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Please share this weekly fact sheet with your colleagues
Edited by Ellen Kelly-Holland
Split Allocation Guidance
In the May 24th newsletter, states were reminded that the FY 2002 Basic Vocational Education Grants to states will again be awarded in two separate installments. In the past, OVAE worked with other ED programs to develop memoranda to answer questions arising from such split allocations. This guidance, released on August 29, 2000, and on July 23, 2001, is still valid and may address concerns that arise as you begin to obligate new Perkins funding that becomes available on July 1, 2002. This guidance can be located in OVAE's website under the Program and Policy Guidance section of the Career and Technical Information portion of the website.
Report Finds Vocational and Technical Track Record Poor on Gender Equity Issues
After thirty years, Title IX of the Education Amendments, which was designed to promote equality between females and males in all aspects of federally funded education programs, a report from the National Women's Law Center finds little progress in wiping out distinction between male and female career directions in the vocational and technical programs at the high school level. The report is Title IX and Equal Opportunity in Vocational and Technical Education: A Promise Still Owed to the Nation's Young Women and can be located (as a PDF document) at the National Women's Law Center.
America's Career Resource Network
The Federal Register Notice concerning Fiscal Year 2002 America's Career Resource Network grants was published May 29, 2002. ACRN State Project Directors will be responding appropriately as soon as possible.
Materials Available from Jacksonville Program Quality Institute
On May 13 and 14, 2002, OVAE sponsored a Program Quality Institute in Jacksonville, Florida for state and local Perkins administrators. The following materials are available:
- selected sessions from the Institute are available on video from the National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education at www.nccte.org
- The PowerPoint slide presentation, panel presentations, the guidebook (a five-step process that states and local administrators and educators can use for improving student performance), and a template for state improvement planning are available online.
- The questions discussed at the Listening Session conducted by Hans Meeder, Deputy Assistant Secretary of OVAE, following the Jacksonville Program Quality Institute can also be found online, plus a message board for responses to these questions.
Register Now for the Train-the-Trainer Institute in Atlanta, August 8-9, 2002
You can still register for the Train-the-Trainer Institute in Atlanta, August 8-9. You can easily access a draft agenda, Institute overview, registration, and logistical information at their website under "Upcoming Events." The registration fee for the Institute is $75.00. This lower registration fee may enable state trainers as well as representatives from secondary and postsecondary institutions to attend the Institute. Participants will get hands-on experience in applying the five-step Program Improvement Process introduced at the Jacksonville Program Quality Institute. The training and materials provided will enable participants to initiate program improvement efforts at the institutional and program levels.
Did You Know?
- Please visit the new online location for program memoranda, which provides guidance and other information issued by the Department related to the implementation of the Perkins Act.
- In an effort to keep our office informed about any changes in contact information, title changes, address changes, email changes or telephone numbers, please submit your changes to Carole Gisriel.


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I'd say Cataclysm questing and zones were a lot more interesting and breath-taking than MoP. The quests had major relevance to the overall storyline since vanilla WoW.
Temple of Kotmogu though is amazing. Cata bgs sucked compared to just that one and I haven't even stepped foot in silvershard mine yet. Dailies I'm meh about. Obviously none of the MoP dailies are at the level of the Molten Front but that's to be expected. I just need to get into the grind mindset. The rewards the new dailies offer are unmatched by anything seen in this game before.
PvP balance overall seems a lot better than at the start of any other expansion despite the lack of MMR reset. Tweaking is still needed here and there for things like healing and fire/frost mage and warrior burst.
The dungeons are...interesting to say the least. They're definitely nothing comparable to the tBC dungeons or even WotLK dungeons. Maybe not even the Cataclysm dungeons. But then there's scenarios that I prefer doing anyways so that's great. I'll get around to challenge modes eventually when I at least surpass the ilvl that you're balanced to.
Haven't touched pet battles yet.
Lorewise the game is new and completely irrelevant so far to the Warcraft story which is a huge turn off.
PvP-wise it's looking pretty good but nothing to write home about.
In all honesty I can't say this is any better than the start of Cataclysm at all (which was great mind you). The coming weeks with new raids may change my mind.
It all comes down to if the expansion will have true staying power in the long run which is where Cataclysm was horrible.
I do think though that since they've been attempting to add a "gating" feel to the game again that they'd might as well just flat out add attunements quests back in. Hell, attunement dungeons would be fine too just because LFD is in the game.


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Nuts-and-bolts information to plan your trip, plus a checklist of essentials to include when you pack and a list of links to local media
Entry Requirements: International travelers from 27 countries may enter the U.S. without a visa through the Visa Waiver Program; however, you must have a machine-readable passport. Visitors from other countries must obtain a visa from an American embassy or consulate abroad. For more information, visit travel.state.gov.
Time: San Francisco follows U.S. Pacific Standard Time, three hours behind U.S. Eastern Standard Time.
Money: The currency of San Francisco is the U.S. dollar. For current conversion rates go to OANDA Currency Converter: www.oanda.com/convert/classic
Phone Calls: The area code for San Francisco is 415. For phone calls to San Francisco from within the U.S., dial 1 415 seven-digit phone number. For phone calls to San Francisco from outside the U.S., dial your country's international access code 415 seven-digit phone number. In San Francisco, local calls from a pay phone cost 50 cents.
When to Go: The weather in San Francisco's many microclimates can be unpredictable, although temperatures generally range from the mid-40s to the mid-70s°F (5°C to 21°C). Rainfall peaks in the winter, and the city's famous fog invades during the summer, causing unprepared tourists to shiver in their shorts. Locals look forward to the sunny, mild days of spring and autumn.
Getting There: Over 30 major airlines offer service through San Francisco International Airport (SFO), which is located about 13 miles (21 kilometers) south of San Francisco off US 101. Oakland International Airport also serves the San Francisco Bay Area. Public transportation is available between these airports and San Francisco.
Getting Around: Driving San Francisco's steep hills and scavenging for parking can be challenging. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), an underground train system with stops throughout the city and the Bay Area, offers a convenient alternative. The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) runs the city's buses, streetcars, and famous cable cars. Taxis are relatively easy to find downtown, or ask your hotel or restaurant to call one for you.
Tips: "Pack layers; the weather is highly changeable," says Richard Sterling, author of The Unofficial Guide to San Francisco. "Remember that it can be very cold," adds Ray Riegert, author of Hidden San Francisco & Northern California.
Security: In San Francisco, as in any big city, it's wise to be aware of your surroundings; keep your wallet and shopping bags close; and don't leave valuables in your car. Some areas, such as the Tenderloin District, the Mission, Lower Haight, and Civic Center, require extra caution, especially at night.
Walking Shoes: "It really is a walking city," says Tom Downs, author of Walking San Francisco. The combination of the city's steep hills, busy traffic, and limited parking often make driving impractical. Wear comfortable shoes, but if you don't want to be marked as a tourist, remember: "The white socks and tennis shoes look is a dead giveaway," says Downs.
Sweater or Fleece: "A fleece is light and easy to squeeze into a ball and stuff in your backpack," says Bradley Charbonneau, author of Urban Travel Guide San Francisco. Temperatures can drop into the 40s (°F) in a flash, so always carry a sweater or fleece, even if it's sunny when you walk out the door.
Coat, Cap, and Gloves: Be prepared for frosty weather, especially if you're traveling in the winter. "If you've got a trench coat, bring it," advises Richard Sterling.
Umbrella: San Francisco's average annual rainfall is 21 inches; most of it comes down between November and April. Keep dry with an umbrella or rain jacket.
T-shirts, Shorts or Skirt: "If you're coming in August or September, bring some shorts because it could be hot," says Ray Riegert. Temperatures can climb above 90°F in the summer, so pack for steamy weather, too.
Ear Plugs: "A trash truck is going to rock you out of your bed," warns Bradley Charbonneau. If you hail from a big city, you probably won't be bothered by the city's nighttime noise; otherwise, you may sleep more soundly with ear plugs.
Dress Clothes: "Put a jacket on for dinner. Live it up," says Paula Tevis, author of San Francisco for Dummies. Slacks, a nice shirt, and a jacket for a man or a stylish outfit for a woman will help you fit in with the city's trendy locals, especially when you go out at night.
