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Hiring Smart
Originally published: 03.01.14 by Lisë Stewart
Have you ever been charmed by an applicant? Hired a friend or family member and been disappointed? Kept poor performers long after they should have been asked to leave? Added up the cost of making a poor hiring decision?
Why is our "gut" such a poor indicator of success? Most of us want to like the people we meet. We naturally look for positive attributes and try to see a "fit" where one may not exist. It is important to remove as much of our subjective opinions as we can – and learn to develop better predictors of future success.
Research supports the fact that past behavior is one of the most reliable methods for predicting future behavior. When we use techniques to uncover past behaviors, we call this a "behaviorallybased" process. Using these methods can help you to successfully recruit new team members that can perform well in the job and who fit your organizational culture.
First, consider a multi-step process that begins with the development of a well-researched position description, and culminates with a behavioralybased interview process.
To create an effective job description, define the following:
• Where the position fits into the larger organization
• The outcomes of the position and the tasks required to produce them
• The physical requirements of a job
• The mental attitudes, unique skills and competencies required
• The expected performance standards
There are two types of competencies: technical and behavioral. We tend
Job descriptions should be linked to performance – what the new employees are supposed to do and the standards by which they will be measured. Ask yourself, "if my hires were performing well, what results would we see? How would we be able to tell if they were effective?" Now you are beginning to craft some useful performance measures.
Recruitment – Asking the Right
Questions from the Right People
Recruitment is the process of encouraging the appropriate applicants to apply for the job. Make sure that your recruitment process reaches as wide an audience as possible and don't discount the importance of social media. Many jobs today are advertised on Facebook and Linked-In, as well as numerous on-line sites such as Craigslist and CareerBuilder.com. Research the sites that might draw the best applicants for your opening.
In your job advertisement, be very specific about the competencies you are looking to find. If you are looking for a high-energy individual that is self-reliant, able to work independently and make quick and accurate decisions, then say so.
When you interview don't be fooled by a charming and friendly applicant! Be prepared with a process that helps you to understand how an applicant has responded to key situations in the past.
It is very important to ask the same questions of each applicant. This provides consistency between applicants and increases the validity and reliability of the interview.
Develop your list of questions – keep them short and realistic. D esign questions that ask for examples of past behavior. For example, "Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a really difficult customer. What did you do and what was the outcome?"
Be careful not to use leading questions, as this may prime the applicant to give you the answers that they think you want. An example of a leading question may be: "We think it is important to call customers by their first name. What is your approach to addressing customers by name?"
Next, for each question that you develop, be sure that you have determined what you believe is an accurate/effective answer. Judge your candidate against what you have decided is the kind of answer that fits your organization.
Avoid trick questions, or hypothetical questions like "where do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years time?" These have little bearing on a person's ability to do the job, unless you are scoring them on creative thinking.
Finally, always respond to all applicants — even if it is just to say that you received their resume, but have chosen other candidates for an interview. Remember, every step of the application and interview process is a taste of your company and a chance to build or tarnish your reputation as a business and leader. The recruitment and selection process should demonstrate your professionalism at every turn
Lisë Stewart is founder and director of Galliard Group, a training and consulting firm specializing in family-owned and closely-held businesses. She is a nationally recognized author and speaker who draws on her 25+ years of experience to share practical advice for ensuring sustainability of family businesses.
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Minnesota might name highway for slain police officer
A Minnesota police officer killed in the line of duty could soon be remembered with a stretch of highway named in his honor.
A state House committee planned Tuesday to consider a bill to designate portions of Highway 23 in central Minnesota the "Officer Tom Decker Memorial Highway." Signs would be put along the part of the highway leading from Wakefield township to the city of Richmond.
Decker was the Cold Spring police officer gunned down while responding to a call in November. The investigation into the shooting has yet to conclude.
It's but one legislative tribute to Decker in the works. In Congress, Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann is pushing a bill to name a post office after Decker.
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The purpose of the event is to continue a conversation with the community around reviving the Foster Road corridor.
The partnership is a collaboration among public agencies, community groups and non-profit partners to improve economic, environmental, and social conditions in the Lents, Foster-Powell, Mount Scott-Arleta, and Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhoods. The partnership will develop the Foster Corridor Investment Strategy, an action plan to improve the neighborhoods and commercial areas along Foster Road from Southeast 50th Avenue to Southeast 122nd Avenue.
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A Massachusetts woman claims her GPS is to blame for driving her car into a sand trap on a golf course.
Police in Northbridge said Patricia Maione, 46, was driving drunk.
She was held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to charges including driving with a suspended license and fourth offense drunken driving, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported.
Maione told police her GPS told her to turn left, which led her through a corn field and onto the Whitinsville Golf Club on Monday, according to The Associated Press.
There were golfers on the course at the time, but no one was hurt.
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why is rugby league more successful in Australia than GB.? the population of yorkshire and humberside, greater manchester, lancashire and cumbria is pretty much the same as NSW, queensland and melbourne, give or take a million. i am not counting the 8 million in london. the Australians are running a 16 team competition and there is talk of them bringing in 2 more clubs.. GB has 14 club elite competition and are talking of reducing it to 12 teams because there is not enough quality to go around,(after 17 years of s/l). since the inception of s/l the australians have expanded into new zealand, melbourne, north queensland and the gold coast. s/l have expanded into france,(paris failed) wales (crusaders failed) London(went bust, 3 million pound debts written off, limping along).. the Australians have a thriving youth system and play state of origin at u16, u18, and u20 level and their schoolboys have just beaten our academy 2 tests to nil. s/l has just scrapped u20s and u18, s/l clubs will run u16s u19s and ermm...... The nrl have just signed a multi billion dollar tv deal, raised the salary capand have handed over the running of their game to an independent commission, s/l last sponsorship was some vynil stickers on stobart trucks .......................i can't go on, i'm depressed
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Posted 07 October 2012 - 10:09 AM
All down to the media mate, they get tons of coverage in the press same as soccer over here, we are lucky to get a few lines.
