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By Michael Vega
Globe Staff / September 22, 2011
Jeff Gordon says he didn't feel compelled to reinvent himself when he was paired with crew chief Alan Gustafson during an organizational shakeup at Hendrick Motorsports before the start of the 2011 NASCAR season.
Gordon, 40, now with flecks of gray sprouting from his sideburns, felt he was the same driver who was winning three NASCAR titles during his roaring 20s and his turbo-charged 30s.
"I've never been one to focus on age and whether I was young or I was old,'' said Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet, one of three Hendrick drivers who qualified for this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. "I think the only reason it's come up this year is because I've not stepped up and performed the way that was championship-caliber the last couple of years.''
Since NASCAR adopted its 10-race playoff format, Gordon had been rendered an afterthought by teammate Jimmie Johnson, whose fifth consecutive title last year broke the tie he shared with Gordon for most among active drivers.
While Johnson was busy hoarding his five trophies, Gordon was struggling to win one under the new format. He finished third in 2004, sixth in 2006 (after failing to make the cut in 2005), second in 2007, seventh in 2008, third in 2009 (in a Hendrick 1-2-3 sweep), and ninth last year.
"You could easily look at it and say, 'Well, he's older, he's a dad now, and he's got a couple of kids.' So you could easily blame it on that,'' Gordon said. "But I haven't gone anywhere. I haven't changed.
"It's just that we're focusing on the fine-tune areas of making our stuff capable of winning and being championship-caliber instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.''
Still, car owner Rick Hendrick could see that the time Gordon had spent away from Victory Lane was beginning to take its toll.
"He's always been a team player, but I could see that Jimmie winning those championships got to him,'' Hendrick said. "And when Jimmie won the fifth one and he was no longer tied with Jeff, he now had one more than Jeff did and that's one of the reasons I wanted to split them up and put them in different buildings and pair them with the other team.''
So Gordon moved out of the 24/48 shop he shared with Johnson and, in effect, moved into Mark Martin's seat in the No. 5 car, inheriting Gustafson as his crew chief and the 5's crew. Dale Earnhardt Jr. went over to the 24/48 shop and was paired with Gordon's former crew chief, Steve Letarte.
"You know it had to work on his head,'' Hendrick said. "He had a drought in winning races and he had a drought with Jimmie winning championships. So I felt like he and Alan would be a good team.''
Ending the drought
Hendrick's hunch proved to be correct, as Gordon rebounded from a poor showing in the season opener at Daytona - where he started second but finished 28th - and won the next race at Phoenix.
That snapped Gordon's winless streak of 66 races that dated back to his victory at Texas April 5, 2009. It was the only victory Gordon had that season, one that was sandwiched by winless seasons in 2008 and 2010.
"When I saw him and Alan knock off that first win at Phoenix, I saw their jubilation in getting that out of the way,'' Hendrick said. "I don't think Jeff ever lost his confidence, but you surely are just not as confident as you were.''
Especially after a span of three seasons in which he won just once in 108 races.
"But after he got the first win, I could see him and Alan just jelling,'' Hendrick said. "Then here comes that second [at Pocono in June] and a third win [at Atlanta over Labor Day weekend].
"He could've won Bristol and he could've won Richmond, so he could've been sitting on three in a row. It's definite, the confidence and the chemistry is there with he and Al.''
Gordon and Gustafson were off and running, but their partnership was put to the test when they could cobble together only a pair of top-five results at Martinsville (fifth) and Talladega (third) over the next 10 races.
"I've known him a number of years,'' Gordon said of Gustafson. "We've talked along the way about his philosophy on set-ups and the things they were doing and I was always impressed and always felt like we got along well and always wondered what it'd be like to work with him.
"This year I've gotten that opportunity and, yeah, he's the real deal. He's got all the ingredients to be a championship-caliber crew chief and I'm enjoying getting to experience that.''
Gustafson, too, has come to enjoy working with Gordon.
"The thing about Jeff is he's as complete as any driver,'' Gustafson said. "He's a very good teammate, he's a very good team member, and he's a very good racecar driver, so you don't have to worry about a lot.
"You don't have to worry about him getting caught up in things he shouldn't be concerned about. He's a very smart guy and he knows where to focus his energy. He makes it very easy for me to focus on building the team as strong as you can build it.''
Next stop, Loudon
The trust and confidence driver and crew chief have was forged in the three victories they shared this season, Gordon's first multiple-win season since 2007 when he had six.
"A win can do so much for the entire team, and that's why I've said many times this year, a win validates things,'' Gordon said. "It confirms and builds confidence and chemistry within a team.
"You can have the exact same record in top fives and top 10s and accumulate a lot of points, and you can say, 'Hey, we're really good,' '' Gordon said. "But if you don't get that win - or wins - you're missing something and it does start to affect you eventually: 'Aw, we're good, but we're not good enough to win.'
"I think that's the difference between this year versus last year, is that we're capable of getting into Victory Lane and it's built our confidence in everything we're doing.''
While Gordon generated considerable momentum in qualifying as the No. 3 seed for the Chase, his confidence remained intact despite his 25th-place finish in Monday's rain-delayed Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, which sent him tumbling eight spots to 11th in the points, 25 astern of leader Kevin Harvick.
Gordon hopes to regain some traction in Sunday's Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He has led the most laps (1,226) of any driver in the Chase, and won three times at Loudon's 1.058-mile oval (1995, '97-98), tying him with Kurt Busch for the most by any Cup driver.
"It's not the easiest track to get figured out,'' said Gordon, who also has 10 top fives and 18 top 10s in his 33 starts at NHMS. "But, you're right, it has been a good track for me.''
Gordon hopes NHMS will serve as a springboard in his resurgence as a championship contender.
"You can call it resurgence or you can call it whatever,'' Gordon said. "But there's no doubt the confidence is back, because it hasn't been there the last few years. But it's not because I'm doing anything different.
"I'm just able to drive a racecar and be part of a race team that is just special.''
Michael Vega can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
© Copyright 2011 Globe Newspaper Company.
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In reading the responses given by Dr. Beatriz Espinoza, Coastal Bend College president, during her interview by Bill Clough, several were questionable at best or outright erroneous and bear scrutiny. Specifically, her allegation that a "process" was followed in determining which faculty not to renew is questionable. On April 16, 2013, and again on April 18, 2013, e-mails were sent to Dean Randy Lindeman and Vice President Mark Secord, requesting information in writing regarding any "process" that was followed to determine faculty non-renewals at the upcoming board meeting to be held on April 18, 2013. There was no response from either Lindeman or Secord prior to, or following, the board meeting. The first indication of any "process" was revealed in the Bee-Picayune interview of Dr. Espinoza, leading one to believe that the "process" was only developed after the fact.
The factors enumerated by Dr. Espinoza were: Load Report, Credentials, Modalities and Special Services. In applying Dr. Espinoza's "process," her statistics are inaccurate regarding the Business Technology program. Professional Business Technology (PBT) has never had 10 full-time faculty members. Four years ago, PBT had five full-time faculty, including the former division chair, Ann Richmond. If Dr. Espinoza included other Business faculty in her computation of faculty numbers in PBT, she omitted the statistics regarding the number of other Business graduates.
The "Load Report" factor was not applied correctly in the faculty evaluations. One non-renewed Business Technology faculty had in excess of the 450 contact hours alleged to be required. The "Credentials" factor was not applied correctly. Three non-renewed PBT faculty had the credentials to teach across several areas in order to offer a diversity of classes. The "Modalities" factor was not applied correctly in the faculty evaluations. Three of the four non-renewed Business Technology faculty were fully qualified in all modalities. The "Special Services" factor was not applied correctly.
