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Thirteen years ago an audit of the Student Transportation Services program under the Department of Accounting and General Services showed problems with rate setting, contract monitoring, and financial controls.
According to a report released Friday by State Auditor Marion Higa, those problems have only grown worse, especially after the school bus program was transferred to the Department of Education in July, 2000.
The 60-page document says school bus routes have not been evaluated for cost, efficiency or safety. There's also been little evaluation of more than 800 routes or how to possibly consolidate them. Meanwhile, a lack of contract oversight has resulted in rising costs.
"This validates what we've been saying all along, that our school bus transportation program had serious deficiencies; that it was not being run well," state Sen. Jill Tokuda, chair of the Education Committee, told KITV4.
Assistant School Superintendent Ray L'Heureux was hired eight weeks ago, and has been tapped as the point man to reform the school bus program. Although he takes issue with some of the harsh language contained in the auditor's report, he generally agrees with all of the findings.
"Nobody likes getting punched in the nose," he said, "but it's a valid audit."
According to the audit, the cost of Student Transportation Services has increased three-fold since 2006 to $72.4 million. During the past legislative session, the DOE requested $75 million to fund the program for the current school year, but lawmakers settled on $25 million.
The DOE was able to secure another $11.5 million from one-time funds, which brought the current cost of running school bus service to $36.5 million. However, the Board of Education was left scrambling and cut 74 routes, forcing more than 2,000 students to find alternative transportation.
"If those painful cuts can result in some significant changes today, and the results of this audit report can result in some real changes in the way we do Bus Transportation Services going forward, then we're going to be better for it," said Tokuda, who plans on holding a legislative briefing on Higa's findings.
In a written response to the audit, Schools Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi said the DOE has already embarked on a course that will reform how school buses operate.
She wrote the department wants to spur competition, modernize routes through computer software, and give the DOE maximum flexibility to analyze proposed contracts.
In June, the Management Partnership Services Inc. was awarded a contract for $109,000 to scrutinize the school bus program. A report is due in November, and even harsh critics like Ken Levasseur believe the DOE is on the right path.
"I have to commend Kathryn Matayoshi, she is doing everything that is needed to get student transportation back where it should be," said Levasseur, a former lobbyist for bus contractors, who now drives for Gomes School Bus Service, LTD.
Among the more egregious findings in the audit is the DOE's commitment to pay the general excise tax for 75 bus contractors to the tune of $2.2 million. The report also found the DOE paid some contractors $100 per day for every school bus that remained idle for up to 180 days.
Although the DOE ultimately saved $1.35 million in school year 2012 by allowing 22 school buses to remain idle, the policy resulted in bus contractors being awarded $412,574 in compensation.
L'Heureux said the policy on idle buses is one of the items that will be corrected through Management Partnership Services' examination of the program.
"We have to go back and look at our own procurement law, not only ours, but certainly the state as well," he said. "There might be some statutes that need to be changed with regards to how we procure those contracts."
L'Heureux said changes to the school bus program would be initiated before the start of the next school year, and some routes that were cut could be restored. However, that doesn't mean other routes won't be streamlined or eliminated in the future.
"I think everything is on the table," said L'Heureux. "You have to look at all options and examine every possibility of how you make this thing flatter in terms of architecture."
According to the DOE, an estimated 39,000 public school students ride the school bus. The department also provides free curb-to-curb service to approximately 4,000 special education students.
Total enrollment in the statewide school system this year stands at 181,213, an increase of 1.7 percent compared to the previous year.


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There will be live music provided by The Blue Grass Gospel Boys. The Church Country Store and the silent auction will be open for business at 10 a.m. There will also be a cake walk.
The barbecue brisket meal will begin at 11 Tickets will be $8 and sold at the door the morning of the festival.
The church will be open for those who would like to take a tour and hear some history of the 120-year-old church.
The live auction will begin at 12:30 p.m. A few items in this year's auction are the "Dessert of the Month," several quilts that congregation members have sewn and a chuck wagon meal.
The church has also published another cookbook and it will be ready in time for the festival. The cookbooks will be $10 each.


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Competed in two events for the Mavericks, with his best time being a 21:34 at the Baylor Invitational.
Finished 29th at the UTA Season Opener in 22:39.
Did not compete in the 2010 cross country season.
Indoor Highlights:
Scored points in a pair of events for the Mavericks at the Western Athletic Conference Championships.
Placed fifth in the 800m with a season-best time (1:54.46) and the mile (4:20.93) at the league meet.
Had a season-best time of 4:17.16 in the mile during a third-place showing at the Varsity Apartments Invitational.
Earned a fourth-place finish in the mile run at the SLC Championships with a season-best clocking of 4:14.12.
Had a trio of runner-up showings throughout the year.
Finished second in the mile at both the J.D. Martin Invitational (4:23.07) and the Varsity Apartments Invitational (4:19.00).
Also took second in the 800 meters (1:54.13) at the Oklahoma Invitational.
Took third in the mile run with a time of 4:23.54 at the Oklahoma Sooner Open I.
Placed second in the mile run with a season-best time of 4:19.88 in the Houston Indoor Invitational.
Came in second at the Varsity Apartments Shocker Quad in the mile run (4:20.61).
Competed in the SLC Indoor Championships in the mile run, finishing in 4:41.82.
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Placed eighth in the WAC Championships in the 1500m with a time of 3:59.18.
Finished 13th at the league meet in the 800m (1:53.99).
Logged a season-best 1500m time of 3:53.99 at the Mt. SAC Relays.
Reached the finals of the 1500 meters at the Southland Conference Championships, where he placed 10th (3:57.65).
Had a season-best time of 1:54.18 at the Leon Johnson Invitational.
Ran his best 1500m time of the year at the Beach Invitational (3:53.92).
Competed in three events at the Texas Relays, the 1500 meters, 4x800 relay and distance medley relay.
Narrowly missed scoring for the Mavericks with a ninth-place finish in the 1500m at the SLC Outdoor Championships following his best time of the season (3:55.51).
Was the runner up in the 1500m at the North Texas Spring Classic with a time of 4:05.09.
Placed fourth in the 1500m with a time of 4:02.74 at the Horned Frog Invitational.
Took fifth in the 800m with a time of 1:57.17 at the Northwestern State Invitational.
Placed fifth in the 1500m at the Michael Johnson Classic with a time of 4:01.58.
Named high school's Track & Field/Cross Country Athlete of the Year.
Qualified for regional meet in the 800m and 1600m as a junior.
District champion in the 800m as a senior and also qualified for the state meet.
Placed fourth at the state meet in the 1600m, recording a personal-best time of 4:18.42.
Other personal records include 1:58.35 in the 800m, 4:30.29 in the mile, 10:50.02 in the 3200m, 16:34 in the 3-mile and 17:57.33 in the 5000m.
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Majoring in Kinesiology.
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Alzheimer's Genetics Research: Rudy Tanzi, PhD
An intensive multi-year project to discover all the gene variants which increase a person's risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been completed by MIND's premier geneticist Rudy Tanzi, PhD, with surprising results that point to new targets for drug discovery.
The Alzheimer's Genome Project™ screen is the largest such family-based screen ever conducted, using genetic data from more than 1,300 affected families. Dr. Tanzi's technique uses information from the Human Genome Project, genetic technology and advanced statistical analyses to query every single gene in a person diagnosed with Alzheimer's and compare it to a sibling who is unaffected. When a large number of families are studied, the data are like a treasure map pointing to jewels of discovery.
"Every new Alzheimer's gene we identify provides clues to the cause of this dreadful disease. The knowledge gained from the Alzheimer's-associated defects in these genes should greatly accelerate our efforts to treat and prevent Alzheimer's disease," stated Dr. Tanzi. The project's definitive results included a 'novel' AD gene, one of the top genetic hits for Alzheimer's emerging from that screen.
MIND's Genetics and Aging Unit, headed by Dr. Tanzi, is well positioned to capitalize on these discoveries. Seven different laboratories work closely together to understand the implications of these genetic mutations, using the latest technology to piece together disease mechanisms and identify targets for treatment.
The far-reaching project was funded entirely with private donations through the Cure Alzheimer's Fund. This nonprofit organization was founded by families affected by Alzheimer's. The organization's ultimate goal is reliable prediction of the disease, development of therapeutics to delay or prevent it and discovery of drugs to treat and cure it. The completion of the Alzheimer's Genome Project is a huge milestone towards this effort.
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Padmasambhava or 'Guru Rinpoche', the 'Precious Master', as he is affectionately known by the Tibetan people, is the great master and saint who brought the teaching of Buddha to Tibet in the eighth century.
Guru Rinpoche established the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet at Samyé, and infused his blessing into the whole landscape of Tibet and the Himalayas. He is considered by Tibetans to be the 'Second Buddha'.
"There have been many incredible and incomparable masters from the noble land of India and from Tibet, the land of snows, yet of them all, the one who has the greatest compassion and blessing toward beings in this difficult age is Padmasambhava, who embodies the compassion and wisdom of all the buddhas."


