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Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE (born July 20, 1919) is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (known in New Zealand as Sir Ed), famed for being the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He reached the 29,035-foot (8850-m) summit on May 291953 at 11:30 a.m. local time, at the same time as sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
The feat was accomplished as part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by Sir John Hunt. After descending, it is claimed that he said that he and Tenzing had "knocked the bastard off", a phrase which has found its way into colloquial New Zealand English. He is the only living New Zealander to appear on a banknote.
Born in Tuakau (south of Auckland), he attended Auckland Grammar School. The trip to school was over two hours each way, time which he spent reading. As he grew up he was smaller than his peers and very shy so he took refuge in his books and daydreams of a life filled with adventure. At age 16, his interest in climbing was sparked during a school trip to Ruapehu. He found that his gangly and uncoordinated frame was physically strong and had greater endurance than many of his tramping companions.
During World War II he was a RNZAF navigator. He was part of an unsuccessful New Zealand expedition to Everest in 1951 before joining the successful British attempt of 1953. He climbed ten other peaks in the Himalaya on further visits in 1956, 1960-61 and 1963-65. He also reached the South Pole, as part of the British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, on January 4, 1958.
He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) on July 16, 1953; a member of the Order of New Zealand (ONZ) in 1987; and a Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG) on April 23, 1995.
He lost his wife Louise and daughter Belinda in an air crash in Nepal. He later married June Mulgrew. Hillary's son Peter Hillary is an adventurer and has climbed Everest twice.
He has devoted much of his life to helping the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust which he founded and to which he has given much of his time and energy. Through his efforts he has succeeded in building many schools and hospitals in this remote region of the Himalaya. He has stated that he regards this as his most important achievement. He is also the Honorary President of the American Himalayan Foundation, a US non-profit body that also helps improve the ecology and living conditions in the Himalayas. During the mid-1980s, he was New Zealand's High Commissioner to India (the equivalent of an Ambassador between Commonwealth countries), where he was in frequent demand as a guest of honour.
To mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Everest, the Nepalese Government conferred honorary citizenship upon Sir Ed at a special golden jubilee celebration in the capital, Kathmandu. He is the first foreign national to receive such an honour from the Nepalese.
In 1979, he had been scheduled to act as a commentator on the ill-fated Air New Zealand Flight 901, but had to pull out due to work commitments elsewhere. He was replaced by his close friend Peter Mulgrew, who perished on the flight.
As of 2006 Hillary lives in a quiet retirement at his home in Auckland, New Zealand, although he does appear for official engagements from time to time.
External links
- NZEdge bio
- NZ Geographic profile
- Himalayan Trust UK site
- American Himalayan Foundation
- Academy of Achievement entry
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Elizabeth Miller, a Milford resident and a home visitor with the Visiting Nurse Association/SCC Nurturing Families will receive the National Parent Educator of the Year Award from the Parents as Teachers National Center.
Parents as Teachers is an international prenatal through age 5 child development curriculum used all over the world by home visitors and other early childhood educators. Each year, Parents as Teachers holds an international conference where over 1,000 participants attend workshops and seminars to learn the latest in early care and education. The Parent Educator of the Year Award is presented to three Parent Educators nationwide who provide outstanding service to the families they see.
Miller has been a home visitor/Parent Educator with VNA/SCC NFN for four years. Her program manager, Pamela Lorenzo, nominated Elizabeth on the merits of her outstanding work with the families she visits. "Elizabeth goes above and beyond her daily work for all of her families through building a supportive relationship and teaming up with the families to make each family the best prepared parents they can be," Lorenzo said in a news release. "She tailors her work with each family
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Most pregnant women know that what they put (or don't put) in their bodies is important to the well-being of their growing baby, whether it's the right kind of protein, too much caffeine, or certain types of fish. But many pregnant women might not know that what they put on their bodies is just as important.
Most of us slather on oceans of lotions every day, but we don't think about what might be passing the skin barrier and being absorbed into our bodies. With a developing baby in your belly, this is a vital concern.
"Everything you eat, apply, or come into contact with may affect not only you but also your baby," says Sandra Marchese Johnson, a dermatologist with Johnson Dermatology in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
"Because some topical ingredients get absorbed into the bloodstream, there are some you want to avoid," adds Leslie Baumann, a professor of dermatology at the University of Miami and author of The Skin Type Solution (Bantam, 2006).
The more powerful and targeted products get, the more we need to be careful about what we have in our skin-care regimens during pregnancy. While most commonly used products are completely safe, there's a handful of ingredients considered potentially harmful to a growing baby. Below, see our guide to what to look for when shopping the beauty aisle.
If you plan to breastfeed, adds Johnson, continue following the guidelines noted below until you stop nursing.
These powerful substances, found in some antiaging moisturizers, are lauded for helping reduce wrinkles and improve skin tone. Retinoids are a type of vitamin A that speeds up cell division (quickening your skin's renewal) and prevent skin collagen from breaking down.
But retinoids are one of the skin-care ingredients that experts, including Baumann, recommend that expectant moms stay away from. Some studies have shown that high doses of vitamin A during pregnancy can be harmful to an unborn child. And oral retinoids, such as isotretinoin (Accutane, an acne treatment), are known to cause birth defects.
If you've been using a skin cream that contains a retinoid, don't panic. Retinoids have not been shown to cause problems in their topical form in pregnant women.
"There is no data to show these retinoids ingredients are harmful when used on the skin — doctors are just being extra cautious," explains Baumann.
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This mild acid is used to treat certain skin disorders, including acne, and you can find it in a number of skin products, such as cleansers and toners. It can penetrate facial oils to get deep into pores and clean out dead skin cells. Salicylic acid is in the aspirin family, so it can also help reduce inflammation or redness. BHA, or beta hydroxy acid, is a form of salicylic acid and is used in some topical exfoliants to reverse signs of aging.
But salicylic acid is another no-no for pregnant women. High doses of the acid in its oral form have been shown in studies to cause birth defects and various pregnancy complications.
Again, doctors are being cautious by recommending that pregnant women avoid the topical use of salicylic acid. Small amounts applied to the skin — such as a salicylic acid-containing toner used once or twice a day — are considered safe, says Johnson.
But the concern is stronger about face and body peels containing salicylic acid. "This kind of 'soaking' in the ingredient is similar to taking one or more aspirin when pregnant," she explains.
"More product used equals more absorption into the bloodstream," adds Baumann. Always check with your doctor before having a peel treatment. Better yet, she advises, if you must have a peel, have it done professionally at your dermatologist's office. A dermatologist will know how to do it safely during pregnancy.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is honored to remember the victims of the January 8 tragedy through our participation in the BEYOND –commemorate * celebrate * commit event. As a part of the Tucson Community, BLM employees were deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic events of January 8, 2011. The tragedy touched many of us on a personal level as Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her outreach coordinator Gabe Zimmerman worked with BLM on a variety of issues and projects. Several employees had also worked with Judge Roll in court cases. We mourn the loss of members of our federal family and our community and were inspired to become involved in BEYOND as a way to honor their efforts on behalf of our public lands and resources. The BEYOND event allows us to support the survivors of this tragedy and to come together with the greater Tucson community and engage in positive and healthy activities in many of our inspiring outdoor settings.
The public lands managed by the BLM are a treasure for the American people across the country and within our local community. These lands provide a variety of opportunities for people to connect with the outdoors throughout the year including engaging in dispersed or organized recreation activities, outdoor education programs, stewardship projects and employment.
On January 7, 2012, BLM and the Empire Ranch Foundation's Wild About the Grasslands Education Program are partnering with Colossal Cave Mountain Park to provide several outdoor activities at the Colossal Cave BEYOND event including making Nature Journals and leading guided Nature walks. BLM is also planning to assist with outdoor activities at Reid Park.


