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Is the age of the blog carnival at an end? A few months back, several individuals concerned with plant blogging put a fair amount of effort into reviving and updating the Berry Go Round plant carnival. The next edition of that carnival, by the way, is coming up, so you should submit a post on…
A multiplicity of strategies is better than infighting when addressing creationism and related problems
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Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants Treated for Pain Management With Repeated Doses of Sucrose 24%
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preterm infants born at 27-33 weeks gestational age at Sheba Medical Center will be recruited for this study. Prior to invasive procedure infants will be treated with pacifier and swaddling as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and Canadian Pediatric Society.
Group 1.Will be treated with Sucrose 24% 0.1-0.5ml on the anterior pat of the tongue 1-3 min prior to invasive procedure.
Group 2. Similar to group 1 but breast milk or formula will replace Sucrose.
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SimuCall: An Excel Add-in for Call Centres Simulation
The design and management of call centres is a task that gets more and more relevant as the use and importance of these systems increases. We have developed an Excel add-in, named SimuCall, which will help us to simulate the behaviour of this kind of service (centres as a single-queue multi-server system with some peculiarities). SimuCall handles a quick control of the parameters of a waiting system, searching its optimisation according to specific goals fixed by the call centre managers. In this paper, we have applied SimuCall to a real call centre in order to improve its efficiency. Our goals of optimising workforce and searching service efficiency have been fulfilled in a satisfactory way using this add-in. Furthermore, SimuCall is capable of providing a great quantity of information, at both aggregated and individual levels, through a variety of data and graphic reports.
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"Now certainly Bilbo was in what is called a tight place."
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Crafted for use with The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, Nightmare Decks allow players to revisit the three Core Set scenarios cast in the shadows of the game's challenging new "Nightmare Mode". Featuring deadlier enemies, darker locations, and more terrifying surprises, each of these Nightmare Decks introduces twenty alternate encounter cards and rules for using them to reshape the encounter deck for one of the three Core Set scenarios. The result? A nightmarish journey back to the heart of Mirkwood that will have you on the edge of your seat!
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Building store that has large number of items. Many of the taxonomy terms can be applied to some items, and the terms will be important in search for products. There will be alot of crossover between product items in the database within specific category terms.
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There can be 1 or up to 30 "usage" terms that can apply to any product. This is important, because the terms will vary with each product. Yet, the list of terms includes all possible usages of all items in that product.
Some usage terms maybe along the lines of washing, drying, cleaning, scraping, etc. So you can see there may be some items that do three of these, some two, some more than 10 things, etc.
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This is a lovely soup recipe! I halved the recipe and used a jar of home-grown tomatoes that my MIL had canned and they were perfect in this. I debated on whether or not to strain the pureed soup but I followed the directions and I'm glad I did - I ended up with a wonderfully smooth and velvety soup. Nice and spicy too which we really enjoyed. Made in fond memory of pammyowl, November 2013
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- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
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- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat until shimmering. Add the onions and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent and very tender, about 10 minutes.
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The Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard, a food bank that has served non-perishable foods, toiletries and other necessities to more than 150 families, will be celebrating its one-year anniversary Feb. 27.
About a year ago, Michele Elias and her husband, Michael Elias, began to realize that some of their Nelson Township neighbors were struggling financially and wanted to help. The couple attended an event at the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank, where they found out the poverty level in Portage County was rising.
"When we heard all the bad news, we decided that the thing that we should do to help our neighbors the most was to have a food program," Michele Elias said.
In the past year, the NGCC has held several fundraisers including food drives, two spaghetti dinners and Chinese auctions and a "Plant a Row for the Hungry" campaign where gardeners grow and extra row of produce to donate to the cupboard.
"When we first started this, we were starting from scratch and didn't really know what we were doing," Elias said. "Now, we're serving on average about 70 families each month."
The NGCC is a member-agency of the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank, which means it is able to purchase items from them at a reduced cost when the community cupboard is low on resources. Several businesses and organization have also donated money and canned goods to the food bank including the local Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops, the Garrettsville school district, Game Emporium and the Knights of Columbus.
"Almost all of the organizations and clubs in the area have donated somehow, whether its foods or funds," Elias said.
With the recent donation of a small refrigerator and freezer, the food bank is able to offer eggs, cheese and frozen ground meat and ground turkey.
"I've supported it 110 percent," said Nelson Township trustee Joseph Leonard. "We definitely needed it, and we have yet to turn anybody away."
The cupboard is open Mondays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon. To qualify for the program, applicants must bring photo identification and proof of residency in the James A. Garfield School District. The amount of food a family receives is based on the size of the family.
Elias said the NGCC considers itself a client-choice pantry. The client is given a shopping list with about 60 items on it. After the client chooses what they want, a volunteer finds the items and takes them to the client's vehicle.
The NGCC has about 25 volunteers, including students from Hiram College and people from the Nelson Garrettsville Senior Social Club.
"All we want to do is thank the community for their tremendous amount of support that they've shown us over the past year," Elias said. "We're excited that we've made it through the first year and we're ready for another great year."
The NGCC is located at 9415 S.R. 305, Garrettsville, on the northeast corner of Nelson Circle behind Isaac Mills Bakery.
The NGCC's current location is on a one-year rent free contract. The community cupboard is looking to movie into a long-term, low-rent facility with more space. One of the possible locations is the old township maintenance garage on the southwest corner of Nelson Circle.
A decision will be made about whether the building can be leased to the NGCC during a trustees meeting at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Nelson Township Community House, 11639 Windham Parkman Road, Garrettsville.
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Aston University is offering free support and guidance to businesses keen on developing photonic technologies, such as fibre optics and laser sensors.
This £600,000 project, open to SME's in the West Midlands, is designed to help raise awareness of how photonics can fundamentally change existing technologies of companies and help improve business growth and manufacturing productivity.
Photonics - based on the use of photons (particles of light) - is one of the fastest growing areas of research and technology areas. Photonics-based applications include; telecommunications, data storage, optical imaging, medical diagnostics and many others.
Norman Price, Deputy Chair of the West Midlands ERDF Local Management Committee said;"I am really pleased that we are able to offer additional support through the European Regional Development Fund to phase two of this project which will help businesses in the world of photonic technologies to seize and take forward significant business opportunities."
He added; "Through this project we are able to help businesses work together and test out new technologies to identify cost savings and help establish brand new products that will boost profits, support longevity of our regional businesses and help strengthen the local economy. Grasping such new technological opportunities is a fundamental basis for economic growth."
Professor Sergei Turitsyn, from the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Aston University said; "Aston's Institute of Photonic Technologies is a world recognised centre of excellence and one of the largest research groups in photonics in the UK. This funding for phase two of the project will enable us to transfer our expertise to local SMEs and offer them the technical support required to utilise this innovative technology and help their business to develop."
