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From: STATE SUPERINTENDENT
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 4:41 PM
To: 'District Superintendents, ROEs, Directors of Special Education'
Subject: Weekly Message from State Superintendent Robert Schiller 10/4/02
Good afternoon. My message this week contains a wide variety of topics. I especially want to call your attention to three items.
First, we are now officially accepting applications for the management positions I mentioned to you in the last few weeks. To view the formal vacancy list and download an application to complete and mail or fax it to us, click on ISBE Vacancy List or go to http://www.isbe.net/isbesites/isbevacancy/VL02-03.pdf.
Second, I wanted to reiterate the state's definition of "highly qualified" teacher under No Child Left Behind. So much is being thrown at districts so quickly that I want to be sure you thoroughly review the language and assess its impact on your schools. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Pat Ryan in Professional Preparation and Certification at firstname.lastname@example.com or 217/782-4123.
The definition of highly qualified is located at on ISBE's NCLB page (www.isbe.net/nclb) or can be reached directly by clicking on http://www.isbe.net/news/2002/sept19-02c.htm.
Third, as you know, we are collecting specific information from each of your 2002-03 budgets in order to help build our case in the struggle for school funding reform. We appreciate your help in pulling those data together. It would also be helpful to get some anecdotal information from you about the impact of the budget crisis on your students and communities. For example, Springfield School District 186 has had to lay off librarians in its elementary schools, effectively putting that service out of business.
I know that each of you have similar stories and I would like to collect some of them to also help "build our case." If you have such anecdotes (with specific numbers and/or details as possible) that you would allow us to use in articles, speeches, testimony and other public documents, please email them to me at email@example.com. You can contact Public Service and Communication at 217/782-4648 if you have questions.
In today's message:
Illinois Certification System goes on line
State Board September meeting summary
NAEP selects 350 Illinois schools
New program will assist students with disabilities
Administrative update: electronic filing for special education claims
Orphanage Act reimbursement changes
Illinois Certification Testing System goes on line
We are pleased to announce the opening of the Illinois Certification Testing System (ICTS) Web site. Examinees may now register online for teacher, school service personnel and administrative certification tests; view and download study guides; and, beginning with the December 7, 2002 test administration, access their test results.
The site address is: www.icts.nesinc.com. This site may also be accessed via the Illinois State Board of Education Professional Certification and Testing Division's web page at www.isbe.net/teachers.
This new service will provide certification candidates with easy access to teacher certification testing materials and registration activities. Please share this information with your faculty, students, and certification candidates.
Any comments regarding the website may be sent to: Pat Glenn, Professional Certification and Testing Division, Illinois State Board of Education, 100 North First Street, S306, Springfield IL 62777; 217/782-3774 (phone), 217/524-1289 (fax), email@example.com.
State Board September meeting summary
Please see September Board agenda/packet materials and/or the "Twenty Minute Packet" for information about issues on the September agenda.
Quick Takes
The State Board:
· Approved the "Highly Qualified Teacher Guidance Document" and authorized its distribution, along with sample notice forms (see press release for details - insert link).
· Approved the "Criteria for Selecting Supplemental Education Service Providers" and requested that staff take action, to the extent possible within the law, to encourage the use of qualified teachers and control costs for Supplemental Educational Services (see press release for additional information – link)
· Authorized transmission of the Fall 2002 Waiver Report to the General Assembly with recommendations for legislative denial of the waiver requests by Sauk Village School District #168 and Boone/Winnebago Regional Learning Center and a recommendation that the Fisher School District waiver be approved for two years instead of the requested five years.
· Approved recommendations related to the fourth annual report on the implementation of Learning Standards in Illinois schools; these will result in a gap analysis/plan for taking the next steps in standards implementation and a project to develop high school coursework "frameworks." (See press release {link} and the full evaluation report {link} for additional information.)
· Endorsed the preliminary "2002 Title II State Report Card" and authorized completion and submission of that report in compliance with federal requirements.
· As a result of discussions about the Title II State Report Card, directed the State Superintendent to develop strategic plans to study the impact of teacher education reforms and the success of teacher preparation programs.
· Authorized dissemination of proposed rule amendments to Part 29 and Part 226 for public comment; both deal with requirements for the position of "special education director."
· Adopted proposed rule amendments to Part 1 and Part 25 as previously published.
· Approved a resolution of appreciation for the Chairman and members of the Financial Oversight Panel for Round Lake Area School District 116: Marc Spivak, William "Bill" Thompson, and Jess Porres.
· Accepted the finance, audit and agency operations reports.
· Formally acknowledged receipt of the "notice of objection" from the Illinois Institute of Technology regarding the State Teacher Certification Board recommendation concerning provisional unit accreditation and program approval and scheduled further discussion for October.
· Deferred action on the preliminary recommendations of the After-School Initiative Task Force pending additional data and further clarification of next steps.
· Consistent with the Open Meetings Act, approved the minutes of closed meetings of the State Board of Education between August 2001 and July 2002 and authorized the Board secretary to make them available to the public.
· Deferred action on the FY03 Internal Audit Plan.
· Discussed state and federal legislative issues.
· Heard from the Superintendent that the proposed "Tomorrow's Builders Charter School" has met all of the criteria and been certified. This charter school was proposed by East St. Louis District 189 proposal and developed by the Emerson Park Development Corporation.
Assessment and Accountability Task Force
The State Board:
· Heard the formal announcement of the Assessment and Accountability Task Force, which will begin its work on September 23. More information is available at http://www.isbe.net/news/2002/sept18_02.htm.
· Learned that Task Force hearings are scheduled for
Monday, September 23 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. – Springfield
Tuesday, September 24 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. – Wheaton
Tuesday, October 1 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. – Mt. Vernon
Additional hearings may be scheduled at a later time.
· Authorized the Superintendent to refer to the Task Force the issue of cut score setting for ISAT and PSAE.
· Agreed with the Superintendent's recommendation to refer to the Task Force a recommendation from the Standards Implementation Evaluation Report calling for clarification of the alignment between state assessments and the Illinois Learning Standards. The report specifically recommended that the state should:
1. Publish the results of content validity studies that
demonstrate alignment between ISAT/PSAE and ILS.
2. Make clear to LEAs the areas in which local assessments
must address ILS not covered by the state assessments.
3. Revise the ISAT/PSAE reporting strategies to align more
closely with ILS.
Budget Hearings
The State Board
· Adopted the following schedule for hearings related to development of the FY 04 budget for elementary and secondary education.
September 19, 2002 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Springfield
September 24, 2002 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Wheaton
October 17, 2002 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Collinsville
October 25, 2002 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Chicago
Special Guests: School/District Showcase
The State Board:
· Met with representatives of Irving Elementary School and the Quincy School District # 172 regarding their success in raising student achievement and earning removal from the Academic Early Warning List.
· Heard that the special funds received by the district, some of which were directly related to being on the Academic Early Warning List, were an important factor in raising the achievement of Irving School students.
· Focused on the challenge of sustaining academic growth if and when the success of a failing school makes it ineligible for special funding and it again faces limited resources and the possibility of declining achievement.
· Asked the Superintendent to review strategies to highlight the factors that have been important in raising achievement in Irving School.