As Business Technology chair, I oversaw four programs on four campuses, which entailed separate program reviews, separate advisory councils, and monitoring for compliance with state workforce guidelines. I coordinated all distance learning classrooms. My RUS grant acquisition set the standard for video conferencing classes. Under my leadership, a review of former students was implemented to determine eligibility for graduation. This has resulted in the increase in graduates in 2013 that Dr. Espinoza highlighted. Through the Summer Discovery Grant, I was instrumental in bringing high school students to the CBC Beeville Campus. These students have gone on to be successful graduates from many of our programs with certificates and diplomas.
In my 24 years as a faculty member and division chair, I have served the college with the best interest of the students always in mind. The new administration led by Dr. Espinoza has declared war on the faculty. Several faculty members, myself included, have chosen to leave rather than be a part of the destruction of our beloved institution. Sadly, it is the students who will be the casualties in this war.
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1) Check out the new Fringe. Fringe Outfitters opened its brick-and-mortar store in the Short North at 1177 N. High St. last month. It is a must-stop for people looking for well-crafted, one-of-a-kind T-shirts (it sells men's and women's) and accessories with a local angle.
2) Look at a local Lily on Lucky. And say that 10 times fast. Lily Schlosser is a local gal (I met her while writing about The Nest in Upper Arlington where she works as a stylist) whose sweet styling tips you can catch on her blog Lucky Star. She was recently featured in a Lucky Magazine post about dressing for the weekend. Cute.
3) Shop for Sandy victims. Elle magazine has rounded up a list of luxury brands that are offering proceeds of this weekend's sales to the Red Cross and other Superstorm Sandy relief efforts. One of the entries: "Like" the Lord & Taylor Facebook page now through Christmas and the brand will donate $1 per "Like" to the New York Red Cross.


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Kenneth O. White, age 73 years, a resident of Harman, passed away Saturday morning, April 6, 2013 at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be under the direction of the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins for Kenneth O. White. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.


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LA CROSSE, Wis. -- It's a worst-case scenario that's never happened at the La Crosse Airport and hopefully never does.
However, an airplane crash on the runway is something emergency responders say they need to be prepared for. That's why on Wednesday several agencies participated in a huge mock disaster drill on one of the airport's runways.
The mock emergency alert went out shortly after 5 p.m.
"Alert 3. Canadian regional jet has crash landed on runway 13," the alert stated.
The airport's own firefighters were first on scene. Within minutes, a unit from the La Crosse Fire Department arrived as back-up. It was the first of many waves of emergency responders that were called in to help.
Interim airport manager Clint Torp says a disaster of that magnitude requires help from so many different agencies.
"Actually physically getting everybody out here, practicing the communications, and practicing the use of apparatuses is really invaluable to ensure that in a real life situation they're the best trained as they can be," said Torp.
The disaster training is required every 3 years by the Federal Aviation Administration.
"These kind of accidents involving aircraft are extremely rare so it's important that we're constantly training on how to deal with these instances just in case," said Torp.
For the first time, the training gave firefighters a chance to practice on a model of an actual airplane. Firefighters say that helps make the training much more realistic.
"This isn't going to be like going in a house to rescue somebody or a car where they're right there," said Division Chief Jeff Murphy, with the La Crosse Fire Department.
"It's a lot more restrictive as far as the space goes," he added, explaining the challenges of fighting a fire inside an airplane.
The model provided by a Minnesota company even comes equipped with smoke and sound effects.
"We have to be prepared and there are a lot of disciplines like that where we have to have enough knowledge so that we can get it right when it does happen," said Murphy.


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Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski's antineoplastons versus patients
Prelude: Doin' the Antineoplaston Boogaloo with Eric Merola and Stanislaw Burzynski
In December I noted that Eric Merola, the "film maker" (and, given the quality of his work, I do use that term loosely) who was responsible for a movie that was such blatant propaganda that it would make Leni Riefenstahl blush were she still alive (Burzynski The Movie: Cancer Is Serious Business, in case anyone's interested), was planning on releasing another propaganda "documentary" about Stanislaw Burzynski later this year. Merola decided to call it Burzynski: Cancer Is Serious Business, Chapter 2 | A Modern Story. Wondering what it is with Merola and the multiple subtitles, I had been hoping he would call the Burzynski sequel something like Burzynski The Movie II: This Time It's Peer-Reviewed (except that it's still not, not really, and I can't take credit for that joke, as much as I wish I could) or Burzynski The Movie II: Even Burzynskier Than The First, or Burzynski The Movie II: Burzynski Harder. Mercifully, I doubt even Merola would call the film Burzynski II: Antineoplaston Boogaloo. (If you don't get this last joke because you are either not from the US or are too young to remember, check out the Urban Dictionary.)
In any case, Merola named the sequel what he named it, and we can all look forward to yet another propaganda film chock full of conspiracy theories in which the FDA, Texas Medical Board, National Cancer Institute, and, for all I know, the CIA, FBI, and NSA are all out to get Merola's heroic "brave maverick doctor," along with a website full of a "sourced transcript" to be used by Burzynski minions and shills everywhere to attack any skeptic who dares to speak out. The only good thing about it, if you can call it that, is that I'm guaranteed material for at least one juicy blog post, at least as long as I can find a copy of Burzysnki II online, as I was able to do with Burzynski I, thanks to Mike Adams at NaturalNews.com and other "alternative sites" that were allowed to show the whole movie for a week or so before folks like Joe Mercola were allowed to feature the complete film on their websites indefinitely.
Maybe Eric Merola will send me a DVD review copy when the movie is released. Or maybe not.
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What in the flyin' fu@k is going on with this diluted chicken sh1t place we call home??? It seems like every time one turns around,another tradition is being attacked. I guarandamntee ONE THING,if this is in accordance with some diluted interpretation of the 1st Amendment, I DARE SOMEONE to start their protest AT a Military Funeral. When I was on the "Burial Detail" we used LIVE AMMUNITION.......
Imagine that,a bunch of bleeding heart wuss-bags want to protest the burial of the very people that continue to give them the ability to even breathe......I SAY BULL$HIT!!
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Section 1308 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ("EISA 2007") directed the Secretary
of Energy, in consultation with the States, to undertake a study of the laws affecting the siting of
privately-owned distribution wires on or across public rights of way and to consider the impact of those
laws on the development of combined heat and power ("CHP") facilities, as well as to determine
whether a change in those laws would impact utility operations, costs or reliability, or impact utility
customers. The study is also to consider whether changing the laws would result in duplicative facilities
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10 Things Customer Service Reps Want to Tell You
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When something goes wrong with a cable bill, hotel reservation or anything else, there's one person whom we take our frustration out on: the customer service representative. We spoke to experts to find out everything they wish customers knew—from the best way to score a fast resolution to how not to start a call.
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1. We really do want to help. If you're experiencing a problem, it's understandable you might be frustrated by the time you're connected with a customer service rep. But starting that call on the offensive won't help. "[Go] into the conversation knowing that any good rep really wants to assist the customer," says Bill Gessert, president of the International Customer Service Association.
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2. It's easier for us to help when we have all the pertinent information. There's a reason customer service agents ask all of those questions: They need the answers to help you out. "Being prepared and stating clearly what the problem is and what you need will get you to a resolution much more quickly," says Deb Levins, a senior account manager at Alpine Access.
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3. I'm usually just as helpful as my supervisor would be. In most cases the representative who answers your query will be able to give you what you need. "It's hard when you have an irate customer who demands to speak with your supervisor right out of the gate," says Theresa Gentile, senior manager of customer service at StubHub.
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4. Express what you want in terms of a realistic resolution. "To avoid confusion, be clear about what action you'd ideally like the agent to take," says Holly Zoba, senior vice president of hospitality sales at Signature Worldwide, a provider of customer service training for a variety of industries. For example, she adds, at hotels, guests often come to the front desk to complain about their room without stating what they'd like in return for the inconvenience.