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5-25-09 Progressive Field
After some deliberation, I decided to attend this game. The game was to begin at 6:05, an hour earlier than normal. Gates open on weekdays at 4:30 for 7:05 games, so I was expecting the gates to open at 3:30.
My wife and I got to Cleveland early, and picked up our tickets at the will call window around 3 and got in line at the gate. A girl came out and set everything up (tables, ropes, garbage cans, signs). She told some people that the gates were to open at 3:30. Yes!
Imagine my displeasure when the girl left to find the workers at 3:30 and returned with, "Uh, the gates aren't opening until 4:30."
I had to stand there, already in a bad mood, and listen to an autograph hound talk about his autograph exploits for an hour. He was talking obnoxiously loud. One of those people that wants everyone to hear his conversation.
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Today's baseball(s): only one pictured because career ball #288 was given away.
Notice the nice scuffing from where it hit the concrete?
And the sweet spot:
Game: 2 Balls (1 hit, 1 device)
Season: 122 Balls (52 hit, 55 throw, 15 device)
Games: 25 Games (21 with BP, 4 without)
Average: 4.88 Balls per Game
Career: 288 Balls
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Can't wait to read it, dude! I sent you an e-mail with my stats for this week–since I'll be a bit busy over the weekend.
I think you mean "the RED SOX scored like 7 runs in the bottom of the ninth". That was a great movie, though.
Erik, I hate problems at the gate. Waiting that extra hour would have set me off. It is nice that you have a back up park to hawk at. The closest other park to me is Miller and that is a 5 hour drive. I had a weird day at the dome today and am wondering whether or not a ball I got counts or not. Take a look at my blog if you get the chance.


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MARIETTA – Faced with the always difficult decisions surrounding a loved one's death, more and more people are opting to go with the highly customizable and cost efficient cremation process.
Between 1960 and 2010, the national average rate of cremation rose from 3.56 percent to 40.62 percent in the U.S., according to the National Funeral Directors Association.
And locally, that number is still on the rise, said Jon Leavitt, funeral director and co-owner of Leavitt Funeral Home in Parkersburg.
"We knew back almost 20 years ago that cremation was becoming more of a choice for families, and it has grown for a number of reasons," he said.
In 1994, Leavitt Funeral Home built the first crematory in the area and the family takes great pride in personally overseeing the cremation process for customers, said Leavitt.
One of the reasons cremations is growing in popularity is that it is typically more economical than a traditional burial, said Matt Kennedy, apprentice funeral director at Hadley Funeral Home in Reno.
"I would say the average price for a traditional burial with the casket and the vault and the opening and closing of the cemetery plot is between $7,000 to $8,000. For cremation, we typically charge $2,545," he said.
Hadley funeral homes have provided cremation services for longer than a decade and both its Reno and New Matamoras locations are equipped with crematories, Kennedy said.
Another important reason families choose cremation is that it provides more flexibility, said Leavitt.
"It allows families to have a few more options. They can have a viewing with the body present or to have a memorial without the body present," he said.
Cremation also appeals to a society that is increasingly mobile, added Kennedy. If a family moves, they do not have to return to a burial site; they can take their loved-ones with them, he said.
Leavitt Funeral Home also provides a completely separate pet crematory.
"What we're finding is families when their pet died, they didn't know what to do," Leavitt said.
Despite the increasing popularity, many people still do not know what to expect of the process.
Typically, cremations are performed inside a crematory, a large, brick-lined machine that incinerates human remains at temperatures between 1,600-1,700 degrees, said Kennedy. The process takes around three hours, he said.
The process produces around five to six pounds of cremated remains, which are commonly called ashes, though that is a misconception. The cremated remains are actually bone and calcium deposits that remain after cremation, and are broken up, said Kennedy.
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The state land board will meet Friday to consider revoking the permits for a Big Island kayak tour company.
Hawaii Pack and Paddle has been under scrutiny after one of its customers--- a New York teenager---- was swept out to sea at Kealakekua Bay this summer.
Two months ago, Hawaii Pack and Paddle was thrust into the headlines, when 16-year-old Tyler Madoff was swept out to sea by a large wave.
The state cited Pack and Paddle for three violations. It said on that day, the company had too many passengers, its tour was too long, and it was operating in an area not covered by the permit.
Back in July, State Land Director William Aila had shared his concerns that the company did not stay in the landing area. The teens were in a tide pool when the large waves hit.
The state also found that the company had under-reported the number of customers, saying it had four, and ultimately underpaid the state.
The permit requires a $5 per person fee.
The Parks division staff maintains that because Pack and Paddle breached its contract, it should lose its operating permit.
Pack and Paddle's attorney Bob Frame said he was just hired four days ago. He is asking the state to delay the proceedings until he has time to fully investigate the matter.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources declined comment For years, management of Kealakekua has been an issue and the permit system for the Captain Cook Monument was an effort to control the problems with unlicensed businesses operating in the area.