Web Links
Bay Area Travel Guide
Transportation in the Bay Area: traffic conditions, public transportation schedules and routes, bicycle route maps, and a trip planner. www.511.org
Citysearch San Francisco
Wide-ranging guide to the San Francisco Bay Area's businesses with editorial reviews, reader comments, and insider tips. sanfrancisco.cityesarch.com
Resource for concert tickets, vacation rentals, ride-sharing, travel advice, and much more; started in San Francisco. www.craigslist.org
Guide to San Francisco's eco-friendly hotels, restaurants, and shopping. www.greenopia.com/sf/
Information on San Francisco's sites, literature, movies, streets, buildings, businesses, and culture from local journalist Hank Donat. www.mistersf.com
San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau
Upcoming events, gay travel, Bay Area activities, hotel reservations, and local activities. www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com
Savory San Francisco
Video footage and links to reviews of some of the Bay Area's best restaurants. www.savorysanfrancisco.com
SF Station
Extensive listings of events throughout San Francisco, including festivals, dance performances, museum exhibits, film screenings, and live music. www.sfstation.com
The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
History of the city organized by subject and year. www.sfmuseum.org
Locals' reviews of all aspects of San Francisco living, including nightlife, shopping, spas, restaurants, and activities. www.yelp.com
Local Media
San Francisco Chronicle
The city's major daily newspaper, founded in 1865; local, state, national, and international news; editorials, business, sports, travel, food, music, and more; Sunday "pink section" details arts, dining, entertainment, and events. www.sfgate.com
The Examiner
Free daily tabloid; sections include news, politics, entertainment, business, and sports. Find at newsstands in the afternoon or read online. www.examiner.com/san_francisco
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Free weekly alternative newspaper; in-depth features and interviews track Bay Area news and trends; extensive music, movie, theater, and restaurant reviews. www.sfbg.com
SF Weekly
Free weekly alternative newspaper offers commentary and coverage of local news and culture; reviews of restaurants, music, movies, and performing arts; good source of information on nightlife and events. www.sfweekly.com
San Francisco
Monthly glossy magazine highlights San Francisco food, fashion, and events; image-rich pages provide best visual coverage of the city's style trends. www.sanfranmag.com
7x7 San Francisco
Monthly glossy magazine covering San Francisco's social scene, entertainment, fashion, shopping, and restaurants. www.7x7sf.com
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Obama's fiscal cliff sanity proves he's no agent of destruction
If the president really did nurse a deep-seated desire to ruin the free enterprise system (and the Republican Party along with it), he just missed his golden opportunity. …
Had the president stood firm on his endlessly re-affirmed determination to raise rates for all households earning more than $250,000, then John Boehner and the rest of the GOP would have refused any deal, taxes would have gone up automatically on every household and business, and the nation would have fallen into severe double-dip recession. Instead of forcing that outcome, the president agreed to exempt the big majority (70 percent) of those well-off families he originally had targeted, freezing tax rates for households majority with reported income between $250,000 and $450,000. Even taxpayers above the $450,000 line will pay far less than they would have paid if the tax system had gone off the cliff—because of big savings on all income earned below that line.
This deliverance from destruction should put to rest—forever—the toxic notion of the populist right that the president of the United States harbors the secret goal of destroying the country he's been (twice) elected to lead. That idea often connects with idiotic claims about President Obama's concealed Kenyan birth, hidden Muslim affiliation, radical Communist commitments, descent from Malcolm X or Frank Marshall Davis, control by demonic puppet-masters like George Soros, and so forth and so on ad infinitum (or insane-item).


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OK, bear with me here. I have been keeping bees for three years now and have yet to lose a hive over winter (Chicago Area). I always insulate and run with an upper and lower entrance (reduced). Last year one of my hives went through around 30 lbs of stores from October until March. I thought that was real good until Finski (the Finish beekeper on this forum) basically called my bees pigs. He thought that 30 lbs was a very large amount of stores to go through. Many on this forum and others said that running an upper entrance causes them to burn through much more stores than they normally would.
Now, most of us know that an upper entrance is used to prevent condensation over the bees in the winter. A hive in the winter is a very humid environment. Without an upper entrance, hot humid air created by the bees would rise, hit the top of the hive, condense, and drip on the bees, killing them. However, if you have the most insulation over head then condensation over the bees would be practically impossible, instead condensing on cooler surfaces (the sides or bottom). So, if you throw a bunch of insulation over top of the bees, why have an upper entrance?
I have been thinking of this for some time and was on the fence. I mean, how can you argue with my success for overwintering? Why change? I think I'm going to change though. The tipping point came with this month's beeculture and ABJ. In this month's CAP article, they discussed varroa mite biology. There was a section on humidity in the hive which stated that varroa hate humidity. The higher the humidity in the hive, the less varroa are able to reproduce. The section concluded with the following statement, "[i]f there are ways to artificially increase the [relative himidity] to about 80%, then the varroa mite population will never increase to a damaging level." Whoa!
We all know that hives are incredably humid during the winter, and most of us do everything we can do to reduce this. It now occurs to me that we might actually be helping out the varroa when doing this. So, I'm going to give the "no upper entrance" thing a try. Insulating heavily over the top of the bees is a must.


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May Chautauqua in Crosslake details Skywarn program, weather safety
At the May 8 Chautauqua program in Crosslake, Crow Wing County Emergency Management Director John Bowen offered information and training on the National Weather Service's (NWS) Skywarn Spotter program.
Skywarn is a volunteer program in which the NWS trains volunteers to report on severe weather like tornadoes, hail, downbursts, strong winds, flash floods and snow accumulation.
Bowen covered the basics of storm formation and other weather phenomena in his presentation. Tornadoes were one of his main topics as tornado season arrived in the Midwest. Minnesota had 113 tornadoes in 2010, he said.
Sometimes tornadoes can't be seen coming because they are rain-wrapped. This was the case when heavy rain from the accompanying storm made the Wadena tornado difficult to see.
Tornadoes are easiest to see from the southwest side of the storm, as they form on the back edge of the system, and most Minnesota storm systems travel southwest to northeast.
There are three things Bowen said to look for when identifying a potential tornado: rotation, rising and persistence.
Rotation in the cloud is usually counterclockwise. At the same time, there will be a rising motion.
"Take a few minutes and keep watching," Bowen said, provided it's safe to do so, for persistence in the rising and rotating motions in the clouds.
Sometimes the classic image of a tornado isn't visible, but a cloud of debris near the ground is, and that's an indicator of a tornado.
Bowen stressed that in the case of a tornado, vehicles are not a safe place. They can be picked up and flipped by tornadoes. Highway overpasses are unsafe, as they can act as wind tunnels during tornadoes. Mobile homes and trailers are also unsafe.
Basements, hallways or small interior rooms in sturdy buildings are safest. When those can't be reached, sometimes the safest thing to do is lie flat in an area of low ground.
Bowen encouraged everyone to have a weather radio, which is available at many stores for around $25-$35. He called the radios a "really key tool to have in your cabin or house." He also recommended having a portable weather radio for in the boat. Midland is Bowen's brand of choice for weather radios.
Bowen also discussed warning sirens. He said there isn't ever an "all clear" siren. Sometimes, the NWS will sound sirens for a fast-moving storm, but then the storm will slow down.
The sirens are programmed to run for three minutes and then stop, Bowen said. If the storm is expected to arrive at 3:25, for example, the sirens might sound at 3:15.
"When you hear the warning, take shelter immediately," Bowen said.
He said the weather service is happy to hear accurate, on-the-ground weather information from the public, including damage from wind or other weather events, hail size, etc.
In addition to periodic Skywarn classes taught by Bowen, online spotter classes are also available. For more information, visit skywarn.org.
Individuals can also sign up for emergency alerts at the Crow Wing County website, www.crowwing.us, by clicking on "Notify me."


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2 Rare Candies to swampertforever for his 2 Lure Balls.
--Trade Closed--
Discarding Sam the Carvanha's and Carcer the Qwilfish's old PokéBalls and placing them in a Lure Ball each. Thanks a lot dude, I appreciate it
I hereby trade my Lv. 1 Male Oddish to Epic Squirtle for his Rare Candy and 3 Yellow Gummies.
*Trade Start*
Rare Candy and 3 Yellow Gummi's to Dark Searchman in return for his Lv. 1 Male Oddish.
*Trade Closed*
3 Black Gummis for CB's 2 Rare Candies.
No, thank you very much!
--Trade Closed--
"So, wat was dat all about?" Meowth asked Keith. "Who was dat call from?"
'Hyrem," replied Keith. "He'd just hatched a Pokémon he correctly assumed I'd be interested in, and we set up the trade."
