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High school students around the nation in their sophomore and junior years start to receive the brochures from colleges that claim to be one of the top choices for students to consider. The brochures boast of technologically advanced classrooms, nationally recognized students and professors, and athletic or social opportunities for all personality types. Many students receive ten to twenty brochures per week. How can anyone make such a life-changing decision at such a young age? Even with parental and school assistance, the options can seem overwhelming at times. Students and parents should ask a few basic questions to help navigate the passage from high school to college.
1. Know yourself and your goals.
Being honest about your strengths and weaknesses, your personality type and your ability to handle life changes can help you choose a college where you can thrive your freshman year. Would a move too far from home be stressful for you at this point in life? Can you make the transition from your high school setting to college easily? Do you have good study habits that can take you right into strenuous curriculum? Do your gifts and talents match the offerings of the school? Why are you going to college? Ask yourself these questions before making a final choice.
2. Brand may not matter as much as you think.
Brand matters only to a point. Success and living a fulfilled life does not depend solely on the reputation of the college you choose. Your experiences and opportunities in college define you more than the college itself. Employers don't look solely at the college name when hiring. They consider what you put into the college experience while you were there.
In a broadcast titled "Tough Choices for Colleges and Students," Minnesota Public Radio hosted a discussion on the new challenges and opportunities in financial aid created by the economic recession for parents and students navigating the college selection process. At one point in the program, Marty O'Connell, the Executive Director of Colleges That Change Lives, noted that parents and students needed to "think differently" and look beyond institutions with high-profile reputations to those colleges and universities with more "bang for the buck," ones that would support students to do their best work. She recommended the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Web site as an excellent resource to help families take a "long view" of education as a "value for a lifetime," and explained that the NSSE survey asked important questions on critical and creative thinking, writing and speaking well, and how students "learn to adapt" to the college environment.
3. Size does matter.
The number of students does not define a university. Many students thrive at smaller colleges because they are more comfortable in the setting and find personal guidance opportunities available to them. Students comfortable in smaller high schools or students who prefer smaller class sessions and a lower student-teacher ratio may prefer smaller colleges. That's not to say, however, that larger colleges don't offer quality classes or one-on-one academic guidance. College is a time to explore your gifts and talents before making a final career choice. Look to see what each college offers and if the learning environment is conducive to personal growth. If choosing a larger college, look for the smaller groups that you may fit into in order to find the personal connections.
In the fall of each year, NSSE prepares a National Report. This document summarizes the major findings from student surveys about their experiences and the factors that are important to high levels of engagement, which is a good predictor of learning. Reviewing the National Reports can give one a better understanding of the activities that should be a part of the undergraduate experience.
You can interpret the results of the survey as standards for comparing how effectively colleges are contributing to learning. Five benchmarks are measured: 1) level of academic challenge; 2) active and collaborative learning; 3) student-faculty interaction; 4) enriching educational experiences; and 5) supportive campus environment.
4. Consider, but don't fear, the finances.
College should not burden you or your family with an insurmountable debt. College can be affordable. Don't be afraid to speak to your school counselors and to college financial counselors about all scholarship opportunities. Ask your church or community group if they know of local scholarships being offered. Investigate your options early and ask for help through as many resources as possible.
5. A personal fit matters most.
Visit the college websites and the colleges themselves to see how you feel about the activities and the classes offered. If you choose a college that never feels like a second home to you, your grades and activities can suffer as a result. How do you feel about the social atmosphere in the common areas of the school? Are you comfortable in the dorms? Are you comfortable in the setting of the campus? Are there students on campus that share your interests and goals? Will the college you choose help you reach your personal and academic goals? If you can answer yes to these questions, keep the college at the top of your list.
To get a sense of how likely a student is to learn, grow, and develop at a given institution, parents and students need to ask the right questions about the schools they visit or explore on the Web. To help them, the free NSSE pocket guide includes suggestions for questions to ask of key people that they will meet - the tour guide, admissions staff, and currently enrolled students. A Spanish version of the pocket guide,Una Guia de Bolsillo Para Escoger una Universidad: Preguntas a hacer en tus visitas universitarias, is also available.


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Oct. 31, 1997
Sun Devils Split Swim Opener
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The ASU men's and women's swimming and diving teams split a dual meet this afternoon with UNLV at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. The women's squad cruised to a 183-110 victory, while the men dropped a close 155-140 decision.
The women received victories from Carolyn Adel (200 free), Carrie Anderson (100 & 200 breast), Amanda Clegg (200 fly), Sarah Adams (50 free & 100 free), Casey Murphy (500 free) and Tiffany Houser (100 fly).
The men held a commanding 95-55 lead after seven events, only to learn that the pool was not marked correctly. The pool was not marked for the backstroke events, causing the Sun Devils to forfeit the 400 medley relay and the 100 backstroke. The error changed the score dramatically, giving UNLV the new lead of 76-69. ASU regained the lead temporarily, only to see UNLV win the meet by taking the 100 fly and 400 IM events. Francisco Sanchez was the highlight of the afternoon for ASU, recording the school's third fastest time in the 50 free with a 19.97
On the boards, junior Katrina Pfeuffer won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. Allan Sonkin won the 1-meter event for the men.
The women's swim team will travel to Las Cruces, N.M. to swim against New Mexico State on November 8. The men will be off until November 15, when they will swim against USC at 11 a.m. at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.

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The "Straight Outta Compton" movie is going to be epic. Fans of the music legends N.W.A have been following the news of this upcoming major motion picture intensely as the continued support for the group has been strong. According to the New York Daily News on Wednesday, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre are on-board the biopic, which got a great release date from Universal originally reserved for Jeremy Renner's next "Bourne" movie.
