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Jim Flaherty got one thing right: Canada's job training system needs an overhaul.
It has been broken for as long as I can remember — when Ottawa ran it, when the provinces ran it, when it was outsourced to non-profit groups, colleges, schools and private entrepreneurs.
It was a running joke on Parliament Hill, when job training was under federal jurisdiction, that Canada would soon have the world's largest supply of hairdressers.
Today, with the provinces in charge, the term "training program" is greeted with cynical laughter by the unemployed. A man I interviewed last week said he has friends who've been trained to write resumés five or six times. They took government-sponsored courses hoping to find work or at least acquire marketable skills. Now they've given up.
No doubt there are some programs that equip laid-off workers to get back into the labour force. But there are too many, delivered by people with little understanding of the job market, that provide generic skills — Internet searching, resumé writing, interview techniques — to job-hungry people.
There are better ways to spend $2.7 billion of taxpayers' money.
Flaherty identified a few of them in Thursday's budget. He promised to replace Ottawa's existing labour market agreements with the provinces with a new Canada Job Grant, which would require provinces and employers to match the federal contribution of $5,000 per trainee. He undertook to work with the provinces to create more apprenticeship opportunities. He pledged to require contractors bidding on government projects — public works and maintenance, infrastructure renewal, subsidized housing and transportation — to use apprentices. And he reallocated funds to small programs (most less than $50 million) targeted at aboriginals and Canadians with disabilities.
The trouble is these measures will scarcely make a dent in the problem.
The mismatch between skills and jobs begins in the schools, where students are conditioned to believe a university degree is a ticket to a good job. Teachers, parents and university presidents exhort young people to take the academic route if they want a good livelihood, in spite of mounting evidence that graduates aren't getting hired.
It extends into the post-secondary sector, where universities market themselves as the choice for smart, ambitious students who aim high and seek the social cachet of degree, leaving colleges and unionized trades that offer apprenticeship training to bill themselves as more practical alternatives.
Employers are part of the problem. They've inflated the credentials for jobs that never required a university degree. They expect job applicants to arrive with the skills tailored their specific needs. Very few companies offer on-the-job training or skill upgrading for workers who want to keep their jobs as technology and product lines change. Some highly profitable firms use unpaid interns or hire only contract workers.
And the government bears a share of the responsibility. It has opened the floodgate to hundreds of thousands of temporary foreign workers, allowing employers to do an end-run around Canadian job-seekers.
Flaherty's proposals, while welcome, address only the tip of the iceberg. Moreover they come with big questions:
The finance minister deserves credit for taking on a challenge that has been shunted aside for too long. But it will require a lot of co-operation, arm-twisting and luck to turn his modest initiatives into the foundation of a well-run, forward-looking job training system.
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There are more signs Obamacare could raise insurance rates for people who are already insured.
Georgia resident Debbie Dooley, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, voiced concerns after a recent letter from her insurance carrier indicated her policy will no longer be available.
"It clearly says my policy will no longer be offered, that's broken promise No. 1," Dooley said.
Also, the new federal law's impact on monthly premiums in Georgia will mean a 40-year-old, non-smoking man will see his premium jump from $122 a month to $325 after healthcare reform.
Beyond the numbers, there are more confusing facts about the changes.
Georgia State University's Dr. William Custer, an expert on the new law, reviewed the numbers for WSB-TV.
"The factors they list are all real and important; the actual numbers they list may not apply to any individual Georgian," he said.
"The set of benefits for everybody is included, so yes, as a male when you buy coverage, maternity care will be covered there," he added.
Custer also noted that under the law, men get maternity care and women also get prostate coverage.
"I don't even have a prostate and I can't have children," Dooley said.
The latest Associated Press Gfk poll estimates 7 percent of Americans say someone in their household has tried to sign up for health insurance through the online health exchanges.
That adds up to about 20 million people. And three quarters of those people have reported problems.
"The people that we spoke with have spent all day on the website and that's the only way they've been successful. So it's not feasible for a lot of people to spend all day to get enrolled in this," Erin Hill, with Knoxville Area Project Access, said.
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JERUSALEM, Israel - Could the world experience a second Pentecost? That's the hope of a global movement called Empowered 21, with organizers setting their sights on Jerusalem, where the first Pentecost took place.
Recently, Christian leaders came from around the world to Jerusalem to worship, pray, and plan for what they call E-21.
"It's amazing to see how many wonderful leaders God has raised up to partner with this goal of seeing every individual touched by a real encounter with the Holy Spirit by the year 2033. It's stunning," Bill Johnson, from Bethel Church, said.
Oral Roberts University President Billy Wilson, director of E-21, spoke at a recent event for global movement.
"Tonight we stand on history and we come to worship the King of Jerusalem who is our Lord Jesus," Wilson said. "Our big, big vision is bigger than all of us. It comes out of Habakkuk 2:14 that the knowledge of the glory of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. And the big vision is that every person on earth will have an authentic encounter with Jesus Christ through the power and presence of the Holy Spirit by Pentecost 2033," he continued.
The first Pentecost recorded in the book of Acts took place on Mount Zion in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. During the next Pentecost, May 24, 2015, organizers of E-21 are inviting Christians from around the world to pray for a fresh Pentecost on a new generation.
"You know in Acts chapter 1:8 Jesus said after the Holy Spirit comes on you, you'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem first, Judea, sort of where we are right now, Samaria and to the ends of the earth. So the theme of the conference is to the ends of the earth," Wilson explained.
"We're calling on believers from around the world to converge back on Jerusalem to celebrate the Holy Spirit, to look at what it means to be Spirit-filled in the 21st century and to pray for a new generation to experience God," Wilson said.
As they prepare to pass the spiritual baton to a new generation, some leaders say they already see God at work.
