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Lessons, February 2006 As a PCV working with an environmental NGO, I have been surprised at the amount of time and effort I have spent working on fundraising. Not only have I spent time trying to secure funds to cover programming, but also funds to cover basic organizational expenses such as rent, electricity, and telephone. For the local NGO, fundraising is a major obstacle, and without the assurance that they can meet their monthly expenses, it is difficult to focus on programming and community outreach. I believe that I have been mistaken in trying to steer my NGO towards an "American NGO model" that is not appropriate for Armenia at this time . Unfortunately, I have not been able to offer a viable alternative. In short, I feel that I am ill equipped to devise a sustainable solution for the fundraising challenges facing the NGO. There are many PCVs working with NGOs in similar situations. I believe that Peace Corps can and should address these issues with PCTs, to better prepare the next group of volunteers for working in the Armenian NGO sector
I came into Peace Corps having worked for an American environmental NGO. They had an accountant and fundraising coordinator. They received some grants, but their primary income was from a large membership base that gave donations. The NGO actively courted their members with an informative website, periodic mailings and a semi-annual report on their activities. The benefit that members received was the pleasure they derived in supporting a cause in which they believed. In addition, their donation was tax deductible. Past that, there were no benefits. The members did not take classes from the NGO, nor did they use the office resources in any way.
This "American NGO model", in which the primary source of funding is from a large, local membership that supports the NGO for ideological reasons was deemed to be the goal for Armenian NGOs. Armenian NGOs which lived from grant to grant were considered flawed. This was the pervasive attitude expressed by trainers and guest speakers during PST (for A12s, 2004), and was later reflected in the NGO assessment tool developed by PCVs in collaboration PC staff. It is also reflected in EE Project Object 2D, "Financial Stability: By 2009, EE Volunteers and their counterparts will have assisted 15 local Armenian NGOs in identifying reliable alternative sources of funding. As a result NGOs will decrease their reliance upon grants to fund operative, administrative and project costs by 25% ." The argument for weaning Armenian NGOs off of grants and moving towards the American NGO model was made both along philosophical and practical lines. Communities need to take ownership and support local NGOs that are working for their benefit. Only with direct community support and input can local NGOs successfully address the needs of the community. In addition, community based funding will hold NGOs accountable to their beneficiaries. From a purely utilitarian standpoint, grants to NGOs are becoming fewer and more competitive. The era in which international donors create and support local NGOs is drawing to a close. To survive, NGOs need to stop relying on grants and become community supported.
After working with a local NGO for a year and a half, I believe that both cultural and financial realities are working against the American NGO model -a large local membership base becoming the primary financial supports Armenian NGOs. I have observed great generosity and giving among the Armenians with whom I live and work. However, this giving has always been along family lines or between close neighbors. The concept of donating to an organization that represents your interests is completely foreign. This is true for individuals as well as businesses. In addition, there is a pervasive of lack of trust in governmental and non governmental organizations. Finally, even if people had more interest in donating, financial constraints make donations impossible or at best symbolic. Especially outside of Yerevan, people fortunate enough to have jobs are living paycheck to paycheck. Many families have been separated, as the men have emigrated to Russia to find work. It is unrealistic to expect significant donations from a population experiencing this type of economic hardship.
In my experience, for the average person to even consider donating, they want to receive a tangible benefit from the NGO (i.e. classes or access to computers). The NGO I work with had a donating membership of 0 until we started offering weekly. English classes for "donating members only." Overnight, our donating membership grew to 20. Offering services in exchange for donations, however, moves us away from being an NGO and towards being a business. Our members don't really care that we do environmental work, and if we stopped offering English classes, they would cease to be members and stop donating. Conversely, if we were to offer enough English classes to cover all our programming expenses (current donations only amount to AMD 3500 per month), we would have no time left to implement our programs.
In addition to cultural and financial obstacles, regulatory uncertainty from the Armenian government hinders local support for NGOs. Fundraising, accounting, and tax laws are unclear and often contradictory at the local and national levels. Communication is poor between ' regulatory agencies and NGOs, often resulting in fines for NGOs. • The net effect is that local NGOs are afraid to overtly court local members and engage in fundraising activities:
In the face of financial and cultural difficulties with the American NGO model and regulatory uncertainty, what can Peace Corps as an organization do to better prepare volunteers for working in the Armenian NGO sector? Three things. First, it can better educate its volunteers to the realities of working with Armenian NGOs. Second, it can move away from the "American NGO model". Third, it can explore new models that PCVs can work towards implementing with their NGOs.
PST tech sessions must make volunteers aware that they will be looked to as sources of funding and this role should be comprehensively explored. In our PST, we were told that organizations would probably ask us to write grants, but not to do it too soon or all the time. Our primary role, we were instructed, was program design and implementation. Our organizations, however, looked to us for fundraising just as much as for programming ideas. We need to be comfortable in our role as fundraisers. Our instruction should include a basic overview of current fundraising practices in Armenia, tax laws pertaining to NGOs , and NGO membership regulations. This would make us valuable assets to our NGOs even if we didn't raise a single dollar. Freeing our NGOs to act without fear breaking laws and fines would be a big step forward.
Secondly we must bring some fundraising ideas to the table. Not, theoretical fundraising possibilities, but examples of actual fundraising that has worked in Armenia, at the local level. If there is an active local NGO, in any sector, (local meaning outside of Yerevan and Without ties to a Yerevan organization, international organization, or Diaspora community) and this organization is truly community supported (meaning the majority of its income is from non-grant sources within the community), then let us find it and hold it up as a successful practice of the "American NGO mode! If we find such an organization, we should study it and figure out how and why it works, and how it can be replicated in other sites in Armenia.
If, however, we do not find a successful example of a local NGO operating along the "American NGO model", then I suggest we should consider other models more suitable to Armenia at this time. There are a range of other models to explore : NGOs starting a partner small business (SPA) to handle fundraising, NGO's partnering with and or becoming branches of larger Yerevan NGOs, NGOs finding an international donor to sponsor them, NGOs receiving support from Diaspora networks, and NGOs existing solely on grants. All of these models have pros and cons and not all are suitable for every situation. It would be extremely useful for volunteers, however, if these models were covered during PST, along with case studies of Armenian NGOs successfully using each model. Once the different models were understood, steps could be outlined (or a new NGO assessment tool created) for helping local Armenian NGOs to choose the most appropriate model and work towards implementing it.
To continue working in the NGO sector, PCVs need to be more comfortable and capable in their role as fundraisers. I believe this requires a shift away from the "American NGO model" and a more comprehensive exploration of other NGO models coupled with insight into fundraising logistics. Better training in the area of NGO finance, will make us more effective volunteers and more valuable to the organizations with which we work.


