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If you are interested in pursuing a career in the health professions, then you've come to the right place! As you already know, Mount Holyoke College offers top-notch academic preparation, research and internship opportunities. A liberal arts education is highly valued by health professions schools, and MHC has a well-deserved, excellent reputation. The Pre-Health Programs office provides extensive information, resources, programs, and opportunities to guide you in your choices and through the application process. This page and the flyers attached below are designed to give you an introduction to some of the things you should be considering as you plan for a career in the health professions, as well as to outline for you the resources that are available to you.
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In preparing for a career in the health professions, follow these general rules:
- Major in what you want to. If you love it, you'll be good at it. A liberal arts background will serve you well.
- Understand what courses are required and have a plan for fulfilling them in a timely manner.
- Understand the timetable for preparation and have a plan for fitting that timetable with your goals.
- Do a research project. It doesn't have to be in a medical field. But it does speak to your problem-solving and analysis skills.
- Get clinical experience. This is important. Really important.
- Be critical/patient/honest/optimistic with yourself. There will be ups and downs, successes and disappointments. Use them to evaluate your intentions and adjust your planning.
- Stand out, though honors work, study abroad, summer study, internships, community service, leadership, athletics, campus involvement--wherever your strengths and interests lie.
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As soon as you know you have an interest in health professions, set up a meeting with a pre-health advisor. Learn what you need to accomplish, and design a plan for doing so.
- Register for Health Professions emails on the Pre-Health website
- Attend Health Professions workshops and events whenever possible
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- Investigate internship and research opportunities. Evidence of both is essential to a strong application.
Third Year of Preparations
- Identify programs and begin applications
- Complete prerequisite courses
- Take standardized exams
- Complete a "Pre-Application" package
- Request individual reference letters
- Request a Committee recommendation letter
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- Complete secondary applications
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- Spending your junior year abroad is possible and requires planning. It will also extend your timeline for applying to med school, because you'll be away during the year that you'd apply if you wanted to begin medical school the fall after you graduate from MHC. Most students do not begin med school right after they graduate, anyway, so you'd be in good company. The vast majority begin med school after one, two, or more years out of college. Keep your long-term goals in view but follow your dreams in the meantime, even if they aren't on the "premed requirements" list.
- Advanced Placement (AP) credit may enable you to exempt out of an introductory Mount Holyoke course (departmental requirements differ). But health profession schools usually do not accept AP credit to fulfill a pre-health requirement. It's best to take the AP credit and use it to get into more advanced courses. For instance, if my AP score exempts me from Bio 145/160, I may ask to take Bio 200 in the spring and then Bio 210, a more advanced course, the following fall to complete my two required semesters of bio.
- Entrance Exams (e.g. MCAT, GRE): Allow time in your schedule during junior or senior year for test preparation, whether you prepare by self-study or take a commercial prep course. The MCAT should be taken in the spring of your junior year (if you wish to begin medical school the fall after graduating from MHC) or spring of your senior year (if you wish to begin 1.5 years after graduating from MHC). GREs can be aligned more closely with application deadlines. Please speak with an advisor if the profession you are interested in requires a different exam.
- International students face a special set of challenges in gaining entrance to a U.S. medical school. In the health professions application process, non-U.S. citizens holding permanent residency in the U.S. (i.e., green card holders) are generally treated in the same way as U.S. citizens. Opportunities for medical education in the U.S. are not as available for international applicants, that is, non-U.S. citizens and non-permanent residents. While some medical schools do allow applications from international students, the numbers admitted yearly are quite small. Most acceptances are offered by private health professions schools. Many American students finance their medical education, at least in part, through government loans. U.S. government loans are not available to international students who are not permanent residents. Therefore, many medical schools will require international students to document their ability to independently pay for a medical education. In some cases, students may be required to demonstrate adequate funds in an escrow account prior to enrollment. If you are an international student, contact Katie Lipp in the Office of Pre-Health Programs to discuss your options.
- Course work is only a piece of preparing for a career in health. Get involved in extracurricular activities, athletics, community service, leadership, research; go wherever your strengths and interests lead you. Admission to graduate training in the health professions is highly competitive, but also does not follow a set formula. Admission committees review an applicant's entire package, and while GPA and scores on standardized tests (GRE or MCAT, depending on the program) are very important, so are your essays, clinical experience, and extracurricular involvement.


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"We think the trend is definite now. The data are very robust, it is very significant," he said.
While the hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic has grown and contracted from year to year because of climatic factors, Dr Fraser was confident it would begin shrinking steadily from as early as 2005 and should close by 2050.
Dr Fraser was the co-author of a report just released by the UN Environment Program and the World Meteorological Organisation that found the total level of ozone-damaging chemicals in the lower part of the atmosphere was already falling and levels in the upper atmosphere had probably peaked.
"The real problem has always been chlorine from CFCs - it can last a lifetime in the atmosphere - at least 100 years," Dr Fraser said.
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ESCONDIDO -- EYE Counseling and Crisis Services, an Escondido-based social services group that served more than 44,000 North County residents last year, is struggling to regain its financial footing in the wake of serious financial mismanagement, a series of internal audits and county memoranda indicate.
