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Dirty Secrets: What You Need to Know About Your Hotel Room
Dirty Secrets: What You Need to Know About Your Hotel Room
Dirty Secrets: What You Need to Know About Your Hotel Room
Dirty Secrets: What You Need to Know About Your Hotel Room
Dirty Secrets: What You Need to Know About Your Hotel Room
Dirty Secrets: What You Need to Know About Your Hotel Room
Dirty Secrets: What You Need to Know About Your Hotel Room
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Quite the contrary regarding so called upper class patrons or those well to do can be just as nasty as the next person who leave a mess in a hotel room thinking the maids are slaves and it's ok to leave wet towels on the carpets and toss trash all over , or party and spill booze everywere. Generally those who know what an honest days work is will be the patrons who leave the room clean and stack used towels on the counter instead of tossed all over the room place their trash in the containers provided.August 01 2015 at 1:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Hotels are in the business of looking after folks and providing a clean room for their stay, and to do anything short of that would not be acceptable , and they would lose business and get a bad reputation that no hotel wants. But there are two sides to that coin and some guests are pigs , who are of the attitude they paid for the accommodation and figure the maids should clean their filthy rooms when they toss dirty towels all over and miss the garbage with their trash , or damage furniture.August 01 2015 at 12:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
I started taking pics...and then people started sending me pics...http://hotelnightmares.com/August 26 2013 at 9:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Some of that is complete bullshit, however I work at a resort not some chain hotel, we wash our linens EVERY DAY that's pillow cases, pillow protectors, towels, robes, duvets, sheets, washcloths and hand towels, on another note we have strict inspectors who have been housekeepers before so they are aware of the 'shortcuts' and they miss them, and we could end up doing the whole room over if they suspect we've been skimping on the cleaning. You will know the cleanliness of your hotel as soon as you wipe your hand on either the shower door, or bath tub, if there is a lot of dust and build up, I'd say that you had a shitty housekeeper and a shittier inspector. Just ask to have your room re cleaned as if it were a check out if there are any doubts, stand there and watch the girl/guy as they clean your room.May 21 2013 at 9:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
I have been working in the hotel industry for over six years now, and well after reading through a lot of these comments, I will make a couple of notations. First about me, I have managed the housekeeping department in my hotel for 5 of the 6 years so I personally know what is expected of housekeepers.
Unfortunately a lot of hotel chains and management companies never really look at what it entailes to clean a hotel so no they do not give their housekeepers enough time to do a thourough job. My hotel on the other hand had the joy of our owner spending a month in housekeeping actually cleaning rooms so he new what was needed. Therefore our housekeepers get ample time to do a good job. Our comforters were replaced with duvets six years ago and are washed daily. (this is very quickly becoming commonplace among all major hotel name brands. Glasses and coffee pots are removed and washed daily as well. Any housekeeper that is cought not changing sheets is asked to leave and not return for the safety of our future guests.
Our engineering department deep cleans the rooms four times a year, this helps to ensure no mold or bugs of any kind are hiding in the rooms.
Someone somewhere down the line mentioned motels. Well there is a very large difference between a hotel and a motel. I personally will never stay in a motel.
I will definitely not say that I have not had a bad hotel stay in the cleaning department which is why I am so picky with my housekeepers and have two inspectresses checking rooms behind the housekeepers daily. Every room is inspected every day,
As for nasty people, lord have I seen my fair share of the stupid things people will to do a hotel room, Pissing in the coffee pot, The dirty underware in the coffee pot, used tampons in the water fill section of the coffee pot, used condoms hidden in the bible, and between the matress and box springs. An assortment of adult toys just stuffed behind the bed, and yet it never seases to amaze me when I find something new.
As for the bed bug thing, unfortunately in the last few years bed bugs are back on the rise and especially hitting hotels very hard. This is due directly to an increase in foreign travel. What a lot of people do not understand about this that they can be eradicated very easily. Is it expensive yes, do you have to through everything out no. They have found that taking the room temperature to 180 degrees farenheit for 12 hours will not only kill the bugs that are on the surface, but also the ones hiding in the extremeties of the room, walls, furniture, electronics ect. You do have to do all rooms around the one that they were found in to make sure that none travel through the wall to get out of the heat.
I am currently a housekeeper at a super 8 hotel and let me just say this people are just plain rude sometimes and by people i mean the guests that stay n the hotel. TRASHCANS R THERE FOR A REASON........ TO PUT UR TRASH IN. i swear sometimes its like people just throw there trash all ova the plavve on purpose just to be a ass. and if your thinking doing this is ensuring that the room is going to be cleaned good..... your silly as hell... n some cases. i know that i just started housekeeping in the last 4mths....(please note that i am super OCD and anal bout things at my home) and my first day by the end of the day i felt nastier than i have ever felt in my life. i mean i pretty much rolled around in peoples ****, piss, cum, and cooter juice pardon my french. but ur right they dont give you near enought time to clean it the way i would my home actually it has to be better that that because this is public u dont know who was there before you unlike you do at your house. i have found nasty stuff too used condoms in the hallways and rms too and FYI peoople if you have sex toys and stuff at least have the kindness to put them in a dam drawer we dont wanna c that **** but really i do like my job i like being on my own no one looking ova my sholder i just had my first child and my life and household are very hetic it stressfull for the quite time is great plus i have a bouns i have the best boss.....ur great jamie thanks but all in all its really nasty sometime and other time some people are very kind by stripping the sheets and piling all the dirtys together and also leaving us tips as well which is very nice because we dont make that much really thank god were paid by the hour and not the room. i have heard girls telling me that they used to be paid $2.15 a room and all i gotta say about that is...No way in hell...... although when you hear a housekeeper or x housekeep u only hear them bitching about the guests and how messy or whatever they were but there are just as many people who actually clean or at least keep it where it wount take but a few min to clean and even leave u tips and are just all n all nice people...December 11 2011 at 12:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Honey you work at what I like to call a motel. A lower class of people stay there, go apply at a place that doesn't offer rooms under 100$ a night, then you'll find rarely anyone destroys the place. Big tips too when you work for the wealthy.May 21 2013 at 9:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down
I have been in hotel fields for many years, motel and hotels management spent a lot of money for their business to functions well. I can assure you guys the common practise for any hotels when guest check-out that sheets have change. I worked almost all kind of chain hotel to motel 6, and I have done almost every position there is. What I learned in the old days "quality of work and service" is a plus employees have to train well before they can even start their job. Unfortunately, time change and most housekeepers who work for hotels and motels are come from another country all smiles and does not understand a word of english. There are those foreign hotel and motel owners who cut corners on their supplies, and when you stay in their hotels would not hear any guest complain cause they were here to make money.
American hotels and motels still enforcing the quality of service, It takes a trusted honest employee and a diligent general manager to run a hotel well. I admit housekeeper now clean more room than in the old days...average of 12 to 18 rooms a day a little bit too much to handle.
In the old days when I was housekeeping supervisor, the practise for the glass..is when housekeeper clean room they must remove the old glasses and take them down to the kitchen to be wash. Then the dishwasher will ran through them with sanitizer. Unfortunately , a lazy housekeeper to get their clean supplies thinking can get away with it .. this how the incident get started then other housekeeper think a normal practse. So, my advise for those who has germophobia when you check-in request sealed plastic cups..otherwise bring a bottled water, don't drink the water from the bathroom..I never do just because I was raise not to get drinking water from the bathroom.