The N.W.A. original lineup consisted of Arabian Prince, DJ Yella, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and Ice Cube. MC Ren joined in 1988, with Arabian Prince leaving the group later that same year. There was plenty of disputes and issues, but the group stuck together and made a strong impact on the music business today. One of the best known groups from Compton, the group was subsequently banned from many mainstream American radio stations due to their lyrics. Still, the group was wildly successful and some of the songs can be heard on the radio today.
The biopic will trace the rise of the gangsta rap legends from the mean streets of the Los Angeles-area neighborhood to the stars that the guys have become. Looking to share who the guys were and the issues that brought the music from the streets to the concert stages, this picture has got the approval of the founders as well. Add that the music of what the group is best known for will be added to the story expected to hit the theater and the fans couldn't be happier to support.
Ice Cube and Dr. Dre are on board for the project as producers. Giving the picture an instant amount of credibility as the fans know that both stars are particular in allowing their past to be dissected in the public.
Universal is releasing "Straight Outta Compton" on August. 14, 2015. Expect to see a soundtrack for the movie and maybe even some new music from the original members of the group.


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Photo provided by KELLY BOURGEOIS -- Food Bank gifts -- Members of the Baton Rouge Lodging Association shared the holiday spirit at the group's annual December social at Texas de Brazil by not only bringing nonperishable food items for the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank but also presenting Food Bank Development Director Charlene Montelaro, fourth from left, with a check for $500. With Montelaro are, from left, John Crum, Al Schof, Kenneth Rafferty, Gary Jupiter, Renée Areng, Cherri Kieschnick, Ralph Ney and Kelly Bourgeois. 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Them's fighting words! Kuwaiti singer Shams' new song combats extremism
Her way to bring the heat is to bust out notes at the top of her lungs. "Deen Abukum Ismu Ayh" (What is the Religion of Your Fathers Called?), written by Jamal Al Bakheet, is Kuwaiti singer Shams' new weapon of messing up extremism around the region.
The new track is a duet alongside the song's composer, Mohammad Al Mahdi.
According to the Middle East news portal Elaph, when the song is finished being recorded in Dubai and Cairo, she's got big plans to turn it into a fab music vid for the region to see via satellite. Now all she's got to do is figure out where she wants to set the shooting locale!
The starlet is homeward bound. She's leaving life in Dubai behind and heading back to her Kuwait roots to hit up some high profile weddings and special occasions for her homeland's most elite, but she won't be leaving her upcoming album on the shelf while she's away. She'll still be a music producin' workin' girl, across borders.


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TaskMagic is a brand new application for Mac OS X that allows users to manage things that need to get done, save time and be more effective and organized when attempting projects. It does this in a number of ways, firstly with it's unique "Grouping" technology. That allows you to group and sort your tasks into either topic related groups, difficulty related groups or timeframe related groups.
TaskMagic boasts an easy-to-use UI with a minimalistic design. With this kind of intuitive layout it makes it incredibly easy to navigate around the application and harness the full power and potential of TaskMagic.
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To whom it may concern. Thank you for the prompt service and great pricing on the products I purchased. Fed ex left the box on my back porch which was a bonus! Make it a great day!


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Webfwlog is a flexible web-based analysis and reporting tool for firewall
logs. It supports log files in standard ipfilter or ipfw format.
With Webfwlog you can design reports to use on your firewall logs in whatever
configuration you desire. Included are example reports as a starting
point. You can sort a report with a single click, "drill-down" on the reports
all the way to the packet level, and save your reports for later use. You can
also create a link directly to any saved report.
Webfwlog requires a web server with PHP support and a MySQL or PostgresSQL
database server.
WWW: http://www.webfwlog.net/
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/security/webfwlog/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install webfwlog
cd /usr/ports/security/webfwlog/ && make install clean
pkg install webfwlog
PKGNAME: webfwlog
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for webfwlog-1.01:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
MYSQL=off: MySQL database support
MYSQLIPV6=off: Shared library plugin for Mysql IPv6 support
PGSQL=off: PostgreSQL database support
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Number of commits found: 22
- Fix trailing whitespace in pkg-descrs, categories [p-x]*
Approved by: portmgr blanket
many ports: mark broken on powerpc64
security/webfwlog: update 1.00 -> 1.01 [1]
- While here add trailing slash to WWW:
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Approved by: firstname.lastname@example.com (maintainer)
Cleanup plist
Remove indefinite articles and trailing periods from COMMENT, plus
minor COMMENT typos and surrounding whitespace fixes. A few Makefiles
where not included as they contain Latin-1 characters that break
the Phabricator workflow. Categories P-S.
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Add DOCS option where PORTDOCS is in plist.
- Update to 1.00
- Stage support
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- Convert to OptionsNG
- Trim header
Reviewed by: beat, bapt, kwm
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-remove MD5
Bump PORTREVISION for ports linking to default libmysqlclient.
- Add needed patch
- Fix options so they work
- Add dependencies on required php extensions
- Install the executable setuid so it can actually access the logs
PR: ports/140399
Submitted by: Bob Hockney <email@example.com> (maintainer)
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Approved by: maintainer timeout on QAT BotMail
Prompted by: QAT QA run
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PR: ports/113231
Submitted by: Bob Hockney <firstname.lastname@example.com> (maintainer)
Approved by: stas (mentor)
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Submitted by: maintainer
- Fix plist after recent php changes
Approved by: krion@
Remove pkg-message, the one in WRKDIR is used.
New port: security/webfwlog Web-based firewall log analyzer
Webfwlog is a web-based firewall log analysis and reporting
tool, and supports ipfilter and ipfw log file formats. It
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summary report to packet details logged. It also has great
flexibility in the format of the output and which logged
records are included. Sample report definitions are included
and are saved in a database (MySQL or PostgreSQL) and can
be modified by the user.