Education Funding Advisory Board
The State Board
also heard from Bob Leininger, Chairman of the Education Funding Advisory Board, about the EFAB preliminary recommendations.
Board Staff Changes
The State Board:
· Announced the appointment of Patrick Mogge as the new Executive Director for Board Services to the State Board of Education. Patrick has worked in state government as a Dunn fellow in the Governor's Office, as an employee of the Illinois Board of Higher Education and most recently, as Northern Regional Coordinator for the Illinois Learning Partnership. Patrick is a graduate of Illinois State University and a certified teacher.
· Thanked Lynne Haeffele-Curry for assuming the extra responsibility of managing the Board Services unit during the past several months, as well as Alison Harbour and Kay Evans, Board Services staff, for their special efforts during the transition period.
NAEP selects 350 Illinois schools
The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has selected 150 schools in Chicago and 200 Illinois schools outside of District 299 to participate in the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in reading and mathematics at grades four and eight. NAEP assessments are administered by trained federal contractors and will take a maximum of 90 minutes of each student's time.
Within the next few weeks, Illinois State Board of Education staff will contact district superintendents and principals of schools that have been selected to participate in the assessment.
In 2003, NAEP assessments will be administered from January 27, 2003 through March 7, 2003. The results from the reading and mathematics assessments are scheduled for release in September 2003. The NCES web site, www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard, contains additional information about NAEP. Direct questions about NAEP to Veronica Haller, the NAEP State Coordinator, email@example.com or 217/782-4823.
From 1990 through 2002, school participation in State NAEP was voluntary. However, beginning with the 2003 assessment, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires states and local education agencies to participate in NAEP every other year in reading and mathematics at grades 4 and 8.
In order to meet federal requirements, the General Assembly approved legislation last spring that requires all schools in Illinois that are part of the sample drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to administer the biennial NAEP reading and mathematics assessments of grades 4 and 8.
Often called the "Nation's Report Card," the National Assessment of Educational Progress is the only nationally representative, continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. NAEP provides a comprehensive measure of students' learning at critical junctures in their school experience. States that meet NAEP reporting criteria are able to compare their results with both national results and the results of other states.
NCES will select a representative sample of students in grades 4 and 8 in selected schools. NAEP does not provide scores for individual students or schools. Under this program, only information related to academic achievement is collected, and NAEP guarantees that all data related to individual students and their families remain confidential.
A second NAEP urban district assessment will include ten large urban school districts. Chicago School District 299 and nine other districts in the nation will participate in the 2003 Trial Urban Assessment and will receive a district-level report as well as comparative district data.
New Program will assist students with disabilities
Thanks to a grant awarded by the U.S. department of Education, a new state-wide program will soon be implemented by the Illinois State Board of Education to provide training and technical assistance in the area of secondary transition. This three-year project, Transition Outreach Training for Adult Living (TOTAL), will begin October 1, 2002.
The project will incorporate a variety of training, technical assistance and implementation tools and techniques to assist transition teams—made up of educators, service providers, parents and young adults with disabilities—in the provision of research-based transition practices. The four core best practices emphasized by TOTAL include Understanding and Meeting State and Federal Transition Mandates, Person-Centered Transition Planning, Promoting Student Self-Determination and Transition as the Centerpiece of the Individualized Education Plan. These practices are said to have been linked to improved post-secondary outcomes for students with disabilities.
Participants for TOTAL will be chosen by an application process on both the local and regional levels. During years one and two, 10 local sites and 50 regional representatives will participate in the program, and in year three, 50 regional representatives will participate. All applicants, whether chosen for participation or not, will receive a TOTAL multimedia self-training package.
Additional information about the Transitional Outreach Training for Adult Living Project is available by contacting project coordinator Debra Heckenkamp at email@example.com or 217/782-5589.
Administrative Update:
2002-03 Special Education Claims Required to be Submitted Electronically
With so many districts taking advantage of the opportunity to submit their special education claim forms electronically, ISBE is switching to a paperless, all electronic system for filing the special education pupil (Form 50-52) and personnel reimbursement (Form 50-49) claims beginning with 2002-03.
For the 2001-02 school year, 70% of the claims for the two programs were submitted electronically. The move to an all-electronic system is another step toward our commitment to serve you in the most accurate, efficient and effect ways possible, plus help eliminate the possibility of keypunch errors. There will be no paper option for data submission.
Be sure you have activated your IWAS account, then take advantage of free software for electronically submitting claim data from the Harrisburg Project, a federally funded initiative established to assist in the timely and accurate submission of data. It can be reached at 800/635-5274 or by email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Any questions regarding this information may be directed to the Division of Funding and Disbursement Services at 217/782-5256. Questions about activating IWAS can be directed to 217/782-4313, ext. 1182.
Legislative Changes to Orphanage Reimbursement Programs
Legislative changes enacted last spring and approved by the Governor now prevent ISBE from using subsequent year's appropriations to pay for prior-year's claims. At this time, we believe that there will be sufficient funding for the 2002-03 school year claims under Sections 14-7.03 (Special Education) and 18-3 (Regular Education). However, we can no longer guarantee that the claims will be paid at 100%. As The payment level depends on the claims, which are due in this office on July 15, that are submitted for this current year funding. Questions regarding this change may be directed to the Division of Funding and Disbursement Services at 217/782-5256.
Robert Schiller
State Superintendent
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Hello Ladies and Happy Mother's Day (tomorrow)!!
I am dealing with an oversupply issue I believe...lots of spit up, frequent nursing, sometimes pulling, tugging and gagging a bit and general fussiness in between feeds. My supply has always been abundant and did have OALD a few weeks back, but it seemed to ease with a new position. Now, after her 3-4 week growth spurt (she is 5 weeks) of eating every hour, things seem to be out of whack again. I do not think it is reflux, but rather a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. Output is good, but there seems to be a lot less "seeds" in the last few days.
To test out if this could be the problem, I am going back to the finish the first idea...using one breast for a 3-4 hour stretch, then moving on to the other. I used this before when things were off but then stopped as I thought we were in the clear.
So here's my question...when using this method to correct an oversupply issue, how long do/should you continue? Should I go back to one boob per feeding eventually?
Any help from those who have experienced an imbalance would be wonderful.
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I was so excited the day a photo crew came to shoot pictures of my house all decked out for Christmas — until I realized they needed a photo of ME, too.
I grudgingly put on a bright red sweater, convincing myself it was both festive and slimming.
Boy, was I wrong.
Seeing that photo shocked me into getting serious about losing weight. I wasn't just chubby, I was fat. In fact, I fit the clinical definition of obese. I was more than 20% above the ideal weight for my 5'3" frame.
Less than 2 weeks after the holidays, I decided I didn't want to look or feel that way anymore. At 48 years old, I was tired of being embarrassed by my size, my weight, and how winded I'd get simply by walking up a flight of stairs or rushing to a meeting.
I cringed at having to squeeze into a seat on an airplane, at a football game or in the theater. I knew, and I knew the people next to me knew, that I was taking up some of their space. I tried to keep my arms in my lap to minimize the invasion. I was miserable at so many events. I couldn't live like that anymore.
It was Jan. 9, 2007. I woke up and told myself it was the first day of my new life. I was going to get thin and healthy.