"Wat is it dis time?" sighed Meowth. "Youse has a tendency ta trade fer some o' da strangest Pokémon I ever seen. A talkin' Numel, a mute Torkoal-"
"A talking Meowth," interrupted Keith. Meowth fell silent at this. "And Meowth, you'll be pleased to know that I am in fact trading for a Poison-type this time," he added with a grin as they approached the trade machine. As Hyrem placed a Poké Ball on his end, Keith dug a pair of Rare Candies out of his backpack and placed them on his end of the machine. The switch was thrown, and in an instant, the Poké Ball switched places with the confectionary currency. Keith took this Poké Ball in his hand with a grin.
"Alright, let's see," Meowth prompted Keith, who grinned in response and threw the ball into the air.
"Go! Budew!" Keith exclaimed, and in a flash of light, a small, green Pokémon materialized on the floor. It had two arms that were twisted around each other above its head, and it stood on a pair of stubby feet. "Budew," it squeaked. Keith took out his Pokédex, despite having owned one of these in the past, and pointed it at his newest Pokémon.
"Budew, the Bud Pokémon," droned the device. "Budew will open its bud in response to warm sunlight, and release toxic pollen from within. In the winter, it closes its bud and endures the cold."
"Budew, Budew," Budew was saying, moving around strangely on its stubby feet, twirling and hopping around.
"Wat's it doin'?" Meowth wondered.
"I think she's trying to dance," Keith guessed.
"Bud! Budew!" Budew nodded vigorously in response to Keith.
"Heh," Keith grinned. "I guess that answers that. Well, hi, Budew. I'm Keith, I'm gonna be your Trainer. This here's Meowth," he added, gesturing to the Scratch Cat Pokémon on his shoulder.
"Bud dew!" Budew squeaked in what seemed to be an attempt at an intimidating battle cry, before taking on a greenish aura. Keith could feel tiny amounts of energy being Absorbed out of him, but given the Budew's complete lack of strength (not to mention a resistance to Grass moves), it barely did anything at all.
"...Uhhhh," Meowth said, at a loss for words.
"I think I get it," Keith said, ignoring Budew's continuous attacking. "Roserade, the final evolution of Budew, are carnivorous. They lure in prey and then take it down with powerful attacks. Budew must be trying to practice."
"Bud... Bud... Bud..." Budew panted, now having abandoned the attempt altogether. Keith smiled, then scooped up the Grass/Poison-type in one hand.
"Don't sweat it, Budew, you'll get plenty of practice," he assured her. "I'll help you learn some new moves, we'll work on your dancing... And you know, you're not the only carnivorous Pokémon on the team, I'm sure your new teammates will be glad to teach you what they know."
"Budew!" Budew squeaked happily in response.
"Alright, so, just one more thing," Keith said. "There's still the matter of your nickname, but I think I got a good one. There's some kind of poisonous flower called sanguinaria, I was looking up poisonous flowers on the way over here, so, how does Aria sound?"
"Bud?" Budew squeaked, apparently deep in thought. Then, several seconds later, she hopped up and down in Keith's hand. "Bud! Budew!" she exclaimed.
"Budew says she likes da name," Meowth confirmed.
"Alright, then," smiled Keith. "Welcome to the team, Aria! Now let's get back to the Base and introduce you to the rest of the team." With that, Keith exited the Cable Club, still holding his new Budew in one hand.
OOC: Trading 2 Rare Candies to GS for his level 1 female Budew. Thanks!
*Trade Closed*
Trading these items to Electric Blue Eye for 5 rare candies:
TM Attract, TM Psyshock, TM Shadow Claw, TM Shockwave, TM Thief, TM Work Up, Electric gem, 3 orange gummis, 3 black gummis, 3 royal gummis, Heart scale, Heart scale, Heart scale, Heart scale, Haunter plushie, Magical espeon plushie.
*Trade started*
5 candies to Rayzen for all those items, some of which I'll be using now...
Teaching my Togepi the TM's Attract, Psyshock, & Shockwave. Chimchar the TM Shadow Claw and Gastly the TM Theif, also allowing James to hug the Magical Espeon Plushie to learn the Custom Move Copycat thanks.
Trade Closed
Trading 2 Candies to Dark Searchman for his Water Stone.
*Trade Closed*
Rare Candy in exchange for Rayzen's Lv. 1 Female Mawile!
*Trade Closed*
Wow, you're a cute Pokemon too, aren't ya? Let's see just what you can do:
Mawile, the Deceiver Pokemon. Mawile's steel horns are mutated into a large, second mouth shortly after birth. It attacks its prey once it has lured them close enough with its charms and uses its steel jaws to bite down with a force powerful enough to crush a beam of iron. If threatened by something too large to bite in this manner, it may open its second mouth wide in an attempt to scare the enemy away.
: Mawile~ ^_^ *stretches its arms wide*
Aw, you want a hug? *leans in close*
: Maw~ >:3 *swings her second mouth around to try to bite me*
WAH! *backs off just in time* That was close! You're a crafty little one too, huh? Still, I think you'll fit in just as fine as Ahri will, and in that respect... I think I'll name you Akali! Thanks Rayzen, and Merry Christmas!
*Record Marker* 30th December 2014.
Everyone please remember to QUOTE when closing trades, keep your trade lists up-to-date, and DELETE your old trade list when posting a new one.
Trading my Lv.1 F Stunky to Rayzen for his Lv.1 M Trash Cloak Burmy. Thank you, and please take good care of the little lady.
1 Candy to Gemini Spark for his Level 01 Male Phanpy
*Trade Closed*
Many thanks, I'll take good care of him ^-^
Trading x2 Rare Candies for GS's Lv. 1 Male Delibird. Thanks!
*trade closed*
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1 rare candy to Shadowshocker for the Lv 1 female corphish.
*Trade closed*


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text: Folks keep asking us where this Leon County proposed gun show ordinance came from? Folks want to know which Commissioner dreamed it up. What follows is a "Cliff Notes" version of where it came from. It's all a matter of public record. It came from a private sector attorney named Roy F. Blondeau, Jr. who was obviously promoting an anti-gun agenda.


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WATSONVILLE -- If Tuesday's City Council meeting was any indication, an election to decide whether Watsonville should annex farmland for conversion to a shopping center will be hotly contested.
The only issue up for debate Tuesday was whether to hold a special election this year or wait until the next general election in November 2014. That was enough to draw dozens of people to either urge the council to wait or to forge ahead.
The council decided on a 5-2 vote to hold a special election June 4.
"We cannot waste another day," said Councilman Daniel Dodge, who spearheaded a successful petition to get the issue before voters. "This is a movement of struggling working-class people and desperation for jobs. We're not waiting for anyone to save us. We're taking our future into our own hands to create jobs and tax revenue to pay for city services."
Many of the speakers agreed, saying the city's high unemployment rate and large population of young people needing jobs required action now.
"Watsonville is a great agricultural community," said hip-hop artist Eric Munoz. "Everywhere I go I brag about our strawberries. I brag about our apple cider. But at the same time, we need progress. We need to bring all the revenue we're taking to Santa Cruz and other cities. We need to bring more jobs for young people."
But many in the agricultural community urged the council to wait until 2014 to give the community time to sort through the issues. The 80-acre Sakata-Kett property near the Riverside Drive interchange is prime farmland, they said.
Nursery owner Dave Cavanaugh said every acre of strawberries planted on the property yields $25,000 in profit. That's $1.9 million injected into the local economy, he said.
"Ag offers more jobs than ever before and in a wide range of jobs, not only entry level but to degree professional," said Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau President Cynthia Mathiesen.
Councilwomen Nancy Bilicich and Trina Coffman-Gomez were prepared to wait instead of spending up to $80,000 for a special election. More time for research would be better as well, they said.
"Someone might come forward with another more beneficial proposal," Coffman-Gomez said.
But others on the council noted it had been more than year since Dodge first raised the issue, and the conversation had been ongoing during that time.
"I'm not sure what more time would provide," said Councilman Felipe Hernandez. "No one's brought up a viable solution to our community to deal with the unemployment rate."
Follow Sentinel reporter Donna Jones on Twitter at Twitter.com/DonnaJonesSCS


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and Special Guest, Holly Near & the PEACE BECOMES YOU band!
NOAM CHOMSKY was voted the "world's top public intellectual" in a 2005 Global Intellectuals poll. A 2006 New Statesman magazine poll voted him seventh in the list of "Heroes of our time." Known for his legendary critiques of U.S. foreign policy as well as of mainstream mass media, Noam has authored over 100 books and a plethora of articles, and has received honorary degrees from universities worldwide. Noam visited Gaza in late 2012.
