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With phenomena like ŌĆ£American Idol ŌĆØand ŌĆ£The Voice,ŌĆØ perhaps weŌĆÖve all learned that the singing is best left to the real professionals, because even those who think they can sing apparently canŌĆÖt.
The Ubuntu Choirs Network would like to disabuse us of that notion.
ŌĆ£The idea of there being legions of people who canŌĆÖt sing, who are tone deaf, is absolute nonsense,ŌĆØ said Shivon Robinsong, who started the network and its founding choir, The GettinŌĆÖ Higher Choir, in Victoria, Canada, in 1996. That choir is still going strong, now around 300 members strong, and other choirs have sprung up around the globe that follow the same principles, central to which is what could be described as the come-as-you-are concept. These choirs are for anyone inclined to sing, whether lifelong musician or confirmed music avoider.
ŌĆ£I was noticing how many people go around apologizing for their voices and making excuses and saying things like, ŌĆśI canŌĆÖt sing. IŌĆÖm tone deaf. You wouldnŌĆÖt want to hear me sing,ŌĆÖŌĆØ said Robinsong. ŌĆ£All these disclaimers people have about their singing voice as if itŌĆÖs flawed, and I thought there needed to be just a safe place people could come and sing just for the fun of it and the joy of it, without having to worry about perfection, without having to worry about am I good enough or not.ŌĆØ
And so her choir, and what became the network and the movement, were born.
In North Carolina, thereŌĆÖs just one such choir, and it makes its home in Franklin. ItŌĆÖs led by Tom Tyre, who took on the post after a group of friends decided they wanted to sing. Though after accepting the appointment of choir director, he then realized he didnŌĆÖt really know how to be a choir director.
ŌĆ£I love singing like everybody in the group, and I just said instantly yes to that, and later realized, oh I donŌĆÖt know how to do this,ŌĆØ said Tyre.
So he went to a workshop in West Virginia for a weekend, and after some online searching, came across the Ubuntu network. Annually, Robinsong and her co-director put on what they call Community Choir Leadership Training in Victoria, teaching others to lead inclusive, acapella choirs.
Tyre, recently retired, decided thatŌĆÖs just what his group needed. So instead of heading on a tropical, post-retirement vacation, he headed to Canada.
ŌĆ£As a gift to myself, I used the money that I had saved up to go to Hawaii for that,ŌĆØ said Tyre.
He returned with no regrets about missing Hawaii, but a lot of new information and new friends who direct choirs all around the world.
They started with around a dozen choristers but have now reached about 50 or 60 members, depending on the day, which Tyre says is about their capacity, given their small rehearsal spaces. But even with 50 members, itŌĆÖs an experience thatŌĆÖs particularly intimate, because if you donŌĆÖt consider yourself a natural singer, singing is an extremely vulnerable experience.
ŌĆ£When somebody is new to the group, it takes them probably a month to really overcome that feeling of being exposed. Once it gets safe, then people just take off,ŌĆØ said Tyre. ŌĆ£It is incredible; itŌĆÖs really liberating. So when you have a group of people who have done this together, they have this intimacy; theyŌĆÖve been vulnerable with each other. IŌĆÖve never had better friends than the people I sing with.ŌĆØ
Nate Anderson seconded that last part particularly. He and his wife, Gail, both grew up singing in church, in school musicals, in musical families, so theyŌĆÖre not new to the choir setting. But the difference with Ubuntu, explains Nate: ŌĆ£You know, the biggest difference is we have way more fun doing it than I ever did before. Some people bowl; some people play golf; we sing.ŌĆØ
TheyŌĆÖre really not designed to be a performance choir, they just sing for the fun of it. But every now and then, they turn their talents to fundraising concerts, and during the next few months, theyŌĆÖll be starting monthly sing-alongs. The sing-alongs wonŌĆÖt have a space for audiences, but the choir welcome singers in particularly acoustic environments, wherever they may be.
The group sings world music, and Tyre collects musical contributions from other directors around the world, from Malaysia to England to Africa. They even have one particular favorite thatŌĆÖs sung in a now-extinct African tongue.
ŌĆ£We sing anything from old gospel tunes to the Sufi music; we do old Latin chants; we do one that was written in the 1400s,ŌĆØ said Tyre. Pretty much anything thatŌĆÖs uplifting, interesting, or just plain fun to sing.
For Robinsong, the movementŌĆÖs founder, the success of her choir, choirs like the Franklin chapter, and the growth of the worldwide network isnŌĆÖt surprising.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs only in very recent years that weŌĆÖve had this kind-of epidemic of people not thinking theyŌĆÖre good enough,ŌĆØ said Robinsong. Being a consumerist culture has trained us that ŌĆ£if you love music, go out and buy it.ŌĆØ
So each year they continue to run their workshop, helping more people realize that singing isnŌĆÖt a privilege bestowed by Simon Cowell, itŌĆÖs an ancient practice thatŌĆÖs ingrained in the fabric of all of humanity.
Ubuntu itself is an old word, borrowed from South AfricaŌĆÖs Nguni Bantu language, and popularized and expounded upon by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. ItŌĆÖs really a concept, a little nebulous in definition, but in its essence, said Robinsong, itŌĆÖs the idea ŌĆ£because I am, we are.ŌĆØ ItŌĆÖs the concept of community, and thatŌĆÖs why they chose it as their name.
ŌĆ£My passion has always been how do you build community?ŌĆØ she said. ŌĆ£And singing is the way.ŌĆØ


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My DD is 7 months and has been exclusively breastfeeding until the day she turned 7 months---that's when she got interested in solids.
After I delivered in August, I got my cycle in October, but it was just light pink spotting and it was only for one day. After October, it became sporadic. November, then February.
Today is the worse! It FEELS like the onset of a real period with cramps and all. Although my dd started eating solids. She drinks all of the milk that I have pumped the day before which is 12-16 oz or 4 Lansinoh bags. AND DH is home with her all day (he's retired). He goes, um you need to try to bring home like 6 bags---HOW?? She is starting to eat more solids, and I only nurse exclusively in the evenings and weekends.
I wanted to Bf her until she was 12 mos. Can I continue. She loves to nurse and prefers the breast over the bottle

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Even if you're undocumented, you still have rights! Learn more, get help
LAS-ELC to Co-Host Trafficking Workshop on January 31st
January is Trafficking Awareness Month, a good time to think about how to identify victims of this terrible human rights violation and how best to advocate for them. According to the International Labor Organization, over three-quarters of the people trafficked across the globe are estimated to be involved in forced labor. They are extracting, harvesting, or producing different goods in countries worldwide. Even here in the U.S., these individuals toil in the shadows without freedom or access to justice.
We invite you to join us for a brown bag discussion and workshop on this important topic, co-hosted by the Asian Anti-Trafficking Collaborative. MCLE credit is available.
Topics to be covered include:
- Overview of labor trafficking
- Legal remedies available for trafficking survivors
- How to identify labor trafficking cases
- How to identify legal resources for survivors
What: Workshop: How to Identify Labor Trafficking and Survivor Resources
When: Thursday, January 31st from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Where: Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center: 180 Montgomery St., Ste 600, San Francisco, CA 94104 map
We hope that advocates will bring questions, comments, and stories to share at this interactive event.
For information about the entire human trafficking brownbag series, see the full schedule.