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Vermont getting its money's worthNovember 08,2013
Last year brought good news for Vermont's 15-year-old school funding system. An extensive study for the Legislature by Lawrence O. Picus and Associates concluded that Vermont provides "equal access to all towns for raising revenues for pre-K-12 education."
Further, the study found, the system "has reduced the variation in student achievement in reading and mathematics across schools." Vermont's school funding system is fair to taxpayers because all school districts have the same ability to raise revenue for their schools. And that's been good for students.
That success speaks well of Vermonters, who have long recognized that educating our children is one of our most important responsibilities as a state. In fact it's so important that it's specifically mentioned in the Vermont Constitution.
Still, some people argue that the state is spending too much for education. They've been calling for new controls on spending or school consolidation as a way to bring costs down. And the question is alive every year when each school board asks for approval of a budget at town meeting.
Is Vermont spending too much? Let's look. In relative terms, statewide spending for public pre-K-12 education in Vermont has held steady for 20 years — at about 5.5 to 6 percent of the state's economy (gross state product, or GSP). Compare that to statewide health care expenditures. They've doubled from about 10 percent of GSP in 1992 to nearly 20 percent in 2012. The growth in health care costs is clearly a problem; our spending on education — measured against the overall economy — is sustainable.
Vermont's per-pupil spending does rank high among the states: fifth in the U.S. census ranking, second in the NEA's. But shouldn't every state want to be first when it comes to education? Let's look at what Vermont's getting for its money.
Vermont's public school students have among the highest test scores in the country and the highest (or second highest) graduation rate. Do we want to strive for mediocrity instead?
Because Vermont has an equitable system, we spend close to the statewide per-pupil average on every student. Other states keep their averages — and their taxes — down by spending an inadequate amount on lots of children. Vermont used to shortchange many of its kids, too. Do we want to reduce our average spending by returning to the old inequitable system?
Another angle on spending is to consider the private marketplace. According to a 2011 study in Massachusetts, non-religious private schools spent $32,000 per pupil, not including room and board. That compares with public schools, which spent $13,000 per pupil in the same year. The study concludes that the market value of a high-quality education is much nearer to $32,000 than $13,000. In other words, public schools are not too expensive; they're a bargain.
So is Vermont spending too much? Only if you think that demonstrated excellent results and equitable treatment of students and taxpayers — all at a competitive price — are too much.
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Music reaches farther than any other impression from the external world can reach. And the beauty of music is that it is both the source of creation and the means of absorbing it. In other words, by music was the world created, and by music it is withdrawn again into the source which has created it.
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OK, sports fans, La Niña is back. This is good news for some mountains and bad news for others. And it's actually really bad news for meteorologists, who now must answer the barrage of requests for a six-month snow forecast. Just remember that a seasonal forecast is less important than following each individual storm during the winter. That said, here's the scoop on La Niña.
Water temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean are much colder than average, which is the definition of La Niña. Those temperatures can affect weather patterns across the globe, and that's why La Niña is important. For North America, La Niña has some predictable consequences for snow during the winter: it snows a lot.