The group, which owes more than $1 million to the county and to other North County social service groups, may have trouble getting new contracts and grants if its financial problems are not corrected, say county officials who are monitoring the group.
EYE interim Executive Director Maureen Hartin said the group has put financial safeguards in place and has corrected the structure and methods of its accounting process.
"We are still operating at a deficit so we can keep the doors open and the lights on and keep serving our clients," she said. "I believe that, by the end of December, we will be working better in terms of cash flow and managing our debts."
Services to North County residents, including victims of domestic violence, the homeless and low-income people seeking mental health counseling, continue at a normal pace, she said.
"We are succeeding at delivering excellent services to our clients, but our business model has failed," Hartin added. "Our contract performance audits always show we are delivering excellent services.
Created in Escondido in 1969 as the Escondido Youth Encounter, the nonprofit organization grew into eight program areas and won city, county, state and federal grants to create homeless shelters, shelters for battered women, transitional housing, drug- and alcohol-rehabilitation programs and parenting classes.
This year, EYE has a $12 million operating budget. Of that, the nonprofit has $9.7 million in social service contracts with the county. Most of those contracts are for terms of between two and four years, and were inked before the group's financial problems came to light, according to Paula Landau Cox of the county Health and Human Services Agency.
"We can't afford to lose a good service provider, so we are working very closely with them and monitoring them," said Landau Cox, the interim director of agency contract support. "But we all understand that in order for us to give them new contracts we have to see improvement in the fiscal condition."
In October, the Board of Supervisors voted to deny a request by the group for $110,000 in federal funds for homeless shelters, citing concerns raised by the internal EYE audit. Providing shelter is one of eight programs the group runs.
The decision to exclude EYE was the first time the group was turned down for a county contract because of its financial problems.
Hartin, who left a spot on the EYE board of directors this spring to become interim executive director, says the organization is working hard to get its books straightened out and to try to pay subcontractors some of the $620,000 it owes for services to EYE clients in previous fiscal years. EYE is also negotiating with the county about how to repay at least $500,000 the county says the group owes in refunds.
But, for the current fiscal year, Hartin says, EYE is keeping up with subcontractors that include North County Lifeline, the Vista Community Clinic and Escondido Community Health Services.
"We are current on the payments to our subcontractors for this fiscal year," she said. "We went to our subcontractors and asked if we could deal with last year's debt as last year as long as we stay current in this year."
Even the social service groups that are owed money -- debt that means they struggle with their tight budgets -- strongly support the EYE because, they say, it continues to deliver services not available anywhere else.
"The EYE is vital to North County," said Barbara Mannino, the executive director of the Vista Community Clinic. "They provide excellent services that aren't duplicated anywhere else and we hope the best for them."
Meanwhile, the group has cut positions, reduced costs and put a better money management system in place, Hartin said. And it is raising money to pay off debts.
"The EYE grew very rapidly in a five-year cycle and much of that growth had to do with acquiring real estate," Hartin said in an interview Thursday. "We got into this mess by purchasing real estate and we are getting out of it by selling real estate."
The group has put the building where its main offices are, on Hickory Street in Escondido, up for sale at around $1.7 million, according to county documents. EYE must repay an $800,000 loan on the building and plans to use the remainder to cure some of its cash flow and reduce its debt, Hartin said.
EYE's financial troubles, first uncovered in an audit for the fiscal year that ended in June 1999, stem from a combination of large real estate debt, cash-flow problems caused by having to wait months for government payments, and mismanagement and incompetence by key financial officers.
Both the county and EYE's board of directors received the audit in June 2000.
Hartin explained how the financial miscues went undetected so long by noting that 13 people sit on the board of directors. And although they are charged with overseeing the EYE, they are volunteers who are dependent on the staff for information about how the group is doing, Hartin said.
"Last year, during (review of the first audit) the board first became aware of the financial problems," she said. "Most people running these organizations are social workers, not accountants, and we rely on our financial people to tell us how things are going."
Hartin said the audit revealed that former chief financial officer Richard Smith lacked the qualifications and skills to keep the books properly. The records were in complete disarray, many entries were never made, billings were late, and Smith himself was unable to reconstruct transactions, according to the audit. Hence, financial statements given to the board were unreliable and in some particulars false, the audit said.
"We believe he produced reports that were not accurate," she said. "We believe he did not steal any money but his inability and dishonesty to the board is a big part of how we got into this situation."
Since Smith's departure, two accountants have headed the teams working to straighten out and reconstruct the group's financial records.
Smith, who left the EYE two years ago, could not be located for comment.
An audit completed in April of records for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2000, showed significant improvement over the previous year's audit. But, it noted, EYE still had work to do, including reconstructing financial records for the years before 1998. The audit also notes that the financial department has been restructured, internal controls put in place and all staff replaced.
"We are suffering from past problems," Hartin said. "We are committed to getting our finances back on track so we can continue to play a vital role in North County."
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The marchers proceeded to the tombs of King Albert, Queen Astrid, and to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier upon which wreaths were placed. They then marched to the city hall where a delegation was received by the mayor.