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In 1988, young American traveler Quincy Redding is trekking across the misty terrain of the Scottish Highlands. She is destined for the infamous peak Ben MacDui, the summit of which soon finds her inexplicably debilitated and at the mercy of a malevolent entity.
The book spans twenty years, alternately following Quincy in her 1988 ordeal in Scotland as well as Quincy in 2008, when, as an adult, she begins experiencing abnormalities that threaten her family and her life – phenomena that may be related to what happened all those years ago.
As both older and younger Quincy learn more of their situation, and as their worlds further entwine, she becomes increasingly uncertain of the perceived temporality or reality of each period.–Description from Goodreads
I was excited when I realized just within the first couple of paragraphs that this author uses incredible language in his work. The imagery he has produced in this book is some of the most vibrant and colorful in recent memory. Through his words you are able to paint a glorious picture in your mind.
The setting was interesting and I felt it added to the mysterious ambiance of this title. There is a dark, somewhat Gothic feel to this book overall and Scotland worked well with that. While I am certain that this book will not be for everyone, for those who enjoy a mystery that requires concentration and consideration this will be a fantastic journey that you will not soon forget. I found this to be one of those books where hours after you are done reading it, you suddenly sit up in bed and go "Oh! I get it."
This story raises a lot of questions, but they are all answered in the end. I would recommend this better than average book to others who like to stay intrigued from beginning to end.
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News: Hillary Clinton's State Dept Women's Leadership Forum | Fair Trade Cotton's Child Labor | TED Ads | Editorials 11/16/
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Women in Public Service Project
IMF Director Christine Lagarde, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, United Nations Administrator Helen Clark, activist Gloria Steinem and other prominent women leaders from 37 countries who serve their communities joined Hillary Clinton in Washington yesterday to lauch the State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program.
The new initiative, created in conjunction with Seven Sisters colleges including Barnard in New York City, Bryn Mawr near Philadelphia and Wellesley in Massachusetts will work to develop women leaders in a series of exchanges and leadership programs. colleges.
The initiative reflects a core concept of Clinton's tenure as secretary of state — that people, their families and communities, and countries do better when women are active participants in public life.
New York Times Company CEO Resigns
Janet Robinson will leave her post as CEO of The New York Times Company on Dec. 31. The Times made the surprised announcement yesterday. Times Company chairman and publisher Arthur Sulzberger will serve as acting CEO until Robinson is replaced.
Media watchers considered the newspaper empire to have stabilized its financial fortunes after navigating the tough waters that have challenged all print media as part of the digital revolution. WWD writes:
If there was one particularly touchy point among the Times newsroom and Robinson, it was her annual compensation. Even though the Times cut 100 newsroom positions in 2008, Robinson wound up taking home $5.58 million. The following year, the Times cut another 100 jobs and her total compensation ballooned to $6.2 million. It won't warm the hearts of many Times staffers to read a Securities and Exchange Commission filing released on Thursday as she broke the news of her retirement: She will be paid $4.5 million next year for "consulting services" — close to her base salary for 2010.
The New York Times is the nation's second-largest newspaper in digital subscriptions, following The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper ranks third after WSJ and USA Today in Monday to Friday print subscriptions. It is the largest in Sunday subscriptions, with 1.65 million customers receiving the Sunday print edition, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
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Fair Trade Cotton Scandal
Fashionista tipped us off to Bloomberg's Victoria's Secret Revealed in Child Picking Burkina Faso Cotton. Bloomberg Markets magazine will report in February that Victoria's Secret is expected to get most of this season's Burkina Faso organic harvest of fair trade cotton according to Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, who commissioned a 2008 study known by its French initials UNPCB suggesting that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of children were vulnerable to exploitation on organic and fair-trade farms.
It appears that the intention of VS were positive in wanting to promote fair trade cotton. The company denies that it ever read or knew about the report and has only aimed to support sustainable cotton materials and female African farmers. The company has withdrawn it prior "good for women and good for the children who depend on them" booklet that accompanied its white thong covered with blue and lavender daisies.
The Bloomberg read is an excellent one, reflecting an ongoing investigative commitment to the issue of child exploitation — now in the fair trade sector.
Bloomberg writes that the explosive growth of fair-trade growers has created new forms of child exploitation in developing countries.
Women at Work
Bloomberg is now on our daily news beat, with yet another winning read from Sept 2011, Harvard Business Review's Vineet Nayer's How Women Can Flourish in the Workplace.
When I asked last week if women were dissatisfied enough to force change in the corporate world, my post triggered off a global debate. Many participants, thankfully, focused on what we can do to increase the number of women leaders and managers in business rather than diagnosing the causes, which are all too well known.
I'd like to return to the conversation by reiterating my fundamental belief that the corporate world has largely failed women, an argument that I've made earlier here and in other public forums.
Women on the Move
Jill Beraud Former Victoria's Secret marketing executive Jill Beraud will leave her position as global chief marketing officer of PepsiCo to lead technology-based beauty business Living Proof.
Andrea Jung, Avon's long-time CEO Andrea Jung will become chairman of the global, direct-selling beauty company. In the search for her successor as CEO, one name keeps popping up: Mindy Grossman, CEO of HSN. WWD reports that Grossman, who also worked at Nike Inc. and Polo Jeans Co. was not available for comment.
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Frankly Fabulous Fakes
Styling rooms, as opposed to decorating or extensive renovation, offers quick fixes in mood and personalization that's not permanent and comes at a fraction of the cost. The trick os to use accessories for maximum visual impact say an in-depth group of designers who share their styling tips in WSJ's The Beauty Lies in Stylish Fakes.
TED Ads Worth Spreading
We're only two weeks away from the December 31 deadline for Ads Worth Spreading – TED's initiative to recognize and reward innovation, ingenuity and intelligence in advertising. Please remember to enter before the holidays are here, as good intentions to submit your incredible work might give way to celebrations and vacations.
As a holiday bonus, we've got great news! Five agencies who enter the Ads Worth Spreading initiative will be randomly selected for a visit from TED. Our team will curate a special session for your agency, staged in the first half of 2012. These agency visits are designed to spark deeper conversations between TED and the global marketing community.


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John W. NashSeptember 04,2013
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STOWE John W. Jack Nash, 67, died unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. He was born Sept. 19, 1945, in Bridgeport, Conn., the son of Walter and Gertrude Oefinger Nash. He married Barbara Smith on April 14, 1973.
At age 19, Jack enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the Vietnam conflict with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, where he engaged in jungle warfare. Upon his return from military service he enrolled at Johnson State College and received a bachelors degree.
After college he began working with Warren Kitzmiller in a bike shop in the basement of Shaws General Store in Stowe. In 1973 they opened Onion River Sports in Montpelier, which was operated together until 1991, at which point he started a partnership with Louis Garneau. Jack then served as a territory representative for GT Bikes, Specialized Bicycle Components and then most recently with Giant Bicycle Inc.
Jack served as the manager of the Stowe-Shimano bicycle racing team, a part of Stowe Bicycle Club, and mentored many national and international racers. He was an excellent bike racer himself and competed nationally with his team.
Most of all, Jack enjoyed spending time with his wife and daughter and always looked forward to their Friday night family nights. He was a grill master and was known for his smoked turkeys. He also enjoyed reading and history. Jack touched many people along the way, took friendship and family very seriously. Once you were his friend, it was for life.
Jack is survived by his wife, Barbara Smith Nash; their daughter, Laura Nash; two sisters, Sally Morrell and husband Pat, of Stratford, Conn., and Nancy Henderson, of Trumbull, Conn.; a brother-in-law, John Smith, and wife Lynn, of Ludlow, Vt.; and niece and nephews Samantha Ugrin, Matt Morrell, Jesse Morrell, Jeremy Smith and Zach Smith; cousin Robert Nash and family; and godson William Garneau. He was predeceased by his parents.
A celebration of Jacks life will be held Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the Stowe Community Church, with a reception to follow at Stoweflake Resort.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Stowe Community Church, P.O. Box 991, Stowe, VT 05672; or the United Church of Ludlow, 48 Pleasant St., Ludlow, VT 05149.MORE IN ObituariesFrederick A. Full StoryBonnie L. Full StoryRichard E. Lemery
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City deserves betterOctober 26,2013
City deserves better
Montpeliers Planning Commission has not been able to adopt new zoning in a timely way it has been working on this zoning revision since the master plan was adopted in September of 2010. The ridiculous performance of the commissioners at the City Council meeting the other night, where they blamed the city staff for their inaction, was embarrassing to watch. The city deserves better.
I served on the school board in Waitsfield for over nine years and chaired the executive committee of the Washington West Supervisory Union for three years, and this experience taught me a lot about the political process, as well as how to get things done. I find the Montpelier Planning Commissions efforts to blame the planning director for its lack of progress to be nothing less than intentionally defamatory.
Getting things done on boards requires taking an action. This process has four steps using Roberts Rules of Order, something that the Montpelier Planning Commission seems to have forgotten exists. First, a motion is made. Second, the motion is seconded. Third, there is some discussion, and fourth, the board votes. The chairman leads this process. The commission members are the only ones who can do this; staff cannot. To blame staff for tasks they cannot do is nonsense and reflects poorly on the chairman and on the entire commission.
I had goals when I chaired the supervisory union meetings, and had the pleasure of working closely with passionate and professional staff. When I sat down and called a meeting to order, I knew who was going to make a motion, who would second it, and what the vote would be. Its not rocket science. This doesnt mean I was violating open meeting laws, but rather that I knew how to bring things forward and get things done.
I have watched and attended numerous Montpelier Planning Commission and City Council meetings over the last year. People doing the citys business need to understand that they alone have the authority to get things done. Its pretty simple.
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Watch: Watertown Rapper, DJ Catch A Break
Watertown high school students Caleb Whiting and Phillip Armas caught a big break this past week - the rapper/d.j. duo was invited to open for hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar Saturday night at Jefferson Community College in Watertown.
Lamar's album, "good kid, m.A.A.d city," was released last fall and became both a best seller and critical favorite.
"It's cool that we've at least gotten this far," Whiting told 7 News reporter Candace Dunkley.
"They gave me posters, a back stage pass, free tickets to give to people. It's pretty crazy."
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February 1, 2006: Today's workplace for "hard-discipline" organizations, such as science, technology, engineering and medicine requires a more diverse and balanced set of skills for success than at any other time in history. Organizational dynamics, diverse cultures, genders, professions and backgrounds, as well as environmental, consumer and business demands require an emphasis on interpersonal, ethical, and relational competencies as well as traditional technical orientations.
Several organizations and institutions, including the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, will address these issues in a six-part lecture series entitled "Hard Science/Soft Skills: Fostering Civility in the Scientific Workplace."See the rest:


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GENESEO, N.Y. — The next time the American military transport plane known as Whiskey 7 drops its paratroopers over Normandy, France, it will be for a commemoration instead of an invasion.
Seventy years after taking part in D-Day, the plane now housed at the National Warplane Museum in western New York is being prepared to re-create its role in the mission, when it dropped troops behind enemy lines under German fire.
At the invitation of the French government, the restored Douglas C-47 will fly in for 70th-anniversary festivities and again release paratroopers over the original jump zone at Sainte-Mere-Eglise.
"There are very few of these planes still flying, and this plane was very significant on D-Day," said Erin Vitale, chairwoman of the Return to Normandy Project. "It dropped people that were some of the first into Sainte-Mere-Eglise and liberated that town."
Museum officials say the twin-prop Whiskey 7, so named because of its W-7 squadron marking, is one of several C-47s scheduled to be part of the D-Day anniversary, with jumpers made up of active and retired military personnel. But it is thought to be the only one flying from the United States.
The plane will fly to France by way of Labrador, Greenland, Iceland, Scotland and Germany, each leg 51/2 to 7 hours. Vitale compared it to trying to drive a 70-year-old car across the country without a breakdown. "It's going to be a huge challenge."
Among the 21 men it carried in 1944 was 20-year-old Leslie Palmer Cruise Jr., who also will make the return trip to France, his fifth, and be reunited with the craft — once it's on the ground. He is flying commercially from his Horsham, Pa., home outside Philadelphia.
"With me, it's almost, sometimes, like yesterday," Cruise, now 89, said by phone, recalling his first combat mission. "It really never leaves you."
Although the C-47 looks much the same today as it did on June 6, 1944, it looked very different when it arrived at the museum as a donation eight years ago. It had been converted to a corporate passenger plane.
"We had to take an executive interior out," said the museum's president, W. Austin Wadsworth. " It had a dry bar, lounge seats, a table with a nice map of the Bahamas in there. It was beautiful."
The museum's restoration of the historic plane to its original condition has been a roughly $180,000 project so far. Most of the money went toward two rebuilt engines and the rest to parts, equipment and service. The museum is trying to raise a total of $250,000 for the restoration and return to Normandy.
One upgrade was the installation of two GPS systems to keep the aircraft on course.
"The avionics in the airplane are modern. We're not going to go with what they had in 1943," Wadsworth said. "They would have had probably a radio beacon receiver and a lot of dead reckoning."
Wadsworth's daughter, Naomi, will be among five pilots taking turns at the controls on the way to Europe. That's fine with her.
"It's history. It's real flying," she said. "With a lot of the computerized, mechanized things that you see in the airliners today, the airplane basically flies itself. … This is not a situation where you can be asleep at the wheel. You really have to pay attention."
Said her father: "There's a kind of feel to everything you do in these old birds. It doesn't have a soul obviously, but you don't just tell it what to do. You ask it."


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Remarkable art at the SullivanArc show
March 5, 2014 —
NARROWSBURG, NY — On Saturday, March 1 the art exhibit "Expressions 2014" debuted at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance in the Loft Gallery. The show is a collection of paintings created by people with developmental disabilities from SullivanArc. Many of the artists have limited mobility or are unable to speak or articulate words, and they were at the opening to show off their work and received many compliments from those in attendance. Indeed, the paintings are colorful, interesting, and filled with wonderful plays on line, texture and light. Pictured above is Kim Nash, who although she cannot speak, was happy to stand with two of her works of art.


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Editing Errors: Penn Study Finds Reduction in Antibody Gene Rearrangement in B Cells Related to Type 1 Diabetes, Lupus
Implications for new tests and more personalized treatments for autoimmune diseases
PHILADELPHIA – More drafts usually mean a better product and so it also seems to go with the human immune system. As B cells develop, genes rearrange to allow their antibodies to recognize different foreign invaders or pathogens. But sometimes antibodies are created that recognize and attack the body's own cells. These self-reactive antibodies, like early drafts of a manuscript, must be edited into safer versions. This process is called receptor editing and is important for central or early B cell tolerance, which occurs while B cells are still developing in the bone marrow. A research team led by Nina Luning Prak, M.D., Ph.D, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has discovered that this editing process may go awry in people with certain types of autoimmune diseases.
Prak and her colleagues, including the study's first author, Penn MD-PhD student Anil Panigrahi, observed that the amount of antibody edits in the development of B cells is related to two types of autoimmune disease, lupus and type 1 diabetes. The findings, which appeared online this month in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, have implications for new tests and more personalized treatments for autoimmune diseases.
The investigators found a lower level of antibody editing in mouse models and in blood samples from lupus and diabetes patients. In the samples from autoimmune patients, 30 percent had low editing levels, a high proportion, but also indicative that not all autoimmunity is caused by errors in editing. A targeted, personalized approach may be necessary to treat these complex diseases, according to the researchers. New assays derived from this study to assess the level of editing may help direct appropriate therapies.
"Right now we have a very crude approach to treating autoimmunity: depleting or inactivating circulating B or T cells wholesale," explains Prak. "Editing errors develop before B cells leave the bone marrow. However, treatments such as B-cell depletion might be less likely to work in patients with editing errors because the self-attacking B cells can be regenerated rapidly as they develop in the bone marrow."
The researchers found a way to look at the editing history of B cells in the human and mouse samples, by monitoring the frequency of a non-functional light chain genetic rearrangement in the B cell antibody, which is termed RS. The investigators surmise that a decrease in RS levels indicates that B cells that react with self can evade editing of their self-reactivity and that defects in editing, in turn, may lead to an increased risk of developing autoimmune disease.
The measurement of RS frequency is independent of antibody specificity and, because it is non-functional and irrevertible, it can be used to monitor the level of antibody gene rearrangement in any B cell population and in any autoimmune disease. The team is now interested in testing if RS frequency is altered in other autoimmune diseases and if a low RS level in an apparently healthy person is predictive of future autoimmunity. The RS assay may also be of use to clinicians who treat patients with established autoimmunity and to researchers who are mapping genes that are associated with different underlying causes of autoimmunity.
In addition to Nina Luning Prak and Anil Panigrahi, Penn co-authors are Noah G. Goodman, Robert A. Eisenberg, Michael R. Rickels, and Ali Naji.
This work was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the Alliance for Lupus Research, the Lupus Foundation of Southern New Jersey, and the Lupus Foundation of America, Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter, Inc.
PENN Medicine is a $3.6 billion enterprise dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. PENN Medicine consists of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Penn's School of Medicine is currently ranked #4 in the nation in U.S.News & World Report's survey of top research-oriented medical schools; and, according to most recent data from the National Institutes of Health, received over $379 million in NIH research funds in the 2006 fiscal year. Supporting 1,700 fulltime faculty and 700 students, the School of Medicine is recognized worldwide for its superior education and training of the next generation of physician-scientists and leaders of academic medicine.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) includes its flagship hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, rated one of the nation's top ten "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S.News & World Report; Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital; and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. In addition UPHS includes a primary-care provider network; a faculty practice plan; home care, hospice, and nursing home; three multispecialty satellite facilities; as well as the Penn Medicine Rittenhouse campus, which offers comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation facilities and outpatient services in multiple specialties.