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After grueling rounds of interviews and meetings with recruiters, don't cozy up to your new desk yet—it's time to get ready for the job-offer negotiation.
Deepak Malhotra, professor of Business Administration in the Negotiations, Organizations, and Markets unit at Harvard Business School, compiled 15 rules for entering job-offer negotiations. We've boiled them down to five characteristics:
1. Be Likeable
Don't let the affability slip once you're past the interview stage. It truly is as much about how you ask (nonverbal cues and tone) as it is what you are asking for—so hold that smile a little longer. Ease tension with a positive demeanor to avoid feeling greedy.
Being likeable and being respected aren't mutually exclusive. Show you're not just a friendly face but one they should take seriously: Frame your requests around the real reasons you deserve them. Everyone wants flex time and a bigger paycheck; not everyone has your specific life situation or experience to justify them.
If you don't have a good reason, maybe that particular perk isn't worth fighting for. Do you homework: know what the position typically pays (ignoring the unconditional gold stars friends and family give you), and never exude the biggest turnoff: Entitlement.
2. Be Accessible
No one likes playing hard to get forever. Hiring managers, especially, have more to do with their time than court candidates that are only using them for leverage elsewhere. Pushing your luck with playing the cocky, "everyone wants me" card is only effective until someone folds. Be clear and reasonable about what would make you say yes from the start.
3. Be Sympathetic
"Companies don't negotiate; people do," says Malhotra. Understanding the other person's concerns helps you make better-informed asks. If you're talking to an HR representative, it might be safer to let a flurry of questions fly. Sending a future manager 10 follow-ups a day? Chill. Plan ahead to pitch your concerns as succinctly as possible.
Sometimes, negotiation hits a wall because of policies beyond both parties, like pay caps or tight budgets. Working within their constraints—which could be, don't forget, your future workplace—means your requests get more traction.
4. Be Prepared For Tough Questions
When you're in the middle of negotiations, questions like, "Are we your top choice?" seem like curveballs. Prepare to answer potentially awkward questions without evading or revealing weakness. Know ahead of time what you'll say if cornered.
But not every tough question is a trap. Sometimes the hiring manager just needs a better idea of your intentions: Whether or not you're truly excited for the opportunity, or if they have a chance of getting you based on your other prospects. Uncomfortable questions like, "How many offers have you gotten?" seem prying, but take a moment to consider what they're really looking to learn, and answer from there.
"Sure, I have a ton of offers!" doesn't sound as elegant—or ring with the same truth—as "I set out to earn several options for myself, and here's how I made it happen."
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Know when to stop sparring and shake hands. Bargain for what's important to you, by all means, but don't let your ego take over. Even if you didn't settle on every subject, you can come back to unresolved issues once you've established yourself in the position. Make the next few months stellar, and maybe asking for those telecommuting Fridays won't sound so indulgent, after all.
Closing the negotiation is just the beginning of getting the most out of a new position. You can do everything right, get all of the particulars you want, and realize later that this still isn't the place for you. "Ultimately," says Malhotra, "your satisfaction hinges less on getting the negotiation right and more on getting the job right."
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Ladies and lasses, roll up, roll up!! Like a circus coming into town, Nikita will be getting the show on the road in 2009. Nikita Chickita's reputation is ever-growing as the fun of the fair and we want to invite as many snowboarding chicks out there to join in and make this the most memorable time ever!
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Is there an easy way to overlay photos in state-shapes on a US map?
I saw a pinterest item recently: the person took a large US map and cut photos from each state into the shape of the state, then overlayed the photo on the map of the state. The result was a US map with a photo standing in for each state. This was done by cutting photos by hand. Is there an easy way of doing it on the computer?
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Rowland Winser was born in East Grinstead, Sussex, England in 18761. His birth was registered in the September quarter of that year. His parents were Albert Arthur Winser (1846-1902), a watchmaker, and Emily Day (1842-1903).
The 1881 census shows the family living at 14 London Road, East Grinstead. In addition to Rowland and his parents are his siblings Emily Kate and Frank, his grandmother Mary Day, and a boarder. The family are at the same address for the 1891 census, this time with an addition to the household, Frederick, born in 1882.
Rowland was married in Basingstoke, Hampshire in late 1899 to Jessie Annie Hibberd. Jessie was born in Basingstoke in 1879 to Tom and Annie Marie Hibberd.
Rowland and Jessie Winser had five children: Jessie Ellen (b. November 23, 1900), Gwendolen (b. July 16, 1902), Rowland Hibberd (b. February 21, 1905), Norman Eric (born March 16, 1907) and Jack (b. March 5, 1910). By the time of the 1911 census Rowland appears to be at sea. His wife shows up as a visitor at 127 Denys Road, Southampton, with her youngest children2. The address is that of her married sister Edith Mary Law and her husband James Law.
Having previously served aboard the Majestic, in 1912 when he signed-on to the Titanic, on 4 April 1912, he gave his address as 2 Nightingale Grove, in Southampton, an address belonging to his brother-in-law James Law3. He also gave his name as George Evans for reasons not entirely certain. As a third class steward he received monthly wages of £3 15s.
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Rowland Winser in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified.
Jessie Annie Winser never remarried and passed away in Southampton in 1961 aged 82.
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- He gave his birthplace as London; did he mean London Road, perhaps?
- Jessie Ellen married in 1922 to William Street. She passed away in 1982 on the Isle of Wight. Gwendolen married in 1921 to Raymond Mitchell. She died in 1969 in Nottingham. Rowland married in 1930 to Elsie Brechill. He died in 1975 in Bedford. Norman Eric never married and died in Southampton in 1982. Jack married Mary Williams in 1937. He passed away in 1984 in Southampton.
- Southampton Street Directory, 1912
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Looks like Tom DeLay is going to wage war on the judicial branch of government. He is now threatening to impeach federal judges who had the audacity to actually follow the law and rule against reinserting the feeding tube into Terri Schiavo.
I don't get it - aren't the Republicans supposed to be for the sanctity of marriage? DeLay believes he has the right to turn the law on its head and take away Michael Schiavo's right as a husband to be the legal guardian for his wife. This type of arrogance is not only disturbing, it is scary.