More info at: http://www.webfwlog.net
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FDA Expands Approval of Lumizyme to Treat Pompe Disease »
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the approval of Lumizyme (alglucosidase alfa) for treatment of patients with infantile-onset Pompe disease, including patients who are less than 8 years of age. In addition, the Risk Evaluatio"...
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OVERDOSE: If overdose is suspected, contact a poison control center or emergency room immediately. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center.
NOTES: Do not share this medication with others.
MISSED DOSE: If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule. Do not double the dose to catch up.
STORAGE: Store in the refrigerator between 36-46 degrees F (2-8 degrees C) away from light. Do not freeze. Keep all medicines away from children and pets.
Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company for more details about how to safely discard your product.
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I have a Windows Home Server (HP EX485 MediaSmart Home Server) and it started acting up about 4 weeks ago and a few days ago complained of a corrupt database and would I like to try and recover it? Yes, I would but I ended up losing all backups. I have to reboot it frequently for the client machines to be able to see it. I have 4 hard disks in the computer.
I suspect that the primary hard disk is going bad. My first question: How can I confirm if it's going bad or not?
I'm thinking about removing the primary disk and replacing it with one of the others and reloading the OS with the server restore disk. I know that I'll lose everything (but I recently did anyway) but is there any other reason why I should not do this?


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Theresa M. Spirnak, 63, of Brunswick, passed away Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007, at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights.
She was born April 4, 1944, in Philadelphia. Mrs. Spirnak was a packer for Modern Curriculum Press. She belonged to the Legion of Mary. She cherished spending time with her family and friends and being "Grammy†to her beloved grandchildren.
Mrs. Spirnak is survived by her husband, Bartholomew "Barry†Spirnak; sons, Barry and Gary; mother, Catherine (nee Flood) Gallagher; brothers, Stanley and Robert Buszka and Arthur "Pat†Gallagher; sister-in-law, Mary Spirnak; beloved grandchildren, Nicholas and Madison Spirnak; longtime Spirnak family member, Colleen Spirnak; niece, Pamela (Roy) Strange; great-niece, Melissa Strange; and great-nephew, Andrew Strange.
She was preceded in death by her father, Art Gallagher, and brother, Steven Buszka.
Mass of Christian Burial: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 929 Pearl Road, Brunswick.
Interment: Holy Cross Cemetery, Brook Park.
Visiting hours: 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Carlson Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, 1642 Pearl Road (one-half mile south of state Route 303), Brunswick.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in the name of Theresa Spirnak to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 2680, North Canton, 44720.
On the Net — www.carlsonfuneralhomes.com


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Lonny is Head of the BNL Photon Sciences Directorate Beamline Development Group. He was the spokesperson for the NSLS insertion device beamline X25 from its inception, from which he stepped down in May 2010. He is also a Co-PI of the PXRR -- A Resource for Macromolecular Crystallography at the NSLS, which is sponsored by NIH NCRR.Lonny Berman investigates and makes possible novel aspects and uses for synchrotron x-ray diffraction and photoemission. He develops x-ray optics and related instrumentation, with careful attention to matching to source properties and experimental requirements. More recently he has devoted considerable time and effort toward the design and development of new and upgraded beamlines, at both NSLS and NSLS-II.In addition, Lonny plays a part-time role in experimental facilities development for NSLS-II.
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Peter Bourjos and his Gold Glove-caliber defense are headed to the Midwest.
Just a day after his name appeared in trade rumors with the St. Louis Cardinals, the speedy outfielder was dealt on Thursday along with minor league outfielder Randall Grichuk in exchange for third baseman David Freese and reliever Fernando Salas.
Freese, who was the 2011 World Series MVP and is best known for his game-tying double in the 9th inning and walk-off home run in the 11th inning of Game 6 of that series, comes to the Halos after having a down year in 2013 following an injury during Grapefruit League play.
The 30-year-old hit .262 with nine home runs and 60 RBI in 138 games for the Cardinals, however, before the 2013 campaign, Freese had never hit below .293 in any of the previous four seasons in which he played a major league game.
''He knows how to drive in the important runs,'' Angels general manager Jerry DiPoto said. ''That's something that really fits in our lineup.''
For his career, Freese is a .286 hitter in 1,567 major league at-bats. The Angels will have two more years of control of the third baseman.
Salas also had a down 2013 for St. Louis, spending a decent chunk of the year in the minors. The 28-year-old made just 27 appearances with the Cardinals with a 4.50 ERA just two years after notching 24 saves with a 2.28 ERA before being uprooted as the closer by a white-hot Jason Motte.
Bourjos, who came with big expectations after his promotion from the minors in 2010 resulted in the relocation of Torii Hunter to right field on a full-time basis, wound up hitting .251 in three-plus seasons with 144 runs scored and 41 stolen bases in 354 games.
The 26-year-old was always known for his defense, but health issues limited him to 156 games in the last two seasons after playing 147 in 2011.
''We did juggle some things around to make sure he got an opportunity, and it didn't play out the way we hoped or the way he hoped,'' DiPoto said.
Grichuk, 22, was drafted 24th overall in the 2009 draft, just two slots after the Halos picked Mike Trout. He spent 2013 at Class AA Arkansas, hitting .256 with 22 home runs and 64 RBI in 128 games with the Travs.
The trade of Bourjos clears up the logjam in the Angels' outfield created by the breakout second-half of Kole Calhoun. Josh Hamilton will likely return to left field, with Trout in center, Calhoun in right and JB Shuck as the first off the bench when any of the trio need a day off.
It also fills a long-standing void at third created by the departure of Chone Figgins after the 2010 season. Before Freese, the Angels had Mark Trumbo work there in the Spring of 2012 before jettisoning the experiment when his hitting suffered. They also used Alberto Callaspo, Luis Jimenez, Andrew Romine, Chris Nelson and Brendan Harris at various times in 2013.