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When we were in the hospital trying to establish breastfeeding, I was engorged and my nipples were pretty flat so one of the LCs brought us a soft silicone nipple shield to help our son latch. He was in the NICU and was being supplemented with formula so I'm sure he was also developing some nipple confusion issues, which was only made worse by using the nipple shield. I'm so irritated that we ever started with the dumb thing, but here we are 2 1/2 weeks later still using it. Now he's used to the plastic-y feel of it and the large area to latch on to, so trying to get him onto my bare breast is proving to be a challenge. I know that it's also encouraging bad habits - shallow latching (which is pinching and now causing me pain), popping on and off constantly... and he's probably swallowing a lot more air than he otherwise would as well. I want so badly to ditch this thing!
I've basically just been trying to "practice" with him in the middle of feedings by letting him get started with the shield to establish a milk flow and then removing it and encouraging him to latch on without it. Sometimes he'll latch on and nurse for a few minutes without it, sometimes he just fusses and won't latch, but in any case it never lasts for more than a few minutes.
Should I just keep on going with these "practice" sessions and hope that we can extend them little by little? Any suggestions for alternative weaning methods?


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Faculty Sponsor Duties: Faculty members who have agreed to sponsor a student presentation are expected to serve as advisors to the student as they prepare their work for the Symposium. An important aspect of your role is to provide guidance about what the professional expectations are for a scholarly project in your (or the student's) discipline, keeping in mind that the Symposium is a showcase for undergraduate research only.
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Students whose work is accepted for presentation will also be seeking you out during the first weeks of spring term in order to obtain your signature on their registration forms.
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#113499 - 10/12/03 10:12 PM Language variations
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
A friend had asked about terms of formal address, and in seeking info. on that, I came across this site.
http://www.hku.hk/english/course/sociolectures.htm With a bit of fiddling with the address, I found to my surprise that it comes from the University of Hong Kong. (Which went a long way toward explaining why some of the comparisons jump from American to British to Hong Kong English. Only.) Anyway, I felt a jab of familiarity reading
British and General American:
I might be able to go.
Maybe I should go.
I might could go. / I might can go.
I might should go. / I might ought to go.
There are a bunch of other comparisons, including some Navy jargon that might strike a chord with you, Dr. Bill, John Hawaii, and wow.
#113500 - 10/13/03 08:32 AM Re: Language variations
Registered: 01/29/02
Posts: 320
Loc: Sarasota, Florida, US
Interesting site, Jackie. I took a few linguistics courses way back when, and this site covers much the same ground that I recall from the old days. I still have some reservations about assertions such as:
From a linguistic point of view, there is no basis for saying that one dialect is more correct than another, just as there is no basis for saying that one language is more correct than another. All dialects are equally systematic, but they just have somewhat different systems.
I suppose the opening phrase is meant to soften what follows. I'm something of a stick-in-the-mud about all this acceptance of what I see as substandard usage. It may be that prescriptive is out and descriptive is in, but--as I used to tell my students--make sure you learn the "correct" forms just in case you ever decide to apply for a job.
#113501 - 10/13/03 08:47 AM Re: Language variations
Registered: 01/05/01
Posts: 1814
Loc: Spam Factory
Dingo's breakfast: a yawn, a leak and a good look round (i.e. no breakfast)
I found this Australian slang particularly funny because the definition itself has a nice, alliterative rhythm to it.
#113502 - 10/13/03 08:53 AM Re: Language variations
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 12/01/00
Posts: 13803
something of a stick-in-the-mud about all this acceptance of what I see as substandard usage.
Someone at TVR once made the analogy of language use to shoes worn at a job interview. If you're interviewing for a job as CEO of Continental Draugsvold you're not going to score any points in a pair of oil-stained work boots. On the other hand, if you're looking for a job as rigger on an off-shore oil rig you're not likely to get much of a chance if you show up in a pair of $500 Guccis.
#113503 - 10/13/03 09:10 AM Re: Language variations
Registered: 04/24/02
Posts: 475
Loc: manchester uk
British English
[rant]Fries and chips are not interchangeable words, fries are a completely different thing. Chips are thick as your thumb, deep fried in ( preferably) dripping and served with peas and gravy. Fries are those things you get in M$%££#*$!s.[/rant]
#113504 - 10/13/03 08:40 PM Re: Language variations
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
Ah, yes; I am still astounded by the thought of a "vision" I had last June: a man walking along, casually eating a chip butty. [barf]
#113505 - 10/14/03 12:57 AM Re: Language variations
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/09/00
Posts: 3065
Loc: Jakarta
And what caused such a degree of astonishment as to lead to barfing? The fact that he was walking and eating at the same time or the fact that he was doing so casually? Is walking and eating at the same time only undertaken with great seriousness in the US, as befits the difficulty of a task which only the select few can manage?
#113506 - 10/14/03 04:03 AM Walking and eating
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 6511
Loc: lower upstate New York
Outside of New York City, nobody walks. Inside of New York City, everybody walks and eats.
What's a chip butty?
#113507 - 10/14/03 04:41 AM Re: Walking and eating
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/09/00
Posts: 3065
Loc: Jakarta
Chips placed between two slices of bread to make a sandwich. One of the North of England's contributions to world cuisine.
#113508 - 10/14/03 05:08 AM Re: Language variations
Carpal Tunnel
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Posts: 3065
Loc: Jakarta
I was somewhat surprised to find among the examples:
past perfect 'already'
They've already eaten.
Surely this is the present perfect not the past perfect.
Under complementation he says:
He appeared tired
He appeared a complete idiot.
General American:
He appeared tired
He appeared to be a complete idiot.
Perhaps I'm going to appear a complete idiot here, but to me "He appeared a complete idiot" and "He appeared to be a complete idiot" mean different things.
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Re: What Happened To Tony?
Such a disappointment, I knew he probably wasn't gonna win, just didn't feel it today, but to get lulled into that false hope again, gosh. I thought with Mark behind him, "Oh man, here we go," and then they got dropkicked on the restart.
Oh well. Maybe car No. 14 in try No. 14 in 2012.


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JOHNSBURG – As construction ramps up on the Johnsburg Road project, drivers can expect some slight delays as trucks move in and out of the work zone, the engineering firm said in a release.
Eastbound traffic on Johnsburg Road has been rerouted along Route 31 to Route 120 to Chapel Hill Road, but westbound traffic will continue to travel along Johnsburg Road between Chapel Hill Road and Cherokee Drive.
A map showing the detour route is available at the project website, johnsburgroad.com.
Next week, contractor PirTano Construction Company will begin installing storm sewer at the Spring Grove Road intersection, heading east toward the downtown area, the release said. Crews will also begin cutting down the hill west of Riverside Drive to its new height.
The plan is to widen the road to three lanes – one in each direction and a center lane for turning. Traffic signals will be installed at Riverside Drive and Spring Grove Road.
The second phase will include installation of a roundabout where Johnsburg Road, St. Johns Avenue and Chapel Hill Road meet.
Get more construction news and updates at nwherald.com/projects/construction.


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Brussard says the celtics offered Ray Allen 2 years $12 million, double what the Heat could offer him.
LOL @ me, back in the melodrama days I was complaining about Carmelo demanding a trade and making clear that if we didn't reach an agreement with Denver he'd resign with the Nets... now I see that at least he had balls to make such a demand, was honest with everyone and didn't feed his FO with some shytty commitments as D12 does.
Brussard says the celtics offered Ray Allen 2 years $12 million, double what the Heat could offer him.
^ Sounds understandable, they almost elmininated much younger/talented MIA in the ECF, so why would they let RayRay sign elsewhere?
Well theres reports that the suns want to do a sign and trade with the knicks for fields.Great right? But they also want Iman in the deal also...DAMN.
