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3 Rules Of The Modern Cover Letter
June 12, 2014
You are what you write.
By Peter Weddle for
A recent survey of human resource professionals found that over one-third have visited social networking sites to look for information about employment candidates. Personal pages and videos posted on popular
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sites are now fair game when employers conduct "background checks" on job applicants. With concerns about office security, employee theft, and malicious behavior on the rise, they want to learn as much as they can about the character of a person as well as their capabilities on-the-job.
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This assessment, however, is not limited to what can be found on social networking sites. It also encompasses virtually every interaction you have with an organization online. To put it another way, your evaluation now begins with the first email message you send and continues through every subsequent communication you have with that organization. From an employer's perspective, then, you are what you write.
That view has always been true, of course. Employers have long made judgments about job applicants by evaluating their
. On the Internet, however, it's far easier to get trapped into careless and potentially damaging expository mistakes. What follows are three simple rules to help make sure that what you write is you at your best.
Rule #1: Be business-like in employment-related email.
Always assume that any online correspondence you have with any representative of an employer is of a business nature. Email may have developed as a casual medium, but when you're seeking employment, it's a serious activity and should be treated as such.
* If you are initiating the correspondence, begin your message with a standard business greeting and the recipient's last name. For example, you might write "Dear Mr. Brown."
* If you are replying to a message from a recruiter, follow their lead in determining what greeting to use. For example, if they begin their message with an informal "Hi Joseph" or "Hello Joseph," you may do so, as well. If they begin with the more formal "Dear Joseph" or "Dear Mr. Brown," then you should reply using the more formal greeting.
* You should also follow the recruiter's lead in determining whether to use their first or last name in your greeting. If they signed off in their message with their first name, then you may use that name in your greeting. If, on the other hand, they signed off in their message with their full name or some variation of their last name (e.g., Mr. Jones, Ms. Kay), then you should use their last name in your greeting.
Rule #2: Watch your tone of voice.
The tone of an online communication can be easily misunderstood. In fact, one study found that as many as 50 percent of all email messages convey an unintended (and potentially harmful) tone. How does that happen?
* A frequent source of misunderstanding is the simple choice of which case you will use in typing your message. Just as it's impolite to shout in a conversation, it's impolite to do the same online by over-using the upper case or capital letters in your email.
* Tone is also conveyed, although more subtly, by your word choice and syntax. Make sure you select terms and phrases that can't be read more than one way and avoid those that could be misunderstood without some familiarity with your mannerisms and way of speaking.
* Stay away from ambiguity. More often than not, clarity declines with the length and complexity of your sentences. So, keep it short and precise.
Rule #3: Represent yourself well in your writing.
Carefully compose every message and then even more carefully proofread what you've written.
* Recruiters are most impressed with candidate emails that are articulate and to-the-point. Multi-syllable words and complex thoughts don't influence them as much as the clearly expressed answer to a question or explanation of a point.
* Recruiters are put off by messages that have improper or non-standard punctuation, grammatical errors, and misspellings. They believe that such miscues reflect inattention to detail and a lack of pride in one's work. If those attributes are evident in something as important as your employment-related communications, they are also likely to occur on-the-job, and that possibility undercuts your credibility as a candidate.
No one believes that a resume fully conveys all of a person's potential value to an employer. It is, however, the key to the front door. If the resume doesn't open the door and get you invited in for an interview, you'll never have a chance to embellish on what you've written.
The same is true with your online communications. Even the briefest and seemingly insignificant email between you and a recruiter becomes a part of your record. The messages you write online, however, may have an even greater impact on your evaluation by the recruiter. They are less stylized than your resume—a more candid snapshot of who you are—and thus are often considered a more reliable gauge of how you will act once employed.
Does that make them more important than your resume? Of course not. Your resume tells a recruiter what you can do. Your online messages, however, tell them who you are. And, in today's world, that information can spell the difference between a job offer and a rejection letter.
Thanks for reading,
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Peter Weddle is the author of over two dozen employment-related books, including A Multitude of Hope: A Novel About Rediscovering the American Dream, The Success Matrix: Wisdom from the Web on How to Get Hired & Not Be Fired, WEDDLE's 2011/12 Guide to Employment Sites on the Internet, The Career Activist Republic, and The Career Fitness Workbook: How to Find, Win & Hold Onto the Job of Your Dreams Get them at Amazon.com and www.Weddles.com today.