A report from Amsterdam today states that 60 Jews who were deported from Holland to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany arrived in Eindhoven on Sunday by air. They are the first group of 1,200 Netherland Jews liberated from the Bergen-Belsen camp and brought to Trobits, near Frankfurt-on-the-Oder the Russian-held zone of Germany – for repatriation to Holland. Other Dutch Jews are expected to arrive in Eindhoven this week.


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Taste of scoring success has Ennis setting high goals
No one can accuse Tyler Ennis of thinking small.
"I'm glad I got 21," the Sabres forward said of this season's goal total, "but I want to get 30. I want to get 40. You want to set high goals, so I'm going to set high goals for myself."
For a team that scores with the worst of them, a boost in production would be welcomed. A full season under coach Ted Nolan should help Ennis, who remained, for better and worse, Buffalo's No. 1 center.
The Sabres' dressing room was filled with guys who performed better once Nolan arrived, but Ennis was the poster boy. He had just two goals and six points during the opening 20 games with Ron Rolston in charge. Ennis finished with a team-high 21 goals and was second with 43 points, a turnaround that made his teammates vote him the Sabres' MVP.
"I can be a lot better," Ennis said. "I had such a slow start. It's not acceptable, and I need to be better to start. I'm looking forward to next year and playing out of the gates faster."
With his youthful appearance and quiet voice, Ennis still looks like a draft-eligible prospect. But he'll be 25 when the season starts, and the 2008 first-round pick needs to start closing the holes in his game. There were plenty.
There were players who performed worse at the faceoff dot, but it's a short list. Ennis lost 383 of his 625 draws, a 38.7 percent success rate that was the lowest in the NHL for centers with that many faceoffs. If the list is expanded to forwards with a minimum of 100 faceoffs, Ennis was fourth worst behind Washington's Marcus Johansson (34.7 percent on 274 faceoffs), Toronto's Nikolai Kulemin (35.2 percent on 108) and Montreal's Brendan Gallagher (36.7 percent on 128).
Ennis is creative offensively, but that skill is negated when he allows the other team to have the puck right off the draw.
Ennis also could improve his numbers on the power play. No forward in Buffalo received more ice time with the man advantage, and he ranked 49th in the NHL with 260 minutes, 32 seconds. He recorded six goals (tied for 67th) and 16 points (tied for 88th).
The 5-foot-9, 169-pounder continued to build a reputation as a competitor. He doesn't shy away from contact, ranking seventh on the Sabres with 89 hits. He led the team with 13 goals away from Buffalo, and he made his tallies count. Eight of Ennis' 21 goals came with the team trailing by one, and another eight put the Sabres in front.
Those were a few of the reasons he wore an "A" as alternate captain toward the end of the season and was named team MVP.
"To grow up and make the NHL is a dream come true, then to be an assistant captain and be a leader is awesome," Ennis said. "It was a cool experience for me, and hopefully I can continue to lead the team and lead the team out of last place."
David Leggio, the Williamsville native who spent three years in the Sabres' organization, will represent the United States at the world championships this month.
The 29-year-old is one of three goaltenders on the U.S. roster, which was finalized Friday. Leggio will head to Belarus along with Tim Thomas of the Dallas Stars and UMass Lowell college goalie Connor Hellebuyck.
Leggio played for the Sabres' minor-league teams in Portland and Rochester from 2010 to 2013. This season, he went 23-18-3 with a 2.63 goals-against average and .913 save percentage for the Hershey Bears, the AHL affiliate of the Washington Capitals.
Sabres defenseman Jake McCabe was previously announced as a member of the U.S. team, which begins play next Friday. Lancaster native Tim Macre, who is an athletic trainer for the Sabres, will hold the same role for USA Hockey. Former Buffalo assistant coach Joe Sacco is an assistant for the United States.
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What once seemed Queen''s greatest liabilities--a preening flamboyance and pompous, overwrought theatricality--have ironically become their most enduring charms in a gray, postmodern pop-music landscape. While it eschews the glammy, pre-punk hard rock of live faves like "Stone Cold Crazy" and "Tie Your Mother Down" for the band''s more quirky club-beat string of latter-day hits, this 51-track triple-CD anthology goes a long way toward documenting the true dimensions of the band''s music and fame. Some songs may not be instantly familiar to American fans because of yet another irony: just as their U.S. fortunes waned during the punk and new wave era, the band was exploding into true international superstars. Thus, there may be a sense of discovery here, whether of latter-day Queen material or solo work by Brian May and Freddie Mercury, whose duet on "Barcelona" with diva Montserrat Caballé transcends boundaries of both time and genre. A previously unreleased live performance of "The Show Must Go On" featuring Elton John on vocals is also included. --Jerry McCulley


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With dual boy-girl vocals in the June-and-Johnny tradition, six classically trained musicians and charismatic alt-folk style, Wild Child is quickly growing up from its Austin indie roots.
The Texas-based band, touring in support of its second album, plays Belly Up on Friday, Nov. 22. The show marks Wild Child's first time playing in Colorado, as its hometown buzz goes beyond the borders of the Lone Star State.
Wild Child's songs range from quiet introspective folk to boot-stomping acoustic rockers, with Alexander Beggins and Kelsey Wilson trading verses over rich melodies of layered ukulele, violin, cello, keyboard and bass.