"Thank God E-21 is doing transformation among the leaders in India. Unity has been the key," Al Hollingsworth said.
"I see Empowered 21 as the Body coming together again. So important. So necessary," Dr. Paul Dhinakaran predicted. "When brothers dwell together in unity, the Lord commands a blessing. And I believe the blessing of the end time is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit."
The leaders represent the spectrum of charistmatic and pentecostal groups.
"It's really end time stuff. I mean to have all these streams come together in the mountain of the Lord is, you know, something we dreamed of," Cindy Jacobs said.
Their next dream is Pentecost 2015.
"To experience a fresh Pentecost in our generation will be life changing so your life will never be the same if you come," Wilson promised.
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I often take the time to walk to coworkers' offices to ask a question or explain something in person, only to have them say, "OK, can you e-mail that to me?" I end up repeating myself just so they don't have to remember what I said. Can I politely refuse this request?
Not if you want to get anything accomplished. Face time is nice, but for workers rendered scatterbrained by furious multitasking, e-mail is a time-saver and memory aid rolled into one. So conversations that involve details or documents—or anything that will be passed along to another person—often are best suited for e-mail. Some coworkers may insist you put even the simplest questions in writing; if they want to become cubicle hermits, that's their problem.
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As a makeup artist and hairstylist, Janice Kinigopoulos has worked with Jodie Foster, Liv Tyler, Angela Bassett and other top celebs. She also styled the locks of Julia Roberts and Richard Gere for Runaway Bride. But real-life brides, says Kinigopoulos, "are the ultimate divas." In 1999 she launched bridalbabe.com, a site filled with a trio of do-it-yourself makeup guides she has dubbed the Princess Babe, the Classic Babe and the Natural Babe. "I wanted to give them the resources to look and feel gorgeous," says the mother of two, 39. And to help them avoid her own makeup mishap from her 1984 wedding. "I wore frosty blue eye shadow," she says. "I should have left that in the Slurpee machine."
Those who assist the brides can turn to bridesmaidaid.com, where veteran attendants Joanna Dreifus, 28, a museum event planner, and Ellen Horowitz, 27, a journalism grad student, dole out tips on etiquette, dresses, gifts, parties and showers. But soon, jokes Horowitz, due to be married in August, she may have to find a new gig. "My friends keep teasing me that I have gone to the dark side," she says, "now that I have my own bridesmaids to torture."
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ELKINS - Dozens of alumni, board of trustees and community members gathered in the Hermanson Center Friday afternoon on the campus of Davis & Elkins College to witness the dawning of a new era for the 109-year-old institution.
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June Myles, left, cuts the ribbon at a dedication ceremony for the pool at Davis & Elkins College on Friday. The pool was dedicated to her father, George, during festivities that showcased improvements to the Senators' swimming facility.
June Myles, left, receives a reproduction of the dedication marker for the swimming pool from Davis & Elkins College President Michael Mihalyo. The pool was dedicated to her father, George.
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Davis & Elkins College unveiled its new state-of-the-art swim scoreboard Friday. It is sponsored by The Inter-Mountain.
The celebration marked the culmination of the school's Raise the Roof Challenge, which kicked off following the collapse of the swimming pool's roof in 2012. The campaign launched in April with an initial challenge from the Student Assembly to raise $200,000. A little more than a year later, in August, the project was fully funded with nearly $914,000 in contributions.
Those funds allowed the college to make a bevy of improvements to the facility, including the new slanted roof, a new ventilation system, digital pace clocks for lap swimmers and renovations to the men's and women's locker rooms.
With the improvements complete, D&E officials dedicated the finished swimming pool to longtime Elkins businessman George A. Myles. Myles passed away in 1999.
His daughter, June, was on hand for the celebration, and was presented with a replica of the dedication plaque by D&E President Michael Mihalyo.
The dedication plaque reads: "Following the pool roof collapse on April 7, 2012, the Student Assembly offered an unprecedented challenge gift of $200,000 toward restoration of the pool; 230 alumni, friends and foundations responded with gifts totaling $914,000 to fund the project."
"Prominent Elkins businessman and quiet civic leader George A. Myles was a widely respected lumberman known for his fairness and generosity. It is with deep gratitude for his continuing legacy to the campus and wider community that the George A. Myles Pool is dedicated by the Board of Trustees. Oct. 18, 2013."
"If he only knew what the students think of him for all he's done for Davis & Elkins College," Myles said. "He would truly be touched."
In addition to the improvements to the facility, a new video scoreboard, sponsored by The Inter-Mountain, was installed behind the starting blocks.
"The Inter-Mountain is proud to play a small role in this overall project," said Publisher and General Manager Heather Henline. "The scoreboard, which I am told is the only one of its kind in the Mountain State to be utilized to showcase swimming, is state of the art. Digital replay and numerous other features will help to bring swim meets to life and to aid in training by allowing real-time review of what happens in the pool."
"Often, our role at the paper is to cover the story, to be a living history book and to chronicle news in our community as it happens," Henline added. "Today, we are privileged to be a part of such a positive milestone in D&E's history."
Mihalyo and other school officials were quick to point out the new facility isn't just used by the college. Both the Elkins High School swim team and the Elkins Otters utilize the facilities for competition. The general public also has access to the swimming pool.
"Of course, nothing happens without support," Mihalyo said. "In terms of funding, it was a bit daunting. We are happy to name this pool after a lontime resident of Elkins. This is something that the entire community can be proud of."
Pride aside, the dividends already seem to be paying off for the school. The men's swim team is ranked for the first time in its history. The Senators are 23rd in the nation in NCAA Division II competition.
"I know the work that goes into what you are doing," said Peggy Hawse, a representative from U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin's office. "I spoke with Joe this morning, and he told me to tell the Senators that the senator said hello."
