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Lyon College is a selective undergraduate liberal arts college located in the beautiful Ozark Mountains region and, founded in 1872, the oldest college in Arkansas.
Students come from everywhere—70% from the state and the rest from all across the nation and several foreign countries. They are attracted by
- A generous scholarship program which provides financial support for 99% of the student body
- A highly-qualified, caring faculty who get to know their students as individuals
- The chance to travel abroad through the endowed Nichols International Studies program, which covers all transportation costs
- LEAP (Lyon Education & Adventure Program) outdoor program, which takes advantage of the College's location by organizing bike trail rides, rock climbing, kayaking, and hiking expeditions, along with offering an on-campus bluff-face trail, zip line, climbing grotto, and Olympic-sized pool
- The chance to get an early start on a career through internships and collaborative research with faculty
- High admission rates to medical, dental, law, and graduate schools
- Concern for each student' s personal and spiritual growth, offering a unique student-driven honor system. Lyon is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) but welcomes all denominations
These attributes and more are a testament to why U.S. News & World Report consistently lists Lyon College in the top tier of the country's best liberal arts colleges.
Degrees and Programs of Study
Lyon confers the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees, and offers majors in the following areas of study:
Major Fields of Study
- Art (B.A.)
- Biology (B.A. or B.S.)
- Business Administration (B.S.)
- Chemistry (B.A. or B.S.)
- Economics (B.A.)
- Elementary Education (B.A.)
- English (B.A.)
- History (B.A.)
- Individualized**
- Mathematics (B.A.)
- Music (B.A.)
- Political Science (B.A.)
- Psychology (B.A.)
- Religion and Philosophy (B.A.)
- Spanish (B.A.)
- Theatre Studies (B.A.)
Students may also design an individualized major. In addition, the College offers pre-professional programs leading to careers in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy, optometry, occupational therapy, nursing, veterinary science, education, law, ministry, and engineering.
Lyon faculty members are talented scholars who regularly contribute to their disciplines. Full-time faculty, 95 percent of whom hold a Ph.D. or other terminal degree appropriate to their field, teach almost all classes. Fourteen Lyon faculty members have been named Arkansas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. A student-faculty ratio of around 15:1 ensures personalized attention for students.
Lyon students exhibit high academic ability. The middle 50% of entering freshmen score between 23 and 29 on the ACT, and 72% rank in the top quartile of their high school graduating class. Over 75 percent of students reside on campus. More than 45 student clubs and organizations, including Greeks, as well as a distinctive Scottish Heritage Program, foster a vital campus life.
Campus and Facilities
Lyon's handsome 136-acre campus is located in a comfortable residential setting. It features modern, attractive academic facilities such as the black-box Holloway Theater, Lyon Business and Economics Building, and Derby Center for Science and Mathematics. The student residence halls are grouped into the houses that make up the College's house system, with designated faculty residing alongside students to offer access and out-of-class programming that complements and supplements the instructional program. The Mabee-Simpson Library contains 215,000 books, sound recordings, and videos/DVDs and provides access to more than 20,000 periodical subscriptions. Online databases are the primary research tool for most topics. Recreational facilities include an outdoor walking track, regulation soccer field, intramural field, six lighted regulation tennis courts, Becknell Gymnasium (which includes a fitness center and an indoor swimming pool), a sand volleyball court and scenic Bryan Lake, surrounded by a walking path and flowering trees. Lyon's state-of-the-art student center and dining hall, Edwards Commons, contains a game room, cardio room, and student mailboxes.
Information Services and Technology
All College facilities, including every residence hall room and all computer laboratories, are connected to the campus fiber-optic network, which provides access to e-mail, the Internet, and standard software applications. In addition, wireless Internet is available throughout the campus.
Lyon competes in the NAIA Division I's American Midwest Conference and fields intercollegiate athletic teams in baseball (men), basketball (men, women), golf (men, women), soccer (men, women), softball (women) volleyball (women), and wrestling (men, women). Lyon also offers an extensive intramural program. As of 2015, Lyon also offers intercollegiate football, competing in the Central States Football League. The College added trap shooting in 2014.
Lyon is located in Batesville, Arkansas, a town of 10,000 that serves as a commercial, medical, governmental, and cultural hub for the surrounding region. Nestled in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, it is approximately 90 minutes northeast of Little Rock and a little more than two hours west of Memphis. Batesville offers a safe and welcoming setting for the College, and its students reciprocate through an annual Service Day as well as ongoing opportunities to become involved in community efforts such as Habitat for Humanity.


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Go an Hour Without Power: Earth Hour 2012by Nancy Atkinson Video
You've seen all the videos and images we've been featuring lately that astronauts on the International Space Station have taken of Earth from orbit. The one ubiquitous feature is the amount of lights showing up from cities and towns around the world.
But will you be turning off the lights this weekend for Earth Hour 2012?
Earth Hour is a world-wide effort to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change. This year, Earth Hour is on Saturday, March 31 and starts at 20:30 (8:30pm) wherever you are. People all over the world — and off the planet — will be turning off non-essential lights for an hour. Even the astronauts on the Space Station will be doing their part, as well as watching from above to see if they can there is a noticeable change in the amount of lights from Earth. Astronaut and nature ambassador André Kuipers will be taking photos and videos of Earth Hour from space.
What began as a single-city initiative in Sydney, Australia – in 2007, Earth Hour has grown into a global symbol of hope and movement for change. Earth Hour 2011 was the world's largest ever voluntary action with people, businesses and governments in 135 countries across every continent joining in the symbolic environmental event.