HOLLY NEAR is a magnificent singer, songwriter, and activist who just released her new album, Peace Becomes You. She has been named a MS. Magazine Woman of the Year, and in 2005 was among "1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize." Holly has performed with Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Mercedes Sosa, Pete Seeger, Bonnie Raitt, Inti-Illimani, Ronnie Gilbert, more!
Both Noam and Holly are founding members of MECA's Advisory Board.


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Stylish Apartment in Central Turin
מספר אנשים מקסימלי3
חדרי שינה1
גודל33 מטר רבוע
Floor No.2
- מתאים גם למשפחות/ ילדים
- מטבח
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- ארוחת בוקר
- מותר להביא חיות מחמד
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Accommodation summary
|Via Borgosesia, 10145 Torino, איטליה
|סוג נכס
|פרטי הזיהוי של מקום הלינה
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|4 days ago
There is a double bedroom and a living room with sofa bed. Guests can prepare meals in the fully equipped kitchen, ingredients for a delicious breakfast are included. The bathroom has a bidet and walk-in shower.
Located in the pretty district of Parella, with plenty of excellent restaurants serving the region's famed cuisine, as well as supermarkets, takeaways, pharmacies and other useful amenities. 2 of the city's most beautiful parks are located within a few minutes walk.
Buses and trams stop just around the corner, Turin's marvellous historic centre is just a 15-minute ride from the apartment. Turin Airport can be reached in 20 minutes' by car or taxi.
כללי הביתSmoking is permitted on the balcony.
Please respect the neighbours and keep noise to a minimum at night.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|מחיר ליותר מ-2 אורחים
|מקסימום לילות
|1 month
|Check-in before
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|מדיניות ביטולים
A very nice apartment with all that you need for some days in Turin. Friendly and helpful hosts that gave us many recommendations to restaurants and attractions in the area. Easy to travel down town on bus, tram or metro. We would like to come back. /A :-) couple from Sweden
We loved our visit in Torino. The apartment was perfect. Good bed, good kitchen, very nice people
When I was searching for accommodation in Turin. I noticed that there is a lot of accommodation offered. From the accommodation found I choose this accommodation. Partly of the description and the great reviews and partly with my senses. It turned out to be a fantastic choice!. The apartment fulfilled all my expectations and perhaps more important Franco and Daniela are very kind and helpful (I completely agree with the review of Jesper; july 2015).
Furthermore Turin is a great and beautiful Town with a great atmosphere (more than Milan for instance; Turin was once the capital of Italy) to stay and visit and has lots of beautiful and old historical buildings...palaces, churches, squares...
In the neighbourhood plenty of opportunities to walk or cycle in the beautiful valleys and mountains...
And if you seek more information just ask Franco and Daniela...they help you with a smile..So go to Turin and choose this apartment!
What an unexpected, amazing, completely charming experience.
When I in the 11th hour wrote Franco and Daniela looking desperately for a place to crash for a weeks time, I did not expect to find such a charming, cozy little nest quite close to the Metro and two exceptionally kind, welcoming and open people.
Rather speechless, nonetheless; the pics online do not make the appartment justice. A wonderful tiny balcony, nicely decorated and comfortable with a new bathroom, huge bedroom and cozy kitchen with divano. What more can you ask for?
Well, really nice people always up for a chat and spoiling you to pieces with advices and specially made nut-liquor.
If I could give more than 10 stars, I would. Definetely!
Thank you so much Franco and Daniela.
Our stay at Daniela en Franco was a big suprise. A very clean and comfortable 3-room apartment. Daniela and Franco made us feel very welcome with alot of love and care, little attentions and almost a full refrigerator! Thanks alot for three lovely day's and nights!
We were very well impressed with our stay at your place. We will be glad to meet you again and have some drinks together next time.
pretty hospitable and helpful contact
The room is quite nice. Everything you need to stay alone is included
A lot of food and drinks are still bought.
the toilet is small
When we will come back to Turin, we will definately choose this flat again!
El departamento es muy lindo, amplio, limpio y acogedor. Tiene todo lo necesario para pasar unos días en la hermosa Torino. Franco y Daniela son muy buenos huéspedes, siempre disponibles, nos respondieron muy rápidamente y fueron muy amables con nosotros. Incluso nos dejaron unos regalos de bienvenida (champagne, panettone y masitas) en el departamento. Sin duda volveremos. Gracias !!!!
The apartment is very nice, spacious, clean and cozy. It has everything you need for your stay in the beautiful Turin city. Franco and Daniela are great hosts, always available and quick responsive. They were really nice with us, they even left us some welcoming gifts (champagne, sweets and panettone) in the apartment. We'll definetly come back. Thank you !!!!
Il appartamento è ottimo e Franco e Daniela sono molto ospitali e generosi.
Siamo molto contenti dello nostro soggiorno. Grazie!
- הבטחת איכות מקומות הלינה
- כל מארח מאושר טלפונית
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Our US U17 Women's National Team is currently in Montego Bay, Jamaica for World Cup Qualifying. 20 players have been selected by Head Coach BJ Snow for the qualifying playoff event, these players will participate in 3 group stage games with the potential of 5 total games, including a semi and a final/3rd-place match. Two of these games have already been played, and with an 8-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago and a 7-0 win over Guatemala, the US young women have already qualified for the semifinal before playing rivals Canada in the final group stage match on November 4th.
One highlight has made it self well known: Coach Snow has selected two 14 year olds to the 20 woman roster. One of them is Civana Kuhlmann, from our U15 Colorado Rush ECNL team. Through the first two games, Civana has earned her first and second caps, earned her first start against Guatemala, and scored her first international goal which she did in her first game…better yet in her first 10 minutes, a fantastic start to say the least. Civana scored in the 77th minute (pictured above. Civana is No. 11) after finding space in the box and receiving a cross from teammate Madison Haley (Dallas Texans, U17). She took the ball down on 2 quick touches and slotted the ball in the back of the net. In scoring this goal, Civana has become the youngest player to score a goal for our U17 WNT.
We asked her team coach, Cameron Bushey, for his thoughts on Civana's experience, and he had this to say, "I am happy that Coach Snow has given Civana the opportunity. 'C' is a person and a player who has a real desire to make the most of what she has. She has been blessed with loads of natural ability, but she puts that ability to work. She wants to grow, and she, along with a number of her teammates and Clubmates, is a part of a Rush culture that loves to train the game. What is my point? She has worked to be where she is, and I am sure this has been a very rewarding feeling – all of it. Being selected, playing, and scoring. In this case specifically, she made the roster, and then was given the opportunity to play. From there, she is going to give her best, and if you get her in front of goal, she can do things. I am both very proud of her and very happy for her that she has gotten her two caps out of two games and has gotten on the scoresheet. I know her mom and dad [Danel and Chris] have travelled to watch as well, so that is special."
You can read more about the games in the links below:
The U17 WNT squares off against Canada at 6:00pm ET. U17 CONCACAF games can be viewed on Fox Soccer 2GO. More information can be found here.


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What the hell?
The reason I'm anti flex is because I bought YOUR argument that having no flex was better for good players.[/quote]
I don't know if I ever made that argument lol Matt was always against flex I was always for it.
I like being able to choose 3RB's or 3WR's each week, Matt has this idea that Fantasy is still about the RB (it used to be) so when you allow flex everyone will choose 3 good RB's....this won't happen but that's what he "thinks" will happen.
I'm confused.....No flex would make the RB LESS important.


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Discussion in 'TV ALERTS' started by sk9tingfan, Nov 16, 2012.
Ashley Wagner will be skating on the Today Show during the 9 AM hour on Tuesday, November 20th.
Thank you for the info! Definitely want to record this.
Ashley just tweeted that she will be skating at 9:45 AM tomorrow morning (Tuesday, November 20th) on the Today show.
Sounds great. Thanks! ETA, I imagine that's eastern time. So, I'll set to record for 8:45 a.m.
Some confusion over times. David Baden who is her agent just tweeted 8:45 AM for Ashley. Not clear who is correct; David or Ashley
All set to see & record! About 4 minutes ago, they showed Ashley doing warm-up skating on the rink, in a red jacket, just before cutting-off for a ad break. It was mentioned that Ashley has just been named to GQ's '20 Hottest'!
Time is now 9:30AM...so Ashley comes on any moment now.
Wheeee - Ashley!!!!!
Saw it! I was a little surprised that there were no jumps, not even a double. But there were spins, a spiral, and a spread eagle. She looked really nice and very confident and happy.