The project is funded by the West Midlands European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) which is managed by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Phase two of the project has secured £295,245 of funding from ERDF which will be matched by Aston University.
The recently completed phase one of the project saw 60 businesses involved in developing new fibre-optic technologies and offered innovative knowledge transfer. This latest phase will provide further technical support, such as bespoke demonstrator units, and enable further knowledge transfer activities.
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Paul Brereton, SC, for Mary Cummins, asked the judge yesterday to dismiss most of the trustee's case against her, claiming it had not established that Mr Cummins was insolvent and intended to put assets beyond creditors in 1987.
Justice Sackville said it would be "highly depressing" to think a barrister practising for 27 years - seven of them as a silk - had not earned a substantial income. "You'd be stretching it to say ... he didn't reach the [tax] threshold," he told Mr Brereton.
Mr Coles said Mr Cummins had been sufficiently successful as a barrister to be able to raise and service mortgages and buy and sell properties throughout the 1960s.
Mrs Cummins's tax returns, he said, showed she did not have the income to make a significant contribution to servicing the loans. He rejected Mr Brereton's argument that Mrs Cummins had paid half the purchase price of the Hunters Hill house, saying the couple had a history of shared ownership of their houses.
Mr Cummins was struck off the roll of barristers last year, following a Herald investigation which revealed abuse of the bankruptcy laws by barristers.
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For-Profit Colleges Encouraged Fraud And Used Deceptive Marketing, Watchdog Says
We've been following allegations of enrollment abuses and bogus marketing schemes at for-profit schools for some time now, and a report released by the Government Accountability Office this week further highlights some of the questionable recruiting tactics of several for-profit colleges across the country.
Undercover investigators posing as prospective students found that at four of 15 for-profit colleges, they "were encouraged by college personnel to falsify their financial aid forms to qualify for federal aid."
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A financial aid officer at a privately owned college in Texas told our undercover applicant not to report $250,000 in savings, stating that it was not the government's business how much money the undercover applicant had in a bank account.
… An admissions representative at another college told our undercover applicant that changing the FAFSA to indicate that he supported three dependents instead of being a single-person household might drop his income enough to qualify for a Pell Grant.
All 15 schools made "deceptive or otherwise questionable statements" to the undercover applicants. The schools aren't identified, but they're located in six states and Washington, D.C., and were among those "that the Department of Education reported received 89 percent or more of their revenue from federal student aid." (Read the full report in our document viewer.)
The deceptive statements ranged from students' potential salaries after graduation to the schools' accreditation to the duration or costs of the program, according to the report. Two of the GAO's fictitious prospective students each received around 180 phone calls from for-profit recruiters within a month of filling out forms on websites that claim to match prospective students with colleges offering relevant programs. Our ProPublica Reporting Network volunteers reported having similar experiences on such websites.
An earlier GAO report [PDF] found that students at for-profit colleges were more likely to default on their federal student loans than students at public or private nonprofit schools. These defaults leave the government and taxpayers to take care of the costs and "assume nearly all the risk," the latest report explained.
It seems the hedge funds that have been betting against the for-profit higher-education industry have just been given another point bolstering their criticism of the industry's ills. Barron's pointed out Tuesday that since news of the report first leaked, for-profit college shares have taken a tumble.
Update: The report's findings also disturbed some within the for-profit industry. In a statement, the Career College Association--which represents for-profit schools--called the report "deeply troubling" and announced it would expand its efforts to address these problems.
"Even if the problems cited in the GAO report are limited to a few individuals at a few institutions, we can have zero tolerance for bad behavior," Harris Miller, the group's president, said in the statement. "We are moving as one community to address the issues raised in the GAO report. We will continue to add to this 'zero tolerance' program until all such doubts about our sector are removed."
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Having worked for several years as a teacher at one of these for-profit colleges, I can attest to the practice of fraud and the unfortunate preying upon the students who enroll. Disgusted at the lies these students were told—not just in tv commercials but also by sales representers (oops! I mean admissions counselors), I became subversive and gave students assignments that required their investigating their chosen vocation and interviewing potential employers. Too many students thought that becoming a medical assistant was a first step to becoming a doctor and that salaries were on average 50k! Or that pharmacy techs got $25 hourly. One student found out that most pharmacy techs were trained internally, there was no need to pay for a $25000 2 year training program!
But they don't care if these students graduate. We weren't allowed to flunk students for fear they would drop out and their financial aid stream would be lost. More than once, I discovered illiterate students in my class and when confronting admissions would be told that they scored highly on entrance exams. Even though I flunked an illiterate student and urged her to seek tutoring for her reading, I ran into her the next semester and found out she had been enrolled in medical terminology!
These students, many low income, are just grateful to be in college and don't think ahead to the day when the bills for those loans will be due. No diploma, but you still owe $25000. Stories of potential employers who send the schools copies of badly written resumes and cover letters in astonishment.
This symbolizes even more the victimization of people by corporations whose goal is simply to make money and put people in debt. Defenders will say it's the person's responsibility to read and investigate before signing contracts but we are duped by believing we have impartial expertise whose knowledge can be trusted.
This has been going on for years and years—and a study comes along now? Evidence like this could have been collected ages ago.
I emailed this article to my daughters who either are going back to college or their daughters are headed for college.
How can their education mean anything if the colleges they go to use fraud?
Make sure you investigate the colleges in which you are enrolling. Many of these for profit colleges bank a lot of complaints with the BBB and the state attorneys' offices.
These for profit colleges are really vocational colleges that purport to provide training for a range of industries—medical assistants, pharmacy techs, dental assistants, computer operators, graphic designers, etc. If a student is enrolling to get a degree or certificate in a professional program, talk to some potential employers in that field. Find out from employers whether they hire graduates from that school's program? Find out what the salary range is. Ask about what they actually require to get a job in the student's chosen field, what they are looking for when they receive resumes. Never rely on advice only from the school's admissions or counseling office.
These schools know how to make students eligible for financial aid and how to get as much aid as possible for the student. The aid goes directly to the school for the most part. Once a student exploits this aid for a freshman year, that's it. If later the student finds out the school is bogus and wants to apply to a traditional college, the aid is used up and the student's options are consequently limited.
With for-profit schools, I'd even suggest hiring a lawyer to look over any documents a student is asked to sign. Students rarely read the documents, too delighted that they are going to college and don't have to pay…up front. But as soon as the student stops attending full time, the bills begin to flow…degree or no degree.
Glad to be of help.
It is so sad that blood thirst for money takes precedence over a person's education, and that for-profit colleges will stoop to any low means to line their pockets and bankrupt students.
People who want to attend college should be encouraged to do their research before attending any for-profit school. If people simply stopped attending them, then perhaps they would just go away. I do wonder how these colleges get accredited and still cheat people so badly.
I am a student, and for me, a for-profit college just didn't sound right. Yes, they market themselves well on paper and in advertisements, but my gut instinct was not to attend one. I'm really glad that I am at a traditional college where everything is on the level, and I don't have to worry about having a worthless degree, or no degree at all, and still be on the hook for financial aid repayment.
