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So, I'm trying to learn how to create a form that that
1) pops up2) isn't a window that can be moved3) and doesn't make me leave the current page.4) Provides a darkened transparent background drop that hides the content on the current page.
I've watched some javascript tutorials and have a small base but still am not quite sure what I should be looking to learn in order to accomplish this.
I just need some direction on what I should be looking at to accomplish this. I looked at this page, but I think I still need more info.
Any suggestions on where I can start to learn how to do this?
What you're looking for is commonly called a modal window.
Sweet. Any good places to start? I've search how to create modal window and the search results don't provide me with very good results.
What would help is if you could tell us about the code libraries that you're already using, or wouldn't mind using such as jQuery.
jQuery would be best I'm guessing. I mainly know html, css, and wordpress. I've done some javascript and jquery tutorials and so jQuery would prob be best.
Then the following demo of jQuery's modal dialog would be useful http://jqueryui.com/dialog/#modal-messageYou can set the dialog to not be [draggable or [url="http://api.jqueryui.com/dialog/#option-resizable"]resizable](http://api.jqueryui.com/dialog/#option-draggable) either.
I've put up a simple demo of this at http://jsfiddle.net/pmw57/jmPaC/1/
A modal window (otherwise called a lightbox) can serve a lot of purposes. It can act as a dialog box, like in the tutorial Paul kindly provided, or can contain other elements.
Now since it's a form you need to display in the lightbox, I suggest you check out 123ContactForm - free form builder. It's a dedicated app that can build JavaScript lightbox forms intuitively, without any coding on your side. You just create the layout of your form in a drag & drop editor, then copy the lightbox code and paste it onto your website.
I've been with them several years, great service to deal with.
Following on from the example that I gave before, here's a modal form window, which appears when you select the "Create new user" button.http://jsfiddle.net/pmw57/jmPaC/4/
Thanks this is very helpful.
Well, I played with the code some from js fiddle, but can't quite get the same code to work. What am I missing? I'm just trying to get the sample code to work before playing with it. Is it that I'm using the absolute urls for jQuery? I'm getting some sleep, but definitely am going to dive into it tomorrow/today.
Okay so I got it working for the most part but I'm having troubles understanding the styling of <button id="create-user">Create new user</button> and items on the pop up like close button right now in the top right hand corner which you can't see til you hover over it, the create an account button, and the cancel button.
I think that the jquery-ui file is providing the styles for these but I just don't see where. I see no #create-user
Is there something tricky about how this is styled???
You can see this pop up at this url
Here it is again from the [jsfiddle example that I put together earlier, which uses jQueryUI [url="http://jqueryui.com/button/"]button](http://jsfiddle.net/pmw57/jmPaC/4/) method to style a button.
$("#create-user").button().click(function () {
In regard to the close button - the HTML code is appearing on your page for it, so the blame must go to your styles which don't seem to do anything yet in regard to the .ui-dialog-titlebar-close class.
Yes I see the id for the button, but I don't see the style for it in the style sheet. Also, I did look at you jsfiddle example, but ended up using the code from the other site that you recommended. http://jqueryui.com/dialog/#modal-form
So, I guess I don't see where you're styling your button your js fiddle example???
body { font-size: 62.5%; }label, input { display:block; }input.text { margin-bottom:12px; width:95%; padding: .4em; }fieldset { padding:0; border:0; margin-top:25px; }h1 { font-size: 1.2em; margin: .6em 0; }div#users-contain { width: 350px; margin: 20px 0; }div#users-contain table { margin: 1em 0; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; }div#users-contain table td, div#users-contain table th { border: 1px solid #eee; padding: .6em 10px; text-align: left; }.ui-dialog .ui-state-error { padding: .3em; }.validateTips { border: 1px solid transparent; padding: 0.3em; }
I don't know what you want me to look at on this page?
Okay I got the styling to work using this as a tester
#create-user {
I was just confused because I saw no css for it and so those default colors were coming from where???
I am beginning to understand this code now. I see where I could edit the create button and the cancel button on the pop up. I don't see and id or understand the class I use to style these though???
Figured out how to edit the cancel and create buttons That top right close button eludes me....for now.
The styling for things like the close button comes from the default jQueryUI styling, from http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.cssIn my example I used a prettier jQueryUI styling called ui-lightness, from http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.0/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css
can you not just use lightbox or colorbox for a popup?
That's the thing - he's not just wanting a popup.
The jsfiddle is working great. That's what I wanted.


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2 Fall Foods Your Skin LOVES (Or: Why Cinderella Should Have Eaten that Pumpkin!)
Pumpkin and apple are great for you — and your beautiful skin!
-April Daniels Hussar
It's that time of year again … we say "goodbye" to flip flops and bathing suits, and "hello" to cute boots, gorgeous leaves, and Pumpkin Spice lattes! I always find this a hard transition, because even though I love the latter (with extra whip, please!), I LOVE the summer. Luckily, there are so many great things to look forward to and embrace in the autumn and winter months — not the least of which is the bounty of delicious fall produce that's not only good for you, but also good for your skin!
Here are two of my favorite, along with some ideas for how to eat them. Bon appetit!
Packed with Vitamins A and C, pumpkin is rich in antioxidants, which makes your body and skin happy. The glamorous gourd is also stocked with other good-for-you nutrients like fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, beta carotene and potassium.
I actually just last week tried my first not-from-a-can pumpkin recipe, and it was SO much easier than I thought it would be! For some reason I thought cooking pumpkin would be some super-effortful task best left to pioneer-types like Ma Wilder, but it's really no different than roasting up a butternut squash. You just slice it up, scoop out the seeds and insides (which of course you can roast separately – yum!), throw the pieces on a baking tray with some olive oil, roast it up, and voila!
I made a totally yummy Spicy Pumpkin and Lentil stew from one of my favorite cookbooks, Plenty, but you can try adding roasted pumpkin to many of your own favorite fall soups. It's also super tasty on its own, as a side dish, just roasted with some olive oil and sprinkled with a little salt or even cinnamon.
Pritikin Executive Chef Anthony Stewart shared with us this super easy recipe for Roasted Pumpkin Wedges – a low calorie (only 35 per serving!) appetizer, snack or side dish:
Serves 12
1 medium-sized pumpkin (about 5 pounds)
Generous pinch of cinnamon
1 tbsp apple juice concentrate (Look for 100% apple juice concentrate in the frozen food section of your market.)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Peel pumpkin the same way you would peel melons like honeydew. Cut off top and bottom so that pumpkin "stands" steady on your surface. To keep pumpkin from moving, a wet towel underneath is helpful. Then, going from top to bottom with a sharp knife, filet the skin off. Next, cut pumpkin into long wedges. Remove pulp and seeds.
Season your wedges with cinnamon and apple juice concentrate.
On a large nonstick baking sheet, bake for 25 minutes or until browned.
Serve hot. YUM!
(Chef Anthony Stewart has won accolades worldwide, including five gold medals in top culinary competitions, for his masterful use of foodstuffs like fresh seafood and tropical fruit from his native Jamaica.)