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Authorities Investigating Kindercare Car, Wall
Authorities are now investigating whether the car that slammed into a Winter Park kindercare earlier this month after being forced off the road had a stuck gas pedal.
They are also looking at whether the wall the car slammed into was a termite infested wall, making it weaker.
A four year-old was killed and 14 others injured in the wreck. The man who caused it remains in jail.


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I downloaded the Sweavel.sty-File from here: http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/pub/Main/SweaveTemplate/Sweavel.sty
Now, for a modern look, I would like to produce rounded corners in the R code listings, like so: Background overflows when using rounded corners for listings (package: `listings`)
How can I change the Sweavel.sty or Sweave.sty files to obtain the desired output?
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Anyone that goes to Italy, or goes anywhere for that matter, comes home with a collection of impressions on the land, the people, and, for me in particular, the food. My wonderful birthday adventure left me with a sea of mental images that I can draw upon whenever I need to warm my spirit and amuse my thoughts. Though not my first trip there, nor most certainly my last, the mental notes I collected this time around were unique and special, and somehow curiously related to guys. O.K., perhaps they could apply to Italian gals too, but since my traveling companions and I were more interested in ragazzi; you will forgive me a certain slant. So here are impressioni di Italia, cooking in my heels style (with a little help from my pals):
- Italian men's bodies seem to be modeled on Michelangelo's David. Seriously, my friend said it best: "They throw out the ugly ones." The clothing manufacturers in Italy are quite aware of this too because from what I could see, regardless of their attire, Michelangelo's handiwork was illustrated quite nicely.
- In Venice, shirts are illegal on men if you are in the working class or on a boat. Granted, I happened to be there in late August during a heat wave, but I feel quite certain this is a year-round law.
- All Venetian water taxi drivers must be gorgeous, steering with one hand, and on a cell phone with the other. In fact, a cell phone up to one ear is mandatory in Venice and Rome. I'm guessing it's a city ordinance.
- Gondoliers have special dispensation from the laws of physics and spatial geometry. Or gondolas are able to shrink and narrow when going around a corner on a dark narrow canal.
- An observation on Italian women in heels on cobblestones (oh look, something not related to men…): Speed seems to be the key here. Somehow if you walk fast enough and with determined purpose, gravity, crevices and uneven streets have no effect. Neither does the mandatory cell phone attached to ear.
- Eye color transplants are conducted at the borders, so that only crystal blue or emerald-green are attached to bronzed faces and god-like bodies. Having worked in biotechnology for 12 years, my money's on a busy genetic lab somewhere.
- Italian escalators only travel up. Strange, but true. I thought it was an anomaly myself but after having personally observed it in Rome, Milan, Venice, and Rome again it became apparent….especially when you happily rideup with a suitcase the size of a Smart Car, and then realize (oh CRAP), you have to lug that sucker downthe stairs.
- Conversation between three locals in Rome: Everyone talks, at once, over each other, and somehow it works. I'm not clear if they get every word, or just the ones they want to hear.
- You will never, ever, be disappointed in eating the local specialties. Even if the thought of eating THAT (squid ink/baccala/deep-fried whole artichokes) seems like sooo not a good idea, trust that they are specialties for a reason. It's because they are good!
- Always flirt back with the waiter. Your meal will be better, trust me.
So there you have it, my last page in the Italian Journal. For me, there wasn't a minute I didn't treasure, or an hour I didn't feel blessed and so damn lucky to be there, and with people I love. I have a feeling the smile on my face and warmth in my tummy will linger for a long, long time, and I can't wait for a chance to go back!
I mentioned before that my plan was to eat like a local everywhere I went in Italy. So in Milan that meant risotto, porcinis, polenta, and osso buco, in Venice isquid ink pasta, baccala mantecato, zaeti and ciccheti, and in Rome, carciofi alla Giudea and Cacio e Pepe.


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Discover the past as you walk along Michigan Avenue in Downtown Big Rapids. Several buildings have historical markers, can you find them all? Which buildings look the same? Which have been dramatically altered or completely razed? Which buildings are on the Michigan Historic Register?
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Traffic calming. Those are the latest buzzwords in urban planning. Several projects that have developed around Saint Paul have been deemed traffic calming. The Marshall Avenue median and the Snelling Avenue median projects were deemed traffic calming because drivers would see the beauty, slow down, realizing they were on residential streets, not freeways. In addition, the medians supposedly made pedestrian travel safer, offering harbors in the middle of the street, so pedestrians could attend to traffic going in just one direction. Lanes narrowed by the median and by the addition of bicycle lanes were publicly touted as traffic calming. There is currently a study being done to determine if University Avenue, now that the Green Line is close to running, should have only one lane of traffic in each direction and added bicycle lanes to further "calm traffic."
But, why all of the focus on what automobiles should do? These designs that put pedestrians into the middle of busy traffic, put bicyclists practically shoulder to shoulder with heavy automobiles, and place transit users on the corner of a busy intersection full of cars and a train with a bus to catch on the opposite corner all seem to be designed by people who don't really travel much by any mode other than automobile. These drivers obviously feel that it is their duty to police their fellow drivers and make sure they slow down more, drive on other streets, or give up driving altogether. They apparently feel that when faced with a vulnerable human life, a driver will slow down and allow the pedestrian to pass, allow the bicyclist room, allow the transit rider to dash across the intersection to catch the bus. It seems to be a risky chance to play with human life. It is doubtful that the advocates for this type of design take the chance themselves.
Macalester College has been a strong advocate of both the medians on Snelling and Marshall Avenues. In 2009, the Minnesota Department of Transportation committed $197,000 to the Snelling Avenue median project, at the request of Macalester College.
The project was controversial. While Macalester representative Tom Welna said a majority of the neighborhood supported the project, his was the only voice supporting the project in a "TC Daily Planet" column back in 2009. Others interviewed seemed to be less than impressed.