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Only one letter per reader in a two month period will be accepted. may be edited for length or to correct factual errors. Letters must be signed to be considered for print and a phone number is required for verification.
Terrorism and the NSA
Logic and sense is called for when thinking about the recently publicized National Surveillance Program. Comparable programs are used everyday, every hour, in almost any science, manufacturing, financial industry, etc., to conduct measurement and risk. Why would we not want to protect ourselves from terrorists or those that wish us harm, in a similar way?
Personal medical information is viewed, trended, used by many people to have a "picture" of you. Banks and a slew of related individuals view, trend, use and take action on your personal banking and financial decisions. Meteorologists, seismologists, gas and oil researchers, farmers, do the same... to protect us from tornadoes, earthquakes, gas and oil leaks, food-borne illnesses.
We have to get on and over the hump in America, by wisely, safely, embracing the real value of our advancing technology. We need to make decisions, have actionable information, based on sizeable, measurable, statistically valid data.
We have been complaining about bad or non-existent intelligence. Thousands of us have been killed and our response to terrorism has raised havoc on our economy. I say, don't bash this without knowing exactly what is going on. Let's just make sure it does not create illegal search or seizure.
Jill Rahrig • TC
Not a fan of the Bijou
I don't believe the Traverse City Commission has the authority to give away parkland and the buildings which stand on it (to create the new Bijou Theatre). This property belongs to the people of Traverse City, and for any project of this scope, the citizens should vote.
Many people are not happy with the Bay Front project, and don't feel the city should enable Michael Moore's Film Festival to compete with privately owned theaters in any way.
Anyone who would like to stop the city by means of a petition demanding a public vote can contact me. Theater owners should contact their attorneys and let the city know, the City of Traverse City cannot be part of this type of shady business practice, which in fact puts the City in direct competition with other local theaters.
Paul James Nepote • TC
Mixed messages
While I often wonder whether some attorneys have a conscience, or, if so, do they ever listen to it, it is true that in our society every person who can afford to is entitled to buy the services of an attorney.
It may seem hypocritical for an attorney to both chair an organization dedicated to preserving our natural environment, and represent a developer of a project doing the opposite. Obviously, many attorneys and countless others effectively separate their personal beliefs from their work. Whether or not society is better off because of this practice is debatable.
Harbor Springs attorney Neil Marzella also has represented developer Ira Green, who demolished one historic downtown Mackinac Island building and wants to demolish another, and is in the process of filling in the last vacant lot with a view of the harbor from the downtown Mackinac Island.
Daniel M Robbins • Mackinaw City
Time to ban fracking
Recent exposure of the on-site water shortages experienced by Encana Corporation as it attempted to frack a new well in Kalkaska County highlight the dangers of the new technology for extracting natural gas.
The new horizontal drilling technology requires massive amounts of ground water to complete the fracturing process. One well in Excelsior Township used 21 million gallons of fresh ground water, taken for free from the aquifer and contaminated with toxic chemicals. It must be reinjected into the ground when it flows back to the surface, gone forever from the hydrologic cycle and gone from our rivers and streams.
These industrial operations must stop immediately. A request for a withdrawal of 31 million gallons for another well has not been turned down. Those of us who value the water in Michigan must act now. A ballot initiative is circulating which would amend a state law to ban horizontal fracking and fracking waste.
The Committee to Ban Fracking, at letsbanfracking.org, has volunteers at many events in the area. Let's get this on the ballot in 2014 so citizens can decide if they want their water destroyed to extract natural gas for export.
Peggy Case, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation • Thompsonville
I a big fan of columnist Stephen Tuttle, however, his recent article regarding how we are unwilling to help pay for infrastructure repairs, and the electric grid, etc., misses the point.
The working person or middle class has been taxed to death. The teabag/Republican agenda in Michigan has been to take from the middle class (what's left of it) and give it to "one tough nerd" and his cronies.
I don't think most people are unwilling to pay more for better infrastructure, and an updated power grid, etc. However, when you go to work in the morning and when you leave at night to go home gas goes up 40 cents a gallon!
When the federal government spends billions on two wars, one of which has been going on for over 10 years, then what would you suspect? Wouldn't this money be better used for better roads, and a better power grid?
I don't think anyone is unwilling to pay their fair share, albeit, when they are taxed to death, receive no income or wage increases. They've basically had enough. Our state government is all about feeding its self interest and its business buddies. The federal government, well, that's just become a joke.
Norb Bauer • via email
The Traverse City Record-Eagle never received a letter from two high school students regarding a controversy in the Black & Gold newspaper at Central High School, as claimed erroneously in last week's Random Thoughts column. Another letter on the subject was received by the paper, but the author reportedly rescinded permission to run it when he was contacted by the editor of the Record-Eagle's letters page.


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Emea CFO exits Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse's chief financial officer in Europe, the Middle East and Africa has left the firm and will be replaced by a high-ranking risk officer.
Chris Carpmael, who had been Emea CFO since February 2012, left the Swiss bank at the end of last year, according to the UK Financial Services Register.
He was also removed as a board member of two Credit Suisse legal entities at Companies House last week.
Jason Forrester, head of risk analytics and reporting at Credit Suisse, will become Emea CFO and head of capital management from February 1.
A spokeswoman for Credit Suisse confirmed the changes.
A former Royal Marine, Carpmael had been at Credit Suisse since 1992 and was co-head of European cash equities prior to his time as Emea CFO.
He was previously head of European equity research and also worked for a spell as co-head of US equity research.
Carpmael was highly-ranked as a capital goods analyst in the annual Thomson Reuters' Extel surveys.
Prior to working in the City of London, he served for seven years in the Royal Marines where he was awarded the Sword of Honour as the most outstanding officer in training.
A specialist in Arctic warfare, he also carried out operational tours of Belfast and Iraq, according to a biography for a conference speech he gave at University College London last year.
Forrester, who joined Credit Suisse in 1999, is based in London and a member of the bank's chief risk office division management committee. Prior to his time with Credit Suisse, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in financial services audit and business advisory.
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Upgrading to Business Class
How to purchase an upgrade
Love comfort and luxury, access to our lounges, a seat for utter relaxation, a special dining experience and more on your flight? If there are still seats available in our Business Class before departure, you can purchase an upgrade.
If you have a fully flexible ticket type you can arrange this:
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With any ticket type, you can arrange this:
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If you wish to use your Flying Blue Award Miles to upgrade your ticket, you can arrange this:
- Via My Trip or the Flying Blue Service Centre up to 24 hours prior to departure
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Read more about using your Flying Blue Award Miles to upgrade to Business Class
After buying an upgrade, you can enjoy the same benefits as any Business Class passenger!
Upgrade with a discount during check-in
When checking in at KLM.com or at a self-service machine at the airport, we might offer you a last-minute upgrade at a highly discounted price!
If you buy this upgrade with a discount, the number of Miles earned and your baggage allowance will remain the same as stated in the confirmation e-mail of your original booking.
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At the ticket office, you can use any means of payment, including Flying Blue Miles. In the lounges, you can pay cash, with a credit card or with Miles. Once on board, you can purchase an upgrade with your credit card, by paying cash or with Award Miles. You can pay by credit card during check-in, online and at the self-service check-in machines and by credit card or cash at the check-in counter. In the online Upgrade Yourself auction we only accept credit card payments.
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Sweaters & Cardigans for Women
Sweaters & Cardigans
Winter is coming. And with it come sweaters, cardigans, boots, and the most magical season of the year. At least, we think so. With our collection of sweaters, you'll think so too. Here at Express, we believe in being fashionable 24/7 every day of the year. Sometimes it can be hard to dress nicely when you have to get all bundled up, but not when you shop with us. We have oversized sweaters that go perfectly with jeggings or leggings, and are a comfy cute option that works for an effortless weekend look. For something a little more fitted, we have several options including sweater tanks, which are perfect for fall. If you need something to throw on over a t-shirt or tank, our cardigans for women will do the trick. Pair them with jeans, boots, and a colorful tank, and you have a beautiful outfit that will keep you warm and stylish.