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About Chuck Ludlam
- Twice served as a Peace Corps Volunteer, Nepal (1968-70; Ag Extension) and with Paula in Senegal (2005-07; Agro-Forestry Extension).
- Co-founder of Friends of Nepal and member of the Board of Directors, National Peace Corps Association.
- Advisor to the Obama/Biden Transition Team for the Peace Corps.
- In June 2008, after a five-year effort, secured enactment of Section 110 of H.R. 6081 (P.L. 110-245), which provides tax relief to Peace Corps Volunteers and staff on the sale of a personal residence, the first provision of the Dodd/Kennedy Peace Corps Volunteer Empowerment Act(S. 732) (PCVEA) to be enacted into law.
- In July 2006, published the Peace Corps Medical Clearance Guidelines, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, on PeaceCorpsOnLine together with an explanation of the guidelines and detailed reform proposals. These proposed reforms were included in the Dodd/Kennedy PCVEA and largely incorporated in the March 2008 Final Program Evaluation Report: Peace Corps' Medical Clearance System (IG-08-08-E) of the Peace Corps Inspector General. Thus, much of this Dodd/Kennedy PCVEA provision is now being implemented.
- In November 2005, persuaded the Office of Personnel Management to issue regulations eliminating the double payment of health insurance premiums by Federal government retirees who serve as Volunteers. The PCVEA presses the Peace Corps to extend this victory to retirees of state and local government and corporations.
- Active in crafting National Service initiatives to strengthen and expand the Peace Corps and establish program to recruit and place 85,000 volunteers abroad as Prosperity Volunteers (S. 3487 and S. 277) and Global Service Fellows (S. 2609).
- Over a forty-year period served as staff and legal counsel to various House and Senate Committees (1965, 1967, 1975-79, 1981-93, and 2001-05) and the Carter White House (1979-81); trial attorney at the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection (1972-75); and Vice President and principal lobbyist for the association representing the biotechnology industry (1993-2001).
- See oral history of career published by the Senate Historical Office at http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/oral_history/Ludlam_chuck.htm and is also available in audio tapes at http://www.evoca.com/chuckludlam.
- Stanford University (BA 1967) and University of Michigan Law School (JD, 1972).
- Recipient of the Stanford Centennial Medallion in 1992.
- Office of Stanford in Government at Haas Public Service Center named for "Chuck Ludlam."
Chuck Ludlam and Paula Hirschoff
- While serving in Senegal, invited by Senator Chris Dodd to testify on behalf of the 8,000 current Volunteers before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the Dodd/Kennedy Peace Corps Volunteer Empowerment Act, S. 732 (PCVEA). Flew to Washington at their own expense to testify in support of the legislation.
- See their oral and written testimony at http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2007/Ludlam_HirschoffTestimony070725.pdf and http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2007/HirschoffTestimony070725.pdf. A video of the hearing can be viewed at http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2007/hrg070725a.html.
- Their article "A Call for Peace Corps Reform" appears in the fall 2008 issue of WorldView, the magazine of the National Peace Corps Association.
July 24, 2009 Memorandum: Plan to Strengthen and Expand the Peace Corps: Priorities for President Obama's First Term. Sent to Aaron Williams when arrived as director to Peace Corps.
- Dodd/Kennedy Peace Corps Volunteer Empowerment Act, S. 732 (PCVEA)
Composed by Chuck Ludam
to the Peace Corps near the National Mall in Washington DC
Dear National Parks Subcommittee, Commission on Fine Arts, and National Capital Planning Commission Staff, and Judy Scott Feldman (Save the Mall): 09/02/09
Proposals are under discussion to seek introduction and enactment of legislation to authorize a commemorative monument to the Peace Corps near the Mall. We believe this proposal is ill conceived and should be rejected.
Several of you have said you share our view that this commemorative monument does not fall within the ambit of the Commemorative Works Act (P.L. 107-217; Chapter 89) that "limits monuments to memory of an individual, group, event or other significant element of American history that have been dead or past 25 years."
Clearly this proposal does not meet the "25 year" test and cannot be a monument to the Volunteers or the deceased Volunteers. Proponents of this idea seem to believe, however, that the Act leaves latitude to authorize a commemorative monument to an idea, in this case the idea of the Peace Corps. Several of you have said that this is not a reasonable interpretation of this law.
In any event, the proposal should not be authorized for the reasons presented here.
Is the idea of the Peace Corps so "monumental" that we need a monument to commemorate it near the Mall? If the Congress is going to authorize monuments to ideas rather than individuals and historical events, then we should start with the biggest ideas like the Bill of Rights, racial equality and tolerance, free enterprise economics, and liberal immigration policies.
If a commemorative monument is authorized regarding the idea of volunteer service, it should focus on the American tradition of community service rather than on one particular, recent and government-run model of this service. If we single out one particular program, why the Peace Corps rather than, for example, the AFS or the Fullbright program? Why single out a government program when most of our society's volunteerism lies in the private sector?
We must remember that the Peace Corps is one of hundreds of government programs that are authorized and funded year by year. It is not permanent. Moreover, it is not unusual in representing a great idea; all government programs represent ideas.
Are the ideas represented by the Peace Corps exceptional compared to those embodied in other government programs? We have no monument on the Mall to the New Deal or Great Society programs. We have no monument to the space program. We have no memorial to the Land Grant College Act. Or to the national parks/wilderness systems. Or to environmental programs. Or labor rights or child welfare programs. The Peace Corps is but one of hundreds of well-intentioned government programs and a rather small one at that. Its 200,000 participants are few by government standards and a fraction of the number of participants in AmeriCorps/Vista.
Many of us who served as Volunteers find the notion of a commemorative monument to be embarrassing. Our pride in our service is strong but we see no need to be lionized with a monument. Moreover, few Volunteers in the field would support a monument. Their view of the Peace Corps is that it should be reformed, not expanded (46% to 20%).
If this proposal goes forward, we may well see pickets at the groundbreaking ceremony from Volunteers. Support for this proposal could be seen as self-referential and politically self-serving for the returned Volunteers who are Members of Congress.
The monument that returned Volunteers do need is funding to help them fulfill the third goal (informing Americans about the countries where they served), which the Congress and the Peace Corps have never adequately provided. Strangely and sadly, the 2009 version of Senator Dodd's Peace Corps authorization deletes the authorization for these grants that was included in his 2007 bill. If the Congress wants to honor the RPCVs, these grants should be the focus, not a monument of marble and bronze.
The principal proponent of this proposal, the National Peace Corps Association, has not as yet acted on a pending proposal to raise up to $7 million for the project. To begin to raise these funds before this monument is authorized would be premature. It should not do so, but rather, should focus its fundraising on endowing a program to support returned and current Volunteers. The proposed $7 million could endow 35 $10,000 grants per year for Volunteers, a much better use of these funds.
The sentiment for the monument is seems similar to that driving NPCA's "more Peace Corps" campaign to double Peace Corps funding, e.g. that the Peace Corps should be immune from serious criticism and reform because it embodies great ideas and attracts idealistic Americans. This type of sentimentality stands in the way of reflection, renewal and reform and has led to atrophy at the agency.
Indeed, The Peace Corps has deeply embedded and fundamental problems. The pervasive mismanagement is documented by the Volunteers in the 2008 Peace Corps survey. There are perhaps 15 well-managed programs out of more than 70. The Volunteers are voting with their feet with 35% terminating before completing their service. The Peace Corps claims that 20 countries are "shovel ready" for the Peace Corps and that there is a big surplus of applicants. Both assertions are contrary to fact. The Peace Corps record of First Goal results (development projects abroad) is undocumented and unevaluated. Can anyone name a single development idea or program that the Peace Corps has taken to scale worldwide? These issues are discussed in depth in the Peace Corps reform plan that we have published (see attached).
Finally, the future of the Peace Corps is not clear. Congress has enacted legislation and supported funding for another program, Volunteers for Prosperity (the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act), which will compete directly with the Peace Corps. The new program relies on the AmeriCorps model of placing volunteers with NGOs at one quarter the cost per individual. Over the next 10 years we'll see if the Peace Corps model-one that is bureaucratic, risk averse and spending $45,000 per Volunteer per year-is more effective than a decentralized, private sector approach. Then we'll know if the Peace Corps has stood the test of time and competition. For now it's premature to say how relevant the Peace Corps model of service will be over the long term.
We urge you to oppose this proposal and protect the National Mall from narrow and special interest commemorative monuments. We urge you to consider whether the Congress and NPCA will be embarrassed by this transparent act of self-congratulation. What we need is fundamental Peace Corps reform so that this program does not continue to atrophy. We need Third Goal funding. And, as for satisfaction and pride in service, RPCVs have those in their hearts.
By way of introduction, we have both twice served as Peace Corps Volunteers (Chuck: Nepal, 68-70, and Senegal, 05-07; Paula, Kenya 68-70 and Senegal 05-07). Chuck serves on the Board of the National Peace Corps Association, served as an advisor to the Obama transition team for the Peace Corps, and founded Friends of Nepal. We were selected by Senator Chris Dodd to represent the 8000 Volunteers in his July 2007 hearing on Peace Corps reform, flying in from Senegal at our own expense. Chuck served on the staff of various House and Senate Committees between 1965 and 2005 and the staff of the Carter White House and Federal Trade Commission. He also served for seven and a half years as the principal lobbyist for the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). Paula has served on the Friends of Kenya Board and has had a 35-year career as a teacher, journalist, writer, and editor.
It is because we love the Peace Corps and believe in its ideals that we have led the push to secure fundamental Peace Corps reform and now take the lead in opposing the commemorative monument.
Thank you very much for considering our point of view.
Chuck Ludlam and Paula Hirschoff