When "for-profit" enters the educational system, there are all sorts of ways to take advantage of the customer.
There are so many excellent programs available in our Community Colleges (called Junior Colleges in CA) and they do not cost and arm and a leg to attend and earn a two yr. certificate.
Unfortunately this is not a for profit versus non profit situation.
Here in Iowa the non profit state loan association has had its scandal as have others.
Trust on one, ever.
Yes, community colleges are excellent places to get both a liberal arts education and vocational training. In fact, many companies partner with cc's to develop training programs in areas where workers with specific skill sets are needed.
Why do so many then choose for-profit over their local community colleges? The answer is—for profits will take anybody; why you don't even have to speak English! You'll always get in and you'll always get money. A reward is offered no matter what—attend this school and in 2 years you'll have a job as a well paid pharmacy technician. Yes, yes, the experience will help you become a pharmacist down the road.
I'm not saying all for-profits are scams, but it is easy to find out which ones are suspect.
Students need to keep in mind—an education is work. You must know how to read and write and speak intelligently about your craft. It will do you no good to get a degree when you can't write or parse a simple sentence or answer a question about your field. There is no shortcut—intelligence is always a job requirement.
I agree! There is an excellent community college here too, and seven state universities in my state that provide excellent education without ripping students off and profiting from their misfortune. Greed runs the for-profit schools.
There are definitely a lot of great points here about awareness… awareness is key in making any big life changing decision, including choosing a college to attend to further your career… However, as one person said, an education is work no matter if you attend a for profit or a non profit institution, and that work starts with the student…. just like for profit schools, there are many students who drop out or fail out of non profit schools don't obtain a degree and still have federal loan debt that needs to be repaid, this happens every day and every school…. the other side of this is who's working when they leave school - look at the placement rates for non-profit degree programs, look at the ratio of income post grad for non profit degree students versus student loan debt… the issues are rampant in all areas of education, the student gets what they put in to it…. one issue here is that non profit schools services a much wider demographic of students so the percentage of students that drop out, fail out, or do not find work in their field of study is harder to pinpoint - for profit schools generally focus on a narrower scope of professions and thus a smaller student demographic making it easier to scrutinize, but i challenge people to really dig into this data: the reality is a dental assistant is only going to average about 30 - 35k a year (bureau of labor statistics for northeast region) this is a median number whether they attend a for profit or non profit school for this training - but the difference is for profit schools have a more immediate urgency to work with their students to retain them during the program and place them afterward and its because their accreditation (which allows them to provide federal funding in the first place) will be revoked if they do not maintain 75% retention and placement after graduation and those numbers are significantly hire than non profit schools…. this means students gets more one on one attention to ensure they get into the workforce and start contributing tax dollars back into the system, and keep in mind the reason for profit schools are seeing such a hike in enrollments is in direct correlation with the unemployment rates, people need jobs! and people cant wait 2- 4 years to get a degree at a non-profit school while collecting unemployment which is paid for by tax payer dollars - when they can go to a for profit school and finish in 9 months and have someone who has an incentive to help them get back in the workplace and ensure they start contributing back into the federal system to ease the burden on other employed tax payers by reducing the unemployment rate win win!!!
i think the most important thing being missed here is that people are quick to judge for profit schools because their revenue comes from tax payer dollars… however there are a few things to consider here before immediately jumping on this investigation (which is a very narrow investigation at this point as its findings consist of 15 schools in a national industry consisiting of thousands and thousands of schools).... not all schools use unethical business practices and thats a fact so before jumping on the witch hunt bandwagon solely because for profit schools generate revenue from tax dollars consider the regulations imposed upon them, they have to maintain significantly higher rentention and placement rates than non profit schools, and remember this…. state schools and community colleges do offer degrees and certificates as a reduced rate than for profit schools ... however the students attending still use federal funding to attend AND the REASON the tuition is so much less is because the schools ALREADY recieve tax payer dollars in the form of grants and subsidies to run the institution soooo we're actually paying more money for every student that goes to a state school than for students who go to for profit schools because they student qualifies for the same federal aid no matter where they go to school… but at a for profit school they need to pay the difference themselves, but at a state school the tax payers pay that for them too and thats the part people tend to forget
additionally the study pointed out for profit schools generate up to 89% of their revenue from federal funding… but it fails to mention that the government mandated for profit schools may receive up to 90% revenue in federal funding…. ? they should really change that if they feed its too much….
in terms of unscrupulous business practices that is always going to occur, and its great that efforts are made to keep it at a minimum…. but that doesn't mean it should disallow good business to provide good necessary services to people who want and need them…. people need to dig more into facts before making such harsh statements
I have a dear friend who is enrolled at the University of Phoenix and has attended for the past year and a half. She is two classes left until she completes her associates degree in criminal justice. Unfortunately she made the mistake of telling them that she would like to transfer to a different university (traditional) so that she could pursue a more specialized degree. Suddenly she is having difficulties having her Fafsa approved. They have requested that she fax them copies of her birth certificate and marriage license. She has sent these several times, but there are always additional forms. The deadline for completion is on Tuesday September 14th.
Essentially if she is "not approved" with Fafsa then she will be on the hook for $5,000 in student loans for the classes that she is about to complete and classes that she is scheduled to take.
She has often called me and my husband to help her with her mathematics courses (her weakest subject). First was basic algebra, second was geometry, and the third class she was told that she "had to take" was linear algebra. For those unfamiliar, this class is a junior level mathematics class that is taken after calculus 1, 2, and 3 and involves highly complex mathematics. There was no earthly way for her to take this class after geometry and understand this. She kept posting to her class board and was eventually told to pay for someone to do her class work. Apparently that is how the majority of this class was passing.
From what I have seen University of Phoenix is a fraudulent, unscrupulous, scam that is designed to steal as much money as possible from students. The "classes" they take are merely shells of what you get at a real university. The students have to teach themselves, often get poorly educated professors, and leave with no real knowledge.
If I were a hiring manager, I WOULD NOT hire a UOP graduate. You would be better off with a high school graduate with experience than a person with a fake diploma.
Why is this company allowed to ruin the lives of thousands of students with ruinous debt (20k for an associates degree!) and worthless degrees while fleecing the American Tax Payer of the funds for the Federally Guaranteed Student Loans that will inevitably go into default?
I wonder why so much responsibility and fault is placed on the buyer instead of the seller in these transactions? These past 2 years, we've seen corporations blame homeowners in foreclosure for not doing more research, blame those in debt for having bank accounts that penalize with outrageous overdraft fees, blame credit card users for using credit cards in which the rules change almost daily to their benefit. Now we are blaming young students, desperate workers for making wrong choices in the educational system.
It's pretty hard to choose the right thing when the experts doling out the information lie. And that is what's been going on for many years now—lying to people and taking their money.