Most hotels and motels has room maintenance 3 star hotels and above they take them out of order to clean, repairs, and replace. I don't work for anybody right now, so this is not depending them I am just stating a fact what we do in hotel business. I wish when somebody write up a story like this they should check all the angle first . The write up more like a "gossip" than a would true journalist would write.
Trust me Hotel rooms are way nastier than what you believe they are at this moment. I was a housekeeper a years ago at a high rolling casino. I worked 8 hour shifts and had to clean 8 double bed rooms and 10 single king rooms and 1 master suite within 8 hours. You can't possibly clean that much in so little time. We were told to hit HOT SPOT's, spray the tub and wipe no running water in the tub....when it came to changing the bedding most of the housekeepers would "POP" the sheets, meaning they wouldnt change the sheets if they looked clean. It was a horrible job i did it for 2 months and transfered out into another department. Please, please make sure when you go to hotels wear flip flops, bring your OWN cleaning Supplies, and make them give you clean sheet and clean bedding.....We only change the fiiting sheet and regular sheet, the blankets and the top pull blankets are never CHANGED!!!! until 2 months, and even around that time when its time the HOUSEKEEPERS never ever change them out, soooo nasty, ive seen sooo many nasty things..and never lay on the top of the blanket make sure you you lay out a sheet...but if you can bring your on stuff...Once you have been a housekeepers your eyes are really open....and its even the high price hotels that are nasty.....The room were like 400 dollars a night....just because it looks clean does not mean it is.September 10 2011 at 5:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
There is another hidden secret that my husband and I experienced.....when my husband and I arrived at our hotel in PA, our key card wouldnt work (mind you we were paying over $150.00 a nite), so on my fourth attempt, I was gettin upset. But I noticed the door felt unusually warm, and just then the door OPENED FROM THE INSIDE! To our surprise, housekeeping (Male too) had been sleepin in our bed and the room was set at like 90 with the sliding glass door open. I am sure it was for a quick escape...so from now on, when I make my reservation, I make it very clear, when I chk in, I want fresh clean sheets waiting for me and I WILL MAKE THE BED. And bring cleaning wipes for the phone and toliet seat ect..September 10 2011 at 8:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
I'm in agreement with Judy........Carry a can of Lysol and use it on every surface.........including the floors. I will go into the room and spray everything........Go have a bite to eat or a cup of coffee, allowing the sanitizer time to work and dry before you take your luggage and family into the room. I also remove the bed spreads.......fold them and put them on the closet shelf or a drawer. I do carry liquid soap but never thought about bring a dish soap to wash the ice bucket and coffeepot .........but will add it to my "Travel Kit" for my next trip ! Thanks for the tip.August 23 2011 at 12:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Are you two immunocompromised? If so, I understand your OCD-like germ-free behavior... If you are not, then you are not only dumbing down your immune system, but by using products that kill most germs, you are killing "normal flora" - including the bacteria that is habitually around you and aids in your own health. This habit of spraying everything "just so you feel safe" - are the same actions that are going to continue the resilience of many bacteria and viruses, so that they can actually thrive in these conditions, become more potent and actually hurt more healthy people!
Upon viewing the slideshow, there are certainly some housekeeping errors which result in some horrible outbreaks. But, for the most part, even with some of the worst culprits - (vomit in the coffee maker, YUCK)..... most people have the immune system to deal. Yes, occasionally, even the healthy will come down with an otherwise rare infection (Legionnaires) but they (again, the HEALTHY) will usually overcome it and get healthy again - with the side effect of generally being most apt to handle the same germ/bacteria/virus again.
This slideshow seems to be nothing more than a scare tactic! Again, unless you are IMMUNOCOMPROMISED (elderly, child, cancer-stricken or ill in some other manner) there is NO NEED to bring lysol or antiseptic spray with you! (I understand cleansing wipes, I mean sticky kids and whatnot - but lysol?) With healthy children, NOT exposing them to normal-everyday germs is what ups the risk for asthma, allergies and just downright sickliness!
** DO YOU KNOW - A FACT - THAT WE HAVE UP TO 10 TIMES MORE BACTERIAL CELLS ON/WITHIN OUR BODIES THAN OUR OWN CELLS? ** It is actually a SUPER FACT - look it up anywhere and you will see.
Germaphobes are so much more likely to be sick - and not just b/c of their hypochondria! Its their lack of exposure to the NORMAL elements!
Oh, BTW: I have a Master's in Microbiology and I am currently a Doctoral Candidate in the same field. My research deals with exactly this! How people think they are being more safe when they use products (especially lysol and Triclosan*) and how they are upping the "immune system" albeit primitive but allowing resistance for bacteria while making humans more suseptible b/c when block so many germs from us, our immune system does not know what to do once it runs into a pathogen.
Let kids eat dirt! let them run around! Yes, wash your hands before eating (prevent foodborne illness - e. coli, salmonella) - but these are NOT what you get handling a door knob!
Who cares what you do!!!!September 19 2011 at 10:26 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down
Always ask to see the room before you rent it; if the staff is happy to show it to you then you are probably ok. Carry a can of aneseptic spray (lysol for me) and before your family goes in spray the door knob (both sides) the light switch (on and off) the bed spreads (then remove them and don't use) the phone, anything and everything in the bathroom and sink area. Always bring pump bottle of hand soap (99c and I leave what is left) who in the world uses bar soap????? bring along paper cups and cooler with cans of pop and juice; bottles of water. When my kids were little I always checked under the beds cause the kids will always put things in their mouths! now days most beds on platforms but still if someone drops a rx pill or discards a condom?????? Told my husband years ago that a premium hotel room lots cheaper than a divorce!August 15 2011 at 11:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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August is a challenging month for parents in Germany. While schools and kindergartens have holidays, most of the parents – and I am one of them – still need to work and often have difficulties finding a suitable child care opportunity for their children. The Work-Life Integration department has an offer for adidas employees – an opportunity to send their children to the adidas Kids Camp in Herzogenaurach for up to three weeks in August. As I am part of the organizing team and also my own child took part in the camp this year for the first time, I would love to share this year's Kids Camp highlights with you!
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The adidas Kids Camp has been in existence for quite some time now and it takes place every year in August in a private school in Herzogenaurach. The school has excellent facilities for the camp: a stadium for football and other sports, an indoor hall for rainy days and – a great favourite with all children – a swimming pool. The facilities are spacious and therefore allow many activities in the camp.
Due to the fact that this year there were twice as many places offered in the camp than in previous years, a record number of 131 children took part in the camp. Also for the first time ever, the children were divided into two age groups: 3-6 and 6-10 year olds. This new set-up made it possible to help more adidas parents in need of child care during the summer holidays but also allowed the teachers in the camp to create an age-specific environment and a programme for the children for these three weeks.
Great activities around three different mottoes
Each of the camp weeks had a motto. The themes this year were "around the world in five days", "detective search" and "life in the farm/forest". While the teachers came up with a great entertainment plan for both of the groups that included a lot of fun activities around these three mottos, each of the groups also had a different focus.