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He remembers vividly seeing Star Wars when it was first released. He was seven years old, and his parents took him to see it at the Cine Capri in Phoenix, the largest screen in the state. When that Star Destroyer came looming out of the top of the screen, it was the coolest thing ever. Now he was hooked on comics and science fiction, though he hoped the Princess Leia coffee-roll hairstyle wouldn't catch on. He played with TIE fighters, X-wings and action figures, and he used the Force and a plastic light saber to keep the peace as a Jedi. His beagle, when dressed with an appropriate wig, made a satisfactory Wookiee.
In high school he discovered the twin stimulants of Mountain Dew and Van Halen, which completed the now-famous social equation: Soda + guitar rock + comic book collection = hardcore nerd.
He attended college at Northern Arizona University, earning a degree in English Education. It was during this time that he first got the writing bug, thanks to Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He worked for the college newspaper both as an editorial cartoonist and as a feature columnist, and started a novel that he never finished featuring frogs and a junior high principal. It would be the first of many unfinished novels.
He taught high school English for three years in California before returning to teach in Arizona, where he continues to wax rhapsodic on the unparalleled style of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Kevin's first novel, The Road to Cibola, took him six years to write and is an utter piece of trash that will never, ever be published. He can't even tell you what genre it is. It involves the Russian mafia, Aztec treasure, eco-terrorists, and a national network of chop shops. However, from this experience he learned the extremely important lesson that he could finish a novel while holding down a day job. He'd work faster next time, and maybe write something that belonged in a bookstore.
He decided to try an epic fantasy. He wrote for three years and came up with 200,000 words or so, which turned out to be a bit long for an unknown author's debut. He chopped it down and sent off a 114,000-word version to some agents, who all rejected it, but he also sent it to one publisher, who replied after only two weeks that it had passed the "first round" and would get passed on to other editors soon. He danced in the kitchen and put the letter on his fridge. A modicum of slush pile success! However, no other word came for many moons. He began to work on something else while he waited.
Kevin had an idea for a web comic featuring a Druid who could communicate mentally with animals, especially his own hound. Zuda.com was running a contest, and he scripted out eight pages and completed six of them before realizing that if he submitted his work, DC would own a piece of the characters, or maybe own them outright. He didn't want that, because he liked these characters too much to share with anyone else. So he wrote a novel about Atticus and Oberon instead, and it turned out to be great fun and easier to write than anything else he'd tried before. He finished writing Hounded in eleven months, and still hadn't heard back from the publisher about his epic fantasy. What the heck, he said, let's try to get an agent with the urban fantasy.
He sent out a round of twelve queries and got some nibbles, but all ultimately rejected him. Sigh. He tweaked his first chapter for the twentieth time, revised his query letter, and sent out another round of twelve queries. He got some more nibbles, more rejections, but also an offer of representation from Evan Goldfried at Jill Grinberg Literary Management! Yay! Happy dance in the kitchen!
Evan sent Hounded to nine publishers on September 9, 2009, along with teasers for the next two books in the series. Inside of two weeks, four of those publishers bid on the book at auction, and one of them, ironically, was the same publisher who had been sitting on his epic for a year. So it only took him nineteen years to become a "fortnight success."
An aside for aspiring writers: please note that Kevin wrote three books and got rejected a lot before he landed an agent and a publishing contract. And note also that twenty-three agents passed on a novel that four publishers couldn't wait to bid on. Keep writing and don't give up!"
Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he's hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power—plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a sexy bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish—to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil.
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With a fallen angel feasting on local high school students, a horde of Bacchants blowing in from Vegas with their special brand of deadly decadence, and a dangerously sexy Celtic goddess of fire vying for his attention, Atticus is having trouble scheduling the witch hunt. But aided by his magical sword, his neighbor's rocket-propelled grenade launcher, and his vampire attorney, Atticus is ready to sweep the town and show the witchy women they picked the wrong Druid to hex.
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One survival strategy has worked for Atticus for more than two thousand years: stay away from the guy with the lightning bolts. But things are heating up in Atticus's home base of Tempe, Arizona. There's a vampire turf war brewing, and Russian demon hunters who call themselves the Hammers of God are running rampant. Despite multiple warnings and portents of dire consequences, Atticus and Leif journey to the Norse plain of Asgard, where they team up with a werewolf, a sorcerer, and an army of frost giants for an epic showdown against vicious Valkyries, angry gods, and the hammer-wielding Thunder Thug himself.


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Anemia is one of the most common blood disorders, occurring when the level of healthy red blood cells in your body becomes too low. Red blood cells are vital to good health because they contain hemoglobin, which is responsible for carrying oxygen to your body's tissues. If there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to your tissues, it can cause a variety of complications, including fatigue and stress on your organs.
The most common symptom of most forms of anemia is fatigue. Other early signs might include unusually pale skin and decreased pinkness of the lips and nail beds, but these changes happen gradually, so they may be difficult to notice. Other symptoms of anemia include weakness, irritability, chest pain, shortness of breath, headache, dizziness, and a rapid heartbeat.
There are many forms of anemia, each with its own cause. To understand them, however, you must first understand what blood is made up of. White blood cells fight infection, platelets help your blood clot after a cut, and red blood cells, as you know, carry oxygen from your lungs to your brain and other organs and tissues. They also carry carbon dioxide from other parts of your body to your lungs so it can be exhaled. In order for red blood cells to produce hemoglobin, your body needs iron, protein and vitamins. Common types of anemia include:
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of 16 school districts selected from across the state.
The new electronic system is being developed by the State
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to replace the current paper-based grant application process.
When fully functional, eGMS will provide a consistent,
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Laurier appoints new assistant vice-president: financial resources
Communications, Public Affairs & Marketing
Aug 7/12
I am pleased to announce that the search process for the Assistant Vice-President: Financial Resources is now complete and that Joanne McKee will assume the position on Oct. 1, 2012.
Joanne comes to Laurier with extensive financial leadership experience, most recently in the position of Interim Vice-President: Finance at Brock University. Previously, Joanne held the position of Associate Vice-President Finance at Brock University, and was Director of Financial Services at Niagara College. She also has experience as a Senior Auditor and Manager with KPMG, LLP in Hamilton.
Joanne graduated from Brock's Co-op Accounting Program with a B.Admin and has obtained her Chartered Accountant (CA) designation and her Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from Niagara University in Lewiston, N.Y. She is an active member of the Council of Finance Officers - Universities of Ontario (COFU-UO) and was the recipient of the COFO-UO Distinguished Leadership Award in 2011.
Please join me in welcoming Joanne McKee to Wilfrid Laurier University commencing October 1, 2012.
I want to extend my personal thanks and recognition to Wayne Steffler for his leadership as Interim AVP: Financial Resources over the past six months. During his time at Laurier, Wayne has played an integral role in the growth and development of the Finance and Administration area, particularly in the areas of Finance, Retail/Printing/Distribution Operations, Parking, and Procurement. He will resume his permanent role as AVP: Administration in October.


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Meditation Classes at the World Peace Temple: Prayers for World Peace
November 4, 2012 - November 25, 2012
Sundays, 11am - 12:15pm. Classes include clear teachings, meditations, and prayers in the inspiring Kadampa World Peace Temple. Kadampa Meditation Center New York, 47 Sweeney Road. Class held in conjunction with Meditation for Kids. Fee: By Donation. For more information contact: tel: 845/856-9000 email: firstname.lastname@example.com / website: www.kadampanewyork.org.