It took me 10 months, but I did it! I lost 61 pounds, dropping from a size 18/20 to size 10. Instead of shopping in plus-size shops, I can now walk into any regular department store and find something that fits.
I wear a Petite Medium.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not a skinny mini. I'm just a normal-size person who feels better now than I have for a decade. And I don't stick out in a group anymore as "the big one." It's great!
Losing weight is the best thing I could have done for my health, my self-confidence and my family. My husband and teenage son have told me they're proud of my weight loss. Quite honestly, I am, too.
I knew what I had to do to lose weight. In fact, I'd known it my whole life. Eat less and exercise more. It was that simple.
As vice president of Taste of Home books, I had a distinct advantage: access to thousands of recipes published by Taste of Home magazine and its sister publications over the years. When I wanted a hearty stew for cold winter days, for example, I could find one that was low-calorie and satisfying. When I craved something chocolate, I found a cool and creamy dessert that did the trick without sabotaging my weight-loss progress.
In short, I didn't have to give up the comfort of food. I just had to make smart choices.
That's what the Comfort Food Diet is all about...still eating the food you love, but in reasonable quantities. The wonderful Taste of Home dietitians, home economists and editors have put together a diet plan and collection of delicious recipes that will help you lose weight, too.
I know, because I did it! To help get you started, I've pulled together a list of the top 10 things that most helped me successfully lose 61 pounds.
1. Keep a Diet Notebook and write down everything you eat. It's the only way to keep yourself honest and make sure you reach your daily goals and don't overeat. Plus, you can look back weeks later to see what you were eating during your most successful periods of weight loss.
2. Drink 6-8 glasses of water a day. You'd be surprised how many times a glass of water can ease what felt like hunger pangs. If I feel like I want a snack, I drink 8 ounces of water and wait 15 minutes. More often than not, I'm no longer hungry. If I am still hungry, I grab something sensible to nibble on (and of course I write it down). I've also found that if I drink a glass of water before a meal, I eat less and feel fuller.
3. Identify a treat you enjoy for a reward that keeps you on track. When I choose a snack, I try to pick something that's not only low in calories, but also high in fiber. That way I feel satisfied plus I know I'm doing something positive for my body.
4. Plan out what you're going to eat for both meals and snacks. For me, planning ahead brings success. If I haven't planned a snack and my stomach starts to growl 2 hours before lunchtime, I'm more tempted to grab something inappropriate that will set back my weight-loss efforts. But if I have a game plan, I stick to it. I plan every meal and every snack, and I write it down.
5. Weigh yourself only once a week, at the same time of day each time. I prefer to face the scale at 8 a.m. on Saturdays. A good weight loss from the previous week helps me make it through the weekend without going off my plan.
Weighing myself more often is counter-productive. I've found that my body naturally fluctuates. Even if I stay on plan, I can still be up a pound the next day. By checking my weight weekly, I'm seeing true progress and not getting upset by temporary water weight gain.
6. Incorporate unprocessed foods into your diet plan. The longer I've been eating healthy, the more my body craves simple foods. I can honestly say that a crisp, sweet Delicious apple or Bosque pear is a great treat, whether as part of a meal or as a snack.
When making dinner, I've found that I can keep myself from sampling if I munch on freshly washed radishes with just a hint of salt. They're crunchy and contain very few calories. In season, sliced fresh tomatoes with seasonings do the trick.
7. When you're really hungry, go for a big, simple salad as the main dish or as a side. My basic salad is big and satisfying yet has very few calories. I start with a spinach or spring mix, then add shredded carrots, sliced mushrooms, sliced red onions or minced green onions, sliced radishes and cucumbers.
Occasionally I'll add a sliced hard boiled egg, 1/2 cup of garbanzo beans
or a tablespoon of sunflower kernels, if it's my main course.
8. Choose salad dressings carefully so you don't spend all of your calories on them. I'm a huge fan of ranch dressing, but I haven't found a fat-free version that I actually enjoy. So, instead, I go for non-traditional flavors when choosing dressing. My two favorites are Fat-Free Raspberry Vinaigrette and Fat-Free Sun-Dried Tomato Basil.
I've also learned to ask for my salad dressing on the side. I dip my fork tines slightly into the dressing and then spear a bite of salad. I eat less dressing and still get the flavor of it in every bite.
9. Set a cut-off time for all meals and snacks. I've decided that 7:30 p.m. is as late as I'll eat on any given day. After that, I tell myself, I don't have time in the day to work off any of the calories. This prevents me from slipping into mindless munching while watching TV, reading the mail or phoning a friend.
10. Avoid having "trigger foods" in the house. I know if there's a bag of potato chips in my house, I will eat them. All of them. I don't buy them, so I don't have to face the temptation. I've also asked family members to please respect my situation and not bring chips into the house. Remember, friends and family do want to help you succeed!
My last and best advice is to do something physical.
I started slowly. Four weeks into my new healthy eating plan, I began walking. Only 20 minutes every other day, at first. But I increased it by 5 minutes every week until I hit 60 minutes three times a week.
Now I actually enjoy a brisk walk. Sometimes it's just me and my MP3 player. Other times I walk with a friend. It helped speed up my weight loss, plus I feel better after I exercise. I've also added bike riding on occasion, and I've found a workout tape I actually enjoy.
I don't get winded anymore when I walk up a flight of stairs. I fit into airplane seats with room to spare, and I enjoy going to football and basketball games. I can watch the games now instead of thinking about whether I'm infringing on someone else's space. But the best part is I'm no longer embarrassed by my size.
If I can do it, you can, too! The Comfort Food Diet eating plan and recipes are already put together for you. You can enjoy the foods you love at the same time you're shaping a body and life you'll love.
It's worth it, believe me. The only thing you're giving up is your extra weight. And isn't that the whole point?
Here are some tips to keep you motivated when your weight loss is starting to show:


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Jail discussions resume; location is once again debated
The issue of constructing a new county jail has been dormant since 2010 because of sagging county revenues due to the Great Recession. The issue was brought up again at a meeting in the government center on August 9 after indication that officials in Albany are once again expecting the legislature to start moving on the project.
In the fall of last year, the New York State Comptroller's Office performed an operational audit and in May released its findings, which suggested that if the legislature were to consider building the new facility sooner rather than later, taxpayers could save $108 million over the 50-year life of the facility.
The audit said a 2.49% tax increase would be required to pay for the construction and operation of the facility.
Legislator Kitty Vetter wondered how the state could want the county to pass such an increase when they have mandated a tax cap of 2%.
The site that the majority of legislators seem to agree should be the location of the new jail is the former Mapes Farm about a mile outside of Monticello.
Legislator Gene Benson, who was not a legislator at the time, asked why the previous legislature dismissed an annex to the Woodbourne Correctional Facility as a possibility for a location for the jail. Undersheriff Eric Chaboty said that the site had been financed with bonds by the Urban Development Corporation and the bonds had not been paid.
Further, the jail administrator, Hal Smith, said he had taken the prisoner transportation figures from 2009 for medical and court transports, and compared the man hours and miles from the Mapes property to the annex property. The result was the transports would have required 668 man hours from the Mapes property versus 1,648 hours from annex; the transports wou1d have totaled 4,125 miles from Mapes property and 28,945 from the annex. He said, "And this is something that would never go away."