Of course, canned is also a great option — I personally have never had a pumpkin pie made from fresh pumpkins that I liked as much as the good old canned kind! I think I could happily live on a diet of mostly pumpkin pie — it's probably a good thing I only make it around the holidays! Pumpkin bread and muffins are also a nice fall treat, especially if you mix in some dark chocolate chips… swoon!


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- Fourteen small broidered berries on the hern
Of Circe's mantle,each of magic gold;
Fourteen of lone Calypso's tears that rolled
Into the sea,for pearls to come to them;
Fourteen clear signs of omen in the gem
With which Medea human fate foretold
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- The hollow sea-shell, which for years hath stood
On dusty shelves, when held against the ear
Proclaims its stormy parent, and we hear
The faint, far murmur of the breaking flood.
We hear the sea. The Sea? It is the blood
In our own veins, impetuous and near.
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Walking groups fear a historic ruin in the Washburn Valley has now become 'out of bounds'.
John of Gaunt's – or John O'Gaunt's – Castle, the remains of a royal hunting lodge that dates back to at least the 14th Century, has been used for decades by walkers as an interesting rest place.
But recent visitors have been shocked to see a "No Admittance, Under Private Ownership" sign appear by the site at Haverah Park, near Beaver Dyke reservoirs.
One walker, who was out with an Otley group when he came across the warning, has now raised the issue with Washburn Parish Council.
The man, who did not want to be named, said: "I don't know what has happened to John of Gaunt's Castle or who owns it now, but I was shocked to see this sign up, as walkers have been stopping there for years.
"The councillors – at the annual parish meeting – said they were unaware of any restrictions to public access but are going to enquire about them.
"One lady at the meeting did say her friend had been walking her dog there the other day and had been confronted by the builder who told her to keep out of the now 'private' castle area."
Harrogate Borough Council, in November 2012, approved a plan to convert barns at the site into a single building along with the "installation of a package treatment plant".
English Heritage did not raise any objections, concluding that the development area was "immediately adjacent to, but outwith the boundary of, the Scheduled Monument of John of Gaunt's Castle."
In its comments to the planners, the organisation added: "The proposed development will not constitute a negative impact on the significance of the Scheduled Monument or its setting."
The local Ramblers group, though, did object, highlighting its main concern as being what would happen to the footpath that runs east-west along the south side of the site.
Keyland Developments, one of Yorkshire Water's sister companies, was the landowner at the time but the plot was sold on last year.
An English Heritage spokeswoman said: "John O'Gaunt's Castle is a protected as a Scheduled Monument.
"About ten years ago under previous ownership the site was in a vulnerable condition and on our 'At Risk' register.
"We provided a grant to consolidate the site and it was taken off the register.
"Like many Scheduled Monuments and Listed buildings, the site lies on private land and is not subject to conditions guaranteeing public access.
"We help celebrate and care for the best of England's heritage - which in many cases involves working with private individuals and companies who own and look after historic sites. In this case the owner is within his rights to restrict access to the monument."
The report commissioned by English Heritage in 2004 records that the spot is named after John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, who acquired the lodge from the Crown in 1372. It goes on to state that the building may have been originally established as early as the 12th century, though "the first known reference occurs in 1333 when substantial repairs – ordered by Edward III – were undertaken to an existing building."
The lodge once had a moat, a curtain wall and a central tower and included chambers, a chapel and a gatehouse.


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- A Sandwich a Day: Open Face Beef Cheek Sandwich at Perla (NYC)
- A Sandwich a Day: Schnitzel Sandwich at Olga's Deli (Chicago)
- We Eat All the Sandwiches at Potbelly (Chicago)
- A Sandwich a Day: Smoked Salmon Sandwich from the Gage (Chicago)
- A Sandwich A Day: Crispy Eggplant at Tortaria (NYC)
- A Sandwich a Day: Grilled Local Bluefish with Leeks at Num Pang (NYC)
- A Sandwich a Day: Walleye Pike Sandwich at Mermaid Bar & Grill in Saugatuck (Michigan)
- A Sandwich a Day: Fried Chicken Sandwich at Bar Tartine (San Francisco)
- A Sandwich a Day: Shredded Egg at Barbarini (NYC)
- A Sandwich a Day: Porchetta at Lecosho (Seattle)
- A Sandwich a Day: The Lett at Sal's Deli (Chicago)
- A Sandwich A Day: The Soho at Il Cantuccio (NYC)
- A Sandwich a Day: Carne Asada Torta at Chapala Tianguis (Chicago)
- Dive Bar Burgers Done Right at Doods Foods (San Diego)
- Beer Belly's Burgers are a Little Bland, But Well Cooked (Milwaukee)
- Richard Blais Brings Juicy Lucy to The Spence; You Should Bring a Napkin (NYC)
- Old Homestead Should Stick to Steak (NYC)
- Mediocre Burgers at Masa of Echo Park (Los Angeles)
- Chain Reaction: Joe's Crab Shack (San Diego)
- Daily Slice: Soleto Trattoria & Pizza Bar (Los Angeles)
- Daily Slice: Tomato Pie from Serpe Bakery (Wilmington, DE)
- Daily Slice: The Campagnola at Springfield, NJ's Saporito
- Nicoletta: What Michael White is Really After (NYC)
- Daily Slice: Mini Pizzas from Calandra's Bakery (Newark)
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- Sausage City: Mirabell's Traditional All-Veal Bratwurst (Chicago)
- Pok Pok Wing Has Reopened as Pok Pok Phat Thai (NYC)
- A Look at Coi's New Vegetable Menu with Chef Daniel Patterson (San Francisco)
- Date Night: Chote Nawab (NYC)
- The Vegetarian Option: Urban Vegan (Chicago)
- Lunch in the Loop: Walnut Room at Macy's (Chicago)
- Mexican Eats: Getting Saucy at Tacos Morelos in Jackson Heights (NYC)
- Murray's Cheese Bar in the West Village: A Tricky Concept, But A Good Restaurant (NYC)
- Gluten Free in Chicago: La Madia
- A Taste of the New Food at the US Open (NYC)
- Knockout Noodles: Hiyashi-Chuka at Slurping Turtle (Chicago)
- Slurped: Are the Noodles at Dumpling Shops Any Good? (NYC)
- The Vegetarian Option: Upscale Indian Food Delivers at Benares (NYC)
- The Brunch Dish: Foie Gras Pancakes at Perla (NYC)
- Standing Room Only: Art's Drive-In (Chicago)
- TGI Fry-Day: Fish & Chips from The Gage (Chicago)
- TGI Fry-Day: Fried Chicken Special at Kin Shop (NYC)
- Philly-Style Pretzels at The Pretzel Bakery (Washington D.C.)
- Afternoon Snack: Tianjin Pancake from Tianjin Xianbing at the Golden Shopping Mall (NYC)
- Sugar Rush: Flap Jack Cupcake at Baked and Wired (Washington, D.C.)
- Sugar Rush: Cake Doughnuts From Craigie On Main (Cambridge, MA)
- 5 Milkshakes We Love (Washington, D.C.)