Organizers say as many as 1.8 billion people will participate this year. Will you be one of them?
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Love that you are writing about Earth Hour. There is so much more to be done that just one hour, but hopefully this raises awareness and changes perspectives.
BTW, average citizens can help create a very large donation to Wildlife Conservation efforts.
Basically, we are trying to win Walmart's #GOTS contest to generate a huge donation towards wildlife conservation. You can watch the video at SmanimalWorld.com.
Help the Smanimals save animals!
I'm confused…
I don't mean any disrespect here – I swear it… But, what's the point of this?
Can sixty minutes of darkness save a polar bear?
Birds who are normally adjusted to the night-lights of a city will end up crashing and getting killed.
More car users will be blinded as idiots use their full-beams due to less light – hence endangering human lives too.
I can understand it if its just to raise social awareness of light pollution… But if it's for something else, what is it?
In the aggregate, if even 10 percent of the US population participated, the energy savings would add up to tens of millions of dollars. Globally that number would increase and also add to that cost savings.
More importantly this effort brings attention to how a very simple act can be very beneficial to the pocketbook and to the Planet as well.
Hmmm, what? Where does that money go..? Basically, each person who turns off their electrical stuff each has an extra 10 cents or whatever. That money isn't going anywhere. The electricity companies lose a bit of business though.
Burn those paraffin wax candles (made from oil refining), and increase your carbon footprint!
Hide in the dark, ashamed of all we've accomplished, and live like we did a thousand years ago – when we were a happier society!
Run, lemmings, RUN!
(Please send your dollars to Al Gore, and his ilk for redemption).
Symbolism is like cocaine… might make you forget about your problems for a while but when you come down the problems are all still there and normally they've gotten even worse.
And never apologize or feel bad for asking a rational question.
I prefer to wait for Earth Day. It is at least 24 times better.
It occurs to me this is just a large marketing event. Shirts, mugs, water bottles, wrist bands and lot of other ways for you to spend money you saved for those 3600 seconds.
Just think Earth Day is 86400 seconds (boy I hope I did the math OK and all the extra time you'll have to contribute to the planet! So, Sunday April 22, 2012 is your chance to be part of a world wide event.
I'm afraid I will have to agree with everyone here, good incentive, but it fails. Its like telling nature "we're going to do what we SHOULD do, but only for an hour", another similar example; those that drink coke zero cause it has no calories… the drink is still bad for you.
My point is, we need to completely change the way we tap into our energy. After reading/watching documentaries the past 4 years, I noticed the potential we could have, yet if it makes no profit, its not worth making.
I used to support Earth Hour, but I have realized it does not address the scale of the problem. Unfortunately the crisis of climate change is integrated within a larger problem; the corporate plutocracy that dominates our society. As long as we let the ruling class manipulate our politics and culture, they will continue stealing the future well-being from all life on this planet. Right now we are are looking at a 4° increase in global temperature this century, at which point positive feedback kicks in and we enter the largest mass extinction since the K-T event…
"Don't be stuck in the dark with the Communists. Turn your lights on!"
I am not one of them. I'm not participating in a cause which only encourages my government to slap a GREAT BIG NEW TAX on me.
Regardless of whether global warming is as much of a problem as its said to be – far too many personal interests are distorting the facts – and that's both sides of the scientific argument.
"The polar bears will be fine." -Freeman Dyson
I assume you're going to accuse Professor Dyson of distorting the facts?
I think I will be turning all of my lights, and every electrical appliance I have on for the hour. It is really a shame when a site supposedly dedicated to astronomy tries to push socialist political action.
Yes, you do that. Rebel.
We must save the planet. I will take part in this.
I'm surprised at the backlash here on this site to this idea. Most of these stories are astronomy related, and one would think that stargazers and science buffs would appreciate the sky darkening that might allow city dwellers to see the Milky Way in all it's glory. Even if you disagree with the political ramifications associated with the initiative, it's no reason to get hateful about a voluntary program intended to save the world a few dollars tonight.
Okay. Just how is it going to 'save the world a few dollars tonight'? Where is that 'savings' going to go? Feed the hungry? -> NO. Clean up a land fill? -> NO. Help Fund Clean Water? -> NO. It saves nothing to be honest. Especially if you light more then one candle and/or start a cozy warm fire. So exactly what few dollars is it saving who? I would love the answer to that one! It's nothing more the 'warm fuzzy political emotional button pushing correctness" Nothing more and whole lot less.
So tragically, hopelessly, altruistically, beautifully naive:
1. We are NOT causing 'global warming'.
2. The eco-motive isn't "save the planet" (the planet will be fine): the motive is "save ourselves."
3. We are hard-wired for self-denial, thanks to generations of religious and political indoctrination and repression. Our rulers are co-opting our best qualities for the worst purposes, playing us like like the fools we are…
4. The symbolism: Turning off Our Light!
"..symbolic environmental event"
Sorry I don't do symbolism.
How about the IPCC stop creating a huge carbon footprint by sending 10,000 scientists and UN specialists on junkets to Bali to talk about how to stop Global Warming?
That would NOT be symbolic but something really concrete, right?
Oh I am sorry… I forgot this is all about feeling good, not actually accomplishing something.
You don't do symbolic events ? No flowers on your mother's grave ?, no saluting your national flag ?
We all partake in a multitude of symbollicks every day.
"Go an Hour Without Power: Earth Hour 2012"
Ain't giving up my birthright.
"We will make electricity so cheap only the rich will burn candles". -George Westinghouse.