The teachers of the small children's group offered a mix between a kindergarten setting and a camp. They organized a lot of activities in the camp while at the same time keeping the set-up simple and helping the little ones to get comfortable in their new environment. They baked doughnuts, made conical Asian hats and African animals' masks, went on a treasure hunt, had a visit from a real farmer with real pigs and, when the weather allowed, even an afternoon swim in the pool.
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The older group also did a lot of activities around the three themes – made boomerangs and Olympic medals, baked muffins and pizza, had a beach party, played limbo and much more. However, the older group had a more active focus. Since it is an adidas Kids Camp, the older group also did a lot of sports. They played football, had a table tennis tournament and Olympic games, played water polo and other sports. Each of the weeks also had a few highlights: trips outside the camp. They visited the World of Sports and went through the Walk of Fame, did sports at the adidas stadium, visited the outdoor forest park near Erlangen, explored ice-cream making in Café Carlo in Herzogenaurach and went to the forest. All the children really enjoyed the camp.
My own daughter also had a great time in the camp. The start in the new environment was a little rocky since she is still young. Age three, she just made it to the camp, but the teachers were comforting and after a few days she was enjoying the camp so much that at the end she even wanted to stay for an extra week. It was nice that she had the opportunity to make new friends and meet other "adidas children". Since the camp was also very international, I was really happy to see how my daughter realized that she is not the only one with a "multilingual world".
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As a mother, I have to say that this is a great offer from the company and having this opportunity to bring my child to the camp when the kindergarten is closed for summer holidays helped me a lot. As an international employee with a family abroad, it is tricky to organize the holidays so that no extra holiday is needed and the local grandma would not get overloaded with babysitter duties. For this reason, we will certainly take advantage of this offer again.
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There's nothing like a design competition to activate the creative community. It is a wonderful way to challenge conventional thinking and encourage the unexpected. Wallpaper Magazine partnered with the Royal Institute of British Architects to provide designers the opportunity to do just that. The program was simple. Design a bench. From the assembled projects, the Zombie bench by emerging practice NEON, formed by George King and Mark Nixon is a standout, hands down. Go ahead take a seat.
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Tonfisk Design is a Finnish design group with an eye for modern and innovative design solutions. Each product is developed to solve a functional problem, beautifully. 'All Tonfisk's ceramics are produced by hand at Tonfisk's own factory in Turku to ensure good quality, the possibility to innovate and the well being of those who make a Tonfisk product.' The Warm Collection offers a coffee and tea set. I am impressed by the sleek, minimal design aesthetic, but even more so with its practical and sustainable design solutions. The wood sleeve keeps the hot crafe elevated, so there is no need for a coaster. It also functions as a barrier, providing insulation to the vessel within, and to your hand as you hold it. The all natural cork stopper provides insulation and heat retention as well. The Newton cream and sugar set is another great example of Tonfisk's inspired product design. The sugar bowl remains horizontal while pouring, and can easily be removed for filling the creamer and cleaning. All of these design elements aside, these dispensers and collectors are elegant additions to any table top. Enjoy.
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Vipp Kitchen
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Vipp is one of my all time favorite brands. At once utilitarian and refined, the attention to detail in every piece they design is without compromise. Beautiful proportions, sophisticated colorways- While reading Wallpaper I was thrilled to learn of their recent kitchen introductions. Vipp has always created accessory pieces for the kitchen and bath. Now, a gorgeous new line of kitchen cabinets. Not unlike the simplicity of St. Charles cabinets of the 1950′s, these new Vipp creations are simple, strong and true. The mechanisms of the drawer construction, and detail of the 'floating' countertop, are a welcomed addition to the ever growing kitchen market. I find even some of the most well known modern kitchen lines to be over-scaled, and often overwhelming to residential clients. Vipp's line has managed to create clean, modern casework, that is scaled for the user, and possess' a feeling of welcome and comfort. "The complete Vipp kitchen concept unfolds in every detail. Even fixtures, drawer pulls and inserts, range hood as well as gas knobs are developed in respect to Vipp's design DNA injecting a functional and visual cohesiveness into the kitchen. The kinship in the Vipp collection is unmistakable in both the choice of materials and style. New products are manufactured using the characteristic Vipp materials, steel and rubber, enhancing Vipp's more than 70-year-old tradition for excellent craftsmanship."
'Morten Bo Jensen is the creative mind behind recent years' new Vipp products. At the rather tender age of 27, Morten Bo was entrusted to carry on the Vipp family's design legacy. Educated industrial designer in Denmark and with a past working for the Biomega Bike brand, Morten Bo took on the challenge of bringing the 70-year-old Vipp design DNA into the future.
From the company's headquarters in Copenhagen, Morten Bo runs Vipp Design Lab that continuously seeks to combine aesthetics and functionality in order to reach new dimensions'.
Images and excerpts sourced at Vipp
Tags: architecture, interior design, kitchen design, modern kitchen, product design, Vipp
Tea time…
Posted by Peggy | Filed under Musings
It all started with this Eva Ziesel teakettle a few years back. I have often thought about collecting teapots and teakettles. Don't ask me why, it's just one of those strange and funny notions. I have yet gone and purchased a second one to start my collection though. Mostly because I honestly don't have the room for them, but also what exactly am I going to do with them all??? I was just at an antique store the other day, and of course fell in love with two vintage enamelware teapots – a bright orange one with the most delicate white floral pattern on it, and the other, a cobalt blue that is so vibrant and intense that you can see it from a mile away. Part of me wanted to spend the $30 on them, but the other part of me kept saying, no, really, you've got enough "other" collections to keep you busy for a long while. But then again, the thought of opening up a cupboard and seeing an attractive array of teapots and teakettles in all shapes and sizes, colors and finishes, kinda makes me want to pursue this idea again. Perhaps one of these days I will dedicate an entire kitchen wall to them and nothing else. But for now, I have these beauties to daydream about…
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New Oblivion Total Conversion Mod Wows Bethesda Devs
Bethesda's gstaff spotted a new total conversion mod project for Oblivion; DUNE. Stefano Tonello (aka Prometheus), the originator of this project, assures gamers that this is unrelated to Frank Herbert's Dune Series. Here's a taste of what to expect from DUNE.
"The DUNE World, known as Dusaar, is a huge desert world where the brutality of people and nature is an everyday part of life. Water has long since ceased to flow on the surface and can only be found in the last sea, some oases, and tiny lakes and streams are the only source of life for the Ancient Forest, a Tropical Jungle surrounded by Canyons and covered from the everpresent winds of the open Desert, protecting this small Last Paradise.
The desert covers the majority of the land, almost 90% of it is surrounded by the Great Wall Cliffs of the east and the Sea of Silt to the west. Some of the mountains are nearly impassable, but ancient canyons throughout them hide the last spots where life can still continue….There are many diverse cultures living in the few safe places on this world."
Even the Bethesda devs are impressed by this project. Take a look at some video footage from the DUNE mod.
If you'd like to join in on the project visit the official forums Prometheus put up for the project.
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According to Sony, the system has sold through 2.1 million units just two weeks after hitting shelves, a record-setting worldwide mark for the PlayStation brand. That follows the launch of the next-generation console in Europe, Australasia (Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and other neighboring islands) and Latin America.
