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The investigation at Slater's Mill occurred on May 8-9, 2008. The investigation of the Pettibone Tavern took place a few days earlier, on May 5-6, 2008.
Also Appearing:
Investigation 1: Slater's Mill - Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Cheryl Santos - Director of Operations
Janice Kissinger - CEO, Slater's Mill
Richard Danforth - Educational Coordinator
Investigation 2: Pettibone Tavern - Simsbury, Connecticut
Chris Diffley - Tour Guide
Lisa Caesar - Eyewitness
Mike Altott - Former Manager
Dawn Hutchins - Historian
Jason: (communicating with a young male spirit) If you'd like to leave, you can always come home with me. I've got five kids at home, you're welcome in my house, okay?
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Grant: Wow.
Jason: I'm gonna text the wife and just tell her I might be bringing something home with me tonight.
Steve: (about spiders) You know, if you'd killed one of them they'd all come for you!
Grant: Any good investigation team should put truth as their goal, not necessarily capturing paranormal activity.
The episode's title is a nod to the 1993 comedy film So I Married an Axe Murderer, starring Mike Myers.
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Happy Memorial Day everyone (writing this post on Monday)!!!! I hope your weekends were relaxing and filled with lots of family time! Tonight, we're featuring Lawn Fawn Stamp's sneak peek #3. Meet Harold's ABCs!!!! It's an alphabet set like no other! The little stamps have base images (the side that touches the stamp block) that line up perfectly together. There is no need to space the letters! They go in a straight line perfectly!!!! HOW AWESOME IS THAT? I've already requested additional fonts 😉
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* Republican Boehner: "This is not some damn game"
* Obama says will not negotiate with a gun to Americans'head
* Kerry labels shutdown a "momentary episode in Americanpolitics"
By Thomas Ferraro and Caren Bohan
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Washington entered the fifthday of a partial government shutdown on Saturday with no end insight even as another, more serious conflict over raising thenation's borrowing authority started heating up.
The U.S. House of Representatives prepared for a Saturdaysession but with no expectations of progress on either theshutdown or a measure to raise the nation's $16.7 trillion debtceiling. Congress must act by Oct. 17 in order to avoid agovernment debt default.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner tried on Friday tosquelch reports that he would ease the way to a debt ceilingincrease, stressing that Republicans would continue to insist onbudget cuts as a condition of raising the borrowing authority.
On the shutdown, Boehner said Republicans were holding firmin their demand that in exchange for passing a bill to fund andreopen the government, President Barack Obama and his Democratsmust agree to delay implementation of Obama's health care law.
The launch date for Obamacare health insurance exchangescame and went on Oct. 1, meaning Republicans are now in a moredifficult political position of trying to stop something thathas already begun.
Although essential government functions like nationalsecurity and air traffic control continue, the economic andpolicy effects of the shutdown are amplified the longer hundredsof thousands of federal workers remain at home and unpaid.
Negotiations on tax and free trade treaties are on hold,enforcement of sanctions against Iran and Syria are beinghindered, and a government tester of dangerous consumer productsspends his days at home.
"Do not mistake this momentary episode in American politicsas anything more than a moment of politics," U.S. Secretary ofState John Kerry told reporters at an Asia-Pacific leadersconference in Bali, Indonesia, on Saturday.
"Nothing will diminish our commitment to Asia...we willcontinue to fulfill our responsibilities and our engagementaround the world," said Kerry, who is standing in for Obamaafter the president cancel his Asian trip.
Nerves and sometimes tempers frayed on Friday after severalweeks of long sessions of Congress and non-stop posturing.
"This isn't some damn game," said Boehner, responding to aWall Street Journal article that quoted an unidentified WhiteHouse official saying Democrats were "winning" the shutdownbattle.
The Democratic president reiterated that he was willing tonegotiate with Republicans, but said, "We can't do it with a gunheld to the head of the American people."
"There's no winning when families don't have certainty overwhether they're going to get paid or not," Obama told reporterswhen he visited a downtown Washington lunch spot that wasoffering a discount to furloughed federal government workers.
The shutdown began on Tuesday when the Republican-led Houseof Representatives refused to approve a bill funding thegovernment unless it included measures designed to delay ordefund key provisions of Obama's signature legislation, the 2010Affordable Care Act, which are now being implemented.
Obama again appealed to Boehner to bring a "clean" fundingbill - without reference to the health reforms - to a vote inthe House, where many Democrats believe it could pass with acombination of Democrats and a few of the majority Republicans.
Democratic leaders in the House said on Friday they wereworking on a maneuver that, if successful, would force a vote onlegislation to fully reopen the federal government.
The plan involves a rarely used "discharge petition" thatwould dislodge an existing bill from a committee and send it tothe House floor if a simple majority of lawmakers in the chambersign the petition.
