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|Pre-service training will probably be the most intense period of your Peace Corps service, as you will need to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to successfully serve as a Volunteer in just 10 weeks. While the training period will be extremely busy, it should also be a time of excitement, discovery, and self-fulfillment. The effort and challenges of adapting to a new culture will draw on your reserves of patience and humor but will be handsomely rewarded with a sense of belonging among new friends.
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Pre-service training begins the day you arrive in Moldova, lasts for about 10 weeks, and ends when you are sworn in as a Volunteer. The days are full with plenty to accomplish, so training is nothing like summer camp.
Peace Corps/Moldova uses a community-based training approach. Trainees live in small villages with five or six other trainees from their project area. Language classes occur daily, and afternoons are usually devoted to self-directed activities and homework assignments. Once a week, trainees in each project area meet together at a cluster site for technical sessions. Also once a week, all trainees come to a central hub for administrative, medical, and other special sessions.
The structure of Moldova's pre-service training requires married couples to live apart in different villages during training. While this may seem like an obstacle for some, most married couples have actually found the arrangement to be beneficial because it allows them to focus on their own training needs and to develop a degree of independence they would otherwise not experience. Couples see each other at the central hub and are free to stay together with their respective host families on weekends and other times that work with the schedule of training activities.
Assessment criteria, which you will be informed of early in pre-service training, will help measure your progress toward acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to live and work effectively in Moldova. Certain competencies are set for each of the training components (language, health and safety, cross-cultural, and technical). You will have periodic interviews with staff during training to discuss your progress in gaining these competencies and, if necessary, develop a plan of action for improvement. Failure to gain the competencies may prevent you from becoming a Volunteer.
The members of the training staff are Moldovan, and most of them have worked with the Peace Corps for several years. They are a valuable resource for getting to know the Moldovan culture and language, and you can and should rely on them for advice and support.
Technical Training
Technical training will prepare you to work in Moldova by building on the skills you already have and helping you develop new skills in a manner appropriate to the needs of the country. The Peace Corps staff, Moldovan experts, and current Volunteers will conduct the training program. Training places great emphasis on learning how to transfer the skills you have to the community in which you will serve as a Volunteer.
Technical training will include sessions on the general economic and political environment in Moldova and strategies for working within such a framework. You will review your technical sector's goals and will meet with the Moldovan agencies and organizations that invited the Peace Corps to assist them. You will be supported and evaluated throughout the training to build the confidence and skills you need to undertake your project activities and be a productive member of your community.
Language Training
As a Peace Corps Volunteer, you will find that language skills are the key to personal and professional satisfaction during your service. These skills are critical to your job performance, they help you integrate into your community, and they can ease your personal adaptation to the new surroundings. Therefore, language training is the heart of the training program, and you must successfully meet minimum language requirements to complete training and become a Volunteer. Experienced Moldovan language instructors teach formal language classes four or five days a week in small groups of four to six people. Most trainees will study Romanian as their primary language, but a few will study Russian.
Your language training will incorporate a community-based approach. In addition to classroom time, you will be given assignments to work on outside of the classroom and with your host family. The goal is to get you to a point of basic social communication skills so that you can practice and develop language skills further on your own. Prior to being sworn in as a Volunteer, you will work on strategies to continue language studies during your two years of service.
Cross-Cultural Training
As part of your pre-service training, you will live with a Moldovan host family. This experience is designed to ease your transition to life at your site. Families participate in an orientation conducted by Peace Corps staff to explain the purpose of pre-service training and to assist them in helping you adapt to living in Moldova. Many Volunteers form strong and lasting friendships with their host families.
Cross-cultural and community development training will help you improve your communication skills and understand your role as a facilitator of development. You will be exposed to topics such as community mobilization, conflict resolution, gender and development, nonformal and adult education strategies, and political structures. You will also have opportunities to take field trips to historic sites and to learn traditional songs and dances.
Health Training
During pre-service training, you will be given basic medical training and information. You will be expected to practice preventive healthcare and to take responsibility for your own health by adhering to all medical policies. Trainees are required to attend all medical sessions. The topics include preventive health measures and minor and major medical issues that you might encounter while in Moldova. Nutrition, mental health, safety and security, setting up a safe living compound, and how to avoid HIV/AIDS and other STIs are also covered.
Safety Training
During the safety training sessions, you will learn how to adopt a lifestyle that reduces your risks at home, at work, and during your travels. You will also learn appropriate, effective strategies for coping with unwanted attention and about your individual responsibility for promoting safety throughout your service.
Additional Trainings During Volunteer Service
In its commitment to institutionalize quality training, the Peace Corps has implemented a training system that provides Volunteers with continual opportunities to strengthen their commitment to Peace Corps service while increasing their technical and cross-cultural skills. During your service, there are several types of training events. These include:
- In-Service Trainings (ISTs): Provide an opportunity for Volunteers to upgrade their technical, language, and project development skills while sharing their experiences and reaffirming their commitment after having served for three to six months. Throughout the first year of service you will be provided with a number of in-service trainings including Technical ISTs, Language ISTs, and Language Weekends. The in-service trainings vary in length from 1.5 days to 4 days.
- All Volunteer Conference: An annual conference organized with the participation of Volunteers from all sectors and including health and safety sessions as well as cross-sectoral technical training and activities.
- Close-of-Service Conference: Prepares Volunteers for the future after Peace Corps service and reviews their respective projects and personal experiences.
The number, length, and design of these trainings are adapted to country-specific needs and conditions. The key to the training system is that training events are integrated and interrelated, from the pre-departure orientation through the end of your service, and are planned, implemented, and evaluated cooperatively by the training staff, Peace Corps staff, and Volunteers.


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WALLINGFORD Terrence Michael Holden, 50, of Wallingford died Monday, September 30, 2013, at his residence.
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Mr. Holden graduated from Mill River Union High School in 1980.
He was employed by the General Electric Company for the last 28 years. He also worked with Shawn Holden at Holden Memorials for several years.
Mr. Holden enjoyed hunting, deep sea fishing, bowling, golfing, traveling, NASCAR and was an avid sports fan, especially of the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Bruins.
Survivors include a son, Andrew M. Holden and his wife, Shanna; his mother Eathel Holden; a grandson Gauge Holden; a sister Karen Young and her husband, Hal; and a brother Brian Holden and his wife, Karen; and his companion Melissa Holden, all of Wallingford.
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Retail Shift Leader - Full Time or Part Time
Petro is the nation's premier travel plaza chain with facilities designed to meet the needs of today's professional drivers. With locations from coast to coast and border to border, our facilities set the standard for all travel plazas. Our customer service demonstrates our sincere respect for drivers. Now in our 32nd year of business, Petro remains the highest rated truck stop chain in the nation and the clear Choice of America's Drivers.
As a Store Lead, you will need to lead your team members in achieving the shift targets according to company standards. Your targets include safety, food quality, sanitation, cleanliness, and customer service. Your administrative duties include the areas of cost control, cash handling, food products, labor, supplies and the completion of required reports for your shift. This position requires good communication skills and good personal grooming habits. Physical requirements include standing up to 8 hours during a shift and able to lift up to 50 pounds.
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Are They Dupes? Makeup Brush MAC 217 vs. Paint Brush Loew-Cornell 1/4″ AMM Mini Mop
It's really fun doing reviews and comparing dupes of famous (and famously expensive) makeup brushes. Previously I did a dupe review on whether the Loew-Cornell Maxine's Mop 3/8" is a good substitute of the MAC 239 – Flat Eye Shader Brush.
MAC 239 and 217 are two must-have and much loved brushes of every makeup artist or junkie. There are many brush dupes out there but people (like me who bought a lot of dupes) ultimately succumb to the softness and precision of these two incredible MAC brushes.
Also, MAC brushes are more available internationally to the masses than some premium brushes (eg. Adesign, Royal & Langnickel) and others which one would otherwise probably only be exposed to at exclusive MUA events like IMATS (International Make-Up Artist Trade Show). I hope to attend IMATS one day. Please come to Singapore!
Some people say the Loew-Cornell 1/4″ AMM (Ann's Mini Mop) Brush is a dupe for MAC 213 (Fluff Brush), some say it's for MAC 217 (Blending Brush). I say it's a combination of both. You have a little bit of both, but not in a good way.
Like the Loew-Cornell Maxine's Mop 3/8", it looks very much like a typical art brush and is lightweight. It is also longer than the 217. I prefer my makeup brushes to be fatter at the handle and weigh a little more.