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Boeing-Boeing to Play Final Performance on Broadway Jan 4, 2009
The 2008 Tony Award Winning Best Play Revival, Boeing-Boeing, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, January 4, 2009, when the current cast's contracts end. Upon closing, Boeing-Boeing will have played 280 performances and 17 previews. The critically acclaimed comedy, which recouped its entire $2.65 million investment this September, will launch a 45-week national tour this fall. Prior to its Broadway engagement, Boeing-Boeing enjoyed a wildly successful run at London's Comedy Theatre from February 2007 - January 2008.
"Not only was Boeing-Boeing a critical and financial success, returning a significant profit to its investors, but it reintroduced a forgotten contemporary comedy, brilliantly re-imagined by Matthew Warchus, to a new generation of theatregoers," states Producer Sonia Friedman. "We chose to close the show when the current cast members' contracts all expired and to end on a high note rather than forge through the challenges of January and February in a weak economy. I am extremely proud of this production and join my producing partners in congratulating the immensely talented cast and outstanding creative team who brought it all to hysterical life."
Marc Camoletti's classic sixties comedy of errors, Boeing-Boeing was translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans and directed by Matthew Warchus. The production began previews on April 19 and officially opened on May 4 at Broadway's Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street).
Boeing-Boeing currently stars Christine Baranski, 2008 Tony Award Winner Mark Rylance, Greg Germann, Paige Davis, Rebecca Gayheart, and Missi Pyle.
Boeing-Boeing is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Boyett, Act Productions, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert G. Bartner, The Weinstein Company, Susan Gallin/Mary Lu Roffe, Broadway Across America, Tulchin/Jenkins/DSM, and The Araca Group.
Boeing-Boeing won 2008 Tony Awards for Best Play Revival and Best Actor (Mark Rylance) and Drama Desk Awards for Best Play Revival and Best Actor (Rylance). The show received four additional Tony nominations.
In Boeing-Boeing, an architect living in Paris has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancées with his housekeeper reluctantly playing romantic air-traffic controller as they fly in and out of his swank bachelor pad. But when an old school pal visits, things get rather turbulent. Schedules change, flights are delayed and chaos ensues in this whirl of mayhem and matchmaking.
The Broadway production of Boeing-Boeing opened to rave reviews. "Up, up & away! Boeing-Boeing is pure pleasure and unconditional bliss! It soars right out of its time zone and into some stratosphere of classic comedy. A roaring success. Mark Rylance gives a priceless performance, evoking the great Buster Keaton. A delicious, delirious production," said Ben Brantley of The New York Times. The Daily News raved, "êêêê! Mile-high hilarity. Matthew Warchus' jet-propelled production is a breath of fresh laughing gas." Variety calls Boeing-Boeing, "A riot!" and The Star-Ledger says Boeing-Boeing is "A hit! Everybody better tape their ribs to prevent fractures from laughing so hard!" And The Journal News says "I loved it! A completely delicious confection. Boeing-Boeing is a classic Broadway cure for whatever may ail you. You may begin laughing now!"
Boeing-Boeing is performed on the following schedule at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street): Tuesday at 7:00pm, Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00pm, and Sunday at 3:00pm.
For the week of December 22nd the performance schedule is: Monday at 8:00pm, Tuesday at 7pm, Friday and Saturday at 2pm and 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm.
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anybody that has played disc golf in minnesota, please post your opinions about any course you have played in the area.
i have played quite a few on the west side of town. I want to know which ones are worth the trip outside of that. i know kaposia and north valley are awesome but i have yet to get out there, i know its sad.
Heres my review of Down's Farm, a private course I found out of boredom that most minnesota disc golfers don't know about.
i was on the pdga website on sunday looking for a new place to play when I ran across Downs Farm. Its a private course on a 40 acre hobby farm with 6 mach 5 baskets and 3 wooden poles (the owner bob downs adds a basket each year, hes a teacher that isn't rich and does this out of the goodness of his heart). I called the number for directions and information. I talked to bob's wife and got directions out to his land just past victoria.