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Getting out with your dog can lead to more than just a healthier lifestyle and a better bond with your pet -- it can lead to love."I wanted to have social opportunities with my dog," said Angie Gwiazdon, owner of K9-Connection, a Minneapolis-based canine networking program.
Gwiazdon created a program that allows dog lovers and dogs to meet like-minded people, share some food and get to know one another in a no-pressure, fun atmosphere.
Show Your True Self
Deborah Wood, author of The Dog Lover's Guide To Dating: Using Cold Noses To Find Warm Hearts, suggests that watching someone interact with a dog can help you learn a lot about his or her personality.
"You can learn so much. It really is a chance to view someone acting open, affectionate, kind. It says a lot about who that person really is," said Wood. "We are more guarded with people than with our pets."
Play With Others
Events like those offered by K9-Connection are becoming popular across the country. Gwaizdon offers events like "Speed Dating With Your Dog," "Perro Fiesta" for Cinco de Mayo fans and "Beer With Your Buddy," where pooches can sip on specially brewed, non-alcoholic beer as you enjoy conversation with other dog owners.
"It's a great opportunity to connect with others, have fun and also as a means for people to meet someone," said Gwiazdon. "People are more apt to come with their pets when they wouldn't have come otherwise ? People start talking and dogs start sniffing one another, everyone meets someone."
"Any place you bring your dog, you can meet a fellow dog lover," said Wood.
"If you want to meet available, kind people, just having your dog in your presence can benefit you," she said.
Where To Meet Dog Lovers
Wood offers a bit of advice to men seeking women who love dogs.
"Shelters are full of kind women who volunteer their time. It's paradise for a single man," she said.
You can also meet like-minded people at the dog park, doggie day care or simply around your own neighborhood.
Let Your Dog Lead The Way
Your dog can help you meet someone if you take a daily walk and see someone on a similar excursion.
"Start moving in the direction of the other person," said Gwiazdon.
Your dog will then be able to lead you the rest of the way to the individual. Dogs are very good at picking up subtle changes in your path.
Even if you don't have a dog, you can meet someone who does. Approach the dog and owner in a casual way.
"Compliment the dog, not the owner," said Gwiazdon.
That canine compliment can get the ball rolling for some human interaction. It helps avoid the awkwardness that can sometimes follow a compliment between two unacquainted people.
You don't even have to use words.
"As soon as a dog owner hears that 'Awww' it is just a matter of time until you are given the dog's history and cute stories," said Wood.
Once you've started an exchange, people often open up. As you chat, it becomes easier to let someone know that you're not only interested in the dog but seeking to learn more about the owner as well. You may even cull a phone number out of the exchange.
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To celebrate Food and Agriculture Month in Michigan, we asked blogger Liz Della Croce of The Lemon Bowl to tell us how to take advantage of Michigan's fresh produce season with fun family outings and a few delicious Michigan made recipes.
Spring is right around the corner which means one thing here in Michigan: the growing season has finally arrived! As one of the nation's largest exporters of produce, we do not take this time of year for granted. From ripe cherries to crisp apples to juicy blueberries and more, here are few fun ideas to make the most out of produce season and create long lasting memories with your family:
Visit a Farmers Market: Nothing gets kids excited about eating fresh fruits and vegetables quite like a visit to a farm stand. Whether you visit the same farmers market regularly or only pass a farm stand a few times a month, let your kids pick out a new fruit or vegetable each visit. Getting little ones involved in the buying process is an ideal way to get even the pickiest of eaters excited about trying something new. Check out this Farmers Market locator to find one near you!
Head to a U-Pick Orchard: Take advantage of the warmer weather and head to a nearby orchard. Picking your own fruits and vegetables is one of the best ways to get the freshest produce available while also sneaking in a little exercise.
Be sure to bring the whole family and get the kids involved. Little hands are great for picking ripe blueberries or sitting on Daddy's shoulders to reach that perfect peach. This Michigan U-Pick Guide will help you find a nearby orchard and also guide you through what is in season and when.
Eat Seasonally: From the first asparagus spears in early spring to late-fall apples, eating with the season is one of the best ways to ensure that your family gets a full range of nutrients throughout the year. Additionally, when you eat fruit that was picked just a few miles down the road, you will get maximum flavor and peak freshness.
Create Something Delicious: As you eat your way through the season, here are a few tasty ideas for Michigan's most popular fruits and vegetables:
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What are your favorite ways to take advantage of Michigan's world-class produce and agriculture? Do you have a favorite farm stand or u-pick orchard?
Learn more about Michigan Agriculture in the video below.
Liz Della Croce is the creator and author of The Lemon Bowl, a healthy food blog. Since 2010, Liz has been creating delicious recipes using real ingredients with an emphasis on seasonality. Liz has appeared live on the TODAY Show and tapes regular cooking segments for her local NBC affiliate station. She is a contributor for The Huffington Post and Cooking Light. Liz's recipes and food photography have been featured on several websites including Shape Magazine, Food Network blog, The Cooking Channel, TODAY Food and more.


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After a brief respite, the budget was once again a bone of contention as one resident labeled the board's handling of Albany's cuts as a "gimmick."
Susan Wade, in addressing the board at the Eldred Central School Board meeting on May 9, said "the history of our town and school taxes is exorbitant," and added that since she moved to the area in 2006 her taxes have doubled.
Wade railed at the board for stating that it is saving taxpayers' money with the 2013-2014 budget that came in just 1/100th of a percent under the tax cap at 4.9%.
Board President Douglas Reiser, in addressing her, said taxes since 2007 have been reasonable, and stated later that taxes are scaled differently for various residents within the district. He told The River Reporter that, as a resident of Lumberland, his taxes are lower than Wade's, who resides in Highland Lake.
When pressed, Wade hedged and told the handful of those at the meeting that her taxes hadn't actually doubled, but had risen at an alarming rate.
Wade acknowledged the "tremendous pressure" the school board is under and said she is not in favor of drastic measures such as combining schools, but did question how the board plans to keep the budget reasonable for taxpayers in upcoming years.
"Please don't say you're passing on real savings, although everyone is counting on you to do that," said Wade.
She asked newly hired business manager Cheryl Gross her "guesstimate" as to how that budget would fare in the years to come, to which Gross said she could not "venture a guess" at this time.
While there is no crystal ball for the upcoming years, Reiser said that it is incumbent upon himself and the board "to work hard at providing a quality education for pre-schoolers through those graduating" within the school district.
This sort of criticism is not new for the board, which has come under fire for the past four months. A major outcry ensued when it was announced recently that 5.6 teaching positions would be eliminated, centering on the three teacher assistants who would no longer assist the already overworked first-grade teachers. The concern was for students who would fall behind in reading and have their education compromised in the years to come.
Other ways of saving also have been considered, including cutting the sports program, which would save the district $300,000; the combining of the two schools; and various forms of "tweaking" such as turning the furnace on at 5 a.m. in winter months as opposed to 3 a.m.
The board was forced to use $700,000 from its reserve for the 2013-2014 school year and was informed that Albany was replenishing the budget by $366,000, which the board voted to put back in the reserve for a rainy day.
As it stands now, the budget is at $16.2 million, with a vote set for May 21.


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Woman ID'd as victim in fatalityJune 26,2013
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AMSDEN — Vermont State Police have identified the victim of a fatal crash involving a car and a motorcycle on Route 131.
Jennifer Bixby, 33, of Springfield died of injuries suffered in the crash Friday night. She was a passenger on a motorcycle operated by Jeremy Desmarais, 39, also of Springfield.
Both Bixby and Desmarais were taken to Springfield Hospital, where Bixby died from her injuries, Desmarais suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries, according to police.
The driver of the car, Paul Cooper, 59, of Windham, N.H., was not injured in the crash. Police said Desmarais was westbound and Cooper eastbound at the time of the accident, which happened on a curve on Route 131.
Police delayed releasing the name of the dead woman while family members were notified.
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Pierce BrosnanReplyCancel
morning TrishaReplyCancel
Ian McKellenReplyCancel
Tim Roth.ReplyCancel
ooh…i like Sandybrook's guess of Pierce Brosnan. you would think he is "A"ReplyCancel
Brosnan was James Bond, how is he not Former A+ or permanent A?ReplyCancel
I always thought any actor who was James Bond more than once is automatic A. 🙁 But he definitely fits and the movie came out today (and got poor reviews)ReplyCancel
I don't think Freeman is married
I'm trying to make Ray Winstone work, he was just in Noah.ReplyCancel
Kermit the Frog, ironing out some of those kinks…
 Sir Croaks-a-lot Piggy got back!
wake up steamy!ReplyCancel
Imdb says – Has two children – a son, Joe, and a daughter, Grace – with longtime partner, Amanda Abbington. Which I interpret as not married.ReplyCancel
Pierce is promoting a movieReplyCancel
Could this be James MacAvoy? He is promoting his latest film Eleanor Rigby with Jessica Chastain. He was in New York City recently too.ReplyCancel
Not Ian McKellern, blind says 'her '. Could be Martin Freeman, though I would call him movie/TV.
How about Geoffrey Rush? POTC franchise etc.ReplyCancel
Javier BardemReplyCancel
(yawn) hey sandy : DReplyCancel
I disagree with the idea that if you play James Bond you are a permanent A. Unless you mean name recognition but even that is debatable. I grew up with Roger Moore playing James Bond but he really hasn't done much beyond that. If he had continued his career like Sean Connery he would at least have ongoing name recognition.
Daniel Craig has greatly raised the stakes as to what makes a legendary Bond. Of course you have to give props to the writers and directors as well. The entire caliber of the Bond franchise has improved 100% since Brosnan. Pierce was okay as 007 but he never seemed more than a movie version Remington Steele in the part. I'd put him at a solid B myself.ReplyCancel
McAvoy is a great guess because he's really good actor contrary to Pierce Brosnam( sorry Pierce but you're kind)ReplyCancel
Bardem has been the subject of at least one blind that I know of (f*ing Julie Roberts during filming for one) so I don't thinks it's him.
I like Colin Firth for this one.
What happened to paying for discretion? $500 isn't enough for the concierge's silence? Or did the masseuse talk?ReplyCancel
firth is squeaky clean publiclyReplyCancel
I'm on the Firth train for this, he's more squeaky clean than Pierce….I don't know why.
I gotta say sumthin. I don't know who McAvoy is.
OT. I saw a pic of Pratt and I finally thought he looked attractive. Yayy. I feel so much better now.ReplyCancel
McAvoy just got married though I think.
Please not Colin.
But you know I hate to say this I'd rather the hubby get a rub and tug etc where it seems purely a business transaction than an affair. It is not easy being separated from your spouse for long periods of time even if you are in love and the marriage is mostly good. She may even know about it and not have a problem. Long as he is being safe.ReplyCancel
Colin Firth is TOTALLY A-list. Oscar winner and all…
I like the James McAvoy guess!ReplyCancel
I don't think it's Colin Firth. He does do press for his films here in the US.ReplyCancel
If it was a male masseuse, then yes.ReplyCancel
I sort of like the McAvoy guess, but I'll throw out Brendan Gleeson, who's an incredible actor and has a movie out here.ReplyCancel
James Macavoy has been married for awhile-not just marriedReplyCancel
I don't have a guess, but chiming in to agree with @Tina Mallette. I wouldn't mind too much if my husband got a happy ending, either. I mean, I think for men especially it can be as big a stress reliever as the massage itself. That situation is not an affair or even "sex" IMO.ReplyCancel
There's some guy I never heard of, foreign born, who apparently is connected by very few degrees of separation to just about everybody in Hollywood. As in the way people play with Kevin Bacon degrees of separation. He has been in a crapload of movies and literally nobody has ever heard of him. I wonder if he's the guy.
OK, I went looking for him. So the people who keep the Kevin Bacon stats say that you can calculate the average "Bacon Number" in Hollywood and for Kevin Bacon himself it's 2.994. Then they calculated the average number for EVERYBODY on IMDB and found that 369 people have better Hollywood connections than Kevin Bacon.
Read the "how it works" page on their site to see how they do the calculation. It's all automated.
Anyway, the guy with the lowest number for all of hollywood is Harvey Keitel.
And at #5 (so I was wrong about him being the MOST connected guy, but he's still the most connected guy you and I have probably never heard of) is – UDO KIER.
The Center of the Hollywood UniverseReplyCancel
Sorry, I got Bacon's number slightly wrong and Udo Kier is #6 on the "Center of the Universe" list, not #5.ReplyCancel
@Tina & @ Moving On: Y'all cool w/ just the handy or BJ or anything that is an emotionless paid transaction?ReplyCancel
P.S. For a grand, dude got much more than a handy. Probably a 3 hole bone a thonReplyCancel
Interesting Hugo Weaving guess. He's never papped and was in the Matrix and LotR movies. Nigerian born, Aussie raised, promoting a new film. Not married, though.
And yeah, apparently whoever it is didn't pay enough to keep the lips zipped. Or E is playing the usual fast and loose with salacious InTouch-style reporting.ReplyCancel
Cillian Murphy (married, foreign born, killer actor, Batman trilogy)?ReplyCancel
Tried to make Tom Hardy to work, but not married.
Freeman makes some sense, but just won an emmy. His three main credits are the hobbit, the office and sherlock. So I would call him mostly TV.
Plus never forget his amazing cameo in Black Books! Oh yeah rewatch that first episode.ReplyCancel