Benson said, "I don't understand how a seven- or eight-mile difference between two pieces of property can cause that much difference in hours and mileage."
Later in the discussion Smith explained that the largest number of trips transporting prisoners from the jail go to Monticello or Liberty.
In relation to rejection of the annex, legislator Jonathan Ruis said the state Commission of Correction (COC), which has final approval over the jail, had told the county "you're barking up the wrong tree" with that choice of a possible location, and it was not one of the six locations the COC had approved for the jail.
Benson responded that this was four years ago, and suggested the COC might be willing to consider the annex site this time around. He noted there is already water and sewer available at the property, and there is not water and sewer at the Mapes site.
The cost of bringing water and sewer to the Mapes site is included in the estimated $80 million cost of the project.
Chaboty and Smith said they would try to arrange a meeting with a representative of COC to get a response to the question about whether COC might be open to the annex as a location.
Acting county manager Josh Potosek said the county has spent about $1.9 million for the Mapes property and about $2 million has been paid to the design firm LaBella Associates for construction documents, which are 85 to 90% complete.
Legislator Alan Sorenson said he thought the best way forward would be to pay for the completion of the construction documents, which would give them a definitive cost estimate for that project.
Legislator Kathy LaBuda at one point said there is some urgency to moving forward because if the COC decided to shut down the current jail, which is more than 100 years old, the county would have to foot the bill for housing 180 prisoners at another facility, which would be prohibitive. She asked Potosek to find out the cost of having the construction documents completed.
There is still some resistance in the community to siting the jail on the Mapes property. Tom Manza, who has been an active critic of the location, sent an email to legislators and the media after the meeting that said, "I am disappointed that the committee I had asked to be on to discuss alternatives to building the $80 million jail has turned into the committee to in fact push the $80 million jail forward. I think some of you will agree this isn't right, and a committee that one would have expected to meet openly five or six times before coming to a conclusion has, I believe, only met once, secretively and seemingly with a pre-planned agenda."


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Elisabeth was never one of those people who knew they wanted to be an author at the age of six. She didn't have imaginary friends. She didn't write stories in her journal or entertain her relatives by firelight after Thanksgiving dinner. For the most part, she was just a normal, everyday kid. She liked to read, but she wasn't exceptional at it. When her teachers complimented her on her writing abilities, she brushed them off. She did, however, always have a penchant for the unique and absurd. And as her mother told her all throughout her childhood, she should have been an actress—yeah; she was a drama queen before her time.
Years ago, her husband bought Elisabeth Scarlett: The Sequel to Gone With The Wind. If you ever saw the book, you know it's a long one. She sat and read it from cover to cover, and then dreamed of one day becoming a writer. But she didn't actually try her hand at writing until years later when she quit her teaching job to stay home with her kids (and after that week of reading where she neglected the hubby and everything else until she finished Scarlett, the DH vowed never to buy her another book again, though little did he know she'd one day end up sitting at a keyboard all day drafting her own stories).
Elisabeth is the proud creator of the STOLEN TRILOGY and the ETERNAL GUARDIANS series. The latest book in the ETERNAL GUARDIANS series, "Enraptured", was just dropped on April 3, 2012 and we're here today to help Elisabeth promote and celebrate!
For those of you not yet familiar with the ETERNAL GUARDIANS, we'd like to give you the synopses of the books in the series so far, including the new release, "Enraptured".
THERON—Dark haired, duty bound and deceptively deadly. He's the leader of the Argonauts, an elite group of guardians that defends the immortal realm from threats of the Underworld.
From the moment he walked into the club, Casey knew this guy was different. Men like that just didn't exist in real life—silky shoulder-length hair, chest impossibly broad, and a predatory manner that just screamed dark and dangerous. He was looking for something. Her.
She was the one. She had the mark. Casey had to die so his kind could live, and it was Theron's duty to bring her in. But even as a 200-year-old descendent of Hercules, he wasn't strong enough to resist the pull in her fathomless eyes, to tear himself away from the heat of her body.
As war with the Underworld nears, someone will have to make the ultimate sacrifice.
DEMETRIUS—He's the hulking, brooding warrior his fellow Guardians avoid. Too dark. Too damaged. And given his heritage, he knows it's best to keep everyone at arm's length. Isadora is missing. The words pound through his head like a frantic drumbeat. For her own protection, Demetrius did all he could to avoid the fragile princess, his soul mate. And now she's gone—kidnapped. To get her back, he'll have to go to the black place in his soul he's always shunned. As daemons ravage the human realm and his loyalty to the Guardians is put to the ultimate test, Demetrius realizes that Isadora is stronger than anyone thought. And finally letting her into his heart may be the only way to save them both.
To celebrate and help promote the release of their book, "Enraptured", we had the wonderful opportunity to sit down and chat with Orpheus and Skyla.
: "Totally happy to be here."
: ~sighing and crossing his arms over his chest~ "Yeah, whatever."
: "Ignore him. He doesn't like these interviews."
~Snorting~ "I'll say. I'd rather be locking a room with you getting ready too—"
: ~Looks toward Orpheus with raised brow~ "I'll let Orpheus answer that one first."
: ~Studies Skyla from the feet up with a knowing smirk~ "She's definitely sexier than she was back then. And she's learned a few things, though where she learned them I'm not sure I want to know."
: ~rolling her eyes again~ "Translation – I don't put up with his crap like I did back then."


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Note: The company is out of business but the name "Napa Home & Garden" has been acquired by another firm.Consumers should continue to follow the instructions in the Remedy section of this release.
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Pourable NAPAfire and FIREGEL Gel Fuel bottles and jugs
The pourable gel fuel can ignite unexpectedly and splatter onto people and objects nearby when it is poured into a firepot that is still burning. This hazard can occur if the consumer does not see the flame or is not aware that the firepot is still ignited. Fuel gel that splatters and ignites can pose fire and burn risks to consumers.
About 460,000 bottles and jugs
The product is a clear, pourable gel fuel packaged in clear one-quart plastic bottles and one-gallon plastic jugs and sold in non-scented and citronella scents. The fuel is poured into a stainless steel cup in the center of firepots or other decorative lighting devices and ignited.
Napa is aware of 37 reports of incidents, including 23 burn injuries to consumers.
Consumers should immediately stop using the pourable gel fuel in firepots and return all bottles or jugs to the retailer where the consumer purchased the fuel for a full refund. Consumers can also contact their local hazardous waste facility for instruction on how to dispose of the fuel.
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ATC, Xcel Energy apply to build Badger Coulee Transmission Line
If approved by PSC, construction would begin in 2016
American Transmission Co. (ATC) and Xcel Energy filed an application on Tuesday with the Public Service Commission (PSC) of Wisconsin for approval to build a transmission line from the La Crosse area to northern Dane County.
Xcel Energy says, if approved, the Badger Coulee Transmission Line Project will offset the need for about $160 million in lower voltage upgrades in western Wisconsin, provide increased access to the wholesale energy market and could provide $259 million to $841 million in net economic benefits over the life of the project.
ATC and Xcel Energy proposed two route options for the transmission line, per the PSC's requirement. The two companies say more than 90-percent of the 182-mile northern route uses existing utility and Interstate or U.S. Highway corridors. About 60-percent of the 159-mile southern route uses shared corridors.