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5. We love to hear feedback from you—especially if you were unhappy with your experience. Most customer service reps will tell you that the best part of their job is successfully helping customers. And while getting kudos for a job well done will make their day, hearing back from unsatisfied customers is just as important. "I wish these customers were more willing to provide us with feedback," says Gentile.
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6. You're not our only call for the day. Think you're worn out from calling customer service? That's nothing compared to what the average rep goes through each day. According to Gessert, on a daily basis the agent handles 65 to 85 calls. "It's not easy to have to treat every customer as if his or her call was my only one of the day," he says. "Word to the wise: Make your calls as early in the day as possible to get a fresh and friendly agent."
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7. Just like you, we hate when there's nothing we can do to resolve your issue. Customer service agents are just as frustrated as you are when they can't give you a timely solution to your problems. "When you're stuck in a position where there's nothing you can do to change a bad circumstance or you have no control over improving a bad situation that's the worst position to be in," says Zoba.
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8. We're people too. "I wish customers knew how hard it can be to separate yourself from those really difficult conversations," says Levins. "It's hard not to take it personally when someone makes comments that seem to be aimed right at you, when they are really just upset with the situation or the company." As Gessert says, "Times like those are exactly what the mute button is for!"
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10. We really do know what we're doing! Customer service agents go through rigorous—and continuous—training programs that include leaning how to deal with different situations, issues and customer personalities. "Most businesses these days are changing constantly to adapt to the economy and to customer behavior, so it's rare that a representative will be trained once," Levins says.


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Economic ignorance and the desire for "social justice" drives much of the left's nonsensical arguments
I was reading something by Matt Welch at Reason and he inspired some thought about OWS and the left.
Welch takes a bit of nonsense in Salon.com called "The New Declaration of Independence" on and he cites a rather long passage from the article. In it are these few paragraphs:
For the young, higher education was said to be a ticket to class mobility, or at least a secure career. Instead, middle-class students have taken on billions of dollars of inescapable debt during a prolonged jobs crisis. Lower-income students are blatantly ripped off by usurious scam artists working for educationally dubious for-profit schools. Even those seeking to join the professional class, through medical school or law school, find themselves with mountains of debt and dwindling job prospects. The rapidly rising cost of higher education pushes bright students into lucrative but socially destructive fields, like finance. […]
For millions of middle-class and striving blue-collar American families, the promise of homeownership as the world's safest investment became another money-making bubble for Wall Street that remains Main Street's intractable mess. Those members of the middle class unfortunate enough to do as an industry of wise men counseled them and invest in the stock market and real estate have seen the fruits of a lifetime's worth of labor evaporate in multiple busts and crashes that the wise men always escape from economically intact. […]
It is not in the national interest to force the impoverished to become wage slaves to pay off insurmountable debts owned to payday lenders and hugely profitable bankers. […]
Every other rich nation on earth heavily subsidizes higher education. We force mere kids to mortgage their futures, then ensure that the debt follows them the rest of their lives, regardless of their living circumstances. […]
Even millions of homeowners who "did everything right" find themselves underwater, or illegally foreclosed upon by banks running roughshod over the rights of homeowners by robo-signing fraudulent foreclosure documents by the thousands.
Welch does a very good job of firing with all guns on this nonsense.
Which is why phrases like "wage slaves," "inescapable debt," and "force" "force" "force" leave me feeling like a brother from another planet. Adult human beings have agency, the ability (even responsibility!) to run their own cost/benefit analyses and choose accordingly. You could go to a state school (or community college) instead of an over-inflated prestige mill. You could pay for a 10-year-old car in cash, instead of a new one on installments. You could try to make it in Minneapolis before living the dream in Williamsburg. You could stare into the face of a no-money-down, adjustable rate 30-year mortgage at the tail end of a housing-price run-up and conclude "Maybe that one's not for me." You could even choose to turn down a bad if high-paying job when you're living below the poverty line. If we indeed live in a "candid world," let us state bluntly that offloading 100% of the blame for your own mountain of debt on a group of Greedy McBanksters who "forced" you to "play by the rules" is more than a little pathetic.
Of course, he's entirely correct as far as he goes. And, to his credit, he touches on the real problem. The "mountain of debt" chosen by those who have taken on such enormous debt in exchange for what many times turns out to be a useless degree costs so much because government subsidizes it through its loans.
While the choices Welch points to are an entirely reasonable response to the "woe is me, I made bad choices and want you to bail me out" crowd, that crowd still doesn't understand that without the government, not the "greedy bankers", higher education would be much more reasonable than it is. Right now, colleges and universities don't have to compete for a student's dollars. They simply state the price and you either pay or you don't go. Imagine having to compete to get those hard earned or even borrowed dollars.
So the emphasis on banks and the greedy is misplaced in the case of college loans. If anyone is the greedy one's it is schools. And they're just naturally taking advantage of the results of the government distorting the market.
And that's not the only protest that's misplaced. Michael Bloomberg got in hot water yesterday for saying that the housing crisis was the fault of government. In fact it was.
Did bankers have something to do with it? Well yes, but it wasn't their program and its enforcement that inspired the problem. Bloomberg points to the real problem:
"I hear your complaints," Bloomberg said. "Some of them are totally unfounded. It was not the banks that created the mortgage crisis. It was, plain and simple, Congress who forced everybody to go and give mortgages to people who were on the cusp. Now, I'm not saying I'm sure that was terrible policy, because a lot of those people who got homes still have them and they wouldn't have gotten them without that.
"But they were the ones who pushed Fannie and Freddie to make a bunch of loans that were imprudent, if you will. They were the ones that pushed the banks to loan to everybody. And now we want to go vilify the banks because it's one target, it's easy to blame them and congress certainly isn't going to blame themselves. At the same time, Congress is trying to pressure banks to loosen their lending standards to make more loans. This is exactly the same speech they criticized them for."
Investors Business Daily goes into some detail about all of that, pointing out that it was indeed government enforcing government policy that led to the housing bubble. But understanding that requires a little research:
Rewind to 1994. That year, the federal government declared war on an enemy — the racist lender — who officials claimed was to blame for differences in homeownership rate, and launched what would prove the costliest social crusade in U.S. history.
At President Clinton's direction, no fewer than 10 federal agencies issued a chilling ultimatum to banks and mortgage lenders to ease credit for lower-income minorities or face investigations for lending discrimination and suffer the related adverse publicity. They also were threatened with denial of access to the all-important secondary mortgage market and stiff fines, along with other penalties.
The threat was codified in a 20-page "Policy Statement on Discrimination in Lending" and entered into the Federal Register on April 15, 1994, by the Interagency Task Force on Fair Lending. Clinton set up the little-known body to coordinate an unprecedented crackdown on alleged bank redlining.
The edict — completely overlooked by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and the mainstream media — was signed by then-HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros, Attorney General Janet Reno, Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, along with the heads of six other financial regulatory agencies.
"The agencies will not tolerate lending discrimination in any form," the document warned financial institutions.
Ludwig at the time stated the ruling would be used by the agencies as a fair-lending enforcement "tool," and would apply to "all lenders" — including banks and thrifts, credit unions, mortgage brokers and finance companies.
Again you have the government intruding in the market in the name of social justice and being threatened by that government to modify their practices and make bad loans. And that's just what they did. The IBD chart in the article cited tells the story. Government policy required bad loan practices be used to comply with the law.
The point, of course, is that government has most of the blame for creating the two problems that Salon.com is going on about. And, one can only assume, it is ignorance of market dynamics or more broad ignorance of economics in general that has them using this nonsensical argument that ignores the real core of the problem. You have to do that if your intent is to use government as the instrument of "social justice", even when it is government coming to the "rescue" of a problem government created.