Hahn's replied to these rumors already saying he doubts we'll include Shump in any package, he means too much to this organization. But, to get some more insight check ESPN radio at 7:00PM where Hahn will be talking about probable Knicks FA moves. However, a package of Fields, Douglas and Gadzurić sounds possible, especially if you can work these three contracts into our taxpayers' MLE, that would increase to around $9.3M/year (don't know if it's CBA possible though, if not it will be $6.3M, but we'd still keep our MLE).
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hmmmm Lewis could be nice for us, if he plays up to his capabilities, i just dunno if he can. Over the course of the past couple of years i havent seen anything out of him to show he can still contribute. Maybe its the fire lost cause he was playing for bad situations, i dunno, but all im saying is there could probably be better options. Is Kenyon Martin a FA? i think he would be a monster off the bench to spell STAT
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
I'd stop the Nash **** right now its starting to remind me of when the Jets went hard after Nnamdi when it wasn't necessary
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The unrestricted free-agent center, Marcus Camby, has narrowed his choices to the New York Knicks, Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics, and the Dallas Mavericks, a league source told CSNNW.com.
All of these teams and then some, called Camby's agent, Rick Kaplan, shortly after July 1 hit, inquiring about his services, but at this point in his career, he's only considering teams in contention for a championship, the same source said.
I'm being told at the moment, Camby doesn't plan on taking any visits with teams, being that he's been in the league for so long and knows what he is looking for.
Camby, 38, just completed his 16th season and spent the first half of last season as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers before being traded at the trade deadline to the Houston Rockets for Jonny Flynn, Hasheem Thabeet, and a 2012 second round pick that was used to select Will Barton.
He has career averages of 9.7 points per game, 9.9 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks.
Starting to feel like we are on everyones List, not like it matters we can make but so many little moves
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Is this Knicks team capable of overtaking Miami? I really don't think so. All these proposed trade ideas seemed to suggest that a little tweaking will propel the team into the next level. I must be missing something.
But that's besides the point, I think we are one PF from becoming a dominant team. I don't know how much Stat has left in the tank.
With Shump out till mid-season, Knicks will also need a defense specialist like Shane Battier.


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First Friday: Slam Poetry CompetitionFriday, March 7thMain Reading Room - 7pmWine reception at 6:30pm for pre-registered guests.
For adults and high school students only. No one younger will be admitted.
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These students' rhymes will blow your mind! After last year's fantastic Slam Poetry Competition, the audience begged us to host another one and we are more than happy to oblige. Twelve high school students with a talent and passion for the spoken word will take the stage and perform their original work for the audience and three fierce judges. The brilliant Jazz Hudson will grace us with her emceeing skills, ensuring this is a night you won't want to miss.
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Dr. Rajiv Shah led the efforts of nearly 10,000 staff in more than 70 countries around the world to advance USAID's mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic societies.
Under Dr. Shah's leadership, USAID applied innovative technologies and engaged the private sector to solve the world's most intractable development challenges. This new model of development brings together an increasingly diverse community—from large companies to local civil society groups to communities of faith—to deliver meaningful results.
Dr. Shah led President Obama's landmark Feed the Future and Power Africa initiatives and has refocused America's global health partnerships to end preventable child death. Feed the Future, alone, has improved nutrition for 12 million children and empowered more than 7 million farmers with climate-smart tools they need to grow their way out of extreme poverty. In April 2014, USAID launched the U.S. Global Development Lab to harness the expertise of the world's brightest scientists, students, and entrepreneurs. At the same time, the newly formed Private Capital Group for Development forges a more strategic relationship between private capital and development.
Dr. Shah also managed the U.S. Government's humanitarian response to catastrophic crises around the world, from the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
Through an extensive set of reforms called "USAID Forward," Dr. Shah worked with the United States Congress to transform USAID into the world's premier development Agency that prioritizes public-private partnerships, innovation, and meaningful results. He currently serves on the boards of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, as well as participates on the National Security Council.
Previously, Dr. Shah served as Undersecretary and Chief Scientist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he created the National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, he spent eight years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he led efforts in global health, agriculture, and financial services, including the creation of the International Finance Facility for Immunization.
He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and the Wharton School of Business. He regularly appears in the media and has delivered keynote addresses before the U.S. Military Academy, the National Prayer Breakfast, and diverse audiences across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Dr. Shah was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He has served as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, been named to Fortune's 40 Under 40, and has received multiple honorary degrees.
He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Shivam Mallick Shah and three children and has given up mountain climbing for family bicycle rides.
The U.S. Government is proud to be the single largest donor on the Thai-Burma border. By supporting the technical, institutional, leadership and advocacy capacities of community organizations, USAID has helped to increase access to critical health care, education, food security and protection for displaced people in conflict-affected areas in the South East part of the country and in the border provinces and refugee camps of Thailand.
Going forward, we must continue to build on decades of U.S. leadership in global food security, and solidify our efforts to make lasting progress against hunger, poverty and malnutrition. Together, all the U.S. Government agencies and Feed the Future partners, including all of you here today, can help ensure everyone has the nutritious food they need to lead full, healthy lives.
I commend the County Government and the parents and students of Ama Primary School for your commitment to improving learning.
Last year's landmark ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities demonstrated Vietnam's commitment to respecting rights, embracing the value of diversity, and promoting equal opportunities. It added a potentially important new dimension to our cooperation that is also at the core of USAID's broader strategy for development cooperation, which is the emphasis on inclusion.
Sự kiện năm ngoái Việt Nam phê chuẩn Công ước của Liên Hợp Quốc về Quyền của Người khuyết tật đã đánh dấu một bước ngoặt và thể hiện cam kết của Việt Nam về vấn đề tôn trọng các quyền, bảo vệ giá trị của sự đa dạng và thúc đẩy các cơ hội bình đẳng. Sự kiện này bổ sung một phương diện mới và quan trọng trong hợp tác của chúng ta đồng thời cũng là cốt lõi trong chiến lớn hơn của USAID về hợp tác phát triển với trọng tâm hướng vào sự hòa nhập.
With Australia, the United States has enjoyed a strong friendship and partnership for 75 years. Throughout Asia, we are proud to work with the Australians on issues of mutual interest, including
I'd like to welcome you all to USAID's regional training facility. And thanks to the Rockefeller Foundation for partnering with us on this important event. Since Jan 2014, "resilience" has been part of USAID's core mission as we look to partner to end extreme poverty. And I believe resilience is here to stay as a key analytic, programming and organizing concept for our development investments for years to come.
In these remarks, I will hopefully set the stage a bit and perhaps say a few things to help spark a great discussion during today's meetings. Shell Foundation and its community of partners, many of whom are also here today, has achieved some great successes over the years; catalyzing the clean cookstoves sector, to its influential role building inclusive markets for off-grid energy.
I am very happy to see the progress that you have all accomplished. The people of Tacloban City have shown great resilience in times of crisis and determination to build back better.
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What is aromatherapy?
People commonly think that "aromatherapy" refers to anything that smells good, like scented candles, potpourri, and perfumes. We use the term "aromatherapy" to refer to the therapeutic application of plant essential oils (usually diluted in some type of solution) by qualified individuals.
Why do I need to know about essential oils?
There is a growing body of research from laboratory and clinical studies that points to the remarkable healing properties of essential oils. They are widely available in markets, co-ops, and pharmacies and are increasingly used in clinics and hospitals.