Their new album, "The Runaround," released last month, offers up melodic and mellow songs like "Rillo Talk" and darker material, along with danceable pop folk offerings like the title track and the single "Crazy Bird," an upbeat freak folk classic with a whistling chorus reminiscent of Edward Sharpe and the Lumineers. Beggins says to expect both sides of Wild Child in a live show careening from ballads to barn-burners at Belly Up.
"We always try to make it a roller coaster of a set," he told me on his way to a string of California shows. "We like to start with the more upbeat boot-stomping stuff, and then make it more intimate and go up and down. So it'll be all over the place."
Their 2011 debut album, "Pillow Talk," had a bare-bones orchestration backing it and a more subdued folk spirit. The band's shows, by contrast, tended to morph into freewheeling folk rock, earning them a reputation as one of Austin's top local acts.
On the new album, they aimed to capture the rollicking spirit of their live shows.
"Everyone we've talked to so far is happy to see we got out of our comfort zone a little bit," Beggins says. "We expanded our sound and made it a little bigger and fuller. We have a fun, upbeat show, and wanted to expand after our first album, based on those shows."
Ben Kweller — the Texas native, multi-instrumentalist and indie wunderkind — produced the new record. Beggins laughs as he remembers getting an unsolicited call from the Grammy-nominated Texas folk darling last year.
"We got a voicemail from him saying, 'I'm sure you've got hundreds of producers looking to work with you, but I'd like to throw my hat in the ring.' We looked at each other and we were like, 'We don't have any producers knocking on our door!'"
So the band met Kweller in an Austin dive bar, talked music, and then got to work on the album.
But once they crunched the numbers, they found they couldn't afford to make a professional studio album the way they wanted. Like a lot of upstart artists, they then turned to Kickstarter and crowd-funded it last November. Tapping their hard-core fans and new ones alike, they raised $40,000 with 681 people chipping in to make "The Runaround" happen.
"We did it because we didn't have the funding," Beggins explains, "and now we maintain all our publishing rights and we didn't have to sign some crazy record contract."
He touts Austin as an ideal incubator for musicians, with its space and affordability, its vibrant live music scene, and the camaraderie and collaboration among musicians. Despite the town's saturation of talent and ambitious young bands, Wild Child has garnered local and — lately — national attention, winning both the Best Folk Act and Best Indie Act awards at this year's Austin Music Awards and getting gigs on National Public Radio and "Last Call with Carson Daly." You may recognize their infectious new song "All These Years" from, um, Purina cat food commercials.
All that is to say that Wild Child is breaking out as a national act. As the band has their moment, Beggins says he's always amazed to find fans wherever they go. He recalls a tour last summer, caravaning with a group of bands to festivals around the U.S. and Canada.
"It's cool going to places we've never been and having people in the crowd who know the words singing with us," he says.


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By C. Onur Ant, Associated Press Writer
ISTANBUL, Turkey Sudan's indicted president denied Wednesday that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of Darfur -- and offered hope for an end to the violence and the dawn of reconciliation by promising free and fair elections next year.
President Omar al-Bashir was indicted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague last month on genocide and war crimes charges. Prosecutors say militias unleashed by his government have killed some 300,000 ethnic Africans since 2003. More than 2.5 million have been displaced.
Al-Bashir, speaking in Turkey during his first trip abroad since the indictment, said the death toll was inflated.
"Genocide like the International Criminal Court claims is nonexistent," he said at a news conference in Istanbul on the sidelines of a Turkey-Africa cooperation summit.
"If (those figures) were accurate, there needs to be mass graves. Where are those graves?" he said.
Al-Bashir's regime is accused of directing the janjaweed militia campaign against black African groups that say the government discriminates against ethnic Africans. The janjaweed militias also are blamed for extreme violence against civilians.
On Tuesday, Turkey's President Abdullah Gul urged Sudan to take responsibility for Darfur and to end the suffering in the region.
There are fears the indictment could threaten a fragile peace deal in Sudan and plunge the country back into civil war.
Al-Bashir was quoted by the Al-Arabiya TV network on Wednesday as saying that he would go to war and ask Darfur peacekeepers to leave, if the International Criminal Court formally seeks his arrest.
Members of the former southern rebel group Sudan People's Liberation Movement -- now al-Bashir's wary partner in a unity government formed as part of the 2005 peace deal -- want the president to make concessions to ward off the court's charges by handing over some Sudanese officials.
But al-Bashir rebuffed such calls on Wednesday, reasserting that his administration does not recognize the court.
"We are saying that we will not hand over any Sudanese citizens to anyone for prosecution abroad," he said at the Istanbul news conference. "We are an independent state, with an independent and fair judiciary system."
But al-Bashir offered something else his southern rivals have been longing for: free elections.
"The next year, after completing the election law, we'll have free elections," he said. If al-Bashir sticks to his promise, the elections could be Sudan's freest and fairest in decades.
Meanwhile, al-Bashir accused Western powers of provoking separatist violence. The president said his administration was working with countries such as China and India, instead of Western companies, to develop the country's rich oil fields and other natural resources.
"Some forces who are targeting Sudan's resources are encouraging fighting in Sudan and want her to be divided," he said.
