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If someone says, "You have peaked my interest!" what does that mean to you?
Regardless of the word the meaning of the sentence is, that your level of interest has been raised higher than normal because of something the other person said/did.
You said or did something that interasted that person.
that they have made you very curious
That all depends what you where talking about. If there was no subject when the person said that, than that means they are interested in YOU!
He/She feels curious about something you mentioned and wants to find out more.
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That you have gotten their attention, that they are interested
you did or said something that they liked.
I think the word you are thinking of is "piqued" which means to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge or rebuff. In other words "You have aroused my interest!"
Hope this helps. Many people confuse the 2 words. It is pronounced the same way.
Wicked Momma beat me to it --- the word is "piqued".
The word is not, in fact, peaked. It's piqued, as in, "You've piqued my interest."
Pique is a word from the French "piquer," meaning, literally, to prick.
Merriam-Webster has this to say:
1 : to arouse anger or resentment in : IRRITATE <what piques linguistic conservatives -- T. H. Middleton>
2 a : to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff <sly remarks to pique their curiosity> b : PRIDE <he piques himself on his skill as a cook>
Personally, I think the second definition applies best here. If someone "piques my interest," they've done something that excites or challenges my interest.
they are more interested than ever before
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From: "Penny Ferguson" <>
Subject: [DNA] Ineligible Individuals Placed in my Shetland Project
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:54:32 -0500
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From: David Faux <>
I just checked my Shetland Islands Project list of members and about 20
have been parachuted in there without any consultation with me - and all as
far as I can see are ineligible. This is very annoying since I must go
through a process that involves informing people why I am removing them. I
resent having to do this as my criteria are very clear. All must be
screened by me to ensure they have Shetland ancestors in the male line.
Ireland is not close enough. Has this been happening with others?
David K. Faux.
David and all, this happened in a restricted project I co admin. I went in
our project profile page and the box there that says " Allow order without
join request?" was checked. So I unchecked it. I'm not sure why all at
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chola could understand him fairly well, for he had been taught a little English at his school.
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Covina Police Lt. Tim Doonan estimated the value of the alcohol, which ranged from wine to tequila, at $1500.
The driver was arrested along with an alleged accomplice. One of the men also carried a device used to remove security tags from liquor bottles, Doonan said.
At around 2 p.m., Covina police were called to the CVS Pharmacy at 575 S. Citrus Ave.
Doonan said security were watching two men at the store who might steal alcohol. The men later left.
Two bottles of vodka were taken from the shelf but left in the store. The security sensor had been removed from one bottle, he said.
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This Jack and the Beanstalk completes the partially remembered oral story Sydney Brown grew up with in Scotland in the 1930s. It's filled with rare words that burst from your lips and collaged illustrations that are sure to make you smile at any age.
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- Category Children
6×9 in, 15×23 cm
20 Pages
- Publish Date Aug 31, 2011
- Tags rhyming text, folk stories, picture book, Jack and the Beanstalk, collage, Scottish, Scotland, fiction, children, folktale
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Jolene Kuty has two wonderful inspirations, Ellie and Brynn, to whom she reads daily. This is her first children's book. She is an avid photographer, world traveler, and hobby scuba diver, artist, and composer. She is a full time Doctor of Chiropractic in Scottsdale, AZ.
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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 62,
November 2010 Abstract Supplement
Abstracts of the American College of
Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Annual Scientific Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia November 6-11, 2010.
Pre Analytical Effects of Serum Collection and Handling in Quantitative Immunoassays for Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Qureshi3, Ferhan, Manning3, William, Eastman3, Scott, Hu3, Wayne, Centola6, Michael, Turner7, Mary, Carson5, Craig W.
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Pre-analytical variables related to serum processing and handling can have significant influences on the results obtained in quantitative protein immunoassays. Understanding the impact of these variables is critical for assay development, validation, and commercial testing. The effect of 2 routine serum collection methods (on the clot with ambient temperature shipping vs. centrifuged with cold chain shipping) and 2 serum handling variables (time before assay and freezing) were examined in a novel, validated, 12-biomarker RA disease activity test (DA Test) and up to 15 additional proteins being evaluated as predictors of structural damage progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
To evaluate serum collection variables, multiple matched sets of Becton Dickinson Serum Separator Transport Tubes (BD SST) were drawn from 10 RA patients, with varying disease activity. One set of tubes from each individual was processed per manufacturer's instructions followed by overnight shipment in a temperature controlled (28°C) package ("Cold chain"). A matched tube from each individual was simultaneously shipped overnight at ambient temperature while remaining on the clot (e.g. not centrifuged; OTC). Upon arrival, the OTC tube was centrifuged and all samples were aliquoted for analysis in single-plex ELISAs and mutli-plex Meso Scale Discovery immunoassays.
To evaluate post-processing serum handling effects, matched aliquots of serum were held at multiple temperatures (-80°C, -20°C, 4°C and 25°C) for extended periods of time before assaying to generate a DA Test score which was then compared to the scores obtained in a baseline measurement. Additionally, multiple aliquots of serum (including both pools and individuals) were subjected to 3 successive freeze thaw cycles at -80°C prior to analysis by immunoassay.
Significant differences in analyte concentrations were seen in >45% (13/27) of the analytes between the 2 collection methods. Twelve of thirteen biomarkers levels increased in the OTC samples, while one decreased. Of the 13 biomarkers with significant changes, 5 had poor correlation within the 10 RA patient samples (R2 < 0.7) compared to the centrifuged, cold chain samples. The individual DA Test scores varied widely, (-16% to 126%), confirming the value of onsite centrifugation and cold chain shipping. The impact of serum storage (post-processing) at the various temperatures tested and multiple freeze thaw cycles on biomarker levels was minimal. Additional studies, to characterize combinations of multiple pre-analytical variables are currently being designed.
Serum collection, processing and handling methods have a significant impact on the measurable serum protein levels. These results illustrate the importance of characterizing pre-analytical variability to ensure test accuracy and for using robust serum processing and handling procedures for development, validation, and clinical testing with biomarker assays including the DA Score.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Qureshi, Ferhan, Manning, William, Eastman, Scott, Hu, Wayne, Centola, Michael, Turner, Mary, et al; Pre Analytical Effects of Serum Collection and Handling in Quantitative Immunoassays for Rheumatoid Arthritis. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2010;62 Suppl 10 :1606
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Patricia Ann Kelly, traveled the world as a flight attendant
Dec. 31, 1927 – Nov. 17, 2013
Patricia Ann Kelly, who traveled the world for about 30 years as a flight attendant, died Sunday at Hospice Buffalo, Cheektowaga. She was 85.