Europe and the Oceania region alone were responsible for 700,000 units, according to Sony.
"PS4 delivered the best launch in PlayStation history with the North American release and we've continued this incredibly successful start in Europe, Australasia and Latin America," said Andrew House, president and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "We are extremely grateful for the passion of PlayStation fans and thank them for their continued support."
The worldwide sales numbers follow an excellent showing in the U.S. Sony sold 1 million PS4 units in its first 24 hours stateside, making it Sony's fastest selling console ever, even topping the initial numbers of the PlayStation 2 in Japan. The 2.1 million mark makes it the fastest selling PlayStation console worldwide as well. Japan will get the PS4 next February.
Demand for the PS4 continues to outpace supply, but Sony says it is working hard to get additional units to its retail partners throughout the holiday season.
The much-touted share functionality of the PS4 appears to be a big hit. Sony notes that PS4 owners have used live broadcasting services Ustream and Twitch extensively (a few bumps in the road notwithstanding). All totaled, more than 6.5 million game screenshots and videos have been shared on the system.
Sony has been very optimistic about the sales prospects for the PS4. Last month, SCEA president Jack Tretton predicted the company would sell 3 million PS4s by the end of the year. By the end of next March, Sony expects sales to top 5 million. That's certainly in the ballpark.
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20 U.S. Code § 7881 - Participation by private school children and teachers
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to the extent consistent with the number of eligible children in areas served by a State educational agency, local educational agency, educational service agency, consortium of those agencies, or another entity receiving financial assistance under a program specified in subsection (b) of this section, who are enrolled in private elementary schools and secondary schools in areas served by such agency, consortium, or entity, the agency, consortium, or entity shall, after timely and meaningful consultation with appropriate private school officials provide to those children and their teachers or other educational personnel, on an equitable basis, special educational services or other benefits that address their needs under the program.
Educational services or other benefits, including materials and equipment, provided under this section, shall be secular, neutral, and nonideological.
Educational services and other benefits provided under this section for private school children, teachers, and other educational personnel shall be equitable in comparison to services and other benefits for public school children, teachers, and other educational personnel participating in the program and shall be provided in a timely manner.
Expenditures for educational services and other benefits provided under this section for eligible private school children, their teachers, and other educational personnel serving those children shall be equal, taking into account the number and educational needs of the children to be served, to the expenditures for participating public school children.
For the purpose of this section, the term "eligible children" means children eligible for services under a program described in paragraph (1).
If the agency, consortium, or entity disagrees with the views of the private school officials on the provision of services through a contract, the agency, consortium, or entity shall provide to the private school officials a written explanation of the reasons why the local educational agency has chosen not to use a contractor.
The consultation required by paragraph (1) shall occur before the agency, consortium, or entity makes any decision that affects the opportunities of eligible private school children, teachers, and other educational personnel to participate in programs under this chapter, and shall continue throughout the implementation and assessment of activities under this section.
The control of funds used to provide services under this section, and title to materials, equipment, and property purchased with those funds, shall be in a public agency for the uses and purposes provided in this chapter, and a public agency shall administer the funds and property.
In the provision of those services, the employee, person, association, agency, organization, or other entity shall be independent of the private school and of any religious organization, and the employment or contract shall be under the control and supervision of the public agency.
Section 2203(1)(B) (as such section was in effect on the day preceding January 8, 2002), referred to in subsec. (b)(3)(B), means section 2203(1)(B) of Pub. L. 89–10, as added by Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3621, which was classified to section 6643(1)(B) of this title prior to the general amendment of subchapter II of this chapter by Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1620.
Section 306 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2001, referred to in subsec. (b)(3)(B), is section 1(a)(1) [title III, § 306] of Pub. L. 106–554, Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–41, which is not classified to the Code.
References to part A of subchapter III of this chapter are considered to be references to part B of subchapter III of this chapter in certain fiscal years. See section 6801(c) of this title.
A prior section 7881, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9161, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3793; amended Pub. L. 105–220, title II, § 251(b)(2)(E), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1080, defined terms, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110. See section 7491 of this title.
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- Provide ongoing funding of low income weatherization programs and a fuel fund, in the amount of $700,000 per year, funded by shareholders
- Acceptance of the commission staff's recommendation to deny the facilities relocation rider
Duke Energy Ohio Reaches Agreement In Electric And Natural Gas Distribution Rate Cases
CINCINNATI, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy Ohio has reached an agreement with all intervening parties, including the Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), concerning the company's request to increase the rates Ohio customers pay for electric and natural gas distribution service. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130322/CL81938LOGO )Under the terms of the settlement, the net annualized increase for electric distribution service would be a $49 million revenue adjustment with no revenue adjustment for natural gas distribution service. For electric customers, this translates to an average annual increase of 2.9 percent. The typical Ohio residential electric customer would see an increase in their bill of $3.72 a month. Major components of the settlement:The settlement includes the following key components:
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Thomas Gainsborough (artist)
British, 1727 - 1788
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1785-1787
oil on canvas
overall: 219.7 x 153.7 cm (86 1/2 x 60 1/2 in.) framed: 251.5 x 185.4 x 14 cm (99 x 73 x 5 1/2 in.)
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
On View
Object 4 of 12
The Hon. Mrs. Edward Bouverie [1750-1825, later Lady Robert Spencer], a friend of the sitter, Delapré Abbey, Northampton; by descent to her grandson, General Everard Bouverie [1789-1871]; (his estate sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 2 March 1872, no. 110);[1] purchased by Alfred de Rothschild [1842-1918] for his father, Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild [1808-1879], Gunnersbury, Middlesex; by inheritance to his son, Nathaniel, 1st lord Rothschild [1840-1915]; by inheritance to his widow, Emma, Lady Rothschild; by inheritance to her nephew, Nathaniel Mayer Victor, called Victor, 3rd baron and later 3rd lord Rothschild [1910-1990];[2] sold 1936 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased 26 April 1937 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA.
[1] The painting was added to the sale the day before by Edward Playdell-Bouverie, General Bouverie's nephew and executor, and it does not appear in the printed catalogue. Michael Hall, curator to Edmund de Rothschild kindly provided this detail; see his "Rothschild Picture Provenances" from 1999 and letter of 27 February 2002, in NGA curatorial files.
[2] Details of the Rothschild family inheritance were kindly provided by Michael Hall (see note 1); he cites relevant documents in The Rothschild Archive, London.
Associated Names
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- Bouverie, Edward, Mrs.
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- Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
- Rothschild, Lionel Nathan de, Baron
- Rothschild, Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron
- Rothschild, Nathaniel Mayer, 1st Baron
- Rothschild, Nathaniel Mayer Victor, 3rd Baron
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Highbridge Park
Play Ball! Parks Cuts The Ribbon On Refurbished Ballfield At Highbridge Park
Thursday, August 11, 2011
No. 60
Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today joined City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, State Senators Adriano Espaillat and Bill Perkins, State Assembly Member Guillermo Linares, Community Board 12 District Manager Ebenezer Smith, and children from the Alfonso Juvenile Baseball League, the Jaybie Sports League, the Michael Buczek Little League, and the Victor Lebron Little League to cut the ribbon on more than $1.3 million in improvements to Highbridge Park's Ballfield at West 174th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
"The reconstruction of this ballfield at Highbridge Park will surely delight the Little Leaguers of Washington Heights as they pursue their big league dreams," said Commissioner Benepe. "Yankee legend Lou Gehrig grew up across the street from this field and likely learned how to play baseball here. I am grateful to the New York City Council and the Mayor for funding more than $1.3 million toward these upgrades, ensuring that the future stars can play ball on better fields than those used by Lou Gehrig and the many others who made their start on this field."