Such a move would take a week or so to clear proceduralhurdles in the House, according to Democratic U.S.Representative George Miller. A House vote might not come untilat least Oct. 14, which is a federal holiday, said Miller fromCalifornia.
Democratic Representative Louise Slaughter of New Yorkcalled on 22 moderate House Republicans to put their "votingcards where your mouths are" and help end the shutdown.
Slaughter said that although the 22 have declared supportfor an unconditional bill to fund the government, they havesided with their own Republican leaders and the conservative TeaParty wing in repeatedly opposing Democratic efforts to bringsuch a Senate bill up for a House vote.
"When the opportunity arose, courage failed them," Slaughtersaid in a House speech.
The government was obliged to close many of its operationsbecause Congress failed to pass a spending bill by Oct. 1, thestart of the new fiscal year.
Facing public anger over the government shutdown, the Househas adopted a strategy of voting piecemeal to fund some popularfederal agencies - like the Veterans Administration, theNational Park Service and the National Institutes of Health -that are partially closed.
Republicans know that neither the Democratic-controlledSenate nor Obama will agree to that approach, but it allows themto accuse Democrats of working against the interests ofveterans, national parks and cancer patients.
House Republicans have been working through nearly a dozenbills to fund targeted programs. They included: nutritionprograms for low-income women and their children; a program tosecure nuclear weapons and non-proliferation; intelligencegathering; border patrols; weather monitoring; Head Start schoolprograms for the poor. With a major storm approaching the Gulfcoast, one of the measures passed by the House on Friday wouldfund federal disaster assistance.
The Democratic-controlled Senate says it will reject thepiecemeal funding measures and Obama has said he would vetothem. One measure the White House does support is a bill toretroactively pay federal workers once the government reopens,likely to pass the House on Saturday.
Global stocks posted a loss for the week while the dollarhovered near an eight-month low on investor fears the budgetstandoff in Washington will drag on until politicians reach adeal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.
The shutdown and the possible failure to raise the debtceiling, have prompted a number of warnings from big business.
AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson, addressing apossible default, said in a statement, "It would be the heightof irresponsibility for any public official to consider such acourse. In fact, even the discussion of default poses great riskto our economy and to our country."
The government's September employment report, the mostwidely watched economic data both on Wall Street and MainStreet, had been scheduled for release on Friday but was acasualty of the shutdown.
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Oliver Finney, a feisty old judge with his own secrets, is chosen to defend Christianity. As the program takes a strange twist, he quickly realizes he is trapped in a game of deadly agendas that may cost him his life.
With Internet access monitored, Finney sends coded messages to his law clerk, Nikki Moreno. Aided by a teen crypto-geek, Nikki soon discovers the key to understanding Finney's clues in an apologetics book Finney wrote and must race against time to decipher the mysteries contained in the ancient words of Christ before her boss dies defending them.
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Water color, about A4 size(with the white frame around).
Christmas gift to this cats owner,
The cat is called Pus (Norwegian for Cat/kitty).
I was told she was really very happy to get this painting.
This cat is very old and might pass away soon.
it's a pretty small cat, she is a little particular, but very kind.
Impressive painting!
what a beautiful painting
Wonderful. What a beautiful cat Nice work
wow, looks awesome, so beautiful, so realistic
GREAT GREAT. I wish I could do a cat like this!
I love it very much! So realistic!
I like the fur. A very good painting.
I love the colors and details.
Great work!
Tortie cat!
It's sad that she might pass away soon
She is old, but I have a feeling she will stay with us a bit longer than we would think
This is gorgeous! Absolutely love the detail, right down to the shadow on the wall behind her and everything. So beautiful, you did an amazing job! As a cat owner myself I can imagine how much joy this brought to the owner's Christmas :3
She's lovely :3


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The Air Swimmers RC Sharkswims through the air with the same graceful movements as underwater.
Unlike other neutrally buoyant aircraft with dedicated vector propellers, they use reciprocating tail fins that provide forward motion, just as a real shark's or clownfish's tail pushes against water.
Deft control of the infrared remote transmitter's rocker-arm switch moves the tail back and forth for propulsion indoors up to 10' away within line of sight. Faster switching results in vigorous "swimming" while holding the switch in the left or right position executes wide, arcing turns.
A weighted ventral pod slides forward and backward on a fixed rail at the remote's command, raising or lowering its pitch for climbs or descents.
Mylar construction; helium not included, but available at any local party supply store.
Requires four AAA batteries.
Ages 8 and up.
57" L x 24" W x 36" H. (6 oz.)
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We are making a pop up card! It's really easy to make and looks great.