When i pulled up I was greeted by Bob. Awesome guy, he showed me the lay out of his home made course and played two rounds with my friend and I. he built a nice club house out of his barn, he has discs to borrow and gave us free aquafina (he houses lots of foster kids and they use the club house).
the first three holes are very short, but his property is very windy. they shoud all be dueced, but the wind can easily change that. after the first three it opens up into a young forest of trees with some interesting pin placements. the wind out there is insane and makes it very tough. the last three holes are wooden poles (until he gets mach Vs), its very tough to hit putts on them, but its fun and challenging. the ninth and final hole is a true test, it doglegs right and goes through a narrow ravine with a low ceiling, very few dueces have happened here, a 3 is a great score.
overall i came away with a great expierience. there is only one hole that requires huge d, the rest of the course requires controled approachs in the wind. this course taught me so much about my wind game. it was a different spin on disc golf for me. my first round I shot a 28 as the wind was tricky and the short lay out gave me hell. my last two rounds were a 25 but still short of the course record of 20.
Bob Downs was great and i thank him for having me out there. he loves it for any serious disc golfer to come out and have a good time, he was very excited for people to come out and play his private hobby course. you will pretty much have the course to yourself, at most there will be a few foursomes out there. he said that we are welcome anytime to come and play as much as we want. its not the longest, toughest or best designed course out there, but it doesn't matter. its a very cool concept and I love what this place does for people. I had a lot of fun at Downs Farm. there is leauge on monday nights with up to 36 players. check the pdga website for information on how to make it out.


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PARALYMPIC 100m silver medallist Graeme Ballard was the inaugural guest on a Blackburn primary school's Throne of Words.
As part of its literacy development, Hawthorn School has been focusing upon the importance of questioning.
The 'throne' concept is that guests are invited into the chair and asked questions.
Each pupil in the class must put a question to the guest and then a supplementary question based upon the initial answer.
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EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Clif Bar & Company has promoted president and COO Kevin Cleary to CEO. In his new role, Cleary will focus on expanding Clif Bar's growth in the sports nutrition and healthy snacks category while continuing to lead the company's day-to-day business operations.
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06/29/2017 13:55 to 01/01/2018 17:00 Important Message! Effective July 1, 2017 the State Board of Equalization has been restructured to better serve taxpayers. Learn more about the restructuring
When you sell or lease merchandise, vehicles, or other tangible personal property in California, even temporarily, you are generally required to register with our agency, the Board of Equalization (BOE), and to pay sales tax on your taxable sales. When you register, we will issue you a seller's permit. Sometimes people incorrectly refer to a seller's permit as a resale number or resale permit. A seller's permit is a state license that allows you to sell items at the wholesale or retail level and to issue resale certificates to suppliers. Issuing a resale certificate allows you to buy items you will sell in your business operations without paying amounts for tax to your suppliers.
Generally, if you make three or more sales in a 12-month period, you are required to hold a seller's permit. This applies even if your sales are made through Internet auction houses, such as eBay and uBid, or websites that offer online classified advertisements (online advertisers) such as Craigslist. For additional information, please see publication 177, Internet Auction Sales and Purchases, available at www.boe.ca.gov or call our Customer Service Center at 1-800-400-7115 (TTY:711).
When you have a garage sale and sell used items, you are generally not required to hold a seller's permit unless you have more than two garage sales in a 12-month period or are required to hold a seller's permit for being engaged in the business of selling merchandise, goods or items (tangible personal property). Please see Regulation 1595, Occasional Sales—Sale of A Business—Business Reorganization.
Making sales of merchandise, goods or other items in California without first getting a seller's permit violates the law and subjects you to fines and penalties. California law requires a seller's permit be held for warehouse locations when: the retailer has one or more sales offices in this state, the sale is negotiated out of state, and the order is filled from the retailer's in-state stock of goods at the warehouse. You are not required to hold a seller's permit if all your sales are made exclusively in interstate or foreign commerce, and you make no sales in this state. However, your business may meet the requirements of a "qualified purchaser" and you may be required to register for a use tax account as discussed in the next section.
Note: This publication summarizes the law and applicable regulations in effect when the publication was written, as noted above. However, changes in the law or in regulations may have occurred since that time. If there is a conflict between the text in this publication and the law, decisions will be based on the law and not on this publication.
California law requires a "qualified purchaser" to register with the BOE and annually report and pay use tax directly to the BOE through our online services system. A "qualified purchaser" includes businesses with at least $100,000 in annual gross receipts from business operations. Gross receipts are the total of all receipts from both in-state and out-of-state business operations. For additional information, see publication 126, Mandatory Use Tax Registration for Service Enterprises available from our website.