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Fed survey finds growth, hiring mostly steady
WASHINGTON – A Federal Reserve survey found that the U.S. economy grew moderately in most regions of the country this spring and companies kept hiring.
It was a hopeful sign after a spate of gloomy data released last week.
"This report was more upbeat than probably anyone expected," said Jennifer Lee, an economist at BMO Capital Markets. That suggests that "some of the soft reports on payrolls, auto sales, and manufacturing may be temporary."
The Fed survey shows growth in each of its 12 bank districts from April 3 through May 25. Growth was moderate or modest in 10 districts, steady in the Boston district, and slowed in the Philadelphia region.
Hiring was steady or rose modestly, according to the Fed's report, known as the "Beige Book." That's in stark contrast to the government's jobs report last week, which said employers added the fewest jobs in a year in May and the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2% from 8.1% in April.
"We are encouraged by the overall tone … because it suggests that business contacts are not experiencing a sharp drop-off in activity amid the heightened economic uncertainty of late," Joseph LaVorgna, an economist at Deutsche Bank, said in a note to clients.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is expected to update his views on the economy and the Fed's policies during a Congressional hearing Thursday.
The Beige Book was the third positive reading on the economy this week. On Tuesday, a private survey found that the service sector expanded at a slightly faster pace than the previous month. The industries surveyed in that report covered about 90% of the economy and include health care, retail, construction and financial services.
And earlier Wednesday, the Labor Department said productivity fell faster than first estimated in the first quarter, a sign that businesses may have to hire to keep up with demand.
That report sent the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 200 points, extending its first two-day winning streak since late April.
The Fed survey was mostly positive. Manufacturing and home sales improved in most districts, as did residential and commercial construction. Steel production and auto sales were strong in most areas. And businesses sought more loans, which could signal expansion plans. Small and medium-sized banks in the New York district reported the most broad-based increase in loan demand since the mid-1990s.
But the survey also pointed to some weakness. Consumer spending was flat or increased only slightly in almost all districts. That could restrain growth because consumer spending drives 70% of economic activity.
Americans received little in the way of pay raises. Weak wage growth could also dampen consumer spending in the coming months.
Still, gasoline prices have dropped sharply since peaking April 6. That could allow consumers and businesses latitude to spend more freely.
The Beige Book is released eight times a year and is based on surveys by the Fed's 12 regional banks. There are no numbers in the report. But its findings, which are released two weeks before the Fed's policy meeting, help influence the discussions.
Those discussions may be especially contentious when the Fed's board meets June 19-20. Last week's disappointing jobs report has heightened pressure on the central bank to take steps to accelerate growth and hiring.
Some Fed policymakers, who believe inflation is largely in check, may favor new stimulus. But other Fed officials fear that low interest rates and the central bank's previous bond-buying programs could soon push up inflation. They will likely resist any new steps.
The Fed will also have to grapple with recent changes in the economic outlook. At its last meeting in late April, Fed policy makers slightly upgraded their forecasts. They projected growth at about 2.7% this year, up from 2.5% in January. They also nudged down their unemployment rate forecasts to just below 8%.
Wall Street economists, however, have since moved in the other direction, particularly in light of the dismal jobs report. Many now expect the economy to expand by only about 2% this year, down from earlier estimates of 2.5%.
Several other pessimistic reports were released last week. Manufacturing activity slowed last month, consumer confidence tumbled and a gauge of future home sales fell. Americans' incomes grew in April at the weakest pace in five months.
And the government said the economy expanded at a tepid 1.9% annual rate in the first three months of 2012. That's down from 3% in the fourth quarter.
Here are the Fed's district-by-district summaries from the latest Beige Book:
Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggest overall economic activity expanded at a moderate pace during the reporting period from early April to late May. Activity in the New York, Cleveland, Atlanta, Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas, and San Francisco Districts was characterized as growing at a moderate pace, while the Richmond, St. Louis, and Minneapolis Districts noted modest growth. Boston reported steady growth, and the Philadelphia District indicated that the pace of expansion had slowed slightly since the previous Beige Book.
Manufacturing continued to expand in most Districts. Consumer spending was unchanged or up modestly. New vehicle sales remained strong and inventories of some popular models were tight. Sales of used automobiles held steady. Travel and tourism expanded, boosted by both the business and leisure segments. Demand for nonfinancial services was generally stable to slightly higher since the last report, and several Districts noted strong growth in information technology services. Conditions in residential and commercial real estate improved. Construction picked up in many areas of the country. Lenders in most Districts noted an improvement in loan demand and credit conditions. Agricultural conditions generally improved, and spring planting was well ahead of its normal pace in most reporting Districts. Energy production and exploration continued to expand, except for coal producers who noted a slight slowing in activity.
First District - Boston: Economic activity in the First District continues to expand, with contacts in most sectors citing steady growth. Commercial real estate markets show slight improvement and residential real estate contacts are finally mentioning recovery, albeit fragile. Respondents in this round rarely mention prices or pricing. Except for software and IT services where growth continues to be relatively strong, few firms are doing substantial hiring. The outlook is generally for more of the same, although a couple of manufacturers mention making contingency plans for a potential slowdown.
