contributions made to the department.
"As a result, I feel more a fundamental part of the office and its prosperity as opposed to a mere work-study employee. Consequently, I have a huge sense of pride for the office, its projects and events," Ngobese said. However, she added that of all the great experiences gained as Detar's office assistant, "the best reward of all is the awesome friendship we've established."
A fun, sweet, helpful and friendly spirit are among the many positive characteristics of Eva Moberg-Sarver, director of student activities.
According to Lauren Esposito '15, who works for Moberg-Sarver as a student activites and Campus Activities Board (CAB) assistant, "Eva brings fun and energy into the office" and has helped make it more exciting for Esposito to come to work each day.
"I have never seen her in a bad mood and she is always nice to everyone," said Esposito. "She truly cares about the campus, especially the students. She challenges me to do better and work harder. She is my inspiration and I look up to her or advice, wisdom, cheering up and just nice conversations."
Moberg-Sarver has been a "remarkable" addition to the Keuka community, Esposito said, and has put in hard work across the numerous areas of campus activities and events that she oversees. Through a positive personality, Moberg-Sarver gets others excited about happenings on campus and is herself, excited about what is happening.
"Her shining personality makes her more than worthy for this prestigious award," Esposito said.
One of the first people sophomore Savannah Fuller '15 met as a freshman was Valerie Webster, co-curricular transcript coordinator and community service coordinator. Fuller received the Experiential Learner of the Month Award as a high school senior in January 2011 and a partial academic fellowship to attend Keuka.
Knowing that completing at least 50 hours of community service was a fellowship requirement, Fuller, an occupational science major, kept Webster's name in her head.
"I went into her office and was immediately greeted with enthusiasm and spunk," said Fuller. "After volunteering at the office, she recommended that I apply for the community service advocate work-study position. Having a supervisor who is passionate about helping others makes being a community service advocate meaningful."
Webster's "unrelenting dedication to her work-study students and enthusiasm for community service are the highly commendable," said Fuller. "She told me there was always work to be done and that I was always welcome. Knowing this has made working in the office rewarding."
According to Fuller, Webster "is always on top of the projects in which community service advocates are involved, and knows how to approach any problem we encounter, big or small. Even while on leave due to major surgery, Valerie made it a point to check up on the community service advocates and give us advice."
Not only does Fuller count on Webster as a supervisor, but also as a friend.
"She is a mother figure to me," said Fuller. "I count myself among the large number of students who know we can lean on Valerie when we are having a bad day, and are too far away from home to hug our own mothers. Her office is a safe haven when the stressors of college become overwhelming, and her guidance and support have allowed me to build important skills essential to success."
While Emily Ekstrom '13 has been TeamWorks! facilitator for just one semester, she said it's the only work-study job she's had that has challenged her and made her a better person. She gives a lot of the credit to her work-study supervisor, Molly McGuigan '11, TeamWorks! manager.
"It is Molly's first year in charge of the TeamWorks! program, and she has gone above and beyond any supervisor I have ever had on campus," said Ekstrom.
As an education major, Ekstrom said her work-study job helped prepare her for the challenge of student teaching.
"A large component of this was Molly," she said. "She helped me build my TeamWorks! facilitating skills so that I could bring them into the classroom for my students. She not only provided me with the materials, but ideas and advice on different lessons I could do with my students."
Ekstrom said McGuigan provides a challenging work environment, and pushes the facilitators to go outside their comfort levels.
"Molly encourages us to grow as workers and students with a combination of classic team building activities and fresh ideas," said Ekstrom. Even though TeamWorks! is a student-led program, Molly is there for moral support, which is always welcome when running a program. She knows just what to say to help us through, and I think she is not so much as boss, as she is an older sibling watching over your shoulder. She is there help us when we have a problem as well as celebrate our successes."
Ekstrom said that whether she wants to chat about an upcoming program, grab a piece of candy, or just talk about a class, one of the best aspects of having McGuigan as a supervisor is her open cubby policy.
"A real benefit of knowing that Molly graduated from Keuka is that she knows what we are going through, and always has some insightful help when we are in a pickle," said Ekstrom.
According to Samantha Stevenson '13, who has worked under Jon Accardi, director of campus recreation and aquatics, for the past four years, Accardi has expanded campus intramural programs from just four sports to more than 30 different annual events that go beyond intramural competitions to include overall fitness and health.