A retailer with a computer server located in California on which a website resides may not be required to have a seller's permit unless the retailer has a proprietary interest in the server and the activities at that location otherwise qualify for a seller's permit. You may need to obtain other licenses, permits, or documents to operate your business (see Additional requirements for your business) or you may be required to register for a use tax account with the BOE if you are a "qualified purchaser," as explained above. Please note that a California seller's permit does not grant you any other rights, privileges, or status under local, state, or U.S. law.
When you hold a seller's permit, you must file sales and use tax returns and pay any sales or use tax due on your sales and purchases. You must report and pay sales tax on each taxable sale. At the time you make the sale, you may collect from your customer an amount equal to the tax you will owe. As a registered seller, you will need to take the time to learn how to properly apply the sales and use tax law in your business operations. You also must keep adequate records that document your sales and purchases. Our classes publications and online seminars can help you learn to meet your obligations and help ensure that you don't pay more or less tax than you owe.
Note: You should not obtain a seller's permit just to take advantage of the opportunity to issue resale certificates to your suppliers. Issuing a resale certificate to avoid paying tax on items you will use rather than sell is against the law and may result in fines and penalties. It is a misdemeanor to issue a resale certificate if at the time of purchase you do not intend to resell the merchandise.
You must notify the BOE if you intend to sell or close your business. If you are not making sales, your permit may be canceled. For more information, please see Regulation 1699 Permits and publication 74 Closing Out Your Seller's Permit
You can register on our website at www.boe.ca.gov by selecting New Registration, and then select Register a business activity with BOE. You can also register in person at any of our field offices. Please contact our Customer Service Center for assistance at 1-800-400-7115 (TTY:711). You will need to provide information about your business, including bank account details and estimated income. You must also provide information about yourself including your driver license number and social security number (or substitute documents, as explained on the application). If you purchased your business, you'll need to provide the previous owner's name and seller's permit number. To make sure you won't have to pay any tax, interest or penalties owed by the previous owner, you should request in writing, a tax clearance from us 60 days prior to your purchase. There is no charge for a seller's permit. However, depending on your type of business and expected taxable sales, we may ask you for a security deposit. The BOE may be able to issue your permit the same day.
If you make sales of a temporary nature such as Christmas tree sales or sales of fireworks, you may apply for a temporary seller's permit. Temporary permits are issued to those whose sales activity will last no longer than 90 days.
In addition to registering for a sellers permit, you may need to register for one of the other taxes and fees we administer. You can register on our website at www.boe.ca.gov by selecting New Registration, and then select Register a business activity with BOE. You can also register in person at any of our field offices. Please contact our Customer Service Center at 1-800-400-7115 (TTY:711) for additional information. The state and federal governments have additional requirements for businesses. You must file income tax returns with the California Franchise Tax Board and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Certain businesses are required to obtain permits from the California Department of Consumer Affairs and state and local environmental agencies. If you have employees, you are required to register as an employer with the California Employment Development Department and the IRS and to pay payroll withholding taxes. We recommend visiting www.businessportal.ca.gov or www.calgold.ca.gov to obtain information about business licenses and other local, state, and federal business permit information. Chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, and other business organizations are other good sources of information. Often the business licensing department of a city or county can assist you, too. Some counties and cities publish special guides for small businesses, available free or at a low cost.
For more information regarding sellers permits, please see publication 73, Your California Sellers Permit. For a complete list of other BOE-administered taxes and fees, please see publication 51, Board of Equalization Resource Guide to Free Tax Products and Services. You may find these and all our publications at our website at www.boe.ca.gov, under the Forms & Pubs tab.
1595 Occasional Sales—Sale of a Business—Business Reorganization
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73 Your California Seller's Permit
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ORLANDO, Fla. - The trustee overseeing Casey Anthony's bankruptcy case has withdrawn his plan to sell the rights to Anthony's life story, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
Trustee Stephen Meininger had wanted to set up a potential auction for "exclusive worldwide rights" for Anthony's life story.
Meininger presented a motion last month trying to receive permission to set up a potential auction for Anthony's life story. In court filings, Anthony lists about $792,000 owed to several dozen creditors.
But the Sentinel reports on Tuesday, Meininger filed a motion withdrawing the previous motion--a day before the next hearing in Anthony's bankruptcy case.
[PICS: Anthony appears in court at bankruptcy hearing]
The report comes the same day that attorneys from Texas Equusearch say Anthony owes the search and rescue group more than $100,000 in expenses for their involvement in the search for 2-year-old Caylee.