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Where's George???
Have you ever received a dollar bill that has "See where I've been. Track where I go next! www.wheresgeorge.com" stamped on it? A couple weeks ago, when I was buying roses for my mom, which I do every week, I received one of these strange dollar notes in change. I decided to take a look and see what this particular green back had been up to. Turns out it had
Social Networks gaining on Top Portals
Membership at social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace is exploding. Everyone is doing it. Well"¦ a lot of people are. In June, 2 out of every 3 people online visited a social networking site. Since January 2004, the number of people visiting or taking part in one of the top online social networks has grown by over 109% (primarily driven by MySpace). Most of this growth has come
Prosper.com: Do you need a loan?
Do you need a loan? Or maybe you're looking to loan money to someone else and earn a nice return? Well, join the 37,000 other people who visited prosper.com last month. It's the "online marketplace for people-to-people lending." Whether you're an entrepreneur looking to start a business or someone looking for a better return on your investments, you'll find this site a wealth (yes) of information and opportunity. Take the
Internet Dating Services
As Thumper, the lovable rabbit in Disney's classic movie, Bambi, astutely noted, "Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. You get weak in the knees. Your head starts to whirl. Before you know it, you're knocked for a loop!" Spring and summer are indeed the seasons of love, and judging by the internet activity since January, this is one season people do not take lightly. Many dating service websites experienced
High Tide
Doing the laundry is possibly my least favorite thing to do in life. It's tedious, takes forever and is never fun. Plus, my clothes always turn gray for some reason. But Proctor and Gamble has been taking strides to make doing the laundry, well, bearable. Tide.com has been redesigned and one of Proctor and Gamble's best selling products is trying to engage and excite their consumers online. Tide.com was the
Fine Living
By more than doubling the number of people hitting the site, FineLiving.com made its way into our Top Ten movers list with over a quarter-million visitors in Week 29. The site is the web presence for Fine Living Television Network, a cable TV channel targeted at those who want to live, and can presumably afford, the good life. They describe themselves as "the first television network dedicated to inspiring and
Starwood Hotels is building a Virtual Hotel!
Just a quick follow-up to Thursday's post about Second Life. It looks like the Avatar Marketing phenomenon is growing day-by-day. Starwood hotels is in the process of building a virtual version of their new Aloft brand hotels in the Second Life realm. 3pointD.com were one of the first to spot the build in progress. This September, Starwood Hotels will become the first company in history to open a new hotel
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Commercials make the world go round"¦or at least the corporate world. However, with the advent of digital video recorders, which allow users to fast forward through advertisements, and satellite radio, which eliminate ads all together, consumers can now enjoy their media commercial free. This is a very frightening prospect if you are in the advertising field or if you are a company spending big bucks to bombard consumers with your
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BERLIN — A meteor exploded in the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains yesterday, causing a shockwave that blew out countless windows and injured hundreds of people with flying glass. A look at those objects in the sky:
Q. What's the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?
A. Meteors are pieces of space rock — usually from larger comets or asteroids — that enter the Earth's atmosphere. Many are burned up by friction and the heat of the atmosphere, but those that survive and strike the Earth are called meteorites. They often hit the ground at tremendous speed — up to 18,650 mph — releasing a huge amount of energy, according to the European Space Agency.
Q. How often do meteorites hit Earth?
A. Experts say smaller strikes happen five to 10 times a year. Large meteors such as the one in Russia yesterday are rarer, occurring about every five years, according to Addi Bischoff, a mineralogist at the University of Muenster in Germany. Most of them fall over uninhabited areas, where they don't injure humans.
Q. How big was yesterday's meteor, and why did it cause so many injuries?
A. Before it entered the atmosphere, the meteoroid was about 49 feet in diameter and had a mass of about 7,000 tons, NASA says.
The space agency also said the fireball from it, which was brighter than the sun, was the biggest reported in more than a century, since a 1908 event in Siberia. Yesterday's blast released the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of tons of TNT. The huge release of energy shattered windows and sent loose objects flying.
The blast produced at least 20 times the explosive force of the U.S. atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. But the bomb detonated just 2,000 feet above a densely populated city, while the Russian fireball exploded miles in the air, reducing the potential damage.
Q. Is there any link between this meteor and the larger asteroid that passed Earth later yesterday?
A. No, it's just cosmic coincidence. According to NASA, the trajectory of the Russian meteorite was significantly different from that of asteroid 2012 DA14. "In videos of the meteor, it is seen to pass from left to right in front of the rising sun, which means it was traveling from north to south. Asteroid DA14's trajectory is in the opposite direction, from south to north," the U.S. space agency said.
Q. When was the last event like this?
A. In 2008, astronomers spotted a meteor similar to the one in Russia heading toward Earth about 20 hours before it entered the atmosphere. It exploded over the African nation of Sudan, causing no known injuries.
Scientists believe that a far larger meteorite strike on what today is Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula might have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago. According to that theory, the impact would have thrown up vast amounts of dust that blanketed the sky for decades and altered the climate on Earth.
Q. What can scientists learn from yesterday's strike?
A. Bischoff said scientists and treasure hunters are probably racing to find pieces of the space rock. Some meteorites can be very valuable, selling for as much as $670 per gram, depending on their origin and composition. Because meteors have remained largely unchanged for billions of years, scientists will study the fragments to learn more about the early universe.
Alan Harris, a senior scientist at the German Aerospace Center in Berlin, says some meteorites also are believed to carry organic material and might have influenced the development of life on Earth.
Q. What would happen if a sizable meteorite hit a city?
A. A blast at low altitude or on the surface would result in many casualties and cause serious damage to buildings. The extent would depend on factors such as the meteorite's mass, speed and composition, said Harris.
Scientists have been discussing for several years how to prepare for such an event — however remote. European Space Agency spokesman Bernhard von Weyhe said experts from Europe, the U.S. and Russia are working on a way to spot potential threats sooner and avert them. But don't expect a Hollywood-style mission to fly a nuclear bomb into space and blow up the asteroid, as in the movie Armageddon.