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Mironda Heston
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Wall of Witness Award Winner 2009
Mironda Heston '02 is honored for her deep devotion to human service and commitment to social justice during a remarkable but all too brief life of 24 years. Her values and beliefs embodied the purest form of humanitarianism. While majoring in political science and theology at North Central, Mironda completed an eight-month independent study in Haiti, an experience that led her to seek a master's degree in sustainable international development at Brandeis University. Called to continue her life's work in Haiti, Mironda returned in 2004 to help rural workers write grants that would ultimately fund a much-needed medical clinic. Tragically, she developed dengue fever, and after medical evacuation to Chicago, died September 21, 2004. A measure of the impact of her life and work is that the people she served in Haiti named their clinic the Mironda Heston Medical Clinic in her honor.
At North Central College, Mironda's legacy lives on through the Mironda K. Heston Scholarship for Public Service. Every year, one student is awarded a stipend for the implementation of a short-term project to benefit the needs of people either in the United States or abroad. The goal is to encourage other students to embrace the rewards of service and, in doing so, consider a lifelong vocation in humanitarianism.


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The Sullivan County Legislature voted on September 20 to approve an override of the 2% property tax increase imposed by Albany. The vote was six to three, a supermajority of the legislature, which is necessary for the override to go forward.
Legislators Cindy Geiger, Alan Sorensen and Kitty Vetter voted against the override because they wanted first to try to close the projected $13 million budget gap with cuts in spending.
The vote does not necessarily mean the legislature will exceed the 2% figure but given the state of the budget a relative large increase seems unavoidable.
The lawmakers received an update on the budget on September 13 from deputy county manager Josh Potosek, and the outlook is only marginally better than the gloomy forecasts that have been coming for the past four years.
The 2% cap would allow the legislature to raise only an additional $997,557 in property tax revenue next year. But the county's expenses, much of them incurred because of state-mandated programs and spending, are well beyond that figure.
With increases in such things as pension contributions and
health insurance premiums, the projected increase in county costs next year is about $5.85 million, or more than five times as much as the cap would allow.
There was some good news in the figures: the sales tax for the county is a bit ahead of last year, and county officials are projecting an increase of about $660,000. But even with that factored in, it seems very unlikely the county will be able to balance the budget for 2013 without a significant tax increase.
Potesek explained what a 10% tax increase would mean to taxpayers. For a typical homeowner, about 50% of the total tax bill goes to the school district, about 25% goes to town and village taxes and about 20% goes to the county. If the school district, town and village don't raise their taxes, a 10% increase in county taxes would be about $100 of additional tax on a house assessed at $100,000. Potosek said the figure could vary greatly from town to town.
Sustainable retrofit project in doubt
Against that backdrop, Stephen Stuart, technical adviser for Sullivan Alliance for Sustainable Development (SASD), asked the legislature to approve spending between $15,000 and $25,000 for a feasibility study of performing a "deep energy retrofit" for the Robert Travis Building in Liberty, which houses the Department of Family Services. He said the building was the worst county-owned building in terms of disrepair, and a retrofit could bring substantial energy savings.
He further explained that grant money might be available through the new Regional Economic Development Councils scheme that Governor Andrew Cuomo has implemented, and that the only way to be able to have a reasonable chance of getting any of the money is for the county to commit to spending at least the $15,000 for the study.
While everyone agreed that the building could not continue to be used in its current state indefinitely, lawmakers balked at spending that sum, especially in light of the tight economic picture, and without knowing how much grant money might be available. Stuart estimated the proposed cost of the retrofit at $1 million.
Dick Riseling, executive director of SASD, reminded the lawmakers that the newly-installed solar array behind the building had just recently gone online, and had already saved the county $1,000. "These projects are starting to pay off," he said.
But along another line of thought, county manager David Fanlsau said, "There are more employees working in that building than it was originally designed for [in 1969]; there are heating and air conditioning problems; there has been a request since before my time of adding an enlarged lobby to that building; there are grading issues to the parking lot. Are we going to be looking at the complex as a long-term plan?" He said if $15,000 is spent to study the "envelope" of the building, a study should be commissioned to examine the other issues.
While some of the lawmakers were clearly sympathetic to the idea of obtaining grant money for a deep energy retrofit, they took no action on the matter at the meeting, and it's not clear if they will do so in the future.