Thanks to $1,118,000 from the New York City Council and $159,000 from Mayor Bloomberg, Parks reconstructed this grass little league ballfield with new dugouts, a backstop, spectator stone seating, new fencing, an ADA drinking fountain, and water supply utilities. The site was regraded, existing topsoil was amended and new plantings were installed.
This ballfield, located on the north side of the Highbridge Recreation Center, was originally built in 1912 and 1913. Yankee legend Lou Gehrig grew up across the street from the field and likely learned how to play baseball here and he was between 9 - 10 years old when the field was first constructed.
This project is part of nearly $100 million that has been invested in recent years for upgrades to Highbridge Park, which include the upcoming restoration and reopening of the 1848 landmark High Bridge and the reconstruction of the Brush Stairway which descends down to the former location of the Polo Grounds.
Directions to Highbridge Park
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As of Monday, October 12, The High Bridge will be open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. High Bridge hours will change seasonally.
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Brooke Mueller (Sep 10th, 2011)
Brooke Mueller keeps things cool and casual with a wide-brimmed fedora and a loose, two-toned hairstyle.
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Marvel to sell most titles same-day shops, digital
Saturday, November 5, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Marvel Comics said Friday it will start selling nearly all its comics digitally the same day they are released in print, shoring up a growing platform for readers who want their superheroes — and super-villains — on the go.
Peter Phillips, senior vice president and general manager of Marvel's Digital Media Group, said the publisher of characters such as Spider-Man, The Avengers and the Incredible Hulk has been gravitating toward the policy starting last year with its Ultimate imprint and introducing more titles since then.
The move was first reported by the digital and tech products website Gizmodo.
By April 2012, nearly all Marvel titles will be available, save for its Max imprint and others, including Stephen King's "Dark Tower," among others.
"I think this is an augmentation," Phillips said. "It's an offering to the customer to allow them to enjoy the graphic fiction in a better way."
Phillips said the move integrating titles available digitally on the same day they come out in print — dubbed day-and-date by the industry — won't take away from physical retailers or fans of the 32-page comic books, nicknamed floppies. He said it won't marginalize buyers, either.
"My philosophy in general is that you can't force consumers down a path; you want to give them the best opportunity to consume content that they have," he said of the push to more digital offerings.
As for contentions that offering titles for download could "cannibalize print," he said that's not the case.
"I see it as an augmentation and a way to continue to grow the business," he said. "Our print business is holding very strong."
Marvel is not alone in embracing day-and-date. Other publishers — including Archie and DC Comics — have adopted it as a way to bring in new and lapsed readers already used to reading books on smartphones, tablets and computers.
Like them, Marvel is offering its comics through its own app for iPhones, iPads and Android devices as well as through Chrome. Its comics also will be offered through the comic book website comiXology, among others.
Marvel's senior vice president for sales and publishing, David Gabriel, said a slow, steady path toward complete day-and-date digital has helped abate fears from retailers and increased interest not only in digital titles but in print ones, too, "because we went slow and meticulously chose titles to do this with."
He said Marvel also is aiming to drive consumers of digital books to brick-and-mortar comic shops.
"We're looking at couponing programs that would actually drive the digital customer to the comic shops," he said.
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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2012 (Men's Day 1)
It's that time of the year again. The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships is all set for February and the tournament is even better than ever!
Held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships remains a firm favourite amongst the top ranked female players on the WTA's Premier-Event calendar and furthermore holds the accolade of the Middle East's only ATP 500 tournament. The 2012 line-up of stars is shaping up to be as strong as previous years, and one where some of the world's best will take on the up and coming stars, all of whom are focused on claiming both valuable ranking points.
2012's event will follow in the footsteps of an exciting 2011 which celebrated the worlds no 1 Caroline Wozniacki overcoming Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1 6-3 to win the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and become the first player from Denmark to lift the title.
Novak Djokovic won his third successive Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title when he defeated top seed Roger Federer 6-3 6-3 on Saturday marking his 20th career title, and preventing the former four-time champion claiming his first title since 2007.
Fans can expect to enjoy special 20th anniversary celebrations as the championships will look back on past stars achievements as well as exciting action on the court with extra seating on Court One for ticket holders to catch the extra games. Dubai Duty Free will continue to run the increasingly popular Ladies' Day activities, special children tennis clinics, as well as a variety of family-fun and entertainment over the 2-week event.
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The New California Dream
In the 1970s the women's liberation movement was born. The quest for equality in society made women also yearn for freedom of expression in their clothing. The Europeans influenced American fashion with sexualized glamour. Style icons Jane Birkin, Bianca Jagger, Brigit Bardot and Farrah Fawcett made miniskirts and platform shoes popular silhouettes that keep reappearing on today's modern catwalks.
Now with FLOGG, disco dancing can be so much more fun as retro classic shapes are made more comfortable with the flip flop EVA component, facilitating women's agile and upwardly mobile status.
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Admittedly, the thrill of seeing "Achievement Unlocked" and hearing that pleasing little chime after long hours of hunting down in-game items is often its own reward. Some Achievements, though, can test the mettle of even the most dedicated gamers, remaining just a pipe dream no matter how hard they try. Stretch your thumbs and grab some extra batteries before trying to take down the 10 hardest Xbox Achievements.
"Seriously 3.0" (Gears of War 3)Kotaku calls this the toughest achievement on the Xbox 360, and they might be right.
First, you have to reach rank 100 and earn all of the game's Onyx medals (6,000 kills with each of the game's 5 weapons). Then you'll need to take 1,500 enemy leaders captive and be an MVP in competitive combat five times. And that's just the warm-up requirements! The achievement ultimately has over a dozen checklist items -- each more brutal than the last.
"7 Day Survivor" (Dead Rising)Even dedicated fans of this zombie game falter when trying to unlock these 20 Achievement points.
To even access it, you'll first need to open up the game's Infinity Mode by completing the difficult Overtime mode. Then, you'll need to survive a zombie-infested mall for seven in-game days -- 22 hours in real time. And no saves are allowed, so you have to play straight through. Also, just to make things more interesting, you'll need to keep eating food scattered through the mall or else Frank will die of starvation. Probably a good idea for YOU to eat something, too.
"Bladder of Steel" (Rock Band 2)Like 7Day Survivor, this is an endurance test, but one of a completely different nature. You'll have to complete a setlist containing every song in the game (which chews up roughly 7 hours on the clock) without hitting the pause button once.
That includes having the game stop for any reason -- including your controllers running out of battery juice. Charge 'em up before starting, and whatever you do, don't chug a 2-liter bottle of anything beforehand.
"Hard to the Core" (Dead Space 2)Not only will you have to complete this action/horror game at its hardest level to unlock this achievement, you'll also have to dedicate some serious time toward doing so.