Anthony was acquitted of murder in her daughter's death, but her attorney said during Anthony's trial that Caylee drowned accidentally in a family swimming pool. In federal bankruptcy court documents, lawyers state that Casey Anthony knew her daughter was already dead when the search began in 2008.
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Get an overview of this hotelVictorian Gros Islet guesthouse in Marisule with free parking
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Located in Marisule, this guesthouse is 1.1 mi (1.8 km) from Beausejour Stadium and within 3 mi (5 km) of Reduit Beach and Pigeon Island National Park. Rodney Bay Marina and Bonne Terre Tropical Gardens are also within 2 mi (3 km).
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Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free guesthouse has an outdoor pool and a bar/lounge. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a poolside bar, a rooftop terrace, and a meeting room.
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Guest House Amenities
Guest House Amenities
The guesthouse offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the guesthouse's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 300 square feet (28 square meters) include a meeting room. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. This Victorian guesthouse also offers an outdoor pool, a rooftop terrace, and a library. Concierge services and wedding services can be provided. Onsite self parking is complimentary. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge).
Habitat Terrace Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 11
- Number of floors - 2
- Bar/lounge
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Concierge services
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Poolside bar
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 28
- Conference space size (feet) - 300
- Smoke-free property
- Garden
- Outdoor pool
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Wedding services
- Computer station
- Library
- One meeting room
- Rooftop terrace
- Year Built 2006
- Shopping on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
- Microwave (on request)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Ceiling fan
- Air conditioning
- Soundproofed rooms
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Microwave (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free dial-up Internet access
- Individually furnished
- Sleep Number by Select Comfort mattress
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Room service (limited hours)
- Yard
Where to Eat
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Tiffany - Onsite family restaurant. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the guesthouse include an outdoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
Guest House Policies
Check-in time ends at 11 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Late check-out fee: USD 29.63
Guest house Name
- Habitat Terrace
- Habitat Terrace Gros Islet
- Habitat Terrace Hotel
- Habitat Terrace Hotel Gros Islet
- Habitat Terrace St. Lucia/Gros Islet
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the guesthouse prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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National Preparedness Month: Tips for Dealing With Children Before, During and After Emergencies
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
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Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
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Sept. 7, 2007
National Preparedness Month: Tips for Dealing With Children Before, During and After Emergencies
National Preparedness Month is a nationwide effort held each September to encourage people to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and schools. National Preparedness Month 2007 is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The goal of the month is to increase public awareness about the importance of preparing for emergencies and to encourage individuals to take action.
"Most residents know what they need to do to prepare for an emergency: assemble a kit, make a family communications plan and stay informed," said Roy B. Shrout, acting emergency management coordinator for Fairfax County. "But oftentimes, children's emotional needs are overlooked. Emergencies are frightening and confusing for children and we as parents need to take special care to deal with this issue in an age appropriate way, without scaring them."
Fairfax County's Office of Emergency Management offers the following tips for dealing with the difficult emotional issues that surround children before, during and after emergencies.
If you plan to include your school-age children in the development of an emergency preparedness plan, the following suggestions may be helpful:
- Explain (in simple terms) why it is important to have the family emergency plan.
- Explain that nothing bad is happening at this moment.
- Involve your children in the planning. For example, they can help to check for batteries, help purchase supplies, etc.
- Reassure children they will be protected by a friend, relative or someone else who cares about them until parents can arrive.
- Stay calm. Remember children will be as calm and cooperative as the adults around them.
- Explain it is okay to feel scared or afraid.
Parents should expect different reactions from elementary, middle and high school age children involved in emergencies.
However, the age ranges generally share these reactions:
- Feelings of anxiety, fears and worries about safety of self and others.
- Worries about reoccurrence of the incident.
- Increased likelihood to discuss the gruesome details.
- Increased sensitivity to loud, startling sounds.
- Hate or anger statements.
- Withdrawal.
- Changes in school performance.
What you can do to help:
- Reassure him/her of his/her safety and security.
- Hug and hold your child. Affection helps!
- Maintain a predictable schedule for consistency.
- Listen to your child's retelling of events. He/she will most likely retell several times.
- Encourage them to talking about their feelings.
- Validate strong feelings of anger, but help them separate thoughts about perpetrators from a more generalized group.
- Provide simple, accurate information about the event.
- Provide fun activities to help relieve tension, e.g. working with Play-Doh, playing kickball, etc.