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To detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, it looked like an open and shut case. After all, Sonny Pickens was still standing over the body of Ulysses Galen, smoking gun hanging from his hand. Only one problem: Sonny's gun was loaded with blanks.
There were plenty of people who wanted Galen dead, but who was responsible? Sonny? A jealous husband? Or one of the street toughs from a gang calling themselves the Real Cool Moslems? Coffin Ed and Grave Digger pound the mean streets of 1950s Harlem in search of the Real Cool Killer.
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A big white man is murdered in cold blood in the streets of Harlem in front of countless bystanders. But who is the killer? The drunken crazed man who's chased him from a bar, or a member the Real Cool Muslims, a gang of kids dressed up as arab sheikhs? Why was he killed? Out of anger, just for kicks, or did he have it coming? Detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed are on hand to apprehend the culprits, but one of the kids is killed when Grave Digger thinks one of the Real Cool Muslims is throwing acid into his already burned face, a prank gone very wrong: it was only perfume. Then his young daughter turns out to be embroiled in this mess, ensuring that the Harlem detective duo will do what needs to be done to save her and resolve what turns out to be a truly sordid case. This third instalment of the Harlem Cycle was entertaining, but I felt, not as strong as the two previous books in the series. However, I know that there are more great reads further ahead, so I'll carry on and go wherever Chester Himes takes me; the journey is sure to be filled with unique individuals and plenty of surprises.
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It's an unfortunate fact of life in America that sometimes the jobs that involve the most risk and responsibility also happen to be the ones that pay the least. I've always been curious as to why that might be the case. Do they pay so low because (on the surface at least) they seem like jobs that anyone can do? We discuss that possibility on this week's Unpopular Opinion podcast ...
... where I'm joined by my Cracked co-workers David Wong and Breandan Carter and stand-up comic, Chelsea Lately regular, and GTA V video game voice Annie Lederman. We also talk about Steve Jobs. Give it a listen!
For the purposes of this article, let's stick with those previously mentioned occupations. These are jobs that, on a consistent basis, place the employees who choose to fill them in grave danger.
Even worse, sometimes it's not so much the danger of the job that makes the low pay so concerning as it is the insanely high levels of responsibility that the job entails. Whatever the case may be, there are some members of the American workforce who are getting paid a terribly low wage, and it's something we should probably be worried about. For example ...
4Commuter Airline Pilot
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Quick! Name one rock star characteristic nobody wants to possess. If you said "frequent death by plane crash," holy shit, that was a good answer, because that's exactly what I was going for, even though anything from "debilitating heroin addiction" to "Oasis teeth" would have sufficed.
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Warning: Cigarette smoke will make you look like a mid-'90s Britpop singer.
Sure, the statistics say that car crashes are way more frequent and deadly, but that doesn't change the fact that plane crashes do happen, and the results of them (usually measured in fatalities) can vary wildly based on the skill and experience of the person piloting the plane. Not every captain is going to have that FAA-recommended mixture of ice water, vodka, Miller Lite, and cocaine coursing through their veins like Denzel Washington did in the "Rocky for alcoholics" drama Flight.
Without the nerve-calming magic of substance abuse, pilots are left to rely on rudimentary tactics like "things they learned in flight school" to stave off disaster, and that's a whole lot of responsibility to put in the hands of someone who's getting paid fast food money.
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One flight to Newark, please!
Yes, commercial airline pilots still get paid something approaching a living wage, but the problem is commuter or regional airline pilots. Basically, when you book a flight from the glorious mecca of modernity that you eventually fled to in adulthood back to the depressing hellhole that most of your friends and family never mustered up the will to leave, even if you book the flight on United or whatever, at some point you're going to end up on a plane that says something like "JetBlue" on the side.
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It's the narcotic smell of Dunkin' Donuts just beyond the wall that keeps us from asking questions.
Even if you don't notice it, just know that it's happening a lot, to the tune of half of all the commercial airline flights in the United States. Now here's the troubling part: According to a recent study, a first year co-pilot at one of these smaller airlines can make as little as $19 per hour. If that seems like a lot of money, first of all, congrats on having Internet access despite obviously living miles below the poverty line. It borders on irresponsible, really, but the website I work for thanks you for the support nonetheless.
Anyway, even if that is decent starting money, pay for the most experienced pilots at the most major-est of airlines tops out at around $200,000, and you have to fly a lot of miles before you start making that kind of cash. That's not exactly indentured servitude, but it's also not enough to make "airline pilot" the sexy career choice it was back when your grandparents were smoking cigarettes at doctor's appointments and shit.
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"Those were the days."
In fact, there's currently a pilot shortage plaguing the airline industry. In other words, there are more available pilot jobs than there are people willing to fill them. Sure, that means the people who do sign up to fly for a living are likely doing it purely for the love of the game, which will be a definite plus if things start to go south, but the fact that they're likely to be consumed with thoughts about how to come up with enough extra cash to pay their rent and buy food definitely won't be.
Once the smoke clears and the investigations conclude, most plane crashes end up being attributed to pilot error. Would paying pilots a living wage lead to fewer crashes? I have no idea. What I do know is that American Eagle flights crash all the damn time, while UPS has only had five crashes in their entire existence. Can you guess which one pays a pilot with 15 years' experience an average of $261/hour and which one tops out at around $100/hour?
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Oh, hey, speaking of people who take important lives into their hands on a daily basis, how about what we're paying school bus drivers these days? That's a trick question, actually. Relatively speaking, school bus drivers are paid as well as any other job that involves caring for your shitty kids.
The problem is, paying school bus drivers at all seems to be a completely optional step in the American education process. Have a gander at this terrifying job listing for volunteer bus drivers, for example. First of all, that anyone is applying at all when the only promised payoff is a morning spent driving asshole kids around should set off every pedophile warning that exists inside a straight-thinking person. For the record, if you've never heard one before, that warning will sound something like this:
There's an even more troubling highlight of this job posting, though. Look at this shit:
If anyone out there was letting those pesky rules about knowing how to operate a bus full of children keep them from pursuing a side gig in operating a bus full of children, apparently New York is the state for you. As long as you're all right with not being paid, they're all right with you shuttling kids to and from extracurricular activities without proving it's something that won't end in you killing everyone involved.
Of course, this is pretty much right in line with how the public school system works in general. The more precarious the teaching position (inner city schools vs. private schools), the less it pays. Traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of death in this country; it only stands to reason that the people who act as the last line of defense between the youth of the nation and this unfortunate fate are paid absolutely nothing.


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The year of the great FICC exodus (maybe)
Once regarded as the engine room of investment banking revenues, units trading fixed income, currency and commodities are slowly running out of steam.
The top 10 FICC franchises, which deal in products ranging from rates and corporate debt to FX and commodities, suffered a collective 20% drop in revenues in 2013 to just over $70 billion, according to estimates by consultancy Coalition.
The industry-wide FICC revenue pool was at its lowest level since 2008, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank, despite it being a year of rallying equity markets and cheap liquidity.
The biggest drop came from rates franchises – a lucrative business which deals in government bonds and interest rate swaps. Rates revenues at the top 10 banks fell collectively by a whopping 42% to $16.8 billion in 2013, according to Coalition.
Some have already trimmed, with UBS, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank among those that have closed or exited parts of their fixed-income businesses in recent years. Expectations for this year are more of the same, according to analysts.
In a note last month, Morgan Stanley analysts, led by Huw van Steenis, said: "In our base case, we forecast FICC revenues to be down around 4% in 2014."
Deutsche Bank analyst Matt Spick added in a note last month: "Provisionally, we think 2014 will be down again in FICC sales and trading. We think that improving focus on core businesses and better returns on equity will be the key themes for 2014. We expect it to be a year when more banks need to better identify the businesses where they can truly be a top-tier competitor, and exit or pare back the rest."
It is a gloomy outlook, but it reflects the regulatory cloud hanging over trading divisions, and FICC in particular. It is among the most acutely affected by more onerous capital regulations and efforts to curtail proprietary trading because it is a business that requires dealers to trade as principal. For example, if a client wants to sell €500 million of Italian debt, a buyer may not come along for weeks or even months.
That forces the dealer to take the position onto its inventory in the meantime, and it may also require a corresponding hedge.
Basel III rules are forcing banks to set aside more capital against such positions. These capital rules are most onerous against illiquid assets, which characterise the FICC business.
It is also likely to be hardest hit by the European Market Infrastructure Regulation and the second version of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, which are designed to push more over-the-counter derivatives through exchanges and clearing houses. This is expected to promote the standardisation of products, drive down margins in once bespoke contracts and increase infrastructure costs.
Spick said: "What is driving a reduction in FICC revenues? We think that the answer is a combination: tougher regulation and greater capital intensity from Basel III; technological change partly driven by the regulatory drive for clearing and exchange trading; and… a lack of inventory gains. These trends will still be in place in 2014."
David Clark, chairman of the Wholesale Market Brokers' Association, said: "It is difficult to say whether further exits from FICC will occur, but an unintended consequence of the post-crisis regulatory agenda is a shift of activity out of banks and into the non-bank sector, and that will continue."
Further challenges are likely as quantitative easing schemes are curtailed. Liquidity generated by the European Central Bank's long-term financing operations helped to boost FICC revenues in the first quarter of 2013, but as the LTRO was withdrawn activity fell away.
The challenge this year could come from the other side of the Atlantic, as the US Federal Reserve is expected to taper its quantitative easing programme.
Spick said: "The worst case [scenario] for rates [divisions] is clear – that we see tapering discussions throughout [the first half of 2014]… causing further margin compression."
There is also an expectation that FICC trading will consolidate into a handful of the biggest banks. According to Deutsche Bank analysts, the market share of the six leading FICC franchises increased from 35.4% to 36.6% in 2013 and they predicted that trend would continue. The note read: "Overall, we conclude that few banks are really going to compete to be full-service universal banks, and even some banks we previously saw as 'scale winners' are struggling to stay in touch with the top three in FICC."
Van Steenis added: "Global transaction banks are increasingly important in FICC and stand to outperform in 2014."
--This article first appeared in the print edition of Financial News dated January 6, 2014