Only three saves -- and no checkpoints -- are allowed in the game's Hardcore mode, making it a serious beast for even the most capable gamer. But there's another reason to give it a shot beyond the Achievement points: the hand cannon.
Yep. Even goes "Bang Bang!" and "Pew Pew!" when you shoot it.
"Strings of Steel" (The Gunstringer)The Gunstringer is a cute, engaging game for Kinect in which you help guide a puppet through crazy adventures by pulling its invisible strings. Surely it wouldn't contain any rage-inducing, impossible challenges, right?
Well, maybe just one. To unlock Strings of Steel, you'll need to complete every single act in the game… in one sitting… on the hardest mode. That takes one macho marionette.
"Dedication" (Crysis 2)Some view this achievement as a blatant attempt by EA to halt trade-ins of the game. Others see it as a way to reward the most loyal fans. Either way, it's pretty unique.
To unlock it, you'll need to play an online game at some point, then wait six months and play again. You can, of course, play as often as you'd like between those two points. The achievement is a pat on the back for people still playing the game six months after they bought it.
"Insanity" (Mass Effect 3)Say what you want about its controversial ending, but Mass Effect 3 isn't an easy game -- especially when you ramp up the difficulty level.
You'll have to complete the game once just to unlock Hardcore mode, then you'll have to beat that markedly more difficult level to unlock Insanity mode. Then you'll have to complete the game playing this nearly unbeatable mode to grab the Achievement. At the request of friends in the development community, Bioware specifically made it harder than the previous two games.
"Mile High Club" (Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)Many players don't notice this bonus campaign mission, which only pops up after you complete the mission "Game Over" and watch the credits to the end.
From there, you can go to the mission select menu to play it -- but earning its achievement is another matter entirely. To do that, you'll have to clear out an airplane full of 30 extremely skilled enemy terrorists in only 1 minute. How hard is it? It's an achievement that has taken even the most skilled CoD players weeks to complete.
"Ultimate Battler" (Star Ocean: The Last Hope)This sprawling RPG packs one seriously random Achievement. You'll need to collect all of the game's 100 battle trophies to nab it, which doesn't sound too difficult at first.
But while many of those are easy, some -- like the one requiring you to deal exactly 55,555 points of damage -- are just insane. It takes tremendous patience and a LOT of searching. And your reward for this persistence? 10 lousy Achievement points.
"I Am Arthur Clark" (War of the Worlds)Admittedly, War of the Worlds wasn't a real blockbuster of a game, but to unlock its highest achievement, you'll have to complete it in one sitting with no deaths. Seems easy enough, right?
Turns out that's a lot harder than it sounds. Exactly how hard is this achievement? To date, not one person has unlocked it.
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Netbooks: Cheap, Small and Portable Computers:
As the years have gone on, it has been exciting to see electronic devices get smaller and cheaper. Also, the price of computers has gone down while their capacity and speed has gone up.
Laptops have traditionally been much more expensive than larger desktops, and that gap appears to be narrowing. An extreme example I am excited about is the new line of "Netbooks" – small, cheap, and technologically lean mini-laptops.
Currently, the cheapest of these (the Asus EEE) is sold for around $299, which is much cheaper than laptops or desktops. So, what's the catch? With very little storage space, a keyboard made for tiny hands, and no CD drive, these Netbooks are generally thought of as a person's second computer.
The cheapest Netbooks rely on open-source technology, such as Linux (instead of Windows), Google Docs (instead of Word) and Firefox (instead of Internet Explorer). Luckily, these computers come with multiple USB ports in case you want to add a mouse or some extra storage.
My assessment? Try it before you buy it, and look at multiple brands and different sizes. Make sure you are comfortable with the small keyboard. Many users complain about the small space bar, backspace, and right shift keys.
For more info on Netbooks, check out this article, here.
For YouTube videos comparing these Netbooks, click here.
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Congressional Letters (September 2015)
Legislative Proposals (January 2015)
Commission Memorandum for the Record and Comparison Chart
Commission Memorandum for the Record and Comparison Chart, October 2015(PDF, 118 KB)
Congressional Letters
Letters to Senate and House Armed Services Committees, September 2015(PDF, 538 KB)
Addendum to Final Report, April 2015(High Res PDF, 2.85 MB)
Final Report
The Final Report of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission presents the findings and recommendations of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission. These recommendations ensure the long-term success of the All-Volunteer Force, enable the quality of life for members of the Uniformed Services, and improve the fiscal sustainability of the compensation and retirement systems.
Final Report, January 2015(High Res PDF, 6.95 MB)
Supporting Documents
MCRMC Recommendations Overview(PDF, 403 KB)
Cost Appendix Spreadsheet, January 2015(XLS, 198 KB)
IDA, Analyses of Military Healthcare Benefit Design and Delivery: Study in Support of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, January 2015(PDF, 1.00 MB)
CNA, The Quality-Volume Relationship: Comparing Civilian and MHS Practice, January 2015(PDF, 1.23 MB)
Legislative Proposals
The Legislative Proposals of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission were presented, alongside the Interim and Final Reports, to the President and the Congress on January 29, 2015. This volume offers proposed legislative language related to the recommendations of the Commission, found in the Final Report.
Legislative Proposals, January 2015(High Res PDF, 4.07 MB)
Legislative Proposals, January 2015(Low Res PDF, 1.48 MB)
Interim Report
The June 2014 Interim Report of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission documented the Commission's understanding of the entirety of military compensation and benefit programs; relevant laws, regulations, and policies; associated appropriated Federal funding; and historical and contextual background for the uniformed services' compensation and benefit programs across the Federal Government (as of June 2014). It is the Commission's hope that this interim report will continue to serve as a comprehensive resource tool and compendium for all those with an interest in military compensation issues.
Interim Report, June 2014(High Res PDF, 13.2 MB)
Interim Report, June 2014(Low Res PDF, 7.48 MB)
Appropriated Budget Data Spreadsheet, June 2014(XLS, 73.9 KB)


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A thirteen-year-old boy is kidnapped to play the fife on board a slave ship enroute to Africa from New Orleans in 1840
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Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.
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Snatched from the docks of New Orleans, 13-year-old Jessie is thrown aboard a slave ship where he is sickened by the horrible practices of the slave business. But they are nothing compared to the one final horror that Jessie will witness. Can the cruelty be stopped before it's too late?


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No coincidence that churches were spared
Our governor enacted the law legalizing same-sex marriage just days after the Illinois Senate paved the way for it by putting it in front of him. Join me in praying for them, even more than for our state – they shoulder a lot when they meet the true lawmaker.
Anybody ready for the winter weather and the finishing touches to the Illinois economy? I read, "... be still and know that I am God." It's not that I'm a sodomite basher or that I disbelieve their biblical perspective (if they have any) of God's recorded view on marriage; it's just that I fear a real, living and holy God.
I find it very real that in the history of recording tornado warnings, there were 192 in November, and 101 of them were recorded Nov. 17. From the end of Chicago through mid-state and south, a total of 15 tornadoes.
You've seen news videos and prize-winning YouTube videos and are amazed, saddened and stunned as much as those who survived. Maybe you don't see or hear God in any of this, but how many times did you hear "Oh my God" or as in one, a man reciting the Our Father prayer? Almost everyone that I watched did.