Posted 07 October 2012 - 10:34 AM
get the product right, then go out and engage the media.the AFL is expanding and growing with 2 teams in sydney and 2 in queensland. soccer is growing rapidly. grand final winners Melbourne storm are a stand alone r/l club in an ausssie rules mad city. the NRL are getting it right. the management of the game in this country are putting self first, game second.
Posted 07 October 2012 - 11:26 AM
You may remember this Old Rover - Rugby missed a trick a long time ago. The RFU held out against professionalism and let soccer get a head start.
Rugby was the most popular code in the North in the 1880s. Look at the formation dates of soccer clubs in the West Riding - mostly after 1900.
Rugby was the most popular code in the North in the 1880s. Look at the formation dates of soccer clubs in the West Riding - mostly after 1900.
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Six Things To Consider When Hiring A Skip
When you undertake a do it yourself project that may involve some remodeling or construction you may be a bit lost when it comes to waste disposal. There are different companies offering different services and this can leave your head spinning with wondering what to do and who to pick.
When it comes to skip hire, you want to be well versed in what this is and what to look at when you are on the lookout for one.
Skip hiring is basically getting a company to come in and get rid of waste in containers that are best suited for the type of waste that you shall produce during your project.
Delivery Is Important
When you go looking for a company that can handle your needs, you want one that will get the job done in a rush. Here you have to research the companies and make sure that they have the capacity that will handle the work in no time.
You will basically look at what type of waste you will need to be hauled off. This will help you understand if the company you skip hire, is best suited for you company.
Know Your Waste
You want to know what type of waste you shall be producing so that you inform the company of your choice on what type of skips you shall be hiring for the job.
Different wastes go with different types of skips, so you want to know this ahead of time. These wastes are:
- Electrical equipment
- TV and computer screens
- Tyres
- Batteries
- Paint and paint cans
- Solvents
- Liquids
The above is just but a few of the wastes that you will need to know of for your skip hire.
If you are looking for a deal then you will have to shop around to get the best agreement to save on money. You will find that the pricing is dependent on the weight of the waste and the denser the weight the higher it may be.
Visit your company of choice and try work out a deal that will help you get more for less. Most companies have a pricing policy that will work with your business or budget so that your needs are well taken care of.
Are They Informed?
If your construction is ongoing and you need to place the skip on the road to create space then you should get a skip permit from the council.
You want a company that will go beyond the norm of just collecting your waste but also inform you of the procedures you need to follow and what permits you may need to get so that everything runs according to plan.
When you visit their offices go with a list of questions that you may want to know on and if they can give you the details you require then they are the company for you.
Do They Recycle?
This is a great question to ask so that you know that when you skip hire, the company you choose will dispose of the waste in the correct manner without disturbing the environment.
Most of these companies have a contract with a recycling company that helps them with this process while others have the systems already in place in their companies to do it themselves.
Researching ahead of time is the best way to learn on which company to hire to get the job done on time and without much hustle. You always want to be well informed before, during and after you get your project done.
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Items of interest include: Members approved purchases of two new pieces of equipment for the hospital and voted to donate several decks of large playing cards for the visually impaired to the senior activities center. Upcoming state convention for the Texas Association of Healthcare Volunteers to be held in San Antonio during the month of June was also discussed. Several OKMH Auxiliary members are planning to attend.
Look for auxiliary members at the Wal-Mart entrance on Friday afternoon, April 12 and Saturday morning. April 13. They will be displaying the new Spring Baskets lap quilt currently being raffled and, of course, will have tickets available for you. During weekday business hours, the quilt is on display in the Gift Shop. The quilt features embroidered baskets of flowers on a pale yellow tone-on-tone background. Tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for $5. The drawing for this quilt will be held during the Bluebonnet Days Celebration.
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He led 125 laps. He had the best car all day. He was the leader on the last restart and used a huge run on the outside on the final turn of the final lap to end a 31-race winless drought.
So, what was the first question posed to Kyle Busch in the post-race presser?
What happened in front of you between Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin?
The truth be told, Busch likely would have passed both Logano and Hamlin on the final lap even if they hadn't done their best Cole Trickle and Rowdy Burns impersonations. Busch had the high line - the fastest speeds were high all day - and zoomed by the 22 and 11 cars as they banged doors, quarter panels and bumpers. The result was a devastating injury to Hamlin, a fortunate third-place finish for Logano and a checkered-flag bow for Rowdy Busch.
"Those guys went to racing each other really hard, which is what this sport is all about and what's great about NASCAR," said Busch, whose last victory came on April 28 of last year at Richmond. "I did win the race today, by the way, so that might be a story. But I'm sure it's not."
The pacifying laughter following Busch's shot at the media was felt throughout the press conference room. Rowdy himself even shed a smile, but you could tell that the competitor in him was seething.
Busch has fully embraced Ricky Bobby's "If you're not first, you're last" mantra. Busch loves to lead races. Busch has ranked in the top three of laps led each season since 2008, including last year when he finished second in laps led with 1,436 despite winning only one race. Jimmie Johnson ranked first with 1,744, but he also won five times.
"We finally had a little bit of luck on our side that we didn't have all last year and it seemed like we weren't quite having this year," Busch said. "But we've had some good runs and some strong runs, it's just you've got to keep working, you've got to keep digging in ... and put our program on the map where we're a bigger force to be reckoned with."
No one can question that now. With three straight top fives, Busch has raced himself all the way up to sixth in the points standings - the highest he's been since Week 32 in 2011. (this doesn't transition smoothly) He never seemed to recover, though, even struggling to gain any longstanding momentum after his win at Richmond last year. It wasn't until he missed the Chase for the championship that Busch began to wake up and start racing like the pilot so many love to hate.