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Obama in the All-Star locker room
Ah, the best moment by far in the All-Star game coverage. Ichiro Suzuki's expression alone is worth the video post. Also, sorry, but Derek Jeter pulled the classic "I'm trying to seem less nervous than I am" move of just repeating what Obama said to him. Obama: "Congratulations." Jeter: "Congratulations to you." For what, Jeter, the presidency? Little late on that one? It's like when someone tells you, "Have a good trip," and you're like "You too!" and of course the other person's going nowhere…
Boo on Fox for not showing our David Wright shaking hands with Barack Obama. You know he was grinning like a puppy, ear to ear.
No matter whom he's greeting, though, Barack Obama is so super cool. I love that later on he wore the jacket of his team, the White Sox, unabashedly. And then admitted he likes that his wife thinks he looks cute in it. I agree with Michelle!
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Hahaha, I have way too many of those "you too" moments. I liked how the President dogged Ryan Howard 'aww man, you gonna look at me like that…'…. by the way, nice jacket Prez!
What no charming video footage of the Mets locker room after last nights meltdown, sorry gotta dig at a Mets fan when you can…:-)
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I thought it was pretty cool the president visited the locker rooms to say hi. Showed him in a very "real" light. It was neat. I thought it was hilarious when Ichiro was waiting to get his autograph on a ball. He looked like a little kid!
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fishing with strangers
I'll be heading down this way over my spring break. I should say hopefully. If we come, we'll have a brand new baby in tow. But hopefully I and momma will get to go fishing while were there. Let me ask you guys on fishing with strangers. I learned during duck season up here that it's better to meet and hunt with the other guy if they're friendly to it. Do you guys do your fishin that way? I mean I hear a lot of people are going to be around. Is it an ok thing to walk up to someone and chat a bit and then fish together, or is that not a good thing?
...depends if they're catching fish.
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."~Henry David Thoreau
I have hooked up with a fellow board member who fished the same area I enjoyed and had a great day....learned a few things and got some new perspectives on some old water. I have never had a problem with sharing info or even flies with anyone I have met on the waters I fish...I have never had anyone ask to join me in all the years I have been fishing....imagine this is a personal matter and I would probably wait for an invitation.
I agree with Rog 1, only fish with someone by invitation. If you're wanting to meet up with some new people, you might put out a request for a fishing buddy here on the message board. I've done that a few times and met some good fishing buddies that way. There's probably someone around willing to meet up and show you some water...
"Then He said to them, 'Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.'" Matthew 4:19
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If a stranger walked up to me while I was fishing I'd be more than happy to talk to the guy, maybe trade some flies, tell him what's biting, or more likely what their not biting on, etc. But I'd be pretty nervous if he wanted to actually follow me and fish with me. Sad to say, but in this day of age you never know what someone is going to do or what their motives are.
PA is correct though. Asking to meet up with someone from the board is perfectly fine.
I agree with the previous posts. I have met up with several people through this board and all those experiences have been great. Unfortunately I to would be a little cautious if approached by someone wanting to follow me around the woods fishing. Its sad that our society has come to this, but its reality. I have only fished with a stranger one time, and it turned out fine. I wasn't in the GMSNP, I was in a relatively populated area and had my 120 lb great pyrenees with me. To some extent my dog probably gave me a false sense of security. I know she would have attempted to protect me, but she wouldn't have stopped a crazy person if they were determined to do something. Had I been alone that day I probably would have pointed him in the direction of some good water, offered a few flies and tried to politely move on.
I would highly recommend asking around on this board if you want a partner, lots of good people and good fishermen willing to help.
I ain't crazy! just a little goofy!
I hear what you're saying everybody. I guess I never thought of being out in the middle of nowhere while flyfishing. I guess while I was hunting I had my gun in case of ....you know.... But I don't think a flyrod offers much personal protection!
Is it possible for two people (strangers) to fish together on these rivers?
would you say best bet is to introduce, swap talk, and move on?
what distance is a good, proper, mannerly and distance between fishers?
There is nothing more upsetting than to have someone walk into the river in front of you, knowing that you are there, and keep fishing. If you can, walk upstream for 20 minutes or so and then start in.....it is very enlightening to walk back over the stretch you just fished and how long it actually takes to fish a mile of water....most of the rivers here will allow you to get ahead of the others without much trouble.
I have found that 90% of the time, the people you encounter on the stream to be very friendly and pretty much of the same ilk as yourself. You already have more in common than most by being fly fishermen/women. With that said. I guess I'm the oddball on this. I'm actually more worried out in public here in K-Town than I ever be in the woods. In town you got to deal with all spectrum's of society, criminals, lunatics, mean spirited etc etc. If someone took all the trouble and effort to get to a stream they are for the most part Ok. It will of course always be exception to the rule.
Where I have been in the park, I don't know how you could.
I found it very difficult to do with my long time fishing buddy, what with lines and rods flying around. We took to "Leap froging" each other. One of us would drop in, the other would wander upstream 50 yards or so and drop in. Fish up to near the upstream guy and leap again.
Round home here, I fish off the bank a lot for Catfish, Sauger and such. I like to have, and like to give space, but several of the spots are just so good they are, by long standing tradition, "shared spots".
Meaning if someone can fit in, they do.
I have met a lot of good folks this way and learned much from them. Often fishing with them all day and never exchanging names, yet running across them several times a season and doing it again. Share the beer, share the bait/lures, sometimes share the fish. And of course, share the Lies, uh, I mean Stories.
I have yet to have any real problems, though I have been uncomfortable a time or two when out numbered by drunk teenagers while fishing by myself after dark.
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The one no one believes. One can not overstress the need of the hour. Not seem too smart. Not too thickly. The reality is tight enough. Take, for example, the pop-nation par excellence, UK. Loves the slight hint of a lack of perfection. The public is suspicious when things seem to be slick. Rather, it clings to the illusion of unconcern. This explains Dusty Springfield , in the Sixties, the Queen of the so-called "blue-eyed soul" that she is known only as a performer today. Continue reading


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She was born in Galveston on Nov. 18, 1961 to Miguel and Elodia (Briseno) Campos. She married Robert Suniga on June 5, 1992 in Beeville and worked as a dietician at La Bahia Nursing and Rehab.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Suniga of Goliad; a son, Javier Miguel Suniga of Goliad; a daughter, Brandy Nicole Ramirez of Beeville; two stepsons, Robert Lee Suniga and Kenneth Ramsey Suniga, both of Albert Lee, Minnesota; a stepdaughter, Jessica Ann Suniga of Beeville; three brothers, Domingo (Stacey) Campos of Beeville, Miguel (Cenaida) Campos of Berclair and Henry Garcia of Victoria; a sister, Mary (Eloy Ruiz) Ramirez of Beeville; a granddaughter, Braelyn Jo Villanueva; and six step-grandchildren.
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Pallbearers were Alfonso "Poncho" Garza, Miguel "Popsy" Campos III, Adriana Rincon, Ray Rincon, Miguel "Crow" Campos, Don Lee Gonzales and Brady Campos.
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~ Father Captier, Dominican superior of the College of Arcueil, to his 12 companions (Dominican priests and laymen), imprisoned by the Paris Commune for being prominent members of the Church, as they were being ordered into the street one by one. There they were murdered and defiled by the mob on May 25, 1871, just hours before the commune stronghold fell to the regular army that was advancing from Versailles.