- If your child lost a special toy in the incident, allow them to grieve the loss.
The Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board features valuable information on coping with tragedy and disaster online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/csb/grief/tragedy.htm.
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Comprehensive lists are published on the Web sites of the American Psychological Association, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Well, I don't like vnzla's trade idea, but it wasn't "Granger for Redick"This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
His trade appears to be centered around a couple assumptions:
1. Pacers probably won't re-sign Danny
2. Green is probably nearly impossible to trade
Therefore, what he proposed was really dumping Green, getting your 2 guard to play with PG, and improving the backup 4 spot.
Again, I don't like it. But, it isn't ridiculous.
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Shooting for Fun
The Exotic World of Sporting Clays Offers Outdoor Settings to Test Your Shooting Skills
The clubhouse was appointed with bronzes, oils, oak and leather. Each participant had a scorecard in his pocket. Beyond the door the water, green fields and massive old trees awaited. It could have been St. Andrews or Pebble Beach or Hilton Head. The arrival of a Bell Jet Ranger on the lawn outside, as well as the arrival of a very worn, beat-up van, each carrying players, suggested that the crowd here wasn't going to be the ordinary club crowd. There was a big difference. Instead of a golf cart protruding with bags and clubs and towels accompanying each player, virtually everyone in sight had a gun in the crook of his arm. This wasn't a golf course, but a shooting clays club, and everyone here was readying his weapons for a tournament.
The first squad of four men, including this writer, strolled along a gentle path to a point where a "station judge" waited. The judge invited us to "view" the first pair of targets. A sign at the station declared that we were at the Driven Grouse point. Because this type of game bird is one of the more difficult to shoot, a more appropriate title might have been Demon Chased. As the referee called "pull," a pair of black clay disks appeared at the head of the gully some 40 yards away. The gully's walls were 15 feet deep and just slightly greater in width. The targets flew straight toward our position; their speed was something more than 40 mph. Just 20 feet in front of the firing line, the clays shattered as they simultaneously curved and smacked into the gully walls. Their flight had consumed only one-and-a-half seconds. Our goal was to step into a two-foot-square firing box and break the targets with the shot from a gun...before they broke themselves.
We shuffled scorecards, and I won the dubious privilege of stepping to the line first. I called, "trapper ready?" to alert the person who would release the targets. At his affirmation I dropped a pair of shells into a double-barreled 12-gauge Beretta and closed the breech. The next few seconds were critical. The adrenaline surged, and I waged a miniature battle to control it, knowing full well that the powerful substance could spark speed and coordination. Otherwise, I would fight my own muscles, yank the trigger and hear the inevitable "bird lost!"
With a tight focus on the spot where the birds would appear, I called, "pull!" I saw the left bird first as I lifted the butt to my shoulder and pushed the barrels to an apparent point an inch in front of its course. At the recoil of the firing cartridge, the target shattered. Now, find the right bird! My eyes saw it as it screamed within feet of the wall. My left hand accelerated the barrels toward its line of flight as my finger pressed the trigger for the second shot. The act was pure reflex, there was no time to "aim." The target exploded into black smoke just inches from its own suicide against the gully wall. When the shot "pattern" struck, the pellets' spread was no larger than the target itself. The referee called, "dead pair." I breathed again, knowing the second hit was only luck, having spent too much time on the first shot.
With a total of five pairs to shoot at this station, there were eight clays to go. With each pair, the tension built rather than declined. But the first eight targets were broken, and I shattered the last pair, too. There was immediate relief. The applause from the rest of the squad penetrated my concentration. The first 10 of 100 targets were all X's. These were targets that I could hit; there would be ones that I could not.
Welcome to the world of sporting clays. On this course, really a compendium of sporting clays stations from courses around the world, there were nine other stations, with 10 clays each, for a total score of 100. But with this sport, in contrast to many other sports and especially shooting sports, perfection is more or less out of the question. On the trap and skeet fields, the two other principal shooting games, every course and most targets are the same. Scores of 100 or even 500 straight are expected from top-level shooters. However, the sporting clays world is different. Its very essence is variety. Each range is very different from another, and on the same range, each station will be regularly changed from day to day. A shooter breaking 90 percent of the targets will win many of the major tournaments.