But then, that shouldn't really come as a surprise. What has become evident to me, in general as I watch most of the left, is that Econ 101 was never a subject that was required for a journalism degree or most other liberal arts degrees that are so favored on that side of the spectrum. And it is ignorance (or blatant disingenuousness, take your pick) that drives such clueless arguments as that which Salon (and OWS) is pushing. However, you have to do that if your intent is to use government as the instrument of "social justice", even when it is government coming to the "rescue" of a problem government created.
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I have 3 week old twin boys. Because I had GD, while in the hospital the babies had to be supplemented with formula due to blood sugar issues. We cup fed to avoid nipple confusion and they both latched quickly and BFing hasn't been a problem since. We continued supplementing until my milk came in but they've since been weaned from formula.
I tandem feed on demand, usually every 2-3 hours. If one is sleeping, I wake him up so I can feed them both. I pump for 15 mins after every feeding to increase supply and try to fit in at least one power pumping session a day. I usually get about half an ounce per breast after each feeding, sometimes less (half an ounce in total).
I'm eating lots of oatmeal and taking fenugreek (3 pills 3x a day). I feel like I'm getting a fair amount of rest (~6 hours) and I'm drinking lots of water, as well as Mother's Milk tea. I tried adding blessed thistle, and although my supply seemed to briefly dramatically increase*, it made the babies spit up and gave us all soft stools.
In the afternoons/early evenings they want to nurse constantly. They'll nurse, fall asleep, I set them down, 10 mins later they wake up hungry. I do continue putting them to the breast because I want my body to know to make more milk, but I feel so guilty because they seem like they're starving! I supplement in the evenings with bottles of expressed BM so help make sure they're full before we put them down.
At first I thought this was a growth spurt, but it's been like this for at least 10 days. Could it be or do you think I have a supply issue? Shouldn't I be able to pump more than a half an ounce or an ounce at a time? Should I increase fenugreek to 4 pills 3x a day?
My pedi was impressed I'm able to solely BF as she said she rarely sees mothers of twins be able to do that. I know it's totally possible and I have a huge desire to 100% provide for my babies, so I'm looking for all the help I can get. Any advice? Any thoughts?
*What I mean by "dramatically increase" is that I was getting closer to an ounce per breast when pumping after feeding rather than the lame 1/2 ounce when taking blessed thistle. It's too bad, because I definitely noticed a difference. Maybe I should try it again at a lower dose? I was taking 3 pills 3x a day.


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"The Elixir of Love" is one of opera's most popular and effervescent romantic comedies. Since it premiered in Milan in 1832, it has been a favorite for opera-goers around the world. True love triumphs in the end in this hilarious comic romp. The show features "Una furtiva lagrima," one of the most famous of all arias.
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Being equally cynical peel have also announced a highly unpopular plan to build on all the green belt of Hazel Hurst and broad oak
Phil, having carried out some work for forever reds and therefore you will understand client confidentiality, the reason for not collecting via FR is due to the rules governing how they use monies which it raises and tax implications.
On the matter of their White knight, am I being cynical in thinking there is a grander picture here.
Peel holdings have been desperate to build a race course and now all of a sudden they are back in discussions with a multimillion pound horse owner and involving the council....just a coincidence surely.
What's the betting the deal goes along the lines of .....allow us our race course we won't build the houses?


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Bellin Health offers free heart health screening
SURING — Bellin Health will hold a free heart health screening from 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at its Suring clinic.
The screenings include total cholesterol and glucose tests, a blood pressure check and body mass index tests. Results will be available 10 minutes after the assessments.
"These screenings are an opportunity for patients to be evaluated, for free, and learn the healthiness of their heart," said Teresa Watters, the nurse practitioner who will conduct the screenings.
Appointments are required. Participants are encouraged to fast for 10 hours before their appointment for more accurate results. Morning medication and water are allowed. The clinic, Bellin Health Family Medical Center-Suring, is at 307 Manor Drive, Suring.
Heart diseases kill roughly 700,000 people each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Lowering cholesterol and high blood pressure helps trim the risk of death from heart disease, experiencing a nonfatal heart attack, and needing bypass surgery or angioplasty," Watters said. "Among people without heart disease, studies show lowering high blood cholesterol and high blood pressure lessens the risk of ever developing the disease."
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If you enjoyed yesterday's show on game theory and want to know more, I have a few items to recommend.
As I mentioned on the show, the movie A Beautiful Mind stars Russell Crowe as John Nash, a mathematician who won the Nobel Prize for his contributions to the field of game theory. The movie itself only superficially covers Nash's ideas, but it might be more interesting to watch once you understand what he was working on.
William Poundstone's book, Prisoner's Dilemma, alternates between in-depth discussions of game theory, and a biography of mathematician John von Neumann. Although I didn't get to explain this point on the show, game theory was developed partly as a way of discussing global politics in the face of potential nuclear war. This book focuses largely on that application.
I first encountered the prisoner's dilemma years ago while reading Metamagical Themas by Douglas Hofstadter. The book is a collection of Scientific American columns and does not focus primarily on game theory. However, Hofstadter is a brilliant and wildly entertaining author who makes technical subjects very accessible. The chapters on game theory, which occur toward the end of the book, are introduced with a very interesting fictional story about a small town which is threatened by a demon who has a bizarre fetish for receiving postcards. Sending large numbers of postcards is the only way to protect the town from eventual destruction. Instead of a flurry of writing, the townspeople wind up making a lot of excuses for their apathy. You can read an excerpt of this story here at Google Books.


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Google only government websites.
Many federal agencies provide information specifically related to various aspect of small business. Here are some of the most useful information sites.
The small business advocate within the federal government is the Small Business Administration (SBA) which provides a number of services for small business. Here are a few of the them:
Small Business Act
The congressional act that established support for Small Business through the SBA.
SBA Local Offices
An interactive map to help you find an office near you.
Small Business Development Centers
SBDCs offer one-stop assistance to individuals and small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations.
Services from the Small Business Administration particularly for U.S. Military Veterans.
What is a Small Business?
The federal regulations that establish how a business is determined to be small. The SBA has the responsibility for setting these regulations.
Both the United States Senate and House of Representatives have committees that look out for small business by introducing small business friendly legislation. You can follow what in happening in congress by visiting the U.S. Congress Small Business Committees.
Many other branches of the federal government offer services useful for small businesses. Here are some agencies that are good to know about:
The official business link to the U.S. Government.
Employment Law Guide
Laws, regulations and technical assistant services for all small businesses from the Department of Labor.
Federal Business Opportunities
The single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. Government buyers are able to publicize their business opportunities by posting information directly to FedBizOpps via the Internet. Through one portal - FedBizOpps (FBO) - commercial vendors seeking Federal markets for their products and services can search, monitor and retrieve opportunities solicited by the entire Federal contracting community.
A one-stop source for information on more than 1,000 Federal and State administered benefit and loan programs.
Internal Revenue Service
The Federal Tax Information Center for Businesses is a central location for finding out information about business taxes from Internal Revenue Service, including forms and instructions online, available for download.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Regulations and help in dealing with publicly traded securities.
U.S. Copyright Office
The Library of Congress copyright information.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Your source for patent and trademark information.
Useful Federal Publications:
334 Tax Guide for Small Business (For Individuals Who Use Schedule C or C-EZ)
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Colonial re-enactors Paul Brennan and JoAnn Bogdanovicz will portray George and Martha Washington. The party will include beer tastings from several local breweries, 18th century tavern fare (and birthday cake), a brief talk by Sullivan County Historian on "American Walks Into a Bar: The Role of Beer in the Revolutionary War," and dancing (including the Virginia Reel) to period tunes performed by historical musician Linda Russell.
Donation is $35 in advance and $40 at the door to benefit The Delaware Company (the non-profit friends of Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History in Narrowsburg.) Colonial attire is highly encouraged, but not required.
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IU Home Pages received three first-place awards in the communications
contest of the Press Woman's Club of Indiana.