Fraud has become acceptable it seems. Try lodging a complaint about any of these things—nothing will happen. No one will go after these thieves, and if they do, it's a process that takes years and years. It's shameful.
I was deceived by one of these for-profit colleges in 1991. I have defaulted on my loan and have been trying to get the Dept. of Education to hold the school accountable for almost 20 years now. The school lied to the Dept. of Education and said I transferred to another school when in reality I was forced to drop out when my loans were revoked because of the school's fraudulent recruiting and financial aid practices. I ask you: How exactly does a student transfer from a NON-ACCREDITED school? Answer: It is impossible to transfer non-existent credits. The Department of Education should have caught this lie. They did not. This school has changed names three or four times. However, they are still the same school. They just want to make it look like they are no longer the same when they sully their reputation each time. Tampa College became Metropolitan University became something else became what is now called Everest. They have students sign over their student loan checks directly over to them. They tell candidates they do not need a GED and then allow them to attend until loans are revoked because students don't have a GED - or at least that is what they tell them - and then demand upwards of $700 a month - at least that's what it was 20 years ago - to stay in school, which obviously the low-income student does not have, forcing the student to drop out. With no education, the student has no choice but to default on loans which the student cannot even make the minimum payment on, after the period of forbearance has expired. They tell the Dept. of Education it is the student's decision to leave. No, the student is FORCED to leave, shattering dreams of a better future and effectively destroying any future chances at higher education as interest turns a $3000 loan into a $10K loan and collections will not accept any reasonable attempts at payment, instead demanding outrageous monthly payments that an individual with no education and therefore no good paying job could ever dream of making. You just get farther and farther in the whole. It ruins your entire life. And the school and the recruiters who did this to you couldn't care less. I have tried to kill myself because I have no future. Do you think Tampa College et al cares? Of course not. Incredible that they can sleep at night. These are not human beings. These are soulless bloodsucking automatons who only care about one thing: money. If there is a Hell, may they burn in it.
To Anne
I'm so sorry about your situation and I would love to chat with you and hopefully make you feel better I can't imagine how you feel. I went to one of those colleges and worked there while doing my internship. I found out things that would haunt anyone with a soul. BUT YOU WONT FIND ONE…...The people who run these types of schools are truly evil.
What is even worse is when these schools prey on community college students. Here is a blog where students can get information about local public schools. Right in the middle is what looks like an application to receive more information about the community college. Instead its a way for companies like Art Institute and Devry to poach low income students. What is worse are the marketing companies like Campus Explorer who make these faustian deals to go after these young men and women. They don't just stop there. If you google community colleges you see them in the organic search results partnered with Google again trying to prey on would be community college students.
Source: www.communitycollegereview.com/school_overview/106
Here it is 2014 and this problem has been severely worsened. GAO and the OMB often submit reports, however the problem with these reports; they are almost always ignored by Congress. Why? Most of these politicians have a stake in the profits themselves. Demanding new regulations is equivalent to telling the prisoner he can choose his sentence, it is laughable at best.
Another issue, students do not have easy access for complaints, transparency and accountability. My school picks and chooses students based on a survey that they are going to use for their accreditation surveys. How can this possibly be ethical to pick only the students that will paint a "pretty picture" of how great the school is? They have now took over the Student Forum with Academic Moderators to censor comments and ban students. Incredible!
These schools are a problem. Yes it is a free market, however false advertisement is not a right and illegal. Illegally abusing students financial aid by continually raising tuition every quarter, deplorable and needs regulated.
For-profit colleges are under fire for their recruiting practices, and the graduation and loan default rates of their students.
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Type of Document Dissertation Author Bell, Holly Marie URN etd-04082011-222242 Title Investigating the Validity of Scores Obtained with the Home and Family Questionnaire and Their Reliability with Scores Obtained with the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment-Middle Childhood Degree Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Department Human Ecology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Pierce, Sarah Committee Chair DiCarlo, Cynthia Committee Member Kuttruff, Jenna Committee Member Laird, Robert Committee Member Marks, Loren Committee Member Costello, Brannon Dean's Representative Keywords
- child literacy
- child development
- parenting styles
- home environments
Date of Defense 2011-03-10 Availability unrestricted AbstractThe study of home environments and their relationships to child outcomes has become common practice among researchers of child development. As such, having a reliable instrument for measuring home environments that is also cost and time efficient is of primary interest to researchers. The most widely used instrument for measuring home environments is the Home Observation Measurement of the Environment (HOME) developed by Caldwell and Bradley in 1984. Use of the HOME is prevalent among researchers, yet it is costly to implement both in time and in money. An alternative tool for home environment measurement is the Home and Family Questionnaire (HFQ) (Pierce, Alfonso, & Garrison, 1998) which is cost and time effective, and is in conceptual congruence with ecological theory. The purpose of the present study was to test the construct validity of scores obtained with the HFQ by comparing them with scores obtained with the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ) (Robinson, Mandleco, Olsen, & Hart, 1995). The criterion validity of the HFQ was also tested by comparing scores obtained with it to children's scores obtained with the Dynamic Inventory of Basic Literacy Skills (DIBELS) (Good & Kaminski, 2003). Finally, the reliability of scores obtained with the HFQ was tested with scores obtained with the HOME Middle Childhood version (MC-HOME). Scores as collected with the HFQ subscales of Maturity Facilitation, Parent-Child Emotional Relationship, and Child's Use of Stimulating Materials were found to exhibit construct validity, criterion-related validity, and reliability with MC-HOME data.
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Project Architect for renovation and duplex combination of two apartments in a Manhattan postwar building. Prepared drawings for Coop Building Approval, filing with the NYC Dept. of Buildings and bid purposes. Plans have been approved by the Coop and NYC Dept. of Buildings. Awaiting Owner's decision to award the contract and begin construction.
Worked with Principal in charge during construction phase of a Park Avenue penthouse apartment renovation. Attended all job meetings, prepared field notes, produced and developed construction sketches as required.
Stephen Potters Architects, Eric Alch Design, Now Design Workshop and David Mansfield, Architect, New York, NY, US, Freelance Architect
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Timothy Bryant Architect, New York, NY, US, Architect
Reviewed stone and millwork shop drawings for an apartment renovation in the Plaza Hotel, New York City. Answered RFI's and produced sketches for Subcontractors located in Italy.
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Schematic Design: Programming of Client's needs and design criteria. Historic research when required. Development of field survey drawings. Initial code and zoning analysis, and presentation drawings.
Design Development: Refinement of schematic design including integration of building systems such as structural, mechanical, electrical etc. Landmarks review if required.
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Construction Phase: Performing site visits during construction including producing site visit reports and minutes of construction site meetings. Responding to Requests for Information and producing sketches as required.
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Center Island, NY, 6000 S.F., $8,000,000 budget. New Georgian style masonry waterfront home on the North Shore of Long Island.