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Americans now seem to view social deviance of nearly every stripefrom criminality and drug use, to Attention Deficit Disorder and everyday schoolboy mischiefas a mental illness rooted in poor self-esteem and requiring government-sponsored therapy to fix. Ominously, the embrace of this therapeutic ethos has become a source of legitimation of expanded state power that otherwise would face stiff opposition, argues James L. Nolan, Jr., in his well-researched book, The Theraputic State: Justifying Government at Centurys End.
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Deputies investigate at the scene of a homicide in Temecula Thursday, May 15. SARAH BURGE/STAFF
Sheriff's officials on Monday, May 19, identified a woman slain in a Temecula home last week as 21-year-old� Wilysha Gardner.
A man in custody in connection with Gardner's slaying, as well as the stabbing of another woman at a home across town a few hours earlier, has not yet been identified.
The man was arrested shortly after the Temecula woman� was found dead at a house on Nellie Court around 9 a.m. Thursday.
Homicide Sgt. Raymond Huskey said Friday that the man, who is in his 20s, was hospitalized and hadn't been lucid enough for investigators to interview him. It was unclear what kind of medical issue he was suffering from.
Huskey said the stabbing victim who survived did not know the suspect, but the woman who died might have had some brief association with him.
The first attack� was reported about 3 a.m. in the 30600 block of Milky Way Drive in a neighborhood near Rancho California and Margarita roads, sheriff's officials said. The woman said she had been asleep on the couch and woke up after feeling a sharp pain. She said she saw a man she didn't recognize running away from the home, sheriff's officials said.
The woman didn't realize she had been stabbed until she noticed blood on her clothing. She was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that sheriff's officials said were not life-threatening.
Deputies searched the area for the man with the help of a police bloodhound.
About 9 a.m., another assault was reported at a house on Nellie Court, near Margarita and Winchester roads, about 3 miles away. A neighbor followed the suspect to a nearby shopping center, relaying his location to deputies, who quickly detained him.
Courtney Delamater, 21, who lives across the street from the Nellie Court crime scene, said she was getting ready for work when she heard a woman -- not the victim -- outside screaming for help.
"She said, 'She's been stabbed. She's bleeding out. She's going to die,' " Delamater said.
No one answered the door Friday at the Nellie Court house or at the ground-floor apartment on Milky Way where neighbors said the stabbings occurred.
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Last year, Benjamin Curtis and twin sisters Ally and Claudia Deheza left the bands they were in, moved in together, set up a home recording studio and launched an all-consuming music project they call School of Seven Bells. Ally Deheza says the arrangement blurs the lines between life and art.
"It's always a part of what you're doing," Deheza says. "One can't be working on something without the other one hearing it. So it's kind of like, you can be in the kitchen making a sandwich or something, and you hear Claudia in the room with her synth or something, doing something, and you have to respond."
Named after a mythical South American school for pickpockets, School of Seven Bells recently released its debut album, Alpinisms. The music and lyrics have a dreamy, droney, ethereal quality. In a song called "Wired for Light," Deheza writes about her interest in something called lucid dreaming.
"I can be in a dream and know that I'm dreaming," Deheza says, "so I'll know that I can pretty much make anything happen. I'll know that everything that's there is out of my head, so I can make somebody appear, or if I want to go somewhere else, I can do that, too. It's pretty much having control of what you see."
But Deheza doesn't agree that her lyrics are abstract or obscure.
"I don't think it's very abstract at all, which is very funny," she says. "I understand why people do think it's abstract, but I'm basically just communicating things exactly as they come to my head."
"And the sound is usually inspired by the words, rather than vice versa," Curtis adds. "We always do the vocals first in this band. That's a really big deal for us."
Ally and Claudia are identical twins, and their harmonies are incredibly precise. They're like two heads of the same beast. They sing all the songs on the album together, and their complex vocal interplay resides at the band's heart.
"To me, that's the most important part of School of Seven Bells," Curtis says. "Everything else is accompaniment, you know, in my opinion."
The song "Connjur," in particular, is reminiscent of another sibling vocal duo in a '70s prog-rock band, called Gentle Giant. The jagged vocal phrasing, the almost madrigal vocal style, and the somewhat self-conscious, sweeping, suggestive lyrics all fit the style of '70s progressive rock. But instead of pairing that vocal style with the musical bombast of that era, School of Seven Bells creates backing tracks that owe more to Cocteau Twins-style atmospherics and shoegazer drones.
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Forest Wars, Part 2
Byline: Scott Maben The Register-Guard
GARY BROWNSON steadied himself in the soft soil and stared downhill as his faller's saw screamed through a Douglas fir older than the nation itself.
In mere minutes the tree swayed, tipped and came crashing to earth in a splash of shattered limbs and dust.
"It's a tree. It will grow back," the Myrtle Creek logging contractor said.
The big fir and scores like it were pulled down the hillside, loaded - some trucks held just three mammoth logs - and hauled to the D.R. Johnson Lumber Co. sawmill in Riddle, south of Roseburg.