"[Jon] does everything he can to try and get more of the student body involved and active in the Weed Physical Arts Center," Stevenson said.
As a result, many of the new programs or events introduced under Accardi's tenure were launched by work-study students. Some of these events include yoga, fitness boot camp, Zumba, a dodgeball tournament now in its sixth year, a rewards program that marks 30-, 45- and 60-day uses of the fitness center with small prizes, and an obstacle-course event last year that has morphed into a "Zombie" Run event this year. The latter three were created with the inspiration of former students Ashley Valentine, Joe Debar, and Alicia Wimmer.
Accardi interacts with work-study employees in a way that makes them feel like colleagues, not "underlings," Stevenson said, describing how that includes encouragement and praise, recognition of hard work, and at times, a push to press on in spite of challenges.
"I gained determination and integrity to achieve any goal I set for myself from Jon's leadership. With these experiences, I have achieved a higher understanding not only of what it means to work hard, but how to motivate others to do the same," Stevenson said, calling him one of her greatest mentors. "I know that I'm a better person because of it, and anyone working under Jon in the future will be, too."
Halie Squires '13 has worked in the Office of Admissions as a student ambassador for a year-and-a-half. In that time, her work-study supervisor, Tom Jackson, marketing and administrative manager for traditional admissions, has made her believe her role is valuable.
"One of Tom's main goals in the office is to ensure that the student ambassadors know we are part of the collective whole of the admissions staff," said Squires, a senior occupational science major. "This is one of his most important roles as our supervisor. He also provides guidance and support to the administrative assistants within the office, ensures prospective students will have a great visit to campus, and collaborates with everyone on campus."
According to Squires, Jackson also tries to have the student ambassadors connect what they're learning in class to what they try to achieve in their work-study role.
"During our staff meetings, he encourages us to incorporate our skill sets and background into our tours and interactions with prospective students and their families," said Squires. "Tom encourages us to work together, ask questions, and be part of a team so that students enjoy their visit to the fullest potential, and make the admissions office run smoothly."
Squires admits that the admissions office can sometimes be a difficult and stressful place to work, since what needs to be accomplished must be accurate, organized, and completed in a timely manner.
"Tom reassures us that yes, while the work can be challenging at times, it is rewarding," said Squires. "He knows how to keep us motivated and working toward the goal of admissions—finding students who will enjoy the Keuka College experience. He will tell us, 'Remember when you're walking on campus, and see people you took on tour who are now enrolled as Keuka College students? Isn't that worth the work?'"
Added Squires: "Tom is a wonderful addition to the admissions office, and a phenomenal work-study supervisor. Without him in the office, I am not so sure things would run as smooth as they do.
Rachel Dewey, communications specialist in the Office of Communication and Keukonian co-adviser, was nominated by Danielle Petrilli, editor of the student newspaper.
"Even with her own hectic schedule, Rachel is always willing to talk with the Keukonian staff if they have any concerns with changes made, or if they have questions about how to interview or get in contact with Keuka staff and faculty," said Petrelli.
Petrilli preaised Dewey for Rachel always having a "welcoming spirit" and being "eager to help in whatever way she possibly can, whether it be story ideas, or how to approach a story lead.
"No one deserves this [award] more than her; she is the most flexible person, and is always willing to set up a time that works for us, as well as keeping me informed of her schedule so I don't just drop in and have her be gone. Rachel keeps us on track, but also allows us to do our jobs without hesitation."
Editor's Note: This is the sixth in a series of profiles of Student Employee of the Year nominees. The winner will be announced at a luncheon Thursday, April 18.
Alicia Fisher '14 of Corning, an occupational science major, has been nominated for the 2013 Student Employee of the Year for her work as an office assistant in the Division of Social Work.
Nominated by Paulette Willemsen, administrative assistant, Fisher was commended for an outgoing personality and a willingness to take on responsibilities. Fisher works independently, follows tasks through to completion, has excellent communication skills, is extremely organized, and reliable, Willemsen said.
"Alicia is dependable, hard-working, conscientious, has a positive attitude and always comes to work on time. She is flexible and is willing to work on any assignment and readily accepts the challenge of something new. She has been a tremendous asset," Willemsen said.