Born in Buffalo, Miss Kelly earned a bachelor's degree in education from Buffalo State Teachers College in the late 1940s and worked for a few years as a home economics teacher in the Southtowns.
She went to work as a stewardess – as they were then known – for Eastern Airlines in the early 1950s.
She brought back stories about Paris and Rome but loved her trips to Africa the most.
Through the years, she was based in Texas, Florida and, eventually, Washington, D.C., where she dealt with many high-profile travelers, including members of Congress and celebrities.
Upon her retirement in 1985, she moved to Snyder, where she volunteered at Christ the King Catholic Church and read to children in the Eggertsville-Snyder Library.
"She went all around the world. She saw lots of famous people and important, cool things, and she came back to Buffalo. Like everybody else," said Robert Voltz, a cousin.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Christ the King Church, 30 Lamarck Drive at Main Street, Snyder.


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Anthem Lyrics
Artist: Godflesh
Album: Hymns
And I found my soul,
when every feeling has been crushed by your world,
and you know, I'll find,
my purity inside is all that's mine.
You make me feel what you feel,
I will become you 'cause you know what's real,
and I'll see what you see,
you'll never be me 'cause I've found my soul.
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This song has a really great sound.
Being atheist I'm cautious however - just how preachy is this song? It's hard to tell. Or is it written to be interpreted by any belief equally?
i fucking love this song.
Hey will you stupid idiot. It's a great song end of story. Your stupid beliefs shouldn't affect your ability to enjoy art. Moron.
such an amazing song, these guys deserve more credit
It doesnt mean they're religious because the word God is in the title. Godflesh is no christian rock, Mr atheist, satan rules all hail our dark lord
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Briggs: the dramatic story of a stolen dog returned home safely
On Thursday, May 17, Tricia O'Malley got a phone call that she will never forget. It was from her husband, Josh, and he told her that their dog, a 2-year-old Boston terrier named Briggs, was no longer on the porch where he had just left him minutes earlier.
Tricia came home immediately and the couple ran through the alley and streets yelling for Briggs. Once they returned home, their neighbor told them she saw a man take the dog, but she thought maybe it was a friend. She described the man as "Hispanic, stocky and in his 30s."
"We stopped and tried to register what she was saying," says Tricia. "I broke down, so did my husband. Then we called the police."
While waiting for the police to arrive, Tricia started the online effort. She posted stolen dog reports on every website she could think of, including the Wisconsin Humane Society, MADACC and more.
She and her husband printed 1,500 flyers – they would print 4,000 total throughout the course of the 17-day campaign to find their dog.
"We weren't messing around," she says. "The first day was particularly insane. We had no idea what to do. We didn't eat. We were in shock. I drove through neighborhoods with a baseball bat and mace looking for this dog."
The first batch of flyers had their address, a detail that could have been problematic, but in reality, brought strangers to their door to help. (They did not include their address on subsequent batches of flyers, only their phone number.)
The next day, the O'Malleys called television stations and Channel 4 did a story on the missing dog. Also, the couple started to receive phone calls with leads; all of them proved to be false.
"This became the pattern for the next two weeks," she says. "We chased every lead, we flyered every day."
Friends with a conversion van loaded up the O'Malleys, other friends and their dogs to canvass neighborhoods throughout the city.
"If it was daylight, I was out flyering. At night, I was doing the online campaign portion. Whatever we could do."
The community and the social media support was phenomenal. More radio stations picked up the story. Mexican restaurant La Perla tweeted about it, inspiring many more restaurants to retweet about the missing dog. Actress Rose McGowan even tweeted the flyer.
On the flip side to all of the support, because the O'Malleys' phone number was on the flyer, they received many awful calls from people claiming they had their dog or had killed their dog. Some just called to find out how much the reward was and others actually went so far as to set up fake meeting times and places, saying that they had their dog. Other callers made straight-up aggressive sexual threats.
"It was rough, but we just had to roll with it. We didn't know which phone call might be legit," says Tricia.
During this time, the O'Malleys hired a pet psychic for $175. She said the psychic gave them good descriptions of what the people who took him looked like, and targeted a specific Harambee neighborhood, but could not be specific enough to really help them find Briggs.
"He renewed our hope, though, and helped us keep going," says Tricia.
Other pet psychics called her, offering information for free. One claimed Briggs was in Shorewood, "crying for his mom" and another said she saw him terrified and lying on a slab of concrete next to a chain-link fence.
"It was frustrating and emotional. How do you know if there's any truth to what they're saying or not?" asks Tricia.
Briggs is a special dog, according to Tricia. "He is an absolute sweetheart with a huge sense of humor," she says. "He's brought light and joyfulness into our lives and our marriage."
The second week of Briggs absence resulted in even more support. Hal's Harley-Davidson helped spread the word, as did Marilyn Mee from WKLH. Plus, a woman they had never met before, Meghan Sattler, showed up at the O'Malleys' door every day and flyered. (Sattler, who has three Bostons of her own, has continued to visit and text every day since Briggs was returned home.)
A young woman living at Pathfinders, a runaway shelter in Riverwest, thought she saw the dog and worked with police to help them figure out if it was Briggs. Turns out, it wasn't, but the girl's efforts moved Tricia and Josh.
"She tried so hard and was so sincere. There were so many young people who were giving us a hard time, and this girl from a group home was really trying to help us," she says.
A strange wrench in the ordeal happened during the second week when Tricia received a call from a man who said he had a Boston Terrier who wasn't Briggs but that he thought they might like. Apparently, the man had other dogs in his house who did not like his Boston Terrier, who was malnourished, and he wanted to get rid of him for $100.
Tricia and a team of friends went to meet the guy and pick up the dog, but when they met him, he suddenly wanted $300, then $400, for the dog. Tricia said no, she wasn't going to pay that amount of money for the dog, and left. The man continued to send her photos of the dog and texts, and finally agreed to meet again to sell the dog for $125.
"I think, at the time, I just really wanted the dog to be Briggs even though I knew that it wasn't. And I wanted to save this dog, too. What are the chances of searching for your Boston Terrier and finding another Boston Terrier who really needed your help?" says Tricia.
The second meeting was successful, and the O'Malleys paid $125 for the dog they named Blue. They took him to the vet to see if he was microchipped, which he wasn't, and received confirmation that the 10-pound dog was severely undernourished at 10 months old.
Although the plan was to re-home Blue, he immediately started to attach to the O'Malleys, to the point that he suffers from severe separation anxiety and even cried until he threw up when he had to be separated from Tricia for a long period of time.