While most essential oils are safe and free of adverse side effects when used properly, it is important for you to pay attention to dosage, purity, administration, and possible interactions with other medications you might be taking. You should also look for quality products, as there can be big differences between what a professional aromatherapist would use and what is sold in retail stores. (See the section How Do I Determine the Quality of Essential Oils?)
What are common therapeutic uses?
Here are some common therapeutic uses for a few essential oils:
|Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia)
|Bacterial, fungal, and viral infections
|Peppermint (Mentha piperita)
|Headaches, fever, nausea, and fatigue
|Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
|Minor burns, insomnia, pain relief, and wound care
|German chamomile (Matricaria recutita)
|Inflamatory skin problems
|Bergamot (Citrus bergamia)
|Mild antidepressant and tonic
|Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinali)
|Stimulant and anti-infective agent
|Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus, Eucalyptus radiata, Eucalyptus smithii)
|Respiratory infections
|Ginger (Zingiber officinalis)
|Nausea and inflammation
|Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)
|Fungal infections
|Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
|Insect repellent and anti-parasitic
|Mandarin (Citrus reticulata)
|Stomach upset and restlessness, particularly in children
What is the difference between "aromatherapy" and "essential oil therapy"?
Basically, these terms mean the same thing. We think the term "aromatherapy" is a bit of a misnomer because it implies that all essential oils smell nice. On the contrary, there are many essential oils that do not have a pleasant odor. While smell is very subjective, German chamomile is an example of an essential oil that does not appeal to many people. Also, the name "aromatherapy" implies that smelling, or inhaling, essential oils is the only way to get therapeutic benefit, but there are actually a number of ways to use essential oils.
While we think the term "essential oil therapy" is a more descriptive name for this topic, we refer to it as "aromatherapy" because it currently has better name recognition.
What are essential oils?
An essential oil is a natural product extracted from a single plant species. Not all plants produce essential oils, and in the plants that do, the essential oil may be found in the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, or fruits.
It is important to note that essential oils do not feel oily; they are called "oils" because they contain the oil-soluble chemicals in the plant (usually 100 to 200 chemicals per essential oil). This complex chemistry gives essential oils their therapeutic properties and explains why different essential oils may have overlapping effects.
How are essential oils extracted?
It is important to know something about how essential oils are extracted because oils from the same plant extracted in different ways can result in very different products.
The two main ways to extract an essential oil from a plant are steam distillation and expression. Newer extraction methods, such as supercritical CO2 extraction, are also becoming more common.
Steam Distillation
In this method, steam is directed through the plant material. The steam vaporizes the lighter chemicals contained within the plant material. The steam is then condensed through a cooling process. This process generates two products: the essential oil, which contains oil-soluble molecules, and a hydrolat or hydrosol, which contains water-soluble molecules.
Rose water is one of the best known and most widely-used hydrosols worldwide, with many cosmetic and culinary uses. In fact, in the past, rose petals were distilled as much for their hydrosol as their essential oil. Some essential oils, like rose oil (rose otto), smell different from the flowers from which they were obtained because the heat of distillation alters some of the chemicals that gives them their distinctive smell.
Expression is used to extract essential oils from citrus fruits. Expression is the process of grating or scraping the peel of a citrus fruit to release the oils. For example, when zesting a lemon, the scent of lemon rises into the air because the volatile oils have been released from sacs found in the peel.
In the process of essential oil expression, care is taken to capture the oil. Expression does not involve heating; thus, the chemistry of citrus essential oils is not heat-altered and citrus oils smell very similar to the fruits from which they come.
Supercritical C02 Extraction
In supercritical C02 extraction, carbon dioxide is used as a solvent. It is added and eliminated to produce a high-grade extract that is very close to the composition of the natural raw material. C02 extracts are different from distilled oils in that they contain a wider range of the chemical molecules found in the plant material.
You might find essential oils obtained by both distillation and C02 extraction from the same plant species. They would be chemically different; therefore, they may have different therapeutic qualities as well as different safety factors to take into account.
An interesting fact
Essential oils are also used by plants themselves. Naturally occurring essential oils in plants help with infection control, humidity control, hormonal effects, wound healing, and attracting or repelling insects, birds, and animals (Buhner, 2002; Price & Price, 2007).
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'Best Time Of My Life' [5:15 AM]
Dayton Daily News reports: '...in 1971 the Buffalo Bills picked him 30th in the NFL draft and made him a three-year starter. Then, in a move that shocked many, White gave up pro football to return to Dayton � he had worked for the Montgomery County Juvenile Court in the offseasons � and take a $10,400 a year job as a parole officer.'
TU Introduces New Gridiron Leader [5:14 AM]
TulsaSportsWeb.com reports: 'The Buffalo Bills, Kragthorpe�s soon to be former employer, and their talented quarterbacks were also a subject of his gratitude. He specifically mentioned Drew Bledsoe and Alex Van Pelt, among others. �Those guys are pro football players,� he described. �They taught (me) the true value of professionalism. They are my players, and I�ll miss them�but not too much.�'
Bills' Price unhappy in being left off of AFC Pro Bowl team [9:31 PM]
AP reports: 'Price's unhappiness was noted in the Bills locker room, as several players including quarterback Drew Bledsoe and team president Tom Donahoe stopped by to console him after practice.'
Bills to award community grants [3:43 PM]
Business First of Buffalo reports: 'The Buffalo Bills will be passing off a total of $25,000 in grants to 10 area community groups and individuals during the 2002 Community Quarterback Awards Dinner Thursday night.'
Bills' Bledsoe, Moulds, Brown selected to Pro Bowl [3:42 PM]
AP reports: 'Bledsoe became the third Bills quarterback to earn selection, behind five-time Pro Bowler Jim Kelly and Doug Flutie, who was selected once in 1998. Bledsoe finished third overall in fan balloting, receiving 733,754 votes, behind Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre (930,270 votes) and Kansas City running back Priest Holmes (747,297).'
Bledsoe and Favre close on and off the field [2:20 PM]
Olean Times Herald reports: 'The glaring difference between the two is that Bledsoe (46) has been sacked exactly twice as many times as Favre, who has taken the Pack to 11 wins as opposed to Buffalo�s seven.'
Three Buffalo Bills Earn Pro Bowl Honors [2:13 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: The Bills today announced that quarterback Drew Bledsoe, guard Ruben Brown and wide receiver Eric Moulds have been selected to represent the team in the 2003 Pro Bowl. Additionally, FB Larry Centers, LB London Fletcher, RB Travis Henry, P Brian Moorman, WR Peerless Price and DL Pat Williams were named as alternates to the AFC squad.
Bills QBs Coach Steve Kragthorpe To Be Introduced At Tulsa's Head Football Coach [12:20 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: Buffalo Bills Quarterbacks Coach Steve Kragthorpe will be introduced as The University of Tulsa's new head football coach at a news conference on Thursday, December 19.
TU made pick that can't miss [10:59 AM]
Tulsa World reports: 'Buffalo Bills assistant coach and former OSU assistant Tommy Kaiser said Kragthorpe is organized and meticulous. "And that's what you look for in a head coach. You wear a lot of hats as a head coach and I think Steve will do that just fine."'
Kragthorpe can't fight it alone [10:58 AM]
Tulsa World reports: 'Kragthorpe plans to remain in Tulsa through Saturday to launch his head-coaching career. He will resume his quarterback coaching duties Sunday with the Bills before returning to TU to begin the full-time task of rebuilding one of the nation's most troubled programs.'
Ch. 8 buries foes on Kragthorpe story [10:57 AM]
Tulsa World reports: 'Buzz 1430 [KTBZ-AM] afternoon host Jerry Ostroski, who retired from the Bills last summer, went to members of TU's athletic administration and lobbied on behalf of Kragthorpe.'