The categories were:
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Public relations publication, four-color format
IU Home Pages won two national awards in the communications
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honors in the categories "Writing for the Web: Not-for-Profit or
Educational Sites" and "Public Relations: Newsletter, Four-Color
Format" will be presented during the annual NFPW Communications
Conference in Indianapolis on Sept. 15.
In its 16th annual admissions advertising award competition, the
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IU Home Pages in the category of internal publications (schools
with 10,000 or more students).
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Podesta Named Interim President of the MCLA
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GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The MCLA executive committee is pleased to announce that it has selected Gary Podesta to complete the remaining term of former president Tony Scazzero . Gary Podesta began his lacrosse career on Long Island, New York and continued to Washington and Lee University where two life-long vocations emerged; physical therapy and lacrosse coaching.
Gary began his coaching career in 1979 at Bethpage High School in New York producing three players who would become college All-Americans.
After moving to California, Gary began to coach at the college level. From 1983-1995, 2000-2009 and again from 2011 to 2012, he was the head coach at Santa Clara University. In 1993 he was selected as Western Collegiate Lacrosse League Division 1 Coach of the Year.
Podesta was the offensive coordinator/assistant coach at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, Ca in 2010. He coached the Argentina National Lacrosse team at the 2010 FILA World Championships in Manchester, England. He is the President of the WCLL and serves on the Board of the Northern California Chapter of US Lacrosse. He also served as the Director of Game Operations for the San Francisco Dragons of Major League Lacrosse.
In 2003, Podesta was inducted into the Santa Clara University Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2010 Gary was inducted into the US Lacrosse Northern California Chapter Hal of Fame.
Podesta resides in Gilroy, CA with his wife Lyndsey and their family. He is a physical therapist working as an ergonomic consultant at Chevron Corporation headquarters in San Ramon, Ca.
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Friends: Season 1 DVD
The complete first season of Friends, 24 episodes of America's #1 sitcom are now available for the first time ever on four DVDs. This set includes nearly 10 hours of programming and never-before-seen footage in each episode. Digitally re-mastered for improved sound and picture. Guest stars include George Clooney, Helen Hunt, Noah Wyle, Jon Lovitz, Jill Goodacre.
DVD Special Features:
Commentary for the pilot from the executive producers A video guide to Season's One's special guest appearances An interactive map with insider stories from the crew Trivia game for Season 1 And more...
English, French, Spanish subtitles
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- Rating: Not Rated
- Number of Discs: 5
- Run Time: 587 Minutes
- Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: August 3, 2010
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Korean
- Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.0
- Genre: TV Series
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Producers Commentary On The Pilot Episode
A Peek At Central Perk: Interactive Map
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Help with WMA ID3 Synch Sony Walkman NW-A857
I have a Japanese model NW-857. I don't speak or read Japanese (first problem but I am learning fast). Its a good player but I have been having problems syncing WMA files from my PC using WMP (yes, I know, dont use WMP). System is Windows 7 64bit.
The first problem was that album artwork would not sync. I overcame this by downloading Mediamonkey and manually updating all the ID3 tags from the internet. I then reloaded all the albums (there are quite a few of them) onto my player from WMP. Artwork problem (largely) solved!
Next issue is proving trickier. The Album Artist / Artist tag does not display for most of the albums loaded onto the player. In its place are two Japanese characters which I would hazard a guess stand for "artist unknown": same for most tracks.
OK, so back to Mediamonkey. I removed the albums from the player again and tried syncing from Mediamonkey. Hey presto! Album artist tags mysteriously worked...(can anyone explain why?) but there is a catch: the tracks synced from Mediamonkey will not play on the player. An error message flags up on the screen (in Japanese - not sure what it says but might be a DRM error) and the player attemtps to restart the track to no avail until I put it out of its misery.
Can anyone offer a solution please? I am perilously close to actually sitting down and enjoying some excellent quality, noise cancelled playback. Surely this is a first for us MP3 player users!
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Did you rip the WMA files using WMP? If you did and didn't UNcheck the option to copy protect the files WMP has DRMed them. The default in WMP is to copy protect WMA files and there's no obvious warning.
A simple test to see if the files are copy protected is to try playing them with a program that doesn't deal with copy protected files. XMPlay will do. Download from the linked page and unzip. Drop one of the files that won't play into it after you run the .exe. The included xmp-wma.dll allows standard wma files to play as long as they aren't copy protected.
The other possibility I see is that the WMA files aren't a encoded so the Sony can use them. If you selected a format like WMA Lossless they can't be played on a Sony.
The warning about not using WMP isn't just a knee jerk reaction. It truly does suck on multiple levels including breaking tags from other programs, down sizing album art behind your back and writing information into your tags and then hiding it from you.
I would love to be wrong about the DRM issue. Even if they are protected it would seem that MM should be able to transfer the needed licenses so they should play. I just have so little experience with that I really don't know.
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Thanks Skip. Good post! OK we are getting closer then...the files are ripped from CD and all seem to have copy protection switched off. BUT they are all in WMA lossless format. WMP seems to be able to handle this and I presume must convert them to a more compressed format when syncing with the device. Mediamonkey doesn't seem to be doing this....do you know if it can be configured to do this perhaps? Still not sure why WMP is messing up the ID tags...
As you've found WMA lossless isn't supported by your player. MediaMonkey can do a on the fly conversion from WMA lossless to a format your Sony during sync but that requires the paid version, The free version lets you convert the WMA lossless files to a format the player will handle previous to syncing the files. You then sync the converted files. That leaves you with a second set of files you need to keep if you use sync to load the player.
Converting again if you want to include those files in any future syncs would create a file with a different creation date. That different creation date would cause the newly created file to be seen as a different tune even though the name is the same. Since the software sees a different file it will transfer the newly converted file instead of using the previously transferred file. You would have multiple copies of the same file transferred. Ain't MTP file syncing grand?
MusicBee, a free software (Donations accepted!) can do what you want. For that reason and several others I recommend MusicBee now where I once recommended MediaMonkey.
What software you use is up to you but I've found what I pointed out about WMP to be accurate. Many of the problems it has with properly handling music files and sync aren't apparent until down the road when it can be fairly difficult to get things back in good order. I knew one poor soul that didn't know WMP tagging system shrinks all files named folder.jpg to around 9-12 kb when it updates.
That was after they spent weeks finding high quality album art images so it would display nicely on a larger screen. It's hard to describe how hacked off they were when they discovered they needed to do it all again in order not to have horribly pixelated images on anything but the small screen of their DAP.
I keep up to date with WMP because I have a stuck in the mud family member that needs their library straightened out, then resynced a couple of times a year at least. I know people that were absolute beginners that have great libraries and sync easily with both MediaMonkey and MusicBee. Once I helped them get up to speed they easily learned how to maintain their libraries. Most often they've needed very little assistance once they picked on the basics.
Good software is like that. It doesn't hide it's inner workings and warns you in a no nonsense way if you're about to do something that may have a negative result.
I'd think about investigating a better media library software. The time saved in the long run with the difficulties you don't encounter should make becoming familiar with a new software well worth your time.
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Ok so you would think after succesfully bfding my other two children the third would be a breeze. Not so! It appears that every child is different, as many say...and I had to meet with an LC last week but am still having issues and can't afford to keep going back to her and paying a consultation fee. SIGH
So here's the deal. LO is almost 4 weeks old now and from the beginning has had poor milk transfer. The consultant feels this is due to his recessed chin resulting in poor ability to compress my areola and transfer milk well. His weight gain was adequate but not great at 1 and 2 week checkups and I was having to pump after each feeding because I could tell right away that he was not emptying my breasts well. I am producing milk great which is a relief since I also have hypothyroidism (corrected with meds but it can still affect milk production) and am pumping 3-4 ounces after each feeding. The LC did a weigh and feed measurement last week and after 20 or so minutes of him nursing and using breast compression he got less than an ounce of milk. No wonder he wanted to eat every 60 minutes!! So now he is getting 2-3oz of pumped milk after each feeding using an avent bottle. I am probably going to buy an SNS tomorrow because he is starting to refuse the breast altogether...or put very little effort into it.