The pool isn't the only newly minted facility being dedicated this weekend at D&E. At 11:30 a.m. today, college officials will inaugurate the school's new Astroturf soccer/lacrosse facilities at Allen Fields. The soccer field project cost in excess of $600,000, and also was fully funded through donations. The turf field,which is emblazoned with the D&E logo in the center, opened for play at the start of this year's soccer season.
Following the field dedication, the women's soccer team will take on Alderson Broaddus University. The men will play AB at 2:30 p.m.
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"Has anybody else noticed how a PODIATRIST is saying our feet are UNABLE to support our bodies and that this is OK and "normal"?
Human feet were made to support a human body. Yet she clearly is referring to ALL of us: not just those who have defects and/or are fully flat-footed.
We still have almost the same type of foot as modern tribal peoples (allowing for ethnic variations, we are actually, foot-wise, no more different from them than ethnic Hmong are from White Italians), who almost always go barefooted or in thin, flimsy sandals, yet THEY are fine. But our feet, which are NEARLY IDENTICAL are, supposedly, naturally "unable" to support our bodies and movement. Bodies and movement which nature developed over millions of years as barefoot apes.
Many modern people return to moving barefoot at least on occassion and, after GRADUALLY moving into it, their feet eventually regain the strength that the aforementioned tribal people's feet have. It's clear our weak-footed-ness isn't some irreversible damage we've done and cannot ever undo. Yet this woman is asking us NOT to do that, but to PANDER to a MODERN WEAKNESS created by WEARING SHOES. I say she's selling herself and promoting her business quite well... More people wear shoes all the time = more people have weak feet --> weak feet are more prone to injury --> injured feet give her work."


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What are you most proud of? The prettiness of this mug rug and the simplicity of it. It doesn't matter if you can't sew in a straight line - it will still look good - in fact it might even look a little more quirky and lovely.
What advice would you give someone starting this project? As with all Patchsmith patterns - it is about having fun with fabric. Mix and match - go for one colour or one style. And if you are in a rush then just cut each letter from one piece of pretty fabric. Play around, slant the letters and create a lovely little gift. (for yourself or your mum or a new mum).
This is super cute and I love the colors that you chose!
Now, how cute is that! Love it. Love the fabrics, love the hearts and flowers, love the "Mum". Yup, guess I love the whole thing.
The fabric is "Wingin It" by The Buggy Barn plus a strip of blue floral from my stash. It was really quick to put together. So glad you love it.


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Celebrity Couples: Who'll Fizzle & Sizzle in 2012?
Our entertainment expert TAYLOR KAYE tells us the 10 couples she thinks will last, and the ones she thinks whose time has passed, in 2012.(10 Photos)
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively
The couple worked on Green Lantern together in 2010 and now they can't keep their hands off one another. They've been spotted locking lips in Utah and grabbing early morning coffees in NYC. I say these guys last until the summer. Ryan's 35 and Blake's 24 – he totally needs a younger woman. I was hopeful Reynolds and Sandra Bullock would hook up permanently but it seems it's just not going to happen.
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Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes
To me this relationship is totally for fun. I can't see these two together for a long time. Ryan needs a celeb like, well Rachel McAdams. Yes, I know they were together a long time ago but I just loved them as a couple and they would have had the cutest babies! I don't get the whole Ryan/Eva connection, though she does have a hot bod.
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux
I'm off the Aniston train. Sure she was just named hottest woman of all time by Men's Health but the only time she hooks up with her men are during their movies. It's all about publicity. Just hook up with a non-celeb for once please.
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Jennifer Lopez and Casper (the 24 year old dancer)
This is a total rebound for Jen and I say go for it. But it will end by 2012. She'll hook up with some oil tycoon or business man and she's no longer dating celebs. Has she finally learned her lesson?
Cameron Diaz and Diddy
These two have been hooking up since early 2008 but it seems like just a booty call. Cameron plays her men well and gets what she wants out of them. Good for her. I mean, if you can do it why not. Though she may regret it when she's older and sees her friends happily married with kids.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Okay all of you haters who thought it wouldn't last – it has, and they're happy. This year Katie will either get preggers again or the couple will adopt. Katie and Tom don't want Suri to grow up alone. Although, Tom does have two other children from his previous marriage to Nicole Kidman though Suri is much younger and would love a younger sibling.
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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon
These two are still soaking in the bliss of having babies. Mariah may be high maintenance but Nick must be used to it, and now the babies have Ms. Mariah grounded...well sort of. She still wears the six inch heels with sparkly dresses, but she also lugs a designer diaper bag along too!
Katy Perry and Russell Brand
Katy and Russell will have some bumpy patches to work through in 2012 but I think this couple is the real deal. Expect a baby Russell in the next two years!
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Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez
My prediction is these two lovebirds will make it last one more year! I can't believe they've lasted this long given their tour schedules. However, he'll be home for the holidays with Selena and he's reportedly bought her close to $200,000 in gifts. Selena, if you have some doubts in 2012 maybe hold on one more year just for the gift action!
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What's in a name: Heard Memorial Park
Where is it?
Heard Park is in downtown North East, along North Lake Street, east of Gibson Park.
What's the story?
The grassy park in downtown North East is the place to be for the summer's Let it Be Heard! concert series, the North East Firemen's Cherry Festival and the Wine Festival.
But who ever heard of a Heard?
The name likely came from Dr. Amos Button Heard, 1837-1910, who was born in Crawford County, served in the Civil War and spent the rest of his career as a physician in North East.
He was also a supporter of the community, and served as a North East School Board member for 12 years, according to "Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania."
Heard is buried at the North East Cemetery.