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4 Walls Project, Nicaragua
Help build better lives with your own two hands!
The 4 Walls Project is dedicated to helping change the lives of families in the rural town of El Sauce, Nicaragua. Entire families, sometimes as many as ten or more people, live in houses whose walls are constructed out of tarps, crumbling adobe brick, and rotting timber. This project seeks to go beyond a simple donation to forge connections between donors and Nicaraguan families.
Visit the 4 Walls project web site for more details: www.4WALLSProject.org
Visit the 4 Walls Facebook page for the latest updates: 4 Walls on Facebook
What can you do?
Join a volunteer work trip! Through working with the 4 Walls Project, you'll have an opportunity to change a poor Nicaraguan family's life. You will not only improve the structure of a house, you will provide a family the chance to have a safe, secure place to call home.
Donate to the 4 Walls Project:
Your contribution will bear directly on how many walls will be built, and the number of families whose lives will be improved with a basic home. So what can you do with a little? A lot!
How it works
4 Walls aims to provide families with the materials to finish their homes. Recipients of a donation must provide transportation for the materials and the labor to complete the house. After meeting with each family and assessing its situation, 4 Walls takes estimates for the materials needed for the project, signs a contract with the family, and donates the materials. Each household will receive a materials donation depending on its needs.
Volunteering with 4 Walls
Are you looking for a work/adventure project? The 4 Walls Project can offer you an experience that will change your life. The best part of the work is that it's not about YOU. As a 4 Walls volunteer, you will stretch your heart by connecting and working together with Nicaraguan families.
Tearing down walls and rebuilding houses on the foundation of goodness inside all of us inspired 4 Walls volunteers in January of 2010. Nicaraguans and Americans cemented lives together physically while digging ditches and mixing cement, and emotionally by working with each other.
Volunteer Bonnie Yannie, an emergency room nurse from Rochester, New York has worked with 4 Walls from its early stages in 2008. In her memories of the 2010 trip, she recalls:
Volunteer Bonnie Yannie, an emergency room nurse from Rochester, New York has worked with 4 Walls from its early stages in 2008. In her memories of the 2010 trip, she recalls:
"It's day 8 ...we (the 12 volunteers) are going around to say good-bye to the five families we helped. We have worked side by side, mixing cement and laying bricks…There is deep joy among us, visible in huge smiles, embraces, and lots of photo taking among our new friends. We've rebuilt more than houses, we've cemented our hearts together!
[Volunteers] Joe, Andrew, and I worked for three days at Julia's house. She is a sweet lady in her 60's who cares for her disabled daughter. As we mixed cement in her simple house, she quietly swept the dirt and dust with her twig broom. We thought we understood her gestures of pride. But honestly, gazing at her new wall took our breath away. Proudly hanging were her most precious pictures and photos! With tears in our eyes, we all shared a sacred moment of pure love and joy! I tell Andrew, "You know, you can come back to Julia's house 10 years from now and she will welcome you with tears of joy again."
The work is hard, dirty, and sweaty, the climate hot, and the sun is intense. As Joe, another volunteer on the 2010 trip said, "What a vacation, we made mud, got to play in the sandbox, bobbed for bricks, dug ditches, chipped rocks, stretched our hearts, and opened our minds."
Trips with the 4 Walls Project also include an adventure component. This year, volunteers visited a small mountain community that is establishing an eco-tourism project. The proud natives of the village explained to the volunteers how they chose to grow organic coffee and work as a community instead of selling their land to loggers. Their tour guide's enthusiasm and passion for his job convinced everyone that having work you love is inspiring.
If you would like to experience this adventure, or for more information, please contact:
Bonnie Yannie
(585) 472-0676
Meghan Haslam
As a Peace Corps volunteer, Meghan started the 4 Walls Project. Read her story << Meghan's Story>>


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CHILDRESS - Etta Marie Sims, 84, died Monday, March 18, 2002.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in First Assembly of God with the Rev. David L. Nuckels officiating. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery by Johnson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sims was born Dec. 11, 1917, in Paris, Texas. She was a member of First Assembly of God in Childress.
Survivors include two daughters, Sue Hale of Las Vegas and Jannas Watson of Childress; three sisters, Doris Alexander of Fort Worth, Christine Nesbitt of Paris and Tommie Wansley of Memphis; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 20, 2002
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"Why do you pretend, when you can make it real? We like pretending to be someone else but the truth we just want to be ourselves."
"A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent."
"How do we know if a serpent simply pretends to be a chickadee? When it stops singing and starts breathing out fire."
"Today, I will speak words which will make others feel good about themselves without being stingy; no pretensions, expecting nothing in return."
"He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice"
"Some people act like they're cool, / And others act like they're hot, / But both are trying to fool / The people who know that they're not."
"It's better than what it was. Now we're getting to at least the pretense of openness. Hopefully we'll get to the substance of openness eventually. It's evolving, but it's still prehistoric."
"He has shown in Philly that he understood how to ease racial tensions. There's not an ounce of pretense in him."


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Synopsis: Lonely and disturbed Jacob Kell loved his little sister more than anything on earth. When tragedy strikes, Jacob retaliates the only way he knows how – and anyone who crosses his path will know there is no limit to his brutal vengeance.