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Spitzer and Associates, Architects, New York, NY, US, Architecture
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Murno and Veneziale, Architects L.L.P., New York, NY, US, Project Architect
981 Fifth Avenue, Sherry Netherland Hotel, New York City, 2600 S.F., $2,000,000 budget. Gut renovation and combination of an existing two- bedroom apartment with an adjacent hotel room. Project included traditional detailing and involved coordination with an Interior Designer in Milan, Italy.
15 East 91st Street, New York City, 2800 S.F., $875,000 budget. Combined existing three-bedroom apartment with adjacent one-bedroom apartment in a post-war building. Received New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission approval to enclose a portion of an existing outdoor terrace.
1133 Fifth Avenue, New York City, 3100 S.F., $1,3000,000 budget. Combination of existing four-bedroom apartment with a two-bedroom apartment above.
1016 Fifth Avenue, New York City, 2500 S.F., $500,000 budget. Gut renovation including new kitchen, bathrooms, windows, and central air conditioning system all designed with traditional detailing.
1107 Fifth Avenue, New York City, 1000 S.F., $350,000 budget. Transformation of basement storage rooms and laundry rooms into a shareholder exercise room
160 West 85th Street, New York City, 960 S.F., $325,000 budget. Lobby renovation
2700 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, façade stabilization. Prepared preliminary study plans for reuse of the former warehouse into residential housing.
Eric J. Smith Architect, New York, NY, US, Freelance Architect
Worked as part of a production team preparing construction documents for a 19,000 square foot house with traditional detailing in Dallas, Texas.
David Kenneth Specter and Associates, New York, NY, US, Staff Architect
Prepared plans for the development of a new 30,000 square foot commercial space in the cellar of the historic Belnord Apartments. It received approval from the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission for a special permit 74-711.
Prepared construction documents for the renovation and restoration of the residential lobbies of the Belnord Apartments.
Developed a Storefront Master Plan and construction documents for the street level retail spaces of the Belnord Apartments.
Prepared Local Law 10 reports for façade and roof repairs to Bayview Tower Apartments, Staten Island, New York and Hayden on Hudson Condominiums, Riverdale, New York.
Prepared construction documents for the combination of two apartments at 50 West 67th Street.
Interior Space International, New York, NY, US, Freelance Consultant
Prepared the design development and construction documents for The Securities Exchange Commission (three floors of interior renovation at 7 World Trade Center), the Geiger Showroom (a furniture showroom at The Carnegie Hall Tower). Prepared design revisions for the cafeteria of Price Waterhouse at The Americas Tower.
Davis Brody & Associates, Architects, New York, NY, US, Staff Architect
Prepared construction documents for the renovation and conversion of a Manhattan warehouse building (approximately 900,000 square feet) to become the Baruch College Main Library Facility.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, US, MArch, Masters of Architecture
Architecture and theory program directed by Stanely Tigerman. Critics included Lauretta Vinciarelli, John Macsai, Laurence Booth and Peter Eisenman.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, US, BArch, Architecture
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Crunchy Potato Balls Recipe
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Cooking is not one of my favorite things to do, so I'm always looking for simple and tasty recipes to feed our growing family (three sons - 8,5 and 7 months). These potato balls make a good snack or appetizer (my two older boys love them with any meal!), and they're a good way to use up leftovers. In fact, I often find myself peeling a few extra potatoes just to make sure there will be leftovers. I've also substituted ground-up hot dogs or sausage for the ham.
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- 2 cups very stiff mashed potatoes
- 2 cups finely chopped fully cooked ham
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar or Swiss cheese
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 to 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1-3/4 cups crushed cornflakes
- In a bowl, combine the potatoes, ham, cheese, mayonnaise, egg, mustard and pepper. Add enough of the flour to make a stiff mixture. Chill.
- Shape into 1-in. balls; roll in cornflakes. Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes. Serve hot. Yield: about 6 dozen.
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There are different forms of diabetes and both genes and environmental factors contribute differently to the risk of diabetes in family members of a person with the disease. That means some people with diabetes will have no family members with the disease, some may have just a few relatives that would show up as "skipping a generation" and some may have a high frequency of diabetes among relatives. This applies to all inherited forms of diabetes. However, Type 1 diabetes demonstrates a less strong inheritance pattern than type 2 diabetes and therefore is more likely to show up as skipping a generation.
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Don't Concede on Conversion
Some 300,000 non-Jewish immigrants have moved to Israel over the last 15 years and the Jewish orthodox establishment is denying them the chance of conversion.
Can a person who does not believe in God, does not observe the Sabbath, does not send his children to religious schools and does not put on tefillin (phylacteries) be a good Jew? Certainly. Even an excellent Jew. It is reasonable to assume that most of the Jewish state's most prominent leaders fit this definition. Can such a person become a Jew? Not from the perspective of the rabbinical courts, to whom the state has given the keys to joining the Jewish people.
The rabbinate's policy is that only those who intend to carry out the religious commandments (or who pose as religiously observant) can convert. This rule generates clear sectorial discrimination: Those who are prepared to be Orthodox, like the rabbis carrying out the conversion - to behave like them and join their camp - can be Jews. Those who appear secular, behave like secular people and plan to be secular remain non-Jews.
It is not by chance that the question of "who is a Jew" has become one of the toughest, longest and most fundamental religious struggles in the history of the State of Israel. This struggle involves more than the question of who is a Jew or who can become one; it involves the question of who determines who is a Jew and distributes entry permits to the Jewish people. The Reform and Conservative movements, which are waging the battle, have grasped that whoever is not determining "who is a Jew" is essentially a second-class Jew. Secular people, who have already established places of Torah study and developed marriage and mourning ceremonies, have yet to understand that they must also establish conversion courts.
This need has become more intense as a result of the rabbinical establishment's total failure to cope with the conversion challenge posed by immigration from the former Soviet Union. Some 300,000 non-Jewish immigrants have moved to Israel in the last 15 years. It is reasonable to assume that most of them were prepared to convert to Judaism when they arrived. Some are still ready to do so. However, the rabbinate converted only a few thousand. The immigrants, most of whom are totally secular, are an inseparable part of Jewish society. The time has come for the secular majority to allow them to join the Jewish people as well, and to do so in its own way.
It would be pretentious to try to state, in the framework of a short op-ed piece, what the secular conversion process should include and what conditions it should put in place. But it is possible to make a few suggestions. The situation today is that some 90 percent of converts at rabbinical courts (not including Ethiopians) are women. This is because, from the Orthodox perspective, they are the ones who determine the children's religion, and also because men who want to convert must undergo circumcision. Nonetheless, women have no representation in conversion courts. Secular conversion courts would have to grant them extensive representation.