Sporting clays is designed to simulate the kinds of shots encountered in the wild hunting fields. It began in England in the early 1900s as a means of practice by dukes, earls and kings for pheasant and grouse shooting. Sporting clays formally took hold in the United States little more than a decade ago. However, in its short time here it has grown dramatically, attracting people from all walks of life--including becoming a social event for many of the rich and famous. It is a sport where the rackets and clubs are shotguns and the balls are little flying saucers made of pitch and carbon.
In addition to the variety of courses and presentations, there are also different kinds of targets. Three of them are more or less conventionally shaped saucers of varying size. A cupped underside makes them fly much like a Frisbee...unless a course designer chooses to launch them upside down, drastically altering their aerodynamic quality. The full-sized target measures 110 mm, or about four-and-a-quarter-inches in diameter; the middle-sized version is 90 mm, or three-and-a-half inches, and the minisized clay is just 60 mm, or two-and-a-quarter inches in diameter. The rabbits and batues complete the selection. (A batue is a thin, heavy disk with relatively poor aerodynamics that sails for the first portion of flight, turns sideways in a more or less predictable manner and then falls like a greased brick.)
For those who do not understand, or who even recoil at the thought of a gun of any kind, think of it as a sporting clays tennis racket. A firearm, like a golf club, a motor car or the lighter that might ignite the end of your cigar, is an inanimate object. Any of these instruments, in the wrong hands, has the power to do hideous damage. But they do not act alone; their capability is absolutely limited by the will of their users. The shotgun can be an instrument of great pleasure, intrinsic beauty and a grand test of human skill.
The "typical" sporting clays gun is an over/under, double-barreled, 12-gauge--it has two barrels, arranged one on top of the other. The gun holds two cartridges, and a single trigger mechanism fires those cartridges, one after the other, with successive pulls. Good entry-level guns include an American-made Ruger, the Japanese Browning and the Italian Beretta; each offers models that are priced between $1,500 and $3,000. Even though these are entry-level guns, do not assume they are a handicap. Shotgunning is a difficult place to buy skill. Any one of these guns, in the right hands, has world-championship potential.
The next level of over/under guns are tailored for the sophisticated tournament niche. They are without ornamentation but possess the finest mechanisms and workmanship and almost unlimited lifespans. They are like race cars with the very finest steering and brakes that can be made. These are the famous Italian Perazzi, Beretta ASE-90 and Krieghoff from Germany, along with several other serious tournament-grade guns by lesser known names. These occupy the $7,000 to $10,000 price range.
There is an even more expensive level of guns. These guns qualify as collectible art, although they are very functional and are made by the top manufacturers of both the over/under and side-by-side double-barreled guns. Each maker uses a foundation of the highest mechanical standards with varying degrees of ornamentation. This list now spans many nations of the world and dozens of makers. The English firms of Purdey, Holland & Holland and Asprey are almost household names and for centuries have turned out exquisite firearms. The Italian Fabri firearms are viewed by many as the finest of their kind, and Beretta, the oldest industrial firm in the world, turns out handmade guns in their SO series that are without peer. The finest steel and wood are fabricated into a shotgun, then an artist carves the hard steel with finesse that rivals the master painters. These guns start at $20,000, and many cost more than $100,000. At this price range, one not only owns a functional tool but a piece of art that appreciates in value.
An expensive piece of art or even a double-barreled gun are not essential to the enjoyment of sporting clays. A Remington Model 11-87 Sporting Clays, with a softer recoil, may be one of the best sporting clays guns for beginners. In fact, one of the charms of the sporting clays course is its compatibility with almost any kind of shotgun. The classic, early double-barreled game guns, made before the turn of the century, are perfectly compatible with sporting clays courses. As an antithesis to these old thoroughbreds, I have seen shooters with inexpensive, newly made pump-action guns shoot very credible scores. Because sporting clays simulates hunting, shotguns made for hunting, as a vast majority of them are, excel at the sport.
Part of this universal adaptability is due to the fact that most good shotguns will break the targets. They deliver a "pattern" or elongated cloud of small shot pellets, and it is the shooter/athlete who is responsible for success or failure. While some of the mechanics of a shotgun can be likened to a race car with varying degrees of sophistication, every shooter has access to the same engine: the cartridges. If the shot pattern finds its way to the clay target, it will break the target without caring who or what released it.