He was right then and he is right now.
Buzz Aldrin sums up this cause best…
Apparently, Earth hour's point is to separate the idiots from people who feel a kinship toward their fellow man and want to participate in an effort to show we don't need to suck every bit of life out of our planet for the present generation. Thanks all for making it clear which side you're on.
Generalisations like this are so useless. People can have a contradictory opinion, not they should not be told what they should blankly think? Earth Hour is designed for the feeble mindless sheep not about implementing change. People are / have turn off climate change, either from politicians not in the majority elected government or from the fatalistic pulpit. Boo!
Hey Dan: Don't forget to run all your vehicles for that same hour! I do!
The point is not that it hurts to do these things; but, that I don't want to; and, don't want even the appearance of following for these fad left wing ideological games.
Those interested might like to look the YouTube Video "Is Earth Hour Dead?" interview by one of the co-founder of this quite nuts movement, the Australian advertising guru Todd Sampson. (Advertiser= someone who knows how to manipulate the masses.)
This interview was made on 31st March 2012, so it is current and a day after this UT story.
Note: He has changed his message (tune) somewhat since it was introduced to become as unpopular as it is now.

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But Mr Barry, who is manager of the David Marshall hair salon on Fade Street, felt that Sharon Corr's curly blow-dry for Sunday's show was "very plain and boring for such a beautiful girl".
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Personally, I have always struggled with my eyebrows. Left to their own devices, they are almost non-existent and are constantly fighting with me. This wouldn't be a total tragedy if I wasn't big into brows but, as luck would have it, I love a good eyebrow moment (you know what I'm talking about Ms. Delevingne).
After spending years simply avoiding them because dealing with the situation seemed more trouble than it was worth, I finally sat down with a few pros and learned a thing or two. As it turns out, a tamed eyebrow is easier than you might think. In fact, with just a few tricks and products, perfect brows are just a couple minutes away.
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- Next, layer a coat of gel or hairspray over the brow to keep the shape all day. I swear by the B The Eyebrow Experts gel (also in Cinnamon Spice), but also like the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Gel. For the girl on a budget, a drugstore comparable product is Maybelline's Great Lash Clear Mascara.
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The issue: Choices.
We suggest: Kids dont always make bad ones.
A lot of media attention lately has focused on a psychological study on how to make teenagers more safe.
According to the findings of researcher Laurence Steinberg of Temple University, teens brains are not yet fully developed, a fact that makes them more susceptible to peer pressure and more likely to engage in risky behavior.
Brains take about 18 years to fully develop. Before that time, Steinberg suggests, teens are not able to fully use logic in determining their behavior.
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They serve as role models for younger students and their classmates, and they do what they can to improve the communities in which they live.
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There is no doubt that young people are beset by danger. From driving to drinking to drugs to sex, danger lurks everywhere and the best that parents can hope for is that their teens are well prepared for the choices they will have to make.
Sometimes, teens make bad choices, as do the rest of us.
But we arent doing anyone any favors by assuming those decisions come about because of age or brain formation or anything as simple as that.
Teenagers are people. They make good decisions, and they make bad decisions.
When they make good decisions, few people notice or care. When they make bad decisions, they turn into more examples of bad teens.
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Focus on Economic Data: The U.S. Unemployment Rate - June 2, 2006
Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period.
Fiscal Policy, Full Employment, Inflation, Labor Force, Monetary Policy, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate
Current Key Economic Indicatorsas of April 4, 2015
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% in February on a seasonally adjusted basis. Over the last 12 months, the all-items price index was unchanged. The energy index increased after several months of decline. Core inflation rose 0.2% in February, the same increase as in January.
Employment and Unemployment
The unemployment rate stayed at 5.5% in March, 2015, according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on April 3, 2015. The number of jobs added was much lower than in previous months, with only 126,000 new jobs added to the economy, the fewest number since December of 2013. Some job categories added workers, including health care, professional and business services, financial services, and retail. Average hourly wage growth was 7 cents, but average hours worked fell.
Real GDP
Real GDP increased 2.2% in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to the final estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This estimate is consistent with the revised estimate. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 5.0%. Consumer spending rose 4.4%, compared to 3.2% in the third quarter. Business investment and exports also increased. Offsetting these gains were increases in imports and decreases in federal government spending, particularly defense spending. (
Federal Reserve
In its March 18, 2015, statement, the FOMC cited the continued growth of the labor market, increased household and business spending, and below-target inflation as indicators of an economy that continues to recover. They expect below-target inflation to rise as oil prices increase in the medium term. The statement reaffirmed the FOMC intention to keep the federal funds rate at its current low level, but also said that a rate hike was highly unlikely at its April meeting. Notably, the FOMC dropped the word "patient" from its language describing its stance on an improving economy and a rate hike. The Fed revised downward its economic projections, including the rate of unemployment that would sustain a stable inflation rate.
The unemployment rate fell
Employment increases. An increase of
Goals of the Unemployment Case Study
The purpose of this case study is to report the unemployment and employment data, to provide interpretations of the significance of the changes in conditions, and to discuss a number of related economic concepts. The case ends with exercises for students and activities that teachers can use in classrooms.
The case offers an opportunity to enhance our understanding of the relevance of the announcements and the causes and consequences of one of the more important challenges economic policymakers face.
Teachers' Notes
Material in italics in this case does not appear in the student version. Each case describes the most current data and trends and expands expectations of student understanding. In this case, policy options are discussed.