I'm just a simple man who believes in a God who means what he says, and says what he means, and has proved it enough times that I don't need to debate it.
What's this got to do with anything? you say. It doesn't have to end badly for everyone. Jesus Christ saved individuals one at a time, and it can happen again.
Read Romans 10:9 and 10:13. How about you? Do you believe in chance? Ask all the survivors who were in the undamaged churches when it passed by them. Coincidence, right?


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May 6, 2016
ANNA, Texas (AP) - A North Texas woman and her husband have died after being struck by a barn roof that blew off during strong winds.
The Collin County Sheriff's Office on Monday identified the victims as 60-year-old Pamela Wiginton and 61-year-old Kennie Wiginton. The accident happened Friday at the couple's property east of Anna, about 45 miles north of Dallas.
Lt. John Norton says a front came through and high winds blew the roof off a barn as the couple worked on the barn.
The woman was dead at the scene. Norton says her husband died Saturday at a Dallas hospital.
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F.N.B. Corporation And Comm Bancorp, Inc. Announce Signing Of Definitive Merger Agreement
HERMITAGE, Pa. and CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB) and Comm Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCBP) jointly announce the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which F.N.B. Corporation will acquire Comm Bancorp, Inc., the Pennsylvania-based holding company and parent of Community Bank and Trust Company, in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $70 million. The acquisition of the Clarks Summit-headquartered bank will provide F.N.B. Corporation with $642 million in total assets, including $577 million in total deposits and $465 million in loans in 15 bank branches across five counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania.Under the terms of the merger agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, shareholders of Comm Bancorp, Inc. will be entitled to receive a fixed exchange ratio of 3.4545 shares of F.N.B. Corporation common stock and $10.00 in cash for each share of Comm Bancorp, Inc. Stephen J. Gurgovits, Chief Executive Officer of F.N.B. Corporation, stated, "This move is a logical step in our announced strategy to expand into Eastern Pennsylvania and in markets with attractive demographics and long-term growth potential. The communities served by Comm Bancorp, Inc. are very well positioned to benefit from the major demographic and commercial trends associated with the Marcellus Shale. In addition, Comm Bancorp, Inc. has an established track record of profitability, rooted in very strong local relationships and excellent customer service." "F.N.B.'s commitment to local communities, exceptional record of recognized customer service and range of products and services makes F.N.B. Corporation an ideal partner and provider for our clients," commented William F. Farber, Sr., President and CEO of Comm Bancorp, Inc. F.N.B. Corporation expects the merger to be immediately accretive to its earnings per share, excluding one-time costs. F.N.B. Corporation and Comm Bancorp, Inc. expect to complete the transaction in the fourth quarter of 2010, after completion of regulatory approvals, the approval of the shareholders of Comm Bancorp, Inc. and the satisfaction of other closing conditions.
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The Coretta Scott King Book Awards: 40 Years of Excellence
Each of the winners from the past 40 years of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards tells us about the role African Americans played in publishing. With their selections, the awards committee attempted to fulfill an ambitious founding mission: to provide recognition for African-American authors (and later illustrators) of exceptional books for children and teen readers. Take a look at four decades of excellence in the literary world.


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Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches DLC Guide
Table of Contents
Daud's Base
Choosing Your Mark
The Dead Eels
- Playing as Daud, you'll be in front of your desk and out of the corner of your eye, you'll spot Corvo Attano. Once Corvo kills one of your guards, it's up to you to kill him.
- You'll have your sword with you. When Corvo swings, press "Left Control" to block his attacks. If you time it correctly, he'll get pushed back. From here you can swing away. Once you've killed Corvo, you'll wake up. It was all a dream.
- One of the guards mentions that Thomas has information that you requested and is down below. Walk down the metal staircase, then press "F" to talk to him. He says he's found Lizzy Stride. And she's in Coldridge.
- After you've finished talking, take the blueprints off the table on the left, then grab your equipment from the chest below the blue drapes. You'll get a rune in the process followed by the upgrade menu.
- Your bone charms that you collected in the previous DLC, Knife of Dunwall will be saved as well, but they won't be equipped, so make sure to put them on, in the "Bone Charm" tab.
- Head back upstairs to grab a new kind of charm, a corrupted charm. It's in a chest by the foot of the bed. A corrupted charm is a powerful charm, but has penalties along with the good.
- Leave the room and exit through either one of the double doors to the library on the same floor. Use void gaze to spot the other rune in the vicinity. It's on top of the shelf in the library.
- Once you've picked it up, head back to Thomas to head to Coldridge Prison. Remember that place?


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What Really Works When It Comes To Closing The Achievement Gap?
At a time when there is an increasingly sharp divide between the nation's "haves" and "have nots", the odds would seem against three-and-a-half-year-old Melanie Sandoval ever being one of the "haves."
Born to Guatemalan immigrants whose combined incomes are below the federal poverty line, Melanie lives in a tough neighborhood on the west side of Stamford, Connecticut. Since summer of 2006, when her mother had twins and stopped working as a nanny, the family's finances have been tighter still.
Still, Melanie's parents are bright, caring people who have stayed together and worked hard. Melanie also attends the Childcare Learning Centers' Stillwater Head Start Center, just five minutes' walk from her house, which leaves her mother, Marlen, with more time and energy for the twins. The center follows the Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood, which includes more than 30 specific targets for children's social, emotional, cognitive and physical development. Melanie's head teacher, Lisa Barnes, has 10 years of classroom experience, and the assistant, Haydee Maestre, is bilingual.
"She loves her teachers, they're amazing," Marlen Sandoval says of her daughter. "On vacation, she says, -'I want to go to school.' Before she was there, she wasn't talking clearly. Now she's speaking more, she knows colors, numbers. There's been a lot of change. She's more friendly, she plays more. It's amazing."
In fact, the most recent national survey of Head Start-'"a program offered free to impoverished families and students with special needs-'"found that while children typically enter with below-average skills, they make significant gains in vocabulary and early skills in math and writing. Latino children like Melanie also make significant gains in both English and Spanish vocabulary. A 2000 RAND study found that, for whites, participation in Head Start is associated with a significantly increased probability of completing high school and attending college, as well as elevated earnings in one's early 20s, while there was "suggestive evidence" that African American males who attended Head Start were more likely than their siblings to have completed high school.
For families like the Sandovals, then, Stillwater would seem to be a godsend-'"but what's in it for those who foot the bill? After all, a year's education at the school, which offers an onsite nurse, two daily meals and a snack, a teacher-to-student ratio of two to 17, and visits by a family social worker, costs the state of Connecticut between $12,000 and $15,000 per child. In all, the U.S. spends more than $7 billion on Head Start, which encompasses some 19,000 centers and roughly one million students.
This past winter, a new study led by TC education economist Henry Levin provided perhaps the most compelling evidence yet that this investment pays big dividends - not just in improved lives and life chances for Head Start students and their families, but in hard dollars for the American taxpayer.