The main condition for secular conversion should be proof of a genuine and sincere desire to join the Jewish people. The following should be taken into account: immigration to Israel, service in the Israel Defense Forces, contribution to the Jewish state, fluency in Hebrew and integration into Jewish society, community and culture. The accepted argument against this list of criteria is that these are characteristics of Israeliness, not of Jewishness. That is not precise. These are characteristics of Jewish Israeliness.
The converts would acquire knowledge of Jewish (and Zionist) culture during a course over an extended period of time. Leaders of the Orthodox denomination argue that their control over conversion is crucial for national unity. This argument has long been irrelevant. The ultra-Orthodox are not prepared to let their children marry the children of secular people, while the secular willingly accept the children of non-Jewish immigrants.
When the secular allow the rabbis to control conversion, it is as though they are acknowledging that the rabbis really do know better than they do who is a Jew. This is an unreasonable situation, especially for the fair number of secular people convinced that their Jewishness, and not the extremism of the ultra-Orthodox or the Zionist ultra-Orthodox ("hardal"), is the real, true, up-to-date and relevant continuation of Judaism. If secular people are the real continuation of the continuum of Jewish existence, then they have a responsibility toward those who are knocking on the door of their nation. They must not forfeit conversion.
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Taka Hirose began playing bass at the age of 14 and played in several jazz and metal bands during his school years. Taka moved to Tokyo and worked for guitar manufacturing specialists ESP and played music at night. After performing for Tokyo Yakuza bosses, Taka moved to London where he joined a new band, which would then become Feeder. "I've been using Seymour Duncan (Basslines) pickups […] Continue Reading


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Breaded Sauteed Goat Cheese Patties
Recipe by GinnyP
From Chef2Chef. You can make these up to a week in advance. Store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Reheat about 20 seconds on high in the microwave. You can also keep the patties warm in a 300F oven just after cooking them.
Top Review by princesstrish
The taste of these was very good, but I think maybe they should be frozen for a few hours prior to cooking. I had quite a mess on my hands, despite a very hot skillet. I will try this next time! Thanks for the recipe!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup soft goat cheese
- 1⁄4 cup fine breadcrumbs (I use homemade or Ener-G brand wheat-free)
- fresh ground black pepper
- 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
Optional Accompaniments
- English muffin, or little bread toasts (Kinnikinnick makes a good GF English muffin)
- olive
- thinly sliced radish
- thinly sliced cucumber
- tiny cherry tomatoes
Directions See How It's Made
- Place about 2 T of the cheese on a piece of plastic wrap.
- Cover with another piece of plastic wrap, and gently pat and"massage" the cheese into a patty 2-inches in diameter and 3/4-inch thick.
- (You can also skip the plastic wrap, and just use your hands. Dampen them first, so the cheese won't stick.) Repeat with the rest of the cheese.
- You should have 8 patties.
- Place the bread crumbs on a plate, grind in some fresh black pepper and stir to mix.
- Press the cheese patties into the crumbs until coated on both sides and around the edges.
- Place a heavy, nonstick skillet over medium heat for 30 seconds, then swirl to coat the pan.
- When the skillet is very hot, add the coated cheese patties and saute for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, or until golden brown, adding more oil if necessary.
- When they are done to your liking, transfer the sauteed patties to a plate lined with a double-thickness of paper towels.
- Serve hot or very warm, sprinkled with more freshly ground black pepper, along with your choice of accompaniments.


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The Plymouth manager gives his inimitable views on the week's events in football and beyond.
This week he talks about Argyle's excellent start, Wayne Rooney's boots and Roy Keane's attack on the WAGs.
Ollie also pays his own special tribute to Elvis Presley, who died 30 years ago this week. Click the link at the top to hear him in full flow.
Well it's three points out of three - only another 45 games to go! It was a very hard-fought game against Hull - to go one behind and come back and show the spirit we did is very good.
We're in fourth place in the first table of the season - I wish we could freeze it and stay there. I'd probably take that at the end of the season, if I can't get first or second.
We're also through to the next round of the Carling Cup. I think that's the first time I've managed to do that - as a manager anyway.
Last year I said I was like a bad teabag - because I didn't stay in the cup very long - but we're tasting a little bit nicer now - you can't see the bottom of the cup anymore, you can definitely see there's tea in there.
Roy Keane: "We had one player this summer who didn't even have the courtesy to call us back because his wife wanted to move to London - and shopping was mentioned."
Well Sunderland should sort out their shopping centres then, shouldn't they! If that is the reason why these players aren't coming then it's a sad state of affairs but I wouldn't like to wager why any women doesn't want to go anywhere because trying to understand a woman can get you in trouble.
They say one thing and mean another and as my dad said years ago - you can't live with them - but you certainly can't live without them, son.
I've got four women in my house - my wife and my three daughters - and I tell you what, it's pretty scary. I keep my head down and if we're out shopping I try and look in a man's shop while they make their minds up.
Tell all the WAGs we've got a brand new shopping centre in Plymouth called Drake Circus and it's superb, so you can't level that at us.
My daughters are going there this afternoon and I've nicked my wife's purse so she can't spend anything. So they'll all be doing some window shopping - beautiful.
I noticed Ian Wright suggesting Wayne should wear boots like my dad used to wear! I'm not sure. The game's so fast these days and he's got such fast feet.
Someone nicks the ball away and accidentally stamps on his foot...whatever boots he had on he might well have broken something.
Having said that, I'm not so sure there's enough support in the soles these days. It looks to me like you can bend them in half quite easily, whereas years ago you had a bit more rigidity in the sole, so I think they should look at that.
It's bad luck for everyone but he's young so I'm sure he'll get over it.
It's not the best start for United, is it? It just goes to show you, the people at the top expect to win all the time and now two draws feels like two defeats.
They're going into the Manchester derby four points behind Man City which has got to be a first.
We all said he was great, didn't we.....ha ha ha! He's gonna prove us all right - we always said he was brilliant!
He's got a good track record in club football and he had a good track record when he came to England as well. It was only when the papers found that he was being a dodgy geezer with a load of different birds that people went off him a bit because we didn't trust him.
It didn't really bother me because he wasn't married to that woman. If you're not going against a contract that's a bit different.
It's fantastic isn't it? I wonder if she's going to turn up for work next Monday?
Good luck to her - is she single? Well I tell you what, she won't be single for long, mate! What a catch. There'll be a few people getting a net out trying to snare her but good luck to her, fantastic.
I don't think it would be wise for her to get involved with football, though.
I think she should just go off and have a lovely holiday, lie on a big yacht that she's just bought and go and watch a load of soaps. Get a great big telly on deck - lovely jubbly.
Whatever's her bag she should just go off and do it. There's more than enough money in football, she should just chill out and have a sandwich, as my son says.
Sirsawyer: Ollie I'm a big Argyle fan with a season ticket.
I and most other fans were hoping you would sign some more players this summer. The big question is why didn't you sign Paul Mcveigh after you had him on trial? He looked a 15-goal a season man to me.