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New Brunch Options Abound in Philadelphia
Everyone's favorite weekend ritual is about to get some more variety. As the weather warms up, restaurants are launching new brunches, complete with drink deals and outdoor seating. Whether you're nursing a hangover with endless Bloody Marys or trying to find a place you can bring crying kids, there's something new for you.
This past Sunday, SkyBrunch commenced at Top of the Tower at Three Logan Center (18th and Arch). Each week you can head up to the 51st floor for an all-inclusive brunch and an unbeatable panorama of the city. Brunch costs $50 per person.
If the Kensington Quarters' Instagram feed is any indication, we're getting very close to experiencing meaty, pasture-raised goodness at the much anticipated butcher counter, bar, and restaurant opening tomorrow in Fishtown.
For many, the event that introduced butcher Bryan Mayer to Philadelphia was Wyebrook Farm's first La Tuade du Cochon–an opportunity for bacon lovers to confront their crimes and their passions, and one that the farm is reprising this year, on November 16. The event will be a start to finish hoof-to-table dining experience. That's right, a heritage hog, slaughtered, bled, scalded, and butchered (as professionally and respectfully as possible), and then memorialized in a meal by chef Andrew Wood of Russet.
There are a few spots remaining for this year's event. Class and dinner are $125 per person (includes tax and gratuity). Secure your place at the table by e-mailing: firstname.lastname@example.com. And, in the meantime, we have the menu.
This summer Dean Carlson's Wyebrook Farm is offering "farm to fork" dinners, prepared on site by Chef Eric Yost. Diners can enjoy the farm's grass-fed beef, heritage breed pork and free pastured chicken accompanied by locally grown produce. Guests will be seated outdoors on the farm and are encouraged to stroll the 350 acres. Prices will vary from the $7 organic fried green tomatoes to $23 black trumpet encrusted pork sirloin. Other good news? The farm is always BYOB. Dinner is served Wednesday through Saturday from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Reservations are required.
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For Princess Grace, the Press Is a Pain, Caroline's a Trial, but How Serene It All Is
In fact, the paparazzi of the continent's penny-dreadful press have dogged her life as a princess of Monaco far more oppressively than when she was queen of Hollywood. And lately—with all the lurid tabloid attraction of her nubile daughter Caroline—Grace complains, "The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it." Still worse, her reviewers now judge not only Grace's performances but also her life.
The notices have so far been favorable, or mixed anyway. The late Charles de Gaulle, who had misgivings about her husband Prince Rainier, hailed Kelly as "I' Aphrodite Américaine." Brigitte Bardot, who likes to bare her mezzanine on the beach (a Swedish nudie club for Monte Carlo was vetoed), sneeringly prefers the title "I' Altesse (her highness) Frigidaire." "She's the squarest person I ever knew," concedes Frank Sinatra, "a cross between Aimee Semple McPherson and Queen Elizabeth." But he makes the statement fondly, and is always available to play a benefit gig for one of his old friend Grace's innumerable charities.
Women's Wear Daily calls her wardrobe "tawdry," though less dowdy than, say, that of Britain's Princess Margaret. To Terence Cardinal Cooke, Archbishop of New York, "She's a lesson in Catholic motherhood." And the final word, naturally, comes from her hairdresser. "She's much more of a lady than some of my ladies," says the famed Alexandre of Paris. "And," he adds, in the ultimate compliment a Frenchman can bestow on a Yankee, "she's so un-American."
Remarkably, all authoritative sources concur that Grace Kelly Grimaldi has, at 45, learned to play her regal role with more warmth and dignity than any of Europe's born-to-the-purple royalty except possibly for Britain's venerable Queen Mother Elizabeth. Grace's carriage and gestures are flawless, never wavering even in the oppressive heat of a midsummer antique show that had her on the verge of fainting. She suggests modestly that her low blood pressure might help account for her unflappable cool (her Hollywood nickname was "the hot icicle"). Is she capable of being ruffled? "Yes, indeed," says Grace, "by three children, for one thing. Lots of things annoy me. But I try to spare other people from the moments when I lose my temper."
There were more palpable strains at the very beginning of her reign, 19 years ago. Grace admits, "I wasn't equipped at all for many things I encountered. Everything was new. I had to adjust from being single to being married, from one set of customs to another, one culture to another." Her training in the theater (rather than Hollywood), she acknowledges, "definitely helped me in my public life as princess of Monaco: the discipline and objectivity about one's self is important."
Initially, Grace's public life was curtailed by her pregnancies. Caroline arrived nine months and five days after her marriage. Albert followed 14 months later. (Stephanie made her appearance after a six-year entr'acte.) "In those days, it was hard to remember how it was not to be pregnant," she recalls. But she also found that "when one's children are born in a place, one begins to feel that it's home." (The children were delivered at the palace rather than at a fancy Swiss clinic, and Grace, as a supporter of the La Leche League, insisted on breastfeeding.)
With the princess, the throne and independence itself finally secure (Monaco would have become a protectorate of France if Rainier had failed to produce a male heir), Grace lost her self-conscious caution and began to put her own imprint on the principality. Its half-liter size (470 acres) and population (23,500 with just 4,300 native Monégasques) might have made a lesser woman feel like just the wife of the city manager of, say, Reno, Nev. But in Grace's vision, the Grimaldis were more like Medici of a major city-state. "A lot of things that go with the job are not always convenient or terribly pleasant," she says, "but it is satisfying to be able to take an idea, develop it and see the results."