My concern with the overactive letdown is that although he is angry and wants letdown to happen quickly (partially due to getting used to bottles now)...when I do have letdown he chokes and pulls off the breast. He also does this when I try to use breast compression to keep him sucking or wake him up at the breast. Sometimes after letdown he will take a few big gulps and then stay latched on but stop sucking- as if he is afraid to try to keep eating or whatever. He kind of just freezes in place, waits for a minute and then will do some weak suckling. THEN he will get mad that the letdown is "over". Probably because he is starving but doesn't want to be choked to death. I don't think I have an oversupply and with the hypothyroidism and milk transfer issues I am weary of reducing my supply on purpose just to reduce letdown. Should I perhaps pump before each feeding for a few minutes? He gets so impatient for letdown to happen I'm afraid if I pump beforehand it will take forever and he will not wait for it. I guess it's worth a try though.
Another problem I wouldn't mind advice for is how to do the prescribed pumping after feedings when your baby doesn't settle right away. If I do not do the pumping IMMEDIATELY after the feeding then it will affect the milk supply for the next feeding. Due to his poor suck I need to be as full as possible for the next feeding but to maintain my supply I also need to pump after each feed. So I try to do it right after I feed him. Or I use a bottle propper to give him his supplement in a bottle while I pump- but he is little and swallows air with the bottle unless I hold him and give him cheek support. If I sit with him and feed him his bottle and then put him down to pump, he starts to fuss and by the time I am done pumping he is in hysterics. Not to mention my two year old is climbing on me and trying to "help" the baby or me as I sit on the floor trying to hold both pumps with one arm and give him a pacifier with the other hand.
I am really really hoping he gets big enough and strong enough to compensate for his recessed chin and nurse more effectively in the next few weeks. I want to get a lact-aid supplementer but need one immediately and of course they can't be bought locally. I might settle for a medela SNS even though I keep reading they are more difficult to use and not as ideal for correcting suck problems.
Agh. Any advice?? In case I have babbled too much here are the main issues:
1. Poor milk transfer resulting in need for supplementing. Starting to favor bottle over breast.
2. Strong letdown resulting in baby choking and pulling off breast.
3. Difficulty pumping after feeds due to baby freaking out :boggle
I know it's somewhat rude to join just so I can post for help...but I will probably come back to offer my own advice/experience to others here once things have settled down. Thanks in advance!!


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Happy 1000th kilowatt
MILANVILLE, PA — The River Reporter has been following the tribulations of our solar panels during a long winter [at Barbara Yeaman's house on River Road; see "Solar in winter," February 10, and news brief, "Back in business," February 1], so I'm happy to report that on March 3—following a run of sunny days—our solar meter recorded its 1000th kilowatt hour of electricity.
Each "megawatt" (1000 kilowatts) we generate entitles us to a "renewable energy certificate" that can be auctioned to electric companies in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Buying "REC" certificates helps an electric utility to meet state mandates for renewable energy—and gives homeowners an additional source of income.
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Wayne gets recycling grant
REGION — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded a grant of $56,169 to Wayne County in support of its recycling program, according to representatives Sandra Major (R-Susquehanna/Wayne/Wyoming) and Mike Peifer (R-Monroe/Wayne/Pike).
The grant award is based on the 4,021.7 tons of materials recycled in 2008. The Recycling Performance Grant Program provides incentive to Pennsylvania municipalities to increase the amount of materials recovered through recycling.
Progressive radio WFTE starts broadcasting
SCRANTON, PA — WFTE FM, the progressive community radio station for Northeast Pennsylvania, has been granted its license by the FCC and inaugurated a new studio at 930 Meadow Avenue in Scranton. It has started test broadcasting at 90.3FM. WFTE's 3,000 watt signal will reach a population of about 300,000 in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, Pike, Monroe and Susquehanna counties.
The station will now focus on developing program content, increasing volunteer participation and fundraising with an ongoing series of Sunday concerts featuring local musical talent. Initially, WFTE will offer national programs including Democracy Now!, Thom Hartman, Behind the News with Doug Henwood and The Wellness Show with Don Ardell. This will be followed up with original WFTE programs covering regional politics, school affairs, the job situation, the environment and the regional music scene, including Labor Voice, Women
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Frack Alert, an original program that focuses on the impacts of gas drilling, has been available for download only for the past two months, but will now be broadcast as well. Visit www.wfte.org [1].
Fox trailer blaze called arson
MILANVILLE, PA — A fire that destroyed a trailer on the Milanville property of the family of filmmaker Josh Fox has been determined to be the result of arson. State police fire marshal Trooper Russell Andress said on March 22 that an investigation of the incident has begun.
Fox, who is the director of "Gasland," which won an award at Sundance Film Festival and received an Oscar nomination, has become a fierce critic of the gas drilling industry. The condition of the property and several citations about it were the subject of emails, which were critical of Fox, circulated last week by members of Northern Wayne Property Owners Alliance.
Michael Fox, Josh's father and the owner of the property at 729 John Davis Rd., received a notice of violation about the property on August 8, 2010. A second notice of violation, related to the burning of the trailer, was received from the PA Department of Environmental Protection on March 4.
Josh told the Times-Tribune that the fire, which was believed to have been set late last year, was "part of a pattern of vandalism at my house."


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Many players' swings are limited before they even start. The position of their head often causes them to make a mistake with their swing and makes it difficult to hit consistent golf shots.
When Jack Nicklaus was the greatest player in golf, he noticeably tilted his head to the right. He shifted his head to the right. which moved his chin out of the way and allowed his shoulders to rotate under it.
Many amateurs make the mistake of looking down too much at the golf ball. By looking down, their chin moves down. Their chin is now in a position where it interferes with their shoulders and their backswing.
Golf professional Jim Flick taught me to "look under your glasses." If you wear glasses or sunglasses when you play this should be easy.
Watch J. demonstrate this drill.
When you step over the ball, look underneath the frame of your glasses. Looking underneath the frame of the glasses forces you to keep your head up and slightly out, away from your chest. If you don't wear glasses, pretend that you are looking over your cheek bone. The effect on the placement of your head will be the same.


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Dr. Brue has served in industry as an R & D engineering project leader for DuPont: Pioneer and as a mechanical engineering consultant in the Power Division at Black & Veatch. Dr. Brue is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state of Iowa. He has also engaged in engineering research that explored the use pressure fluctuations data as a diagnostic tool for evaluating performance of fluidized bed reactors and combustors.
Dr. Brue enjoys teaching a diverse mix of engineering courses. He has taught Heat Transfer, History of Science and Technology, Fluid Mechanics, Machine Design, Intro to Engineering, Solar Energy Engineering, Dynamic Systems, Control Systems, Engineering Design, and Material Science. Dr. Brue's research interests include thermochemical reactor design, fluidization, biomass gasification and combustion, solar energy engineering, and the history of science and technology. Dr. Brue is most interested in unfolding what it means to be a whole human being by exploring, creating, worshipping, and playing. His reading, writing, and doing take him from music to hockey to tinkering. In it all, he is fascinated with both the present and future prospects of following Christ.


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July 12, 2011—Mary McMahon, associate professor of mathematics and mathematics education coordinator, gave a presentation titled "Math and the Common Core" on June 24 at the ACI Summer Institute for Educators, held at the Illinois Math and Science Academy in Aurora. The annual summer institute includes presentations, keynotes and skill-building workshops that focus on teaching diverse students with varying learning styles in high-need schools.