I didn't want to give him two years and Luton did. Plymouth's out on a limb and some players don't want to come down here unless it's a big deal.
Basically I've got Ebanks-Blake, Chadwick, Fallon and Hayles and he said he wanted to play up front. It's not that I didn't want him but sometimes these things don't marry up.
Supergreensy: Mr Holloway would you like to borrow a hammer and chisel to open the chairman's wallet?
I don't think that's right. I think everybody's looking at it the wrong way. We've got some really good players here and there's some really good young kids coming through and sometimes the more you have the worse you get - ask Alex at the moment.
United looked like they were going to run away with the Premier League and they couldn't win their first two games. Look at Martin Jol at Spurs, they've lost their first two games - it ruins your spirit sometimes.
If I found some good players I would add them, simple as that. I haven't got a problem with my chairman and I don't think our fans should have a problem with our chairman.
All summer I've been under pressure to try and bring other people in - who are they? And with the prices that are going around at the moment, how can we compete with that?
Sometimes you don't need to, it's about your spirit and your togetherness and that's what I deem very important in a football club.
K8ibelle: Ollie - Do you have a fantasy football team for the new season, and if so who is in it?
No I don't do that because it's fantasy. I've got the reality of having to pick a team who for all sorts of reasons might not be available to me - suspensions, illness, their wife might be ill, their kids might be upset and all sorts of things.
I've got the reality so I don't deal in fantasies when it comes to football. It's great for other people to play and good luck to those of you who do it but I personally wouldn't waste my time on it.
I love the big man. Absolutely brilliant. I had his 40 greatest hits when I was young and I love him to death.
Some of the films were a bit dodgy. That one where he was diving off a cliff, climbed back up to the top and his hair was immaculate and he wasn't even wet....I couldn't believe that!
And for me that's why he's the King.
I've never seen anybody look so good in a skintight pair of speedos. And do you know what, I swear he's still alive because the other day I saw a bloke down the chip shop who looked just like him!
Ian Holloway was talking to Chris Charles.
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Former Jayhawk Josh Selby Named Summer League Co-MVP
July 23rd, 2012 at 9:25 AM
***PHOTO1*** Summer League came to an end this weekend and our very own Josh Selby took home the co-MVP award, sharing it with Portland's lottery pick, Damian Lilliard. Selby averaged a league-high 27.5 points per game, including a sizzling 64% of his three-point attempts. Included in that statistic is his...


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Horatio Pagani is an Argentinian engineer whose spent the past two decades hand-building exquisite supercars. Kim Kardashian may be the most famous woman in the world, for reasons that escape many, including us. Yet it somehow seems apt that when the breadwinner of the Kardashian clan went shopping for supercars this week, she would spend an hour checking out the first Pagani Huayra in the United States — a 740-hp beast that could be hers for just $2 million.
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Dianna Russini: NY Jets' Rex Ryan Falls for Sexy Reporter at Eric Mangini CampJune 4, 2012
Rex Ryan's voice went up a few octaves recently, and it had everything to do with lovely NBC reporter Dianna Russini.
The New York Jets head coach showed up to Eric Mangini's camp rocking a new look—slim. The loud-mouthed coach dropped some pounds, making me quite sad.
There is something very wrong about a lesser Ryan. Somehow, this makes Sexy Rexy a tad less sexy, and altogether less ridiculous.
Thanks to the following video, this very worry is washed away.
Video Credit: Busted Coverage
As you can see, Ryan is as silly as ever as he falls head over heels for this reporter that lays out for the hottest reception of the offseason.
His voice hits a pitch that only certain dogs can hear and only adolescent boys trying to make a strong point can make.
He couldn't be happier in this moment. Well, I am guessing if Russini took off her boots he could find a bit more room for glee.
Russini is the sports anchor for NBC CT, and was having a blast despite the rainy conditions. Here she is with Mangini, via Twitter.
Soaking wet and muddy. Mangini camp in full gear. twitter.com/DRussNBC/statu…— Dianna Russini (@DRussNBC) June 2, 2012
The video of her going all out to catch a pass in front of Rex Ryan was proudly displayed on her Facebook page this week.
We have come to that point in the article to squash any obvious comments such as, "dude, WTF. Rex Ryan is married."
Yes, we are well aware that the head coach is happily married to a woman with fantastic feet. As the saying goes, he is married, not dead.
As for Russini, she is an avid sports fan that now reports on the subject in Connecticut. Per her Twitter page, she is a former George Mason soccer player as well.
She can now put object of Rex Ryan's desire on that resume.
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|1,000 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|3 nights
How long has it been since you were able to look up at the stars and actually see the Milky Way? Our condo is away from town, in the high mountain valley south of Cuchara, and you won't believe the views! Sunrise in the morning over the Spanish Peaks, sunsets in the evening over San Isabel National Forest, and the stars at night! Wildlife roam the mountains. You may see deer, elk, big horn sheep, black bear, mountain lions, foxes, bobcats, coyotes, and beavers. If relaxing isn't your thing, then enjoy the fishing, hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, golf at Grandote Peaks…all yours!
Cuchara, just two miles away, is home to the famous Dog Bar. (Yes, people do take their dogs there!) And the excellent Timbers restaurant, as fine as any in the area.
And if that isn't enough to entice you, take Highway 12 (Highway of Legends) south to Trinidad, past Monument and North lakes for unbelievable scenery. Or go north on the highway to La Veta, where you will find unique treasures from the artists who reside there. And the bakery in La Veta is the best!
Don't forget the Great Sand Dunes Monument, about an hour away. And the Uptop Ghost Town on Old La Veta Pass gives you a glimpse into early Colorado. Also, San Luis is the oldest town in Colorado, and is just southwest of Cuchara.
We fell in love with this area when we visited a year ago, and found ourselves buying a condo. We love it, but aren't totally retired yet so can't be there full time. So we are sharing it with you and know that you will enjoy it! Our condo is an end unit, so it is very quiet and has views from `windows on three sides.
Spend summer evenings on the deck enjoying the cool air, or winter evenings inside by the fireplace just relaxing!
Three full baths ensure lots of privacy! Kitchen has been remodeled to include deep sink and full-size dishwasher. Wood flooring gives a beautiful warmth to our home. New refrigerator with icemaker is great!
One bedroom with twin beds, one bedroom with a queen bed. Pull-out sofa on the main floor. There are two very nice inflatable twin beds available (inflate immediately). Come enjoy!
We are Okies and fell in love with the Rockies. It is close enough to use we can drive it in one day - and escape the heat in the summer and enjoy the snow in the winter!
Barbara Smallwood purchased this condo in 2012
We love the coziness of the condo, the deck where we can enjoy coffee and the sunrise, or maybe a glass of wine and the sunset. The trees surround us, yet we can view the snow-capped mountains. This is an undiscovered area - we found it when my sister built a retirement home a few miles away.