Second District - New York: The Second District's economy has continued to expand at a moderate pace since the last report. Labor market conditions have generally improved, and, on balance, contacts indicate they plan to add workers in the months ahead. Business contacts in a number of industries note a slowing pace of cost increases and mostly stable selling prices. Manufacturers report a pickup in business conditions. Tourism activity has been strong since the last report, while retailers and auto dealers indicate steady sales activity in April and May. Home sales activity has continued to increase gradually since the last report, though prices have generally been steady to somewhat lower. Rental markets remain strong, with rents rising due to tight inventory levels. New York City's commercial real estate market has tightened slightly. Finally, bankers report widespread increases in loan demand, no change in credit standards, and continued broad-based declines in delinquency rates.
Third District - Philadelphia: Overall, business activity in the Third District continues to improve, but the pace has slowed slightly in most sectors since the previous Beige Book. Manufacturing activity has eased slightly, but most major manufacturing sectors continue to grow. After a strong first quarter, partially due to the unseasonably mild weather, retail sales slowed somewhat in April but appear to be gaining strength based on customer traffic in May. Although sales remain strong overall, motor vehicle dealers also reported softer sales in April. Third District banks report steadier growth in lending and continued strong credit quality since the last Beige Book. Demand for new home construction has eased off a bit, but brokers report stronger sales of existing homes. Several signs of improvement were cited by commercial real estate contacts. Overall, service-sector firms report continued growth. Price pressures have eased slightly in some sectors since the last Beige Book.
Fourth District - Cleveland: Business activity in the Fourth District has grown at a moderate pace since the beginning of April. Manufacturers reported stable production, while residential and nonresidential construction showed moderate growth. Retail sales held steady, and auto dealers described April sales as generally good. Exploration and production in shale gas expanded, even as the demand for coal has slowed. Freight transport volume moved higher. And the market for business credit has strengthened.
Hiring continued at a modest pace across most industry sectors, although staffing-firm representatives reported that the number of job openings had increased for information technology and healthcare workers. Wage pressures are contained. Input prices were stable, apart from increases in building materials.
Fifth District - Richmond: Economic activity in the Fifth District improved modestly since our last assessment. Retail sales were sluggish, held back in part by weak big-ticket sales. Growth at services firms slowed, although tourism businesses reported strong demand. Bankers said that lending grew slowly, and much of the activity was refinancing. Residential real estate agents noted encouraging signs of improvement in housing sales, while commercial Realtors described leasing and construction activity as mostly flat to moderately up. Manufacturing reports were mixed, with auto and other transportation equipment-related producers continuing to do well, while other producers faced unchanged or weakening demand. District hiring activity varied, with some businesses reluctant to hire or unable to find qualified workers. Recent rainfall aided newly planted fields, but excess moisture in some areas delayed planting. Price increases--both paid and received--generally slowed.
Sixth District - Atlanta: Reports from Sixth District business contacts indicated that economic activity continued to expand at a moderate pace in April and May. Reports were somewhat more positive than the previous report, and expectations remained generally optimistic across most sectors. However, uncertainties surrounding the potential impact of developments in Europe weighed on the outlook.
Most retailers noted a modest increase in sales activity, and auto sales remained strong. Positive reports from the hospitality sector included healthy occupancy and room rates, and future bookings were solid. Brokers and homebuilders noted higher sales compared with last year, and commercial real estate contacts stated they were seeing improvements led by gains in the apartment segment. Manufacturers cited modest growth in new orders and production. Bankers asserted that the demand for refinancing mortgages continued to increase slowly. Hiring activity was positive, but muted. Firms continued to note difficulty filling specialized positions. Most businesses indicated having little pricing power; however, an increasing number of firms said that they have been able to successfully pass on price increases, especially those tied to energy costs.
Seventh District - Chicago: Economic activity in the Seventh District continued to expand at a moderate pace in April and May, although at a touch slower rate than during the prior reporting period. Many contacts remained cautiously optimistic in their outlook for the U.S. economy. Several, however, also noted an increase in economic uncertainty, pointing to weaker business conditions in Europe and Asia and the upcoming elections in the U.S. Growth in consumer spending slowed, while business spending continued to increase at a steady pace. Manufacturing production also rose at a steady pace, and construction activity increased as well. Credit conditions were little changed on balance. Commodity prices moved lower, and wage increases remained moderate. Planting of corn and soybeans was well ahead of the normal pace and that of a year ago.
Eighth District - St. Louis: The economy of the Eighth District has continued to grow at a modest pace since our previous survey. Residential real estate market conditions have improved moderately. Similarly, commercial real estate market conditions have also improved. Retail and auto sales in April and early May increased over year-earlier levels. In contrast, recent reports of plans from firms in the manufacturing and services sectors were mixed. Reports of lending activity at a sample of large District banks during the first quarter of 2012 were somewhat mixed.
Ninth District - Minneapolis: The Ninth District economy grew at a modest to firm pace since the last report. Strength was noted in consumer spending, tourism, professional services, real estate, construction, manufacturing, energy and mining, and agriculture. Firms reported difficulties hiring qualified candidates, although wage increases remained modest. Price increases were generally subdued.