Xcel Energy says both route options have the same end points: Xcel Energy's new Briggs Road Substation near Holmen and ATC's North Madison Substation in the Town of Vienna, continuing to ATC's Cardinal Substation in the Town of Middleton. If the project is approved, the PSC will select the final route. The project is expected to cost about $514 million to $552 million depending on the route.
"We appreciate the public's active involvement over the past several years in helping us evaluate possible routes," ATC Environmental and Local Relations Manager Greg Levesque said in a statement. "We've looked at hundreds of paths for these lines and made adjustments based on what we learned from area landowners, businesses, community organizations and local officials."
"The regulatory review process should take 12 to 18 months," said Xcel Energy Project Manager David Rockwell said in a statement. "During that time, the PSC will provide opportunities for the public and other stakeholders to get involved."
If the Badger Coulee Transmission Line Project is approved by the PSC, construction would begin in 2016 to meet an in-service date of 2018.
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What if you could get a jumpstart on life by completing just 1 of 4 simple things? What if you could change the way you feel and the way you think with a couple of minutes worth of work every day? Would it be worth it?
Four simple activities are outlined below with an explanation of why you should be doing them now.
1. Brush your teeth, floss your feet
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With Spring Break around the corner, you might be looking to drop a couple of pounds or sizes before next month's wedding, business meeting, or summer vacation. If you want to get down to "fighting weight," but don't want to radically change your life to do it, here's the path of least resistance:
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The FDA recently approved Belviq, a new weight loss drug, in a landmark decision that marks the first such approval in over a decade. The drug has been approved for obese individuals (BMI >30) and overweight individuals (BMI >27) with at least one additional weight-related health concern such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes.
By: Andrew Chaddick on July 24, 2012 - 5:37pm - Add new comment
You've joined a health club or gym to improve your health, pacify your doctor, get fit (or the women's version "get toned"), or become more attractive. Maybe you want to increase your self-confidence, find a runner's high, or maybe you just like having some time for yourself away from your kids, your spouse, or your job. Whatever your reason for joining, you might as well make the most of your membership.
By: Andrew Chaddick on March 16, 2012 - 4:41pm - Add new comment
What's your workout look like? Is it a heavy dose of steady state cardio on the elliptical machine with some crunches? Are you limiting yourself to the bench press, bicep curls, and situps? Does the majority of your workout involve looking in the mirror (which is un-scientifically proven to be 60% of most exercise)? Does the term "workout" invoke memories you'd rather leave in January?
By: Andrew Chaddick on April 4, 2012 - 3:54pm - Add new comment
When it comes to getting fit (whatever that definition is to you), a great start is to follow the advice of one of my mentors who used to always tell me, "Fake it 'til you make it." Jack Canfield, author of The Success Principles, put it this way, "Act as if."
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Peyton Manning is a winner in every sense of the word, but even winners have setbacks, pitfalls, injuries, and little things that keep them from reaching their goals. For Manning, 2011 was a microcosm of that process. His neck injury and subsequent surgeries have been well-documented, but his rise to being one of the most-touted free agent quarterbacks is something we can all learn from.
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We have all fallen into the Diet Myth at one time or another. Maybe we were led to believe we needed to lose 10lbs in 5 days, that drinking lemonade made with molasses is healthy nutrition, or that cutting out carbohydrates or fat is the only way to go.
Unfortunately, their is a growing body of research that shows that dieting doesn't work, at least not in the long run. In fact, individuals who diet regularly return to their pre-diet weight and many actually gain weight.
By: Andrew Chaddick on June 27, 2012 - 1:03pm - Add new comment
The dumbbell remains one of the most simple, versatile tools in the gym for creating the body you want. At it's most basic and with correct form, the modified "Dumbbell Bear" will work every muscle south of your head (and if you consider your brain a muscle, we'll be working that, too). It will raise your metabolism and most importantly give you a challenge for your next workout.
The workout is simple - 2 dumbbells, 3 exercises, 5 reps each, building to every minute on the minute for 20 minutes.
Dumbbell Deadlift - 5 reps
Dumbbell Hang Clean - 5 reps
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Whether you're an elite athlete, a weekend warrior, or a beginning exerciser, a set of appropriately-weighted dumbbells can be a challenging tool to increase your fitness, improve your health, slim your waistline, and deliver amazing results.
When performed correctly, this circuit of 5 exercises will elevate your heart rate and work every major muscle movement (that's movement, not muscle group). The circuit consists of:
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Give Your Child a Head Start
Head Start is a federal program that serves children up to the age of five, and pregnant women, from low-income families. Head Start helps prepare children for success in school through:
- Early childhood education;
- Services for children with disabilities.
Health, Nutrition and Mental Health
- Healthy meals and snacks;
- Helping pregnant women find pre-natal care;
- Helping families find health care, including dental and mental health care.
Family Services
- Parenting workshops, events and one-on-one training;
- Giving parents the chance to be Head Start volunteers;
- Helping parents find job training, transportation and other community services.
Eligibility for Head Start is based upon local and federal income and child age requirements. Ten percent of Head Start enrollment is to serve children with special needs. Children with disabilities are integrated into the Head Start Program.
To enroll a child in the Head Start program, the parent or guardian must:
- Find a Head Start Location.
- Apply to the program.
- Attend the program orientation.
For general information, please call 703-324-8290, TTY 711.
• Do You Need Child Care? [English] [Spanish]
• Working Together: Early Head Start and the Infant and Toddler Connection of Falls Church.
• CRADLE: Supporting the Home Language of Head Start Families.
• Head Start Community Assessment 2015
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March 6, 2013 | Vol. 39, No. 10a
Mild winter weather has allowed Rock-n-Road Construction to begin the rebuild of the Blaquiere Point boat launch ramp at Mile 30 Mitkof Highway on the southeast side of Mitkof Island.
The project will include the rebuild and extension of the launch ramp, construction of a level parking pad for 19 vehicles with trailers and a new vault toilet. Sig Burrell of Rock-n-Road said they will add four picnic tables at the far end of the parking lot on an elevated pad.
The 224-foot x 20-foot wide concrete plank ramp will include over 40-feet of rock fill on the tidelands at the end of the planking, allowing for launch and recovery of boats at low tide.
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The launch ramp as viewed from atop the rock pile.
Funding for the expected $450,000 project comes from a federal Secure Rural Schools fund and was piggybacked on other Federal road projects, according to U.S. Forest Ranger Jason Anderson.
Locals have used the rocky unimproved site for years to launch skiffs accessing the middle arm of the Stikine River and Knig Slough. Sharp rocks and steep terrain have made the launch site usable only for those with 4x4 vehicles which often get stuck in the mud at the lower levels of the beach during low tide.
Burrell told The Pilot the rock blasting is completed and he hopes to have the ramp roughed in this month. Burrell said he hopes to have the project completed by mid-May, pending the arrival of the concrete planks.
The 360-foot x 100-foot parking pad atop the ramp will be gravel surfaced with two entrance points onto Mitkof Highway.
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Golf association makes its rounds
The Christian Golfers Association of North Central West Virginia recently completed two nine-hole outings at Buckhannon golf courses.