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By Grant McGee: Local columnist
The Lady of the House gave me some bad news the other day: Our friendly shade tree has to come down.
The tree's roots are diving big-time into the family garden. This would explain why the tree had rocketed up in just a few short years. There's lots of tasty stuff for it there like water and manure.
I wasn't happy with the prospect of my old friend getting chopped down. I'm a big fan of trees, always have been.
When it comes to real estate I really don't have much interest in barren tracts of land. While others may see lush green lawns, farming or ranching opportunities or big gardens, I just see a lot of work.
Ahh, but a shade tree invites you to come, sit, maybe lie down and just relax in the coolness.
My momma took a picture of me laying flat on my back under a shade tree when I was 7, someone took a picture of me doing it in my 30's.
Yeah, on a blazing hot summer day a big ol' shade tree is a good friend.
If you don't have any shade trees around your home, there are still places to go.
I think top honors for one of the finest stands of trees in a town around here belongs to those around the Parmer County Courthouse in Farwell. If you haven't been, check it out. Glorious shade in the summertime. A great place for a picnic.
So the friendly backyard elm is going to be cut down. It's okay though. The Lady of the House says we can leave a big trunk and I can build that tree house I've always wanted. Then grapevines can grow all over it.
So, don't be shocked when you see an arm sticking out and waving from a vine covered tree house. It's just me.
Grant McGee is a long-time broadcaster and former truck driver who rides bicycles and likes to talk about his many adventures on the road of life. Contact him at: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Grave matters: Waterford's Nixon Cemetery
WATERTOWN TOWNSHIP – Tucked in a remote corner of a large property of rolling, green hills overlooking Wolf Creek is the final resting place of at least seven members of the Nixon family that once called that acreage home.
Seven members of the Nixon family are buried there: Adaline (1831 to 1904, wife of George H. Nixon), Emma C. (died in 1862, daughter of George H. Nixon), George D. (died in 1862, son of George H. Nixon), George H. (1828 to 1894), Lucy (1797 to 1879), Mary E. (died in 1862) and the patriarch, Otis Nixon (1796 to 1877).
Otis Nixon was born March 11, 1796, in Framingham, Mass., son of Capt. Thomas and Lydia Nixon. Otis came to Gallia County in 1818. He then lived in New York from 1825 to 1832. He moved to Watertown Township and finally settled on the farm in 1834.
"His first wife was Margaret Swain, of whom at least three children were born – Thomas Nixon (born 1819), Eliza Nixon (born 1821) and Lydia S. (born 1923) … His first wife must have died, and in 1827, he married Lucy Lee," said Phill Crane, with the Lower Muskingum Historical Society.
According to "Williams History of Washington County, Ohio, 1788 to 1881," Otis Nixon was one of the prominent residents of Watertown Township, with a farm of about 230 acres. The 1875 Atlas of Washington County Ohio indicates the farm might have been divided between his son, George H. Nixon, and a J.A. Nixon.
"What a wonderful farm it was," Crane said. "It was 47 years of a little paradise."
That is in stark contrast to the condition of the headstones in the small plot of land dedicated to the Nixon family today, now in ruins, Crane said.
Only accessible by a rough pasture road and a 4-wheel drive truck or tractor, off Camp Hervida Road in Watertown Township, is the old Nixon farm, also known as the Craig place, said James "Chicken" Pugh, 81, who lives nearby on Stevens Road.
"Ain't no smooth road, I can tell you," Pugh said.
All that remains within the small cemetery space are broken and toppled headstones, a few trees, two fence posts and whatever evidence was left by the pasturing cattle.
Pugh said he doesn't know if anyone else is buried in the small cemetery or only those people represented by stones.
Three of the stones are apparently children, who all died in 1862.
"My grandma told me the three young ones died in the plague," said Nixon descendant and Waterford resident Charlie Campbell, 73, who lives on Ohio 339.
Details of the plague in 1862 were not readily available in Times research.
He does remember a bit about Charles H. Nixon, his great-grandfather and grandson of Otis Nixon.
"My grandma told me he was a big man," he said.
Campbell said his family had a picture of Charles H. Nixon with a fish he caught. It was longer than he was tall.
At one time, the family seems to have been lost to relatives.
Communication being what it was, decades before the Internet and Facebook, Mrs. Thomas, of Buffalo, N.Y., had lost track of her uncle and other relatives in Waterford Township. She wrote a letter of inquiry to the postmaster of Waterford:
"Dear Mr. Post master, Will you be so kind as to inform me if there is any persons living in your place by the name of Nixon. My Uncles Name was Otis Nixon. … We would like to hear from them very much. Please Answer and Oblige."
The letter is owned by the Lower Muskingum Historical Society.
The property and cattle where the cemetery is are now owned by the Norman Arnold family, Pugh said.
"Joe (Arnold) used to have the fence around it, kept it mowed and kept it up," Pugh said.
No one from the Arnold family could be reached for comment.
At one time, Nixon Cemetery certainly had been better taken care of because of the presence of the two remaining fence posts, Crane said.
Trustees said they can't afford to get involved with improving the site.
"Any money to reset stones, we don't do that," Watertown Township Trustee Doug Parks said. "Do we need to put a cemetery levy (on the ballot)? I don't know if it would fly or not."