Saw it too - FANTASTIC! What peppiness, energy, vigor, musicality, pizzazz...yeah, I liked it. She did two high falling leaf split jumps in a row. Magnificent footwork. It appeared to be quite chilly and windy, thus the absence of rotating jumps, I'm guessing. Gorgeous long-sleeved red dress; semi-updo pony-tail hairdo...sassy with bounce. Skated to Joy to the World (in Mannheim Steamroller arrangement, I believe). In the pre-skate interview, she said that she can finally set aside the title 'Almost Girl' and be "The IT Girl.' She also pitched the upcoming Disson Holiday special, this Sunday from 4 - 6PM on NBC. Wheeeee!!!!
This gal has projection - 100% Star Power. I honestly have not been so impressed with the 'star personality' of a female singles skater since Baiul and, before her, Hamill. Wagner absolutely has the talent and personality to become a US ladies skating star the likes of which we've never seen since Dorothy Hamill. It's only been 35+ years. No jumping robot here!
Via Twitter:
"@AshWagner2010: Just finished with the @todayshow... The ice was really choppy so I couldn't jump but still so much fun!!!"
Photo she tweeted: http://twitter.com/AshWagner2010/status/270910038758006784/photo/1
Oh, that explains it! Well, kudos to her for being able to pull off a great routine anyway!
I saw her program, too. It did come on at 9:45 (central time), and I managed to record it! Loved her routine and thanks for the twitter info, Sylvia. I had a feeling that was why she couldn't jump. The music, Joy to the World was perfect for her!
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James Primosch – composer
When honoring him with its Goddard Lieberson Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters noted that "A rare economy of means and a strain of religious mysticism distinguish the music of James Primosch... Through articulate, transparent textures, he creates a wide range of musical emotion." Andrew Porter stated in The New Yorker that Primosch "scores with a sure, light hand" and critics for the New York Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Dallas Morning News have characterized his music as "impressive", "striking", "grandly romantic", "stunning" and "very approachable".
Primosch's compositional voice encompasses a broad range of expressive types. His music can be intensely lyrical, as in the song cycle Holy the Firm or dazzlingly angular as in Secret Geometry for piano and electronic sound. His affection for jazz is reflected in works like the Piano Quintet, while his work as a church musician informs the many pieces in his catalog based on sacred songs or religious texts.
His music has been performed by the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Lydian, Daedalus, Cavani, Cassatt, Ying, and Miami string quartets, the 21st Century Consort, the New York New Music Ensemble, Network for New Music, Dawn Upshaw, Lisa Saffer, Janice Felty, and Lambert Orkis. 18 of his compositions have been recorded for Albany, Azica, Bard, Bridge, CRI, Centaur, Innova, and New World labels.
For more information, click the "biography" link in the menu above, or visit the links below.
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Current Projects:
- a cycle of songs for soprano and chamber ensemble. The project is the result of a Fromm Foundation commission. Susan Stewart, whose poetry I have set in three previous pieces, has written new poems specifically for this project, to be called "A Sibyl".
- a choral setting of an excerpt from the novel "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson.
- a new work for oboe, violin, viola, cello, and piano commissioned for the La Fenice Ensemble.
- songs for voice and piano on texts by William Blake, Sarah Williams, and Herman Melville.
David Patrick Stearns on "Songs for Adam"
If there's anything out there like Primosch's Songs of Adam, I haven't heard it - though the music wears its singularity lightly, with no need to express itself radically. It has a confidence of expression that comes of Primosch's having written a steady stream of song cycles since the late 1990s. Composers are still drawing legitimate inspiration from poets of the increasingly distant past, such as Walt Whitman, but Primosch pushes both himself and thus his listeners onto new ground with Susan Stewart's verse, which are called songs in their printed version because they suggest music, especially in the first poem, in which Adam is stuttering his way into existence.
Both poet and composer share an ability to contemplate how basic elements of existence might feel for the first time, and the duo know how to capture that in their respectively cultivated vocabularies, with an emotional rightness that never becomes too analytical.
In fact, Primosch enters the Korngold zone when describing Adam's intoxication with the word. Though words are set dramatically and in ways that are well written for the voice, the best moments are in the masterly orchestration, which gives an extra percussive spark to moments of discovery and unflinchingly confronts the agony of Adam's expulsion from Eden.
The pale strings capture his disappointment in the real world in an overall dramatic arc that's almost epic, going from the unimaginable (the beauty of Eden) to the unthinkable (the world's first children, Abel and Cain, and the world's first fratricide).
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As sequestration continues to roll out, or doesn't, depending on political expediency, we are repeatedly reminded what a horrible way this is to govern.
In 2011 President Barack Obama and congressional leaders approved the automatic spending cuts set for the start of this year if a federal budget weren't approved. There was the expectation that the cuts were so extreme that a deal would have to be reached beforehand. Otherwise, mandatory slashing of military and domestic spending would threaten national security, gut domestic programs and drag down the economy.
Well, they never did reach that agreement. But, as in the Aesop fable, the big-bad wolf never showed up when the first cry for help went out, and relief from the villagers settled into complacency - by all appearances just another arbitrary deadline set by our "leaders" in Washington had come and gone without much changing except, it appears, students being unable to tour the White House on their spring breaks.
When it comes to sequestration cuts, it appears some are more automatic than others. A continuing resolution approved by Congress, and expected to be signed by the president, protects some defense programs, among them plans for construction of two attack submarines per year. Good news certainly for Electric Boat, for national defense and for the health of the southeastern Connecticut economy. Also held in abeyance were civilian work furloughs scheduled at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton and in the Connecticut National Guard.
But how silly can things get? The country can afford $4.9 billion to pay for building two Viriginia-class submarines this fiscal year and plan for submarine construction in 2014 and 2015, but can't afford the security associated with White House tours?
The continuing resolution also averts another crisis deadline, March 27, the date the current stop-gap spending bill was set to run out. The latest patchwork bill takes the federal government through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, so circle your calendars.
This is getting so tiresome. How about compromising on a genuine budget, which sets priorities and assesses the taxes to pay for them, just like every town, city and state has to do?
Still on the radar - pun intended - are concerns about the Federal Aviation Administration's plan to close six air traffic control towers in Connecticut, including the one at Groton-New London Airport.
Connecticut's U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal are supporting legislation to block the April 7 proposed closures. The six Connecticut towers are among 170 at smaller airports nationwide threatened by sequestration's automatic budget cuts.
While Groton's airport does not have commercial flights, it is home to the Connecticut National Guard's helicopter repair facility, the 1109th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group. Presumably that entity would have to either shift some operations to other airports or rely solely on instruments during takeoffs and landings.
Elsewhere there would also be delays and, pilots warn, concerns about safety, locally and at airports across the country.
Will the towers really close April 7, or will Washington once again admit it was only a joke to scare us? Is this how sequestration will be peeled apart, congressmen fighting to exclude this or that program from the budget cutting?
We've long since lost our patience with this sort of governing and so too, we trust, have the American people.
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Hanford Energy Park
Emergency Peaker Project
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01-EP-07 (Application For Certification)
01-EP-07C (Compliance Proceeding)
Project Status: Licensed; In Compliance Phase. Operational: September 3, 2001
Applicant: GWF Power Systems Company, Inc.
Location: Hanford, Calif., Kings County
Size: 95-megawatt (MW) Peaking Power Plant
This proposed 95-megawatt (MW) simple-cycle natural gas-fired power plant at the Hanford Energy Park (HEP) in Hanford, Kings County, California, is designated the Hanford Energy Park Peaker (HEPP). GWF Power Systems Company, Inc. (GWF) is applying to the California Energy Commission to construct and operate the HEPP plant at the HEP, immediately adjacent to the existing GWF Hanford cogeneration plant just north of Idaho Avenue, between the existing GWF facility to the west and the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway tracks to the east.
The project owner is GWF Power Systems Company, Inc., 4300 Railroad Avenue, Pittsburg, California 94565, Tel. (925) 431-1444, Fax. (925) 431-0515.
GWF Power Systems Company, Inc. will construct, own, and operate the HEPP plant. GWF is wholly owned by National Energy Partners (NEP). NEP is a partnership owned equally by Harbert Cogen, Inc. and PSEG Global USA Inc.
The HEPP plant will be a 95-MW net (May-October operations) natural gas-fired simple cycle power plant, with a 115-kilovolt (kV) switchyard and approximately 1.2 miles of 115-kV transmission line. The plant will consist of two (2) General Electric LM6000 PC Sprints gas turbine generators that will generate 95-MW under annual average atmospheric conditions. The LM6000 PC Sprints is a single gas turbine utilized to drive an electric generator. The modular power plant is equipped with a self-contained cooling system and inlet-air filtration system as well as air inlet and exhaust silencers. The control system is fully computerized and will be operated from the adjacent control room in GWF's Hanford cogeneration plant. The LM6000 PC Sprints are modular in design and will be installed with enclosures around the CTG and generator on foundations designed to Seismic Zone 3 standards and conforming to site soil conditions. The other structures are the air-inlet stack and the SCR and oxidation catalyst. These structures will be designed to conform with Seismic Zone 3 standards.