Levin and colleagues from Princeton, Columbia and the City University of New York focused on a group of strategies that have been proven to boost high school graduation rates, including not only quality preschool, but also smaller-size classes in grades K-3, increased teacher salaries across all grades, and intensive small high schools with student and family supports. As a measure of educational effectiveness, they calculated the number of additional graduates each strategy generates per 100 students. They toted up the "public gift" conferred by each new graduate in increased taxes paid, reduced crime and likelihood of incarceration, reduced use of the public health care system, and reduced dependence on public assistance. Finally, they deducted the implementation costs of each graduation-boosting strategy, including the expenses that result from students' increased years of schooling.
The bottom line: use of these proven strategies could save the U.S. taxpayer a net of $127,000 for each new graduate they generate-'"the equivalent of $45 billion annually if the number of high school dropouts nationally among 20-year-olds were cut in half, and $18 billion if they were reduced by one-fifth. For young black males, the student population most at risk for dropping out, the figure is even higher. The net public savings for each new graduate added among this group is estimated at $166,500.
Those figures do not even include the private benefits of improved economic well-being that would accrue to the new graduates themselves.
"What this study is really saying is that, beyond the compelling moral reasons for helping disadvantaged children make it through high school, there are economic reasons as well," Levin, who is TC's William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, said at a Congressional briefing in spring 2007 that was hosted by Congressman Charles Rangel. "Providing greater equity for all young adults would also produce greater efficiency in the use of public resources. So this is a case where America truly can do well by doing good."
In 2006, Congress cut Head Start spending nationally by one percent. The program's formal status has been uncertain for several years, as its administrators have sought without success to win federal reauthorization. Armed with a growing trove of data like the Levin study, they're hopeful for a better outcome.
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Flag Spring Church destroyed by early morning fire
Originally published November 20, 2012 at 9:57 a.m., updated November 20, 2012 at 9:57 a.m.
At approximately 3 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, area fire departments responded to a fire at the Flag Spring Baptist Church, approximately 3 miles south of California. Twenty-five fire fighters from Tipton, Fortuna and California Rural arrived on the scene to find the church engulfed in flames. According to the Rural Fire Protection District, the church was a total loss when they arrived. The State Fire Marshall has been called in to determine the cause of the fire.
On Tuesday morning, Pastor Ken Chapman said Sunday morning attendance averages 35-45. "The fire marshall said it will be a couple of days before the cause can be determined," Chapman said. Regarding church service this Sunday, Nov. 25, he said, "We are going to have church where we always have it. We will bring blankets and chairs and meet outside, next to what's left of the church. It's too soon to say what we will do after that."
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Campaigning for discrimination is bad for business
Timothy Kincaid
June 23rd, 2010
After the legislature passed House Bill 444 to allow for the creation and recognition of civil unions in the State of Hawaii, the executive director of the Hawaii Business Roundtable sent a letter recommending that Governor Lingle veto the bill.
Choosing not to express ways in which, if any, the Roundtable as impacted by the bill, the letter chose instead to justify their call for veto in terms of vague "questions" that have "implications" and "complexities" involving ERISA. Were Hawaii the first state to consider civil unions, their letter might have merit. But considering that several states have already resolved the ERISA "complexities", the letter signed by executive director Gary K. Kai takes on the overtones of bigotry cloaked in terms of reasonableness.
Kai claimed that the letter had "broad support among its membership" and was the consensus of the group. But after Honolulu Civil Beat posted a copy of the letter and the membership list of the organization, several prominent Hawaii businesses were quick to distance themselves from Kai's letter. (Star Advertiser)
Meanwhile, five more Hawaii Business Roundtable members have distanced themselves from the organization's call to Lingle to veto the civil unions bill. The companies are:
» Alexander & Baldwin Inc., which released a statement yesterday that it did not participate in any discussion regarding the bill.
» Foodland, which said to supporters that it had no part in asking for a veto of the bill.
» Hawaii Pacific Health, which in a letter to civil union supporters said it does not endorse the letter.
» Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Inc., which sent a letter to Lingle, citing the company's policies on nondiscrimination.
» Kyo-ya Company LLC, which said in a letter to supporters and Lingle that it was "disappointed" with the letter.
These were not alone. (Star Advertiser)
Hawaii Medical Service Association, the state's largest health insurer, and Hawaii National Bank were the latest Business Roundtable members to speak out, saying they were not informed of the letter until after it became public. Five Roundtable members issued statements Thursday disassociating themselves from the letter.
Robert P. Hiam, HMSA president and chief executive officer, said the insurer takes a strong stance on the issue.
"Our organization opposes discrimination on any basis, and in keeping with that philosophy, had we been consulted on this matter, we would not have supported the decision to call for a veto of HB (House Bill) 444," Hiam said in a letter to Carolyn Martinez Golojuch, president of the equal-rights group PFLAG-Oahu, who made the statement public.
But Kai – using a common ploy of anti-gay activists – claims that he doesn't oppose civil unions in general, just these civil unions.
"Unfortunately, the use of the word veto has become equivalent to some, as a position against civil unions," Kai wrote.
Funny, that. Further, Mr. Kai claims that he has the support of the executive committee of the Hawaii Business Roundtable. To date there are no news reports that the executive committee members disagree. They are:
David Carey
President & CEO
Outrigger Enterprises
H. Mitchell D'Olier
President & CEO
Kaneohe Ranch Company
Donald G. Horner
President & CEO
First Hawaiian Bank
Allan Landon
President & CEO
Bank of Hawaii
Constance Lau
President & CEO
Dee Jay Mailer
Chief Executive Officer
Kamehameha Schools
Nate Smith
Oceanic Cablevision Inc.
Arthur A. Ushijima
President & CEO
Queens Health Systems
Allen Uyeda
President & CEO
First Insurance Co of Hawaii
Harry Saunders
Castle & Cook Hawaii
Considering the nature of some of the businesses represented on the executive committee, I am not convinced that Mr. Kai's desire to oppose these civil unions is as supported as he supposes. Banks and hotels, for example, do not like it when customers think that they support discrimination and executives of corporations tend to look for ways to earn loyal employees, not harm their lives.
Further employers often take into consideration that corporate positions or actions on the part of executives that appear to be hostile to gay people can make a significant impact on a jury should any future discrimination claims be brought against the company. This can be seen as establishing a hostile work environment and condoning discrimination by supervisors.
If any of our readers work for or do business with these companies am certain that each and every one of these officers would love nothing more than to hear from you inquiring if they support Mr. Kai's letter and share his ojection to these civil unions. And if so, I am convinced that they would like to hear in detail exactly why it is that you have "questions" that have "implications" and "complexities" involving doing continued business with their companies.


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Health Care Management of Adults with Down Syndrome - Article
ABSTRACT: The family physician's holistic approach to patients forms the basis of good health care for adults with Down syndrome. Patients with Down syndrome are likely to have a variety of illnesses, including thyroid disease, diabetes, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, hearing loss, atlantoaxial subluxation and Alzheimer's disease. In addition to routine health screening, patients with Down syndrome should be screened for sleep apnea, hypothyroidism, signs and symptoms of spinal cord compression and dementia. Patients with Down syndrome may have an unusual presentation of an ordinary illness or condition, and behavior changes or a loss of function may be the only indication of medical illnesses. Plans for long-term living arrangements, estate planning and custody arrangements should be discussed with the parents or guardians. Because of improvements in health care and better education, and because more people with this condition are being raised at home, most adults with Down syndrome can expect to function well enough to live in a group home and hold a meaningful job.
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