- Sugar Rush: Peach Sundae at North End Grill (NYC)
- Sugar Rush: Brownies and Olive Oil Muffins at Vegan Divas (NYC)
- Sugar Rush: Divina at Azucar (San Diego)
- Sugar Rush: Sesame Sundae at Masak (NYC)
- First Look: New Drinks at Five Leaves, Brooklyn (NYC)
- Where to Drink Beer in Bruges (Belgium)
- First Look: History and Cocktails at The Parish (Los Angeles)
- First Look: New Cocktails At The Beagle (NYC)
Guides & More
- College Tours: Where to Eat Near Harvard and MIT (Cambridge)
- College Tours: Where to Eat Near Princeton University (New Jersey)
- College Tours: Where to Eat Near Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
- College Tours: Where to Eat Near the University of Texas at Austin
- Serious Eats Neighborhood Guides: Sam Sifton's Red Hook (and Southwest Brooklyn) (NYC)
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So . . . you are thinking of becoming a nurse or advancing your nursing education?
If you are an individual contemplating a nursing career you might do some "investigating" to help in determining whether or not nursing would be a "good fit" for you. Use the following links of Frequently Asked Questions to research you options.
How to choose a nursing education program?
Information provided from:
Nelson, Marilyn K., RN, MA. "Education Corner."
Missouri State Board of Nursing Newsletter
Volume 7, No. 3 (August-October 2005): 11.
What factors should I consider as I prepare for a career in nursing?
What factors should I consider or questions might I ask when selecting a nursing program?
What types of nursing programs are available?
How do graduates of the program perform on the national licensure examination?
Where do graduates of the program practice?
What factors should I consider if I'm thinking about enrolling in an online program?
Please don't think that these ideas pertain only to high school age students or individuals in their early adulthood years. Many individuals are entering nursing programs to establish a second career or desire to pursue a nursing career later in life. You will find individuals of all ages in any nursing program.
One last thing - talk with nurses who have recently graduated and ask them about their nursing program to get some idea of what to expect.
What factors should I consider as I prepare for a career in nursing?
Hopefully, the idea of becoming a nurse is being introduced at the grade school level via health courses, guest speakers, "Take your Child to Work Day" activities, and other means. If you are an individual contemplating a nursing career, you might do some "investigating" to help in determining whether or not nursing would be a "good fit" for you.
Take courses in biology, chemistry and the social/behavioral sciences to aid in assessing your interest and aptitude. A nursing curriculum incorporates the principles presented in such courses,
Consider enrolling in a Health Occupations class if it's offered at your high school,
Join school or community organizations that focus on health careers. Some clubs offer exposure to a variety of health career opportunities via meeting presentations by health professionals and observational or
Volunteer at a health care facility such as a hospital or nursing home. Many facilities give some basic instruction so that volunteers actively participate in various care functions such as transporting patients/residents, filling water pitchers in patient rooms, etc. Such experience will give you some idea of the health care working environment,
Take a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) course and work as a CNA,
Talk with nurses who are actively practicing in the profession. Request to shadow (follow) the RN for a few hours at more than one interval. If you have a particular interest such as maternity/obstetrical nursing, pediatric nursing, etc., talk to a nurse who is working in that specialty area.
What factors should I consider or questions might I ask when selecting a nursing program?
There are many factors to consider and questions that you might ask when selecting a nursing program. It's important to look around and obtain information from several programs so that you select the program that you think best fits your needs and expectations.
Geographic location might be one of your primary considerations depending on your obligations and responsibilities such as maintaining your current place of employment and family issues,
Check the accreditation status of the program from both an educational and nursing perspective. This is especially important if you are considering using one level of education as a stepping stone to another, such as progressing from an A.D.N. to a B.S.N. then to a master's in nursing (M.S.N.). A program's accreditation status may play a role in the ability to transfer course credit. A nursing program must be approved by the Missouri State Board of Nursing in order to operate in the state. The two major nationally recognized bodies that accredit nursing programs are the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Some colleges offer a "seamless" transition from the practical program to associate degree nursing program within that institution. Some practical and associate degree programs have articulation agreements with baccalaureate programs to facilitate an individual's progression from one level of education to the next,
Evaluate the admission requirements for each program. Must you complete specified prerequisite courses in order to be considered for admission? Is a specific GPA (grade point average) for previous course work required? What pre-admission testing is required and must you score at a certain level on the test?
Consider the curriculum plan and time frames for completion of the program. Is the program offered on a semester, quarter, or other term basis? Is the expectation to attend classes year around or are summer months usually open? How many credit hours and what specific courses are needed to complete the program? What type of clinical learning experiences are offered? Are these clinical experience provided in a variety of settings such as acute care, long term care, community/public health agencies, etc? What are the number of program hours allocated to clinical experiences? The time frames for classroom and clinical course work need to be considered if you are planning to work part-time while attending school,
What is the cost of the program? Do you need to have more funds available? Do you need to explore the availability of a scholarship, grant, or other financial aid?
What support services are provided by the program and is sponsoring institution/agency? All programs provide financial aid services. Some offer counseling, health care and a variety of academic (tutoring, improving test taking skills, etc.) services,
What learning resources are available? What services are provided by the library? Are there computers available for use with Internet accessibility? Is the practice/skills laboratory for the program well equipped with a variety of models and other learning aids? What are the operation hours for the library and skills laboratory?
How many faculty members are teaching in the program and what is the faculty to student ratio for skills laboratory and clinical experiences? Is there faculty stability in terms of length of time teaching in the program? Generally, if there is only a reasonable amount of turnover in faculty, there is more consistency within the program in regards to expectations, grading, etc.
What types of nursing programs are available?
There are practical and professional nursing programs. In Missouri, a practical nursing program must be at least ten months in length. Most programs take approximately one year to complete. However, some offer a part-time, evening and weekend track which may take the student 15-18 months to complete. Upon successful completion, the student is issued a diploma or certificate. The individual must pass the national licensure examination (the NCLEX-PN) in order to be licensed and practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse (L.P.N.).
There are three types of pre-licensure professional nursing programs—diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate. In the past, the various types of programs were often discussed in terms of how long it took an individual to complete the program. A diploma program is sponsored by a hospital/medical center and the student is issued a diploma upon completion. The associate degree programs are located in community/two-year, baccalaureate/four-year, and single purpose colleges. Upon Completion, the graduate is issued an associate degree in nursing (A.D.N.) or associate of science in nursing degree (A.S.N.). The baccalaureate degree program is generally offered by a four-year or single-purpose college/university. The graduate earns a Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing degree (B.S.N.). Graduates of all of these programs must pass the same national licensure examination (the NCLEX-RN) in order to be licensed and practice as a registered professional nurse (RN).
The Missouri State Board of Nursing only has authority to regulate nursing programs leading to initial licensure, so a general explanation of those types of programs has been given. If you are licensed as a RN and are considering nursing programs in order to advance your nursing education, many of the factors listed might be applicable to your situation.