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|Title: Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Dietary Ingredients and Dietary Supplements
|Abstract: The Food and Drug Administration proposed in the Federal Register of March 13, 2003 (68 FR 12158), current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations for dietary ingredients and dietary supplements. The proposed rule was published to establish the minimum CGMPs necessary to ensure that, if firms engage in activities related to manufacturing, packaging, or holding dietary ingredients or dietary supplements, they do so in a manner that will not adulterate and misbrand such dietary ingredients or dietary supplements. FDA also proposed to require manufacturers to evaluate the identity, purity, quality, strength, and composition of their dietary ingredients and dietary supplements. The proposed rule also responds to concerns that such regulations are necessary to ensure that consumers are provided with dietary supplement products which have not been adulterated as a result of manufacturing, packing, or holding, e.g., which have the identity and provide the quantity of dietary ingredients declared in labeling.
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Statement of Need: FDA intends to publish a final rule to establish CGMP for dietary supplements and dietary ingredients for several reasons. First, FDA is concerned that some firms may not be taking appropriate steps during the manufacture of dietary supplements and dietary ingredients to ensure that products are not adulterated as a result of manufacturing, packing, or holding. There have been cases of misidentified ingredients harming consumers using dietary supplements. FDA is also aware of products that contain potentially harmful contaminants because of apparently inadequate manufacturing controls and quality control procedures. The Agency believes that a system of CGMPs is the most effective and efficient way to ensure that these products will not be adulterated during manufacturing, packing, or holding.
Summary of the Legal Basis: If CGMP regulations were adopted by FDA, failure to manufacture, pack, or hold dietary supplements or dietary ingredients under CGMP regulations would render the dietary supplement or dietary ingredients adulterated under section 402(g) of the Act.
Alternatives: The two principal alternatives to comprehensive CGMPs are end product testing and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP). The Agency asked whether different approaches may be better able to address the needs of the broad spectrum of firms that conduct one or more distinct operations, such as the manufacture of finished products, or solely the distribution and sale of finished products at the wholesale or retail level.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits: The costs of the regulation will include the value of resources devoted to increased sanitation, process monitoring and controls, testing, and written records. The benefits of the proposed regulation are to improve both product safety and quality. We estimate that the proposed regulation will reduce the number of sporadic human illnesses and rare catastrophic illnesses from contaminated products. The current quality of these products is highly variable, and consumers lack information about the potential hazards and variable quality of these products. The product quality benefits occur because there will be fewer product recalls and more uniform products will reduce consumer search for preferred quality products. The proposed rule will have a significant impact on a substantial number of small businesses, so it will be significant under the Regulatory Flexibility Act. We anticipate that small businesses will bear a proportionately larger cost than large businesses.
Risks: Any potential for consumers to be provided adulterated (e.g., contaminated with industrial chemicals, pesticides, microbial pathogens, or dangerous misidentified ingredients or toxic components of ingredients) products must be considered a very serious risk because of the possibility that such contamination could be widespread, affecting whole segments of the population, causing some severe long-term effects and even loss of life. Dietary supplements are used by a large segment of the American public. Moreover, they are often used by segments of the population that are particularly vulnerable to adulterated products, such as the elderly, young children, pregnant and nursing women, and persons who may have serious illnesses or are taking medications that may adversely interact with dietary supplements. FDA has adopted or proposed manufacturing controls for a number of foods and commodities that present potential health hazards to consumers if not processed properly, including seafood, juice products, and fruits and vegetables, and it is appropriate that FDA consider whether manufacturing controls are necessary to assure consumers that dietary supplements are not adulterated during the manufacturing, packing, or holding process.
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Lynthia Tormey PierceAugust 20,2014
RANDOLPH Lynthia Tormey Pierce, 93, of Randolph, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, at Menig Extended Care in Randolph, Vermont.
She was born Oct. 10, 1920, in Richmond, Rhode Island, the daughter of Alfred Ted and Mary (Curtis) Browning. Her father was a farm manager, her mother, a homemaker. Lynthia graduated from Westerly High School in Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1938. She received a four-year scholarship to Rhode Island School of Design, where she was an apparel design major; she graduated in 1942. After graduation she worked as a traveling inspector for Atlantic Rayon Corp. of Providence, Rhode Island, which had government contracts to produce parachutes for the war effort.
On Aug. 7, 1944, Lynthia married George Tormey. They resided in Rhode Island, where they had three children, Mary, Alfred Ted and George. In 1952 the town of Charleston, Rhode Island, asked Lynthia to be an art teacher for the elementary school. She taught there until 1955, when the family moved to Vermont. Lynthia was a well-liked art teacher in Randolph area schools until her retirement.
As a girl, Lynthia loved horses, and she often talked about her horse, Peaches. She began riding at age 5. She was an accomplished artist and enjoyed painting and sketching. She had a great smile and sense of humor, as cartoons she drew could attest. Her activities included golf, skiing, swimming, reading, and playing cards and the piano.
Lynthias husband, George, passed away in 1972, when he was just 51. On May 24, 1986, Lynthia married college professor Winston Pierce. They resided in Randolph and wintered in Brooksville, Florida. Winston died in 1997. Both Lynthias daughter, Mary, and her son George predeceased her. She was also predeceased by a sister, Carolyn Hearn. Lynthia leaves her son Ted and his wife, Sharon, of Walloon Lake, Michigan (and their daughter, Amy Tormey, of Juno, Florida), and stepsons Stephen Pierce and his wife, Patti, of Citrus Heights, California (and their daughters, Rebecca Luchini and Barbara Pierce, both of Mountain House, California), and Mark Pierce, of Winchendon, Massachusetts (and his daughter, Alegria Pierce, of Roslindale, Massachusetts). Lynthia is survived also by her sister Barbara B. Weibel, of Wakefield, Rhode Island.
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IAJE Evening 3 - To Q With Love
January 13, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: acceptance speech, awards ceremony, candido camero, david baker, gravy, heart, IAJE 2008, jam session, jazz master, jazz masters, jazz masterworks orchestra, joe wilder, josh jackson, Masters, masterworks, nea, paquito d rivera, perfect night, quincy jones, rhonda, smithsonian jazz, stockholm sweetnin
David Baker presented the 2008 NEA Jazz Master Award to Quincy Jones. Jones gave a Delight-ful acceptance speech. His words came straight from the heart. Give it a listen:
Quincy Jones Acceptance Speech - 2008 NEA Jazz Master Awards Ceremony
That's how Quincy Jones feels about jazz.
Perhaps you heard his interview with Rhonda Hamilton?
The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra played another Jones original:
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - Stockholm Sweetnin'
NEA Jazz Masters Joe Wilder, Paquito D'Rivera and Candido Camero joined the orchestra onstage for a jam session:
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra with Joe Wilder, Paquito D'Rivera and Candido Camero - Walkin' aka Gravy
A perfect end to a perfect night, right? I thought so too. But as luck would have it, my perfect night was only beginning...
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IAJE Evening 3 - Q Music, Roll Orchestra On 1
January 12, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: alumnus, david baker, duration, honorees, IAJE 2008, jazz master, jazz masterworks orchestra, Live Music, Masters, music, nea, quincy jones, smithsonian jazz
The NEA Jazz Master Awards evening is one of the main events at IAJE. This year, the concert featured the music of Quincy Jones, one of this year's honorees. NEA Jazz Master David Baker, an alumnus of the Quincy Jones Band back in the day, directed the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra for the duration. Set One included:
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Helen "Herbie" Gamertsfelder Naumann
Class Year:1946
Outstanding Alumni Award Winner 1999
Herbie Naumann's major life "passion" has been in art—teaching figure drawing at North Central and exhibiting her figure compositions in solo, group and juried shows. She has also organized and managed art workshops. In 2002 Naumann hung her 16th solo exhibition of figure drawings at the Crossville Art Council in Crossville, Tenn. Over the years, her drawings have graced many North Central mailings and publications. She was a member of Community United Methodist Church in Naperville and was active in the Sunday school program. She is currently a member of the Fairfield Glade Art Guild. She and her husband, William Naumann, Ph.D, North Central professor of religious studies emeritus, created the Naumann-Gamersfelder Japanese Scholarship at North Central College.