It's rare anymore to see mills offered such large trees on public lands, said Brownson, who started his logging outfit with his father and brother in 1975. "But wherever there's old growth, they take it," he said.
And wherever there's old growth, there's controversy.
Just up the ridge, Erin Mannix, a 20-year-old environmental activist, clung to a wooden platform suspended halfway up another tree marked to be cut in the Berry Patch timber sale in the Willamette National Forest east of Lowell.
"It's a really valuable experience to see all this life being decimated," said Mannix, an upbeat student who chose the name "Basil" for her 2 1/2 -week summer protest. "There are a lot of people who see money as more important than life."
Big trees are still coming down across the Northwest. Activists are still going up into the treetops. Lawsuits are still flying left and right. New reports of tree-spiking aimed at stopping the chain saws recall a more combative time in the woods, but by all accounts the forest wars are far from over.
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Nearly a decade after the Clinton administration tried to reconcile timber industry and conservation group desires with a plan to protect the old-growth habitat of the northern spotted owl, the legal brawls and demonstrations haven't vanished. Indeed, a fresh round of sparring has begun.
President Bush's proposed forest management reforms, applauded by the timber industry and rural community leaders, have stirred environmentalists to redouble their efforts to protect mature and old-growth trees and halt logging they believe harms the environment.
"I think there's broad recognition, more so now than any other time in the debate, that old-growth forests are a resource that's too precious to be squandered," said James Johnston, executive director of the Cascadia Wildlands Project, a Eugene-based group that champions protection of native Northwest forests.
The organization, which monitors timber sales on the Eugene-based Willamette forest, has teamed up with a dozen other conservation groups in a new campaign calling for an end to logging old forests on public lands.
This past summer's Berry Patch sale, planned and sold in the mid-1990s, was a virtual clear-cut of trees ranging up to 500 years old. Although old growth is prized for its clear, straight grain and the sheer quantity of wood it provides, many of the trees had begun to decay, lowering their commercial value.
Forest officials said the sale was a holdover from the past and not representative of the kind of projects they emphasize now.
"Because we have been unable to accomplish certain types of projects on the ground, we did make a deliberate shift about a year and a half ago," said Rob Iwamoto, deputy supervisor for the Willamette. "Our focus has been more in terms of commercial thinning, in trying to work with managed stands. We're focusing on less-controversial timber sales."
The Willamette also has much less land open to logging as a result of the Northwest Forest Plan. Once among the top timber producers in the region, the forest saw half the land available for commercial harvests withdrawn under the plan.
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Oh, yes, it's time once again for something crazy like this. Brace yourselves! You might want to get a glass of water and some provisions before you start reading. It's a long one, in case you can't guess.
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Your weekly-ish survey of the news, criticism, and art, sequential or otherwise, found on the comics internet. I hope you're taking good notes, because there will be a quiz.
The comics internet, in Dagwood sandwich form. (One bite! I dare you!)
The biggest Brunch ever? Quite possibly. All the news that's fit to pimp!
Here are links to all the Comics You Should Own essays I have written so far. Plus, I've added some explanation. Enjoy!
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CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK: What if newspaper comic strips were written by today's premiere comic book writers?I find the newspaper comics page to be a sad, boring place, populated by unfunny drain-circlers, occasionally peppered with decent strips or good art. So what if your favorite comic writer got in on the action? What would they write? Can you imagine the bizarre possibilities? My suggestions under the cut.
We're light on links this week, but there are some intriguing things to think about in today's post, as well as a bit of a rant, a bit of a ramble, and a bit of a review. Onwards!
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What comic series or topic is the internet ignoring? What needs to be reviewed? What needs to be discussed?
Superheroes don't get career choices. They're beings with powers which dictate what they'll do. Unlike us, with our grab bag of vague skills and strengths, we're asked to believe that having a super power is so overwhelming that it forces people into one specific career. They must be vigilantes, living outside of society's rules… Really? Continue Reading »
Beneath the fold: links and commentary, as I analyze the geek brain, disagree with things people have said, and put down your favorite sports teams! Oh, and there's stuff about comics, too.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Will the upcoming XXX Batman porn parody be the first porno in which the sex is the worst part of the movie?
Slow week. Let's see what bits of awesome we can scrounge up!
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: On the whole, are your favorite comic book writers "fat guys with beards" or "skinny bald guys"? Is there some kind of hybrid form? U-Decide!
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(I'll point out that I posted this originally in May 2005, as I've been pointing out all along with these "flashbacks." Blame 2005 Burgas if you don't like these comics! Also, some of this has been edited, as I mentioned the "current" Aquaman series, which of course no longer exists. But the essence of the original post is still here!)
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Another shamefully light week in the world of links to stuff on the comics internet, which means either I am dreadfully unobservant, or everyone else is as lazy as I am! It's probably the former. Still, this column may slip to a bi-weekly schedule in future installments, or cease altogether, depending how many cool things I stumble upon and remember to share with you fine folks.