How do graduates of the program perform on the national licensure examination?
In Missouri, programs are to maintain an 80% pass rate for the licensure exam. This means that within a specified twelve-month period, 80% of each program's graduates who are taking the exam the first time must pass the exam. Look at a program's pass rate over a period of time. Pass rates for each approved nursing program for the last five years are available on the Board of Nursing's web site. You also need to consider the number of graduates taking the licensure exam within the twelve-month period. If there were fewer than 22 students, a pass rate of 80% may not be statistically significant. If you have questions regarding this, request to talk with the administrator of the nursing program. How does the program assist in preparing the student for the licensure examination? Many programs give periodic standardized tests, some via computer, to assess the student's knowledge base.
Where do graduates of the program practice?
The current nursing shortage has been widely publicized. However, if you want to practice in a specialty area, those positions may not be available and /or employers may desire that the nurse have a certain amount of medical-surgical nursing experience before transitioning into a specialty.
What factors should I consider if I'm thinking about enrolling in an online program?
You not only need to consider the factors already mentioned, but you also need to know what type of learner you are. If you benefit from classroom discussion, question and answer sessions, lecture presentations which emphasize major concepts from reading assignments, an online program may not be for you. Determine how the clinical component of the program is conducted and how much involvement you have with program faculty for clinical experiences. Some states are not licensing graduates of online programs unless additional clinical course work is completed. Be sure that you ask questions of the nursing program that will be granting the degree. There are publishing companies who act as a middle-man between the nursing program and the student and offer additional study aids and services. Compare the services and costs associated with the publishing company and those offered by the nursing program to determine what is best for you.
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Historic and classic vehicles were out in the Yorkshire Dales as Ilkley and District Motor Club held its annual Jubilee Historic Rally and Run.
The run, organised by Henry Carr, started and finished at the Millstones on the A59 near Blubberhouses and took competitors 150 miles into the Yorkshire Dales.
There were 10 special tests on private land and the event was won by Otley student Andrew Pullan, who navigated John Ruddock, of York, in a 1972 Ford Escort Mexico.
Press secretary of Ilkley and District Motor Club Henry Kitching said: "John and Andrew comfortably won the event by over half a minute, when on this type of competition seconds usually decide the results.
"This is a huge achievement by local lad Andy Pullan. For him to win first time in a national event of this size is fantastic – and he's still only a teenager!"
Competitors came from as far afield as the Isle of Man, Wales and Cornwall, with vehicles ranging from Porsche 911s and MGBs to the oldest vehicle, a 1956 Austin A35.
Andrew's father Nick, with navigator Ian Canavan, from Bainbridge, in the lowest-powered car – an 875cc Hillman Imp – finished an excellent 10th overall and second on regularities.
Darell Staniforth (Harrogate) and Les Mcguffog (Bradford) finished 13th overall and second in class and Ron Kendall (Bradford) and Nick Cooper (Otley) finished 15th overall. Pete Birtles from Leeds and Pete Johnson from Bradford won the Run section in a Volvo Amazon with event sponsor Simon Green from KT Green's Bramhope fourth overall with Andrew Thorpe in an MGA.


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Giant vertical fossil trees found on Alaskan Creation Research field trip. The 'polystrate' petrified trees were found during reconnaissance around the Sutton area by Randy Comer and John Mackay. The largest tree had a width of 6ft - 7ft exposed, implying a total circumference of up to 30ft. The trees varied in vertical height from (1m to 10m) 3ft to 30ft. One excavated at the base had no root or stump base at all, proving it did not grow there, but was dumped as part of a flood deposit. Even the smallest trees went through many varied fossil layers of leaves and some small shells. Neither the large trees or the majority of fossil leaf types grow in Alaska today. Even the fossil Horse Tail rushes found in the rocks surrounding the trees were 10 to 20 times larger than the tiny 1/3m (1ft) high present day Alaskan Horse Tail rushes.
Editorial Comment: None of the above data helps the theory of evolution. All the above data supports rapid and catastrophic burial, and the facts that in the time since those deposits formed, all creatures represented have reproduced their own kind, many have diminished in size and some have become extinct - a pattern in total support of the Biblical picture of a perfect creation going from good to bad to worse with mans continued rebellion against the Creator. (Ref. Alaska, polystrates, extinction)


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My partner is a primary school teacher and as a leaving present for her class we have created little bumblebee packs with lavender seeds and a brief introduction to bumblebees.
I just wondered if anyone else has done anything similar or whether the trust is targeting primary schools with awareness presentations?
...I just wondered if anyone else has done anything similar or whether the trust is targeting primary schools with awareness presentations?
While I was recently running I.T. at a school I introduced bee-keeping, covering all pollinators, and gave several sets of evening courses, all of this was available to all staff, parents and pupils, 3 to 18. Very successful, with several adults and a couple of pupils taking up the past-time. The infants especially loved putting on (oversized) bee suits and looking into the hives at the school apiary - After setting this up I was greeted throughout the school with "Hello Mr Bee man" by the tiddlers
The head groundsman ran a gardening club with the Juniors (seniors ran their own club), with planting of veg and bee friendly flowers, and with the help of the maintenance department, the installation of wild-life ponds, bird, bat, bumblebee & Hedgehog boxes and shortly before leaving, a local coombe was set up as a nature walk with stations at points of interest. We had the luxury of large tracts of land, but one can do a great deal in a very small area.
to add to the above…
Something that works well is to start up an "eco committee" that concerns itself with all aspects of ecology, as well as the obvious, it should include such things as recycling, energy loss, energy gathering (Solar, Wind, geothermal etc.) All members of the school can become involved, many parents and staff will have useful skills to offer, so the committee should include teaching & support staff, governors, pupils and parents. Support staff must be on-board as their work will probably be needed.
Start small with some "easy wins" and show how successful you've been. Once you have support you need to maintain momentum. Get a few pages on the school website set up. Combine mufty days with eco related activities. Invite eco related companies, bee-keepers, local farmers and conservation groups to summer fêtes, show what the children are doing. Run "bird box" evenings using recycled timber - get the local builders merchants to donate a bucket of nails and some hammers. Many power companies will give you access to graphs of power used, they can be used to show improvements in insulation, lowering thermostats etc. To get your committee going, do an audit of your resources and then have a brain-storming session.
Maybe the moderator should move this thread to a more suitable location?
Hi All,
A little extra feedback on pre-existing material.
1. Many Beekeeping Associations do School Visits.
2. BBKA has purpose designed educational material for primary school use.
3. There was a Bees4kids website in conjunction with it - again try BBKA.
4. BBCT did have some school educational material in it's early days. This was partly derived form the BBKA material: but this was designed for use in schools in Scotland (where BBCT was then solely based).
Try contacting the BBCT Outreach Team - probably Dawn Ewing.
Yours Clive
do check out these sections of our website that are aimed at children
You will find lots of various activites here
and we were also involved in Bee Scene
BBCT having recently developed a new membership aimed at teachers and youth leaders.