As a Grimaldi, Grace could transform Monaco with an impact unthinkable for a Kelly back in Philly. She founded a garden club and annual flower show, built boutiques for local artisans, established a day-care center (there is no unemployment in Monaco), and mobilized volunteers to aid the ill and elderly. And, with her showbiz connections, she produced a summer arts festival with luminaries like Sinatra and Arthur Rubinstein. Currently Grace is engrossed in reviving a permanent ballet company in the one-time home of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. "Unfortunately," she says, "ballet companies don't look good on paper," and the project will require a bail-out subsidy from her own foundation, which is partly financed from her Hollywood earnings. On grand occasions, such as Rainier's 25th anniversary as a reigning prince last May, their Serene Highnesses invited the entire population to a family picnic in the local soccer stadium. It was just one indication of her acceptance when Rainier decreed that if he died before Albert became 21, Grace would serve as regent.
Under its well-matched monarchs (whose marriage, despite rumors, seems as solid as nearby Eden Roc), Monaco has boomed and thrust upward and outward as never before in its 800-year history. High-rise slabs are squeezing out the gracious villas and chaotically jostle one another for views of the sea. Monaco's beach, golf and tennis clubs have been located across the border in France. Stilts sunk in a seabed prop up a new Loew's hotel clinging to Monte Carlo. There is also a Holiday Inn and, with reclamation, new riches are anticipated in what is already one of the most prosperous, tax-free enclaves on earth.
Many Monégasques have always feared the Kelly family would convert their storybook state into Atlantic City. Au contraire, Grace fights to retain its 19th century charm. "That is what people want to find. I'm not too keen on some of the modern buildings and their height. I protest when I can, and then I have to learn to go along with whatever is the decision." To her credit, Grace helped save one architectural landmark, the grand old Hermitage Hotel. "I suggested," the heroine of High Noon says sweetly, "that I would nail myself to the door if they moved in to demolish it."
The one refuge the Grimaldis have from Rainier's responsibilities and Grace's causes is Rocagel, a mountaintop farm just across the French border from their realm. At 2,300 feet above sea level, Rocagel is sometimes veiled in clouds, but even on a clear day, a palace functionary explains pointedly for the benefit of potential paparazzi, "it cannot be overlooked from any point." There the royal progeny can ride and swim, or laugh ungraciously at screenings of Mom's old films.
Prince Rainier drives a tractor and tinkers with wrought iron in his workshop, and Princess Grace plays the piano (for her parrot Berlioz) and makes quite professional ceramics and collages of dried flowers and leaves. If Rainier is barbecuing the steaks, Her Serene Highness will toss up a salad from the garden. "Rocagel," says Princess Grace, "is where we close the door to the world." The family's other escape is America, where they are currently enjoying a few weeks' breather in a secluded resort in New Hampshire and the Kelly family summer home in Ocean City, N.J. Prince Albert was already in New Hampshire serving as a camp counselor. At some point during the visit, he and his parents will scout out a college for Albert, who's now 17. (Princeton, Annapolis and the University of Virginia are on the shopping list.)
But the "door to the world" reopens when they return to either of their other two homes—the 180-room palace in Monaco and their apartment on the sunny side of Paris' chic Avenue Foch. It is to there that Grace shuttles, trying to chaperone her worldly daughter Caroline. Hounded relentlessly by reporters and elevated into a front-page crumpet, Caroline at 18 is in a bind just partly of her own making. Recently photographed in a gown slit to her waist, she explained to her folks that she'd misplaced her brooch. Flunking some of her university entrance exams hasn't helped. Nor has smoking in public (her proper Philadelphia mother disapproves) or apparently lying nude on a beach (a montage photo, faked in a blackmail attempt). With no assured niche like bonnie Prince Albert, Caroline flaunts the same rebellious public manner that makes Princess Anne the least-liked member of Britain's royal family. Add a lusty figure and the beginnings of her father's double chin rather than the classic unmatchable beauty of a woman 27 years her senior, who also happens to be her mother, and Caroline's difficulties become understandable.
Princess Grace is troubled by the publicity "in that it also disturbs Caroline. She can't live the life of a normal student." And dealings between the two women sometimes border on the abrasive. Grace, for example, hoped that while in Paris, Caroline would attend Maxim's chic six-week course in cooking and playing hostess. "I don't need that, Mother," Caroline snapped. "We've got slaves for that." "Yes, darling," Mom responded coyly, "and I'm your slave." Clearly, it is Prince Albert, with "his calmer nature" and role as altar boy in the palace chapel, who most resembles his mother. (As children, Grace had required them all to clean their rooms.) It is Rainier, a roué in his bachelor days (he kept a villa with live-in friend, actress Gisella Pascal, at nearby St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat), who is more tolerant, but is still said, by palace sources, to help maintain the disciplinary lines.
With her family now coming into young adulthood, Grace is entering a soignée middle age (save for a few extra pounds in the midriff) and is inevitably asked about plans to resume her career. "I haven't made a film in 20 years," she says. "So take your conclusions from there." Then she adds, "Who knows what's around the corner? I loved acting. I loved my career, and I have another life now. It's that simple. I don't dwell on the past. I look forward. There are many things ahead. I take my job seriously, but not myself. People who cannot be objective about themselves," observes Her Serene Highness, "become confused. Every life has sadness and disappointments, but if one has any sense one thinks only of the good and forgets the bad. I have been very fortunate and very lucky."
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Two Navy SEALs were critically injured in a skydiving accident in Pinal County on Thursday, authorities said.
The people landed in two separate areas after they collided in midair.
Pinal County Sheriff's Office deputies went to an incident that was turned over to military investigators at 1 p.m. near the Pinal Airpark located northwest of the Tucson area.


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DONALD Dewar deliberately misled the House of Commons over the cost of the Holyrood parliament, it was claimed last night.
The accusations came after it emerged the late Scottish secretary had told the Commons immediately before the 1999 elections that the cost of the new building would be 50 million when he knew privately it had already topped 60 million.