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|Finalists Announced for Bluefield State College Presidency
|Friday, July 13 2012
|BSC Basketball Camp Sharpens Campers Court Skills
|Tuesday, June 26 2012
|BSC/Community Singers to Present Patriotic Musical Program July 1 at War Memorial Building in Princeton
|Tuesday, June 26 2012
|New River and Bluefield State Collaborate to Provide Baccalaureate Degree in Elementary Education
|Tuesday, June 12 2012
|Virginia Western Community College and Bluefield State College Sign Articulation Agreement for Business Programs
|Wednesday, June 06 2012
|BSC Announces 2012 Spring Semester President's and Dean's Lists
|Wednesday, June 06 2012
|BSC Hosts Five Mercer County School's Academic Competitions During 2011-12 School Year
|Monday, June 04 2012
|BSC Teacher Education Program Students Presents their Work
|Monday, May 07 2012
|BSC Employee Recognition Program Salutes Outstanding Performance
|Friday, May 04 2012
|BSC Earth Day Expo Attracts Exhibitors and Attendees
|Friday, May 04 2012
|BSC's Regional Technology Conference Makes "The Virtual Connection"
|Friday, May 04 2012
|More Than 350 BSC Students Will Graduate During the College's 115th Commencement Exercises, May 12
|Friday, May 04 2012
|BSC Chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, National Honor Society for Freshmen, Inducts 19 Students & Two Honorary Members
|Monday, April 16 2012
|BSC Student Team Earns Top Score in International Business Simulation Competition
|Friday, April 13 2012
|The 26thAnnual Klingensmith Cup Invitational Golf Tournament
|Thursday, April 12 2012
|BSC Student Team Wins Surveying Competition at Regional Civil Engineering Conference
|Wednesday, April 11 2012
|BSC Educator Presents Session at Virginia State Reading Association Conference
|Thursday, April 05 2012
|Bluefield State College Jazz Ensemble's 43rd Annual Spring Concert May 7
|Thursday, April 05 2012
|BSC Associate Degree Nursing Students To Provide Health Education Information & Screenings At Community Health Fair, April 14
|Wednesday, April 04 2012
|BSC National "B" Club Announces Class of 2012 Hall of Fame Inductees
|Wednesday, April 04 2012
|Bluefield State College Details Action Plan to Increase Nursing Licensure Passage Rate
|Tuesday, April 03 2012
|Dr. Thomas McDowell Delivers BSC's Sprng 2012 Convocation Message
|Monday, April 02 2012
|Bluefield, WV Rotary Club Donates to Bluefield State College
|Monday, April 02 2012
|Dr. Garrett Olmsted's Scholarly Research Gains International Attention
|Friday, March 30 2012
|BSC Student Mardochee Isme Accepts Prestigious WV-INBRE Summer Research Internship Opportunity
|Monday, March 26 2012
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text: I'm still happily nursing my almost LO who will be 2 in May A LOT! I don't wear a bra at night but during the day I'm so tired of nursing bras and really want to get back into my pretty underwire padded bras. I just miss the other shirts and things I can wear with different bras. Especially now that warm weather is coming. I tried before but got sore and had plugged ducts. Should I try again? will wearing them during the day have anything to do with milk production? Curious to see what other moms have done. It isn't the end of the world if I can't. I'm just hoping to continue nursing for quite awhile yet, no end in sight for us and would love to have this one thing for my selfish self!


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The SIPconnect Technical Recommendation is an industry-wide, standards-based approach to direct IP peering between SIP-enabled IP PBXs and VoIP service provider networks. This website and Forum promotes the SIPconnect initiative, and input for future versions is supplied through this Forum.
The implementation of the SIPconnect standard benefits many participants in the delivery of voice communications.
For end users in the small business or large enterprise, SIPconnect eliminates, or greatly reduces, the need for a costly gateway at the end user's site. In addition, new features from the service provider or the IP PBX vendor will be delivered more quickly.
For VARs and Interconnects, the SIPconnect compliant service provider will handle the complexity associated with connecting the SIP Trunk to the legacy TDM world. This eliminates the need for a lot of integration and troubleshooting work and allows the partners to focus on other, revenue generating activities.
For Equipment and Software Vendors (Application Servers, IP PBX Vendors, SIP Proxies), SIPconnect greatly reduces the time and resources required to verify interoperability in the network. This single item, interoperability, currently drains many man hours from the services and equipment providers that could be better used creating new and more exciting features. This in turns reduces the amount of revenue that could be realized from those new features.
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"SIP trunking continues to grow in importance and today marks another step closer to SIP becoming ubiquitous in communications. As a founding member of the SIP Forum and a contributor to the SIPconnect 1.1 specification, Avaya is able to lead by example by embracing the new standards and adopting them into our Avaya Aura portfolio, thus creating an environment for SIP interoperability with Service Provider networks."
"As early contributors to this effort, CableLabs and its members are very pleased that the technical recommendation has been unanimously approved. SIPconnect 1.1 will accelerate our ability to provide innovative, standards-based services to our business customers."
"As a market leader in carrier IP Voice, GENBAND is pleased to contribute to the SIPconnect 1.1 specification and demonstrate our commitment to SIP business simplification for carriers. We are currently serving multiple carriers worldwide with SIP Business Trunking solutions and have already begun the implementation of this new SIPconnect 1.1 release. We congratulate the SIP Forum on this major achievement."
"Huawei Technologies has been pleased to support the SIP Forum in developing the SIPconnect 1.1 recommendation and believes this recommendation will dramatically improve our customers' ability to ensure interoperability with their own customers' SIP PBXes, and will reduce the time and resources required to deploy and support SIP-based services for small and medium-sized enterprises."
"Overall, SIPconnect 1.1 is a brave attempt to define a standard for SIP Trunking and, in my opinion, all of the major areas that would enable the implementation of a SIP Trunk service have been covered. With the ratification of v1.1, it can no longer be said that there is no standard for SIP Trunking."
"SIPConnect 1.1 will help bring business telephony into the VOIP age, and leave the hundred-year-old network behind."
SIPconnect 2.0 Work in Progress
Work has begun on SIPconnect 2.0!
The new SIPconnect 2.0 task group will produce a SIP Forum SIPconnect 2.0 recommendation that defines a common set of implementation rules for implementers who desire to interface an IP PBX with a SIP-enabled service provider. The recommendation(s) will specify which standards must be supported, provide precise guidance in the areas where the standards leave multiple options, supplement functionality gaps in existing protocols, and identify a baseline set of features that should be common to an IP PBX to service provider interface.
SIPconnect 2.0 will support a variety of new applications and technologies, including IPV6 and IPV4/6 Dual Stack components within the reference architecture, secure media (SRTP), video-enabled devices, and emergency calling (NG911/NG112) and the transport of location information.
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SIPconnect Certification Testing Program
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The SIPconnect Certified logo will serve as the "seal of certification" for companies that have agreed to abide by the terms of an associated licensing agreement, and is permitted only on SIPconnect compliant equipment and services that has been rigorously tested and approved as compliant by the SIP Forum's SIPconnect Certification Testing Committee. Purchasers relying on the certification mark will enjoy increased interoperability levels.
An associated SIPconnect Certification Founding Sponsor program will also be made available to industry participants, which will help fund the development and ongoing operation of the SIPconnect Certification Testing Program. The benefits of this sponsor program include an exclusive lowest-discounted price for testing, an extended three-year term including continuous recognition of support, priority scheduling of tests, and exclusive promotional activities.
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I had a fever on Sunday, and took 1 81mg aspirin before I realized I should check if it was safe first.
Then I read aspirin is a big problem, so I've dumped everything I pumped since taking it (and have not offered the breast since...DD is drinking EBM supply from earlier).
How long should I dump the pumped EBM, when is it safe?