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The 2016 class surpassed the state and national average pass rates by 17 and 15 points respectively. Only two programs in New York State have achieved this level of performance. The program's six-year pass rate is an exceptional 99.3 percent.
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Cayuga Community College has announced today that they will host an Admissions event exclusively for former ITT Technical Institute students. The event will take place on Tuesday, September 27 from 6pm-8pm and will be held at the Holiday Inn in Liverpool, NY. The Holiday Inn Syracuse/Liverpool is conveniently located at 441 Electronics Parkway in Liverpool, NY, not far from the ITT Technical Institute campus.
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CCC Alumni Association Presents Annual Awards
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LOS ANGELES — The second presidential debate drew more viewers than the first, but still proved less of a draw than the Joe Biden-Sarah Palin matchup.
A total of 63.2 million viewers watched Tuesday's debate in Nashville, Tenn., between Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain, Nielsen Media Research said Wednesday. The figure represents the collective audience for 11 networks.
The Obama-McCain debate on Sept. 26 was watched by 52.4 million viewers, while more than 70 million saw Sen. Biden and Gov. Palin's sole meeting on Oct. 2. It's the second most-watched political debate ever, behind the 80.6 million people who watched the 1980 Carter-Reagan debate.
Nielsen tallied viewership for Wednesday's debate on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, BBC-America, CNBC, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC.
The candidates' third and last debate is scheduled for Oct. 15 at Hofstra University in Hempsted, N.Y.
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Next, the regime did everything it could — short of cancelling elections — to allow fewer votes to be cast for the other party.
It did so in ways that flagrantly violate the federal Voting Rights Act.
The evidence to convict the General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory is contained in the state's own voter database of registrations and actual turnout.
In a detailed analysis of the data, professors Daniel A. Smith of the University of Florida and Michael C. Herron of Dartmouth document four ways in which the cunningly titled "Voter Information and Verification Act" (VIVA for short) targets minority voters.
• In four of the five most recent statewide elections, early voters tended to be disproportionately black. In the last two presidential elections, slightly more than half the votes were cast early, but that trend among blacks was even more significant, especially on weekends.
VIVA reduces early voting days from 17 to 10. It purports to maintain the same total number of hours, but allows election boards to cut those also, as nearly a third of the counties already have done for the forthcoming primaries.
• Black voters have also been more likely than whites to take advantage of same-day registration during early voting. The 2013 law repeals that. Individuals who have not registered by the 25th day before an election are barred from voting.
• Blacks are significantly less likely to have the drivers' licenses or other specified forms of identification the law requires effective with the 2016 election. Although blacks account for only 22 percent of the voter base, they account for at least 31 percent of voters without state-issued photo IDs.
• Black voters tend to be younger than white voters, putting a racial spin on the law's provision waiving current ID requirements only for older voters with expired licenses.
These uncomfortable facts prove that in scheming to suppress votes for Democrats, the GOP bosses devised rules that significantly reduce the present ability of black voters to elect candidates of their choice.
Whether they intended that result is beside the point; the Federal Voting Rights Act still forbids any such effect.
Any fair-minded judge who considers the evidence will be honor-bound to strike down the North Carolina law. VIVA should be called the Voter Intimidation and Vilification Act.
(Martin A. Dyckman is a retired journalist who lives in Waynesville and is the author of several books on Florida politics, including Reubin O'D Askew and the Golden Age of Florida Politics; Floridian of His Century: The Courage of Governor LeRoy Collins; and A Most Disorderly Court: Scandal and Reform in the Florida Judiciary.)


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Is it fun to be a fan?
Upon returning from Florida I spent a good two days unpacking and reflecting on a great trip. However just a few days later there was only one place I wanted to be. Can you guess where it was?
If you said PNC Park, you would be right on the money.
My brother and me ventured to Pittsburgh on Saturday anticpating the game between the Padres and Pirates. I needed a nice trip to PNC Park, especially after sitting through a game at the ginormous colisuem known as Sun Life Stadium. One of my favorite things to see when driving to Pittsburgh is on the PA Turnpike.
You gotta feel safe when Mr. Fred Rogers is around.
We would soon find out that we were not the only ones who wanted to enjoy a night at the ballpark.
36,000 others packed the park not to see a good baseball game, but to see a Steve Miller Band concert on the field after the final out was recorded. Not going to lie my brother and I had this hidden agenda as well. We love rocking out to hits "The Joker," "Jet Airliner", "Take the Money and Run" and our personal favorite "Swingtown."
The game was running smoothly but the crowd grew restless. It got annoying. They were not there for baseball they were there for the extra circular activities. The crowd was almost as worse as my experiences with uneducated fans in Miami. There were beach balls flying in the stands, nobody paying one bit of attention to the game and more people were whining about the boring game, the hot weather, just nitpicking everything wrong with the Pirates and the sport of baseball.
I was content as always as my brother and I seemed to be the only ones living and breathing on every pitch. Pirates starter Jeff Karstens was really gunning through five innings looking the best he as all year. It was a classic pitcher's duel as the Padres Matt Latos looked superb as well.
I'm trying to start a new tradition of keeping score at every game I go to.
I've done so sporadically over the years and have to at each West Virginia baseball game. However, I'd love to do it at every major league game I go to. Buy a scorebook to keep all my games, notes and memories together. If I get this rolling I'm sure I will not quit. But the people around me looked at me like I was insane by doing this sacred ritual. I took a lap around the stadium during the game just to get a scope on how PNC was sitting since I last left it. I discovered I was one of only three people keeping score and one of maybe 12 that actually cared about the game.
Well I guess baseball gods heard the nonsense and ramblings as rain came pouring down in buckets.
For a good 45 minutes it was some of the worst rain I have ever seen from the stands at a ballgame.
Surpringly alot of people stuck around. It was the 8th inning when the rain started falling and the game was out of reach at 9-2 Padres. But people still remained. Nobody wanted to miss Steve Miller.
Zach and I did not want to either. However, the game eventually ended at 11 and Steve would not come on the field until 11:30. It was getting late and we had to be up early the next day. But we made a pact to stick around for one song, the first one they would play. Lucky for us it was our favorite, Swingtown!
Not lucky for us we still had a good night, very fun. I'm sure the rest of the 30,00 that stuck around enjoyed their night as well. But I'm sure it was just excruciating for them to sit through that baseball game. And it is just a dang shame.
Now it is hard for even the most die hard fans to sit through a seven run beatdown but that may be the only taste of Pirates baseball those fairweather fans will sample this year and it surely came back sour.
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Matt: I wouldn't have left if it rained. What's a little water going to do? I can't believe those people weren't really interested in the game. That is blasphemous! And Jeff Karstens! I remember that little cutie when he was with the Yankees….
I laughed out loud a couple of times reading this. A lot of games I am totally committed to keeping score. A lot of games I don't even make it to my seat because I'm walking around or hanging out somewhere in the park. Other games I commit to sitting and watching but not keeping score. LOL. A lot of times I decide right before the game.
I definitely would have stuck around for the rest of the show. I liked when it rained on all the disinterested with baseball folks.
I can never understand why people can't sit still and just watch the game when they go to the ballpark. It drives me nuts when they play with beach balls, get up from their seat every six seconds, etc. If you don't enjoy baseball, stay home!
Dont worry i get crazy looks all the time when I pull my scorebook out at games.
I am on my second scorebook book this season. In my section there are about 6 or 7 of us keeping score. I keep all kind of notes in my scorebook. Sometimes is on a previous book. Some of my notes might be a quote from Vin Scully. I hate the beachballs but the kids enjoy them.
Man I don't know how you can keep score every game, that's some dedication right there. I get too enthralled with the strategy of the game for that. Good read though dude!
Everytime I try to keep a score card, I get so into the game that I completely forget that Im trying to keep score. Usually sometime around the 4th inning the card goes blank.
I hate the beachballs but the kids enjoy them.
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We all know there's no better way to stay hydrated than by drinking water, but it's not the only way. Most fruits and vegetables are high in water content, and the more you eat, the less likely you are to dry out. Eat more of the following produce picks – each composed of over 90 percent water! – when the weather heats up, and you'll keep yourself from getting dehydrated. Bonus: they're all in season right now.
Cantaloupe is the most popular melon in the United States because of its sweet flavor, but it has value beyond the foundation for a fruit salad. This fruit is 90 percent water, which makes it a great choice for rehydrating throughout the day, not to mention more than 100 percent of your daily requirement for vitamin A. Try a serving alongside breakfast, and you'll counteract the dehydrating effect of that morning coffee.
The secret's been out for a while now; berries are nutritional superstars. And the best hydrator of the bunch is strawberries, which are 92 percent water. With more than 100 percent of your daily vitamin C requirement per serving, this antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, high-in-fiber fruit is the perfect summer snack. Try pairing it with dark chocolate to reap the heart-healthy benefits of both.
You may know that tomatoes are high in lycopene, a nutrient believed to help ward off several types of cancer, but here's something you may not have heard: watermelon has just as much of it, if not more. The rind also has a high concentration of nutrients, but not much in the way of flavor. Try them pickled -- they're delicious!
I get more jazzed for tomatoes in the summertime than any other fruit. For me, there's nothing better than a juicy, ripe tomato on a sandwich, or in a salad, soup or stew. And with a water content of 94 percent, they're great for hydrating throughout the day. A gazpacho with fresh tomatoes, onion, cucumber and green pepper makes a great no-cook light lunch or easy side.
When it comes to healthy summer snacking, celery is a superstar. With 95 percent water, a high amount of fiber and folate, and only 8 calories per stalk, it keeps you full, hydrated and bikini-ready. Fun fact about celery: it actually takes more calories to digest it than you take in. That's how it's earned its reputation as a negative-calorie food. Skip the pita chips and dip celery instead.
Like celery, radishes are 95 percent water. They're also high in vitamin B6 and potassium, making them nutritious as well as delicious. Part of the cruciferous family of vegetables alongside broccoli, cabbage and kale, they're a great summer source of the anti-cancer properties of their brothers and sisters, which are mostly in season in the colder months.
A summer farmer's market staple, zucchini is 95 percent water, making it a great addition to salads, salsas, or grilled vegetable platters. It's also a great source of B vitamins, which help with everything from healthy skin to a healthy immune system; and manganese, which is important for nerve and bone health.
There's no denying that cucumber is refreshing, and there's a reason that goes beyond taste. This vegetable is 96 percent water, making it a great food to keep you hydrated when it's hot outside. It's also an excellent source of vitamin K, and a powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant food. And it's so versatile! Try it in salads, salsa, smoothies… even in cocktails, where it can help to counteract the dehydrating effect of alcohol.
Iceberg Lettuce
At least – a reason to eat iceberg lettuce! This green gets a bad rap for its lack of vital nutrients compared to spinach, kale and the like; but it blows them all away in terms of water content, at a whopping 96 percent. So don't feel guilty if it's the foundation for your salad, as it's helping to keep you hydrated, not to mention giving you a dose of thiamine and iron.