You may wish to use the following larger versions of the graphs and tables from this lesson for overhead projection or handouts in class:
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The unemployment rate for the month of May was 4.6 percent. Total employment rose by 75,000 in May.
The original press release is available at: .
Definition Of The Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate is the percentage of the U.S. labor force that is unemployed. It is calculated by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by the sum of the number of people unemployed and the number of people employed. The number of people unemployed and the number of people employed is defined as the number of individuals in the labor force. See the current calculation in Table 1.
An individual is counted as unemployed if the individual is over the age of 16 and is actively looking for a job, but cannot find one. Students, those individuals who choose to not work, and retirees are not in the labor force, and therefore not counted in the unemployment rate.
|Total civilian population
|(excluding those under 16, members of the military, and persons in institutions)
|- Not in Labor force
|(retired, students, individuals choosing not to work)
|= Labor force
|(total population minus those not in labor force)
|- Employed
|(individuals with jobs)
|= Unemployed
|(individuals without a job and actively searching)
|Unemployment Rate
143,976,000 + 7,015,000
Note to teachers. The number of individuals employed actually differs here from the number of employed discussed later in the case. This is because the unemployment statistics and the number of employed used to calculate the unemployment rate come from different surveys than those used to track changes in the number of employed.
- [Approximately 5 percent (actually 4.6 percent).
- Compared to last year, current unemployment has slightly decreased. During 2005, the unemployment rate was 4.9 percent or higher for the entire year - mostly above 5.0 percent.
- The number of new jobs each month must average between 125,000 to 150,000 each month if all of the new entrants are to find jobs.]
Data Trends
Unemployment rates have been steady this year. The previous three months have experienced unemployment rates of 4.7 or 4.8 percent. Those rates are below those of 2005 when the average rate was 5.0 percent and significantly below the average rate of 5.5 percent in 2004.
The trends from the beginning of the 1990s to the 2001 recession were a decrease in unemployment and an increase in employment.
Figure 1 shows the rises in unemployment associated with the recession in 1990 to 1991 and the recession of 2001 with an almost decade long fall in unemployment in between. Unemployment rates continued to increase after the 2001 recession, as the economy only slowly recovered.
At its low in December 2000, the unemployment rate equaled 3.9 percent. From March 2001 to the summer 2003, the trend was generally one of increasing unemployment rates and decreasing employment. Unemployment rates since reaching a high of 6.3 percent in June of 2003 slowly and relatively steadily decreased.
Unemployment rates over a longer period are shown in figure 3. As one can see, unemployment rates are currently quite low. They did go below 4 percent at the end of the 1990s, but we would have to back to the 1960s before we find unemployment rates as low as they currently are. Figure 3 also shows the highs reached in recessions in the 1970s and early 1980s recessions of over 8 and 10 percent.
Relevance of Unemployment Announcements
The unemployment announcements receive headline treatment almost every month. Changes are significant indicators of national economic conditions and have relevance to every local community as unemployment has significant costs to the individuals who are unemployed and to the entire community and the U.S. economy.
Changes in levels of employment are also included in the announcements and often receive less attention. However, the employment data are equally, perhaps even more, important indicators of the direction of the U.S. economy.
Announcements of increases in employment have been receiving increased attention. From the recession in 2001 through the year 2004, the economy had not generated sufficient numbers of new jobs to provide new labor market entrants with jobs.
Distribution of Unemployment
Unemployment varies significantly among groups of individuals and parts of the country. Table two shows the unemployment rates for a number of groups of individuals, with unemployment rates ranging from 4.2 for adult males to 14 percent for teenagers.
Table 2: Unemployment Statistics
by Gender, Race and Age
|Adult Men
|Adult Women
Case Study Discussion Questions
Have students complete the two interactive exercises below.
[It can happen and did. If the labor force increases more slowly than normal because relatively few entrants come into the labor force for the month and a larger percentage of the new entrants are employed than normal, the unemployment rate will fall.]
[Possible answers:
What are the key parts of the unemployment announcement? [The unemployment rate fell to 4.6%. Employment increased by less than a sufficient amount to provide new entrants with jobs.]
What should fiscal and monetary policy be? [Fiscal and monetary policies are difficult to determine in this case. (See the FOMC latest case study.) Employment growth is slowing and thus that calls for stimulative policies in the future. However, increases in inflation may also be a problem. (See the latest inflation case study.) In addition, the unemployment rate is still falling.
If unemployment rates were to begin to rise and employment growth to slow down more, than we would see a clear signal for stimulative monetary policy.We should also keep in mind that both policies have significant lags between the time we make a decision to do something and when the policy actually begins to have an effect. Thus, it is not really current conditions that are important, but what current conditions say about what future conditions are likely to be. Thus, we have to forecast future changes.]
Classroom Discussion Activity
Go to the BLS website and check the Local Area Unemployment Statistics for your city and state ( ).
- Is unemployment in your area higher, lower, or roughly the same as the national average?
What factors contribute to your area's unemployment rate?
Which industries have expanded?
Which industries have contracted?
A good idea is to ask students to talk to your local or state employment office and report on local and state trends. The local or state employment office should be about to explain why your local statistics differ from the national data.
- Will the recent changes affect students hunting for part-time jobs?


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Advice wanted on how to stop DH attending a Bris with DD
In my marriage, if one of us is strongly opposed to something and makes a reasonable case for it, it's almost always vetoed then and there.
But, to be honest, your daughter is 8 months old and I imagine he's not taking her there "to be a part of it." She actually would have no part in the ceremony whatsoever. He probably just wants to show her off to friends and maybe give you a little break. It sounds like you're making a strong enough statement about your beliefs on circumcision by not attending at all, I'm not sure I get why you don't want your daughter there.