The deck, the coziness of the condo, the wood walls - all have the feel of a cabin in the woods. The loft is above the dining/kitchen area, and the living area is then open, giving the condo a very spacious feeling.
This is a wonderful little condo in a very secluded area, which we love! No cell service was just fine with us. When you open the doors and windows the piney scent of the forest comes rushing into the home. The deck is great for morning coffee or evening conversation. The home is nicely decorated with art work and artistic knick knacks. We would definitely stay here again!
We stayed at Starry, Starry Night for a weekend while in the area for my cousin's wedding. It was the perfect size for our small family: clean, comfy, and nicely decorated. It had everything we needed for a relaxing stay, and was convenient to town while feeling totally "away from it all."
Starry Starry Night is a very nice and peaceful place for a comfortable get away! Everything you need to feel at
home. Clean and comfy !
Great location, Great floor plan. Great solitude. Beautiful, restful, and peaceful.
Could have used a good going over with a caulk gun to keep the carpenter ants out. Also, could have had better lighting as some areas were rather dim with existing lights. We had to use our flashlight in the dining and living room areas. Would also recommend upgrading the DISH Network package as only one or two stations were worth watching. On a positive note, the whole house, including the kitchen was stocked better than we anticipated. Also, nice recent upgrades on the kitchen appliances, etc..
We would liked to have stayed one more day but we didn't have computer access to do so. It would have been great for the owner to have worked around that for us.
We had a wonderful stay at Starry starry night. The condo was beautiful and has obviously been well taken care of. The kitchen was fully stocked, the beds were comfortable, and Barbara was very helpful with any questions we had. We will definitely try to stay there again if we are in the area.
We had a very relaxing and peacful visit at Starry Starry Night. The owner was very helpful before our trip and during our visit with any questions we had. The condo was very comfortable and clean and set up to be a home away from home. We took our food from home and then just relaxed. We visited the Dog Bar and Grill more than once (great pizza), shopped the stores in Cuchara, visited Blue Lake, walked the nearby paths, saw lots of animals, went to the Great Sand Dunes (amazing part of God's creation) and just loved looking at the mountains. We hope to go back again soon.
Our condo is located in the San Isabel Forest at 9000 feet, a beautiful high plateau where one can enjoy the mountain views, hike, golf, shop the galleries in La Veta, or just enjoy the stars!
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Ex-Pitt star Krauser to court on DUI, gun case
BEAVER -- Former University of Pittsburgh basketball star Carl Krauser has waived his right to a preliminary hearing and now faces trial for drunken driving, drug and weapons charges stemming from a drunken-driving checkpoint in western Pennsylvania earlier this month.
Krauser's attorney didn't immediately return a call Tuesday on the report by the Beaver County Times.
Police in Beaver Falls say Krauser tried to run when his vehicle was stopped on May 12. Officers say they later found two bags of marijuana on Krauser and a loaded gun under his front seat, in addition to charging him with drunken driving and public drunkenness.
The 31-year-old Krauser, who lives in New York City, was a guard for Pitt from 2002 through 2006 and finished with more than 1,000 points and 400 assists.


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As I type today's post I am waiting for a surgeon somewhere in the southern region of NSW, to call us back to tell is they can deal with this….
Yep, that's a marble sitting in the wee mans stomach, and it's been there ten days. Hasn't moved one way or the other.
Now I don't want to get into the saga that our local health providers have put us through, let's just say the complaint letter will be long, about as long as the wait for hospital admission.
He ate the marble at preschool, another thing that we're very pleased about. Yeah.
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Russ calls himself a "Pennsylvania Hoosier." Born and raised in Indiana, he has lived in Bucks County, PA, for 30 years. He began his career as a newspaper and broadcast journalist in news and sports. After a career in corporate communications, Russ has turned to writing fiction, specializing in short stories. Genres include westerns, sports, historical, romance, and character delineation stories.
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Amy Prock, Chief
The Myrtle Beach Police Department has 300 officers and staff and provides a wide range of protection and enforcement services for our residents, visitors and businesses. The department's headquarters are in the Ted. C. Collins Law Enforcement Center, 1101 North Oak Street. Additional police operations are housed at the Law Enforcement Center Annex on Mustang Street and the Police-Fire Complex at Station No. 4 on Howard Avenue.
The Police Department has a community-oriented policing philosophy and accomplishes this through four major divisions: Uniform Patrol, Investigative, Support Services and Administrative. Special programs include the Citizens Police Academy, Neighborhood Watch and Animal Control. The department operates a 48-hour adult and juvenile detention facility at the Oak Street site. To file an official police report, please call the non-emergency dispatch at 843-918-1382 or send an e-mail to email@example.com to request a report.
In addition to providing 24-hour coverage of the city, the Patrol Division includes the Beach Patrol Unit, Traffic Unit, Special Operations Unit and Street Crimes Unit. The Beach Patrol provides coverage on our 10 miles of shoreline. All of the officers are certified lifeguards. The Traffic Unit concentrates on enforcing traffic laws and also investigates all wrecks in the city.
The Special Operations Section, also known as our Waterfront Unit, focuses on Ocean Boulevard and the downtown area. Many of the downtown officers walk, ride bicycles or use small vehicles known as GEM cars. The Street Crimes Unit works with Narcotics and Vice officers to address on street-level activities.
The Investigative Division is responsible for on-going investigations into criminal activity within the City of Myrtle Beach. Sections within the division include Violent Crimes, Property Crimes and Financial Crimes. The division also has a Crime Scene Section which is responsible for locating and preserving evidence.
The Support Services Division is home to the Records, Property and Evidence, Telecommunications and Detention Sections. The Records Section is responsible for data entry and report preparation. The Property and Evidence Section stores and safeguards evidence and recovered property, as well as found and relinquished property. Call 843-918-1332 for the Records Supervisor.
Our Telecommunications Section officers are responsible for receiving and dispatching both police and fire calls. The Detention Section is responsible for housing adults and juveniles for a limited time in our on-site detention facility.
The Administrative Division includes sections for Training, School Resource Officers, Crime Prevention, Animal Control, Special Events, Citizens Police Academy and the Office of Professional Standards. The department has rigorous training standards, and the Training Section provides professional skills and educational support to all personnel.
Our School Resource Officers are an important part of the schools in which they work and provide a welcome contact for both students and parents. The Crime Prevention Section coordinates the Neighborhood Watch program and works to increase awareness. Our Animal Control staff works closely with the staff at the Grand Strand Humane Society. The two-person unit responds to calls from the public about both domestic and wild animals.
The Special Events Section works with individuals, businesses and organizations who request law enforcement support for special events, including parades and funeral escorts. The special events coordinator also is responsible for taxicab medallions and inspections.
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The Office of Professional Standards is charged with maintaining the Police Department's high standards and integrity. Both compliments and complaints regarding officers' performance may be directed to the Office of Professional Standards. Call 843-918-1330 or 843-918-1382.
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