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text: What to Pack for Spring Skiing 16 April 2014 KrystelleKubickiiglucom General Spring Skiing Packing List 'What do I pack for a spring ski holiday?' we hear you ask. Read on and you'll have no problem packing for spring skiing with our handy spring skiing checklist. 1. Sunscreen The sun is out, meaning that you're bound to catch a few rays while you're on the slopes. The sun reflects off of the snow making it more intense than usual, putting you at a higher risk of sunburn. Avoid the nasty peeling tomato look and be sure to pack your sun cream! Protective lip sunscreen is also a must, as is moisturiser to keep your skin feeling happy and hydrated. ---- 2. Goggles You may not want to burn to a crisp, but you do want to get yourself an awesome goggle tan so that you can show off to your friends and family back home about your recent ski trip! You also want to protect your eyes from the glare of the spring sun so that you can enjoy the views and see exactly where you're skiing. Goggles are sturdier than sunglasses and have much less chance of breaking, especially if you take a tumble. ---- 3. Layers Leave behind your thickest, warmest, heaviest winter thermals and instead, take lighter spring ski wear that you can layer up. You'll get hot quickly on the slopes with the sun beating down on you, so soft shell jackets, thin fleeces, hoodies, t-shirts and vest tops are your best bet. ---- 4. Novelty Clothing As the season comes to a close, there are more parties, meaning more silly outfits on the slopes. Get your onesie at the ready and be entertained as you see fellow dinosaurs, bears and leopards whizzing past you. If it's hot enough, you might even want to layer up your swimwear so you can do a spot of sunbathing in between runs. ---- 5. Pro-Plus With all the end of season parties and festivals on the go, you'll more than likely be waking up with a sore head in the morning. Be sure to bring some Pro-Plus / Lucozade Tablets / energy drinks to give you the energy to power through the day! The earlier you're out on the slopes, the better, so that you can make the most of the spring conditions. It's also advisable to take a water bottle to keep yourself hydrated during the day. ----


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"Abusive and underage college drinking are significant public health problems, and they exact an enormous toll on the intellectual and social lives of students on campuses across the United States.
Drinking at college has become a ritual that students often see as an integral part of their highereducation experience. Many students come to college with established drinking habits, and the college environment can exacerbate the problem. Research shows that more than 80 percent of college students drink alcohol, and almost half report binge drinking in the past 2 weeks.
Virtually all college students experience the effects of college drinking—whether they drink or not."
--National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2013
Alcohol is the largest contributor of high risk behaviors on college campuses. If you choose to drink alcohol, you assume the responsibility of dealing with the possible negative consequences.
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Equal attention to Learning Supports is essential so that:
- Every student will demonstrate academic achievement and be prepared for success after high school;
- Every student will be supported by highly prepared and effective teachers and school leaders; and
- Every school will offer a safe and healthy learning environment for all students.
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"School climate refers to the quality and character of school life. It is based on patterns of school life experiences and reflects norms, goals, values, interpersonal relationships, teaching, learning and leadership practices and organizational structures" (National School Climate Council). It plays a role in:
- the adoption of new practices;
- large transformational changes;
- social and emotional learning;
- the prevalence of mental health issues
- the prevalence of school violence and bullying;
- academic success;
- teacher attrition; and
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- Safety (e.g. rules and norms; physical safety; social-emotional safety);
- Relationships (e.g. respect for diversity; school connectedness/engagement; social support– adults; social support – students; leadership);
- Teaching and Learning (e.g. social, emotional, ethical and civic learning; support for learning; professional relationships); and
- the Institutional Environment (e.g. physical surrounding).