Shortly after, Tricia spent the day at the parking lot of El Rey, 1023 S. Cesar Chavez Dr., and set up a booth and handed out flyers in English and Spanish for the entire day. She says she went home that night, exhausted.
The next morning, Tricia was awakened at 6:30 a.m. and again at 6:35 and 7 a.m. by phone calls from people who were calling with false information about Briggs. She turned off her ringer and went back to bed, frustrated by the bogus calls.
At 8 a.m., the doorbell rang, but when she went to the door, no one was there. So she let Blue out and listened to her voicemails, expecting to hear more unhelpful information. Instead, she received a message from a woman saying, "I think your dog showed up at our church today."
Tricia ran over to the nearby Lake Park Lutheran Church and yelled to the groundsperson in the church's yard, "Do you have my dog!?" The groundsperson said yes, the dog had been sitting in front of the church shortly before the 8 a.m. service and was let into the church for water. The pastor identified the dog as "the missing dog" and held him up in front of the congregation which gave the dog a standing ovation.
A very good friend of the O'Malleys caught wind that Briggs was at the church so he picked up the dog and tried to call Tricia, but at that time, she still had her ringer turned off.
Soon after the conversation with the church groundskeeper, Tricia ran back to her house, screamed "He's back, he's back!" and she and Josh ran out of the house.
And then they saw her friend walking down the street toward her, holding Briggs.
"I started running down the sidewalk, sobbing. I was holding Blue, who I handed off to my friend, and grabbed Briggs and just sobbed into him," says Tricia. "Then my husband came out, and he started sobbing, and neighbors came out and people came out of the church and it was amazing."
Tricia says there are no signs of Briggs having been mistreated. His personality is the same and he has no physical signs of being in a violent situation. The only change is that he gained a pound, which might be because he wasn't exercised and / or fed unhealthy food.
Because Briggs is neutered and microchipped, Tricia thinks someone took him, perhaps, to be a family pet, even though many people suggested he was stolen to bait fighting dogs. In fact, she received more than five calls a day from strangers warning her that Briggs was probably being used in dog fights. She knows now this was not the case.
Tricia says during the 17 days Briggs was missing she never gave up hope. During the second week, friends started to suggest to her she might need to eventually move on, but she was certain Briggs would come home someday, somehow.
"Our mantra during the search was 'relentless.' We were going to be relentless until this person could not go anywhere without seeing some mention of Briggs. We wanted to put a value on Briggs to make sure people cared," she says.
Tricia says Briggs' abduction made her marriage stronger and allowed her and Josh to pool their talents and support. "I was the communicator and the marketer and he was the strength, the muscle, the footwork and the stable base to support me," she says.
Tricia and Josh cannot thank Milwaukee enough for the community support.
"Milwaukee stepped up big time. And beyond Milwaukee too. The state was going through so much these past couple of weeks and was so divided politically, but really came together to bring home Briggs," she says.
alba | June 7, 2012 at 3:05 p.m. (report)
There are so many scam artists involved in this story, none bigger than the dog psychic they paid. I'm glad they got the dog back, but what is the chance that Blue was stolen from some other yard and sold to them?
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Good stuff Molly. I became intrigued the day those flyers started popping up on the East Side. The hard work by these dedicated dog owners certainly paid off.
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December 2003
- January 2004
Love and marriage, NCAR style:
The grass is brown and the leaves are gone, but love at the organization
is in full bloom. There are a number of couples working together here,
ranging from the just dating to the long-time married. While some couples
knew each other before they began working here, others met—and in
one case, even married—here.
Maybe it's the cooperation between divisions, or the work of a few
sneaky staffers, or the altitude, but something here has produced more
than a few romances and marriages. Here are two once-upon-a-time at NCAR,
happily-ever-after stories.
James and Tammy
James Pinto and Tammy Weckwerth, both of ATD, met 11 years ago through a mutual
friend, COMET meteorologist Doug Wesley. Doug thought the pair would be
perfect together because they shared similar career interests and a love
of the outdoors. He forecast true love—but was unsure how to bring
them together.
Tammy Weckwerth and James Pinto.
As Doug puts it, "I hate the pressure of a blind date. If it doesn't
work out, I'm the one who's blamed." Instead, he arranged
for "an orchestrated meeting." Doug and James played on a
softball team together. With the team short one player, Doug asked Tammy
if she'd like to play and if she wouldn't mind riding with
James to a game in Fort Collins.
James was over an hour late to pick up Tammy for the game. Despite the
rough beginning, Tammy agreed to continue seeing her smitten suitor. James's
goofy sense of humor kept Tammy laughing, and they quickly discovered
they shared many interests, including a love of sports and the outdoors.
"The variety of activities James suggested doing together when we
first met was refreshingly different: playing tennis, going up in the
Flatirons to watch a lunar eclipse, going for a hike, going out to eat
at a Greek restaurant, watching the World Series," Tammy says. James
proposed during a hike in Denali National Park in Alaska, and the couple
wed in 1999.
Now that they have two children—a three-year-old girl, Denali, and
a seven-month-old boy, Brody—James and Tammy are even more grateful
to work at NCAR. They usually carpool and eat lunch together, enjoying
time together not available to many young working parents. They also help
keep each other abreast of NCAR happenings. "It's like having
four ears instead of two," says James.
To be sure, not everything about working together is great. Quite often,
their personal and professional lives overlap and the only way to escape
from work is to take a vacation in which words like NCAR and ATD are forbidden.
The most difficult thing, though, is working together on field projects
while caring for their children. During last summer's International
H2O Project (IHOP 2002), both James and Tammy were in the field, requiring
them to bring along the entire family, including grandparents to babysit.
However, they love working here and wouldn't change a thing. After
all, as James points out, "NCAR is the reason I met Tammy."
Sherrie and Tim
Even though Sherrie and Tim Fredrick both worked for NCAR, their first meetings
in 1992 encompassed two divisions and campuses. Sherrie at the time worked
for ATD in the Foothills Lab, while Tim worked for ACD in the Mesa Lab.
(Sherrie has since moved over to MMM.)
Tim and Sherrie Frederick with their son, Daniel.
Happily, Kathy Fischer, then also with ACD but now with CGD, introduced
them. Kathy and Sherrie knew each other from college, and Kathy worked
with Tim. The three of them became close friends and spent a lot of time
getting together for lunch.
"Really very little of our friendship was influenced by our work
environment," Tim explains. "It was Kathy to whom we are grateful
for meeting each other."