Tenth District - Kansas City: The Tenth District economy improved moderately in late April and May. Retailers and restaurant contacts reported stronger sales, while auto sales declined. Both retailers and auto contacts expected increased activity in the months ahead. Manufacturing activity rose, and the high-tech services industry experienced modest growth. Transportation activity was flat and was expected to remain unchanged in the months ahead. Residential and commercial real estate activity increased solidly with higher sales and lower vacancy rates. Banking contacts reported slightly higher loan demand, improved loan quality and increased deposits. Agricultural growing conditions improved, and farmland values continued to climb. The energy sector expanded further, but the oversupply of natural gas was leading to a slower pace of expansion. Most sectors reported higher input prices and final goods prices, and expected further increases in the coming months. Wage pressures increased, and firms reported some difficulty in filling positions.
Eleventh District - Dallas: The Eleventh District economy expanded at a moderate pace over the past six weeks. Manufacturing activity was flat to up, demand for business services rose and transportation services activity was mixed. Energy activity remained strong, and the housing sector continued to improve. Retail sales rose moderately, and auto sales were strong. Loan demand picked up since the last report. Drought conditions improved. Most firms reported no change in selling prices. Employment levels were steady to slightly higher, and wage pressures remained minimal. Most firms' outlooks are optimistic, although many respondents expressed concern about U.S. political uncertainty and the European debt situation.
Twelfth District - San Francisco: Economic activity in the Twelfth District continued to grow at a moderate pace during the reporting period of April through late May. Price increases for final goods and services were very modest, and upward wage pressures were quite limited overall. Sales of retail items rose, as did demand for consumer and business services. District manufacturing activity picked up further. Sales remained robust for agricultural producers, while conditions were mixed for providers of energy resources. Demand rose modestly for residential real estate and also improved a bit for commercial real estate. District banking contacts reported that overall loan demand edged up, and they noted further slight improvements in credit quality.
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Prom Fair fashion show set for Jan. 21
The Nordonia High School After Prom Committee invites the community to the 22nd annual Prom Fair, a fashion show that features the latest in prom dresses and tuxes, which will be modeled by members of the Class of 2013.
The event will be Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Nordonia High School Auditorium. The event will also feature a raffle, gift baskets and prom-related gift certificates and services. All proceeds benefit the Nordonia High School Class of 2013.
For advance tickets, call Cathy Murray at 216-219-5861. Reserved-center seating is $8. General seating is $5. Senior citizens and student ticktes cots $5. Tickets are $7 at the door.
Annual cheerleading clinic dates set
The Nordonia High School Cheerleaders are sponsoring their annual "Cheerleading Youth Clinic" fundraiser. We are calling all girls in kindergarten through eighth grade to come join the fun and learn a dance routine and cheer.
The clinic will be Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $25, with proceeds supporting the cheerleaders by helping pay for uniforms and camp the following year.
The students will learn a dance routine with the high school cheerleaders and then cheer with them during a special half-time performance at the varsity basketball game on Feb. 8. Students will also be provided with a light snack on the day of the clinic and earn free admission to the basketball game. Parents are encouraged to attend the basketball game but will be charged admission. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for further information.
Take a 'Knight' out with the Monsters
The community is invited to attend the Nordonia Knight Out with the Lake Erie Monsters at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $15 by phone. Call Jessica Vella at the Lake Erie Monsters at 216-420-2402 or email email@example.com. A portion of the proceeds goes to support the Nordonia Middle School PTSA. Contact Julia Henderson at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
St. Barnabas School planning preview event
St. Barnabas School invites parents with a child who is preschool age, a soon-to-be kindergartener or looking to transfer schools to another grade for a light brunch, tours, and a chance to visit a classroom in action.
This adults-only event will be Jan. 24, with the presentation starting at 8:30 a.m., and running until 11 a.m. Call 330-467-7921 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to RSVP.
Freshman orientation set at Nordonia High
The Nordonia High School guidance department will host a freshman orientation program for all eighth-grade parents and students Jan. 31 beginning at 6 p.m.
Between 6 and 7 p.m., students and parents are invited to attend an activities and academics fair in the small gym.
Beginning at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium, students and parents will receive general information regarding the high school, scheduling information, and also attend a mini workshop on the scheduling process. For further information, call 330-468-4603.


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Yanks' Rivera continues to learn
By Mel Antonen, USA TODAY
Closer Mariano Rivera discovered his signature pitch — a cut fastball — by accident in 1997 while playing catch with New York Yankees teammate Ramiro Mendoza. Rivera tried to throw the ball straight, but the ball kept sliding to Mendoza's right.
"Mendoza got upset with me, but the ball just moved," Rivera says. "A few days later in Detroit, we tried it off the mound, and we couldn't straighten out the pitch. So, we said, 'Let's see what happens when we throw it in a game.' "
Rivera didn't get a chance to showcase his skills in Detroit last week as the Tigers beat the Yankees in the final two Division Series games by a combined score of 14-3 to eliminate them from the postseason. Yet, it's no accident that a decade after stumbling onto the "cutter" — a pitch Rivera, 36, throws about 95 mph — he has become arguably the best closer in baseball history.
On July 16 against the Chicago White Sox, Rivera became the fourth closer with 400 career saves. But what separates Rivera (413) from Trevor Hoffman (482), Lee Smith (478) and John Franco (424) is his consistent postseason performance when he becomes the pitching version of Mr. October.