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The below Srimad Bhagavatam verse 3.13.49, is a beautiful verse from the king of scriptures and it gives us lot of inspiration in continuing with our devotional service. This verse is spoken by the sage Maitreya to Vidura, when Vidura enquires eagerly about the pastimes of Lord Varaha.
tasmin prasanne sakalaashishaam prabhau
kim durlabham taabhir alam lavaatmabhih
ananya drshtyaa bhajataam guhaashayah
svayam vidhatte sva-gatim parah paraam
"Nothing remains unachieved when the Supreme Personality of Godhead is pleased with someone. By transcendental achievement one understands everything else to be insignificant. One who engages in transcendental loving service is elevated to the highest perfectional stage by the Lord Himself, who is seated in everyone's heart."
In the above verse, the words prasanne, lavaatmabhih and anaya drshtyaa are worth meditating.
1.prasanne – Being pleased: The phrase "Nothing remains unachieved" is backed up only when "Supreme Personality of Godhead is pleased." The entire essence in this verse is to please the Lord and when we become true devotees then everything else becomes insignificant. If the Lord is pleased then everything else becomes easy. We are all aware of Ajamila's pastime. Ajamila had chanted indirectly, calling out the name of his son, but because he uttered the holy name "Narayana", he was saved from hell and achieved liberation in his next birth since the Lord was pleased by Ajamila calling his name in the final moments, on the death bed. "raake Krishna maare ke, maare Krishna raake ke" – If Lord Krishna wants to protect us, who can kill us? If Lord Krishna wants to kill us, who can save us? Similarly if the Lord is pleased, nothing remains unachieved. The Lord was pleased with the Pandavas and they came out victorious in the war even though they did not have mighty armed soldiers. Dhruva Maharaj, though only five years old, could see the Lord face to face. Sudama, on the pretext of his wife's demands wanted to meet the Lord and the Lord being pleased, blessed him materially even though he did not ask for it. The Lord being pleased with the prayers of Devaki and Vasudeva decided to take the role of their child. All these things were achieved only because the Lord was pleased. As Srila Prabhupada mentions very nicely in purport to verse SB 3.31.18, "By the transcendental energy of the Lord, everything is possible." The Lord always wants His devotees to be successful in every step, just like how our father and guru would be proud when we achieve something; He is Bhakta Vatsala – very affectionate towards His devotees.
2. lava-atmabhih – Insignificant Gains: Once the Lord is pleased everything becomes insignificant, being rich, poor, dark, white, ugly, beautiful etc. All difficult situations in life becoming insignificant to us when we follow the Lord's footsteps. Even crossing this ocean of birth and death becomes easy, when the Lord is pleased. Just like how Lord Brahma prays in verse 10.14.58, "For those who have taken shelter, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf's hoof-print (vatsa padam)." All obstacles even though existing, becomes insignificant and there is no cause for worry when we try pleasing the Lord. Our founder Acharya, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in his transcendental purport to verse 1.9.12 quotes that, "As long as a person is fully in cooperation with the wishes of the Lord, guided by the bonafide brahmanas and Vaishnavas and strictly following religious principles, one has no cause for despondency, however trying the circumstances of life." King Kulashekera in Mukunda Mala Stotra verse 14 sings that, "Once our savior has been seen, the whole earth becomes no greater than a speck of dust, all the waters of the ocean become mere droplets, the totality of fire becomes a minute spark, the winds become just a faint sigh, and the expanse of space becomes a tiny hole. Great Lords like Rudra and Grandfather Brahma become insignificant, and all the demigods become like small insects. Indeed, even one particle of dust from our Lord's feet conquers all."
The next question is – How to please the Lord?
3. ananya-drshtyaa – By nothing but devotional service. The quantity of service that we do does not please the Lord; the quality alone pleases the Lord. Everyone is running behind something except sincere devotional service. We don't know where to run, how to run, but we want to run. The worst mistake we commit is, we don't run to Krishna but we run to all the other fancy materialistic things. Most of that something would be so insignificant but our mind would not allow us to rest us in peace until we achieve that insignificant material. We don't feel bad if we missed our spiritual service but when it comes to materialistic things like losing some money in stock market or if some one hurts, we crib and crib and crib. We don't get stressed out if we don't chant our 16 rounds or miss mangala arti but when materialistic things don't go in the fashion we want, we really run like monkeys. Since Bhakti Yoga is the easiest way to please the Lord, we have to stick to this path permanently. In Srimad Bhagavatam verse 3.20.28, the Lord is described as vivikta adhyaatma darshanah, meaning "one who can without doubt see the minds of others." If anyone can completely perceive another's distress without doubt, it is the Lord Himself. If someone is in distress and wants to get relief from his friend, sometimes it so happens that his friend does not appreciate the volume of distress he is suffering. But for the Supreme Lord it is not difficult. The Supreme Lord, as Paramatma, is sitting within the heart of every living entity, and He directly perceives the exact cause of distress. In Bhagavad-Gita the Lord says, "sarvasya caaham hrdi sannivishto" – "I am sitting in everyone's heart as the Supersoul."
When we always engage ourselves in sincere devotional service, "satata yuktaanam", then the Lord gives buddhi-yogam – real intelligence as He confirms in Bhagavad Gita verse 10.10. He can give us direction how to get out of dangers or how to approach Him in devotional service. We need not run all over the world, we just need to listen to our Supersoul seated in our hearts and He would guide us like a mariner's compass. We find in Srimad Bhagavatam verse 3.13.17, that even when Manu complained to Brahma that the earth had sank in the depths of water, the Supreme demigod Brahma thought, "It is best to let the Almighty Lord direct us" and immediately a boar appeared from the nose of Lord Brahma. He did not take any decisions without praying to the Lord, since he knew that everything is under His control. The more and more we please and accept the Lord, the more we would try to accept and appreciate the Parmatma's direction.
I sincerely pray that I put this verse in practice and hope not to run from pillar to post when thrown into the material whirlpool.
Sri Sri Yashodanandana Balagopal ki jai! Srila Prabhupada ki jai! Srila Gurudev ki jai!
Thank you very much,
Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev,
Sharada devi dasi,


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While you were busy negotiating a reality show with A&E, participating in the most awesome March Madness bracket ever, or planning your trip to Orlando/buying a new cape…here's what was happening in the world of hiring and recruiting this week…
- The President gets to work from home, so maybe after his upcoming forum, a lot of other people will get to, too.
- New York Magazine takes a trip down "What if" Lane…
- Seven phrases to avoid with your employees.
- And speaking of things to avoid…15 workplace habits to add to that list.
- How much are you really paying for your employees?
- What one reality show teaches us about management. (Spoiler alert! It's not Steven Seagal: Lawman…not this time, at least.)
- Starbucks' CEO talks about how he brews success…Yep, he sure has a whole latté say about the subject. No beans about it. (Okay, I'm stopping now.)
- Companies finding that the best new hires…aren't really new at all. And finally…
- Guy Kawasaki is so over Tolstoy


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Costa Sunglasses Continues Support of the 2014 Collegiate Series 2-19-2014 - Gary Engberg Outdoors Blog
The Association of Collegiate Anglers has announced that Costa Sunglasses will continue its support of the 2014 Cabela's Collegiate Bass Fishing Series for the 9th year in a row. As a series sponsor, Costa Sunglasses will continue to enjoy extensive promotion with collegiate anglers throughout the nation at numerous events as well as on television.
"We believe in supporting the next generation of bass anglers through programs like the Association of College Anglers (ACA) and others," said Al Perkinson, Vice President of marketing for Costa Sunglasses. "These anglers are the future of our sport, and with events like the Cabela's Collegiate Bass Fishing Series showcasing their skills and talent, we hope these anglers inspire more people to get out on the water and see what's out there."