Kragthorpe named TU coach [10:55 AM]
Oklahoma City Oklahoman reports: '"We're extremely pleased to have Steve Kragthorpe as our football coach," said MacLeod. "Steve has the enthusiasm necessary for success in today's competitive football environment. He has demonstrated his outstanding ability as an offensive coach on both the collegiate and professional levels. Steve brings a wealth of experience to our football program. He possesses the coaching ability, organizational skills, and the personal characteristics and qualities we were looking for in a head coach."'
Foes have a bizarre history in Lambeau [9:01 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'The other memorable moment in the game was the "Wile E. Coyote play" - a crushing tackle Packers punt returner Darren Sharper put on Bills tight end Lonnie Johnson.'
A shiver runs through him [9:00 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Perhaps scariest of all for the Bills:This is one of the best seasons in Favre's 12-year career.'
Favre rules Green Bay [5:36 AM]
D and C reports: 'He is the quintessential football player, an unpretentious superstar, one who can live up to his reputation.'
Bills reward speed-readers [5:35 AM]
D and C reports: 'The No. 11 Drew Bledsoe jersey hung like a tent on her, but Marissa Bauer didn�t mind. As far as the spunky third-grader from School 52 was concerned, the jersey, like the day, was a perfect fit. It was just one of many perks Bauer and her classmates Brionna Goins and Brian Bennett received Wednesday as winners of the HealthNow Rush for Reading program, held in conjunction with the Buffalo Bills.'
Bills await fate for AFC Pro Bowl [5:34 AM]
D and C reports: 'Those players -- quarterback Drew Bledsoe, wide receivers Eric Moulds and Peerless Price, running back Travis Henry, guard Ruben Brown, tackle Mike Williams, fullback Larry Centers and punter Brian Moorman -- will learn this afternoon at practice if they�ll be playing in the Feb. 2 game in Honolulu.'
At least Vikings play in a dome [5:33 AM]
Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel reports: 'To rejoin the Road Dolphins where we left them, we stop where they were stopped on Dec. 1, in "freaking hell," as senior vice president Rick Spielman too kindly recalls Buffalo resembling that day.'
Injury Report [9:39 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: Bostic's out, Jennings is questionable, Stevenson is doubtful for the Bills.
It appears the Packers have a lot of players that are dinged (probable), but Earl Dotson and Gilbert Brown are questionable.
Tulsa Names Buffalo Bills' Assistant Coach Steve Kragthorpe as Head Football Coach [9:02 PM]
TulsaHurricane.com reports: '"We're extremely pleased to have Steve Kragthorpe as our football coach," said MacLeod. "Steve has the enthusiasm necessary for success in today's competitive football environment. He has demonstrated his outstanding ability as an offensive coach on both the collegiate and professional levels." MacLeod added that, "Steve brings a wealth of experience to our football program. He possesses the coaching ability, organizational skills, and the personal characteristics and qualities we were looking for in a head coach."'
Kragthorpe Named New Head Football Coach at TU [9:00 PM]
TulsaSportsWeb.com reports: '"I'm very excited for my family, and thrilled about this golden opportunity to be the head football coach at The University of Tulsa," said Kragthorpe. "Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma is a great area, and The University of Tulsa is such a quality institution. I feel very comfortable with the administration and the commitment they're willing to make. I can't think of a better situation for my family than to move to Tulsa and become the head football coach."'
TNT Strung Out [8:49 PM]
Variety reports: 'Most notable, however, is the terrible editing, which butchers real footage of games and fans. When winning touchdowns are scored, people are sitting and quiet, and there's even one sequence that starts out on the 50-yard line but then shifted to the red zone after a quick cut.'
Tulsa Hires Bills Assistant Steve Kragthorpe as Football Coach [8:42 PM]
Bloomberg reports: '``Steve brings a wealth of experience to our football program,'' Tulsa Athletic Director Judy MacLeod said in a press release. ``He has demonstrated his outstanding ability as an offensive coach on both the collegiate and professional levels.'''
Bledsoe's production dropping off down the stretch [8:20 PM]
AP reports: 'In Bledsoe's first eight games, he threw 16 touchdown passes and five interceptions. In the last six, he has seven touchdowns and eight interceptions.'
Buffalo Bills Notebook: Wednesday's Quick Hits [5:34 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: The Green Bay Packers have won 53 consecutive home games when leading by 10 points or more. The Bills trailed 21-0 at the half before losing 31-21 in their last visit to Lambeau.
Packers-Bills Preview [3:34 PM]
Packers.com reports: 'Kevin Harlan will call the play-by-play for the CBS telecast of Sunday's game and Randy Cross will provide the analysis, with Beasley Reece reporting from the sideline.'
Two Minute Drill With Drew Bledsoe [3:01 PM]
NFL.com reports: Q: Last DVD you bought?
DB: Last DVD that I bought was ... shoot, I haven't bought one in a little while. Just bought the new limited edition version of "Caddyshack". It's got all the commentary and all that stuff on it which is pretty classic.
Bills place CB Bostic on injured reserve [2:48 PM]
AP reports: 'To replace Bostic, the Bills promoted cornerback Marcus Floyd off of their practice squad.'
Kragthorpe may leave Bills for college job [1:45 PM]
WGRZ-TV reports: 'Ch2 Sports has learned Kragthorpe is a finalist for the head coaching job at Tulsa, but Kragthorpe's fate depends on another job interview at another school. Sources tell us South Carolina assisstant coach Charlie Strong is Tulsa's number one choice, but Strong will interview for the East Carolina job on Wednesday. If he takes that job, Kragthorpe, according to a source in Tulsa, would then be the choice.'
TU Dips Into NFL [1:42 PM]
TulsaSportsWeb.com reports: 'Kragthorpe is in his second year with the Bills and tutors starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe. Prior to his post in Buffalo, Kragthorpe coached fours seasons at Texas A&M, spending three of those seasons as the offensive coordinator. He also held coaching positions at Northern Arizona (1990-1993), North Texas (1994-1995) and Boston College (1996).'
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I have a 12 week old baby who has been very good natured... UP until a few days ago.
He has had a cough for a few weeks. I have taken him to the Dr. about it and they don't seem concerned. No fever. And not after eating. It is not the symptoms of reflux, my oldest son had this and it is not the same.
He has been having several mucous poops today and yesterday. I mean a lot. But they are still yellow in color. I am going to go off dairy, which I had to do with my first, but I know this is not a quick fix.
He is extremely fussy and is crying a lot and acts like he is in pain. We have tried Tylenol, thinking it could be ear related, that didn't help. I think it his stomach with the mucous poops. It seems to help when he's laid flat, like to change his diaper.
He is not eating well. He will sometimes eat after about 3 hours but today it has been longer. Everytime I put him to the breast he screams.
He also is not sleeping well. Which I know can be typical. But I mean 10 mins here or there. He does sleep well at night, however, and we cosleep.
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tlmerk wrote:I am kind of surprised more people aren't discussing why there is this secrecy about fines and I think it's all Brian France. He is a pompous, secretive guy and so it flows over into NASCAR. He tries to hide his own skeletons in his personal life -- i.e. being way behind in his alimony and child support and it's highly thought that he has an issue with sustances that make him feel "funny."