"We missed the Chase but we performed really well. We strung off a lot of top-fives, we contended for wins, we just didn't capitalize on them," said crew chief Dave Rogers. "But we picked up right where we left off. We're running top-five week in, week out. Unfortunately we picked up right where we left off, were running top five and not capitalizing. We finally capitalized on it due to some great driving by Kyle."
And that should put the rest of the series on notice. After all, the boys are officially having at it - just ask Logano, who not only had to contend with Hamlin on the track, but a fisticuffs with Tony Stewart off of it. That kind of on-track racing and off-track verbal/physical confrontation suits Rowdy just fine.
"I'll tell you, there was some really hard racing (Sunday), some good racing. I felt like the 22 and I put on a great show for the lead most of the day," Busch said. "And of course there at the end there's one hell of a battle through 3 and 4 and then again on pit road another battle after the race. But that's part of racing sometimes. That's what this sport was built on. Just ask Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison."
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Brush one side of each chicken breast with the canola oil. Place the chicken, oiled-side down, on the grill rack over glowing coals; grill for about 5 minutes. Brush the top surfaces with oil; turn and grill for about 5 more minutes or until the chicken is lightly browned and thoroughly cooked.
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The rationing of water within the city became effective on Monday.
The order restricts yard watering by sprinklers to one day a week. For residential customers that is limited to the days when their trash in picked up by Republic Services trucks.
For commercial customers, lawn and garden irrigation is only permitted on Tuesdays for properties locates east of Washington Street and on Thursdays for properties west of Washington Street.
Also, no yard water will be allowed between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on those days.
Stage 3 water restrictions also mean that "no person shall allow water to run off a property into streets or storm drains and no person shall allow water to flow constantly through a tap hydrant or valve."
Hand-held irrigation will be allowed at any time and on any day and drip irrigation is allowed if the irrigation system is equipped with a positive shutoff nozzle.
Car washing also is being limited to a customer's designated water day unless the vehicle is washed in a commercial car wash.
Car washing at home must be done with a hand-held hose equipped with a positive shutoff nozzle for quick rinse.
The restriction will not affect decorative ponds, fountains and water falls in most circumstances.
Residential and commercial fountains indoors may operate without restrictions. But outdoor commercial fountains must be granted a variance permit.
Using water from hydrants for construction purposes is allowed with a special permit. The use of fire hydrants is allowed for firefighting purposes and to maintain public health, safety and welfare. That includes flushing dead-end water mains.
Water may also be used to maintain the integrity of building foundations on any day as long as that is done by using a hand-held or drip hose.
Filling swimming pools may only be done on designated watering days.
Also, a special permit will be required to wash buildings and sidewalks except for business purposes or in the interest of public health safety.
Corpus Christi initiated State 2 limits on water usage earlier this month after combined water levels for Choke Canyon Reservoir and Lake Corpus Christi dropped to 40 percent of capacity.
That restricts residents of that city to irrigating their yards and gardens only on their trash pick-up days.
Evaporation rates and mandated water releases from the lake into the Coastal Bend bays and estuaries prompted that.
Corpus Christi residents are forbidden to water their lawns between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on a year-round basis.
The lake levels were drawn down in May and June when the mandatory releases of water into the bays and estuaries resulted in the loss of 30,000 acre feet of water from the reservoir system.
A single acre foot of water equals 325,851 gallons.
Corpus Christi has been required, by law, to release a certain amount of water from the lakes for years to decrease the salinity in the Coastal Bend bays and estuaries.
Scientists said the salinity levels in those bodies of water must be lower to allow for the spawning of shrimp that will eventually move into the Gulf of Mexico.
Gary Kent is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 343-5220, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Eldred boys who were victorious included Doug Leek in the 100 (11.68) and the 200 (23.73) as well as the 110 hurdles (17.63). Peter Vorstadt won the 400 hurdles (66.00) and the long jump (18-11). Jared Leon claimed the 3000 steeplechase (12:14.16) while Julian Gottlieb won the pole vault (11-0). Eldred's Andrew Halloran, Dylan Wolff, DeLeon and Gottlieb captured the 1600 relay. In the Class C boys meet, Tri-Valley finished second to Dover. Winning Bears included Zach Nilsen in the 400 hurdles (58.06), Aric Boyes in the shot put (47-4) and Aidan Woolsey in the pole vault (11-6). Gavin Dubois won the pentathlon with 2,269 points. Josh Winters won the non-scoring javelin (151-1). Sullivan West's Mitch Paciga took the 110 hurdles (16.27) and teammate Anthony Rydell won the discus (135-9). The Class B boys meet featured an attempt by Monticello to garner its first-ever Section IX track and field title on the heels of capturing their fourth straight Division III title. Unfortunately, they fell to New Paltz 195 to 157. Terry Duncan won the 200 (22.70), while Shane Jackson claimed the 400 (50.32). Duncan, Mistah Alli, Rahzel Smith and Trevon Rainey combined to win the 400 relay (45.09). Monticello got a big day from senior Mike Rogers who claimed third in the pole vault with a lifetime best 12-6, third in the 400 hurdles and fourth in the 110 hurdles.
In the Class B girls meet, Monticello was fourth. Port Jervis was third. Rondout Valley was victorious. Port's Kalissa Caesar won the 100 (12.67) and the 200 (26.30) and ran a leg in the winning 400 relay. Winning Lady Monties included Laura Doherty in the 400 hurdles and Yami Reyes in the non-scoring javelin (86-3).
In baseball, defending Section IX Class C champion Tri-Valley defeated S.S. Seward 7-4 in an opening-round fray behind the fine pitching of Alex Brown. The Bears advanced to take on top-seeded Chester on the road on May 28. In boys golf Sullivan West's Drew Billard qualified for states for the first time with his fifth place finish at the Section IX tourney. He fired a 12 over par 156. Boy's states are at Cornell University on June 2-3.