Rivera, the 1999 World Series MVP, was on the mound when the Yankees recorded the final out of the World Series in 1998, '99 and 2000. He has 34 postseason saves, including nine in the World Series, and a 0.80 ERA with 87 strikeouts and 15 walks in 73 games.
Rivera says he loves the pressure. "If the pressure is so much that it doesn't allow you to do your job, then that kind of pressure is bad," Rivera says. "But if you don't think about it, just go out and do your job, you can have success."
Rivera's teammates say his composure, humbleness, ability to focus and his love of teammates is what gives him his strength. "It's tough to describe how strong he is," says Jorge Posada, who has been the Yankees' regular catcher since 1998. "He's always prepared, he has a nice routine, and he's never caught off guard."
Humble beginning
Rivera was a skinny kid who grew up playing baseball in Panama. He and his friends used cardboard for gloves and tree branches or broomsticks for bats and swatted at tennis balls in games played on the street or on the beach.
He knew about the Yankees but never dreamed of pitching for them. His dad was a fisherman, but Rivera never wanted to follow in his footsteps.
"It was a job that was way too tough for me," Rivera says.
He became convinced of that at age 19 when he was on a 120-ton commercial boat filled with sardines that started to capsize. The engine stopped and the boat was filling with water when Rivera and others jumped onto another boat. "It was scary," he says.
Now Rivera strikes fear into opponents when the game is on the line, but that wasn't always the case.
The Yankees signed Rivera, a devout Christian who says God gave him talent, as a non-drafted free agent in February 1990 and gave him a $3,000 signing bonus. In 1993, New York left him unprotected in the expansion draft where the Colorado Rockies or Florida Marlins could have selected him.
Rivera didn't get called up to the Yankees until his sixth minor league season in 1995, when 10 of his first 19 appearances were starts. In his first start, the Yankees lost 10-0.
The following spring he made the team as a relief pitcher and moved into the setup role as the Yankees won the 1996 World Series. "I didn't care what I was doing; I was just happy to be in the big leagues," Rivera says.
The Yankees were so impressed they decided not to re-sign ace closer John Wetteland, who saved 43 games in '96, and handed the job to Rivera.
Wetteland signed with the Texas Rangers and saved four consecutive games to start the '97 season. Rivera struggled in New York, blowing four of his first six opportunities. It earned him a meeting with manager Joe Torre and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre.
"I told them I felt horrible because I wasn't doing my job," Rivera says. "The harder I tried, the tougher it got. It was like moving in quicksand. I kept sinking. Joe told me that, 'As long as you are here, you'll be the closer.' That's exactly what I needed to hear."
In spring training 1998, Torre said he and Stottlemyre had several talks with Rivera to make sure there weren't any lingering effects from his serving up a game-tying home run to Cleveland's Sandy Alomar Jr. in Game 4 of the '97 Division Series. The Yankees went on to lose to the Indians in five games.
"When I got to spring training, I had closed the door on 1997," Rivera says.
Rivera saved 36 games in 1998 and had a 1.91 ERA. In two of the next three seasons, he led the American League with 45 and 50 saves. In 2004, his 53 saves led the AL again.
A closer's strength is a short-term memory, and Rivera says when he gets beat, he studies the video to see if it was a bad pitch or a good piece of hitting. "As long as (the batter) beats me, there's nothing I can do," Rivera says. "I can handle that."
Always seemingly on baseball's largest stage, Rivera has maintained his composure through the public highs and lows of the sport.
His most famous blown save came in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks. He made a throwing error and gave up the Series-ending RBI single to Luis Gonzalez.
"The single didn't even leave the infield dirt," Rivera says. "It was tough to get over. It took me a few days. But I did what I wanted to do ... what I was supposed to do, and it didn't work out."
Game's 'best ever' pitch
Rivera's most dramatic save came in Game 1 of the 2004 American League Championship Series vs. the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.
A few days earlier, he had been celebrating the Yankees' Division Series victory with teammates in Minnesota when he was called into Torre's office to receive tragic news. Two family members — his wife Clara's cousin, Victor Dario Avila, and Avila's son, Victor Leonel Avila — had been electrocuted in a swimming pool accident at Rivera's home in Panama. Clara came to Torre's office to deliver the news.
"I was devastated," Rivera says.
He went back to Panama and helped with the arrangements. After the funeral, he got on a private plane and flew six hours and 2,200 miles to New York to join his teammates at Yankee Stadium. He didn't eat and he didn't sleep, but he saved Game 1.
These days, Yankees pitching coach Ron Guidry is teaching Rivera a changeup to go with his cutter and two-seam fastball. But that doesn't mean his cutter is losing its effectiveness. Opponents say it's as good as ever.
"Mariano's pitch is the best ever in the history of the game," White Sox designated hitter Jim Thome says.
Says the Baltimore Orioles' Melvin Mora: "He's got such good location. You don't need a lot of pitches when you have that kind of control."
Consistency and faith have gotten Rivera this far. He's not likely to start confusing batters with a changeup. He's nearly 37, but he says he hasn't changed much.
"It's the same-old, same-old," Rivera says. "If it is not broken, I don't try to fix it."


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