So, six nifty links under the cut, and, to pad things out, another exciting QUESTION OF THE WEEK above the cut, and after this colon: If you were cursed by television executives to turn one mature-readers-only comic book series into a kid-friendly Saturday morning cartoon show, which would it be? Show your work. (I'll share my own answer later on in the comments.)
This time around, in order to break up the Peter David run on The Incredible Hulk, I give you a flashback to … a Peter David comic! Fancy that! This was the first one of these I wrote for the old Comics Should Be Good, so it got a bit more exposure than the ones I wrote on my blog. Now, of course, thanks to Our Dread Lord and Master's dominion of all things comics-related, we have an even bigger readership, so it's a good time to reprint this! It's pretty much unedited from when I posted it in 2005, so blame that guy if you think this post stinks!
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The ambitious program — including new, 4K restorations of Zeffirelli's 'Romeo and Juliet' and Kurosawa's 'Ran' — coincides with the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death. We report from London.Read More »
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The percentage of underweight babies born in the U.S. has increased to its highest rate in 40 years, according to a new report that also...
NEW YORK — The percentage of underweight babies born in the U.S. has increased to its highest rate in 40 years, according to a new report that also documents a recent rise in the number of children living in poverty.
But the rates in Washington, Oregon and Alaska are the best in the country.
The data on low birth weights are worrisome because such babies — those born at less than 5.5 pounds — are at greater risk of dying in infancy or experiencing long-term disabilities.
The findings were released today in the annual Kids Count report on the health and well-being of America's youth, which measures the states in 10 categories. Overall, the report found progress, as well as some setbacks.
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"Well-being indicators have largely gotten better for teens, and they've gotten worse for babies," said Laura Beavers, coordinator of the Kids Count project for the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The report documented improvements in the child-death rate, teen-death rate, teen birthrate, high-school dropout rate, and teens not in school and not working. There was no change in the infant-mortality rate, while four areas worsened: low-birthweight babies, children living with jobless or underemployed parents, children in poverty, and children in single-parent families.
In composite rankings for all 10 indicators, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Utah ranked the highest, while Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama and South Carolina ranked the lowest. Washington ranked 11th and Oregon 17th.
Beavers noted that in many categories, the United States compares poorly to other developed countries. A recent study released by UNICEF ranked the U.S. second worst out of 33 industrialized nations in a composite index on child well-being, and it was 29th in regard to the percentage of babies with low birth weights.
According to Kids Count, the latest available federal data, from 2005, showed that 8.2 percent of U.S. babies were born at low birth weight, a level not seen since 1968.
The worst rate — 11.8 percent in Mississippi — was nearly twice the 6.1 percent rate in the best states — Alaska, Oregon and Washington.
Beavers said part of the overall increase in low-birthweight babies was due to a rise in multiple births as more older women use fertility treatments to conceive. But she said the problem also has been worsening for single-baby deliveries.
The rate of low-weight births is sharply higher for blacks (13.6 percent) than for whites (7.3 percent) or Hispanics (6.9 percent). One important factor, Beavers said, is the mother's overall health at the time of pregnancy and her access to good prenatal care.
Dr. Alan Fleischman, medical director of the March of Dimes, said the increase in underweight newborns is closely linked to a rise in premature births.
He agreed with Beavers that better socio-economic conditions for pregnant mothers would help. But Fleischman also said the U.S. medical profession should be more rigorous in encouraging women to continue their pregnancies as close to term as feasible and reduce the number of early, induced deliveries, often Caesarean, that frequently produce underweight infants.
Regarding its key economic indicator, the report said 18 percent of U.S. children — 13.3 million of them — were living in poverty in 2006, up by 1 million children from the 17 percent rate in 2000. It said child poverty increased in 32 states during that period.
"It's disconcerting, because between 2000 and 2006 the economy was doing pretty well," Beavers said.
The report's data were based on the official poverty measure as determined by the Office of Management and Budget. Its 2006 poverty line was $20,444 for a family of two adults and two children.
Among the states, the child-poverty rate ranged from a low of 10 percent in Maryland and New Hampshire to a high of 30 percent in Mississippi. The national rate was 11 percent for white children, 36 percent for blacks and American Indians, and 28 percent for Hispanics.


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The upland bird used to be a common site on moorland across Britain but suffered massive declines due to habitat loss and hunting in the last century.
Recent attempts to boost numbers failed because of the wet weather in the last two years when the birds are supposed to be breeding.
However, due to reasonable weather in June when the chicks hatch, this year has seen numbers climbing again, according to the North Pennines Black Grouse Recovery Project.
A recently completed chick count in the North Pennines, one of the few remaining strongholds for the bird, showed an average of 1.9 chicks per hen, well above the 1.2 chick average needed to keep the population stable.