In addition, comments from neighborhood online forums indicate that neighbors were not fully notified during the planning phase. These neighbors supported making Snelling Avenue safer for pedestrians, but did not believe the median was the right design. According to those attending the meetings in 2009, no other designs were considered. The Marshall Avenue median was pushed through the neighborhood in a similar fashion.
Now, a planted median and five years later, Snelling Avenue near Macalester College continues to be a dangerous place for pedestrians. At least six students have been injured or killed in recent years. The latest crash, two weeks ago, left two students in critical condition.
In a recent "Star Tribune" editorial, writers note that Tom Welna blames the city and state for not doing enough to make the intersection safe.
Yet, it was Macalester College, with Tom Welna as spokesman, who insisted on the Snelling Avenue median in the first place. It was they who insisted the money needed to be spent and would begin to cure the dangers of Snelling Avenue. The median would calm traffic, drivers would behave like they were on a parkway, not a freeway. Pedestrians would be safe crossing the street.
Many neighborhood businesses and residents did not buy into the argument that this would make the avenue safer. While their opinions did not carry the weight of Macalester College at the time, their concerns have at least been vindicated. Likely, they are the voices of people who actually walk, bike, or ride the bus in the area. Safer street design planners would do well to begin listening to those who actually experience the danger at hand rather than elitists who want to police their fellow citizens. Perhaps then, the city would actually begin to reduce the crashes between automobiles and pedestrians or bicyclists.


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3-Year Fellowship Program in Gynecologic Oncology
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center offer a joint three-year fellowship training program in gynecologic oncology. The program is structured to train academically oriented gynecologic oncologists and is approved by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology for six fellowship positions. We recruit 2 fellows each year.
Since its inception in the mid-1970s under the auspices of Dr. Leo Lagasse, one of the pioneers and early leaders in the discipline as well as a past president of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists and director of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the program has strived to train superb abdomino-pelvic surgeons, committed scientists and leaders in the field of women's cancer.
The fellows spend two years rotating through four clinical sites, UCLA, Olive View/UCLA Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center. This affords the fellows an opportunity to work and operate with 15 gynecologic oncologists, an unparalleled surgical training opportunity that will expose them to the full complement of surgical techniques from minimally invasive and robotic procedures, to fertility sparing and ultra-radical surgeries. Fellows also interact directly with medical oncology and radiation oncology faculty to receive comprehensive training in the appropriate use and management of chemotherapy, targeted therapies and radiation therapy.
The UCLA/Cedars Sinai Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship also includes one year of research and discovery. Fellows can choose to work with one of multiple principle investigators whose laboratories focus on various aspects of cancer biology and treatment. Fellows may also pursue advanced degree opportunities including obtaining a Master of Public Health or a Master of Science in Clinical Research degree. The research environment and multitude of opportunities provide an outstanding platform for scientific development and mentorship for the fellow.
Applications for positions beginning July 1st, 2015 are accepted through ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service). To access ERAS please go to https://www.erasfellowshipdocuments.org click on Applications Process. The UCLA-Cedars Sinai Medical Center's ERAS ID number is 380000002. Please submit three letters of recommendation from individuals who can assess your clinical capabilities as well as your future potential for the field of Gynecologic Oncology. CREOG reports should be sent directly to Edgar Banuelos. The deadline to apply for the 2015 academic year is April 18, 2014.
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Thank you so much for all of your kind comments about the Sketchbook challenge hop,my work and my giveaway! The winner for the giveaway was chosen by random draw and the name that came out of the hat is…
Rachel Parris!
Rachel you just a prize package that includes some of my hand dyed fabrics (pre-mistyfuse'd of course!),a copy of my new DVD,a copy of my book and a Strathmore visual journal!
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"This evening certainly was closer to the direction we want to go," Head Coach David Rubio said. It was nice to build on this morning. For us to have the year we are planning on, we need contributions from everyone. The setter makes up for average passing. If our players can get some good swings at the ball, we're going to be successful."
Freshman Whitney Dosty led all players with nine kills, followed by junior Amy Dyck with eight. Sophomore Brooke Buringrud and sophomore Brittany Leonard each had nine digs, while Dosty and junior Dominique Lamb led the team with six blocks apiece. Senior Stephanie Butkus dished out 32 assists, while sophomores Brooke Buringrud and Randy Goodenough both tallied career-highs of three service aces in the win.
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In game two, the Wildcats trailed early before going on a 12-2 run to go up 12-4. Northern Colorado cut it to five on two occasions, but Arizona pushed it back to double digits and went on to win 30-15. The Wildcats out-hit the Bears .250 to -.192 and out-blocked them 6-0 on the game.
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Eternal Storms Software has released Transloader 2.0 for iOS and Mac OS X. The app is designed to make easy to download URLs from an iOS device via iCloud to a Mac. Version 2.0 has been tweaked for iOS 7 and Apple's Maps app.
On an iOS device, URLs to dmg- or zip- files (for example) are pretty much inaccessible and the files themselves more or less not usable. The "workflow" up until now was to copy-paste that link into an eMail and send it to oneself to remember to download it later on the Mac.
With Transloader, the user can paste that link into the app and it will sync that URL to iCloud. The Mac counterpart of the app will receive that URL and download it to the Downloads folder.
Version 2.0 stores URLs from your clipboard for later use. For better feedback on the progress of downloads on the Mac, the iOS app now shows if a download is still running or finished. URLs can be shared with other users of Transloader via AirDrop (among others).
Transloader for Mac is available exclusively on the Mac App Store for US$4.99. The iOS counterpart is available for free at the Apple App Store. Go to http://tinyurl.com/mys5adt for more info.


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A strange concept if there ever was one. A gathering of more than 150 wine bloggers in one place. Such a notion conjures a medley of reactions in my brain, but mostly it makes me feel old.
"Why Sonny, I remember when there were only three wine blogs in the world..."