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Music is the universal language of love, this we know, and artists like Teena Marie remind us that music has no color. In honor of the legendary "Ivory Queen of Soul's" passing we take a look at other White singers who have moved us over the years. From Justin Timberlake to Robin Thicke and Joss Stone, here are the blue-eyed soul singers we love.
We call Robin Thicke our honorary brother because we can't help but want to claim that smooth, sweet vibrato for ourselves. Plus the "Lost Without You" and "Sex Therapy" singer appreciates appreciates our curves and we can get down with that.
Raised in the Baptist church in Tennessee, JT is a certified soul man whose music has earned him tremendous love in the Black community (except that Janet Jackson incident, but we'll leave that alone). At the end of the day, this Southern boy's got talent.
With his soulful mix of reggae, jazz and elements of gospel, we had no choice but to listen carefully to this Englishman who has given us hits like, "Every Breath You Take" (sampled by Diddy) and "If You Love Somebody."
Michael Bolton had everyone turning up the volume when he remade soul classics like "When a Man Loves a Woman" and "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay."
The music industry held its heart and wept on December 26, 2010 when it learned that Teena Marie had passed away at age 54. The former protg of Rick James has given us such timeless hits as "Square Biz" and "Ooh La La La." She will be dearly missed.
The former member of a backup band that backed Patti LaBelle and The Isley Brothers, Sir Elton has always had a little soul in him. Classics like "Bennie and the Jets" (sampled by Mary J. Blige) and "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (sampled by Kanye West) have continually inspired Black artists and audiences.
The little woman with a big voice, Aguilera first garnered our attention with the hip-hop flavored "Genie in a Bottle" and "What a Girl Wants." Since then her larger-than-life pipes have earned her numerous Grammys and the respect of Black listeners.
Influenced by 60s and 70s soul music, Simply Red was one of the most successful British soul bands, selling over 50 million albums during their 25-year career. Their biggest hit "Holding Back the Years" had us all swaying.
When this British songstress released the jazzy "All Around the World" few of us knew she was a blue-eyed sister. She continued to inspire us with classics like "All Woman" and "Never Gonna Give You Up."
What can we say about this UK bad girl except that her wicked vocal poweress is like none other.
An old-school blue-eyed soul man, Scaggs is known for hits like "Lowdown" and "Jojo."
Loggins' "This Is It" has been sampled by everyone from Nas to Kirk Franklin. By now the 1979 classic is a staple in Black music.
Stone's old school voice is reminiscent of the retro soul singers we've loved over the years. We can't wait to see what she more she has to give.
In 1981 Darryl Hall and John Oates had us all swaying side to side and singing, "Your kiss, your kiss is on my list!" From "Rich Girl" to "Out of Touch," these singing instrumentalists, who effortlessly fused R&B and rock-n-roll, just knew how to have a good time. The duo is currently enjoying a nationwide tour.
Michael McDonald is what you'd call a career musician, enjoying success in The Doobie Brothers and as a solo artist. We live for his duets. Who can forget "On My Own" with Patti Labelle and the Grammy-winning "Yah Mo B There" with James Ingram?
There are two sets of Bee-Gees fans — the soft rock lovers of classic tunes like "How Deep Is Your Love," and the disco babies who felt every pulse in "Staying Alive." We can be found somewhere in the middle of both parties.
Sure they were meant to the White version of New Edition, but this Bean-town crew had us all swooning in the 90s.
With his silky voice and smooth production, Jon B. has the art of R&B down to a science. And who can forget his 90s slow jam, "They Don't Know"?
Nikka Costa boogied into our hearts with her sexy dance with a microphone stand in the video for the funk and soul laced "Like a Feather." The tune, from her 2001 album "Everybody Got Their Something" was featured in a Tommy Hilfiger ad and landed her on tour with Lenny Kravitz.
British pop star Boy George captured the essence of teenage angst everywhere with 80s tunes like "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," and "I'll Tumble 4 Ya." Right now there's some 15-year-old band geek discovering Boy George for the first time, while she collects her tears in a glass jar and lays out her plan to get revenge on all the popular kids in school by becoming the biggest pop star in the world.
Phil Collins is perhaps one of the most underrated artists in the blue-eyed soul category. He's collaborated with Earth, Wind and Fire, Tina Turner and Eric Clapton and more — all to bring us music that's a genius hybrid of soul, pop and adult contemporary.
This blue eyed diva is a legend in her own right. She's won numerous accolades but is best known for her soul-tinged voice that's given her major crossover success, from pop to soul, from Europe to America and beyond.
Eighties pop-soul singer George Michael has sold over 100 million records worldwide and lent his vocals to famous covers like Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City" — showing he can run with the best of them. He's best known for "Faith," his debut album that pushed him into a realm of stardom that could only rival Michael Jackson's at the time.
David Bowie has spent nearly the last 40 years making hit after hit — proving he has true staying power in the world of music. He first achieved cross over success in 1975 with "Young Americans," and stole our hearts when he became one of the first White artists to appear on "Soul Train."
This Welsh singer with the husky voice made a splashy debut in 2008 with "Rockferry," landing her one Grammy award.
Jamiroquai debuted onto the music scene in the early '90s — nearly 20 years later and 25 million albums sold he's still making music for us to groove to. Who could forget "Virtual Insanity" off his 1996 "Traveling Without Moving" album?
Blue-eyed soul singer Adele hit the seen in 2008 with her mega hit "Chasing Pavements" and since then it's been nothing but success for the Brit. She's serving up her second album in early 2011 — expect more soul stirring vocals from this young artist.


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Forget Earth Hour, this Saturday and into the future. It is a feel-good exercise that does less to save Mother Earth than almost anything we can do. It trivializes the cause it supposedly bolsters: good stewardship of resources.
Earth Hour organizers claim the annual stunt inspires 50 million around the globe to turn off lights for one hour each year on a designated Saturday night. Those with genuine concern for the health and welfare of our planet should worry that an hour of darkness provides little more than nonsubstantive absolution for a year's worth of environmental guilt. One hour of darkness certainly does nothing to substantially reduce humankind's carbon footprint.
Changing the behavior of free individuals on a mass scale, even for an hour each year, is an uphill battle. What environmental activists can and should curtail are the wasteful activities of governments.
Below are ideas that could bring about sustainable change, if embraced nationally, to address unproved concerns about human effects on climate change:
• Demand that local-government servants shut off nonessential streetlights. Lobby for modern, efficient, down-directed lights that dramatically reduce power consumption.
• Demand that governments turn up thermostats in buildings during summer months, and turn them down during the winter. Insist on relaxed dress codes for government employees to help facilitate less heating and cooling.
• Suggest that law enforcement agencies strategically position patrol vehicles in order that they may be driven less without enabling crime.
• Demand that government agencies provide no bottled water to employees. Tap water is transported by gravity and uses no packaging. Bottled water travels in plastic containers on trucks. The spent containers end up on trucks, trains and ships, making their way to Chinese factories. They are melted down, and workers inhale the toxic fumes.
• Demand that local, state and federal agencies use the most efficient vehicles possible, driving them several years longer before replacing them.
• Demand that all nonessential computers and lights be turned off at night in local, state and federal buildings.
If humans are harming the planet, they will do less harm by reducing inefficiencies. Governments waste more than private-sector entities, which have a built-in financial incentive to reduce consumption. Before indulging feel-good publicity stunts, environmental activists should demand that public servants exhaust all opportunities to reduce consumption and maximize production. It's a realistic and achievable goal.


text: Shannon 75 I just read your experience with the blood in the stool information. I am really needing to talk to you about my son's current situation. I posted the thread "Trying to cope with the news" on page 3 and I am still struggling. The Gastro. Spec. demanded that my son be taken off of the BM Nov. 25 and be placed on Similac Alimentum to heal his intestine. From Oct. 23 until Nov. 25 he had green stools with many streaks of blood and then he passed a total of 4 blood clots without any stool in the meantime. A scope was done and found that he had severe allergic colitis. A stool culture was done and it came back normal. Since he has been off of my BM for a week I have went on a strict Elimination diet of having no Beef, Pork, dairy, soy, wheat, gluten, egg, peanuts and tree nuts. I know this is eliminating too much, but I am so afraid of having something to cause this terrible situation all over again. He is currently 5 1/2Months and he is doing amazing on the formula. I know that I can get my BM to do the same. I have regulated my oversupply of milk and the overactive let down that I was experiencing. The green stool was from entirely too much FM from which I had no idea about being a first time mom. I found out about LL League way too late and needed you moms a long time ago! I am looking into the Pancreatic Enyzmes to take as suggested by the Lactation Consultants at the Hospital where I delivered. Any suggestions of the brand, amount, strengths to buy? My game plan is to have my system clean of the allergins, letdown/oversupply regulated and take the Panc. Enzymes to assist. Any other things I am missing. I want this to be a success! I miss my son so much not being able to BF. Thank you in advance.