On Sept. 16, the group hit the links at the Buckhannon Country Club. The team of Ron Lamb, Melissa Lamb, Bill Roff and Clay Persinger tied the team of Darrell Linger, Michelle Linger, Bob Heavner and Betty Heavner, as each fired rounds of 33.
Next was the team of John Flesher, Alicia Flesher, Gene Bryant and Jerry Abel carding a round of 34. The team of Beryl McKisic, Shane West and Mike Hinkle fired a 35, followed by a 36 from the team of Dwayne Brown, Dennis Bailey, Ken Riffle and George Moore.
John Hinkle, Larry Wamsley and Randy Kirchberg combined for a 37.
The group hit the Riverbend Golf Course on Sept. 19 for another nine-hole event, which was won by the team of Bob Heaver, Betty Heavner, Phil Austin and Harry Grose with a 28 score.
Three teams fired rounds of 32 – Darrell Linger, Michelle Linger, Natalie Hinkle and Mike Hinkle; Bob Withers, Ellnora Withers, Ron Lamb and Melissa Lamb; and Jeff Zickefoose, Lynelle Zickefoose, John Flesher and Alicia Flesher.
The team of Steve Liptak, Larry Wamsley and Beryl McKisic finished next at 33, followed by a 34 from the team of Charlie Straley, Don Neman, George Moore and Ken Riffle.
The CGA has two more outings scheduled for the 2013 golf season. It will play at 2 p.m., Sept. 29 at the Riverbend Golf Course and at 1 p.m., Oct. 13 at Riverbend.


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Pakistani soldiers patrol in Mingora, capital of the Swat Valley on Feb. 27, 2009. Taliban militants in the Swat Valley have extended a cease-fire, strengthening a peace process that Western governments say may grant a safe haven to extremists.
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"Taking Seriously the Situation in Pakistan"
Op-Ed, Royal United Services Institute
March 10, 2009
Author: Azeem Ibrahim, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20082010
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security
Pakistan is at risk of collapse. Increasing threats to its integrity on the economic, political, and military fronts may constitute the biggest existential threat that Pakistan has faced in its sixty-one year history.
"The Defence Secretary, John Hutton, has argued that the war in Afghanistan was important because the country had provided Al-Qa'ida with territory in which to train and plan attacks, and that Pakistan mattered because the Taliban were directed and supplied from across its 1,500 mile open border. Whilst that was the accepted picture, few gave any credence to the idea that Pakistan posed a bigger security challenge to the world than Afghanistan. Now, that very idea has been voiced by the top US diplomat in Kabul. According to this new understanding, allied strategy must engage with Pakistan's fate as a matter of urgency.
The potential for disunity is written into Pakistan's DNA. The name 'Pakistan' is an acronym, coined in 1933, for the names of some of the areas and groups the then-putative state might contain: Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, and Indus-Sind. The stan suffix means 'land'. Today, two thirds of Pakistan's 158 million people live in the province of Punjab, and this imbalance has resulted in ethnic tensions between the regions over job quotas and political representation, all of which were apparent even before the current crises.
Today, four strands feed into the threat of collapse: the potential for balkanisation, the state of the economy, the military, and the political situation. The international community must take this risk seriously; a Pakistani collapse would only increase the security threat...."
Read the full text of "Taking Seriously the Situation in Pakistan" here.
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This August, for a limited time, guests can taste four bold, new preparations of Chile Relleno that showcase modern adaptations of this traditional dish. Using a variety of sauces, peppers and fillings, The Chile Relleno Festival at La Sandia is designed to excite diners and to re-introduce them to La Sandia's culinary style.
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Final arguments in Caraballo case
RUTLAND Federal prosecutors said the mountain of evidence they presented during the last two weeks proves Frank Caraballo killed Melissa Barratt.
But defense attorneys in the case reduced the evidence down to a question of who the jurors believe Caraballo or his former partner in drug sales, Joshua Makhanda-Lopez.
It comes down to who you believe, Frank or Josh, defense attorney Mark Kaplan told the jurors.
The defense and prosecution presented closing arguments Tuesday in the federal murder trial in U.S. District Court in Rutland. Jurors began deliberations Tuesday afternoon but were released after about two hours. They return today at 9 a.m. to continue deliberations.
Prosecutors say the two men were the only ones present when the Brattleboro woman was killed with a single gunshot to the back of the head July 28, 2011. The gun was never found and no forensic evidence exists that could directly connect someone to the crime.
Police did find at the scene a 9 mm shell casing which a forensic examiner told the jury could only have been fired from a Glock semiautomatic based on markings on the spent cartridge and bullet fragments.
Another witness in the case testified that he traded just such a gun to Caraballo days before the shooting. But whether proof exists to show that Caraballo was the shooter is up to the jury to decide.
During the trial, the jury heard from both Caraballo and Makhanda-Lopez as well as a variety of other witnesses who testified about Caraballos illegal drug operation and events they saw on the morning of July 28, when Caraballo confronted Barratt about $10,000 worth of drugs he suspected she had stolen.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Van de Graaf said those accounts taken collectively gave weight to the governments case that Caraballo killed Barratt in anger over his losses.
But perhaps the most powerful piece of evidence, according to the prosecutor, was a taped phone call that Caraballo made to his imprisoned half-brother minutes before he confronted Barratt.
During that call alone, the defendant makes significant admissions about two issues the scope of his drug business and his belief that Melissa Barratt stole drugs from him and that she was going to pay if he didnt get them back, Van de Graaf said.
In that recording he is mad about his drugs, the prosecutor added. He told his brother he wanted to hurt somebody and hes not going to take it as a loss.
Makhanda-Lopez and Danielle Clemons, who was Barratts roommate at the time, later testified that Caraballo threatened Barratt and everyone else in the room with a handgun during a confrontation inside the womens apartment.
Caraballo would later take the stand and testify that Makhanda-Lopez was the one who was armed in the apartment. And he said he didnt threaten Barratt; he asked her for help selling drugs to pay back what he owed.
Van de Graaf said that account was unbelievable.
The defendants story makes no sense, he said. Do you believe he used the word please and asked that nicely?
But Kaplan encouraged the jurors to ask themselves if Makhanda-Lopez was more believable than his client.
Makhanda-Lopez, he said, had every incentive to lie because of a deal he reached with the government that capped his potential prison sentence at 13 years on federal gun and drug convictions. That deal called for his cooperation and testimony in Caraballos trial.
Its an unbelievably favorable plea agreement for the crimes he committed, Kaplan said. Can you convict someone on his testimony? You can never tell if hes telling the truth.
Kaplan also asked jurors to consider an alternative narrative for Barratts killing.
In Caraballos version of the confrontation inside the apartment, Makhanda-Lopez pulled a handgun from his waistband at one point.
Kaplan asked the jury to consider the move as an implied threat to Barratt, who he theorized was working in cooperation with Makhanda-Lopez to steal the $10,000 worth of drugs from Caraballo.
Why wouldnt Melissa have raised her hand at some point during this conversation and say I did it? he said. I submit to you there is a reason why she didnt. ... When she saw the firearm sitting on (Makhanda-Lopezs) lap she got the message.
Kaplan didnt extend that scenario to Barratts killing in the woods of Dummerston, but he said it was possible that Makhanda-Lopez or another man possibly Caraballos drug source in Massachusetts known only as Dough Boy could have pulled the trigger.