Mr Dewar stated in a written parliamentary answer on 31 March 1999 that the construction cost of the Holyrood building was 50 million. A week later Mr Dewar launched the first Scottish election campaign with the public cost of the project still officially pegged at 50 million.
But the Fraser Inquiry into the Holyrood scandal was yesterday shown an internal Scottish Office minute, from the week before Mr Dewar's parliamentary answer, which recorded an official request from senior civil servants for an increased budget of 60 million and a warning that there was no way it could now be built for 50 million.
Opposition politicians said last night that it appeared Mr Dewar had deliberately kept the cost increase from the Commons and from the public for political reasons, particularly as the election was a few days ahead.
David McLetchie, the Tory leader, said: "It is becoming clear that the Scottish people were misled and increasingly they will believe they were deliberately misled."
He added: "For the first time we have evidence that ministers were told the 50 million budget was not achievable, yet Donald Dewar was still maintaining in public, and to the House of Commons, that the official construction cost was still 50 million."
Mr McLetchie said it was "likely" that Scottish Labour chose to ignore the warning "because of the election".
Fergus Ewing, for the SNP, said: "This reveals that Donald Dewar covered up the truth from the people of Scotland during the first Scottish parliament election in 1999."
Mr Ewing claimed the late Scottish Secretary kept the 60 million figure from the public "for the next five weeks before the election on May 1 1999".
And he added: "The inquiry must now seek out the truth from civil servants and Labour advisers and politicians."
The inquiry was also shown evidence that the 60 million figure which civil servants passed on to ministers in March 1999 was a gross underestimate of the real figure, which the civil servants knew was climbing almost every month.
The official cost consultants, Davis, Langdon and Everest, submitted regular estimates to the Scottish Office through 1998 and 1999, setting out how the cost of the project was spiralling out of control because of delays and increased demands for space.
These were shown to the inquiry and they revealed how the official, but confidential, cost had risen from 63 million in February 1999, to 87 million in early March 1999 and to 88 million by the end of March 1999.
But the civil servants, led by Barbara Doig, the project sponsor, apparently failed to pass any of these on to ministers.
Mrs Doig asked for the budget increase to just 60 million on March 23 1999, effectively ignoring advice from the cost consultants who told her the price had already topped 89 million.
The picture that emerged from the inquiry yesterday was of cost consultants setting out definitive projections of the rising cost as they analysed the detailed designs coming from the architects and as they made more accurate assessments of the space required.
These projections were given to Mrs Doig and to the officials on the project team, but Mrs Doig then only asked for a budget increase to cover a fraction of the increase, apparently because the officials thought they might be able to make savings later.
It is not clear whether the official estimates from the cost consultants were passed on to ministers and ministers chose to ignore them, or whether they were kept from ministers by civil servants.
But, whoever it was who took the decision to ignore the advice from the cost consultants, it was clear from very early in the project's life that the cost was increasing rapidly and this was being kept from the public and from Westminster.
Hugh Fisher, a partner at cost consultants Davis, Langdon and Everest, told the inquiry: "The client was exercising his prerogative to do what he likes with the advice, but that prerogative carries risk."


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> I note that in http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html this NIC is marked as
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> dice. The relevant part of the dmesg is:
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Faced with bushfire, criminals on the run, and possible murder charges, will they even survive?
After a career as a teacher and principal of mainly small rural schools, Ross Richdale now writes both mainstream and science fiction novels full time. He lives in Palmerston North in the North Island of New Zealand and is married with three children. His wife, Kay, still carries the burden of teaching children at a local primary school.
After his wife goes off to work every morning, Ross shares his living room with two cats who demand to be fed at least six times a day. In this congenial atmosphere he pounds away on his computer to form the characters and plots for his novels. Ordinary people rather than the super rich, the super powerful or violent, are the main characters in his novels.
When he is not writing, Ross enjoys drawing, usually on the computer. Other interests include wandering in the countryside and, in the summer, swimming in mountain streams or bounding through the rapids in a tractor tire inner tube. Many of his novels reflect his interest in the rural lifestyle as well as the cross section of personalities encountered during his years as a teacher.
Faced with bushfire, criminals on the run, and possible murder charges, will they even survive?
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Do you have any tips for holiday safety? We had a neighbor once whose Christmas tree caught fire, and I've always had that in the back of my mind.
Could you also tell me if you recommend the ABC fire extinguishers?
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Happy holidays,
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Happy holidays to you, too. Holiday safety tips are a big topic.
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, there are approximately 250 fires directly attributed to Christmas trees every year in the U.S.
To avoid becoming a statistic, use a tree stand that allows for water and keep plenty of water in the base. A well-watered tree is very difficult, if not impossible, to burn, but a dry Christmas tree, like a Scotch pine, will be completely engulfed in flame in only three seconds after ignition.
Check the base often and keep it full. Refill at least every morning and evening. Then, once Christmas is over, dispose of the tree quickly.
This is where many homeowners get into trouble. They leave the tree up too long. It gets neglected, dries out and becomes a fire hazard.
Make sure that the tree is securely seated in the stand, and there is no chance of it toppling over.
Also, don't place the tree next to a working fireplace.
You don't want any sparks popping on the tree, decorations or gifts.
Don't place the tree near a heater vent. If it is, cover the vent with a piece of plastic to keep heat off of that tree.
Christmas tree fires are usually started by faulty lights, electrical problems or candles. Strings of lights can get damaged from being rolled up and stored in the attic year after year.
Inspect all of the lights, and check for open insulation and exposed wiring.
Also, use only UL listed extension cords and lights on the tree and exterior of your home.
You can get non-UL listed lights from any swap meet but this is a fire waiting to happen.