I would think it's no biggie, but if you feel strongly enough about it, talk to him again and tell him how you feel.
I don't see the problem - she won't remember, you don't agree with it, but it's their culture, his friend, and he wants to be there for him. IMO - it's both of your child, and I don't see how there's harm to your child.
"Anyways, if you stopped tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive"
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I don't see the problem either. Your daughter isn't going to be a part of it, she isn't going to remember it, and her presense doesn't somehow convey her (or your) approval.
I'm strongly against RIC as well, but I would attend a bris for a close friend. To me, part of being friends is respecting different beliefs. I would expect them to respect my choices and beliefs as well.
If you feel compelled not to attend, I totally understand and respect that. But your husband doesn't share that, and I think he ought to have the right to attend with his daughter.
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I'm with Susan... It's THEIR culture, your husband is a friend, who is open to going... Let him take your baby, and chose a different battle another time! This event will have no significant impact on the wee babe!
I have said he can take her if he really wants but still kind of hope he won't :(
For many ethnic Jews, it is very important to keep up their heritage, even if they aren't religious. So they do all the major milestones, including the Bris.
"Anyways, if you stopped tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive"
- Good Omens
I am a (non-practicing) Jew and chose not to have a Bris for my son. Nor would I attend one. And even though my husband is also against circumcision, he did attend a Bris for a close friend last year. But he did not take our children.
This is your husband's call to make for himself. And since your daughter is young and won't remember, I wouldn't make a big thing out of it myself. I think it's kind of cute that he wants to take her and show her off.
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Advice on moving to Seattle
Hey everyone,
I noticed someone else had a similar thread up about advice on where to live in the Seattle area, but they were looking for something different and had a different lifestyle.
So I'll put your local knowledge to the test again and see what you suggest.
I currently live in LA and even though it's a fun city, I can never imagine living there forever. I'm not a fan of huge expanses of concrete, the traffic, and being very pale, the 350 sunny days we have all year is a drag. I grew up in Melbourne, Australia which is a very rainy and cold city and that's what I'm used to. Hence why I love Seattle so much, I can climatise very easy to the weather and the culture/atmosphere is very similar to back home. Each time I go to visit I never want to leave. Hence why I've been looking for jobs and apartments in the area, but I don't know any of the neighborhoods well and can't tell which ones are bad or good.
Just a run-down on me, I'm a 25 y.o. gay male. Love being in a city, but not in a really built-up area. In other words, surburbia, as it's cheaper, easier to get around, easier to park my two cars (they are my babies), but I still have the hustle and bustle nearby. Can't afford a whole lot as I'm in the service industry, but still willing to pay a tiny bit more to be somewhere safe, clean, and where I won't end up being a crime statistic. I have a job offer in Renton, but I've never heard good things about the area, but maybe theres areas nearby that are good. Aside from that, not much else, as long as it's safe, clean, close enough to Seattle (I'm from LA where going 30 miles for dinner isn't uncommon), and has good parking. Any ideas on where this may be? Also any areas I need to avoid at all costs?
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How about Downtown Renton? Lots of new housing there. Or maybe the new apartments that will open in a year or so in Renton Landing?
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Awesome! You will love Seattle for sure!
Renton is nice and improving suburban community as well. Renton is a GLBT friendly suburban community as well. Of course Renton is safe place for you to park your two cars.
I think Renton might be right place for you since you have a job offer there and fit your lifestyle.
Seattle has a several GBLT neighborhoods (e.i. Capital Hill, Fremont, University District and some parts of Belltown/Queen Anne) You can look around at these neighborhoods if you are interested.
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Yes, move here.
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Nonsense. Please feel welcome in Seattle.
Even the so called "gay" areas, are really not...it's mixed, especially Capital Hill...which has that rep, but many straights live there too. Most areas in the Seattle metro are very welcoming, despite your orientation. It's one of those quirks that makes Seattle what it is. You could move into most Seattle neighborhoods and not feel out of place.
The above poster seemed to be more concerned with your "California" roots, than your sexual orientation. Perhaps that says a lot.
EDIT: The "above poster" seems to have edited his post since I wrote this...hmmm....that may say something too.
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Pass on Renton. West Seattle has become the alternative location for the gay scene (especially those 'settling down'). There's a small urban area that runs along the top of the hill on California. Lots of my gay friends have opted to move there as it is still a 15 minute drive to downtown and Capitol Hill but still affords them the space (doggy needs a yard!) to grow and a bit quieter environment. Just don't go too far south over there and you'll be fine.
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Columbia City in the southeastern area of Seattle is a gay friendly area (from my experience) and offers much of what you're looking for. The area does not have a gay bar, but there are many GLBT folks that mix into many of the areas establishments, including Seward Park (home of a co-op grocery) and Hillman City. A couple of ladies I know are planning to open up a GLBT bar and restaurant next year, so in that regard, things are looking up. The commute to downtown Seattle, the Eastside (via I-90) and the University of Washington are relatively easy and you're close to Lake Washington (which has a small beach that queer and clothing option folks frequent during the Summer months. That's my vote. Oh, and the rents are generally cheaper in this area.
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^Renton, Kent and many of the suburbs in southern King County were considered very hick, say 15 years ago, but much of it was an exaggeration and today these areas are far from redneck. I like your sense of humor though.
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Seattle is great...if I moved anywhere outside of Chicago it would probably be to Seattle. My uncle lives in Renton and it seems really nice there.