Then Kathy became involved with the man who would become her husband,
leaving the twosome to their own devices. As Sherrie and Tim continued
their friendship, they began noticing how much they had in common. As
Sherrie recalls, "I knew that I liked Tim when our mutual friends
told me that we made a good couple." The friendly dinners and evenings
at the movies continued and, in 1995, they had their first actual date
(a double date with friends). Sherrie began traveling up from Foothills
once a week to have lunch and hike with Tim on the mesa.
While it took them awhile to realize they liked each other, they didn't
waste time once they figured it out. Just a year after the first date,
Sherrie and Tim held their wedding reception at the Mesa Lab cafeteria.
Velma Ryan and her Food Services staff catered the event, and, naturally,
Kathy was invited to be the matron of honor.
Now the couple has a two-year-old son, Daniel. Since Daniel came into
their lives, NCAR is one of the last places Tim and Sherrie see each other.
They have arranged their schedules so one is always at home with their
son, with Tim starting early in the morning and Sherrie working from the
afternoon into the evening. They briefly see each other at home for lunch
as they exchange duties, and they also try to have family dinners. Even
when they have time together, Tim's job as a computer engineer requires
him to be on call, which can disrupt family time.
For Sherrie and Tim, the issue isn't separating work and home life,
but rather uniting their own lives. Despite hectic schedules and the lack
of time together, they like working at the same place. "It's
nice to have the same holidays off, and we can talk about what's
going on at work," says Sherrie. The two are looking forward to
working more regular hours and spending more time together after Daniel
is old enough to start school. •Ellen Leslie
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Why Han called Threepio "Goldenrod"? Topps 4th series #207
In 1977 the Topps trading card company had the US licence for Star Wars trading cards. It released five series of cards in 1977 alone, including the fourth series against a green border.
Card number 207 in this series featured a remarkable irregularity. As explained on the Star Wars Trading Cards web site:
Card number 207, as it was originally printed, appeared to give C-3P0 an added appendage that would not be particularly necessary for a droid. For this reason, the card is often referred to by collectors as the obscene version of the card. In reality, the added appendage (which might indeed be a trick of the light in the photograph) isn't terribly noticeable at first glance, and far from being obscene, is somewhat humorous in appearance.
Parents of course were not amused, and as rumors about the existence of an 'obscene' Star Wars card circulated, complaints began to come in. Topps responded by reprinting card 207 for subsequent print lots.
It is a myth that the obscene 207 is rare. It is not rare. The same number of 207 cards were printed as any other card in the initial print run. In other words, thousands and thousands of these cards were printed. The same is true of the corrected version of the card. Neither card is particularly hard to locate.
Being Canadian, I never came across this card as a child. The Canadian licensee, Opee Chee, did not reproduce it (or any of the green series). Even if I had I seen this card, as a four year old or even later, I wouldn't have known there was anything obscence about it. But it does make me snicker now. And I'm not buying the "trick of the light" theory.
As Retro Star Wars puts it, "I never knew he had it in him."
StarWarsCards.net: Star Wars Trading Cards: 1977 Topps Star Wars Series Four


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Departmental Assessment Plan
IBHE Program Review outcome: Next review scheduled for 2007.
IBHE Alumni Survey results
Undergraduate Student Survey Results: NA
Accrediting Bodies:
American Dietetic Association
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Active student learning opportunities
Strategies to improve P-16 teaching and learning
Collaborative activities with business/industry
(Summer 2002)· activities with Amish community, State-sponsored tours of Lincoln sites - 41 persons served· ROTC
activities - 20 children, age 9-122)
Student Association of Family and Consumer Sciences students work with the Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce on Charleston Holiday Celebrations.
Managers Association of American · National Internship
and Placement Opportunities
Partnership with US Army in Europe Child and Youth Services to provide career opportunities for qualified graduates of our program.
Pass rates on any professional/ occupational licensure exams:
Certification (Dates or Period of Time)· EIU Average 88%· State Average not available· National
Average not available2)
Program in Dietetics Certification Exam (July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002)· EIU Average 78%· National Average 86%· State
Average not available3)
Internship Certification Exam (July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002)· EIU Average 69%· National Average 86%· State
Average not available4)
Nutrition Education Certificate: 14 (based on completion of program from July 1, 2001-August 15, 20025)
Illinois Certification Testing System (ICTS). Since summer of 2001, the SFCS had 20 students take the teacher certification examination. Of those 20, 19 students passed. Summer 2002, seven (100%) EIU-FCS students passed the exam with an average of 86; the statewide average was 83. Fall 2001 nine students took the exam; eight passed and one failed. The EIU-FCS student average was 78, and the statewide average was 80. Summer 2001, all four students who took the exam passed. The EIU-FCS average was 82, and the statewide average was 86.
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Stephen Large
Stephen Ralph Large, M.S., F.R.C.S. F.R.C.P.
Papworth-St.Bartholomew's registrar programme '85-89
U.A.B. special fellow to J Kirklin 1987 (MS 1989)
Consultancy in cardio-thoracic surgery Papworth 1989-
Director heart transplant programme 1989-
Co-founder of East Anglian homograft valve bank 1992
Co-founder of Papworth electro-pysiology programme '90
Development of Papwoth-Cox-Maze procedure '95
myocardial preseravtion
surgery for atrial fibrillation
ventricular arrhythmia surgery
role of homograft in valvular surgery
mitral valve reconstruction
Cardiac transplantation
role of the surgeon in health management
aortic valve reconstruction
Surgery of heart failure
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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 60,
October 2009 Abstract Supplement
The 2009 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting
Philadelphia October 16-21, 2009.
A Novel Autoantibody against 200/100 Kd Proteins Is Associated with Necrotizing Myopathy
Christopher-Stine, Lisa, Hong, Grace, Casciola-Rosen, Livia, Corse, Andrea M., Mammen, Andrew
The inflammatory myopathies are a family of conditions characterized by proximal muscle weakness, elevated serum muscle enzymes, and inflammatory infiltrates on muscle biopsy. However, ~20% of patients with clinical features of myositis do not have a significant degree of inflammation on muscle biopsy. Instead, biopsies from these patients demonstrate numerous degenerating, necrotic, and regenerating myofibers. Necrosis may be seen in patients with muscular dystrophies or toxic exposure as well as in those patients with myositis specific autoantibodies (MSAs). Nevertheless, a substantial proportion of patients with necrotizing myopathies have none of these known associations. We sought to determine novel autoantibody associations in patients with predominately necrotic features in the absence of substantial inflammatory infiltrates on muscle biopsy.