Never run cords under carpets. Make sure all of the connections are exposed. You don't want anything on the connections in case they arc.
Don't overload the circuits. Follow the manufacturers' recommendations regarding light strands.
If they say use only three, then use only three. They are the ones that spent millions of dollars testing their products. It's important to follow any safety guidelines they stipulate.
Always, always turn the lights off when you are not at home. Set them on a timer or manually turn them off in the evening.
The same is true with candles. You don't need to leave them burning all night as it is a safety hazard.
Make sure there is a smoke detector in the same room where the tree is located. If you don't have one, they are easy to find, battery operated and cost only $5. Although code does not require every room have a smoke detector, every room in my home has one — except the kitchen, because of how my wife cooks.
Regarding fire extinguishers, since most fires in the home are kitchen fires, you should always keep a fire extinguisher in the kitchen.
Keep them near the exits and on each floor. Make sure everyone in your family knows how to use the extinguisher properly in case of emergency.
Fires are divided into four categories:
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Hi Robert,
For the last three years, my HOA has been sending the same contractor/handyman to fix a leak in my living room.
He has caulked every crack in the stucco above my living-room window, yet with every rain it leaks and leaks and leaks.
I am at my wit's end. How can we fix this? What are they supposed to be doing?
Do you have any idea what the problem may be?
Thank you,
Carolyn C.
Hi Carolyn,
First of all, they need to open up the drywall where the leak is located. Then perform a water test to ascertain the cause and exact location of water intrusion. This requires two men — one to wait and watch and one to test.
Begin the water test at the line of water intrusion. If it's at the top of the window, then drips to the sill, then that's were you begin. Every 15 minutes, slowly move upward along the exterior wall until you get it to start leaking.
The problem could be any number of things.
They may find the leaking is due to bad paper or paper that was not lapped properly. When you're lapping paper, you start at the bottom and work your way up, overlapping by 6 inches.
I've seen countless times where the paper wasn't lapped, or it was lapped backward, and sometimes there are gaps.
The paper is your waterproofing. Starting at the bottom, working your way up, overlapping 6 inches allows the water to penetrate through the porous stucco, and then roll down over the face of the paper as it is designed.
The problem could be the sizlecraft, which is the paper around the window. When this paper deteriorates, it will cause leaks.
It could be the window frame itself or bad flashing. If it's a two-story building, water could be intruding as high up as the roof line and running all of the way down and out through that window.
The only way to know for sure is to thoroughly water test, slowly working your way up, until you get the window to leak.
We have designed a custom, full-color The Signal/Your Home Improvements T-shirt we will give you if we answer your question. The T-shirt is available to be picked up at our office.
Robert Lamoureux has 25 years experience as a general contractor, with separate licenses in electrical and plumbing contracting. He owns IMS Construction Inc. in Valencia. His opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of The Signal. Opinions expressed in this column are not meant to replace the recommendations of a qualified contractor, after that contractor has made a thorough visual inspection. Send your questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Such concerns have probably curtailed our trips to the mall and made us re-evaluate our Christmas gift budgets. But perhaps reducing our insatiable drive to own more "stuff" is not such a bad turn of events for our unsustainable, throw-away, consumer society. Have you watched the "Story of Stuff" on the Internet? If not, you might want to check it out at www.storyofstuff.com. It will probably make you feel better about a reduced shopping schedule.
For myself, I have gotten away from needing or wanting more stuff, and luckily, my friends and family know this. Rather than a gift, I have asked that they donate to the environment or a charity of their choice.
Yesterday, I received a card from my folks that said a donation to "Medical Team International" had been made on my behalf.
What a wonderful present to think that I will be part of helping someone, somewhere in the world, obtain medical help they might not have otherwise received.
Then there is the gift of laughter. After the stress of public life that is often rewarding, but sometimes confrontational, uncomfortable and exhausting, a holiday party with a "re-gifting" exchange is quite a marvelous present. Laughter, warmth and holiday fare abound. Silly or serious presents of items that sat in the closet all year are received and given. The "re-gift" grows in value with the laughter and fun that accompanies it.
There is the gift of a holiday party that brings friends together to benefit a local charity. Such events abound in Santa Clarita; just check the community calendar. Not only will you receive the holiday fun of being with friends, but you will also know you have the appreciation of the local community group and the people they serve.
The last special gift that I always look forward to at the holiday season is the gift of the sheer beauty of our wintry world. In Santa Clarita, the rain has cleansed the air to a crystal clear brilliance that makes the soft winter sunlight even more delicate.
Our valley is surrounded by snow-covered hills, a magnificent sight not impeded by the air pollution so prevalent here in the summer months. The winter storms make our beautiful Santa Clara River flow with water again, greening the surrounding vegetation.
The rain also brings the more practical gift of recharging our water supply so that once again we will be able to water our flowers in the summertime.
Migrating birds pass through on their way to here and there, bringing their unusual songs and colors, so there is the fun of getting up early for the Audubon Christmas Bird count.
The local Sierra Club holds its annual New Year's Day hike, a bit rigorous if you have been out celebrating the night before, but it doesn't start until noon (at Walker Ranch in Placerita Canyon). The view of our valley from the ridgeline is stunning.
And I especially like the simple beauty of the morning sun through the rising mist of melting frost that I see through my window each cold morning.
Our blue-green planet is really so beautiful.
I wish you all the joy, laughter, beauty and the special light of this holiday season.
And may you hold all these gifts in your heart throughout the new year.
Lynne Plambeck is president of the Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment, now celebrating 21 years of service to the Santa Clarita Valley. Her column reflects her own views and not necessarily those of The Signal.