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He said he had narrowed his nominee choice down to two candidates – Rick Perry or Mitt Romney.
He said he would make up his mind, regarding which man to endorse, after a series of presidential debates.
He said it would be some time in mid-to-late October.
He's made up his mind.
On Monday, Former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu will formally endorse…
Mitt Romney.
Sununu to endorse Romney for President
Union Leader
By John DiStaso, Senior Political Reporter
Oct 23, 2011
MANCHESTER — Former Gov. John H. Sununu on Monday will throw his considerable political influence behind Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
"I'm viewed as a good, solid conservative Republican and I'm supporting a good, solid conservative Republican," Sununu said in disclosing his long-awaited endorsement.
In exclusive interview, Sununu said he narrowed his choice to Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, but was won over by what he views as Romney's conservative approach to pressing domestic and national security issues.
He said the final component that persuaded him to back Romney was the former Massachusetts governor's early October foreign policy speech at The Citadel in South Carolina.
"That showed me that he understands that the principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world," Sununu said.
Sununu, 72, will be named chairman of the Romney campaign's national steering committee and will on hand Monday morning when Romney files his candidacy in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary at the New Hampshire State House and then attends a campaign rally there.
While the importance of big political endorsements are subject to speculation in independent-minded New Hampshire, Sununu's backing is viewed as a plus not only locally, but also nationally. A Boston newspaper recently went so far as to term Sununu "the Holy Grail" of New Hampshire endorsements.
Sununu elaborates:
While critics try to portray Romney as a moderate Republican, Sununu called him "truly a conservative. He's committed to cutting spending and taxes, and he's committed to some issues that I really care about."
Sununu noted that Romney kept Massachusetts out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), "believes in local control of education and understands the importance of maintaining the integrity of our national borders."
He also said Romney has sufficiently answered criticisms of the Massachusetts health care plan he signed into law, which imposed an individual mandate and has been portrayed by Romney opponents as a forerunner to President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Sununu said Romney did well with the plan considering the "constraints" of having a Democratic-controlled Legislature. He said the Romney plan was "built on" an idea put forward by the Heritage Foundation, which Sununu said was the "gold standard" for conservative thinking.
"His firm commitment to repealing 'Obamacare' is a very important part of his agenda," Sununu said.
(emphasis, link added) Continue reading here.
This is BIG news; we've been hoping for Sununu's endorsement! By the way, Sununu's son, NH Executive Councilor Chris Sununu, recently endorsed Romney.
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By Casey Peacock: PNT Staff Writer
Planners and developers said the market for new homes in Portales is still strong and will get stronger as Cannon Air Force Base grows.
Larry Combs of Combs Properties is in the early stages of putting in a 55-lot residential development adjacent to Western Skies, west of Greyhound Arena. Territorial Estates will offer seven floor plans that will range from 1,350 square feet to 2,070 square feet in size, he said. From the senior couple wishing to downsize, to military families to families in search of a new home that is affordable, Combs said.
"We're just in the process of putting in our infrastructure," Combs said.
Combs is planning to begin building the first eight homes on the property in either February or March with a June completion date. In the price range of $130,000 to $220,000, the homes will be built of brick and stone and will feature granite countertops, fireplaces, oak cabinets and energy-efficient central air and heat among other amenities, Combs said.
"I think Portales is at the tip of the iceberg as a far as growth," Combs said. "There is a huge market for houses from $130,000 up to $170,000," Combs said.
The housing crunch that has been seen in other parts of the country has yet to hit Portales, according to Portales Planning Director Sammy Standefer. Growth is slow due to the normal winter decline and is expected to pick back up in coming months, he said.
"I really do believe we will have an increase when the base gets here for sure," Standefer said.
Standefer said a housing study conducted a few years ago showed that Portales was about 300 homes short of meeting the need for the area. Over the past three years, Standefer has seen an increase in housing developments coming into the area, he said.
"In my opinion, we're still short," Standefer said.
Across town, local dairyman Alva Carter is going through the planning process to put in a residential development, a mile east of city limits, that will consist of 58 lots that will average one acre or more, he said.
Homes that will be built on the future Adobe Estates will average in size from 1,700 square feet to 2,000 square feet. Carter and other local contractors will be working to develop the site, he said.
"We're trying to fix it where it can be affordable housing for the average household," Carter said.
Carter said he choose the particular location for his development due to its proximity to the high school and also because Portales seems to be growing to the east side of town.
"We felt like it was an opportunity for the city and the county and everyone concerned," Carter said.
Carter also feels that the demand for housing in Roosevelt County will grow with the base, he said.
"I think that Portales needs to be thinking forward if the base does grow," Carter said.
Another 25.6 acre subdivision, Desert Oasis, has been proposed for directly east of Wal-Mart by David Sanders. It would contain three commercial lots and an undetermined number of residential lots.
Combs is also building out the 26-lot Foxtrail subdivision on the south side of Portales.
Other infill projects in various subdivisions are also under way or recently completed, according to planners.


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�Epic event� brings Classics to life
Posted on September 25, 2013
Students at Grand Valley State University will be invoking the Muse, welcoming the sun with song and performing the funeral of Hector, all within a 24-hour period known as Homerathon. President Thomas J. Haas and University Libraries Dean Lee Van Orsdel will help kick off the event.
The fourth running of the Classics Department's "epic event," includes an ongoing live performance of Homer's Iliad, by students, faculty and administrators. The event, on the Allendale Campus, begins Wednesday, October 2, at 1 p.m., with an invocation of the Muse in the Exhibition Space on the Atrium level of the Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons.
"At a time when some are questioning the value of the liberal arts or even a college degree, it's good to be reminded that people in other times and places have stopped and asked themselves what it means to be happy as a productive member of society," said Charles Pazdernik, Classics Department chair. "The key dilemma in the Iliad arises when a profoundly gifted and incredibly successful individual--the Greek hero Achilles--takes a step back from his situation and asks himself and others, 'Is this' — their ideas about happiness and success — 'all there is?' Hundreds of students encounter this work, and pose this question for themselves."
The relevance of Classics in the modern world will be explored during the guest lecture, at 6:30 p.m. in Cook-DeWitt Center, by Paul Woodruff, professor of the Humanities at the University of Texas in Austin, titled "The Ajax Dilemma: Who is the Best of the Greeks?" This talk builds on the topic of his highly lauded book, The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness, and Rewards, and uses the myth of the Greek warriors Ajax and Odysseus to show how issues of justice can, still today, set off societal conflict.
Other events include:
• At sunrise, 7:43 a.m. on Thursday, October 3, there will be a reading near Zumberge Pond of the Hymn to Helios (translated by Professor Diane Rayor) to welcome the sun.
• Finale: starting around noon on Thursday, the performance will come to a climactic end, with the reading of Hector's funeral scene, performed primarily by the Department of Classics faculty, in the Mary Idema Pew Library.
In between events, performance of the epic will continue, with some passages prepared by class groups. Ancient Greek students will also do short recitations of the poem in Greek, in intervals throughout the day.
To keep up with all the events the Classics Department will be live tweeting throughout the two days with the hashtag #GVHomerathon. For a complete schedule, visit www.gvsu.edu/classics/homerathon4.