I just wish he would step down and let someone else be in charge. His personal life and the way he "hides everything" spills over unto the drivers ability to exercise their right of free speech. It's ridiculous how much power one man holds in NASCAR. I'm sorry if this offends some of his fans, but I think, he's a dirt bag who was handed the opportunity of a lifetime simply by being born into the family France and now he's on a total power trip. And now, he'll probably read this, hunt me down and squelch my voice!! If I suddenly disappear from this website, you'll know it was because I said something against the omnipotent Brian France!!
Gosh, I hate being that negative either, but I just find it interesting no one is blaming Brian in particular for this stupidity of fining drivers like Ryan and Brad for speaking their minds with concerns that are mostly important safety issues!
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Slater's 50/50 bacon burger offers something new under the bun
By Dan O'Heron 01/10/2013
W'hile the Mayan prediction of the world's end turned out to be a dud, the "Armageddon" burger event on Dec. 21 at the new Slater's 50/50 opened with a bang.
Entering Slater's at 1:45 p.m., expecting the rush to meet the 3:10 p.m. final push, I was told at the door "to relax," that the doomsday hype-fest failed to mention that Maya had always been on Denver's Mountain Time. The waiting room accommodating about 220 diners was nearly packed with guests — each curious and eager to try something new in the form of a meatloaf burger made of half ground beef and half ground bacon.
Management indicates that the "Sterling Silver" ground beef is selected from "the top 12 percent of choice beef, aged 21 days." In a hand-kneaded mash up in the kitchen, the bacon comes off not as a replacer of beef but an enhancer of flavor. It gives the patty a very inviting smoky saltiness.
I hadn't been very hungry when I arrived. Any food will satisfy an appetite that comes strictly from hunger. The best appetite develops in the eating. In sampling several Slater 50/50 burgers, I couldn't wait for the next bite. While chomping on the "Armageddon," a burger with prosciutto and chipotle ketchup on a bacon-pretzel bun, I looked toward the sky and sighed, "Don't let it happen until I'm finished."
Oddly, like the Mayans, before this experience, I had long been stuck with an ill and fatal prophesy over hamburgers. While we have bigger fast food burgers, there is no accounting for taste. And while we have better gourmet burgers, there is no account for need.
Elsewhere, I'd been troubled paying nearly $20 for any hamburger — even one made with Kobe beef. That's like feeding tenderloin to a dog or caviar to a cat.
Loath to accept alterations to the basic American hamburger, I felt that it should be put in its place: A simple, inexpensive lunch or late-night snack, starting with simple, puffed ground beef patty, cooked medium-well. Ideally, it was served on an onion roll that had been toasted on one side, dabbed with mustard and latticed with tissue-thin slices of dill pickle. Tomato, onion and lettuce were cut to meet the circumference of the meat patty and bun.
But the 50/50 has become a game changer: A burger of gourmet quality that I didn't know I needed until it got here. And at $9.95 for six of its 10 designed burgers, it's meant to stay.
The basic signature 50/50 burger, among other things, includes an avocado mash and a sunny-side-up egg on white brioche. Other varietal burgers in which ground bacon helps make a good thing better include one that features pineapple. Another dons chili and cheese with a Fritos' crunch. Then there's a turkey burger with a Portobello mushroom cap on a honey wheat bun, and a veggie burger with alfalfa sprouts and cucumber slices.
They even have the nerve to serve one slathered with peanut butter and jelly. Who needs ketchup? And, I swear, you can get it à la mode.
In addition, there's an order sheet that lets you design your own burger, with choices that include five breads,11 cheeses, 40 toppings and 19 sauces. One cheese, one sauce and four toppings are included in the base price. Additional cheeses and sauces are 50 cents each. Toppings cost 50 cents to $1.50 extra.
To add to the surprisingly good-tasting zaniness, you can get a maple/bacon vanilla milkshake, chocolate brownies sandwiching ganache and candied bacon, and a "Bacon Bloody Mary" — a glass of vodka with bacon salt speckled around the rim and garnished with … what else? … bacon.
With 100 craft beers on tap and a scattering of high-definition flat-screen TVs to give everyone a five-yard-line seat for the NFL playoffs, Slater's is every inch a sports bar and brew house. But the gourmet comfort food also makes it a good place to eat.
The first 50/50 was opened in 2009 in Anaheim Hills. It was followed quickly by units in Huntington Beach, San Diego and now here (another is slated to open soon in Lake Forest).
Founded by deli-chain owner Scott Slater, the first bacon/burger came at a tailgate party at a San Diego Charger football game.
To perfect the idea of bringing burgers to a gourmet comfort food status, Slater hired Executive Chef Brad Lyons, a graduate of Pasadena's California School of Culinary Arts now named Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, from where he was working on a cruise ship. To get Lyons to abandon ship in order to cook bacon burgers seemed a daring move. But Slater's has already captured 10 media awards, including Best Burger, Best Happy Hour and Best Sports Bar from the Orange County Register and Best New Restaurant from San Diego Magazine. Based on large attendance figures since its late November opening in Pasadena, Slater's looks like a frontrunner for more of the same praise from local publications.
Beyond burgers, mac and cheese is a specialty when it comes to making up a king-size bed of comfort food. Four types are offered: Buffalo chicken, jalapeno-bacon, sun-dried tomato and baked potato. Each comes with either a Cheez-It crust or one made from Parmesan/panko breadcrumbs. My $7.95 dish was very tasty but disappointing in that the so-called crust was sticky moist and not hardened, nor crisped at the edges.
With a plethora of restaurants in Pasadena cooking up dandy new burgers, is there a burger war going on? Armed with his 50/50, owner Slater doesn't think so, "but if there is, it's one-sided."
While the 50/50 burger would seem to serve only a special occasion for some, for many more it promises to become much more than mere novelty.
Slater's 50/50
61 N. Raymond Ave.,
(626) 765-9700
Full bar
Photos by Danny Liao
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Upside-Down Peach Cupcakes
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Ready Time: 60 min
- Yield: 24 cupcakes
- Pillsbury™ Baking Spray with Flour
- 2 1/4 cups sifted Pillsbury™ Softasilk® Enriched & Bleached Cake Flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk, divided
- 3/4 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 3/4 cup Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
- 4 large egg whites
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening, melted
- OR 1/4 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening, melted
- 1 (14 to 16 oz.) can sliced peaches, drained
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 350ºF. Coat 24 muffin cups generously with flour no-stick cooking spray.
- COMBINE cake flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl of electric mixer. Add 2/3 cup milk and 3/4 cup shortening. Blend at low speed, then beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Add egg whites, remaining 1/3 cup milk and vanilla. Continue beating 2 minutes.
- PRESS 2 teaspoons brown sugar into bottom of each muffin cup. Add 1/2 teaspoon melted shortening. Cut peach slices in half lengthwise, as necessary, to make 24 slices. Place a slice of peach in each cup. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling each about two-thirds full.
- BAKE 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Run a pointed knife around each cupcake to loosen. Invert onto racks to cool.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 cupcake), Calories 250 (Calories from Fat 80), Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 105mg, Total Carbohydrate 42g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 32g), Protein 2g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 4%, Iron 4%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Ensure all recipe ingredients are gluten free by referencing the ingredient labels, as products may vary. If uncertain, contact the ingredient manufacturer.


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2014 personal property, real estate assessments underway
The assessment of real and personal property in Upshur County has begun for tax year 2014. The assessed valuation and classification of all property is based on what was owned by the taxpayer on July 1, 2013.
The obligation to file an annual personal property assessment is prescribed in the West Virginia Code Chapter 11, Article 3, Section 1 through 30. The code also provides for appropriate penalties to those who fail to file an assessment in a timely manner.