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A few thoughts: Seattle is much rainier and somewhat colder than Melbourne. Melbourne has a reputation of a rainy, grey city, but that's in Australian terms, where most metro areas tend to have more than 250 sunny days a year. If you look at the statistics, Melbourne is both somewhat warmer in the summer, somewhat milder in the winter, and has less rainfall. (653mm in Melb, 942mm in Seattle.) Melbourne's average high in the winter is 14 c vs. Seattle's 8. Melbourne's average high in the peak of summer is 26 compared to Seattle's 24, so that is closer.
And while LA is definitely a concrete jungle, Seattle is not exactly a whole lot better, it just happens to have lots of trees which create deception in this regard.
I'm kind of disappointed that a prospective Seattle immigrant would have two cars for one person. I bet if you admitted that to the average Seattle person, they'd find it to be disdainful and excessive. Not that they would outright dislike you, but it seems really frivolous, and this city tends to frown on that.
Since "good parking" matters to you, I would pick one of the single-family neighborhoods that pose as 'urban' - parts of West Seattle might do.
I personally find Seattle to be no match for Melbourne, and other than possible similar weather I see no similarities at all. Seattle is very tilted towards high-tech in its industry, whereas Melbourne having a more Chicago-like "all around" economy, with everything from mining to car factories. Seattle has a completely different vernacular style of architecture, doesn't have those lovely trams or a reasonable commuter rail system either. Melbourne is rather flat until you get towards the Dandenongs, whereas Seattle has the unusual situation of being very hilly in the central part of the city but flatter as you venture north/south.
But if you like it, there's no harm in making the comparison I guess...
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Thanks to everyone on the advice; that helps me get pointed in the right direction.
Any areas to stay away from at all costs? There doesn't seem to be anywhere that is terrible by LA standards, but I'm sure Seattle has its rough parts. I noticed the other posts of Rainier Blvd. and that it's a little dodgy, but opinions seem to be mixed on that as well. What suburb is that in?
Thanks for the side-by-side comparision to Melbourne. Always seems like Melb. has more rain than that, but it may be the fact that it rains almost everyday that adds to that mentality. I realise that Seattle has its differences to Melbourne, but as American cities go, it's the closest I've come across. I'm just not ready to go home and I'm really enjoying the States, be just good to have somewhere a little similar to my old surroundings. But I do appreciate your advice and speaking in my terms, lol.
As far as the two cars, I don't reckon it's disdainful; one is an '87 Subaru, the other a '95 Ford Escort. They're nothing glamarous, but I just don't have the heart to get rid of either one, as they are my kids almost (I bath them, feed, take them places). Okay, I better stop as this is sounding really sad...... But would anyone up there really find that excessive?
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I don't think that those two cars together even equals one SUV, so you're fine! Also having a Suburu in and of itself ups your Seattle bling. Must be a challenge transporting them from place to place, though!
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Having two cars, it just seems kind of frivolous. i don't mean to call someone out on their lifestyle, but even if it pollutes less than one SUV, well, one SUV is bad, too.
I guess I am baffled... i would kill to move to melbourne, I have actually been trying for some time but I miss the points threshold to immigrate by less than 10.
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I don't agree with the 20-25 days point. Over any period that long, I'd guess the most would be rain falling around 60% of the time. And ususually, in the winter rain season, I'd guess the typical might be more like 25% of the time.
I walk from Belltown to the CBD seven days a week. Maybe five or six times a year the rain is enough that I'm overly wet when I sit down at work.
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Last November, we had precipitation on 29 of the 30 days in the month. And December '05 we came close to breaking the record for days in a row with rain at 28. It does happen
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Other cities get more rain than Seattle (Houston...) it's just they get it all in a month. Seattle receives a little bit each day.
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He was not trained to discard paint and chemicals into a dumpster, this would be foolish considering the dumpster company would charge extra for paint, oil and chemicals deposited in the dumpster. There is documented proof that there were no extra charges by the dumpster company for the property at 825 Bahia Vista Court, Napa.
For the disposing of a car battery in a city garbage can, this is false. The battery was taken from Mr. Stevens, went to our storage, and then taken to be recycled along with paint, tires and other chemicals, to a licensed transfer station. We always dispose all of our hazards legally, but to save trips we store our hazards in a safe storage area and dispose periodically.
We complete maid service for bank owned properties and we take pictures of our work. Mr. Stevens was trained to complete cleaning of these properties. It is a fact that we had to go back several times to the properties Mr. Stevens said he cleaned and clean them again.
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The place to stay
one of the best places iv'e had the plesure to stay in the room was excepsionaly clean, the breakfast was very good. and the staff were helpfull with a good sense of humour. what more could you want. well done the crewes.
Great hotel
i stayed at this property with my partner, our first holiday in 19 years without the kids and we had a great time, we were told that we would have a seaview room but we had a room at the back of the hotel on the first floor which i was a bit miffed about at first but when i saw the room i was quite pleased because it was a nice size with 2 double beds in and there was plenty of room, the staff were very friendly and welcoming always ready to give you advice on where to go and if you wanted scrambled or poached egg for breakfast they explained politely that you might have a bit of a longer wait, we found the staff very polite, we did not encounter any rude staff, we enjoyed it so much that we are going back for my partners 40th next year
If this is 'hotel of the year'
if this won hotel of the year how bad where the others? We had a room on the second floor and it was so small that when one of us wanted to get changed the other one had to lie on the bed!!