In girls golf, Fallsburg's Danielle Stratton qualified for her third straight state tourney (June 8-9) at SUNY Delhi with a 186. Teammate Madison Levine missed the cut for states by one stroke at 193. In softball, Sullivan West traveled to Spackenkill for an opening round in the Class B tourney.


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HALIFAX - A 249-year-old Halifax home successfully completed the first phase of its painstaking, two-day journey through the downtown streets of the city early today.
Morris House was named after the city's first surveyor and is considered to be among the earliest houses built in Halifax.
The grey, wood-shingled house was taken up a steep hill on a tractor trailor in the middle of the night, with two forklifts providing support at the back.
It then moved past the landmark Citadel Hill at a walking pace as onlookers shot videos and snapped photos of the procession.
At about 6 a.m., the moving crew parked the house at the side of the road, while Nova Scotia Power crews moved utility lines to permit the final stage of the journey Sunday morning.
The house was rescued from demolition in 2009 and is bound for a new location in the city where it will be revitalized and turned into affordable housing for adults.


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July 24, 2013 —
GRAHAMSVILLE, NY — The Old Time Fair & BBQ will be held rain or shine on Saturday, July 27 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Grahamsville Fairgrounds on State Route 55.
Sponsored by the Time and the Valleys Museum, the fair includes old-fashioned activities such as corn shucking and skillet throwing contests, children's games, hand-cranked ice cream making demonstration and tasting, pie auction with emcee Barry Lewis, food and music, fly tying and casting demonstrations, local history exhibits and spinning, quilting and blacksmithing demonstrations.
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The Curry County Sheriff's office and Rio Rancho Police Department cooperated on the arrest of a 22-year-old Rio Rancho resident, according to a release from the sheriff's office.
Kenneth Gregory, 22, was arrested Wednesday and charged with three felony counts of child solicitation by electronic communication device.
The investigation of Gregory began on March 27, when he made contact with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old female from Clovis, according to the release. The profile was maintained by sheriff's investigators.
According to the release, Gregory's chat became sexually graphic in nature and he transmitted nude images of himself using a web camera, and he attempted to have the girl convince her parents to take her to Albuquerque for a shopping trip so he could see her in person.
At the time of his arrest, a search warrant was executed at Gregory's residence in Rio Rancho.
Gregory was incarcerated at the Sandoval County Detention Center and held on a $15,000 cash only bond.


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"We are very proud of all of our students working so hard and giving up so much time to practice for their events. All of their efforts have really paid off this year," said Math, Calculator, and Number Sense coach Bridget Emerson.
Competitor Derek Cantu added, "Not only are UIL competitions fun, they prepare us in many ways for college and the working world, making them a really valuable educational experience."
Congratulations to all of the competitors and coaches for an incredibly successful showing at district. The following competitors placed in their events:
Accounting (coached by Flo Moore):
Shelby James- 1st
Caysi Holt- 2nd
Quest Newberry- 3rd
Brady Jones- 4th
1st place accounting team
Calculator Applications (coached by Bridget Emerson):
Morgan Miller- 1st
Michael McCormick- 5th
Catarina Ruiz- 5th
Raye Bednorz
1st place calculator team
Cross-Examination Debate (coached by Lindsey Bowers)
Derek Cantu
Sarah Crawford
Lindsay Hajek
Preston Smith
Current Issues (coached by Lindsey Bowers)
Gunner McCool- 5th place
Sarah Whitley
Kate Jimerson
Sarah Crawford
2nd place team
Editorial Writing (coached by Kristin Stewart)
Shelby James- 1st place
Mandy Whitaker- 2nd place
Carrie McCormick
Feature Writing (coached by Kristin Stewart)
Shelby James- 1st place
Ellen Nance
Taylor Thompson
Headline Writing (coached by Flo Moore)
Katelyn Keach- 1st place
Ellen Nance- 5th place
Cayla Cook
Informative Speaking (coached by Lindsey Bowers)
Chase Galloway
Erin Snider
Lincoln-Douglas Debate (coached by Lindsey Bowers)
Zeliene Brown- 4th place
Matthew Hyde
Darren Rhodes
Literary Criticism (coached by Diane Johnson)
Michael McCormick
Mathematics (coached by Bridget Emerson)
Avery Pawelek- 2nd place
Emily Ellison- 4th place
Zeliene Brown
Morgan Miller
1st place math team
Number Sense (coached by Bridget Emerson)
Morgan Miller- 2nd place
Emily Ellison
Zeliene Brown
Bruce Williams
2nd place number sense team
News Writing (coached by Kristin Stewart)
Taylor Thompson- 3rd place
Shelby James- 4th place
Ellen Nance
News, editorial, feature, and headline writers made up the 1st place journalism team.
Persuasive Speaking (coached by Lindsey Bowers)
Zeliene Brown- 4th place
Matthew Hyde
Darren Rhodes
Prose Interpretation (coached by Diane Johnson)
Darin Cuevas
Prose Interpretation (coached by Diane Johnson)
Lindsay Hajek- 4th place
Mary Cansino- 5th place
Tara Liska
Ready Writing (coached by Flo Moore)
Emily Ellison- 5th place
Morgan Miller
Blake Mosely
Science (coached by Glenda Locke)
Avery Pawelek- 1st place, top physics score
John Driskill
Ashley Keadle
Emily Ellison
Morgan Miller
Mandy Whitaker
Sidney Freeborn
1st place science team
Social Studies (coached by Kristin Stewart)
Matthew Hyde
Darren Rhodes
Tara Liska
Gunner McCool
Spelling & Vocabulary (coached by Judy Troell)
Katelyn Keach- 4th place
James Baker
Preston Smith
On March 26, the GWHS One-Act Play cast and crew performed their production of Anne Frank & Me by Cherie Bennett at the district competition in San Diego. Directed by Mrs. Jeannie Kessler, Lindsay Hajek was awarded Honorable Mention All-Star Cast and Katelyn Keach was awarded All-Star Cast.