The law requires that every person owning personal property on July 1 shall file a return. Personal property includes: intangible personal property, vehicles (in order to obtain license, your vehicle must be properly assessed and taxes paid; please provide vehicle identification numbers), campers, motorcycles, motor homes, boats, boat trailers, ATVs (include purchase price and VIN), mobile homes, cabins, any new construction or deletions and any building not owned by landowners.
– Dog taxes – The assessor is required by law to collect dog license fees. There is a flat fee of $3 on all dogs 6 months and older in rural districts and $6 in the city limits of Buckhannon.
– Homestead exemption – The $20,000 homestead exemption will apply to persons 64 years old or older on July 1 or to those totally and permanently disabled at any age with the proper documentation, which own and live in their home or mobile home. To be eligible for homestead exemption, an applicant must have been a resident of this state for two years prior to the effective date. The deadline for signing an application of homestead exemption for tax year 2014 is Dec. 1. Application cards are available at the assessor's office.
– Farm use – Those land owners whose property has qualified for "farm use" must make application between July 1 and Sept. 1 each year to continue the qualification. We will mail blank applications to those who qualified for farm use for the 2013 tax year, along with a "West Virginia Crop Statistics Report" form. This combined form must be returned to the Upshur County Assessor's Office by Sept. 1. The assessor, by law, cannot accept any applications for "farm use" after the Sept. 1 deadline.
– Managed timber – The annual Application for Certification as Managed Timberland must be submitted to the Division of Forestry by Sept. 1 of each year. Real estate owned must contain 10 contiguous wooded acres to qualify.
– Senate Bill 370 – This bill passed in March 2006 and became effective Jan. 1, 2007. The purpose is to exempt Class I personal property from being taxed. Class I includes all personal property employed exclusively in agriculture, farm machinery and equipment and all products of agriculture including livestock. With the passage of this bill, farm machinery and farm animals will no longer have to be reported on the assessment form.
Information on any of the above can be obtained by calling the Upshur County Assessor's office at 304-472-4650 Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.


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By Mike Linn
A stretch of hot and dry weather during the summer had a negative impact on the harvest of produce on area farms.
And too often when moisture did arrive, it came in the form of hail, which in large sizes can wipe out acres of crop land in less than an hour, farmers say.
The poor weather started a domino affect: fewer crops led to fewer sellers at local farmers markets which impacted farming businesses from Milnesand to Tolar.
"We didn't have as many sellers this year, and the one's we did have didn't have as much produce," said Margie Plummer, the manager of the Portales Farmers Market, which officially ended on Thursday.
Agriculture specialists say summer months are more often than not good for producing rain, and this summer's dry, stale heat was atypical.
"Typically our rainy months are July and August — if you look at the rainfall the last 100 years — and we just didn't get it this year," district conservationist Joe Whitehead said. "It's been awful. It's pretty bad right now ag(riculture) wise."
The hot climate negatively impacted dry-land farmers the most, but Whitehead said irrigation farmers appreciate a good damp spell as well.
"Many irrigation farmers depend on that rain as well, because they just don't have enough irrigation water for a full crop," Whitehead said. "They kind of depend on Mother Nature, and when the rain doesn't come it kind of puts them in a pinch."
Smokey Ball farms 15 acres of irrigated land almost a mile east of Wal-Mart and was selling green tomatoes instead of bright red ones at the market Thursday afternoon.
Ball blames lack of moisture and a hot summer — which he described as "disaster" — for having to sell green tomatoes. He said the lack of moisture stunted his crop's maturation.
Even so, Ball said he was pleasantly surprised to make a decent crop considering the poor weather.
"I think we all did pretty good and made a decent crop … made good tomatoes and okra and peppers," Ball said.
Ball said he put more money into growing his vegetables than he'll make sales this year.
Karen Stout, manager of Oppliger Farms in Bailey County, Texas, was selling green apples at the Portales Farmers Market Thursday afternoon.
Stout pointed out what looked like minor scars near the stem of her apples, which she said are caused by extreme weather changes, from extremely hot to cool to freezing in a short time frame.
"It would be nice if we had even temperature, but we don't live in a perfect world," Stout said.
Even with her constant challenge with Mother Nature, Stout said she still loves her job.
"Where else can you be out in God's country so often?" Stout said. "You can scream all you want to do in the orchid and nobody will…It's real good stress relief."


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Not only did the woman not want to hook up with her sisters-in-law, she wanted to know if there was a way she could prohibit them from coming to her house, according to the report.
Caught up in a sticky situation, the responding deputy wrote that he "explained the no-trespass law."


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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup
Calories 187
Total Fat 6 g
Saturated Fat less than 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 12 mg
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Small new potatoes (5 cups) 16
Olive oil 2 tablespoons
Green onions, chopped ¼ cup
Black pepper ¼ teaspoon
Dill weed, dried 1 teaspoon
- Thoroughly clean the potatoes with a vegetable brush and water.
- Boil potatoes for 20 minutes or until tender.
- Drain and cool potatoes for 20 minutes.
- Cut potatoes into fourths and mix with olive oil, onions, and spices.
- Refrigerate and serve.


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For Immediate Release
October 7, 2013
Illinois State Board of Education announces hearings to guide FY 2015 budget development
Board will also use hearings to gather feedback on the state's education finance system
SPRINGFIELD – State education leaders once again urge local community members to weigh in on what education needs should be a priority as they prepare the Fiscal Year 2015 K-12 education budget. The Illinois State Board of Education is also encouraging citizens to share their opinions and ideas regarding the state's current funding formula as the Board works with a Senate committee tasked with evaluating the formula and education funding.
ISBE's Finance and Audit Committee will host the first of five public hearings immediately following the Oct. 23 Board meeting at Carbondale Community High School in Carbondale. The Board will submit its FY 2015 education budget recommendation by January to the Governor and General Assembly.
"One of the Board's crucial roles is to be a strong advocate for sufficient funding for K-12 education and ensure each and every student in the state is prepared for the rigors of college and careers," said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "At a time of renewed interest in examining how schools are funded in Illinois, the Board believes that significant changes are needed to improve the quality of education for the state's two million public school students."
In addition to developing the FY 2015 state education budget, the Board is assisting the Senate Education Funding Advisory Committee as it works to study the current method of distributing state funding to school districts. The Advisory Committee, co-chaired by Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, and Sen. Dave Luechtefeld, R-Okawville, aims to propose a state education funding system that provides adequate, equitable, transparent and accountable distribution of funds to school districts that will prepare students for achievement and success after high school. Testimony from the FY 2015 budget hearings regarding the funding formula will be shared with the Senate committee as it works to recommend a more equitable method of distributing available resources to schools. The committee is charged with having a proposal ready for the full General Assembly by next February.
State Board's education funding principles:
The State Board believes that any recommendations for changing how education is financed should be measured against five key principles:
- Adequacy — provides a level of funding sufficient for a high quality education.
- Simplicity — provides districts a predictable, understandable revenue stream that is used to maximize student outcomes.
- Transparency — is easily accessed and understood by all citizens.
- Equity — begins with everyone contributing a minimum tax rate and adjusts for student need by weighting the formula to allow for additional resources to address impediments to student achievement.
- Outcome-focused — encourages student growth in learning.
"We look forward to working with lawmakers to develop a new funding formula that meets all five principles and best serves students and taxpayers," said Jim Baumann, Chair of the ISBE Finance and Audit Committee. "Currently, Illinois continues to rank near the bottom of the nation in terms of state financial support for elementary and secondary education."