225 patients in the Johns Hopkins Myositis Cohort had both a muscle biopsy available for review at our institution and banked serum. Biopsies were evaluated for the presence of inflammation, regeneration, degeneration, necrosis, and vacuolar change. Antibody specificities in patient sera were assessed by performing immunoprecipitations from 35S-methionine labeled HeLa cell lysates.
38 patients in the JHU Myositis Cohort had predominant necrosis on muscle biopsy without histologic findings of perifascicular atrophy or red-rimmed vacuoles. Sera from these patients were screened by immunoprecipitation for the presence of novel autoantibodies. 12 patients had known autoantibody association or other diagnoses [SRP (6), anti-Jo-1(1), 1 anti-PL12 (2), anti-PL-7 (1), profound hypothyroidism(1), and dysferlinopathy(1)]. The remaining 26 patients had no known MSAs or other diagnosis to explain the necrotizing myopathy. A novel autoantibody specificity was found in 16 of these 26 patients (62%). These sera immunoprecipitated a pair of proteins with molecular weights of 100 kDa and 200 kDa. In contrast, control human sera did not precipitate these or other proteins. Only one additional patient with this autoantibody specificity was identified among 197 patients without prominent features of necrosis on muscle biopsy.
We have identified a novel autoantibody specificity which is associated with characteristic muscle biopsy findings and a variable clinical phenotype. Since we have not found instances of sera which precipitated only one of these proteins, we hypothesize that these may be subunits of a protein complex. Our findings show that patients with anti-200/100 represent a distinct subgroup of necrotizing myopathy patients that were previously considered to be "autoantibody negative." Future studies will be directed towards identifying the autoantigens recognized by these autoantibodies.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Christopher-Stine, Lisa, Hong, Grace, Casciola-Rosen, Livia, Corse, Andrea M., Mammen, Andrew; A Novel Autoantibody against 200/100 Kd Proteins Is Associated with Necrotizing Myopathy [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2009;60 Suppl 10 :1151
DOI: 10.1002/art.26225


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A#xA0;balanced and multidimensional survey of language development rich in learning tools and features. #xA0; Language Development from Theory to Practiceprovides students with a user-friendly approach to key topics in language development, including research methods, theoretical perspectives, major language milestones from birth to adolescence, and language diversity and language disorders. The research based and theoretical foundation found in this engaging text is designed to prepare students for advanced study in subjects associated with language development by summarizing the various theoretical orientations that have guided research and practice. With an emphasis on the relevance of the material to students#x19; current and future experiences in clinical, educational, and research settings, this text also focuses on individual differences in language development, including those of children who are developing language in diverse cultures or who are developing language atypically. #xA0; Features #xA0; #xB7;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0; A balance of theory and practiceprovides students with a theoretical and scientific foundation to the study of language development and prepares them for advanced study in language development and related fields. #xB7;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0; A multidisciplinary focusallows readers to best understand the constantly evolving and diverse world of language development study #xB7;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0; Multicultural considerationsin understanding language development promotes students#x19; awareness of the way culture interacts with language development for children from diverse backgrounds within and beyond North American communities. #xB7;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0; An emphasis on researchfamiliarize students with the use of evidence-based practices as well as the most current empirical findings in children#x19;s language achievements. #xB7;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0; A reader-friendly format and stylepromotes student learning with boldfaced terms, helpful figures and graphs, discussion questions, and an engaging writing style. #xB7;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0; Learning tools and features, include focus questions, chapter summaries, resource lists, boxed inserts. #xB7;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0; A companion websitelocated at www.pearsonhighered.com/pence2e, offers students reflection questions, study items, and helpful website links to related sites of interest for further study. #xB7;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0;#xA0; A CD-ROMthat contains language samples of children from birth through 13 years of age and video clips of research paradigms used to learn about language development gives students an opportunity to hear and visualize language development and language development concepts.


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Collections Librarian: Graham Henderson (x3514)
The collection development policy for International Relations guides the development and management of International Relations materials in the Wellesley College Library. This policy is for use by the Wellesley College community and the International Relations collections librarian. Faculty and students are encouraged to provide recommendations for library materials.
General purpose of the collection
International Relations materials in the Wellesley College Library support the International Relations curriculum. The materials provide for undergraduate study, faculty instruction, and basic faculty research.
The majors in international relations are designed to provide students with the breadth necessary for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of international relations, as well as with substantive training in one of three component disciplines (economics, history, and political science). Students elect one of three tracks: International Relations-economics, International Relations-history, or International Relations-political science.
The International Relations major requires core courses in Economics, History, and Political Science, and elective courses in the Africana Studies, Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology, and Women's Studies departments. The library's holdings in these subjects provides a base upon which the International Relations collection rests.
Description of the collection
Formats in the International Relations collection include books, periodicals, electronic resources, and video recordings. The majority of the materials are housed in Clapp Library.
1. Readership level: The International Relations collection consists primarily of works written for the basic through advanced undergraduate level and for basic faculty research. Graduate- and research-level publications are collected selectively.
2. Languages collected or excluded: English-language materials are collected almost exclusively, although the collection contains a very small number of French, German, and Italian titles.
3. Geographical areas covered by the collections in terms of intellectual content, publication sources, or both, and specific areas excluded, as appropriate: No area of the world is excluded from consideration, although acquisitions are selective in the case of Africa and Oceana. Material regarding African and Oceanic countries is collected primarily by Political Science when covered as part of a broader world view, or regarding diplomacy and/or U.S. policy toward Africa and African countries. The United States, Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia receive particular attention.
4. Chronological periods collected in terms of publication dates, and specific periods excluded, as appropriate: The collection emphasizes current material, with the primary purpose of supporting coursework, student research, and basic faculty research. Older imprints are acquired selectively, usually as replacements for classic works, or at the specific request of a student or faculty member.
5. Chronological periods covered by the collection in terms of intellectual content, movement, or schools:All chronological eras are included.
Reference: Reference material for International Relations is purchased by the International Relations collections librarian for Research and Instruction and follows the general subject parameters of the International Relations collections policy. The scope includes, but is not limited to, the following types of material: biographies, dictionaries/thesauri/nomenclature aids, encyclopedias, style and/or literature guides, and occasional electronic search aids and directories which support curricular or related professional programs.
General subject boundaries and library locations
1. Special Subject Emphases: Traditionally, the International Relations collection has emphasized the relationships between the United States and Europe and the former Soviet Union.
2. Current Collecting Priorities: In addition to the above, the collections holdings in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East have been given priority.