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The California Energy Commission is the lead agency (for licensing thermal power plants 50 megawatts and larger) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has a certified regulatory program under CEQA. Under its certified program, the Energy Commission is exempt from having to prepare an environmental impact report. Its certified program, however, does require environmental analysis of the project, including an analysis of alternatives and mitigation measures to minimize any significant adverse effect the project may have on the environment.
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Opening Gallery
The opening gallery captures the sheer scope and size of the fair – it was huge, it was expensive, it was beautiful and exciting. Collections came from all over the world at a time when the world was viewed as one vast resource. People saw things they had never seen before: taxidermy and animal skeletons, fossils, meteorites, artifacts from ancient cultures, raw materials from South America and Asia.
In the exhibition's first gallery, archival photographs and large scale projections give a sense of what it was like to visit the fair. Visitors will see tickets to the World's Columbian Exposition, the fair's financial ledger, the charter of the Field Columbian Museum (today's Field Museum), the first ticket sold to the Museum, and a sword (yes, a sword!), part of the uniform for exposition guards which were later reused as Museum guard uniforms.
Beauty and Appreciation
Animal skeletons and taxidermy helped to provide a glimpse of places where most World's Fair visitors could never travel. In this section of the exhibition, visitors will see an array of large taxidermied animals, including a lion, and of articulated skeletons of fish, reptiles, and mammals.
This gallery introduces Carl Akeley, who worked for Ward's Scientific Establishment (one of the fair's exhibitors). After the fair ended, he came to work at the Field Columbian Museum where he continued to pioneer the art of taxidermy. Today, Akeley's animal dioramas are famous in museums around the country, and his exploits in the field are the stuff of legend. (One of the photographs in the gallery shows him standing next to a leopard he killed with his bare hands!)
Scientists continue to study the Field Museum Zoology collections dating back to 1893 conducting research that is possible only with historical collections.
Demonstrating Natural Resources
The botany collections at the World's Fair were intended to demonstrate the resources available in other countries and United States. For example, nations sent samples of woods, fibers, resins, oils, and seeds. Visitors will see an apothecary-like display with botanical samples still in their original containers that illustrate the sheer mass and variety of what was presented at the fair.
Many of these things are commonplace today but had never been seen before by most people in the late 19th century. For instance, Chicago's own Wrigley Company introduced Juicy Fruit gum at the fair; gum was made from a resin called chicle, on display in this section.
Understanding and Misunderstanding
Throughout the World's Columbian Exposition, displays captured the public's enthusiasm for science, though many of the displays were presented as curiosities. Superstition lingered in the displays of these objects, like fossilized worms called Gnome's Candles.
Meteorites are also on display, as are minerals and crystals in a rainbow array of colors, and large fossils from prehistoric animals. There was only one dinosaur on display at the fair. It was part of the Museum's founding collections, but was so inaccurate that (according to rumor) it got tossed out.
Displaying other cultures: issues and changes
The World's Columbian Exposition brought the World to Chicago—in every sense. The 1893 World's Fair was the first time most visitors were exposed to people of non-European cultures. Here, visitors see artifacts from America's past and from different cultural villages featured at the fair.
Anthropologists and the general public's approach to non-Western cultures reflected the time, and was quite different from today. This section addresses how the study of other cultures has changed since the late 19th century, and continues to change.
Highlights include a large Samoan drum, Peruvian mummies, and a Javanese gamelan. Used in performances at the Java (now called Indonesia) Village on the Midway, the gamelan is made up of several different musical instruments and requires scores of musicians to play; it is displayed along with an interactive that allows visitors to hear it and experiment themselves. Another interactive will allow visitors to explore the Peruvian mummies through their CT scans.
The exhibition's closing gallery features photographs of the fair and today's Field Museum. This space gives visitors the opportunity to reflect upon the past and see how the legacy of the fair lives on through present day research, exhibitions, and the continued importance of the collections.


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EITC aims to strengthen eastern Idaho workforce
IDAHO FALLS - It's all about growing eastern Idaho's workforce. EITC is collaborating with more local businesses to provide local internships, and some of those experiences have led to job offers.
"I'm just really thankful for everything they've done for me and things like that," said Patty Trejo.
It's tears of joy. Patty Trejo is one semester away from being an EITC graduate and already she has a job lined up after college. But it wasn't always an easy road for Trejo.
"I had been working for a company for six years that laid off a lot of people," said Trejo.
And being a wife and a mother of three small children -- Trejo knew she had to provide for her family. So she chose to go back to school at EITC. But she never realized going back to school would benefit her as much as it has.
"My instructor Leslie Jernberg said there was an internship available and I let her know it was the perfect time for me to be able to do it," said Trejo.
Jernberg says that internships are available for all students at EITC.
"We try to set up partnerships with people in business where they can have the opportunity to take the student into an internship type program," said Jernberg.
INL, US Bank, Grow Idaho Galls are just some of the businesses ready to take EITC students under their wings.
"They start to understand that yes, they can stay right here in Idaho, right here where your family is and you can be apart of this community and help this community grow," said Jernberg.
Trejo interned with Grow Idaho Falls.
"I was able to start right away, and everything I learned at EITC I was able to use at grow," said Trejo.
A couple months down the road it led to a part-time job.
And from the skills she learned at Grow Idaho Falls. Trejo will be working for Volm companies after graduation as a purchasing assistant.
"So thankful for everything that they've done for me," said Trejo.
All of EITC programs are designed to train students for jobs that exist in eastern Idaho. If a program no longer relates to a job, they will cut the program immediately.
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, six in 10 internships lead to jobs.


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Hello everyone! Starting my first year beekeeping and cannot wait to start! This forum has great info.
Melissa a
Hello everyone! Starting my first year beekeeping and cannot wait to start! This forum has great info.
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welcome aboard...
Welcome Melissa............ This is the place to bee
all that you can bee.
Closing in on retirement.......
Howdy Melissa,
Welcome and good luck with the bees!
"My child, eat honey, for it is good." (Proverbs 24:13)
Hi Mellissa...I am new too...my bee will come in April...right now I am painting my new hive....have a bee yard planned...I have to defeat bears!!
Wish me luck...Sally
i just finished painting one of my hives. I know waht you mean about the bears....i'm doing so research on the best type of fence without spending a fortune.
hello melissaa wht color are u painting your hives
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Welcome aboard. Contact your local wildlife conservation office about the bear fence. Some states give(rent/borrow) the needed equipment for the bear fence. If you can not get the equipment from them then go with the solar fencer, three strands(rows) of 1" tape fence spaced 12" apart starting 12" from ground. Connect the middle strand to your ground and the other 2 are hot. Don't skimp on your ground rod since that is the most important part next to the fencer. Bait the hot wire so the bear if near will go to the scent and receive a lesson before charging through to the hives.
Don't be overwhelmed by the books. Use them as a tool and let the bees tell you what to do. Good luck!
Hi Melissa. Great to have you on board!
"My wife always wanted girls. Just not thousands and thousands of them......"
I'm painting my hives jade, pretty much they're green but a nice green. Lol
Thanks for the info, however i need some info on the type of solar fencer to use...harbor freight has one but i don't know if it will work. I know the quality may be an issue...i just need it to last until i can afford a better one. The new equipment set me back a couple hundred and i don't even have the girls yet. P.s i have a package and a nuc ordered
Thank you to everyone that has welcomed me to the sight! I am so excited to start i can hardly stand it. I never thought that i would be so interested. I watched a great video...tales from the hive...this video really gave me a good perspective on how the bees live. It also has great footage.
If not, when painting a hive, does one need to prime the hives in the same way that you would paint your house?
Do I need to think about the heat absorbing properties of paint colors, even if I plan in wrapping them in the winter?
If your are going to paint, then put on a couple coats of primer. I got some old hive and scraped them down last year and painted them with around 5 or 6 coats of oil base. It was almost a waste of time. I didn't prime and the paint is peeling off.