The North Pennines has boosted numbers from 773 males in 1998 to 1,200 in 2007.
The recovery project, run by a coalition of groups including the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), has been advising landowners on how to improve habitats for the birds and control predators including stoats, weasels and rats since 1996.
Phil Warren, project officer, said smaller populations of black grouse in other areas of the country should also be rising.
The black grouse is a long lived bird, robust enough to survive two or three bad years, so populations should bounce back, with a survey next year expected to record around 900 to 1,000 males.
But the problems the bird has suffered from the weather indicate how important conservation efforts were in boosting numbers and enabling the species to cope with adverse conditions, Dr Warren said.
"It just shows the value of the work that has been done: we'd increased the population to 1,200 males and it could then handle two very bad years, but if we hadn't done anything, it would have crashed right down," he added.


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Do you love waking up early, surrounded by mountain landscapes? When you go on a walk, are you hoping to meet friendly passerby's, and then stumble upon an abundance of tropical flowers and fruit trees? Are fresh organic fruits and vegetables exactly what you need on a Sunday morning?
San Jose, Costa Rica and the surrounding cities may be the perfect place for you. Costa Rica is known for its "gallo pinto" (rice and beans), coffee farms, temperate climate, and tourism - but there's so much more to experience as a resident. San Jose is a busy, fast-paced city with equally as exciting suburbs nearby.
One of the best things about San Jose is that it's not only the capital, but it is the hub of bus stations and people going places. One could quite literally say, "All roads lead to San Jose." If you are looking for a teaching job as well as adventure on the weekends, a bus from San Jose can take you to a stunning beach one week and to a cloud forest or a volcano the next.
Most of all, San Jose is hungry for English and other world languages. They are hungry for more opportunities and many see English and other languages as the key to opening those doors. You can make a difference by helping to open up doors of opportunity for the Ticos (Costa Ricans) in and around San Jose.
Job Types
The most popular teaching options in San Jose, Costa Rica all include teaching English or teaching another subject in English. Primarily, there are a large variety of private international schools as well as private language learning institutes for university students and adults.
International Schools:
Costa Rican international schools seek teachers of all subjects, primarily teaching candidates who are global citizens, able to adapt to different cultures and locations. Besides teaching the standard subjects of math or science, teachers of music, art, and special education are needed.
Take a look at the United World College and Blue Valley School for employment opportunities. International schools often require that their teachers have a few years of experience and preferably hold a master's degree in their subject.
Language Schools:
English language schools and academies are looking for native English speakers, who are TEFL/TESOL/CELTA certified. Since San Jose is Costa Rica's largest metropolis, many students are hoping to learn the language for work or professional reasons. A few language schools provide English language courses to clients at large companies, such as Whittemore de Costa Rica.
In San Jose, there are several universities where teachers can provide English language instruction to university students. College students often take semester-long or summer-long courses to improve their spoken or business English. Keep an eye out for job availabilites at Universidad de Costa Rica and Universidad Internacional de Las Americas.
Find a Job
Most schools require at least a Bachelors degree, an accredited teaching certification, and a few years of prior teaching experience. They also prefer native English speakers and TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certified workers.
Salary & Cost of Living:
The average pay for teachers in Costa Rica is $800-$1200 USD per month. The pay could be more or less than that depending on the school. Private tutoring can pay as much as 10,000 colones an hour ($20/hour).
The average cost of housing in and around San Jose ranges from $500-1000 USD per month. Some of the best "ex-pat" neighborhoods are in Escazu and Santa Ana (about 15 min outside of San Jose). Many jobs provide optional housing or homestays with local families (meals included) for an extra fee averaging around $500. However, if you prefer more independence, there are plenty of postings on craigslist and other housing websites for rooms, apartments, condos, and houses available for rent.
In order to minimize costs, it is important to "live like a local". Many people say that the cost of living in Costa Rica is very cheap. In reality, if you want the store bought luxuries (such as prepackaged items, toiletries, and clothing) that you enjoy from home, your imported lifestyle can be very pricey. The best way to save money is by taking advantage of the weekly fresh market fairs.
You can get a bus to just about anywhere for a little less than $1 or you can go by taxi for a little larger fee. An average restaurant meal is about 3,000-5,000 colones ($6-$10). Surprisingly, the rate for seeing a movie is only about $5! Overall, living in Costa Rica you will most likely "break even" rather than save up a lot of funds. It is advised that teachers come to Costa Rica with a few "back up" funds to start on.