Caraballo, he said, didnt know who did it because he was on his way to Massachusetts with his girlfriend, Pamela Zygmont, who drove to Vermont to pick him up after the confrontation at the apartment.
But Van de Graaf said phone records debunked that theory.
While cellphone recordings indicate that Caraballos girlfriend did drive to Vermont on the afternoon of the July 28, phone records also show that she made multiple calls and sent multiple text messages that all went unanswered to Caraballos cellphone between 1:49 and 2:25 p.m. that day. Van de Graaf told jurors it was during that time that Barratt was executed.
Isnt the most likely scenario that she was driving up here because she was freaking out about what was happening that day? the prosecutor asked, referring to phone calls between Caraballo and his Zygmont earlier that day.
Zygmont was never called as a witness by either side in the trial.
She reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on two counts of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, but the deal doesnt require her to cooperate in prosecuting Caraballo.
She was named as a potential witness for the defense but was never called during the trial. Zygmont filed a motion challenging the defenses subpoena on the grounds that she was invoking her Fifth-Amendment right against self-incrimination. A ruling on her motion was never issued.
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by Andy Oram | @praxagora | April 7, 2014
Reformers in health care claim gigantic disruption on the horizon: devices that track our movements, new treatments through massive data crunching, fluid electronic records that reflect the patient's status wherever she goes, and even the end of the doctor's role. But predictions in the area of health IT are singularly detached from the realities of the technical environment that are supposed to make them happen.
To help technologists, clinicians, and the rest of us judge the state of health IT, I've released a report titled "The Information Technology Fix for Health: Barriers and Pathways to the Use of Information Technology for Better Health Care." It offers an overview of each area of innovation to see what's really happening and what we need to make it progress further and faster.
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My daughter is 6 weeks old today. We had been having latching problems since the first days after birth. She was not tounge tied, it just seemed that she didn't get enough of my breast in her mouth. We would have a few good latches mixed in with poor ones and my nipples got cracked and very sore...to the point of crying and dreading breastfeeding.
I worked with a lactation consultant, but my nipples were not healing. So finally the consultant gave me a nipple shield to wear while nursing so that I could heal.
Now I am healed. Baby girl is getting plenty of milk with the shield, I can tell because she is obviously gaining weight, and her poops and pees are in the "appropriate" amounts.
I would like to nurse without the shield, but am nervous about weaning off of it. I worry that the same latch problems will occur again, as my baby seems to get frustrated pretty quickly if she doesn't get on the breast fast enough, which can make getting her mouth open enough fast enough pretty challenging.
If anyone has any experience and advice with this, I would greatly appreciate it. We are nursing fine with the shield, but I would really like to be able to nurse without one.
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Esta breve lección muestra cómo han influido las migraciones en el trazado de las carreteras y cómo las carreteras han traído nuevas migraciones. Aunque muestra el ejemplo de Colombia, es aplicable a toda Latinoamérica.
Kindertransport: Britain's Rescue Plan
The Wiener Library holds many personal accounts of children evacuated from Nazi Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia between December 1938 and September 1939. Using individual first-hand accounts sourced from The Wiener Library and documents held at The National Archives, this talk gives insights into how Britain dealt with the refugee children who arrived on the Kindertransports and the difficulties they faced.
Tourists and Booking Clerks- Information for Family Historians in the Thomas Cook Archives
Paul Smith, company archivist of Thomas Cook UK & Ireland, offers a general account of the holdings of the Thomas Cook Archives, with particular reference to records that might prove useful for family historians, such as staff magazines, contracts of employment and passenger lists. The talk also provides a brief history of the Thomas Cook organisation, and explains the importance of its archives for anyone, from academics to film producers, with an interest in the history of travel since the mid-19th century.
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Sitting and Cardiac Concerns
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Sitting too much can have serious health repercussions. In fact, a new study suggests men who sit for too long raise their risk of heart failure....even among those who exercise regularly!
Researchers followed nearly 83-thousand men between the ages of 45 and 69. None had heart failure at the start. Participants were asked to report on their exercise habits and sedentary time for an average of nearly eight years. Information about their height, weight, dietary patterns, education, marital status, smoking history, income and race were also collected. Here's what the data revealed:
Men with little physical activity were 52-percent more likely to develop heart failure than active men.
In men who exercised, those who sat for five or more hours a day were 34-percent more likely to develop heart failure compared to those who only sat for two hours or less a day.
Approximately 20% of adults will be diagnosed with heart failure during their lifetime.
The American Heart Association recommends that adults get at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise to reduce their risk of cardiovascular diseases.
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Buffalo/Niagara Alumni Chapter Recognizes Members' Accomplishments
Three alumni were recognized for their accomplishments at the Fifth Annual Buffalo/Niagara Alumni Chapter Dinner on November 1 at the Buffalo Yacht Club. Dr. Michael Cinquino '71 received the Outstanding Alumnus Award, Dr. Paul Kostyniak '70 was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award went to Brian Langenfeld, Esq., '02.
Cinquino is Senior Vice President and Director of the Panamerican Consultants, Inc. Buffalo Branch. After graduating from Fisher, he went on to receive a master of arts and Ph.D. in anthropology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has also worked for Ecology and Environment, Inc., the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office, and Ebasco Environmental.
While at Panamerican, he served as project director and/or principal investigator on over 600 cultural resources projects throughout New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the eastern United States. These projects included natural gas pipelines, fiber optic lines, developments, transportation projects, flood control projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, light rail rapid transit systems, industrial parks, wastewater treatment plants, fuel storage projects, interceptor sewers, a demolition project, construction monitoring, and various activities at U.S. military installations. In addition, he has prepared numerous cultural resource sections for environmental assessment, impact statements, environmental resource documents, cultural resource management plans, and environmental audits.
He has over 30 years of experience as an anthropologist/archaeologist with expertise in cultural anthropology, prehistoric and historic archaeology, archival and historic research, cultural resource management, and historic preservation. Cinquino has published in dozens of industry journals and publications.
Kostyniak is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Director of the Toxicology Research Center at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He earned his Ph.D. in toxicology at the University of Rochester after graduating from Fisher, and has worked in higher education ever since. Kostyniak also taught at the University of Rochester, and has been at SUNY Buffalo since 1977.
He is a member of the American Association for Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society, the Bio/Environmental Polymer Society, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Society of Toxicology, the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics, the Niagara Frontier Association of Research Directors, and the Air Quality Sciences Sensory Toxicity Testing Advisory Panel, among others. He has been an invited speaker and panelist for countless national and international conferences and events, and has also had work published in several industry journals and publications. In addition, Kostyniak has secured two patents and has several others pending.
An involved member in the Buffalo/Niagara community, Kostyniak currently serves on the Our Lady of Black Rock Regional School Board, and has served on a variety of other boards. He is also a member of the St. John Fisher College Recruitment Committee.
Langenfeld, the Outstanding Young Alumnus recipient, is an Assistant District Attorney in the Felony Trial Bureau for the Erie County District Attorney's Office. He earned his JD from the University at Buffalo Law School. During law school, he worked with the Monroe County Executive's Office, Congressman Tom Reynolds, New York State Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, and Judge Samuel Green from the New York Appellate Division.