I had planned on attending the entire two-and-a-half day event in Santa Rosa, California, but then my wife Ruth fell ill, and all sorts of things got put on hold. As a result I've driven up today to speak in one of the breakout sessions with my friend Tom Wark and depending on how Ruth is feeling, I may have to head back home, or I may be able to stay and satisfy my curiosity a bit: how many wine bloggers does it take to screw in a lightbulb, and what do some of these people look like in real life?
The topic of the session that I am conducting with Tom is entitled How to Increase Traffic to Your Wine Blog.
Now I'm all about providing value to people, so I'm going to tell them everything they want to know. All the secrets -- 45 minutes of free consulting from a guy that runs a company helping big companies make more money on the Internet. I'll give them the keys to the Google treasure box.
But I'm also going to challenge the crowd of eager, ambitious bloggers that the premise of the session is entirely irrelevant and misguided. I'm not sure how much time we'll have, or how long I'll be able to continue on this tack before I'm pulled from the stage and beaten to a pulp, so I thought I'd put down my thoughts on the subject here. At the very least anyone who wants to revisit my advice can do so while I'm recovering from the mob's attack.
Any wine blogger obsessed with (or even mildly anxious about) increasing the traffic to their blog is both misguided in their thinking and setting themselves up for a lot of disappointment.
Let's get this out of the way for starters: wine blogs, even the most successful of them, don't make much money at all. If you've started a wine blog with the idea that all you have to do is write a blog, get some traffic, sell some ads, and then you can quit your day job, you've drastically misjudged both how much traffic you need to do so (a hell of a lot -- more than any other wine blog out there) and also how much interest there is in advertising on wine blogs (very little -- all the money, what little there is, is focused on print advertising).
Even folks who understand this reality, and those who honestly didn't ever think of their blog as a potential source of revenue, still (wrongly) consider their traffic numbers to be a measure of their success.
Which brings us to the heart of the matter: what constitutes a successful wine blog?
At the end of the day success is a judgement that only we can make, and it is an assessment of how well we have fulfilled our own intentions for an action. Based on this definition, most people suffer from a simple defect in their thinking about the success of their blogs -- namely that they have never defined for themselves what they are trying to achieve. Instead, they adopt the common sense notion that a successful web site is one that gets lots of traffic, and then spend their time fretting about how they don't measure up to this misplaced criterion for success.
Instead of some adopted notion of success, bloggers need to really think about what they are trying to achieve with their blog. There are a lot of answers to this question. Here are the three best ones that I know of:
1. Have a wine blog because you enjoy it. This isn't the reason I started Vinography, but it is the reason I kept writing after the third week, and it is still the reason I keep writing here.
2. Have a wine blog to practice being a writer. Studies (real ones) have shown that in order to master a complex skill and compete at a professional level, it takes about 10,000 hours of practice. This is true for dancers and writers. One of the best reasons to have a wine blog is that you haven't hit your 10,000 hours yet.
3. Have a wine blog because you want people to pay you to write about wine someday. In order for folks to pay you to write, you have to prove that you can. A blog is the easiest way to ply your craft as a writer.
So guess what all three of those (and most of the other good reasons for having a blog) have in common? Site traffic has nothing to do with them. No bearing. No effect. None.
Of course, there are those who blog because they seek attention in some form or another. To these folks, traffic numbers might indeed seem like some gratification of their desire to be listened to or paid attention to. While the mainstream media rightly uses such self-indulgent bloggers as reasons to doubt the value of the entire lot of us bloggers, such activity is the reason blogs were invented in the first place. Before anything else, a blog was a place that someone could write instead of in a diary. But even to these folks, who may be looking for nothing more than a little personal validation, I say quality is going to be better for you than quantity. One person commenting on your latest post is better than 100 faceless "hits" delivered like the morning news from your web stats package.
I think deep down in a lot of bloggers' questions about web traffic there is a tiny little question that they are afraid of asking but which underlies much of the talk about traffic:
"How will I know if I'm any good?"
There are two answers to that question, one that is nice, one that is not so nice. The nice one is that we are all good, and all we have to do is go ask our parents and friends to find that out. The not so nice answer to that question goes something like this: if you really are good, then the last thing you have to worry about is finding ways to increase your traffic. If you're good then you will get web traffic because there are millions of web-savvy wine lovers out there looking for something good, and as the old saying goes, they know it when they see it.
So stop worrying about your web traffic and figure out what you really want to achieve. And then go write for it.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
I feel like somebody needs to be shouting that at me all the time.
I'm at a weird place where I am both okay with my body weight (1-2 pounds above goal) and I am also so not okay with the repetitious binging and overeating.
One feeds directly into the other too, as the comfort I feel towards my weight provides my mind an allowance for additional calories.
I don't know quite what to do to be honest. I want to be okay with my body, but I don't want my allowances to slide because I am okay. That's not what my goal is about as I do know that if I start letting it slide up I won't have the willpower to stop it. One to two pounds will become three to four, three to four will become five to six. And so on.
The weight comes back with complacency and comfort. I want complacency and comfort, I think I deserve it, but I have to face the fact: I'm not ready for it. I can't trust myself with it quite yet, it's too important. It's too powerful. It's too potent.
I've read the possibility of weight regain drops 50% after 2 years. I'm only a few months away, 1/4 of a year to that number. I can do this, I can, I can, I can.
Time for some aerobic discomfort I think. I don't know where I'll find the time, but I have to.
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This happens to me as well. I disagree with the statistics. I've been battling the weight re-gain for over a decade now. For me.... it hasn't gotten any easier to keep it off. In fact, it has only gotten more difficult to keep that 5 lbs. of maintenance weight off. Especially if I'm in a binge/restrict cycle.
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Okay!! Let's get back on that nasty wagon and reach that almighty goal. You know how to do it so, "Do It".