3. Subjects Collected Selectively: The library collection contains fewer volumes and is increased more selectively in the following geographic areas, which are generally not covered in the International Relations curriculum: Canada, Scandinavia, Australia and the other Pacific Islands.
Related subjects and interdisciplinary relationships
Economics: The Economics collections librarian supplements the international relations collection in the area of international aid and development.
History: The History collections librarian supplements the international relations collection by selecting materials that examine historical international relations.
Middle Eastern Studies: The Middle Eastern collections librarian supplements the international relations collections in the area of Middle Eastern relations, particularly those of Arab-Israeli relations.
Political Science: The Political Science collections librarian supplements the international relations collection in the area of international governmental relations.
Sociology: The Sociology collections librarian supplements the international relations collection in the area of international human rights.
Women's Studies: The Women's Studies collections librarian selects materials pertaining to the trafficking in women and how this is addressed on an international scale.
Types of materials
Collected: Books, periodicals, and reference works, including encyclopedias, biographical and subject-specific dictionaries, handbooks, and almanacs.
Collected Selectively: Conference proceedings, multi-media publications, spoken-word recordings, electronic resources, dissertations, foreign-language monographs, research-level monographs, single or discrete issues of periodicals, foreign-language periodicals, and videos and DVDs (Region 1 DVD and NTSC VHS are the preferred formats for video materials. Region 2/PAL videorecordings are acquired when this is the only format available).
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The Future Is Bleak: American Parents Pessimistic About Prospects For Their Children
How do Americans feel? Pessimistic says Bloomberg's Rich Miller:
What optimism there is about the immediate future doesn't carry over to the longer term. Pluralities of those polled say they're not hopeful they will have enough money in retirement and expect they will have to keep working to make up the difference. More than 50 percent aren't confident or are just somewhat confident their children will have better lives than they have.
"I don't think they've got a chance," says Brian Rich, a 65-year-old retiree with three children in their 20s who lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts. "I'm very angry at what's going on in this country. Change is being forced upon us."
A year after the official end of the recession, economic growth has slowed, slipping to a 1.7 percent annual pace in the second quarter from 3.7 percent in the first and 5 percent in the final three months of 2009. Unemployment stood at 9.6 percent in September, down from a 26-year high of 10.1 percent in October 2009 while still above the 5 percent rate that prevailed at the start of the recession almost three years ago.
Here's how the future will be. Right now, folks in states like New York, Michigan and California make do on less. They sacrifice more. They miss opportunities–like my nephew not taking flying lessons. Why? His parent pay that much or more in taxes that they wouldn't pay here in Texas.
Now, imagine this loss of potential nationwide as families fight back from personal debt and are on the hook for national debt thus paying more taxes. Depressing, right?
Andrew Malcolm talks about the old-fashioned American optimism and what's changed culturally:
Warranted or not, optimism and confidence in a better future for the next generation has been present throughout decades of modern American history.
It fueled millions of 19th century immigrant dreams. It sustained parents through the Great Depression and the world war that followed. And fueled the optimistic baby boom that ensued after. It drove the postwar generation of simultaneous fulltime workers and parttime students. It tempered the ubiquitous anxiety of the long cold war. And the domestic violence, tumult and dissension of Vietnam. And the later inflation. And on and on.
You just hang in and do your best and your kids will have it better than you do. Guaranteed. Even though you may not live to see all of their better future, you can count on it. And anything smacking of struggle now will surely pay off later for them because that's the knd of country this is.
But not now. Not, at least for half of those surveyed. Perhaps more.
Andrew also notes that the December deficit commission report is timed perfectly (or unfortunately) for the holiday season. Sigh.
This all feels inevitable, doesn't it? You simply cannot ride the roller coaster forever and not get sick. America realized, with the TARP bailout, that it was time to get off the ride.
The federal government decided to increase the speed and now, it feels like we're dangerously close to flying off the rails.
Pessimism. These days, it's rational.


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The broadcast goes out from 7am to 9am on January 31 and will be followed by a one-hour phone-in session.


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Tom Scioli's 'Final Frontier' Is The '60s Rock 'N' Roll Superhero Epic You Need In Your Life
Have you ever read a line so good that you get jealous and angry at yourself for not thinking it up even while you're laughing at the pure joy of reading it? Because there's a part in Final Frontier, Tom Scioli's webcomic follow-up to the incredible American Barbarian, where the sinister villain has trapped one of his enemies in a gigantic pinball machine-inspired torture chamber that's remotely controlled by the unwitting Pinball Witch, and one of his henchmen delivers the line "Robot Dracula is an efficient tormentor."
It's the kind of line that made me want to just give up on comics entirely, because I'm not sure anything else out there can top it. And it's not even the best thing that happens in this story.
If you're familiar with Scioli's work, it probably won't surprise you to learn that Final Frontier (which he jokingly described as having the most forgettable title ever) is a riff on the classic Stan Lee/Jack Kirby era of the Marvel Universe and the Fantastic Four. In his story, though, the "FF" in question aren't a family of super-scientist adventurers, they're a super-powered rock band who play their last gig so the two leads can get married and enjoy a happy retirement.
Needless to say, their wedding is crashed by all manner of bad guys, from the Galactus-esque Golememnon to the aforementioned sensational character find of 2012, Robot Dracula, setting off another incredible and accessible adventure.
The word "Kirby-inspired" is often thrown around just in reference to the blocky, dynamic artwork that apes Jack Kirby, but the great thing about what Scioli does with Final Frontier — and just about every other comic he makes — is that he's inspired by what really made Kirby the King of Comics: the imagination and devotion to always doing something new.
The setups and character roles are certainly inspired by classic Marvel books, but the way that that they're put together and the situations that play out over the course of his story feel as fresh and new as anything else out there in the world of comics. The giant pinball deathtraps, the quest for Golememnon's conscience, the rebirth of Robot Dracula (he's actually a "cybernorg"), it's all just pure comics fun.
The entire saga of Final Frontier is available to read over at Ambarb.com, starting with a page Scioli captioned with "meet your new favorite comic." This time, that's not just hype.


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THE foreign consortium pursuing Arrium has vowed to abandon its bid to acquire the iron ore and steel maker after a day of drama saw an improved takeover offer emphatically rejected.
The consortium, which features South Korean steel company Posco and commodities trader Noble, said it was ''deeply disappointed'' that Arrium would not begin negotiations or open its doors to allow due diligence on its finances.
The rejection came despite the consortium increasing its offer by close to 17 per cent on Wednesday to 88¢ a share, compared with the original bid of 75¢.