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either this is a sprig of cedar with some nice, photogenic blue and white berries, or it is a sprig of juniper, with berries that might perfectly flavor a venison roast, or which might turn, eventually, into a gin and tonic. after some research, i don't know which it is, but i know which i sort of hope it is.
sprig of cedar or juniper with berrries
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When we see Superman flying across the universe and effortlessly pushing planets back into orbit, it's easy to forget that he was created by two Depression-era kids from Cleveland who lived most of their lives in poverty. It's not so easy, however, when you read the early Superman stories that those two kids actually wrote and drew, in which the Man of Steel was less of a big blue Boy Scout and more of a raging anti-establishment maniac in red underpants who spent more time destroying property than catching criminals. Think we're kidding? Check it out:
5 Superman Destroys an Entire Poor Neighborhood (Action Comics No. 8, 1939)
Right off the bat, here's Superman threatening to drop some children to their deaths:
"Sir, I've got my hall pass right here!"
And, as you'll find is typical in this article, the context only makes it worse. In that 1939 issue, Superman steals those kids away from the police as they're being arrested for attempted burglary, then tries to scare them straight by threatening to drop them so that they'll be "crushed to a pulp."
But then it occurs to Superman that the slums they grew up in are really to blame for their criminal behavior. But what can he do about that? Suddenly, a newspaper headline gives him a deranged idea.
"Senseless destruction, hundreds dead! Yes!"
He's going to destroy it all.
So, Superman instructs the little thieves to go door to door in their neighborhood telling everyone to leave their houses if they don't want to die, literally putting the lives of hundreds of innocent people in the hands of a bunch of wanted criminals. With that out of the way, and having given the people mere minutes to get their valuables out of their homes, Superman gets to work.
Superman, hoping no one will notice that he put his shirt on backward this morning.
Superman starts destroying all the houses, under the logic that the government will then have to build new ones and that this will somehow end all crime. At no point does Superman consult the people who actually live there, or attempt to hide the fact that he's having way too much fun wrecking their homes.
"A long time" meaning when he destroyed a South American village that morning.
The horrified citizens call the National Guard, but obviously they're no match for Superman's insanity -- the military sends aerial bombers in a desperate effort to stop the destruction, but Superman uses their bombs to help him in his task. Soon the entire neighborhood is in complete ruins and Superman goes off to wreck someone else's day.
The Man of Steel only hated Lex Luthor for being inefficient.
The story ends by saying that "the slums were replaced by splendid housing conditions" ... but where did all those poor people live in the meantime? We didn't see Superman offering to let them stay in his Fortress of Solitude while construction took place, or, like, giving the slightest fuck about what happened to them at all.
4 Superman Goes All Saddam Hussein on an Oil Well (Action Comics No. 11, 1939)
While investigating a suicide, Superman discovers that the victim was a shareholder who had been sold worthless oil stock, along with several others. Upon learning this, yet another crackpot plan begins forming in Superman's warped little mind, one that will culminate with him borrowing a page from a certain Iraqi dictator. First, Superman goes to the homes of all the other shareholders and buys the remaining stock using the alias Homer Ramsey.
"Say, aren't you that Superman fellow from the papers?"
"No. I have a hat."
Next, he goes to the worthless oil well and drills the ground until he actually strikes oil -- the corrupt owners are thrilled by this development, until they find out that all the stock was recently bought by one Homer "Seriously, Though, I'm Not Superman" Ramsey. Luckily for them, Homer drops out of the sky one day (literally drops out of the sky, in the panel below) and offers to sell them the stock for exactly $1 million.
"Nothing shady about this."
Supes takes the million and distributes it to the original shareholders, especially the suicide victim's family ... haha, just kidding, he does no such thing. Instead, he kidnaps the corrupt owners while they sleep, takes them to the oil well in their pajamas ...
Superman probably thinks that those are regular clothes.
... and makes them watch as he destroys the well.
It had been a few days since Superman had caused any property damage, and his hands were getting itchy.
The oil well's employees come running in an attempt to stop the destruction -- apparently, Depression-era workers were not fond of seeing their livelihood destroyed. Superman does look out for them, though, telling them to run for safety ...
"Actually, don't bother. I'm probably going to set you on fire anyway."
... before lighting the well on fire, Gulf War style.
"And before you even ask, I've already killed Red Adair."
If Superman really wanted to help the scammed shareholders, he would have bought out the corrupt owners instead of everyone else (they thought it was worthless, too), then tapped the well and simply let it flourish -- but nope, creating an ecological disaster and putting Americans out of work clearly made more sense in his head. But hey, at least he got a million bucks and a few laughs out of the whole thing.


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Washington Allston letter fragment, 1818 Mar. 2
Allston, Washington, b. 1779 d. 1843
Active in Mass.; Cambridgeport, Mass.
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Collection Summary: Fragment of a letter from Allston to his brother, William.
Donated 1960 by Lawrence A. Fleischman.
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The directors and officers of WITF, Inc. ("the Corporation") have a fiduciary duty to act in good faith in what they reasonably believe to be the Corporation's best interest. Accordingly, directors and officers are expected to conduct their activities, including those relating to persons or businesses with whom they are closely associated, in such a way that neither actual conflict nor the appearances of conflict will arise between their other interests and the policies, operations or interests of the Corporation.
It is recognized that in many cases business relationships between the Corporation and organizations with which its directors or officers are involved are important and valuable to the Corporation, particularly the many collaborations between the Corporation and related non-profit institutions. However, each such relationship should be fully disclosed to the Board of Directors or a designated committee, and if there is a reasonable potential for a conflict of interest or a perceived conflict of interest the Board or its designated committee should review and determine the appropriateness of such relationship or transaction involving it.
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Anheuser-Busch plans to buy wholesale beer distributorship C&G Distributing of Lima, the companies announced last week.
The Cecala and Guagenti families have owned and operated C&G for more than 60 years.
Since 1967, the family-owned distributor has been selling Anheuser-Busch products in west-central Ohio.
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Loss of bats a threat to agricultural industry
It's good news for mosquitoes and moths.
But a disease that is killing off bats by the millions can result in serious consequences to the agricultural industry, not to mention upping the nuisance factor at mosquito-laden backyard barbecues.
White-nose syndrome has "wiped out entire caves,'' Christy Barnes, a Paxton resident and natural history guide at the Massachusetts Audubon Society, said Thursday, July 26, at a talk at Richards Memorial Library. "Millions of bats have died.''
The syndrome has caused significant damage to the little brown bat population, one of the most common bats in Massachusetts.
Barnes visited the library to talk about bats to an audience mostly composed of children. After her talk, the youngsters participated in crafts and activities to learn more about the mammals.
White-nose syndrome, first noticed in significant numbers about five years ago, is caused by a fungus that enters caves where bat colonies spend the winter. Bats with the syndrome have a white crusting fungus on their muzzles and other parts of their bodies.
The fungus spreads and causes the bats to wake early to scratch. Some then die from the cold. Others lose the fat resources needed to get through the winter and are unable to survive.
The loss is not only ecological, but also financial. Bats add an estimated $3 billion to the agricultural industry, Barnes said, because they consume crop-eating insects.
Little brown bats can eat an estimated 1,200 insects per night. Each bat lost to the syndrome is one less source of pest control.
The results of this problem can be seen at Moore State Park in Paxton. A bat house there has been studied by Boston University professor and internationally known bat expert Thomas Kunz for many years.
The bats there spend the summer in Paxton and winter in caves in western Massachusetts.
Several thousand bats lived in and around the house prior to 2006, when the syndrome was first recognized in bat caves. Last year, about 150 bats were counted at the Paxton park.
"It's a big problem,'' Barnes said.
And it's one that makes every bat more valuable, which is why wildlife experts urge people not to kill bats that may end up in attics or other parts of a home.
Bats there have likely slipped in while sleeping on eaves or other outside areas of a building, Barnes said. They don't want to be there any more than you want them there, she said.
She suggested taking several simple steps: Open a window, close the door to the room where the bat is trapped and shut off the lights.
The bat, which relies on echolocation, will seek out the window and fly away. "You just have to make it easy for the bat to get out,'' Barnes said.