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Binging... possibly find a displacement activity.... most people use exercise but try something else - anything else that focusses you on anything other than hand to mouth action...
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I'm going to tell you from experience- it WILL get out of hand if you are binging:( What I've done (on and off for the last several years) is get down to goal (at least, the goal weight I had before I lowered it) and then I think I've got it all figured out. I start binging just on Fridays. I make up for it by lowering my calories the next day or exercising more. My weight doesn't change, or I'm withing 2-3 lbs over. No big deal. Then, before I know it I'm binging on Saturdays too. My weight doesn't change, but I still feel like I'm getting away with murder. There for awhile I was binging all weekend- Fri, Sat, and Sun. But my weight still remained the same because I would fast on Monday. It worked really well for awhile. And then BAM!!!! The 2 lbs turned to 5 lbs. Then the 5 lbs turned to 6 lbs, 7 lbs... at one point a couple weeks ago I was a whopping 8 lbs up!!! I had to do something. I put an end to it and have worked so hard to stop the binging because I was completely caught up in it and my little "tricks" stopped working (the make up- exercise, post binge calorie deficiency, and fast-days).
Thankfully I'm now only 5 lbs up. But the bad thing is, it is taking FOREVER to get back down to where I was:( I'm only losing like 0.2 lbs at a time.
It's not worth it. If you are binging, you can't take comfort in that. You're not seeing the binges on the scale yet, but it's inevitable that it will catch up with you eventually. Eating more calories than you're used to occasionally is one thing. But if the excessive eating leads to binging then you're only setting yourself up for weight gain.
Sometimes weight creeps on the same way it comes off. You know how sometimes when you're in the process of losing weight you'll stall or lose only 0.1 or 0.2 lbs at a time and then BAM, the scale drops 3-4 lbs out of nowhere? Well, that's exactly how it creeps on sometimes too. You have to be really careful.
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You are so close to reaching that 2 year mark and have done a gret job of keeping your loss off. Maintenance is hard and does require constant vigilance and exercise.
I am one pound above my goal and am not comfortable. Like you say you cannot let it creep up and increase.
You can do it. Great idea on getting exercise in!!!!1
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look at what you've done so far - WOW! - you can stick to it, you can!
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You have come far. A few pounds is just a note to you to back off a little from your eating and go for consistent working out. What can you do that would be FUN? Sounds like you need it!
You are amazing and look great!
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I've been on hiatus because of having a case of bronchitis. Anyway, I'm starting to feel better. I couldn't sleep tonight so I got up to do some sparking. I know you can continue with your endeavor. I will periodically get on your web page and say YOU CAN KEEP WITH YOUR GOALS!!!!!!!!!
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Here I had thought that I was the only person on Earth that used additional aerobic exercise/conditioning to compensate additional nutritional intake!
For myself, I do not sweat the sweet tooth splurges . . . as long as I do the aerobic sweating to alleviate or balance it all out by the end of the week.
Best wishes for you and your own endeavors!
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OK, I'LL YELL AT YOU: YOU LOST 70 POUNDS!!!!! WOW! 1-2 pounds is nothing compared to that.
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Retention recommendation forms critical for ERB, QFRB eligibles
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-- Commanders and senior raters of enlisted Airmen slated to meet the quality force review board in May or an enlisted retention board in June must complete an AF Form 3538E, Enlisted Retention Recommendation Form, for each eligible Airman, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. Completed forms must be provided to Airmen and submitted to AFPC by April 4 for the QFRB and May 17 for the ERB.
The retention recommendation form, although common to the officer retention program, is new to enlisted members, said Will Brown, evaluation and recognition programs branch chief.
"Commanders and senior raters who have never completed an RRF for officers may need some guidance on how to complete one," Brown said. "The form is self-explanatory for the most part, but there are sections - like the stratification section - that require commanders to assess their Airmen and rank-order them based on which Airmen have exhibited traits and behaviors that indicate they are suited for retention, so completing the ERRFs will require that commanders and senior raters thoroughly review their Airmen's records."
Board-eligible Airman lists have been provided to military personnel sections for distribution to commanders and senior raters, and information about the form and how to complete it is available in the personnel systems delivery memo on myPers. Lists will be periodically updated in the event eligible Airmen are added or removed from the lists.
With some exceptions at the major command, combatant command, numbered Air Force and field operating agency levels, recommendation forms for technical sergeants and below will be completed by administrative unit commanders. For senior noncommissioned officers, forms will be completed by the senior rater.
The form includes a job description section for duty title and key duties and responsibilities. That information can be pulled from the last enlisted performance report, unless an Airman has changed jobs since the last report, Brown said. In that case, the new supervisor/rater should provide information for the job description section.
In addition, the form has a block for mandatory evaluator comments.
"This section is limited to three bullets, which should relay to the retention board the unique qualities and skills the Airman possesses and justification for retaining the Airman in the Air Force," Brown explained.
For the ERB, commanders or senior raters must then "stratify" their Airmen to let board members know how Airmen compare to others in their current Air Force specialty codes and grades, and how they compare to others by grade only. QFRB-eligible Airmen will not be stratified.
Stratification means differentiating between very good, good, average and poor performers, based on the whole person concept, he explained.
After stratifying an Airman, the commander or senior rater will select the "retain," "consider" or "do not retain" block, print and hand-sign the form, provide each Airman with a copy of his or her form, and submit all forms to the Air Force Personnel Center.
Airmen eligible to meet the ERB or QFRB must be provided with a copy of their ERRFs at least 30 days before their board meets, said Brown. That enables Airmen who dispute or have concerns with the comments, ratings or stratification to discuss their concerns with their commander or senior rater.
"An Airman may also write a letter directly to the board to address any concerns in his or her record. This correspondence should be focused on factual information, rather than opinion or emotion, and the letter is limited to one page, so information must be very clear and specific," Brown said.