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FEBRUARY 20, 2014 - Principals' Biweekly Message
This year has been unusual in the amount of inclement weather days affecting nearly every county in North Carolina, raising the issue of whether days can be waived during this unusual year. Unless laws are changed, the current public school calendar law requires instructional time totaling 185 days or 1,025 hours. While there was once a time, in the 1990s when the State Board of Education had authority to provide additional flexibility under certain circumstances, that was changed in 1998-99 when the fundamentals of the current calendar law were enacted by the General Assembly. You can view general information about school calendars at www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/accounting/calendar/ and the public school law governing calendars at www.ncleg.net/gascripts/statutes/statutelookup.pl?statute=115C-84.2.
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Summer Institutes 2014: Sustaining Success
Summer is only four months away! And after four years, we all know what that means: Summer Institutes 2014 will once again be held in all eight regions across the state. Regions 1, 2, 5 and 7 will meet simultaneously on July 7-8, while Regions 3, 4, 6 and 8 will meet simultaneously July 9-10.
This year's theme is "Sustaining Success: Building on Achievement," and we aim to do just that for educators from across the state. The overarching goal of the 2014 Summer Institutes is to provide educators with meaningful professional development that will take them to the next level in READY implementation (Common Core, New Assessments, Educator Effectiveness, Home Base and more). We will accomplish this by:
- strengthening relationships among local school districts as they continue to plan and execute specific activities and initiatives around Race to the Top work;
- assisting local school districts in assessing progress with their PD plans; pinpointing challenges that remain; and refining goals that will keep them moving forward in this effort;
- identifying how the NCDPI can provide resources to address the needs of local school districts in taking the lead and crafting their plans for sustainability as Year 5 of RttT approaches; and
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Schools and Districts to Recognize Drivers and Love the Bus in February
The wheels on the bus could not go "round and round" without the bus drivers who navigate North Carolina's roads to make sure students get to and from school safely each day. That is why State Superintendent June Atkinson is encouraging parents, teachers, school leaders and students to recognize these drivers during the national Love the Bus month in February. In addition, Gov. Pat McCrory has proclaimed Feb. 10-14 as "School Bus Driver Appreciation Week" in North Carolina and he urges all school communities and citizens to support the Love the Bus program and to recognize the excellence of the state's school bus drivers and their record of safety.
February is CTE Month
February 2014 is Career and Technical Education Month. This year's focus is on Celebrating CTE Superheroes, which provides an opportunity to explore the many amazing accomplishments, achievements and contributions of career and technical education professionals, students and alumni.
For example, nearly 94 percent of North Carolina's CTE Concentrators in the 2013 graduation cohort graduated from high school within four years, according to data submitted to the U.S. Education Department as part of the 2013 NC CTE Consolidated Annual Report (CAR). Concentrators are students who earn four or more credits in a Career Cluster, at least one of which is in a second-level course. Other report highlights found that
- 82.6 percent of NC secondary CTE participants in 2012-13 met technical attainment standards, which for the first time included earning industry credentials as well as performance on standardized CTE assessments.
- 81.5 percent of concentrators met the standard for mathematics proficiency in the year they counted in ESEA high school accountability, an increase of 12.8 percent over the performance of the previous year's concentrators.
Overall, NC secondary CTE met or exceeded the federally negotiated targets on seven of the performance indicators reported in the CAR and counted as met on the eighth because performance fell within an acceptable range. LEA results are available on the Local Planning System (http://ctelps.dpi.state.nc.us, login with username=guest and password=guest, then click on the LEA map to select any district in NC).
Third Annual National Digital Learning Day a Success
North Carolina joined tens of thousands of educators and millions of students from all 50 states and the District of Columbia to celebrate the third annual Digital Learning Day on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Spearheaded by the Alliance for Excellent Education, Digital Learning Day recognizes innovative teaching and common sense, effective applications of education technology that support teachers, improve learning, and help students achieve at their highest potential.
In addition, thousands of state and local events were held throughout the country, including the more than 1,000 local events that educators added to the Digital Learning Day website. North Carolina was 2nd for the number of events posted on the Celebration Map (http://digitallearningday.org/events/state-and-local-celebrations/). By selecting NC on the map, you can scroll to see all the events posted.
Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, said "Digital Learning Day was created to provide all educators-from those who are technology averse to the technology rock stars-with the support and guidance they need to feel comfortable using different types of technology to improve learning in their classrooms."
In addition to the local events, Digital Learning Day included a national showcase event and virtual conference that was broadcast live on the Internet from the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Also highlighted were key initiatives to bring broader adoption of technology into classrooms, including an urgent need to update the federal E-rate program.
Thank you to all educators for helping make North Carolina a top participant this year!
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Would you like more information on early learning (PreK-grade 3) issues including professional development opportunities? Then you may want to consider joining the Office of Early Learning e-mail group. Just send an e-mail to the Office of Early Learning PreK-Grade 3 Listserv by cutting and pasting email@example.com into your "To" box within your e-mail application. Be sure and leave the subject line and the body of the message blank. You will receive a confirmation e-mail once you have successfully subscribed.
Green Ribbon Schools Recognized
Congratulations to Exploris Middle School (Wake County) and Nash-Rocky Mount Schools for recently being selected as Green Ribbon Schools by the NCDPI. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan started the Green Ribbon Schools Recognition Award program in 2011 to recognize schools and districts from across the country for exemplary achievement in the reduction of environmental impact and costs; student and staff health; and a strong environmental education program. Exploris Middle School and Nash-Rocky Mount Schools will represent North Carolina in the national competition. National award recipients will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., in July.
Jay Robinson Leadership Award Reminder
Just a quick reminder that March 3 is the deadline to submit nominations for the Jay Robinson Leadership Award. To nominate an educator or a leader in recognition of their contributions to public education, please visit www.ncforum.org/programs/jay-robinson-leadership-award/.


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