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Holder: If we could maybe just stay those F&F docs indefinitely, that'd be great
posted at 11:31 am on January 18, 2013 by Erika Johnsen
As President Obama searches for ways to suggest and further enforce federal laws that he supposes will have some kind of a mitigating effect on gun violence, his Most Transparent Administration, Evah is still trying to block Freedom of Information Act requests that might possibly puncture the well-orchestrated smokescreen surrounding the gun violence that they directly perpetrated. Perfect.
Breitbart has the scoop on the Obama administration wondering whether we all just can't pretend that Operation Fast & Furious — the deadly gunrunning scheme and the subsequent investigation, coverup, invocation of executive privilege, and Attorney General Eric Holder being held in contempt of Congress — maybe just never happened at all. If we could sweep this whole thing under the rug and just go about our business, that would be really super awesome, guys:
Attorney General Eric Holder and his Department of Justice have asked a federal court to indefinitely delay a lawsuit brought by watchdog group Judicial Watch. The lawsuit seeks the enforcement of open records requests relating to Operation Fast and Furious, as required by law.
Judicial Watch had filed, on June 22, 2012, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking all documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious and "specifically [a]ll records subject to the claim of executive privilege invoked by President Barack Obama on or about June 20, 2012."
The administration has refused to comply with Judicial Watch's FOIA request, and in mid-September the group filed a lawsuit challenging Holder's denial. That lawsuit remains ongoing but within the past week President Barack Obama's administration filed what's called a "motion to stay" the suit. Such a motion is something that if granted would delay the lawsuit indefinitely.
Mm hmm. The DOJ is arguing that this lawsuit should be subject to a stay because of the separate lawsuit already filed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, but does anybody else get the distinct impression that the administration, for whatever reason, has a very definite interest in these documents never seeing the light of day? Eric Holder's function as a "heat shield" for President Obama must be darn near priceless for his sketchy record of, at best, egregious incompetence, to warrant him a second shot as head of the DOJ.
Update: Oh, and that managerial incompetence I just mentioned? The mind reels:
The Justice Department rarely checks references for potential law-enforcement hires as recommended by official groups that oversee personnel practices, according to a report released Thursday by the agency's inspector general. …
Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz found that the Justice Department only requires the verification procedure for new attorney applicants. Even then, not all divisions within the agency follow protocol, the report said.
Only three out of 39 divisions have created written policies that provide clear reference-checking guidance for hiring officials, according to the analysis.
The inspector general noted that some hiring officials "are simply not bothering to check references," concluding that inconsistencies within the department's practices "create risk that components are not uniformly and thoroughly screening applicants."
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And nothing about it in the media.
When are we going to wake up and understand that the successes of the Obama adminstration in thwarting due process are not fundamentally due to their political skills, or to the Republicans' lack of them, although they both sure help.
No, it is the fact that the media refuses to do the job they claim to be honored to do – hold politicians' feet to the fire and uncover truth for the public (unless of course it is a Republican politician). Without public outrage this administration continues to flaunt justice, accountability and competence, and the American media actively works to ensure that there is no public outrage, through non-coverage and misleading coverage.
The main thrust of conservative strategic thinking should be how to remove the un-elected shadow information-control government that the Democrats have erected in the form of a clompliascent and complicit media. The American media should be figuratively swinging from lampposts. How do we do that legally?
drunyan8315 on January 18, 2013 at 12:11 PM
Why the hell would they want to do background checks?
Yeah, background checks would royally screw up their ability to infiltrate operatives from the Muslim Brotherhood and Mexican Mafia.
drunyan8315 on January 18, 2013 at 12:22 PM
Fox or Breitbart should put together a full hour reel of back-to-back clips of Democrats hacks and media talking heads (birm) bemoaning the "politicization" of the Ashcroft / Gonzales DoJ.
There would be plenty of material, and the contrast with the deafening silence from the same parties today would be hilarious in a black-humor sort of way.
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Rescue group claims area shelter had malnourished dog
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - Sara Sullivan says her new dog Tinsley is knocking on death's door. "She's finally moving around, we bought her a bed and blanket and she'll lay there for 5 hours," she says.
Sullivan tells us she works with Pinsch of Heaven Doberman Rescue and works to find dogs homes and remove them from places where they aren't being taken care of.
She says Tinsley was in the SBK shelter in Blountville, and while Sullivan was there looking at other animals, said she noticed Tinsley right away because of her weight.
Sullivan says she was concerned for the dog and returned a week later to take the dog into rescue and says she found her in worse condition than before. "She was still thin, she wasn't big, but she didn't have this much muscle missing from her," says Sullivan.
I spoke to a representative for the shelter who would not go on camera. She said they received the dog in much worse condition than what Sullivan found it and were trying their best to help the dog by giving her more food to bring her back to health.
We went looking for answers about malnutrition in animals and spoke to Veterinarian Andy Cherry, who told me it could take weeks for an animal to get back to its normal weight depending on its condition. "There also could be underlying diseases that could affect their ability to absorb protein," said Cherry.
Sullivan says she's not blaming the shelter, but just wants to raise awareness. "I'm not angry with them, I know many of them don't have enough funding," said Sullivan.
She just wishes her organization would have been called sooner. "Had we been contacted three weeks prior we could have gotten her out of the shelter and into a vet at a quicker rate," said Sullivan.
Tinsley is currently under a vet's care suffering from pneumonia, and parasites. Sullivan says they believe they can save her.
If you would like to know how you can help Tinsley or other dogs with the Pinsch of Heaven Doberman Rescue, click here.


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Through CT scans that can show sub-millimeter details, an imprisoned fossil reveals its secrets
Pat Shipman
Part of the charm of this new species is that it is so unlike anything else. Only two other types of gliding reptiles are known from the Triassic and they are rather different. One, Sharovipteryx mirabilis or "Sharov's miraculous wing," was named after the Russian paleontologist Alexei Sharov, who described the only known specimen in 1971. It is a strange creature, with short front legs, very long hind legs and a long tail. Sharovipteryx has an especially odd anatomy, with a tiny front membrane stretched between its body and short front legs and another, much larger, triangular wing (similar to that of the Concorde supersonic jet) stretched between the tail and the long hind legs.
According to an aerodynamic analysis by Gareth J. Dyke of University College Dublin and colleagues in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology in 2006, the small front wing acted like a canard to control pitch. Speed was controlled by the reptile's spreading or closing its hind legs which in turn tautened or loosened the elastic membrane between them. Sharovipteryx glided in a manner similar to a delta-wing jet—not at all like Mecistotrachelos but in a completely original fashion.
The other type of gliding reptile is best represented by the species Icarosaurus siefkeri and its close relatives. Discovered in an abandoned quarry in New Jersey by three teenaged amateur paleontologists, Icarosaurus siefkeri wasnamed both for the mythical flyer Icarus and for one of the discoverers, Alfred Siefker. Icarosaurus has a short neck and feet that are not strongly hooked like those of Mecistotrachelos. Perching on a small branch would have required muscular effort for Icarosaurus.
Both Mecistotrachelos and Icarosaurus glided on membranous wings supported by elongated ribs that could be spread laterally, but the two species had some key differences in the shape and curvature of their gliding structures. When Icarosaurus spread its ribs, the shape of the bones dictated a concave lower surface. The wings thus had a fixed curvature, or camber, in the language of aeronautics. Because of this, its aerial maneuvers were probably less controlled and less subtle than those of Mecistotrachelos. In contrast, Mecistotrachelos's ribs are straight in the portions farther away from the backbone, and the animal could have changed camber with muscles that moved the first rib on each side up or down.
A puzzling question is how—or whether—rib-gliders like Mecistotrachelos were able to breathe while gliding. Because the ribs had to remain outstretched to provide lift, they could not have moved much to pump air in and out of the lungs. Fraser guesses that Mecistotrachelos probably held its breath while in flight. Although the species is too primitive to be considered a lizard, he says, it is important to realize that "most lizards today do not breathe while they locomote—or at least there is very inefficient breathing going on—due to Carrier's constraint."
Carrier's constraint is named for David R. Carrier at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, who observed that the typical sprawling gait of a lizard restricts the animal's ability to breathe while running or walking. As it moves, a lizard bends its body first to one side to take a step with one front leg and the opposite hind leg simultaneously. Then the animal bends its body the other way to take the next step. The lung on the bent side of the body is compressed, which squeezes the air into the opposite lung, and the next step reverses the process. Used air is shunted back and forth, and the creature never gets a chance to take a new breath. Carrier's constraint explains why these reptiles tend to have much less stamina than similar-sized mammals: Lizards simply run out of oxygen to fuel their muscles. Most are limited to short bursts of muscle-powered movement before they go into oxygen debt and must rest. By contrast, Fraser notes, "we don't think these gliders propelled themselves through the air by wiggling back and forth as if they were walking."