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County Judge David Silva summed it up Tuesday by simply saying, "My feelings are we are not going to get any new employees. Period."
Commissioner Carlos Salazar agreed, saying, "That was my take also. Just leave it the way it is. I know everybody wants more."
The sheriff's office had been in the courtroom earlier this year pleading for more personnel.
The reason — an increase in the amount of crime because of the increase in people and traffic through the area.
In 2012, the number of crimes reported to deputies that would require additional investigation was 844. In 2013, that number climbed to 969. This year, the number is projected to reach 1,200, according to information recently provided to commissioners during their budget hearings.
The number of emergency calls in 2012 was 11,495, while this year, that number is projected to reach 14,800.
About a month ago, Lt. Ronnie Jones asked the court to consider adding two more deputies, a sergeant, a dispatcher and an investigator.
Jones, during that prior budget meeting, said, "Calls and everything are increasing. The Eagle Ford—this is the downside of it."
The state average number of officers per 1,000 residents is about 2.4.
Taking into account the growth of the county recently, Bee would need to increase the number of officers to 48—just over three times what they have now.
The county did approve a 5 percent pay raise to all employees and a stipend of $50 per paycheck for those employees making below $26,000.
The county also took a different approach this year and decided just to increase everyone's overall budget, excluding salaries.
While the county is looking at more money coming in this year than last, it doesn't amount to as much as it sounds.
By choosing to go forward with a proposed rate of $0.44564 per $100 property valuation, the budget will increase about a million dollars.
However, the county previously committed half of this to salary increases at the jail.
Jason Collins is the editor at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 343-5221, or at email@example.com.


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Honoring traditions, fabricating new; Meet the divas of quilting
That's what Katharina Litchman of Jeffersonville, NY specializes in. She calls herself a contemporary art quilter. Katharina was a New York City banker, when she caught the quilting bug. But after making many bed quilts, she felt she wanted to branch out and stretch her creative side. Katharina now designs and makes art quilts, which are in demand. She started experimenting with dying her own fabrics, using all natural dyes and material to make the designs. "It's a lot of work," says Katharina, "and I always make a mistake or two. My quilts are not perfect, and no two will ever be alike." She is the first art quilter to be inducted into the Catskill Mountain Quilters Hall of Fame.
Despite the difference in the styles and motivation for quilting, all have one special quality in common: they have huge hearts. Each group or individual participates continually in charity aspects. Quilt raffles are common in the Delaware River area—but did you realize each one raffled off has to be made by someone? In many cases, each member of the quilt circle makes a block or square, and they take turns finishing it. Local agencies are the beneficiaries of the money raised.
The divas in Youngsville save all their quilting scraps in what they call a "cat bag." Once enough scraps are accumulated, they're sewn together to make a cat bed, which the divas then donate to the Sullivan County Humane Society, at a rate of about one a month.
Amy Dunn from "The Mountain Quiltworks" participates in "Conkerr Cancer," a program where crafters make pillowcases for children with cancer. So far, Amy and customers at her shop have donated 2,240 cases and counting. She also participates in quilt raffles for charity.
At "A Stitch in Time" in Honesdale, Jackie Murphy is challenging quilters and customers to "Fill the Cradle" with 150 baby quilts between now and March. It's for "Project Linus," a charity that provides comforting quilts to kids in the hospital with serious illnesses. Her shop also saves scraps and accepts donations of fabric in a project called "Shreds for Beds". They make dog beds for Dessin Animal Shelter.
As busy as the hands of all our local quilters are, their hearts are just as full, giving back to those who need help the most. And whatever drives them, whether a quilter is making a specimen for a bed or the wall, for a child or a bride, whether they're meeting for the social aspect or the sheer creativity of art of quilting, this is one craft that won't fade away any time soon.
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Kisai Quasar combines the simplicity of a digital watch with a geometric, patterned display that camouflages time.
Featuring date & alarm mode, stop watch, animation and EL backlight, Kisai Quasar was originally a concept on the Tokyoflash Design Studio Blog.
Kisai Quasar offers three user-selectable time display modes, explained below. For each mode, you can choose 12 or 24 hour clock.
Number Mode presents the time in regular digits. Pattern Mode camouflages the digits in a web of lines that follow the shape of the numbers. Animation Mode pulsates between these modes creating an eye-catching zoom effect, as seen on the right of this page.
The date is shown in the same way as the time, by pressing the lower button and you can choose whether the date is show as DD:MM or MM:DD in the settings. The watch also has an alarm mode, a stop watch and EL backlighting to illuminate the display at night.
Watch the video below to find out more.
Kisai Quasar is a small watch design that is comfortable to wear for both men and women.
Made from stainless steel with a sleek polished finish, choose from all black or silver with a black accent in the strap. Framed by mineral crystal glass, Kisai Quasar comes with a vibrant blue, red, green or mirrored display.
Kisai Quasar has an adjustable strap making it suitable for small and large wrists and uses a standard CR2025 watch battery which will last at least 12 months and can easily be replaced.
Each part of Kisai Quasar has been individually designed and manufactured, including the case, strap and uniquely programmed display. Like all watches from Tokyoflash Japan it is a limited edition design, meaning that it is guaranteed to be a watch that not many other people own.
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In February 2010, Tokyoflash Japan opened its Design Studio Blog to showcase concept designs and request ideas for new watch designs from fans. The idea for Kisai Quasar was submitted by László Scheffer from Hungary.
Find out more about the original concept on the Tokyoflash Design Studio Blog.
Blog reader & watch designer László Scheffer says:
I bought my first watch from Tokyoflash back in 2005 (a Twelve 5-9 to be exact). I really liked the idea that a watch is not just a chronometer anymore, but something that can worn as jewellery, too.
When I found out in October 2010 that designs and concepts can be submitted to the Tokyoflash Design Studio Blog, I felt that my time had come.
The reception that the first design I submitted received made me really happy and ever since then designing watches has become one of my hobbies.
I feel thrilled and honoured that my Quasar design was chosen for production! I truly wish that everyone who plans to get this watch feels the same joy wearing it as I felt designing it!
I would like to say thank you to Tokyoflash for the development and production, to my wife for her patience, to all my friends for their encouragement and to the readers for their comments and sharing my work with others!
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