The students who placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in their events or were members of a 1st place team advanced to the regional level of competition on April 20 at Texas State University in San Marcos. Of the fifteen students who qualified for regional competition, six students advanced to state in their events. Congratulations to the following students for placing at regionals:
Morgan Miller- 5th place Calculator
Avery Pawelek- 4th place Mathematics, 2nd place Science, top Physics score
Katelyn Keach- 3rd place Headline Writing
Shelby James- 1st place Accounting
Brady Jones- 2nd place Accounting
Quest Newberry- 5th place Accounting
Also competing at regionals were Raye Bednorz, Michael McCormick, and Catarina Ruiz (Calculator), Taylor Thompson (News Writing), Mandy Whittaker (Editorial Writing), Emily Ellison (Science and Mathematics), and Zeliene Brown (Mathematics).
The Accounting team consisting of Shelby James, Brady Jones, Quest Newberry, and Caysi Holt and coached by Flo Moore, took first place at the regional meet and will advance to state. Also advancing to state are Avery Pawelek in Science (coach Glenda Locke) and Katelyn Keach in Headline Writing (coach Flo Moore). None of the coaches can remember the last time GWHS has had six students qualify for the state UIL meet and are very proud of this accomplishment.
Overall George West High School finished 8th out of the 38 schools that placed in the region, with two schools pulling ahead of GWHS by less than two points. State UIL competitions will take place on May 21-23 at the University of Texas in Austin.


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By Don Gonyea • Sep 26, 2012
Originally published on September 26, 2012 5:54 pm
Nevada is one of the eight most hotly contest battleground states of the 2012 election. President Obama carried it by a wide margin four years ago. But since he took office, the Nevada unemployment rate has gotten significantly worse and is now at 12.1 percent. Still, polls continue to show the race is very close there, with Mr. Obama holding a narrow lead, while Mitt Romney has so far been unable to capitalize on the state's deep economic woes.


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May 21, 2012—Anna Laky of Villa Park was awarded the 2012 Outstanding Major in Chemistry Award during Honors Day May 15 at North Central College.
Laky is a senior majoring in chemistry with minors in secondary education and psychology at North Central College. She is the daughter of Michael and Susan Laky and is a 2008 graduate of Willowbrook High School. After graduating from North Central in June, she plans to teach high school chemistry.
She has been involved with the College's Junior/Senior Scholars program, teaching math and science to middle school students from East Aurora and Chicago. North Central's Junior/Senior Scholars summer camp is a college readiness program that partners with high-need elementary and secondary schools in Aurora and Chicago. She was among a group of North Central College education students that gave a presentation titled "Leaning to Teach Math and Science."
The summer after her sophomore year, she worked as a Pre-Service Teaching intern with Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill.
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TCL > April 2013 Issue > Associates Campaign—Keeping the Lights On for Colorado Legal Services
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Christopher P. Montville is an Associates Campaign Representative for his firm, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP. He also serves on the Legal Aid Foundation's Associates Advisory Board. His practice focuses on legal malpractice defense, franchise litigation, and complex commercial litigation—(303) 244-1951, firstname.lastname@example.com.
On April 1, 2013, the Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado kicked off its annual Associates Campaign. For many young lawyers, the Associates Campaign will be their first exposure to the work of Colorado Legal Services (CLS), the Legal Aid Foundation's sole beneficiary. Although the Campaign traditionally has been fueled by healthy competition among law firms, it fundamentally exists for one reason: to help keep the lights on at the only legal organization able to serve hundreds of thousands of impoverished Coloradans, many of whom are children.
This article discusses just one important CLS program that needs additional funding to stay afloat—the Medical–Legal Partnership for Children. It is not alone in requiring public support to survive. Colorado lawyers can help support this program and CLS programs generally by participating in the Associate's Campaign at their firm or by visiting www.legalaidfoundation.org and selecting "Donate Now."
"These Things Happen All the Time"
"We shouldn't have kids dying because they can't get their asthma medication," says Ellen Alires-Trujillo, a CLS staff attorney. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened in 2009 when, at Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Hospital), the mother of 9-year-old Zumante Lucero made the impossible decision to disconnect him from his respirator. He died four minutes later.
As The Denver Post reported at the time, Zumante had suffered from asthma since he was 3 months old.1 It became worse as he grew older. His physician prescribed Advair, an inhaled medicine, to control his asthma. His mother applied for Medicaid benefits to pay for it. For a while, things seemed okay.
A few months before Zumante's death, however, the pharmacy refused to fill his prescription, telling his mother that he was no longer eligible for benefits. For the next four months, Zumante's mother called Denver Human Services every three days to try to figure out why he had been rejected for medical benefits. The response she usually received was a computer-generated report showing that her son did in fact qualify for Medicaid.
It made no difference; Colorado's problem-plagued benefits-management computer system informed the pharmacy otherwise. Zumante's mother continued to try to resolve the problem, all the while treating her son with other medications she still had. When his condition worsened, emergency room doctors at Children's Hospital gave her free samples of Advair. By then, though, it was too late.
Zumante's story might be among the most extreme and most tragic examples of the challenges that disadvantaged Colorado children face in obtaining basic medical care, but it is certainly not the only example. Alires-Trujillo says that although Zumante's death pained her, it didn't surprise her. "Childrens' Medicaid benefits [have been] routinely terminated because of computer issues or because paperwork was left sitting on someone's desk," she explains. CLS Executive Director Jon Asher put it more succinctly: "These things happen all the time."
The Medical–Legal Partnership
Through its Medical–Legal Partnership for Children program, CLS strives to stop such tragedies from occurring. The program pairs physicians and social workers with CLS attorneys to identify cases like Zumante's—and to intervene before they advance to life-threatening illness.