Some lizards take in oxygen while they are moving by gulping air into their mouths and throat sacs, a mechanism called gular pumping, and Mecistotrachelos might have done the same. It would not have needed as much oxygen while gliding as creatures require when running or walking. Fraser admits, "I am not sure how this animal with its very narrow thorax would have breathed even when the ribs were not in use for gliding."
Basic questions about the biology of these animals and the mechanics of rib-gliding remain mysterious. Apparently, this bizarre adaptation evolved twice, once in Icarosaurus and once in the unrelated Mecistotrachelos. Hind-leg gliding evolved independently in the Sharovipteryx lineage. Who would have expected gliding to be so prevalent in the Triassic? Who would have thought there were so many ways to evolve gliding anatomy?
This beautiful species represents a deliciously new kind of animal. In my years as a student of past life on Earth, I have come to believe that evolution, viewed over the span of eons, is more innovative than the most inspired human designer. Again and again, the record of the past has revealed extraordinary creatures and startling adaptations to ecological pressures no one envisioned. In this case, human cleverness, itself a product of evolution, has built a machine that parts the curtains of time and stone to show us a wonder-full, otherwise invisible, being.
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Chargers agree with Left Tackle Max Starks
Could this finally be the missing piece of the puzzle the team has had such a need for at left tackle to protect the teams franchise quarterback. The Chargers have agreed to terms on a contract with former Pittsburgh Steelers left tackle Max Starks, the team announced today.
The 6-foot-8, 345-pound veteran spent his first nine NFL seasons with the Steelers, including last season when he started all 16 games at left tackle. It was an impressive accomplishment, considering that Starks suffered a torn ACL during the Steelers' Wild Card Playoff loss in Denver at the end of the 2011 season, yet he bounced back and played every offensive snap for the Steelers in 2012.
A native of Orlando, Florida and a former Florida Gator, the Steelers selected Starks in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft with the 75th overall selection. He won two Super Bowl rings with Pittsburgh, starting at right tackle in Super Bowl XL after the 2005 season and starting at left tackle in Super Bowl XLIII at the end of the 2008 season.
Starks has experience at both tackle positions while starting 96 of 123 regular-season games played and eight starts in 10 playoff games.
Starks is a second-generation NFL player. His biological father, Ross Browner, was one of six relatives of Starks who played in the NFL. Browner was a first-round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in 1978 (No. 3 overall) and he played defensive end for the Bengals for nine seasons (1978-86) before concluding his career with the Green Bay Packers in 1987. Browner played collegiately at Notre Dame where he was a two-time All-America (1976, '77) and the winner of both the Lombardi and Maxwell Awards.
May 21, 2013at 11:15 PM Posted by Jeremy Meyer
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- Rob Zepeda said... May 22, 2013, 7:13:00 AM
Stupid to even think about letting Starks get away. Unless the Steelers know something we don't......it's stupid.
- Rob Zepeda said... May 22, 2013, 8:45:00 AM
Finally we have an experienced and durable LT to get in and cover PR's blind side!!! Good snag for us,,,still could use some depth in case...you know...the injury bug that has plagued us the past 3 years happens. Still kinda hoping we re-sign Joiner and let him try out for SS...he has been a solid Bolt and this move may suit him and the Team....if he gets bet out, well we gave it a shot : )
- Rob Zepeda said... Jun 5, 2013, 1:01:00 PM
Wuzzup RaiderHater!!!! Long time no post! At least Philip can breath a little easier! We should definitely do SOMETHING About the safety position, and CB depth. All these newbies, new players, and injury concerns are making me a little nervous. Weddle is the only durable, and experienced veteran back there right now.
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Greg Ross
Steven Weinberg is Josey Regental Professor of Science and a member of the physics and astronomy departments at the University of Texas, Austin. In 1979 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles. His latest book is Lake Views: This World and the Universe (Harvard University Press, 2010).
Could you tell us a bit about yourself?
I am a theoretical physicist. I don't work in a laboratory, but at home, at my desk, looking at Lake Austin or at old movies on television. I grew up in New York City, went to school at Cornell, Copenhagen and Princeton, taught at Columbia, Berkeley, MIT and Harvard, and since 1982 have taught in the physics and astronomy departments of the University of Texas at Austin. My research has mostly been in the theory of elementary particles and the related quantum theory of fields, together with occasional forays into cosmology. I also do some writing: treatises for physicists on general relativity, quantum field theory and cosmology, and books and articles on all sorts of things, from religion to missile defense, for general readers. My essays for The New York Review of Books and other periodicals have been collected in two books: Facing Up and, this year, Lake Views. I have a number of honorary degrees, belong to several academies and have won some prizes. I like going out with my wife to plays, ballets and classical music concerts, and I read a good deal, but aside from that I have no hobbies to speak of.
What books are you currently reading (or have you just finished reading) for your work or for pleasure? Why did you choose them, and what do you think of them?
I'm a member of a book group that recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. This gets me to read novels—a good thing, because otherwise I would tend to read nothing but history. With the book group, I recently read Wuthering Heights (1847). I thought I had read it years ago, but I evidently hadn't, because I was surprised at how great it is. Heathcliff is not just a romantic hero, looking something like Laurence Olivier; he is also satanically evil. More recently we read Paul Auster's recent novel Invisible (Holt, 2009), which I didn't like as much as his earlier novel Moon Palace (Viking, 1989). In history, I am now reading Paul Kennedy's excellent The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery (Scribner, 1976). I recently finished rereading The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (by Edward Gibbon, 1776), which I try to go through every 30 years or so. I almost never read books for work, just preprints and journal articles.
When and where do you usually read (specific location, time of day, etc.)
I read books before going to bed at night, when my compulsion to stay at my desk shuts off. During the day I read by listening to audiobooks on my iPod, while doing boring things like shaving, dressing and driving.
Who are your favorite writers (fiction, nonfiction or poetry)? Why?
In English-language fiction, Anthony Trollope, Henry James, E.M. Forster, Edith Wharton, Herman Melville, Jane Austen, W.M. Thackeray. As you can see, I'm more at home in the 19th than the 20th century, let alone the 21st. I've enjoyed the great 19th-century French and Russian novelists, but unfortunately I have to read them in translation. In nonfiction, I read mostly history: Gibbon, Thomas Macaulay, G.M. Trevelyan, Thucydides, Tacitus, Winston Churchill, Allan Nevins, Samuel Eliot Morison. And memoirs: Ulysses S. Grant, the Duke of Saint-Simon, Churchill again, Henry Adams. In poetry, William Shakespeare, Andrew Marvell, John Donne, John Milton, John Keats, Lord Tennyson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Butler Yeats, Dylan Thomas, W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, Philip Larkin, Robert Frost, John Crowe Ransom.
What are the three best books you've ever read? Explain.
I have to include at least one novel by Trollope. I suppose I'd pick Barchester Towers (1857). It has a great cast of wonderfully drawn characters and is very funny. The language in Moby-Dick (1851) bowled me over when I read it years ago. And The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire lays out an amazing panorama, spanning 13 centuries, with both sympathy and sarcasm.
What book has influenced you most? Explain how.
Probably it was one of the popular science books I read in high school, like James Jeans' The Mysterious Universe (1930) or George Gamow's One, Two, Three ... Infinity (1947). What I learned from them was that physical theory is both esoteric and powerful, an attractive combination for a teenager.
Name three books you want to read but haven't gotten to yet.
There's one novel of Henry James that I haven't read, and have been meaning to read for years: The Princess Casamassima (1885). I'd like to read Henry Adams' History of the United States During the Administration of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (1889). And from what everyone says, I ought to finish Proust's Remembrance of Things Past (1913). With some effort, I recently got through the first book in the series, Swann's Way, and I'm working myself up to read the next one, Within a Budding Grove.
What book recommendations do you have for young readers?
The only advice that I think applies generally is to try to find things to read that the world thinks great, and that you enjoy. What that is will be different for everyone.
What science book recommendations do you have for nonscientists?
I recently had the pleasure of reading Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859). It's completely accessible to nonscientists, wonderfully well written and one of the greatest books in the history of science. I believe that there are some excellent books for nonscientists on physics or astronomy, but I haven't read any in years, so I'm not in a position to recommend one. But you can't go wrong reading books by me.
Name one book in your discipline that you would recommend for scientists outside your field. Explain your choice.
Books written by physicists for physicists tend to be excruciatingly technical. I can't think of any that I would recommend to readers who are not in physics, or in closely related fields.
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