Need to Know
Classroom & Work Culture:
The Costa Rican culture is defined by their common catch phrases, "pura vida" (direct translation: pure life; meaning: take it easy, enjoy life, it's all good), "tranquila" (no worries), and "tenga paz" (have peace). It varies from school to school, but in general the culture in schools are a little more relaxed. Many things in the country run on "Tico Time" (not as much attention is given to time and punctuality). As it is a school, there will be structure, but make sure that you can be flexible and handle the "organized chaos". Unlike their regard to time, Costa Rican's are very neat. Do not be surprised if your school expects you to have your things and your students' things organized, all the time.
In regards to dress code, the Tico culture puts a lot of emphasis on appearance. Costa Ricans make sure that they look nice no matter where they go. High-heels are common for every activity, including teaching. They may not judge you if you choose to wear flats, but make sure your outfit is put together nicely.
In a business setting, handshakes are normally given all around. However, after the first meeting, women are greeted by all with a kiss on the cheek. Unless very close friends or family, men continue to simply greet one another with handshakes.
It is important to note that if you choose to come work in an International School, you will experience many cultures blended together; a hybrid of sorts. Thus, it is always important to find out your expectations at the beginning so that you will be able to meet your specific employer's requirements.
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The contact center is a real-time environment of continuous change that requires daily adjustments to plans, people and processes. Unfortunately, many leaders focus only on today's chaos and finding a one-time resolution; but successful leaders view themselves as "change agents," providing a broad and successful perspective to continual adjustment and improvement. Hear how Lorianne Feltz discovered powerful ways to navigate change and become a successful leader who is ready for anything! **This session was presented with the same speakers in 2012 and is in the top 10 in all time attendance. Both speakers were rated very high and was described by many as one of the best sessions of the conference
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Offering outstanding customer support is a primary mission for outdoor apparel manufacturer, Columbia Sportswear. In support of this mission, they recently leveraged the cloud for a new contact center system that allows them to support a wider range of communication channels, scale to satisfy seasonal call volumes, be more resilient to outages, and gain easy access to live call statistics. If you're considering a move to the cloud, join us as they share the challenges and lessons learned during their journey, as well as the benefits and competitive advantage they've achieved as a result.
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There are a multitude of tools available to collect and interpret "voice of the customer" data. How much of this is hype and what produces real value? Where should you spend the most time and resources? This informative session will provide a roadmap for assessing your VOC and quality measurement processes, and help determine the optimal balance of investment in technology vs. analytical expertise. Discover how Phonak uses data from multiple tools and sources to impact customers at four levels – at the individual rep transaction, the team, call center strategy, and by identifying opportunities and proactively communicate with customers.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Hello friends of Central College Abroad! This newsletter, released the second Tuesday of every month, is intended to keep you in touch with what's happening with Central College Abroad's programs across the globe.
Central College Abroad cooperative council conference
Central College Abroad will host its annual Cooperative Council Conference April 2-4, 2009, on the Central College campus in Pella, Iowa. All cooperating institutions are invited to attend and meet the international resident directors from all of Central College Abroad's program locations, attend educational sessions and roundtable discussions, as well as network with colleagues in the field. This year's conference features a highly anticipated optional workshop on the Global Perspective Inventory (GPI), led by GPI co-author, Larry Braskamp, professor emeritus at Loyola Chicago University and Central College alumnus. The GPI is a quantitative survey that expresses how students' global perspectives change over the course of a study abroad experience. We will also highlight timely topics such as experiential learning and assessment. For more information on the conference, please contact Annique Kiel at email@example.com. Learn more about becoming a cooperating institution at http://www.central.edu/abroad/coop/coop.cfm.
Internship Spotlight
Name: Sarah Vandenberg
Memorable internship: I interned at the Bangor Dyslexia Unit, one of the most renowned dyslexia organizations in the UK. I had a lot of duties in the unit from filing, copying material, to observing learning-disorder assessments and dyslexia teaching sessions. I also observed a reading tip session for university students. Towards the end of the term, I organized Bangor Dyslexia Tests which are used in the screening process to determine if a person may have weaknesses in various areas (reading, comprehension, etc). These tests are going to be used to judge the reliability of the tests and to determine if any of the items still apply to dyslexia or other learning disabilities.
How study abroad impacted my life: I found the experience very enlightening. This internship gave me a much better understanding of dyslexia in general. Because of it, I am considering working in similar populations. I am pursuing a master's in social work, which gives me the opportunity to work in a variety of areas, including dyslexia. I'm interested in working with students who have dyslexia to help them adapt to and overcome the challenges of academics and in life. Increasing the awareness and understanding of dyslexia would help everyone.
All Central College Abroad programs offer the opportunity for experiential learning through internships and service-learning. Learn more.
Leiden program announces required integration activities
Experiential learning has always been a part of Central's Leiden, the Netherlands, program. The Central College Abroad Art of Photography and Drawing in Leiden courses allow students to discover the unique scenery of the Netherlands through a camera lens or artists' pencil; and the popular Dutch Art and Architecture course takes students out of the traditional classroom and puts them before the buildings, designs and history unique to the Netherlands. Needless to say, students do not lack for hands-on opportunities!