But that improvement was not enough to lure Arrium to the bargaining table, prompting the consortium to say it would ''cease seeking engagement with the Arrium board''.
When asked if it would consider bypassing the Arrium board and taking a hostile bid direct to shareholders, a spokesman for the consortium indicated that such a move was unlikely.
''We have always needed due diligence to understand the business,'' he said.
The consortium says it wants to better understand Arrium's debt situation, speak to its lenders and better understand the technological composition of its steel-making assets.
The consortium has claimed it can improve the viability of Arrium's struggling steel plant at Whyalla by introducing some of Posco's ''Finex'' technology.
But Arrium chief executive Geoff Plummer has questioned the merits of such a move, given it would require the removal of the blast
furnace that was installed at Whyalla barely a year ago. ''If the blast furnace was approaching the end of its useful life, then it might or might not make sense but at the moment it doesn't,'' he said.
''It's like having a brand new pizza oven and someone coming along and saying they want to make cakes out of it.''
Arrium believes giving the consortium access to its books and lenders poses a risk to shareholders. Chairman Peter Smedley said the improved 88¢ offer ''significantly undervalues'' Arrium and remained an ''opportunistic'' bid.
Shares in Arrium were fetching 87¢ barely a week ago, and Credit Suisse analyst Michael Slifirski said on Wednesday an offer ''well above'' $1.10 a share would be needed to have any hope of being endorsed by the Arrium board.
Mr Slifirski said the consortium's bid would struggle to win approval from Australian regulator because some of Arrium's iron ore assets are near important Defence Department testing grounds in the South Australian outback.
Investors appeared to take the consortium's threat to abandon the takeover seriously: after spending most of Wednesday morning in a trading halt, the stock resumed trading at about 85¢ a share but fell to 78.5¢ at the close.


text: > If the images would be separated, it would require either a package for > each single application, or that always get the images for all packages in > a kde module even if you only install one. Both a bad idea. I agree with this. > So how about another solution A+B > A) A special "html documentation package", containing the html > documentation + the images, but that can't be installed together with the > program. I'm unhappy with this because this does not serve the original reason for packaging kdefoo-doc-html, i.e., if I'm a GNOME user (without khelpcenter) and I install kword, then I can't read the docbook docs and I can't even install the HTML docs. But I realise this was meant in conjuction with (B), so reading on... > B) Docbook documentation + images are together with the program > always. If someone who installs the program want the html documentation, > they are generated from the docbook at installation time (or later if so > desired). I'm a little uncomfortable with generating HTML docs at install time, since (1) it will require meinproc which is in kdelibs4-dev and would thus require a dependency on kdelibs4-dev and all the stuff it drags in, and (2) once you've installed kword and forgotten all about the installation questions (would you like HTML docs?), and in four months' time you decide you want to read the manual, it's not at all clear how to do this (i.e., that you have to dpkg-reconfigure kword). > So in this scenario the html documentation package is only meant for > installation on servers. I'd be tempted to think that it's more common for a non-KDE user to install kword and want to read the docs than it would be for someone to have none of KDE on their system and want to read the docs; for most apps it's customary to read the docs on the machine that you're running the app on. i.e., none of these solutions are particuarly good, but I believe the current situation (HTML docs installable with the app but missing images when the app is not present) is the least upsetting (apologies to Tim). > After all, the html doc package is a bad idea if > someone only want a single program, since you get documentation for all > packages in a kde module. Sure, I agree. It was a choice between (1) koffice-doc-html as we have now, (2) bundle HTML docs with the original apps (which makes ordinary KDE users unhappy about wasted disk space), or (3) have lots of little kword-doc-html, kspread-doc-html, etc. packages (which makes debian people in general unhappy because of package bloat). I chose (1) as what appeared to be the lesser of evils. > And then you would really want to have the > documentation in your own language. Not everyone speaks english. Again agreed. As (I think) I mentioned before, I'm not entirely sure what to do about this. Having koffice-doc-html-de, etc etc leads again to package bloat, and bundling all translations in koffice-doc-html leads to very large packages as well as the rather undesirable situation that koffice can no longer be built from the source tarball (since the translations are not in the main koffice tree). Ben. -- Ben Burton email@example.com | email@example.com Public Key: finger email@example.com I think you have to know who you are, get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it. I don't want to renounce my dark side. The truth has always held an enormous interest for me. Everything is therapeutic, no matter what you do. - Tori Amos, Connection Magazine, 6/98


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Lewis Hamilton carried the Olympic Torch through the town of Luton early on Monday morning as a part of the run up to the Olympic Games scheduled in London later this month.
The McLaren driver was originally invited to take part in the relay in Stevenage, where he grew up, but had to be rescheduled as the date coincided with Sunday's British Grand Prix.
"I didn't believe them when they asked me to do it," Hamilton told the BBC. "I thought 'yeah right, they really want me to do this!'
"It's such an incredible experience as it's something so few people get to do," he added. "I was very, very honoured that I was asked to do it, and I hope that I have carried it proudly."
The Briton started the run at 6:30am but had plenty of supporters cheering him on.
"There was music going and I'm thinking these people are serious early risers. The turnout and the reception from the fans here has been incredible," he noted.
Hamilton was initially asked to take part in the Olympic Torch Relay in his home town in the afternoon on Sunday but because of the race at Silverstone, the authorities deferred it for the following day.
"It doesn't matter where I get the opportunity to be just a part of something so big," Hamilton reasoned. "It's such an important time for British sport with the Olympics coming up and just to play a little part in it is incredible."
Caterham team principal Tony Fernandes however ran with the Torch ahead of the race in Huntingdon.
"Our team premium partner GE invited me to carry the torch and I was delighted to accept such a generous offer," Fernandes said.


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CNNMoney Item on Wal-Mart Tensions Cites Oct. 'Strike' by 'More Than 100' Employees in 12 Cities as If Significant
Someone needs to tell Emily Jane Fox that for workers refusing to do scheduled work assigned by their employers to be engaging in a "strike" ("a concerted stopping of work or withdrawal of workers' services, as to compel an employer to accede to workers' demands or in protest against terms or conditions imposed by an employer") there needs needs to be enough of them to matter. If there aren't, it's pretty much a small group of people conducting a (conceivably justified) protest.
As Fox described it in her Thursday report at CNNMoney.com about a group of Wal-Mart employees workers planning a Black Friday walkout -- which, if large enough, may qualify for "strike" status -- what happened in October appears to have been little more than a tiny temper tantrum:
A group of Wal-Mart workers are planning to stage a walkout next week on Black Friday, arguably the biggest holiday shopping day for the world's largest retail store.