Langenfeld has served as President of the Les Amis Fencing Club, and Advisor to the Infant of Prague Youth Group. Currently, he is a member of the Canisius High School Alumni Board of Directors, and President of the Buffalo/Niagara Chapter of the College's Alumni Association.
From L to R: Dr. Paul Kostyniak, Dr. Michael Cinquino, Brian Langenfeld.
The Buffalo/Niagara Alumni Chapter of St. John Fisher College was formally established in the fall of 2007 to provide opportunities for alumni who are working and living in Western New York to create mutually beneficial support networks and participate in the continuing growth and development of the College.
Past award winners include:
Outstanding Alumnus
- Mr. Don A. Preston, Class of 1972
- The Honorable Matthew J. Murphy, Class of 1974
- Samuel J. Rizzo, Class of 2001
- Daniel N. Maxwell, Class of 1966
- Gary L. Mucci, Esq., Class of 1968
Lifetime Achievement
- David R. Kinyon, Class of 1972
- Wayne W. Mertz, Class of 1968
Outstanding Young Alumnus
- Brian A. Schmidt, Class of 2000
- Dr. Richard Herdlein, Class of 1966
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- Four ball best ball 2
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- In this paper the decision as to which four-ball-best-ball (4BBB) pair(s) should be selected by a club is considered. The proposition that a club should select its best pair(s) is considered. Although this is most often the case, it is shown to be not necessarily valid. The case in which the two pairs from club X play one match each against club Y is considered, as is the case with both pairs from club X playing both pairs from club Y ('reverse' matches). It is shown that the pairs best suited to represent the club can depend on the charcteristics of the pairs in the other club. For example, pairs likely to perform best when playing a 'stronger' club can be different from pairs likely to perform best when playing a 'weaker' club. When playing a club of similar standard, it is shown that it is typically best to pairs the players so as to 'balance' their 4BBB ability. Further, it is shown that, in order to maximise the likelihood of correctly identifiying the better team, a match that is tied after 18 holes is best left as a tied match, rather than having a play-off. Statistics from the 2006 PGA Tour, are used to identiy four players who might have represented the US in 2006. The characteristics of these top players suggest that their performances on the par 5 holes can be more important than on the other holes. Information on players' performances on par 3, par 4 and par 5 holes ( along with those of their opponents) is sufficient to determine the better of the two pairs against an opponent pair. That is, it is not necessary to do a full 18 holes analysis of such a match.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
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- Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sport, New South Wales, Australia, 30 August - 03 September 2008, pp. 216-223
- Publication year
- 2008
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North Central College today is fertile ground for collaborations across disciplines and experiments with curriculum, facilities design and technology. It adds up to better opportunities for student learning and liberal arts education relevant to the 21st century.
In the absence of real people with real counseling needs, psychology students in the Counseling Psychology class are learning how to assess patients and practice therapy techniques. Leila Azarbad, assistant professor of psychology, teamed up with Carin Silkaitis, assistant professor of theatre, to adapt a learning technique used at graduate and medical schools. They collaborated on a plan to enlist theatre students to practice their improv skills by acting out mental health problems in one-on-one counseling sessions with psychology students.
"My students gain the opportunity to practice their interviewing skills," explains Azarbad. "They also learn to watch for body language clues and practice listening to exactly what the client is saying." During the first round of mock clinical interviews, Azarbad was videotaping her students so they could watch the video later, critique themselves and a write a paper proposing improvements for their second sessions later in the term.
The theatre students from Contemporary Acting Styles used their improv skills to develop an emotional "back story" about a social problem or other type of stress. "We're focusing on inside-out-acting," says Emma VanOmmeren '13. "You have to explore who you are and be comfortable with your story."
The psychology students said they appreciated the challenges the theatre students presented, as they brought forth fictional family histories and other scenarios. "Dr. Azarbad prepared us in class with the order of questions to ask and we practiced in groups first," says Jacey Keeney '13, who wants to pursue child or sports psychology. "This experience verified for me that counseling is what I want to do and it's hard to get those experiences."
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There are people like that but offices in London are incredibly unfriendly, impersonal places. People simply do not talk to each other. Pubs can be another matter.
I worked in London for almost ten years. I found that because everyone got public transport home they could go out for a post work pint. The offices I've worked in outside London have been on industrial estates miles from a pub (or somewhere decent to get lunch) and everyone has to drive home anyway.
London is a terrific place to live and work. I love the place. Everyone should spend a few years living and working in a big city, just for the experience.


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The State Board of Education today reviewed
the 2002 Academic Early Warning List consisting of 661 schools
from 125 districts and will take final action on list at tomorrow's
meeting. State laws provide that schools are placed on the
AEWL if less than 50% of their students meet state standards
for two consecutive years.
"The warning list is one of our most important tools
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Schools are removed from the AEWL when more than 50% of their
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The 2001 AEWL consisted of 594 schools from 65 districts,
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For the second day, officials with the United States Department of Agriculture were on conference calls with food service departments from across the country.
Their questions were triggered by a USDA announcement that would allow schools to opt out of ammonium-hydroxide-treated beef filler, known as lean finely textured beef.
Students are back at school this week and parents are still wondering if the ground beef filler or pink slime as its being called, is really something to worry about.
"We don't want to see this on the kid's menu. I don't think so," said Tausagi Leia who has twin daughters who attend public school. "It looks kind weird. It really doesn't look like meat."
School officials said Monday they don't know how much of the finely textured lot fat beef additive is in what's served to students.
However, last week Food Service Director Glenna Wong said she believed that only 7 percent of the finely textured beef was being served in the Hawaii school lunch program.
University of Hawaii professors in the Department of Human Nutrition and Food and Animal Science don't believe there is cause for concern.
They say the pink slime uproar is probably an over-reaction.
"I think it is a safe product. I don't think we have to worry about it too much in Hawaii because we are not producing it," said UH associate professor Brent Buckey.
The low-fat filler is made of scraps of beef that has been exposed to ammonium hydroxide which acts as an anti-bacterial agent.
"Yes, ammonium-hydroxide sounds horrible," said Buckley.
"It's the image. It sounds spooky. It's not. It's perfectly safe," said associate professor Alan Titchenal.
The USDA has told the DOE it can opt out of serving beef with the additive starting next year.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 506
Total Fat 29 g
Saturated Fat 11 g
Sodium 543 mg
Total Carbohydrate 2 g
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Protein 49 g
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Tenderloin steaks 2 (6-ounce)
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Fresh ground pepper, to taste
Olive oil 1 teaspoon
Parsley, finely chopped 2 + 2 teaspoons
Clove garlic, minced 1
Reduced-fat cream cheese 2 tablespoons
Crumbled bleu cheese 2 tablespoons
Jalapeno, seeded and finely chopped (optional) ½
Small shallot, finely chopped ½
White wine vinegar ½ teaspoon
- Season steaks with salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil, and rub with 2 teaspoons parsley and garlic. Let stand 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare indoor or outdoor grill, and mix together 2 teaspoons parsley, cream cheese, bleu cheese, jalapeno, shallot, and vinegar in a small bowl until smooth.
- Grill steaks, turning after about 5-7 minutes. After turning, spread half of bleu cheese mixture on each steak, and cook an additional 5-7 minutes, until desired degree of doneness is achieved (topping will soften).