When a child comes to the emergency room at Children's Hospital, the immediate focus is on treating the emergency—be it asthma or a broken bone. After doctors stabilize the child, he or she is discharged. Throughout thousands of cases, patterns emerge. The same children keep coming back for treatment of the same conditions. They do not get better. "Some recycle through," says Alires-Trujillo. Equally as problematic is that often the parents of those children who are eligible for public health benefits cannot actually secure them. They feel that medical care for their children is out of reach. Their children never even make it to the hospital.
The Partnership—A Practical
Response to a Social Reality
In 1993, a Boston pediatrician, frustrated with routinely seeing these problems in his practice, founded the first Medical–Legal Partnership in the country. The Partnership was his practical answer to the stark reality that underlying many medical problems are what researchers call the "social determinants of health." For example, many children with asthma emergencies or respiratory infections live in apartments overrun by mold or vermin. Recurring bodily injuries or mental health problems result from domestic violence. A family forced to choose between paying for utilities and paying for preventive medicine makes the difficult decision to keep the heat turned on. These are problems that often can be solved but implicate specialized legal issues that medical residents, and even social workers, lack the knowledge and resources to address.
The Colorado Partnership was established in 2010. The Partnership begins with a referral from either the child's health clinic or the pulmonary clinic at Children's Hospital. When parents bring a child to Children's Hospital, they are asked to complete a simple four-question form:
More than half of the children assisted by the Partnership have been to the emergency room more than once; a quarter have had five or more emergency room visits. By solving underlying problems, the thinking goes, the cycle of hospitalization and the need for acute treatment can be broken.
Social workers at the hospital screen the forms and try to handle what they can on their own. Those who require legal intervention are marked as "positives." The social workers then send those intake forms to CLS and its Medical–Legal Partnership legal team.
Hundreds of Children in Need—
One-Tenth of a Lawyer to Help Them
The term "legal team" is somewhat of a misnomer; in reality, it comprises Alires-Trujillo and a one-day-a-week volunteer attorney. "I always knew I was going to work in the helping profession," says Alires-Trujillo.
Before becoming an attorney, Alires-Trujillo worked as a case management supervisor at the Adams County Mental Health Center. While at the Mental Health Center, she began helping her clients pursue their own Social Security disability claims and guiding them in handling their own small legal matters. The successes she saw her clients have with her help were life changing. "I found out I could do it," she says. "It was empowering."
After working for several years at Adams County Mental Health Center, she made the decision to attend law school. Alires-Trujillo then enrolled at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 1985, and supported herself and her daughter working as a paralegal at CLS.
After passing the bar exam, Alires-Trujillo joined CLS as a full-time staff attorney. She began in the Senior Unit, assisting elders with basic legal problems, and later moved to the Housing Unit, where she dealt with subsidized housing evictions and some foreclosures. After taking a leave of absence to work at the Social Security Administration, she returned to CLS and joined the Health and Elder Unit. "I found while at the Social Security Administration that I missed direct client contact," she explains.
Most of Alires-Trujillo's work is for the elderly and the disabled and involves Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security benefits. Even seemingly simple matters like keeping clients in their homes are a challenge. "We provide representation to elders and the disabled in denial of benefit matters, which, if successful, allows them to continue to live in the community with support services," she explains.
About three years ago, Alires-Trujillo began working with the Medical–Legal Partnership. Dr. David Fox, a pediatric physician at Children's Hospital, champions the program on the medical side. Children's Hospital has devoted a room to the project where Alires-Trujillo meets with clients. Due to an overwhelming caseload at CLS, however, she can work there only one afternoon a week—which amounts to a mere one-tenth of one attorney's time.
One Problem, Many Causes
After interviewing the parent of a patient, Alires-Trujillo searches for a solution. In many cases, the problem lies in the home. In asthma cases, mold problems are common. Sometimes, the solution is simple. A letter from a medical provider outlining the danger posed to the child's health or the mere utterance of the phrase "warranty of habitability" might be enough to get a family out of their lease or improve their housing conditions.
In other cases, resolving the problem is more difficult. In one instance, mold problems were so severe that both a child and his parent were suffering from asthma. A series of letters and phone calls to the apartment complex's manager were ignored. "He just wasn't interested in helping," Alires-Trujillo recalls. Only by escalating the issue could she help the family terminate the lease and secure healthier housing.
Sometimes, helping these children means drawing on a wide range of CLS resources. In a case eerily reminiscent of Zumante's, the Partnership referred an asthmatic child whose medical appointments had been canceled due to the termination of the child's Medicaid benefits. The termination of benefits also threatened the child's impending surgery. Meanwhile, the child's entire family was faced with eviction when their disabled stepfather lost his Social Security benefits. CLS resolved the Medicaid issue, and the child resumed treatment for asthma and had the surgery he needed. CLS also worked with the Social Security Administration to obtain retroactive disability payments for the stepfather, which helped prevent the family's eviction.
As with most of the services CLS provides, the Partnership strives to help those for whom traditional legal services are out of reach—the 9-month-old child of a homeless teenage mother who cannot apply for public benefits because she is a minor without any identification; the 4-year-old child with kidney disease whose mother cannot get the Department of Human Services to return her phone calls about why her Medicaid status is inactive; the asthmatic child who has to share medication with his brother because benefits have been canceled; the child with diabetes and cystic fibrosis whose parents have a history of criminal and drug-related problems and whose grandparents are willing to care for the child but lack legal authority to do so.
The impact of the program extends beyond solving a child's immediate medical problems. A successful resolution can help parents cope with other issues. "It's empowering for them to see that the system can work for them," says Alires-Trujillo. It extends beyond the individual client. She explains: "If someone is able to move into a better environment, the child is less apt to recycle through the hospital system. It's better for the child, the families, and the community." By getting children the medical benefits to which they are entitled, it also frees up Children's Hospital's resources, allowing the hospital to serve more people in need.