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Home List of Titles SAR versus VAR, and the size and shape that provide the most appropriate RF exposure metric in the range of 0.5-6 GHz
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/157511
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- SAR versus VAR, and the size and shape that provide the most appropriate RF exposure metric in the range of 0.5-6 GHz
- Author(s)
- McIntosh, Robert L.; Anderson, Vitas
- Abstract
- Basic restrictions for protecting against localized tissue heating induced from exposure to radiofrequency (RF) fields are typically specified as the specific energy absorption rate (SAR), which is mass averaged in recognition of the thermal diffusion properties of tissues. This article seeks to determine the most appropriate averaging mass (1, 3, 5, 7, or 10 g) and averaging shape (cube or sphere). We also consider an alternative metric, volumetric energy absorption rate (VAR), which uses volume averaging (over 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 cm3; cube and sphere). The SAR and VAR averaging approaches were compared by considering which was a better predictor of tissue temperature rise (ΔT) induced by near- and far-field RF exposures (0.5–6 GHz), calculated in a detailed human body model. For the exposure scenarios that we examined, VAR is better correlated with ΔT than SAR, though not at a statistically significant level for most of the metric types we studied. However, as VAR offers substantive advantages in ease of assessment we recommend this metric over SAR. Averaging over a cube or a sphere provides equivalent levels of correlation with ΔT, and so we recommend choosing the averaging shape on the basis of which is easier to assess. The optimal averaging volume is 10 cm3 for VAR, and the optimal mass is 10 g for SAR. The correlation between VAR or SAR and ΔT diminishes substantially at 6 GHz, where incident power flux density may be a better exposure metric.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Source
- Bioelectromagnetics, Vol. 32, no. 4 (May 2011), pp. 312-321
- Publication year
- 2011
- FOR Code(s)
- 020302 Electrostatics and Electrodynamics; 110202 Haematology; 111705 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
- Keyword(s)
- Human body modeling; Mass averaging; Radiofrequency safety standards; Temperature rise; Volume averaging
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- 0197-8462
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc..
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Below is part of the story published by MercuryNews.com, quoting Dr. Deborah Peel, founder of Patient Privacy Rights.
"The electronic medical records of 20,000 Stanford Hospital emergency room patients, including names and diagnostic codes, were posted on a commercial website, the hospital disclosed Thursday.
Personal information about patients seen between March 1 and Aug. 31, 2009, has been removed from the website and an investigation is under way, according to Stanford Hospital spokesman Gary Migdol.
But the startling breach — caused by a vendor's subcontractor, who has assumed responsibility — raises questions about the privacy of medical information as it passes through many hands.
In one instance, it revealed a psychiatric diagnosis of a Santa Clara patient.
The released information also included medical record numbers, hospital account numbers, billing charges and emergency room admission and discharge dates. Credit card and Social Security numbers were not included…
…Americans expect doctors and hospitals to use their records only with consent, said Dr. Deborah C. Peel, founder of the watchdog group Patient Privacy Rights, "not to give them to legions of contractors and strangers. Existing regulations are just not strong enough to protect Americans' sensitive health information. Today's electronic health systems are not safe or trustworthy.""


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President Obama on August 9 signed into law two bills aimed at boosting development of small U.S. hydropower projects. The bills, H.R. 267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, and H.R. 678, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act, are expected to help unlock some of the estimated 60,000 megawatts of untapped U.S. hydropower capacity.
H.R. 267 promotes the development of small hydropower and conduit projects and aims to shorten regulatory timeframes of certain other low-impact hydropower projects, such as projects that add power generation to the nation's existing non-powered dams and closed-loop pumped storage projects.
H.R. 678 authorizes small hydropower development at existing canals, pipelines, aqueducts, and other manmade waterways owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Such development could provide enough power for 30,000 U.S. homes. See the National Hydropower Association press release .


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Radio Interoperability, a Complete Communications Solution That Improves Incident Management
Cisco IPICS Server Software Release 4.0 enhances radio interoperability for simple, scalable, comprehensive communications collaboration. Providing even more than radio interoperability, the Cisco IPICS solution orchestrates resources; rich media such as photos, maps, documents, camera feeds and video media, and information; and delivers push-to-talk services across radio networks, IP networks, and traditional networks, to:
- Radios
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- Mobile phones
- Cisco Unified IP Phones
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Your organization can manage Cisco IPICS server software from any location with a Web browser. People at one or more locations can coordinate incident management, improving emergency response as well as routine operations. This software provides secure, role-based access for:
- Users
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Built with open IP standards and nonproprietary, commercial off-the-shelf technologies, Cisco IPICS Server Software extends the capabilities of radio interoperability, IP, and traditional networks, and avoids unnecessary upgrades to radio networks.
Cisco IPICS Server Software provides the following benefits:
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Courtesy photo Carpe Diem String Quartet will be performing 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Marshall Auditorium, general admission is $17 and for seniors, military and students it is $12.
Carpe Diem String Quartet will be performing 7 p.m. Tuesday, at Marshall Auditorium. General admission is $17 and $12 for seniors, military and students.
Carpe Diem considers themselves one of the most versatile quartets of their generation.
According to the Carpe Diem website, the past six years, they have earned a critical acclaim with innovative programming, electrifying performances and a passion for audience engagement
Carpe Diem's musical passion led the group down paths of gypsy, tango, pop, rock, jazz and tango inspired music, but the group is at home with traditional string quartet repertoire.


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Man arrested after chaseApril 20,2013HARTFORD A man has been arrested after leading police on a high-speed chase that took place in parts of Vermont and New Hampshire.
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The school's basketball coach is in limbo following an unexpected turn of events in which he left the school to accept the same position at the University of South Florida. During a background check, USF discovered Masiello did not possess a college degree.
"Masiello is currently in the process of reviewing his degree status with the University of Kentucky," a statement issued by Manhattan said. "Manhattan College has placed Masiello on leave while he completes this process with the University."
Florida state law requires college coaches are graduates with a four-year degree. Masiello, 36, listed on his resume that he graduated during his five years at Kentucky, where he was a walk-on for the Wildcats basketball team, but that was false.
Masiello's bio in the Manhattan media guide lists him as a "2000 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in communications."


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Blu-ray Review: 'People Like Us'
Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks as...brother and sister? We're checking out the new to DVD/Blu-ray drama "People Like Us," out Oct. 2 from Dreamworks/Touchstone Home Entertainment. The reviewed family sparks fly below!
Title: "People Like Us"
Grade: 4
Cast: Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Alex Kurtzman
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 113 minutes
Release Company: Dreamworks/Touchstone Home Entertainment
Website: www.pplikeusmovie.com
The Flick: This is simply one winning piece of work. From the very even toned script that features some good comedy, deep drama, all with the light touch via helmer Alex Kurtzman (who took this story from his own personal experience - and it shows!) to the winning performances by everyone, "People Like Us" surprised the hell out of me. Decent work by Pine, outstanding stuff by Michelle Pfeiffer as his frail mom and as always scene stealing and overall amazing work by the lovely, funny and effective Elizabeth Banks (is there anything that woman cannot do?!) – everyone scores big time. Plus any film that not only provides a memorable ending but one that brought a tear to my eye I'm recommending flat out – see this film.
Best Feature: The 'Commentary Track' by Pine and Director Kurtzman is good, but again is livened up, made humorous and is totally memorable thanks to a sassy and bawdy Banks – I could listen for hours.
Best Hidden Gem: Loved seeing Jon Favreau back in the acting saddle as Pine's powerful boss.
Worth the Moola: So much more then the cover implies, deeper then the story synopsis and filled with everything that makes a movie move you, "People Like Us" should see movies like this.