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text: I am new here and just thought I'd ask a couple of questions regarding weaning. I've had four children and nursed all of them. Each child has nursed a little longer than the one before it. I nursed my first child for only 3 months, my second for nearly 8 months, my third for 11 months and my fourth child is 15 months and still nursing. I didn't have any problems weaning any of my other children but they were all under a year when they were weaned. I am truely ready to quit nursing but my son is not. He still wakes up during the night and nurses and if I refuse to nurse him he screams, throws a tantrum and gets very upset. He is already drinking from a sippy cup and eating solids good but this for him, this is a measure of comfort. I guess b/c my youngest two children are only 17 months apart, I've been pregnant or nursing for over 3 years now...and ready to be done! Does anyone have any suggestions?? Also...is it common to not have started my menstrual cycle yet? I've not had one since his birth and with my other children, even though we were nursing, I started within 5 months after their birth. I've started wondering if something could be wrong with me. Thanks to anyone's input. ela.


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Wraptastic: A Symptom Of Something Gone Horribly Wrong In American Society
Ever heard of Wraptastic?
The basic idea behind this product is that for $25 ($11 for the product and $14 for the shipping and handling), you get a product that is marginally better at dealing with plastic wrap and tin foil than the packaging those products come with.
Here's the thing: Even for someone who's not very coordinated, handling tin foil and plastic wrap is about a 1 out of 10 on the difficulty scale. Moreover, it's not like the average person spends half his day piddling around with tin foil and plastic wrap. The average person might do it 2-3 times a week — if that — and even most of the frequent users probably top out at doing it a couple of times a day when they pack their kid's lunch.
In other words, this a product that fixes a practically non-existent problem for $25. It reminds me of those old episodes of the Jetsons where George came home from work and complained that he had to push a button 8 times that day instead of 7.
While I'm a capitalist and I have no moral problem with people making or spending money on things they want, something like this makes you wonder how far over the falls we've gone into rampant consumerism when hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars could change hands because of a product like this.
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Green Day: Rock Band ReviewBy Patrick Klepek - Posted Jun 08, 2010
Taking the excellent model established in The Beatles: Rock Band, Harmonix and Demiurge Studios have crafted a love letter to Green Day fanatics. Green Day: Rock Band does a phenomenal job helping you understand Green Day as musicians. The songs aren't particularly difficult to play, however, which means you'll need to be a serious Green Day fan to really appreciate the package.
The Pros
- Massive amount of tracks at a cheaper price than what you'd pay to download them
- Faithfully takes you through the interesting career of a seminal band
- You can export the songs to Rock Band and Rock Band 2, but there's a catch
The Cons
- Exporting the songs to Rock Band and Rock Band 2 will cost you $10
- No export available for Wii owners
- The songs aren't particularly difficult, meaning this package is for fans only
How much do you love Green Day?
Taking the excellent model established in The Beatles: Rock Band, Harmonix and Demiurge Studios have crafted a love letter to Green Day fanatics. It's not as ambitious as The Beatles, but it's certainly more than 47 songs slapped on a disc. Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool have been recreated in Rock Band's signature stylization across three different time periods of their professional careers, though it's really divided between two eras: their rebellious emergence riding high on "Dookie" and surprising reinvention with "American Idiot."
Interactive History
I like Green Day. In middle school, they were what you might call my "jam." We've parted ways since, but playing the undeniably iconic "Brain Stew" in Green Day: Rock Band brought upon a nostalgic moment where I wanted to send a video of myself playing a virtual version of Green Day back to my younger self. More than anything else, Green Day: Rock Band allows someone to actively participate in a history lesson on the band. There's no better way to understand what makes Green Day tick than to strap on a guitar and, quite literally, become a temporary member. No, it's not the same as learning how to play "real" guitar, but I know that's never going to happen. Green Day: Rock Band gets me one step closer to understanding Green Day.
You'll want to think twice about picking up Green Day: Rock Band if you're not a massive fan, though. The game isn't going to imbue you with an appreciation for the band that wasn't there before and it's not interesting on a technical level. Their sound (especially early Green Day) is classic punk, which means very fast riffs of basic chords. With few exceptions, Green Day songs aren't particularly difficult, especially on guitar (though to be fair, drums are a bit more interesting). To whit, I managed to gold star a handful of guitar tracks via Expert on my first try and I've never achieved gold star status on any song in Rock Band or Rock Band 2.
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Fans have extra incentives, as the disc is packed with reasons to keep playing that have nothing to do with achievements or trophies. There are all sorts of live videos to be unlocked via the game's extensive list of "Challenges," which range from simple (hit all of the notes in a certain solo) to a serious time investment (complete a whole career with friends in under 12 hours).
Not Locked In, But At a Price...
That said, you don't have to stay on the disc. Unlike The Beatles, Green Day signed off on allowing Harmonix to continue connecting the Rock Band experience as a platform. All of the songs on the disc can be pulled off the hard drive and imported into Rock Band and Rock Band 2 -- for $10 (there was, however, an opportunity to have the $10 fee waived by pre-ordering). That is, unless you're playing on Wii, in which case, you have no such option.You don't get the character models, photos, videos or new venues this way, but given how few times people will be in the mood for an all-hours Green Day session, this is a welcomed option. And given that it's 47 songs for $59.99 (which would cost more if purchased under the standard Rock Band track pricing), if you're a Green Day fan, this is a huge cost saver.
Despite any grumbles about the cost of importing songs into Rock Band, Green Day: Rock Band does a phenomenal job helping you understand Green Day as musicians and as a group that's stuck it out for a good long while. As someone who hasn't really cared for new-age Green Day, while playing an interactive version of their career, I came to better appreciate their transformation. Did a video game just help me appreciate music more? By golly, I think it did.


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|BSC Receives $2.5 Million SAFRA Grant Award
|Wednesday, November 11 2015
|BSC Faculty Member Co-Authors Scholarly Article Published in "International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling"
|Tuesday, November 10 2015
|December 3 Open House to Mark Opening of WV Higher Ed. Policy Commission's Allied Health Wing at New River CTC's Beaver Campus
|Friday, November 06 2015
|Fulbright Scholar in Residence to speak at BSC and at Area Schools, November 2-3
|Thursday, November 05 2015
|Dr. Bonnie Reese Utilizes Historical Artifacts to Compile Vivid Historical Presentations
|Thursday, November 05 2015
|BSC Admissions Counselors Encourage Students Throughout Southern West Virginia During "College Application & Exploration Week"
|Thursday, November 05 2015
|Animal Rescue Forum Held at BSC
|Thursday, October 22 2015
|Drug Enforcement Administration Agents Whose Experience Inspired Netflix Hit Series "NARCOS" to Speak at Bluefield College & Bluefield State College, November 4
|Thursday, October 22 2015
|Dr. Sarah Beasley to Deliver Featured Presentation at BSC's Celebration of Human Rights Week
|Tuesday, October 20 2015
|BSC Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society of Social Sciences, Inducts Five Students
|Thursday, October 15 2015
|Rising Star Science Fiction Convention, October 23 and 24 at the Harris – Jefferson Student Center of Bluefield State College
|Wednesday, October 14 2015
|BSC Faculty Members Publish a Scientific Article in the Journal of Nutritional Medicine and Diet Care
|Tuesday, October 13 2015
|Swope Constructions Project Managers Share Common Experiences -- Graduates of Bluefield State College
|Thursday, October 08 2015
|BSC Alumna Sandra Browning Enjoying Successful Career as Civil Engineer
|Thursday, October 08 2015
|BSC Student/Author James Agee, Jr. Has Published Seven Books
|Wednesday, October 07 2015
|BSC Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Awarded $7300 Grant from WV Higher Education Policy Commission
|Wednesday, October 07 2015
|Mr. Pankaj Chakraborty, Fulbright Scholar in Residence, will visit area institutions October 11-14
|Wednesday, October 07 2015
|BSC Academic Days Provide Prospective Students an Opportunity to Develop "First Person Perspective" of BSC Campus and Programs
|Wednesday, October 07 2015
|Dr. Lois Wilson, DDS, Headlines "Dental Health Awareness Day" @ BSC, October 16
|Wednesday, October 07 2015
|Fulbright Scholar in Residence to Visit BSC & Montcalm High Schools
|Monday, September 28 2015
|"Spirit: The Will to be Free"
|Tuesday, September 22 2015
|BSC Faculty Member Receives Grant from WV-INBRE for Research in the Application of Natural Products for Immunotherapy
|Thursday, September 10 2015
|Bluefield State College and Kazan (Russia) National Research Technological University Sign Memorandum of Understanding
|Wednesday, September 09 2015
|BSC Associate Degree Nursing Students To Participate in "2 Virginias Community Walk to Stop Diabetes"
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May is the month associated with flowers, so I thought it would be timely to look at flower remedies. You may have heard of "rescue remedy" or other Bach flower remedies. (The preferred pronunciation is "Batch," but it's also acceptable to pronounce it like the composer.) They contain a very small amount of flower material in a 50:50 solution of brandy and water, and are said to work by transmitting a vibrational energy through the memory of water (not the same as homeopathy, but equally implausible).