Inequities exist as student funding and local tax rates vary across the state. Illinois' Operating Expenditure Per Pupil can range from $6,016 to $25,289, depending on where a student resides, while local tax rates can fluctuate from 2.3 percent to 15.3 percent of property value, depending on where a taxpayer's home is located.
Recent Budget History
Meanwhile, the ISBE has continued to advocate for increased state funding in recent years. The Fiscal Year 2014 state budget saw a nearly $140 million increase over the previous fiscal year, making it the largest budget for education the State Board has received since Fiscal Year 2009. The FY 2014 State Budget for Pre-K-12 education totals nearly $6.7 billion, an overall increase of $137 million from Fiscal Year 2013 appropriation levels. Much of that increase went toward funding General State Aid (GSA). Still, the state saw a $165-million reduction in General State Aid between FY 2009 and FY 2014. As a result, GSA is being significantly prorated for another year, this year by about 89 percent.
The GSA formula supports local school district general operations. Central to the GSA calculation is the "Foundation Level," which is intended to represent the minimum level to adequately fund the education of a single pupil in the Illinois K-12 public school system. That Foundation Level has been set in statue at $6,119 per pupil since 2010. In recent years, however, funds appropriated for GSA have fallen short and districts have not received full reimbursement.
Between FY 2009 to FY 2013, the state education budget experienced an overall drop of $852 million. Most budget experts agree that the increase to the FY 2014 budget was the result of a one-time unexpected increase stemming from a change to a federal law.
The Board, aware that districts are implementing new initiatives to improve student and teacher performance as well as seeing an increase in students from low-income families, will continue to advocate for more education funding. The state saw level funding in FY 2014 in Early Childhood, Bilingual, Career and Tech Ed and Mandated Categoricals.
Budgeting for Results
Consistent with The National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting principles, Illinois requires state agencies to use a "Budgeting for Results" model to establish spending priorities, meet goals and deliver excellent services and value to taxpayers. To meet the Budgeting for Results requirements, budget hearing participants are once again asked to provide the following information when presenting their FY 2015 budget requests to the ISBE Finance and Audit Committee:
- Outcomes: What outcomes will the funding allotment achieve?
- Measures: What are the measurable results of these outcomes?
- Value: What is the value of the outcomes?
- Historicals: What outcomes have been achieved in the past?
- Moving forward: How does your organization plan to improve the value of services it provides using funding and other resources?
Budgeting for Results calls on every state agency to make the case for its budget based on its ability to successfully deliver results and value to Illinoisans.
Those who are unable to attend one of the five public hearings are encouraged to email any guidance or feedback to ISBE at: firstname.lastname@example.com. The public budget hearings for Fiscal Year 2015 will be conducted at the follow dates and locations:
- Wednesday, Oct. 23 – Immediately following board meeting (4 to 6 p.m.) – Carbondale – Carbondale Community High School Library, 1301 E. Walnut St., Carbondale, IL 62901
- Tuesday, Nov. 12 – 4 to 6 p.m. – Champaign – Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820
- Thursday, Nov. 14 – 4 to 6 p.m. – Grayslake – College of Lake County, Auditorium, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake, IL 60030
- Wednesday, Nov. 20 – 4 to 6 p.m. – Macomb – Macomb High School Library, 1525 S. Johnson St., Macomb, IL 61455
- Friday, Nov. 22 – *11 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Chicago – Thompson Center, Conference Room 16-503, 100 W. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601 (*or immediately following the Board Meeting)
The State Board's Finance and Audit Committee conducts public hearings each year to gather opinions about local district's education needs and priorities as they prepare the following year's education budget. The Board generally recommends an education budget in January, several months prior to any General Assembly action on the next fiscal year's budget. The Board can only make a recommendation. The Governor and legislators must determine how to generate revenue and set the final budget.
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Meat Cake
By Leslie Bilderback 04/01/2010
Be sure your guests have a sense of humor. For instance, I don't suggest serving Meat Cake when trying to impress your boss, or your girlfriend's parents.
2 slices sandwich bread or 1 cup bread scraps or crumbs
½ cup milk
1 egg
1 large yellow onion, chopped, sautéed until golden and cooled
4 strips bacon, cooked and crumbled
1½ pounds ground beef
Mashed Potatoes
4 medium russet potatoes, peeled
and quartered
3 quarts water
4 tablespoons butter
½ cup cream
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Preheat oven to 350˚. Coat two 9-inch cake pans with pan spray. Place bread in a large bowl and pour the milk on top of it. Set aside to soften for 15 minutes. Stir in the egg, add onions and bacon and stir to form a paste. Add the beef and mix well.
2. Divide the meat evenly between the two cake pans; press in and smooth. Bake at 350˚ until brown and bubbly, about 20 to 30 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
3. Meanwhile, boil potatoes until tender, about 30 minutes. Drain them thoroughly and spread them out on a baking sheet to dry for 15 minutes.
4. Combine butter and cream in a saucepan and set over low heat until melted and warm. Put cooled potatoes through a ricer and add to the mixture. Beat with a whisk until smooth. Season with salt and pepper and set aside to cool to room temperature.
5. Place one meat layer on an ovenproof platter, top with one-third of the mashed potatoes and spread to cover. Top with second meat layer, and use the remaining potatoes to ice the top and sides of the cake.
6. Warm in a low oven (200˚F) for 20 to 25 minutes before serving. Decorate at your whim, using pimentos, olives, vegetables or more meat. Or write on the top with ketchup. You can also make this recipe in a cupcake variation.
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If your neighbor is a 'Messy Marvin' or a 'Junky Jane,' there's now more of a reason for them to clean up their yards.
Bill 3, which increases the maximum daily fine for neighborhood blight, was signed into law Friday by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. Instead of a maximum fine of up to $1,000 per day, violators now face a fine of up to $5,000 per day. Complaints are handled by the city's Department of Planning and Permitting.
"This is not going after somebody who has weeds this tall in their yard," Caldwell told reporters, while holding a hand up to his waist. "It's going after the most egregious bad actors."
Some have dubbed the legislation the "Genshiro Kawamoto" bill, after the eccentric Japanese billionaire who allowed several of his Kahala properties to fall into disrepair. DPP says Kawamoto has corrected all 67 violations he was cited for over the past several years, and paid about $42,000 in fines. Caldwell said enforcement of Bill 3 would take place islandwide.
"There are always a few bad actors in our community, and they're around this entire island," said the mayor. "They're going to feel the full measure of the law now. Five thousand dollars every day, it adds up pretty darn quickly."
"The maximum fine is levied by the inspectors at their discretion only against the most egregious repeat offenders, so mom and pop are not going to be affected," said Councilman Stanley Chang, who drafted the bill.
Deputy DPP Director Arthur Challacombe said complaints about neighborhood blight can be made in person at the Frank F. Fasi Municipal Building, by email or by calling the DPP office. Residents can also visit the city's information and complaints web page to fill out a form. All complaints will be kept anonymous.
"If one person is messing it up, it makes the whole area look really bad, so I will call," said Joseph Walton, a Waikiki resident who has dealt with his neighbor's messy yard for years. "I think this new law is going to be very important for everybody to clean up their own mess."
Challacombe said 13 inspectors within DPP's residential enforcement branch can respond adequately to all complaints the agency receives under Bill 3, even if those complaints become more frequent.
"We will still be doing the same good work that our inspectors do, it's just now we have a better tool to work with," he said.
The fine for a first-time violator will likely start at $50 and only the messiest Marvins in a neighborhood will reach the maximum of $5,000 per day.
Correction: An earlier version of the story said the previous maximum fine was $2,000 per day.