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A bacterial illness continues to plague day-care centers throughout the city, and health officials are warning that many more children could come down with shigella if parents and caregivers aren't vigilant.
In September, the number of reported cases in Franklin County more than doubled, from 212 to 435 as of Saturday. In the past two years, county and city health officials have reported numbers in the teens.
The disease causes diarrhea and is easily spread if care isn't taken when changing diapers, preparing food and cleaning up after bathroom breaks.
That's an especially tall order in day-care centers,
30 of which have had confirmed cases of shigella this year, said Dr. Mysheika Roberts, Columbus Public Health's medical director.
And it's made more difficult if parents don't keep sick kids home, she said.
Babies and toddlers often experience diarrhea or loose stools, so knowing when they have a communicable disease can be difficult. But those with repeated problems should go to the pediatrician for a diagnosis and stay away from other children until the infection has adequately cleared, Roberts said.
"Our biggest challenge, once a case has been identified in a day care, is trying to exclude that individual from that day-care setting," she said.
It's also difficult for day-care providers, said Amy LeClair, who owns Brooksedge - Care Center in Hilliard. She counts herself fortunate to have had no shigella cases and said she goes beyond state guidelines when it comes to cleaning and keeping sick children out of the day care.
Many times, kids with diarrhea seem fine otherwise, she said.
"Exclusion is one of the most difficult things. Parents think 'Oh, it's just a little diarrhea. I have to get back to work,' " she said. "By the time that we realize that the child is still infected, they've already come into contact with the rest of the class."
Some parents who have been told they can't come back until their children are cleared by a doctor have taken their sick children to other day cares, spreading the disease further, Roberts said.
Ohio law says those children need to have two negative stool samples collected 24 hours apart and have been off antibiotics for at least 48 hours before returning to a day care.
Public-health workers have visited more than 200 day-care centers since the outbreak started to remind them of measures that can keep the bacteria from spreading.
Hand washing after using the bathroom and before meals is essential, and little ones need assistance to make sure they're getting the job done. Disinfecting surfaces including diaper-changing tables and communal toys also reduces its spread. Surfaces should be cleaned with soap and water and then disinfected with a bleach/water solution ( a quarter cup of bleach to a gallon of water) that is made fresh daily.
Most of the sick children have been between 1 and 4 years old. A significant number of parents and caregivers also have been sickened.
The good news about shigella is that most people have mild illness. Of the documented cases this year, 6 percent have resulted in hospitalizations, mostly for dehydration.
City health officials are doing their best to provide advice on how to limit shigella transmission.
"We've been trying to be as proactive as possible. Unfortunately, this disease is a lot faster than we are," Roberts said.


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Boston Globe headline this morning: "Deceptive campaign ads hint at year of mudslinging." Regular television viewers in the Globe's market could be forgiven the assumption that they were about to read about the ongoing saturation smear campaign by the League of Conservation voters against Senator Scott Brown. But no. This is the Globe, sillies. The LCV's unprecedented multi-million dollar out-year pummeling of our incumbent Senator, featuring a barn coat clad actor tooling around DC in a smog-belching pick up truck, casually tossing litter out the windows, smearing oily hand prints across the face of our pristine Capitol city - those ads raised nary a hackle at the Globe. It is the comparatively gentle Romney ad - his first of the cycle - that naturally has our local adjunct of the DNC's communications shop all in a dither:
Romney's ad, his first of the campaign, shows a clip of Obama saying, "If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.'' What the ad fails to mention is that the clip is from Obama in 2008, quoting an aide to his GOP rival, John McCain.Here's the ad:
"The fact that you could completely undercut somebody's meaning in order to serve your own ends is, frankly, in my mind, borderline criminality,'' Totten said. "The problem is there is no one there to be the official referee. There is no umpire in the game.''
Pretty much the whole left of center world agrees the ad is "deceptive." Google "Romney ad" and "deceptive" and you'll get just north of 8,000 hits.Why? Well, because in 2008 when candidate Obama said "If we keep talking about the economy, we're gonna lose," he was quoting John McCain!!!


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced the hiring of Stephanie Tsacoumis as the new General Counsel for CPSC. Ms. Tsacoumis will begin her tenure with the agency on December 10, 2012.
"Ms. Tsacoumis brings more than 25 years of award-winning legal experience to CPSC and our vital safety mission on behalf of American's consumers," said Chairman Inez Tenenbaum. "Adding her impressive skill set to the fantastic team we have at CPSC will make us even more effective and help us sustain our position as the global leader in consumer product safety."
Ms. Tsacoumis joins CPSC after serving as Vice President and General Counsel at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., from 2009 through 2012. She was responsible for all legal affairs and compliance matters at the university, including health and safety regulations, litigation, federal contracts and grants, and intellectual property. Ms. Tsacoumis was named "Outstanding Chief Legal Officer" in 2011 by Washington Metro Area Corporate Counsel Association and "Non-Profit Lawyer of the Year 2012" by the American Bar Association. Her leadership of the Office of Georgetown General Counsel was recognized by Corporate Counsel magazine as a finalist for "Best Legal Department" nationwide.
Prior to working at Georgetown University, Ms. Tsacoumis was a Corporate Partner and Co-Partner in Charge at the international law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. During her time at the firm, she represented government-chartered entities, nonprofit organizations, and top public and private companies in regulatory, advisory, corporate and transactional matters. Among Ms. Tsacoumis' achievements at the firm was increasing the administrative capacity of the Girl Scouts of the USA by 50 percent through the implementation of an innovative reorganization that merged 309 local councils into 115 entities.
She is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and The College of William and Mary.
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Ohio State University has told seniors who are close to graduating to consider a heavier course load so they can finish before the switch to semesters this summer.
But far fewer students seem to be taking the advice than campus officials expected.
"We've been listening to students say that they were doing this, but so far, we haven't seen any significant bumps in enrollment, the number of classes or the number of credit hours that students are taking," said Brad Myers, the university registrar.
The same seems to be true at Ohio University and Columbus State Community College, both of which will move to semesters in the fall.
The state has encouraged all 17 public schools that remained on quarters to adopt semester schedules so that students can more easily transfer within the Ohio system. But officials have worried that the change could disrupt current students' path to graduation.
Under semesters, the number of credits per course will change and classes that are now 10 weeks will be redesigned for a 14- or 15-week term.
"We haven't seen anything unusual yet" in terms of Ohio University seniors taking more classes or trying to graduate early, said Jeff Giesey, an engineering professor who is co-director of that school's conversion.
That could mean that students did a good job of planning, Giesey said. "Optimistically, I'm hoping that most of them worked so closely with their advisers that they're right on track academically."
Or students could be waiting to cram whatever courses they need into the last quarter or two before their school makes the transition.
"I know it is very easy for students to put off planning, especially if (the change) just doesn't feel real to them yet," said Jan Rogers, Columbus State's vice president of student affairs.
Nick Messenger, president of OSU's Undergraduate Student Government, said few students look more than two terms ahead. But he thinks more are now asking questions about the switch.
"In the fall, we only had a few hits on a new online website that was launched to give students everything they need to know about the conversion, but it has had thousands of views now, which is a good sign," he said.
Some schools making the transition have registered a spike in spring graduations — a sign that students who were close to the finish line were trying to avoid the change.
Ohio State might not see as much of an increase as other schools because more students have been graduating in four years anyway, Myers said.
But at the University of Cincinnati, which also moves to semesters in the fall, "we had 200 more seniors graduate in the winter and 175 more students who have applied to graduate in the spring so far," said Caroline Miller, associate provost for enrollment management. "That's an almost twofold increase for graduates in the spring."
Cincinnati students also are taking more credit hours, Miller said.
Jan Konjikusic, a senior international-business major at Ohio State, has added five credit hours each quarter this year to graduate before the switch. "I've had to buckle down with 20 credit hours, which has been a real headache," said the 21-year-old San Francisco native.
Konjikusic said he's feeling the pressure of having four midterms in six days, but he hopes that's better than staying another year. "If I prolonged it, I'd just have to deal with even more hassles."
Ohio State students who will be just a few courses short of graduation could take summer classes at Columbus State. "We welcome being seen as a last resort for any OSU student who needs one, two or three more quarter classes," Rogers said.