Bach was trained as a homeopath and even created some bacterial homeopathic nosodes, but then he branched out. He used his intuition to access a psychic connection to plants. He would hold his hand over different plants to see which one affected his emotional state, and he would collect the dew from that plant to use as a remedy.
The Remedies
A facsimile edition of Bach's 1936 book The Twelve Healers is available free on the Internet. It makes interesting reading. It starts off:
From time immemorial it has been known that Providential Means has placed in Nature the prevention and cure of disease, by means of divinely enriched herbs and plants and trees. The remedies of Nature given in this book have proved that they are blest above others in their work of mercy; and that they have been given the power to heal all types of illness and suffering.
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Vans Inc. at (800) 817-0618 anytime or online at www.vans.com and click on Recall Info for more information.
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This recall involves Vans' AV Edict hooded jackets for boys. They were sold in boy's sizes S, M, L and XL and made from black cotton or black canvas with a drawstring through the hood. "Vans®" is printed on a tab above the jacket's left front pocket. An intertwined "AV" logo is embroidered in black beneath the lower right pocket and also appears on the jacket's snaps. "Vans®," "OFF THE WALL®" and an intertwined "AV" logo is sewn on a label inside neck of the jacket.
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PELLA—Forward Nicole Strasko (senior, Roland, Roland-Story HS) poured in 27 points but the Central College women's basketball team came up short in the final minutes against North Central College (Ill.) 88-83.
Central (3-1) trailed by as many as 17 points but tied the game at 80-80 with 2:22 remaining. However, the Dutch never took the lead as North Central (3-2) hit a layup and downed six-of-seven free throws while limiting Central to just three free throws.
"We had chances at the end and executed the play we drew up, but it just didn't go in our favor tonight," coach Mike Jacobsma said.
Strasko paired her career-best point total with a school-record 22 rebounds. She edged the previous mark of 21 set by Sue Poppens in 1984-85 and Tracy Wilson in 1992-93. Strasko shot 11-of-22 from the field and had 16 defensive boards for her third career double-double.
"Nicole gutted it out tonight and had an unbelievable individual effort," Jacobsma said. "But she'd give that record back any day if it meant a victory for the team."
Forward Jessy Stika (junior, Cresco, Crestwood HS) notched her first career double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds. She drained 12-of-12 shots from the free-throw line, tying the school's percentage record. Guard Kalli Richardson (Blairsburg, Northeast Hamilton HS) had 16 points and eight rebounds and guard Rachel Evans (sophomore, Fort Dodge) had eight rebounds.
The Dutch clawed back from double-digit deficits three times throughout the game, but never gained a lead of more than four points.
"We had the resiliency to fight back but we have to get over the hump and take the lead," Jacobsma said.
Central held a 70-41 rebound advantage. North Central outshot the Dutch 38.3 percent from the floor to 38.3 percent, and held Central to 12.5 percent from long range. The Cardinals applied full-court pressure, forcing 26 Dutch turnovers, while subbing in five players every 90 seconds.
"You have to really stay focused for entire possessions when you're playing against constant transitions," Jacobsma. "Our players competed, we just didn't do enough of the little things right tonight."
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Team? Not so much winning. Bloggers? So winning.
It's no secret that we Mets bloggers are a tight group. This past Sunday, our ringleader, "TV's Matt Cerrone" (can my arm look just like your arm, Matty?) invited a core number of us to the SNY suite at Shea for Bloggers' Day.
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Well, if there's a way to watch an 8-2 loss, that's it. Looks like you guys definitely had a better time at the game than I did. The highlight of my day was the Billy Wagner bobblehead. Looking forward to seeing your Mets Weekly spot.


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Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Thursday briefing.
Tooting her horn
Eastern New Mexico University will host the senior oboe recital of Megan Neighoff at 7 p.m. Monday in Buchanan Hall of the Music Building in Portales.
The event is free and open to the public.
Play time
Monty Python meets Alfred Hitchcock 7 p.m. today through Saturday at Clovis Community College's Town Hall.
That's how The Company Class players in "The 39 Steps" describe their play.
Tickets are $7 and will be available at the door or in advance at the cashier's windows at CCC.
Information: 769-4945.
Quirky quote of the day
"Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians." — Charles de Gaulle
Kitchen tip
Recipes are only a guideline, not the Bible. Feel comfortable replacing ingredients with similar ingredients that you like.
Today in history
On this day in 1955, In Montgomery, Ala., Rosa Parks is jailed for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, a violation of the city's racial segregation laws.
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Arts Center has new classes starting this month
New classes and workshops begin this month at the Randolph County Community Arts Center. Information and descriptions about late spring and summer classes and events are available online at www.randolpharts.org.
Anyone interested in pottery can visit 1 Park Street Pottery Studio from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays through June 8, when the Arts Center offers a half-day workshop series in pottery to high school students and adults. The first class is free to new students. Each session will focus on a specific area of pottery.
Children in kindergarten through fifth grade can explore pottery in the class "April Showers, May Flowers." Jennifer Wagoner will lead students in creating fantastical garden-themed projects such as gnomes, planters, garden mushrooms and plant markers. Basic hand building skills will be introduced and developed. The class will meet from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays for six weeks, starting May 14.
Another class will feature Wagoner as well, when she helps students explore "Bookbinding: Advanced Structures." The class is open to teens and adults. It will meet for six weeks from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, and it starts May 6. Structures will include multiple decorative long-stitch binds, tunnel books, carousel books, puzzle books, basic pop-ups, Jacob's ladder and hard slipcases. Students will leave each class with the knowledge of how to re-create the structure demonstrated, as well as a book in hand.
Akiko Endo will offer two workshops in origami: "Mother's Day Origami Workshop" on Saturday and "Paper Lantern Workshop" on May 18. Each workshop runs from noon to 3 p.m. Endo's "Mother's Day" workshop offers instructions in making origami flowers, hearts, cards, boxes and more. Her "Paper Lantern" class teaches students how to make lanterns to decorate their homes and summer-time parties. Classes are open to teens and adults.
Derrick Helzer will offer his popular "Backyard Barbecuing Workshop," which is full of unforgettable grilling techniques for meat, seafood and vegetables. Participants will learn the grilling and smoking techniques of professional chefs. Helzer will share his recipes for rubs and marinades as well as demonstrate a variety of preparation methods. The workshop is planned for noon to 4 p.m. May 18 and is open to older teens and adults.
Additional classes begin each month. More information on classes and events is available at www.randolpharts.org or 304-637-2355.