But if that weren't enough, beginning fall 2008, the Leiden program added another distinctive learning opportunity to its curriculum. As part of the required cross-cultural course, The Netherlands and its European Context, all students explore a personal area of interest — such as music, theatre or even basketball — but approach it through local Dutch culture. Students have involved themselves in a wide array of activities from attending international church services to creating a mural painting with a local artist and volunteering with an animal rescue program. Regardless the activity, students connect with their host culture in a more meaningful and personal way. At the conclusion of the semester, each student submits a report and gives a presentation, rounding out their overall experience. Because experiential learning and integration has always been a main component of all Central College Abroad programs, the required activities are a great addition to the already intentional programming in Leiden.
Central College Presents at Forum on Education Abroad
Central College Abroad's Brian Zylstra, manager of on-campus operations and student services, and Tecwyn Vaughan Jones, resident director in Bangor, Wales, along with Dennis Doyle, Central College professor of communication studies, recently attended and led a session at the Forum on Education Abroad in Portland, Ore. Joining them in the session was Joan Gillespie, associate vice president of academic affairs and assessment at IES. This panel presented integrative models of teaching and learning strategies to take students from initial inquiry to re-entry. This intentional approach serves to integrate the study abroad experience within the students' entire college experience. Panelists discussed how the coordinated efforts of study abroad administrators, home campus faculty liaisons, and the on-site resident director can enhance global learning for students. Panelists also presented on how these coordinated efforts work effectively within the "4 Cs" framework (culture, curriculum, co-curriculum, community) that can guide the student's study abroad journey.
On April 2, Central College Abroad will hold a highly anticipated optional workshop on the Global Perspective Inventory (GPI), led by Braskamp, for Cooperating Institutions as part of this year's annual Cooperative Council Conference. For more information on the GPI please visit https://gpi.central.edu/index.cfm
Alumni spotlight
Who: Cody Fuller
Memorable experiences abroad: While I was abroad I had the opportunity to have an internship. It was a wonderful experience interacting with another culture's work environment and receiving business insight. I landed my internship with a publishing company that specialized in foreign trade providing books and audiovisual products. During my time with the company I worked to expand international relations.
How studying abroad has impacted him: My time abroad really showed me what I had inside myself. I experienced things that I never could have dreamed of. From walking on the Great Wall to meeting with a Chinese developer, it opened my eyes to see things in a different light. Interacting with the culture broadened my views in more than one would think. Despite how fundamental it may seem, I know that there is more out there in life than the community that surrounds me. I feel that I am stronger person now that I have a better understanding of how I fit into this world made of various cultures. The trip taught me to think more globally and to look for the bigger picture. Deciding to study abroad was one of the best decisions I have made, and it has given me the ability to confidently delve into life.
Central College Abroad in Merida Hosts First Global Health Conference
Central College Abroad recently hosted the first Global Health Consortium Conference held Jan. 3, 2009, at the Central College Abroad residence in Merida, Mexico. The Global Health Consortium was developed in 2008 by members of the Iowa Heartland Consortium of colleges and universities in efforts to foster collaboration between consortium schools to expand the international education, research and service opportunities for students and faculty in health-related fields.
Faculty and staff from Central College, Des Moines University, Drake University, Iowa State University, Simpson College, the University of Iowa, and the University of Northern Iowa met for the organization's first international conference to explore collaborative learning opportunities and complete strategic planning. Over the course of the week-long meeting, the 22 participants met with representatives of the Yucatan state government as well as private and public health providers and educators in efforts to understand the Mexican health system and health concerns within the population as well as identify ways in which students and faculty can become involved through internships or exchange programs. Their time in Merida also included visits to urban and rural medical facilities as well as Yucatan's archeological sites, former haciendas and local markets.
The collaboration had an immediate impact on Central's own Merida program, creating new service-learning projects in healthcare including a diabetes prevention program and an HIV/AIDS prevention center.
"We are excited to be pioneers in establishing relationships with health care systems and providers in Yucatan," said Valerie Grimsley, Merida resident director. "Central College Abroad students will benefit greatly from these contacts through internships and service-learning opportunities."
Central College Abroad looks forward to continued collaboration as the consortium works to establish and expand multidisciplinary educational, research, and service opportunities and inspires and equips students to become leaders in global public health.
Calling all Leiden alums
Join Central College alumni and friends for an international event on Thursday, July 16, 2009, in Leiden, the Netherlands. Activities include a two-hour walking tour of downtown Leiden featuring historical, artistic and cultural highlights led by Steef Eman, art historian and resident director of Central College Abroad in Leiden. End the day with a special reception for alumni and friends including a traditional Dutch dinner at the Central College Abroad Center in Leiden.
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