Good luck, elaine


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DIVISION four central leaders Copmanthorpe earned a 132-run victory over Dringhouses in the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League.
Cop totalled 199-6 thanks to 72 from Andy Northfield, 43 by Darren Hughes and 43 from Chris Groom. John Hughes then took 5-26 to dismiss Dringhouses for 67.
At Civil Service, Cawood only made 62 as H Claxton took 4-12.
Service then moved to a ten-wicket victory with Graham Purdy making 37 not out.
Hovingham kept their promotion drive on track when they defeated Huby by ten wickets, with Richard John hitting 73 not out and Jonathon Huberry 62 not out.
Earlier, Darren Howell had made 77 in Huby's 156.
Duncombe Park II totalled 172-6 and then bowled New Earswick out for 97. Park's Nick Allenby made 66 and Jeremy Lascelles 42.
Sheriff Hutton were dismissed for 88 as Osbaldwick's Ed Baldwin took 3-17 and Pete Machin 3-8.
Andrew Richardson made an unbeaten 46 to take Osbaldwick to a seven-wicket win.
In division four west, Dunnington failed to claim any batting points at Bolton Percy as they were rolled over for 94. Harrison Mussell made 29 as Martin Ferguson took 3-12 and Maaz Ashraf 3-20 for Percy, who won by six wickets.
An unbeaten 50 by Dan Woodhead earned Cawood a draw against leaders Hemingbrough, who fell for 165 in which James Pullein claimed 5-25.
Woodhouse Grange claimed their first win of the season by eight wickets after routing Cop for 84. John Gilbank took 3-3 before Pat Durkin (37no) and Mike Gilbank (29) sealed the win.


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The Rangers really only have one extra healthy player around (Ryan McDonagh) and he's not playing, so there's really no lineup news. Same lines to start.
John Tortorella:
On Ryan Callahan:
"He's going to get checked tonight to see if we can get the go-ahead to see if he can start skating."
On the significance of the result tonight:
"I think all games are important. You start overemphasizing Game 41 and you get lost a little bit. I just don't differentiate. I think every game's important. I'll just leave it at that."
On where the Rangers are at the mid-point of the season:
"I think we've developed an identity of, when we are successful that identity sticks out. I think we've lost ourselves a little bit here in allowing our team to forecheck. We developed some scoring chances; I think Vokoun was the difference in the Florida game. But again, it's in the third period where we really ramped it up. Where we have struggled of late is our turnovers and not getting the puck in and going to the strength of our team.
"But at this point in time, I think the younger players are coming along. There's some really good things with the youth of the team. We continue to work at an identity. We've scored more goals this year, we haven't given up as many. Special teams is still something — especially our power play — where we're looking for a little more consistency. But, I like the team. I think we're on the right track.
"It's just that we have lost a little hardness of late, not a lot of games of late, especially early on. Our starts have been really good most of the year. Early on (lately), we have kind of felt our way through. That needs to change. For us to be a hard team, we need to allow ourselves to be in an area to be hard, and that's our forechecking."
On how much of that is natural ebbs and flows of a season:
"As I said, I'm not going to speak on Cally. He's an important guy and we all know that. But you have to look by what your team is, what lineup you have, you still have to play the way you feel you can be successful. And you will have some ebbs and flows through it. But good teams get out of it. I think that's an important part to tonight's game — how we play. What type of game are we going to play? That's a very important thing for us tonight. I'm not looking at the result. I'm looking at how we're playing, and how we approach this game."
On Weise and Zuccarello:
"It's still too early to tell. I don't want to talk about it, but we've had injuries, we bring people up, who we feel deserve the opportunity judging (by) the Hartford coaches. Where they're at, I don't know. I can't judge Zucc in five games. I think his best game was his last one. Weiser, he's a guy that we're still trying to figure out what he is and trying to teach him what we think he is. So that's still very early. If you want to talk about young players, it's the Anisimovs, the Stepans. I can give you a good judge of where they're going, but the other guys, it wouldn't be fair to judge them right now. It's still way too early."
On the Eastern Conference this year:
"It's going to be hard. The second half is always going to be … you have Tampa Bay that's joined in, but then you have Buffalo that right now has struggled a bit. This team we're playing here tonight, you can see them coming. I don't know what o say about the conference. I know it's going to be a dogfight right to the bitter end in both conferences. I think the West, 1 through 12, there's not a discrepancy as (there is) in the East.
"But looking at us, it's going to be a fight. I'm trying to stress upon our club — and that's where I think tonight's game is important — this is really kind of the beginning of the second half and we need to re-establish who we are more consistently, especially our starts, because the games are going to be tougher. The second half is going to be, it's a grittier game, things don't come as easy and we need to get a jump on the mindset of how we have to approach this."
On the possibility of being much better this year and still scuffling for a spot when Game 75 comes around:
"No question. I don't know or forecast. But I just look at, at the end of last year, for us to even have a sniff what did we go, 7-1-2, I think, our last 10 games? This year, you can't forecast what's going to happen. But I just know our team has to be better than we were the first half, if we want a chance."
On pleasant surprise in the first half:
"Contributions through the lineup. I wouldn't say that's a surprise. I think that's the way it has to be here. Gabby, with his injuries and in and out of the lineup, he hasn't been as dominant. The team, the thing I like about it, and I wouldn't want to call it a surprise because it's something you strive for as a coaching staff: It's a team. That's how we win. A lot of people contribute. We've done some good things in third periods from different people. I think we've defended better than we did last year, and we've found ways to score a few more goals along the way. I think there's been an improvement, but we have to be better. If we want to be where we want to be, we're going to have to be better in the second half."
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Allah holds sway over the entire universe, for not a single atom moves without Him knowing it. Allah is the sole ruler of everything, from a dust particle to the planets following their orbits to the billions of inhabitants living in the micro-universe. The sky that serves as a dome by His grace, the billions of stars, the planets proceeding in their orbits, and the Sun have all submitted to Allah. This perfect order proves the existence of a power that controls all of existence, regardless of time or location. This power, which is over and above any other power, manifests Allah's perfect creation.
When we gaze at Earth, we encounter an amazing order. Allah assigns every living being a particular duty, and they carry out these duties fully. For instance, trees inhale carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. The soil produces edible food, rain falls in due measure and at a particular rate, and after a lightning flash comes thunder. This balance is always maintained. While some people die, others are born.
Allah also rules the bodies of all living beings with great balance and order, for He has caused all organs to help one another. For instance, people cannot make their hearts beat or their intestines digest food. Nor can they be aware of the war waged by leucocytes in their blood against microbes, or of the countless chemical reactions taking place in their bodies. And, in no way can they supervise them.
In addition, human life relies on countless external factors that are ruled by Allah with great order and balance. If Allah had created the universe and then left it to its own devices, as some people claim, everything would have been ruined at that very moment. In fact, all of those interrelated systems have remained intact and continue to exist because of our Creator's power, for Allah is the real owner and ruler of the universe. The Qur'an calls attention to this fact, as follows:
Allah keeps a firm hold on the heavens and Earth, preventing them from vanishing. And if they vanished, no one could then keep hold of them. Certainly He is Lenient, Ever-Forgiving. (Surah Fatir, 35:41)2009-08-19 11:26:24


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Revision as of 21:27, 3 July 2014
Candidates for May 2014 Maemo Community Council elections
The following candidates intend to stand for election to the Maemo Community Council.