In the smallest bathroom in the world a ceiling tile was hanging out of the ceiling and when water started to come through from the room above we got the night manager to come and investigate. He just said 'oh its from upstairs' and went away with a promise to fix the tile later but didn't. The dining room is cramped and service a mishmash as nobody knows who is doing what. Would never stay there again!! Don't believe the pictures on the web site you may not get a room like that!
There were six of us in our party and we were all very happy with the rooms and the hotel.It was clean,the staff were all friendly and helpful,and the breakfast was very nice,we would all stay at the crewes again it was very good value for money.
Hotel of the year my rear
Me, my wife and 3 year old son stayed here after seeing the pictures of the hotel outside. The rooms on the pictures looked very spacious , yet in our room you could not get between the beds and struggled to get down the side of the beds.The bathroom was the smallest i have ever seen. We stayed here for 3 nights and chatted to many residents, not 1 who was happy with the accomodation, and 1 irish couple who had asked to change rooms 3 times just couldn't wait to leave. The lady who served the breakfast was one of the rudest people i have ever met,when my wife asked for scrambled eggs she was told you have no chance if you haven't pre-ordered it the day before, you could only have 1 tiny glass of orange juice, and the portions in general were very small, but considering the cooking was done in the reception area you can see why. When i tried to complain about the standard of accomodation the manageress just ignored me and walked away. Avoid this place like the plague
Hotel of the Year??
With "Hotel of the Year" plastered all over the front of the hotel we thought we where in for a great vacation. Don't be fooled.
We paid for a family room for 3 people. We where given room 11. A single room with a double bed jammed in it and that was it.
"Where does our young daughter sleep?" "Not my problem" replied the acting manager. "There is nothing I can do for you; you will have to find somewhere else to stay". We did and for much less.
What about the refund I hear you asking? They couldn't return it there and then due to the hotel not having any spare cash! Half a dozen telephone calls, several unanswered emails and the threat of Small Claims Court finally pays dividends when a cheque arrives after nearly 8 weeks Wrong amount mind you and surprise, surprise, not the full amount owed.
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Home from home
Stopped at the Crewes quite by accident when another Blackpool hotel had mislaid our booking. What a relief this place was Staff with a great sense of HUMOUR. Management both welcoming and approachable. We were only there for two nights it was enough for us to want to repeat the experience. I am a very fussy house proud person and always on the look out for faults, I am happy to report that none were found even the key holes and door numbers were polished Breakfast was served quickly and it was also served FRESH and HOT ( how many times have you waited and it be a congealed mess on your plate, NO fear of this happening here). My partner and I promised we would return and have done so 5 times last year, each of our returns was more fun and more welcoming we now call this palace our home from home. We also had the greatest of pleasure spending New Years 2006 with these people where we were greeted like family and a fantastic time had, food was once again excellent and well served, staff although busy made time for all guests in the hotel. If I had a complaint about this hotel it would be that some times when we would like to come and stay they are fully booked and have had to stay elsewhere but we will always return to our Home from Home. Congratulations on winning Hotel of the Year YOU deserve it.
Loved the homely atmosphere
My Partner, Disabled Son and I have stayed in this hotel many times now and think its a cracking place to stay. Rooms have enough space for the three of us ( we are not small thin people). The staff are all very welcoming and have a sense of humour akin to that of my own. I have a lucky habit of winning soft toys when I'm there and these are now called our pets and jokes are made about our over-crowding our rooms.(ha ha) We have now been made so welcome we feel like family and remain in constant contact. My partner and I became engaged during one of our stays and are thinking of having our honeymoon there too. Nothing is too much bother for the staff and management, my son was no inconvenience to them and they did all to make him feel relaxed, comfortable and welcome. This pleased us immensely as we were a little nervous as to how he would be received, Glad to say they treated him in much the same manner as we do. we would like to extend our congratulation on their winning title Hotel of the year well done hope they do it again this year
My partner and myself stayed in this "hotel" for seven nights, I still can not believe how badly run it was, I asked to be moved because my first room (No.1) which was 11ft x 8ft was so claustrophobic I felt ill, I literally had to lie on the bed if my partner wanted to go to the bathroom, Which you could hardly wash yourself in it was so small, The receptionist then informed me that No.1 was a room for three people!!
We were moved after two days and the new room was much the same. I was disgusted.
Breakfast was nothing short of a disgrace, It was basically served from the floor of the reception!! I have travelled to many countries and stayed in many hotels and in my opinion this should not be allowed to remain open and if it was in Ireland it would surely have been closed down by a fire officer by now, there were no visible fire exits and It is a serious health and safety hazard.
I would advise staying in a tent before recommending this "hotel" ,And I have every intention of complaing to the british tourist board.
Should be renamed Faulty Towers
Have just returned from 3 nights at the Crewes Original. I booked a double room with sea view. My first night was spent in a room at the back of reception which was small to say the least. When I cleaned my teeth my elbow banged on the bathroom door. I asked to be moved and was told to leave my packed case on the bed. When I got back that evening I had been moved to another room adjacent to reception which was still not acceptable. I was told I could only stay in this room that night as it was needed the day after but one night was enough. As reception was turned into a makeshift kitchen at breakfast I was woken at 7 am with the staff. I then left my still unpacked case on the bed and when I came back at night I had been moved to the second floor but again no sea view to be seen. I spoke to other guests who had also began their holiday in one of the downstairs rooms and after complaining they had also been moved.