In addition, Fisher is active in several campus clubs, including the equestrian team, Health & Wellness Club, Student Occupational Therapy Association, Honoring OT Leaders, and the Relay for Life Ceremony Committee. She also served as a mentor for New Student Orientation.


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Medical Marijuana
Topic Overview
What is medical marijuana and is it legal?
Medical marijuana is the use of this drug to help treat symptoms like pain, nausea, vomiting, and lack of appetite. It's often used by people with cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and other conditions.
It's against federal law to possess, sell, give away, or grow marijuana for any purpose. It's also against federal law for doctors to prescribe this drug. But more than a dozen states have passed state laws that allow people with certain health problems to buy or grow a limited amount of marijuana for their own use. Some states also allow or license people to provide medical marijuana to those who need it.
If you use medical marijuana to treat approved medical conditions, the federal government might not prosecute you. But there's no guarantee that they won't.
Medical marijuana laws are different from state to state. If you think you might want to try medical marijuana, talk to your doctor. You can also call your state department of health or health services to learn more about the laws in your state.
What do the experts say?
The medical use of marijuana has been studied for decades. But experts still don't agree on how safe it is or how well it works.
Some medical experts don't recommend marijuana because:
- It hasn't been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
- Marijuana smoke, like cigarette smoke, can harm your lungs.
- Marijuana can harm your memory, judgment, and ability to process information. That can affect your ability to do things like driving a car or studying.
- There are other legal drugs that may work just as well, such as new kinds of pain and nausea medicines.
Other medical experts sometimes do recommend marijuana because:
- It can provide pain relief when normal pain medicines don't work or have unwanted side effects.
- It can improve appetite and relieve nausea in people who have cancer or AIDS.
Be sure to let your doctor know if you are using medical marijuana. If you're pregnant, it's best to avoid alcohol and drugs, including marijuana.
How do you use medical marijuana?
Marijuana is usually smoked. It can also be brewed into tea, vaporized, applied to the skin, or eaten—usually mixed into food recipes.
Your mood, behavior, and ability to function may be affected for hours after you take marijuana. How quickly you feel the effects of marijuana—and how long the effects last—depends on:
- How much you've taken.
- How you've taken it.
- The kind of marijuana you use.
- How your own body is affected by it.
Side effects include dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, and red eyes.
Is it addictive?
Some people who regularly use marijuana become addicted. This means that they keep using marijuana even though it's having harmful effects on their lives.
If you've been using marijuana regularly and then quit, you may have withdrawal symptoms. These may include:
- Anxiety.
- Trouble sleeping.
- Craving marijuana.
Are there alternatives to medical marijuana?
Doctors can prescribe two legal alternatives: dronabinol (Marinol) and nabilone (Cesamet). Both of these drugs contain a man-made form of THC, the main chemical in marijuana.
Nabilone is used to relieve nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy. Dronabinol can relieve this kind of nausea and vomiting too. It may also improve the appetite of people who have AIDS. Both drugs come in pill form.
Talk to your doctor if you think these medicines might help relieve your symptoms.
Is synthetic marijuana safe?
Synthetic marijuana, or synthetic cannabinoids, are sold as substances having effects like those of marijuana. These drugs, sold in the form of bath salts or incense, are made in labs and have many names, such as K2 or Spice. Even though they are labeled "not for human consumption," people are more likely to try them since they are easily bought in stores and online and can't be detected by drug screenings. Also, people think they will feel the same as when they use marijuana. But these drugs are stronger than marijuana, and they are not safer than marijuana. Some people have reported severe symptoms, such as:
- Faster heart rate and higher blood pressure.
- Agitation or anxiety.
- Vomiting.
- Increased paranoia.
- Hallucinations.
- Seizures.
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- Johnson JR, et al. (2010). Multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study of the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of THC:CBD extract and THC extract in patients with intractable cancer-related pain. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 39(2): 167–179.
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With Ecruteak City drawing closer, Ash and co. decide to take a break. They notice a Skiploom that belongs to a young boy named Ephraim. He says that most people who head to Ecruteak pass through this grass route. Ephraim wants to have a Pokémon battle with Ash to see how strong he's gotten. The result, Ephraim lost. Later they hear about a local tournament for Grass-type Pokémon where the winner gets a supply of Leaf Stones. Who will win the tournament?
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