Candidate list :
- chainsawbike
- dirkvl
- jackburton
- joerg_rw
- juiceme
- Mariusmssj
- nieldk
- peterleinchen
- rzr
- TomJ
So I might step forward then.
My introduction:
Hi, I am juiceme and I am running for Maemo Community Council.
Many of you might already know that I have been Maemo Council member for the previous period. I thought hard about stepping forward for re-election, but I might still have something to give for the community, even as I'd like to see new people join up.
My spark into joining maemo.org came when I purchased a N9 device, my first linux-based mobile phone. Previously I had owned Symbian devices since early nineties but I never did any SWDEV on those as my interests were on big iron. N9 was the first small embedded device that had the same tools I was used to working with so naturally I was delighted on the possibilities it offered.
My current daily driver is the Jolla device (I got mine on the very Launching Gala last november, it's the device #240 )
I have pre-ordered the Neo900, and am eagerly anticipating it
I have degrees in EE & ME, and some university courses in Math before dropping out due to having not enough time to do family/work/university simultaneously My current occupation is in SW development for Telecommunication Systems at Nokia. (This is the real Nokia I am talking about, nothing to do with Microsoft) Previously I have done RF design, HW design and Test System design. I have worked in this industry for about 2 decades.
My passion is Free Software, Libre software even, and I am known to be fairly vocal FS advocate on my workplace. I use exclusively Linux/Unix variants in my work and on my own time, and am known for pestering people to drop proprietary/legacy OS'es and switch to Linux.
My SW skills include c, python, test automation and tool creation. I like kernel work and prefer to use console over any GUI's. Usually my first take at anything is to write a bash script
I accepted my nomination lately check this introduction of me myself and I :
I mostly cared of MeeGo/Harmattan and now switched to its offspings Tizen (work) and Jolla (use) ... but my time resources are limited so all other candidates have my support as well.
- http://maemo.org/profile/view/rzr/
- http://talk.maemo.org/search.php?do=finduser&u=20627
- http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Rzr
I -Peter Leinchen, peterleinchen- hereby announce my candidation for the Community Council election Q2/2014. Some may know me already, some not. I do love our little N-gems (even the Symbian ones ) and joined the Maemo enthusiasts in 2010. Since then I could not stop to tinker with my N900/N9/N950 and learn the Linux/OSS way. I learned a lot here and soon started to see that it is also fun to give back / support (hereby continuing to learn). I do not sail (yet) but am waiting for Neo. I am the 'kind guy' and will not accept any odd behaviour. Work wise I have a ME graduate and do some programming/projecting/specification (also incl. commissioning) stuff for automation of old economy. On Windoze... Family wise I am trying to survive my two little 'human alarm clocks'.
I repeat myself and let you know that there may be times when I am not available for CC. I never ever used a mailing list (actively) but do know what IRC is (definitely not my favorite but acceptable for meetings). Keep that in mind, please.
All the best Peter
Joerg Reisenweber
What can I say, 3 terms on council already, made up my mind last minute to do another term if you want me to dedicate maximum 60min per week to that task (sorry, I'm busy with other related projects and so can't assign more of my time to the council). I will continue to do what I did so far, on a level that's comparable to what I been able to do during last 4 months. Sharing my usual notorious rant here and there, doing all that I can to keep maemo community alive and flourishing and not turning into a sandbox for a few. Continuity and sustained usability of all maemo services and devices for all users is my priority goal.
Again, to make it utterly clear: you're voting for a candidate who's busy with other stuff and can't assign more than an hour or two per week to council work.
Relating "other stuff" (for the record): According to the rules I declare possible commercial interest in Maemo, due to my other project Neo900. Up to you, the electorate, to decide if that's a clash of interests or not.
i dont say much...
my aim by running for council is to ensure a stable, reliable base for the further development of maemo and related projects
I'm Tom Joyce, TomJ on maemo.org
I've had at least one N900 pretty much since they came out, barring short periods when Nokia Care were caring for them, but I suspect I am only beginning to discover the true depth of the device's capability now I'm trying to find useful things for a disabled device to do. While I'm not much of a coder, I have tried to contribute advice, experience and the odd wiki page.
TODO : Next ones to be listed
Please introduce yourself here and explain what's your perspective about maemo community, future, and your part in that as councilor.
- dirkvl : http://talk.maemo.org/member.php?u=33764
- jackburton : http://talk.maemo.org/member.php?u=20969
- Mariusmssj
- nieldk : http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Nieldk


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|Tobacco Smoke Pollution
|Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing Intervention for ETS Reduction Behavioral: Educational Program for ETS Reduction
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|A+ Head Start Intervention for Smoke Free Homes
- Air nicotine levels, as an indicator of child's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months. ]
- ETS reduction, as measured by child's cotinine levels [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months. ]
- Respiratory function of child by self report of parent [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline, 3, 6 & 12 months ]
- Health care utilizations by self report of parent [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline and 3, 6 and 12 months ]
- Changes in smoking in home by household members [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months ]
- Head Start staff knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding ETS exposure and reduction [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline and 3, 6 and 12 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Behavioral
Motivational Interviewing Intervention Plus Education
Participants will receive a home-based motivational interviewing intervention for ETS reduction plus an educational program for ETS reduction.
Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing Intervention for ETS Reduction
The intervention is designed to motivate families to reduce a child's ETS exposure by establishing a complete home and car smoking ban and by considering smoking cessation. Families will receive 2 home visits & 2 telephone session, both with a health counselor. Families will be provided with feedback on air nicotine levels and child salivary cotinine levels. The main target for the intervention will be the primary caregiver of the child because the primary caregiver is ultimately responsible for protecting the child from ETS exposure. Any and all household members may participate in the intervention visits but are not required to do so.
Active Comparator: Education Only
Participants will receive only educational program for ETS reduction.
Behavioral: Educational Program for ETS Reduction
An Environmental Protection Agency-based educational program that will consist of information about reducing tobacco smoke exposure.
Detailed Description:
About 90% of nonsmoking people in the US are exposed to ETS. More than 50 chemicals identified in ETS have been found to cause cancer and exposure has been linked to heart disease in adults and SIDS, ear infections and numerous respiratory problems, including asthma in children. In 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Head Start-a national program that provides economically disadvantaged children services to enhance their social and cognitive development-announced a new initiative to promote smoke-free homes for children in Head Start programs. Because Head Start reaches high-risk, low-income preschool children, it offers a timely intervention for reducing children's exposure to ETS. Head Start also attempts to engage parents, which is an important component of reducing household ETS exposure among children. This study will determine the effectiveness of a home-delivered, motivational interviewing-based program in reducing ETS exposure and improving lung health among children who are enrolled in the Baltimore City Head Start program and whose households include a smoker.