Breakfast was like something out of faulty towers. You were given a small glass of orange juice (a fill up being refused), a choice of 2 cereals and if you wanted scrambled egg you had to order it 24 hours in advance. The crockery and cutlery were on the floor outside the dining room but these were moved after a guest complained they had seen a spider crawling out of the cutlery drawer on the floor.
After complaining I was given a reduction of �5 (wow) which I considered an insult. I spoke to several other guests and they all agree "how on earth was this hotel voted Hotel of the Year 2005/6"
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The Cosmic Search For Signs of Alien Life
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GREEN BANK, W.Va., Aug. 20— The big dish swung across the sky and pointed at a star whose rays had sped through space for 19 years until they reached this valley nestled among the peaks of the Allegheny Mountains.
''All these have the right drift,'' Dr. John W. Dreher said as he peered at the incoming signals, three tantalizing blips on his computer screen. ''If there is an ET signal in here, it would look just like these.''
The 140-foot radiotelescope wheeled overhead, tracking the star through the sky. Nearby, a supercomputer the size of a truck trailer compared readings from the big dish with ones relayed from a radiotelescope hundreds of miles away in Georgia.
With superhuman rigor and stamina, the computer searched the static for a signal, a pattern, a message, any sign that the tantalizing blips were not just terrestrial noise but rather the answer to a question as old as Homo sapiens: Are we alone in the universe?
Here and at other sites around the world, scientists are quietly accelerating their hunt for signs of alien life, an activity known as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI.
''We're always prepared for success,'' said Dr. Peter Backus, one of the SETI experts here. ''We have a bottle of champagne on ice.''
The SETI Institute, a private research group in Mountain View, Calif., pays roughly $6,000 a day to rent the telescope here at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a Federal center in Green Bank run by the National Science Foundation. It uses the big dish antenna one-quarter of the available time each year.
In the next year or two, whenever a telescope being built here is finished for radio astronomers engaged in more traditional pursuits, the SETI Institute plans to use the 140-foot radiotelescope, or antenna, full time.
SETI enthusiasts say the hunt will almost certainly pay off. Until then, the observational grind goes on, day and night, often around the clock, interposing bouts of intense work and high tension (''Is this it?'' ''Is this it?'') with long periods of tedium.
So it is for Dr. Dreher, who once taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and now works full time for the SETI Institute as its systems scientist. He lives with his wife and 10-year-old daughter in Berkeley, Calif., but he spends some of his time here.
In the cafeteria, putting aside the cosmic hunt for a dinner of shrimp and french fries, he said his presence on tours of observational duty in this remote valley indicated his optimism about a breakthrough.
It was no wild goose chase, he said, but a calculated gamble that would do no harm to his career. ''If I thought the chance was really low,'' he asked, ''would I be wasting my time doing this?''
Later, Dr. Dreher headed back to the telescope for a round of night observations.
The global search for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence began here in 1960. The observatory was brand-new and Dr. Frank D. Drake, a staff astronomer, pointed an 85-foot antenna at Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani, nearby sunlike stars that might harbor planets. He called the project Ozma, after the princess of the Oz books.
Dr. Drake was proud of this historic test even though, he wrote later, ''we could discern no trace of an intelligent signal.'' Actually finding signs of extraterrestrial life, he decided, might require the study of ''billions more stars.''
Inspired by the hunt, like-minded experts gathered here in 1961 for a conference that featured Dr. Drake and such future scientific stars as Dr. Carl Sagan, then a brash 27-year-old young astronomer
The group decided that Earth's own galaxy, the Milky Way, with its billions of stars, could in theory shelter 1,000 to 100,000 advanced civilizations, many with powerful transmitters and other technologies that might be detected from afar.
The group agreed that an active search was warranted. Other scientists scoffed, but Dr. Sagan argued passionately for the search -- and he pressed the case throughout his career as an astronomer, science popularizer and best-selling author. His 1985 book, ''Contact'' (Simon & Schuster), a fictionalized account of the search for signals from space, led to the recent movie, but Dr. Sagan died of a bone-marrow disease at 62 last year, a few months before the movie opened.
Dr. Drake now heads the SETI Institute, which took over a Federal extraterrestrial hunt after Government funds were withdrawn in 1993, a rebuff featured in the film. The Government invested $58 million in developing receivers and other gear before pulling the plug.
The private patrons of Project Phoenix, as it is known, include such technology pioneers as William R. Hewlett and David Packard of the Hewlett-Packard Corporation; Gordon Moore, co-founder of the Intel Corporation, and Paul Allen, co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation.
In the movie, extraterrestrial signals are received in New Mexico, but that is artistic license. SETI scientists never use the network of dish antennas there because they are not suited for their aims.
It is West Virginia where the search is reaching a new level of seriousness, nearly four decades after the Ozma project. The hunt, SETI's most sensitive and comprehensive, aims to scrutinize about a thousand sunlike stars in Earth's neighborhood.
A visitor driving through the mountains quickly gets a hint of why the telescope was built there. The car radio scans endlessly, finding no stations.
Optical telescopes are set atop mountains to limit atmospheric ''twinkles'' that mar observations. Radiotelescopes are put in valleys because their rocky flanks block interference from radio waves.
The deep green of this valley is dotted with seven white telescopes, their dishes set at different angles.
The radio quiet here is reinforced by a Federal ban on commercial radio and television transmissions. At the observatory, all vehicles are powered by diesel engines, which have no spark plugs.
''No visitor cars beyond this gate,'' a sign says. ''Ignitions interfere with telescopes.''
The 140-foot-wide telescope pointed straight up, as tall as a 20-story building. Attached high on its side was a Project Phoenix banner.


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