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Gender: Male
Athlete Year of Birth: 1992
Athlete Place of Birth: Kokshetau City, Kazakhstan
Athlete Weight: 60kg
Athlete Height: 173cm
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Athlete Biography
I currently train in Kokshetau, and during a typical training week I do six hours of swimming and 18 hours of cycling and running. My personal best swim time (1500m) is 18:45, bike (40km) 1:01, and run (10km) 34:00. My triathlon goals are to achieve good results.
Athlete Language: Russian
Athlete Tri Entry Year: 2006
Athlete Education: High school
Athlete Coach: Y. Grinyev, Y. Solovyev, T. Solovyeva


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Kitanodai Gagaku Ensemble Clinic
Tuesday / October 15, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
Group will demonstrate many Japanese traditional instruments. All are used to perform gagaku music from 1,500 years ago.
Admission: Free
SHEL / Amy Allen
Tuesday / October 15, 2013 / 8:00 p.m.
SHEL is Sarah, Hannah, Eva, and Liza, four classically trained musicians who happen to be sisters. From the artist colony of Fort Collins, Colorado, SHEL is sophisticated and youthful, emotional and lighthearted, classic and eccentric. Singer-songwriter Amy Allen will open the show.
Admission: $8 in advance, $10 day of show, general admission
SangOuk Jung: Done
Wednesday / October 16, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
Bassist SangOuk Jung and his quintet will present a recital of jazz music.
Admission: Free
Foy Vance / DJ Carbo
Wednesday / October 16, 2013 / 8:00 p.m.
Having toured with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Michael Kiwanuka, Marcus Foster, Snow Patrol, and Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance is ready to release his newest album, Joy of Nothing—a masterwork of the sweet hurt of love and what it does to the men and women involved with all of the fallout. DJ Carbo will open the show.
Admission: $12 in advance, $14 day of show, general admission
Jesca Hoop / Cocoa Jackson Lane
Thursday / October 17, 2013 / 8:00 p.m.
Jesca Hoop's eclectic songwriting and music has drawn praise from Tom Waits, who describes Hoop's sound as being "like a four-sided coin." Cocoa Jackson Lane will open the show.
Admission: $5 with Berklee I.D, $8 in advance, $10 day of show, general admission
Gabriela Jimeno: Balancer
Friday / October 18, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
Drummer Gabriela Jimeno and her trio, Balancer, present a performance of music from their debut album Tipsoo.
Admission: Free
Shun Ng
Friday / October 18, 2013 / 8:00 p.m.
Shun Ng is known for his virtuosic and unique fingerstyle of guitar that infuses elements of funk, blues, jazz, and Motown, creating a one-man-band-like experience. Upon seeing him perform, Quincy Jones says he was "simply blown away by both his soul and his science."
Admission: $10 in advance, $12 day of show, $5 with student ID, general admission
Rahsaan Lacey's Senior Recital
Monday / October 21, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
Electric bassist Rahsaan Lacey presents a debut performance of original compositions and covers, in the style of a fusion of progressive metal and jazz.
Admission: Free
Dawn of Midi / Celestial Shore
Monday / October 21, 2013 / 8:00 p.m.
Listenable and insane: that's the sound Dawn of Midi spent years shaping, culminating in their most mesmerizing work yet, Dysnomia. This show also features Celestial Shore.
Admission: $10 in advance, $12 day of show, general admission
The Wanderer's Dream: Eunhye Jeong
Tuesday / October 22, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
Pianist and composer Eunhye Jeong will present her original music, which explores her musical influences, from chamber classical music to Korean traditional music, in a jazz combo setting.
Admission: Free
Lindi Ortega / Brett Detar / Ryan Schmidt
Tuesday / October 22, 2013 / 8:00 p.m.
With a heart bursting with creative ambition, American Songwriter magazine calls Lindi Ortega "the love child of Johnny Cash and Nancy Sinatra." Brett Detar and Ryan Schmidt will open this evening of talented roots singer-songwriters.
Admission: $12, general admission
Erin Rosen's Senior Recital
Wednesday / October 23, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
Vocalist Erin Rosen will perform a mixture of pop, R&B, and jazz covers, including tunes by Chaka Khan, Esperanza Spalding, and Horace Silver.
Admission: Free
Hot Mess Loves You / Jake Clemons / Tom McBride
Wednesday / October 23, 2013 / 8:00 p.m.
Hot Mess Loves You, a Nashville-based pop rock band, showcases lead singer Storey Condos' engaging songwriting as well as Marc Anderson's unique lap steel guitar style. Jake Clemons and Tom McBride will open the show.
Admission: $10 in advance, $12 day of show, general admission
Irma Seleman: The Beginning
Thursday / October 24, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
Singer, songwriter, and arranger Irma Seleman will perform her original tunes alongside R&B, soul, and funk covers (including music by John Legend, Jill Scott, Norah Jones, and many more) as well as some traditional Malay music. Seleman's band, hailing from many countries, will bring these wide-ranging sounds together as one.
Admission: Free
Pamela Steebler
Friday / October 25, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
Vocalist Pamela Steebler will present pop/soul originals, as well as some covers with her friends.
Admission: Free
TSL Events Presents: SOLE Spotlight Live
Friday / October 25, 2013 / 7:30 p.m.
Join TSL for its SOLE Spotlight Live concert series in which we celebrate the heart and soul of music. This event promises to be an exciting night filled with talented young musicians performing great R&B, hip-hop, and soul music.
Admission: $8 in advance, $10 at the door with TSL Gear, $15 at the door
San Fermin
Saturday / October 26, 2013 / 8:00 p.m.
A pastiche of post-rock, chamber pop, and contemporary classical composition, San Fermin is the work of Brooklyn composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone.
Admission: $10 in advance, $12 day of show, general admission
3 K!NGZ / JScott Martin / William Gittens / Shano Wilson
Monday / October 28, 2013 / 8:00 p.m.
Enjoy a night of original R&B and soul music from 3 K!NGZ, Shano Wilson, Jscott Martin, and William Gittens.
Admission: Free
Barbara Silva: A Thrill to Brazil
Tuesday / October 29, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
Influenced by jazz, pop, R&B, gospel, and Brazilian music, vocalist Barbara Silva presents her new solo project, Latin/Soul, with her band.
Admission: Free
Page Moon: A Little Bit of Everything
Wednesday / October 30, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
Pianist Page Moon performs classical, jazz, and ragtime styles in her senior recital. Her repertoire will include Bolcom, Schumann, Liszt, Beethoven, Scriabin, and Bolling.
Admission: Free


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SYOSSET - Doctors are warning Long Islanders about the risk of frostbite and hypothermia as temperatures remain below freezing.
Dr. Krishan Kumar says that those who are outside for extended periods of time should cover up exposed skin, take frequent breaks and seek shelter to avoid the dangerous effects of the cold.
As for people like Paul Singh, a gas station attendant in Syosset, he says that all he can do is dress in multiple layers and cope with the cold.