Participation in this study will last 1 year. First, all participating families will be visited at home by a study staff person who will attach special filters that will track the amount of nicotine in the various rooms of the house. During this initial visit, the participating children will undergo weight and height measurements and saliva sampling. About a week later, the filters will be collected, a 2nd saliva samples will be taken and parents will be interviewed about their family and child's health. Families will then be randomly assigned to one of two groups. Both groups will received educational information about reducing tobacco smoke exposure. One group will also receive the home-delivered, motivational interviewing-based program aimed to reduce ETS. This program will consist of 2 home visits and 2 phone calls, both led by health counselor who will teach participants how to reduce their child's exposure to tobacco smoke. The home visits will occur during Weeks 1 & 2 and the phone calls will occur during Weeks 3 & 6. Follow-up visits for all participating families will occur at Months 3,6 and 12 and will involve repeat filter testing, saliva monitoring and interviews.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|6 Months to 6 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- child enrolled in Baltimore city Head Start
- smoker in home
Exclusion Criteria:
- no smoker in home
- does not speak English
- is enrolled in other respiratory research study
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00927264
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins University
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21206
|Principal Investigator:
|Cynthia S Rand, PhD
|Johns Hopkins University
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|Responsible Party:
|Cynthia Rand, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry/Director, The Johns Hopkins Adherence Research Center, Johns Hopkins University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00927264 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R18HL092901-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
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Food Stamp Challenge
Reporter tries week of meager eating
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Daily Times Herald Reporter Rebecca McKinsey cooks vegetable and rice stew in preparation for the SNAP Challenge. The challenge invites people to try eating for $4.50 a day, the average amount provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Harkin: Attack on food assistance 'unconscionable'
By DOUGLAS BURNS
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin's days in the great American food-stamp fight go back to the 1970s, his first years in Congress representing Iowa.
"I remember going through all these things about, 'Oh, people are gonna cheat, people are gonna cheat, people are gonna cheat,'" said Harkin, a Democrat. "And at one time, I got so exasperated on one of these discussions I said, 'Well, I have an answer. I know exactly how we can make sure that no one ever cheats on food stamps. Very simple. For every food-stamp recipient, you assign an accountant and minister, priest or rabbi.'"
Harkin added, "The cost would be, well, exorbitant, should I say. I mean, that's how ridiculous things get around here."
Harkin said the House Republican-led assault on food stamps - officially known as the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (the government switched from "stamps" to electronic benefit transfer cards) - is "unconscionable."
"We're becoming so hard-hearted," Harkin said in response to questions from the Daily Times Herald on a conference call last Thursday.
The House voted last month to cut $39 billion in food-stamp funding over the next decade.
As it stands, without the proposed cuts Harkin is fighting, the average, monthly food-stamp benefit for one person is $133.44 - $4.50 a day. About 20 percent of people on food stamps have no other source of income to "supplement" the U.S. Department of Agriculture-administered program.
"I'd say, 'Go try that some time,'" Harkin said. "Try it. Try to eat on $4.50 a day. Oh, you can do it. But, boy, I'll tell you, you're not going to eat very well."
Harkin said that amounts to bare-existence living. He's one of Capitol Hill's fiercest defenders of food aid to disadvantaged Americans.
"In chasing that last single person that may have gotten a little bit more than he or she deserved, we go overboard in regulations and structures and spending taxpayers' money chasing that last person who may be getting something that he or she doesn't deserve," Harkin said.
One thing to remember, Harkin said, is that many poor people don't have access to cooking facilities - microwaves or stoves or pots and pans - meaning they can't spread the $4.50 as far as people outfitted with full kitchens - like some of the conservatives who have bragged about their own success with frugality while taking the "SNAP Challenge" and living on $4.50 a day.
"We have a lot of homeless people," Harkin said. "Look at your shelters here and all over America. Homeless kids. Homeless people. They don't have a stove. They don't have a kitchen to cook stuff in."
During the financial crisis of 2008, many bad actors in the financial industry received bailouts - not the sort of punitive action the government is looking to visit upon some of the more vulnerable Americans, Harkin said.
"You see the injustice of this with the people that ran Citicorp and Chase Manhattan and JP Morgan - and all the people that ran those places during the crisis in the last 10 years - they got by with millions, hundreds of millions of dollars," Harkin said. "Not a one ever got punished or sent to jail. And yet, we're getting upset because somebody who is poor, down on their luck, lost their job, has mental illness, a child who is homeless, we're going to say, 'We're going to make it really tough on you to get your food, kid. We're going to make it really tough on you to have an adequate diet.' Where's our sense of justice in this country anyway?"
During the conference call, Harkin singled out Florida Republican Congressman Steve Southerland for criticism. Southerland, whom Harkin blasted for inheriting a funeral-home business and judging the work ethics of other Americans, has been a leader in GOP efforts to kill billions of dollars in funding for food stamps.
The Washington Post Sept. 24 carried a feature on Southerland's efforts. At one point, the Floridian visited Southeast Washington, D.C., where people were crammed into a classroom to learn tips about preparing for a job interview in fast food. All were unemployed. Most were among the 24 percent of Washington residents who receive between $100 and $600 each month in food assistance.
"Shower. Tuck in your shirt. Make eye contact with the interviewer," the teacher was saying, The Post reported.
"Make sure your belt and your shoes match," Southerland interjected, walking into the room with his colleagues and then introducing himself, according to The Post.
Harkin referenced the "belt-and-shoes" comment several times on the conference call as an example of what he believes is the tone-deafness among wealthy Republicans in Congress who appear to take pleasure in slashing programs for the poor.
"This guy is so out of touch with what's happening in real life," Harkin said. "And yet he believes that he has the answer to solving the SNAP program."
October 1, 2013
Eat on $4.50 a day?
Piece of cake, I told myself after I was approached about trying the SNAP Challenge, which invites people to try spending only $4.50 a day on meals - the average amount provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. Several members of Congress have undertaken the challenge as discussions of cuts to the assistance program continue.
In college, I had several paycheck-less periods during which I survived on canned green beans, off-brand coffee and whatever I could convince my underclassman friends to nab for me from the dining halls. I wouldn't have a problem eating like I'm on food stamps, I thought.
Of course, I didn't literally think it would be a piece of cake - I wouldn't be able to afford cake on that budget - but I wasn't expecting it to be tough.
My arrogant self soon found out otherwise.
The most-arduous part of the process - besides the fact that I couldn't eat cake - was the planning, as it turned out. I set numerical boundaries for myself: $31.50 for the week, which needed to evenly divide out to $4.50 or less a day.
The first thing I did was account for a $3.27 gallon of skim milk and a $2.99 bottle of coffee creamer, which took me down to about $3.50 a day that I could spend on food.
The easiest way to approach this, I decided, was to buy large amounts of cheap, relatively healthful foods that I could cook in bulk, such as dry beans, rice and pasta.