Always a Question of Funding
Undertaking a program like the Partnership was not something that CLS could afford to take lightly. The organization is charged with protecting "the basic necessities of a decent life," such as food, shelter, utilities, and medical care, for the entire state. With few exceptions, only those who earn 125% of the federal poverty guideline or less qualify for CLS's free legal services; for a family of four, this means a household income of less than $29,000. Approximately 880,000 Coloradans meet this financial eligibility criteria. In 2011, the forty-seven lawyers of CLS served 11,534 low-income clients. CLS has less than half the staff it did thirty years ago and more than three times as many clients.
Over the past several years, CLS has lost more than $2.5 million in funding and has replaced only a portion of that. Resources were tight even back in July 2007, when Jon Asher received an e-mail from Alison Montgomery, then a medical student at the University of Colorado. While an undergraduate at Tufts University near Boston, Montgomery had worked at a Medical–Legal Partnership site in Boston. After moving to Colorado, she saw a need for a similar program here.
It only takes Asher a moment or two to find in one of the piles of paper that dominate his office a copy of the e-mail from Montgomery that was forwarded to him in the summer of 2007. On the top, he had scrawled two words: "Reply," and then, underlined for emphasis, "Funding?"
At CLS, determining how to fund vital programs has always been the question for which there is no easy answer. Still, Asher did not hesitate. "We had no money to do it. We just did it," he says. "Apparently that's not what you're supposed to do."
He did it anyway. It took several years to get the program off the ground, and by 2010, it was in full swing.
An Uncertain Future
The future of the Medical–Legal Partnership, like most programs at CLS, is uncertain. It doesn't take much prodding to get Alires-Trujillo to imagine what the program could accomplish with more resources. Many of the same children who cope with serious medical problems also have immigration issues that affect their ability to obtain care. Children with special needs require customized educational plans. The program could logically extend to the needs of the elderly, many of whom also live with medical problems exacerbated by issues that need the attention of a lawyer rather than a doctor.
For now, though, times are increasingly troublesome and the program will continue as funding allows. "We still don't know what our financial situation will be," Alires-Trujillo explains. "We can't expand the program, and we can't provide additional resources for the program right now."
Six years after discussions began, and three years after the project actually was implemented, Asher still does not regret that CLS took on the Medical–Legal Partnership. "But," he adds, "I'm sorry we haven't gotten the money [to pay for it] yet."
For more than eighty-five years, Colorado Legal Services has been operating under the premise that every Coloradan deserves access to high-quality civil legal services. There are ways to help: establish a 2013 Associate's Campaign to accept donations or, alternatively, make a donation directly to the Legal Aid Foundation so that CLS can continue to provide vital assistance to the men, women, and children of Colorado who have nowhere else to turn.
Also, it's not too early to begin planning for 2014. If your firm is interested in participating in next year's Associate's Campaign for Justice, contact Diana Poole, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Foundation, at (303) 863-9544 or email@example.com.
1. Sherry, "Denver boy, 9, died after state-benefits error denied him asthma medication," The Denver Post (March 2, 2010), available at www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14329527.


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Early Childhood Education
Resources for Supporting Appropriate Technology
Integration in Early Childhood Programs
NAEYC Position Statement
- Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8
A joint position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Fred Roger's Center for Early Learning and Children's Media
- Intentional and Appropriate Use of Technology Tools and Interactive Media: The NAEYC and the Fred Rogers Center Position Statement
Slide presentation of the NAEYC position statement
- Finding the Education in Educational Technology with Early Learners
NAEYC Young Children, May 2012 – Includes an Early Childhood Educational Technology Evaluation Checklist
- Learning, Digital Media and Creative Play in Early Childhood
Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning, March 2011
- Technology: A Tool for Knowledge Construction in a Reggio Emilia Inspired Teacher Education Program
Early Childhood Education Journal, 2004
- Meaningful Technology Integration in Early Learning Environments
NAEYC Young Children – Beyond the Journal, September 2008
- Using Technology in Early Childhood Classrooms
Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO), July 2015
- Take a Giant Step: A Blueprint for Teaching Young Children in a Digital Age
Report from Digital Age Teacher Preparation Council established by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, funded by the Joyce Foundation.
- AEYC - Association for the education of young children - Recommendations for Technology Use with Young Children
- Erikson TEC Center, Technology in Early Childhood - Offers resources on effective practice, online professional development
- Early Childhood Technology Network - Source for technology ideas, resources, tools
Blog/Web Resources
- Puerling, Brian; Copple, Carol (2012). Teaching in the Digital Age: Smart Tools for Age 3 to Grade 3. Red Leaf Press. ISBN: 978-1-60554-118-1
- Simon, Fran, Nemeth, Karen N.. (2012). Digital Decisions: Choosing the Right Technology Tools for Early Childhood Education. Gryphon House Publisher. ISBN: 978-0-87659-408-7
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This still married B list television and movie actress hooked up with this B+ list mostly movie actress
. It isn't the first time they hooked up, but is since the latter hooked up with the former's sometime female model lover.
And Amy Poehler for the third.
(I have no clue)
sounds like someone hooked up with Angie's gf. Tsk.
Also sounds like an outing. TSK TSK
B list tv and movie actress? Really? Can ya be more vague next time?ReplyCancel
Milla JovivichReplyCancel
Tons of TV earlier…
Popped with MR on IG
michelle rodriguez on Tumblr
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If it's a *sometime female* model lover, I'll say Leo. Haven't I seen him in drag?ReplyCancel
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Sarah Michelle geller. Michelle RodriguezReplyCancel
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I got your number, FSP. That link is probably to that hellfire that is called a blue waffle and is reportedly the most disgusting thing ever. Nope nope Knope.ReplyCancel
Ellen Page and Evan R.Wood are hanging out a lot, on and off set, but no idea who the model friend would be..ReplyCancel
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The media is great because it's like a big dumb robot that is programmed to be increasingly dumber for a greater period of time all day every day. It's conceivable that in another 10 years there will be some manner of CNN network that exclusively covers what people are saying online about CNN's other coverage and a FOX channel that only plays "Yakety Sax" over old-timey racist cartoons.