The walkout builds on an October strike that started at a Wal-Mart in Los Angeles and spread to stores in 12 other cities. More than 100 workers joined in the October actions.
Seriously? 100 workers at a company with hundreds of thousands of hourly employees in the U.S.? Spread over 12 cities (and who knows how many stores)? How in the world can that be considered a "strike"?
Though there are nationwide movements whose mission in life is to harass the nation's largest retailer, Fox never presented evidence that a specific union, or even any union, is looking to organize individual stores, let alone groups of them. She does appear, in her choice of "experts," to betray a wish that disgruntled workers might be able to create some calamity a week from now:
But labor experts say that even a small number of workers could make an impact.
"Even if there aren't that many people, it could have an effect, because their campaign in front of stores could discourage shoppers," said Ken Margolies, senior associate at the Worker Institute a (sic) Cornell University.
The strike could have an even greater impact if workers from its supply centers participate, according to Margolies. He said it could impede distribution of merchandise on what is usually the busiest day of the year.
It certainly appears that Mr. Margolies is rooting for disruption and financial harm. There's a predictable reason for that.
It will surprise absolutely no one accustomed to the press's selective use of "experts" that Mr. Margolies has a long career in union organizing, including with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and has identified "expertise" in, among other things, "Union Organizing, Steward Training, Union Representative Training, Management Skills for Union Leaders ... Union Structure and Governance."
The other expert Fox consulted was "Anthony Bianco, author of Wal-Mart: The Bully of Bentonville."
Her last name may be Fox, but Emily Jane's CNNMoney.com report was hardly fair, or balanced.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.


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When we moved to Australia just after Abba had been here for their 'Arrival' tour and Elvis had sadly passed away, Dad had more overseas business trips and took mum with him. We were left with more hired help.
One of them was Mrs Hull and she was really, really old. She was probably only in her 60's but we thought she looked a hundred and sixty. She arrived for the interview with a folder full of references and recommendations that surely must have been fabricated.
Mrs Hull was given the job and arrived like an irregular Mary Poppins with a carpet bag full of unnecessary items like a jaffle iron, a collection of handwritten recipes and a book of sayings that she would quote to us on a daily basis with a thought process that she was delivering her personal, Sermon on the Mount.
We didn't care for Mrs Hull's sayings but we cared less for her cooking. She was very fond of batter and a large bowl of batter sat permanently on the kitchen bench and never seemed to run out. In the mornings she would make pancakes that were served with quite a bit of grease but in the evening she would dip lamb chops in the batter then cook them in the frying pan. The next morning the blood stained batter would be used to make more pancakes. The jaffle iron never left the stove and she used it to make all sorts of things sandwiched between two slices of bread. The mess around the stove's element was overwhelming.
Mrs Hull had plenty of energy but didn't always direct it to where it could best be used. On one occasion when she couldn't think of anything better to do she got out mum's sewing machine then took all the bath towels out of the linen cupboard and folded in the long sides of the towels. Using zig-zag stitch with any coloured cotton, she sewed in the sides of the towels and announced to me she had done mum a huge favour. Mum threw out the towels on her return.
On the weekends I would go out wearing my body hugging St Germain blouse. As I would be walking out the door she would step into my personal space and do up the top two buttons saying, 'You don't want boys to get the wrong impression. If you go out with your buttons undone the boys will certainly get the wrong impression. That's how girls get raped you know'.
But I wasn't going out with boys and I wasn't keeping company with rapists and was confused as to what sort of an impression a boy could get by seeing me with a couple of buttons undone at the neckline.
Mrs Hull was sent home never to return and the next to turn up was a young woman calling herself, 'Jan Spick-and-Span' which was ironic given she was the messiest person imaginable.
Jan had long dark brown hair that she parted down the centre and wore out hippy style. She arrived in an old bomb of a car that was missing a floor so when you went for a drive you could see the road through the holes. I found that fascinating. Jan used the car to drop us off to all of our extra-curricular activities and kept it a secret from mum that the car was unregistered.
Jan had a few extra-curricular activities of her own. She had a boyfriend she was desperate to spend every minute with so would go out at night leaving us to forage for our own dinner then put ourselves to bed. She would arrive home in the wee small hours and having forgotten to take a key, would enter the house through a bedroom window.
Mum found out about the unregistered car and the extra-curricular activities with the boyfriend but it was on her return when she went to hang up her clothes from her overseas trip and found in her wardrobe one of her brand new cake tins filled with hair from when Jan had melted down wax to rip the hairs out of her legs and probably other areas as well that she thought she would phone the agency and make a complaint.
After finding no joy with hired help from the very old to the very young, mum and dad let us look after ourselves.
And things have never been better.
This is not a recipe Mrs Hull would have cooked for us as it doesn't contain batter, nor is it something Jan would have cooked seeing she would have been off with her boyfriend. But it is something relatively easy that you could teach to teenagers that had to learn how to fend for themselves!
Chicken with Butter Bean Puree and Crispy Chorizo
This recipe is from Valli Little's Delicious, More Please
Serves: 4
Degree of Difficulty: 2/5
Cost: I think this is a very affordable way to feed four people a beautiful tasting dish.
- 1 tbs smoked paprika (pimento)
- 2 garlic cloves, finely grated
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) olive oil
- 4 chicken breasts with skin on (wingbone attached – optional)
- 400g can butter beans, rinsed, drained
- 2 fresh chorizos, chopped
- 200g roasted red capsicum, chopped
- 2 tbs chopped flat-leaf parsley
- rocket leaves to serve
Preheat oven to 180C.
Combine the paprika, garlic, 2 tbsns olive oil and some salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add the chicken, turning to coat in the mixture, then cover and place in the fridge to marinate for 30 minutes.
Place butter beans in a pan with 100 ml water and warm over medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes until warmed through. Cool slightly, then place in a food processor with 3 tbspns olive oil and some salt and pepper, then puree until smooth. Set aside.
Heat the reamining oil in a frypan over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken for 3-4 minutes each side until golden, then place on a baking tray and roast in the oven for 8-10 minutes until cooked through. Cover loosely with foil and set aside.
Meanwhile, return the frypan to medium heat, add the chorizo and cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes until crisp. Add the capsicum, parsley and any resting juices from the chicken and toss until heated through. If necessary, gently reheat the butter bean puree over low heat. Divide the butter bean puree among plates, top with the chicken, then scatter the chorizo mixture and serve garnished with rocket.
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