I knew I would have it easier than most, for several reasons. I'm not a big eater. I'm a vegetarian and didn't have to worry about buying meat. I had the use of a kitchen and would be able to cook meals. And I didn't have picky kids, or hungry teenagers, that I was trying to feed on this budget.
Co-workers and friends challenged me further, though, to consider that often, those buying food with food stamps don't eat healthful meals. I didn't want to face the prospect of a week of processed foods, so I decided to make my first day the "unhealthy day" for the week. Perhaps surprisingly, that day was the hardest to plan.
Dinner was easy. I nabbed a $2 frozen dinner and called it a day. Except it wasn't a day - I still had to buy breakfast and lunch, and I had only $1.50 left to do it.
A 77-cent box of macaroni and cheese took care of lunch, and I scored big on the clearance rack with a 25-cent lemon pastry thing, which had 400 calories and tasted like something I might scrape off the bottom of my shoes.
Lunch on my "unhealthy day" ended up being leftovers from a Chinese-food dinner a friend had bought, rather than mac and cheese, but my difficulty in planning that day had already knocked me down a peg or two as I stood in the middle of the grocery store, scribbling in multiple notebooks and muttering to myself. This wasn't going to be as easy as I'd thought.
The rest of the week revolved around three main meals for lunch and dinner - salad and peanut butter sandwiches, pasta, and vegetable and rice stew. The latter was a Cajun restaurant-inspired recipe I'd been wanting to try out, and it ended up being a near-success (did you know you were supposed to soak dry beans overnight?) as well as my most expensive set of meals.
I decided to keep breakfast simple by sticking to corn flakes (the cheapest type of store-brand cereal I could find on that particular day) with bananas, supplemented with scrambled eggs on the days I was really hungry (read: had extra time and felt like cooking).
Once I had the basic menu planned out, I started stocking up, keeping track of how much I was spending. As I inched closer to my weekly price limit, I started making sacrifices.
My usual Balsamic Vinaigrette salad dressing, as well as the tomatoes and avocados I liked to throw in my salad, would have to wait. Italian dressing was on sale that week.
The tofu and soy products that my vegetarian self likes to incorporate into meals were going to have to be put on hold.
And snacks and desserts? Forget those.
Meals had become very simple.
After my "unhealthy day," which left me 2,000 calories richer and a little sick to my stomach, I figured things could only get better.
And, as it turned out, the week did fall into place. Since I bought cheap food and then didn't eat all of it, I easily stayed within my budget. Counting drinks, I averaged $3.23 a day.
As with every experiment, there were some glitches - or, at the very least, some situations to take into account.
Two of the 21 meals I ate were restaurant meals paid for by someone else and, as such, didn't factor into my total cost.
I also succumbed to the devastating lack of chocolate in my life near the end of the week and accompanied my co-workers to lunch, where I spent $3.50 on a gigantic brownie sundae and called that lunch.
I don't regret that.
But I did struggle with the fact that because of that lunch, my total food spending for that day ended up being $5.08.
As it turns out, about 75 percent of SNAP recipients also use other money when buying food (that's where the "supplemental" comes from), according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which distributes the money.
I decided to let that legitimize the fact that I went over my allowance one day. But I'm glad that other than that one slip-up, I didn't use "other money" for the rest of the week, because that let me see what it's like for those - even if it's only a few - who do have the SNAP money and nothing else to use for their meals.
After the U.S. House voted to cut $39 billion from funding for food stamps over the next 10 years, I continue to hear heated debates, ranging from "People on food stamps could easily eat on less than what they're getting" to "How dare you suggest they try to pinch pennies even more?"
I'm not sure if I have a set opinion, even after eating on this budget for a week.
Eating on $4.50 a day is doable. It's very doable, in fact, especially when you consider that most people using food stamps are supplementing them with other funds.
But it takes planning, and it requires sacrifice. I couldn't go out and buy myself a snack or drink whenever I felt like it. Desserts weren't a luxury I could afford. "Extras" - spices, cheese and the like - were cut out.
On the flip side, though, the $9 or so I ended up having left over at the end of the week could have been used to build up additional ingredients that would last longer and would enrich meals, such as spices.
For the most part, any spontaneity in my eating habits was erased. My meals were filling, but they weren't incredibly satisfying. And if I was hungry, my only option was waiting until the next meal.
I'm glad I did this challenge, because although my eating habits didn't change drastically, my thinking did. If you're going to successfully eat on that kind of budget, it takes a lot of planning.
I was able to do it. And in fact, I hope I put the spending habits I practiced this past week to use in the future.
But I'll never take chocolate for granted again.
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Liberal Democrat group leader Councillor Jim Spencer (Lib Dem, West Chevin) said: "The £179.000 a year income I think is way too optimistic. This is my main concern and it worries me hugely. It's a huge amount of money and it's a big ask."
Councillor Mary Vickers (Lib Dem, Prince Henry) agreed: "It's a bit of a dream and the figures don't stack up."
Councillor Colin Campbell (Lib Dem, Prince Henry) said: "Are the proposals here what the people of Otley want and, if so, how can we be sure it doesn't come in at a cost we can't meet?
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CRESCENT CITY- The Del Norte High School students who raised money to return the boat that washed ashore after the 2011 Japan Tsunami are about to meet the high school students who once used that boat.
Thursday was the last day of school until February 25th for the Del Norte High School students who got the Japanese boat back into shape. They will be flying to Japan Friday to meet the students of Takata High School, the school the boat belonged to.
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They say the connection they share with the people of Rikuzentakata motivated them to help.
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Even though their trip has not started, they have already learned valuable lessons.
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Spanos Auditorium
This seminar is part of the Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society series.
Pasteur is attributed with stating that "the role of the infinitely small in nature is infinitely large." This sentiment still rings true for bacteria and other microorganisms. Our ability to understand their ecology and impact on humans is, however, hindered by our use of microbiological technologies created during the time of Pasteur and Koch. Indeed, it generally still takes days to diagnose bacterial contamination or infection. To help move diagnostic microbiology into the 21st century, we develop and employ technologies to rapidly identify the metabolic status of bacterial pathogens, which in turn has applications in health as well as defense, agriculture, and environment systems. In less than one minute, we can determine the genus, species, and in a variety of cases, the strain or serovar, of high interest pathogens, such as E. coli O157:H7, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Legionella, and Salmonella; from the flask to food to human breath. Our ongoing work shows the beauty and utility of melding microbiology and analytical chemistry with an engineering sensibility in order to tackle outstanding questions in the health, defense, agricultural, and environmental fields.
About the Speaker
Dr. Jane Hill grew up in rural Australia and moved to the U.S. to complete a B.S. and M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After forming and running a small environmental engineering consulting company for several years, she returned to university to obtain a Ph.D. at Yale in the area of organophosphorus compound cycling in soils. Following a post-doctoral project at Yale in biotechnology, Jane started at the University of Vermont in 2007, where she now focuses on:
- Fundamental and applied metabolomics: from immune system response to bacterial metabolites to using the metabolites to develop new clinical diagnostic tools
- Transformation of organophosphorus by bacteria and plants
- Prediction and implications of bacterial motility on transport under laminar flow