In keeping with the media's prerogative to expose glimmering turds at every stop and offer people nothing of value, Donald Trump has taken up more than his fair share of airtime lately as he attempted to expose Barack Obama as a snake-handling Lebanese prostitute who will sleep with your wife the moment your turn your head to see what food Joe Biden is tasting and then returning, saliva-laden, to your fridge. As expected, the backlash has been noticeable, and more than one humorist on Twitter has been observed making a quip about Trump's hair. For shame! Donald Trump is not all veiled racism and self-aggrandizing mockubation. How could he have gotten where he is in life with no good qualities? Without further ado, here are four reasons to love Donald Trump.
4Prison Reform
The prison system in America is in dire straits. Maybe even dire gays, we don't know. It's that bad. We sent out a team to get to the bottom of things, but their camels came back laden with nothing but undrank water and ennui. No number of reality shows on Spike TV about prisons can stem the tide, and according to the Department of Corrections, all of us are currently or will be incarcerated sometime before this article is over. It's madness.
Donald Trump, philanthropist, chiropodist, somnambulist, does not want to continue feeding the broken machine of our prison system. He sees that incarceration is not always the answer. After all, it costs almost $80 a day to keep someone in prison. With nearly 2.3 million people incarcerated in the U.S., that's around $63 billion a year. Do you know what you could buy with that kind of money? A really keen-looking sofa and all kinds of higher quality deli meats. You could really just forget you ever even knew what bologna was and live off of luxurious, thin-sliced sexopotamus.
Thick-cut gives you more of that endangered flavor, while thin-sliced gives you more of the sex.
In an effort to ease the burden on the prison system, back in 1992 Trump suggested that his friend Mike Tyson be exempt from going to prison for rape and instead just pay a few million dollars. Now, not every rapist should be allowed to do this, of course, and not just rich rapists, either. Really only Mike Tyson, and probably because of the value he adds to society by not being in prison. Especially early '90s Tyson, who gave out rapings the way most people give out business cards.
Even though no one important took Trump's suggestion seriously, which is both shocking and hard to believe, considering that this is the man who invented the Stranger (when you sit on your hand until it goes to sleep, then masturbate. Every time you do it, you technically owe Trump $10, but he was never able to find a reliable way to bill people. It happened in the '70s, look it up), Trump did demonstrate a concern for our growing prison populations. This is still an issue today, and Trump was not the first nor the last person to suggest alternative ideas to incarceration that would benefit society as a whole. Would it do anyone any good to put another black man in jail? And, more importantly, would it do anyone any good to put the man who, at the time, was the biggest boxer in the world and a cash cow for Trump's casinos in jail? Of course not.
In retrospect, maybe it would have been a bad move to allow Tyson to pay his way out of jail. Maybe he never would have gotten that face tattoo. Maybe he never would have done The Hangover. Maybe that ear thing wouldn't have transpired. But maybe if it had worked out, Tyson would have cured dysentery. We'll never know.
"Oh, I still woulda got the tattoo. As for the ear biting, are we talking about Holyfield, or people in general?"
3Safe Sex Advocate
Irresponsible billionaires like Bill Gates and Richard Branson have so much unprotected sex with money groupies that the once-beautiful act of lovemaking is basically just a utilitarian process of pumping a gold-plated wiener sheath into a bleary-eyed co-ed while updating their stock portfolios and drinking precious unicorn schnapps from pure jade goblets. Unicorn schnapps pairs delightfully with sexopotamus sandwiches, incidentally.
Always check the bottle for horn to make sure you're not getting imitation unicorn (pony).
Trump, championing the cause of sexual responsibility, has publicly stated his need, in the past, to require women to take AIDS tests before getting serious with them. He even volunteers the use of his doctor, because Trump AIDS is nearly as undesirable as Hitler AIDS. Both cause terrible hair. Also death, so much death. Don't laugh, it's not funny. Segue into new jokes here.
Likely the most delightful part of this entire scenario is the timing and method of suggestion. Does the woman attempt to initiate a sexual encounter and then Trump has to put on the brakes and suggest that she get her oil checked first? Or does Donald have some kind of sixth sense, the Trump Humpdar, whereby he feels that a hump is on the horizon and casually suggests to his lady friend that she may need a swab before they take off their cummerbunds and hair pieces and get nasty? Or does he just give her the ol' ether-rag-in-the-box-of-chocolates trick, test her while she's out, then bang her until she's conscious?
"The old 'Central Park Valentine' never fails."
The flip side of this very responsible coin is the lady who has to know ahead of time that she is going to be having a Trump Hump (barring that ether scenario being true). This is a woman who must stretch the outer limits of plausible sexual premeditation by arranging an appointment with a doctor in anticipation of boning Donald Trump. It's like planning to eat a plate of dirty needles or something. Just weird.
According to Trump, 1991 was one of the worst times in the world to be dating, with all those AIDS out there, so likely he was making women take tests and then double-bagging it with half-inch PVC just to be on the safe side. It's what I do.


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The first decal is a Mouse and a Mousehole that I put at the bottom of our staircase in the corner- I think its a fun place to put it, because people may not notice for a while. The kids love it! Its just a teeny bit of whimsy in a place always forgotten during decorating.
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Plum Organics, Kids, Organic Grammy Sammy, Cocoa Graham & Banana Yogurt, 5 Bars, 1.03 oz (29 g) Each (Discontinued Item)
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Saturated Fat
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