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SOUTHWYCK Shopping Center went out with a whimper last week as its four remaining stores rang up their final sales and closed their doors for good. Vacant parking lots, shuttered shops, empty display windows, and deserted hallways stand as mute testimony to the lack of vision or inability by the owners of the South Toledo mall to invest in upgrades over the years to keep up with changing times and tastes.
But that does not have to be Southwyck's future.
At one time, the Toledo-area was home to four major malls - Southwyck, North Towne Square, Woodville Mall, and Franklin Park. Southwyck had 103 stores.
Now, North Towne and Southwyck are closed and Woodville is struggling. Only Franklin Park is thriving, and it is not coincidental that it's undergone major renovations several times, the most recent completed three years ago, and new ownership.
As Stan Eichelbaum, a shopping mall and development consultant and former Franklin Park mall official, said, "[F]or long-term sustainability, and we study this all over the world, always go with the mall that has the recapitalization and the strategic logic of who the anchors and the tenant body is, and they'll win."
But rather than crying about what could have or should have been, the mall's closing is an opportunity to ask what might be.
Southwyck sits alongside heavily traveled Reynolds Road and is just a short hop from the Ohio Turnpike and I-75. According to real estate specialist Duke Wheeler, of CB Richard Ellis/Reichle Klein, "the underlying real estate is still good real estate. Even if the enclosed mall concept doesn't work in that location anymore, that doesn't mean it's in a poor location."
Despite Southwyck's proximity to Perrysburg's Town Center at Levis Commons and The Shops at Fallen Timbers in Maumee, both of which are open-air, village-like developments, many experts believe a mall with the right mix of stores and designed with modern tastes in mind could thrive.
Southwyck's current divided ownership has shown little inclination to invest the time and money necessary to resurrect the shopping center. But if they don't want to redevelop the site, they should get out of the way.
That's where Larry Dillin comes in. The successful developer responsible for Levis Commons has proposed razing much of the current structure to build a "village" of shops, offices, and apartments along tree-lined boulevards.
That transition is long overdue and we hope that Mr. Dillin will be given a chance to turn his vision into reality so that in the not-too-distant future a new, more vibrant Southwyck will rise from the ashes, bringing with it not only scores of new shopping opportunities but, more importantly, hundreds of new jobs that area residents sorely need.


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MONROE – A motor vehicle collision with a telephone pole Sunday afternoon has closed Rt. 25 between Green Street and lower Pepper Street for the next six to eight hours, police said.
The closure will coincide with a loss of electric power in the immediate area as utility crews work to replace the damaged pole and restore wires, police said.
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Accused Clark Killers Plead Not Guilty
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Two teenagers charged in the March shooting deaths of a woman and her parents in a tiny Park County town have pleaded not guilty. Lawyers for 19-year-olds Stephen Hammer and Tanner Vanpelt entered the pleas before district court judge Steven Cranfill in Cody.
The two are charged with shooting and killing Ildiko Freitas along with her parents Janos and Hildegard Volgyesi in their home in the town of Clark.
Hammer and Vanpelt each face 11 felony counts, including the murder charges. Those charges make them eligible for the death penalty, though prosecutors have not yet said if they will pursue it in the case.


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Local Public and Academic Libraries Launch Microsoft IT Academy
Four local public and academic libraries announce the launch of the Microsoft IT Academy to bring free online technology training to Whatcom County residents. Microsoft IT Academy offers online courses in technology, including basic computer skills, Microsoft Word and Excel, and other popular Microsoft programs.
The Washington State Library and Microsoft partnered to provide the academy to residents statewide. Bellingham Public Library, Bellingham Technical College, Whatcom Community College, and Whatcom County Library System join public and academic libraries across the state featuring Microsoft classes cover software products like MS Word as well as Server certification. The public can connect to classes online, at home or at their preferred library, using http://yourlibraries.org/itacademy.htm starting on Monday, February 3.
"We are proud to be the first state to offer Microsoft IT Academy in both public schools and libraries statewide," said Washington State Governor Jay Inslee. "Washingtonians can lead the way as entrepreneurs and innovators, and we need to ensure that they have the skills, training and credentials to seize the incredible opportunities in cutting edge IT industries."
Local libraries offering Microsoft IT Academy will have three levels of self-paced technology courses: basic digital literacy proficiencies, Microsoft Office training, and advanced skills for IT professionals. Participants can achieve certification following successful completion of a series of courses by testing at certification centers, or they may choose to complete selected courses without certification. Certification is at the participant's expense, while the courses are available without cost.
The total combined value of the IT Academy for all Washington library patrons is about $22 million per year, based on what libraries would need to pay if purchasing all of the IT Academy benefits on a per library basis. Microsoft provided the academy to the state at a 90% discount. The Washington State Legislature paid the remaining cost of $1.5 million dollars which funds the academy through June 2015.
For more information or to get started with the Microsoft IT Academy, please visit http://yourlibraries.org/itacademy.htm or stop by your local library.