Airmen slated to meet the ERB or QFRB can find more information about the program and the ERRF on the myPers website. Go to
and enter "FY14 Force Management Programs." Once on the FM page, scroll down to the enlisted only programs section and review the documents linked there.
so...what about those year groups that are safe from retention consideration I know for a fact and personally there is at least 1 person who is not facing the retention board in my AFSC who has a 4 year string of 4 EPRs was removed from their NCOIC position for performance yet they will remain in the AF while others like myself have better records are possibly forced to retire. why keep mediocrity and discharge good leaders how is that in the best interest of the Airmen they will get to continue to lead
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I COMPLETELY agree with Someone Currently in my shop I have a guy that was on a 365. He returned within 3 months due to an ARI. Since returning this individual has become a professional volunteer. He is CONSTANTLY out of the office doing his suck up stuff. Trying to make himself look good to save his career. To the point this guy received an NCO OF THE MONTH award Heres where I got extremely pissed. When I talked to my supervision about him not pulling his weight at the shop I got told that I am REQUIRED to let him do this WHY So he can try and save his sorry career for being a moron I was told YES Yet those of us who have to pick up this idiots slack get nothing but longer hours and more work. Now heres how all this relates to the ERBs. This guy and I are the same rank. I have more TIS more experience more deployments and more knowledge about the job in deployed conditions than he does. I have a failed PT test a few years back. On paper this guy will be ret
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This strat thing is a joke. My number actually went down because I fought for a troop's EPR. I easily dance circles around some of my peers. I practice this Whole Person Concept regularly and told by MY leadership I'm one of the stronger NCOs then take a hit for doing my job.
ThatJustHappened, RAF Croughton
In the end this is not a process anyone wants to go through but we shouldn't be making broad statements about people you don't know. This does not but fan the flame and some people will really believe that the only way you'll be retained is if you don't do your AF job. Makes no sense.
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I'm not saying that it is always the case and I've been doing this for 14 years. People are not always busy always TDY or always deployed. There is time if you make it. I've done the 365 deployment 12 - 16 hour shifts too and yet I and many others find the time. However to sit here and to basically write that anyone who is left after the reductions are the non workers is ridiculous. There will always be people who know so and so who did nothing but got the award. Do the best you can with your situation.
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I'm sure that even though CCs will have to strat members they will not be making this decision alone. CCs will ask for feedback from direct supervisors shirts supers etc...the bottom line is that yes we will be losing great members that have been productive and overall great Airmen but we are a reducing force and will continue to shrink to balance the force not only within the AF but also the DoD. It seems that in the prior threads that some members are putting down other members calling them suck-ups and defending why they can't volunteer or why peopleleaders don't like them. Question Are you following everything from AFI 36-2618 Enlisted Force Structure...if so stop putting down members and let the cards fall accept what the entire AF is going through to include you your peers and your leaders...remember Service Before Self not Self Before Service.
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FayeLynn that is not always the case. As an enlisted aircrew member we are gone quite a bit. One year I logged over 300 days TDY so I was not around to volunteer as much as someone who fakes an illness or injury and cannot fly. Those people dont want to do their job but they volunteer on and off duty. Those people are the ones who win the quarterly awards. I am just lucky I am only compared to my AFSC because some AFSC's have more time than us.
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I agree with Someone.I've been in the AF for almost 9 yrs. I have done major jobs supervised major jobs. I've been a shift lead NCOIC of two different sections. quilified for so many task but i have never recieved a dec or award... I've seen people at all ranks recieve awards who have done less quality of work is garbage. even with performance fails they seem to get stuff. Reason being they are favored. If supervision like someone then they get recommended for TDYs awards etc. If they can tell a good story and brown nose they get the world. Unfortunatly it so true. oh you did honor guard but dont know your job thats ok have this award.I just recently got a feedback. My rater had to fight to get me the firewall 5 that i deserve due to a few in supervision not liking me. due to personal unlikeness not performance. Not because I did beyond people on my tier. I dont always have tact. I tell it how it is and i dont cater of baby when it come to getting work done. I
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@Gary Dale Ramstein AB - Each CommanderSenior Rater has the responsbilty to ensure each Airman receives a copy of the ERRF. If the Airman does not receive a copy of the ERRF approx. 15 days prior to the board convening then the Airman should contact their CommanderSenior Rater requesting a copy of the ERRF.
AFPC Public Affairs, JBSA-Randolph Texas
Someone Somewhere...it's called The Whole Person concept so it just isn't going to be the individuals you call a suck up. I find it funny that you are complaining about people who volunteer and doing exactly what the AF asks of them. If you get the shaft then you may want to take a look at yourself as the problem becuase I'll bet that those who volunteer ARE doing their AF job and doing it well. They just manage their time better.Gary... I would suspect that indivdiuals will still meet the board if they don't get it 30 days before. I would recommend they ask for the ERRF and not sit passively and wait. Or they could be like someone somewhere and complain about the suck ups who got theirs.
FayeLynn, Texas
The thing I find most funny about this program is the people who do their job and don't spend countless hours volunteeringgetting face time with commanders for awards are getting the shaft. Good to know all the suckups and non workers will be what makes up the future force
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Airmen eligible to meet the ERB or QFRB must be provided with a copy of their ERRFs at least 30 days before their board meets said Brown. What happens if airmen are NOT provided with a copy of their ERRF's at least 30 days before their board meets
Gary Dale, Ramstein AB
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Mary took the concept behind a good Manhattan and tweaked it using pecan flavored syrup as a sweetener and the maraschino liquor and orange peel for bitter notes.
While this drink is chilled, it can definitely still warm your insides. It's nutty, rich, and satisfying but still cool and light, and its beautiful color will have everyone around you asking what you are drinking. It's not on the menu currently at Vivo, so find Mary and she'll whip you up one special.
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