The actual target-breaking performance of most shotguns is controlled by the cartridges used and the choke. The choke is a constriction at the muzzle of the gun barrel that controls the spread of the shot pellets in flight, much as a nozzle controls the spray of water from a garden hose. A "full" choke will hold the pellets as closely together as possible, while a "cylinder" choke will allow the maximum reasonable spread. In terms of your hitting a clay target, this means that with the full choke you have a shot spread of about 20 inches at 25 yards, while the cylinder will offer you a 40-inch pattern. It is easier to hit targets with the larger spread. And most modern guns come equipped with threaded sections inside their muzzles that accept "choke tubes." These tubes allow the shooter to alter the degree of choke present in their barrels. While it becomes tempting, especially for the novice, to change these chokes regularly to suit the shooting situation, almost every shooter will be best served by a minimal degree of choke for almost all sporting clays shots.
Along with the variety of kinds of guns themselves, there are different sizes or gauges of shotguns. The most common is the 12-gauge. The gauge refers to the diameter of the bore, or inside of the barrel. This designation relates to the number of lead round balls of that diameter that it takes to weigh one pound. The larger numbers have smaller bores, hence 16-, 20- and 28-gauge, with the smallest common shotgun being a .410-bore (referring to its diameter in inches). From a shooter's perspective, the basic difference is the weight of the gun and the amount of shot it uses. The standard 12-gauge will weigh between seven and eight pounds, while the 20- or 28-gauges may be as light as five to six pounds. A standard 12-gauge "target" cartridge uses one-and-one-eighth ounces of shot, the .410 a mere half ounce. While most beginning shooters are best served by a 12- or 20-gauge, there is a gun and cartridge to suit almost any situation and whim.
Sporting clays competition is geared to include this wide variety of tools and shooter skill. Instead of handicaps, shooters compete within a class system based on their scores for their most recent 200 or 300 targets. The classes range from AA, representing an average of 77 percent, down to D class with 56 percent or less. Additionally, there are usually women's classes and youth awards as well as separate awards for small gauges and side-by-side guns. There is an opportunity for almost every skill level or kind of gun to share in the winning.
In addition to a firearm, two pieces of safety equipment are essential. Eye and hearing protection are as mandatory and logical as a helmet in a football game. The noise from gunfire can damage hearing. Protection can be as simple and inexpensive as foam-rubber industrial earplugs or as sophisticated as the electronic earplugs made by ESP. These are individually molded to the shooter and fitted with electronic circuits that amplify normal speech and sounds, while eliminating the high decibels of a gun's report. Safety eyewear is also essential. While there is almost no danger from the firearm or shot, broken pieces of clay targets can represent a very real hazard to unprotected eyes.
Beyond safety, the choice of lenses can also be beneficial to a shooter's success. A light-yellow lens helps brighten dull light, much as it does on a cloudy day on the ski slopes. Light-rose glasses dampen dark-green backgrounds such as trees and make black or orange targets more visible. Some of the most popular shooting glasses feature interchangeable lenses, offering the shooter an immediate choice of lens color to match the conditions.
Like other sports, shotgunning has its array of almost-necessary and luxury accessories. Shooting vests can be had in great variety, ranging from utilitarian to designer fashion. Cartridge and accessory bags come in ordinary canvas or very fine leather. There are gun cases designed for show and others that are made more or less crash-proof for airline travel. The shotguns can also receive special treatment. The inside of gun barrels are often bored and honed with meticulous care and science that nudges witchcraft. Choke tubes come in an extreme variety and are offered in sets that increase the constriction in increments of five one-thousandths of an inch.
Despite the sport's exotic and somewhat intimidating nature, getting started is not difficult. If you are unfamiliar with a shotgun, basic instruction is available at many local ranges. Most formal
sporting clays ranges have one or many full-time instructors on staff. Like teaching professionals in other sports, they are geared to walk you through your first shot or elevate a veteran's skills to championship level. Many courses also have guns to loan or hire.
Learning to shoot isn't as difficult as it might seem. One begins with an unloaded gun, first mastering safety and general handling techniques. Then very basic, even stationary targets are addressed as the shooter learns the skills needed to attempt more-difficult shots. Learning to shoot is not a fall-off-and-get-back-on proposition. Instead, with a shotgun, you learn to stand, walk and then run. You simply are not allowed to fall, even on your first step. The worst that ever happens is that you will miss some targets. Everyone does.
With some very basic knowledge of shotgunning and mastery of safety, anyone is ready and welcome to shoot a sporting clays course. Like the casual round of golf, most sporting clays are shot in noncompetitive environments with, or often delightfully without, a scorecard. The average course will be open on weekends and during one or more weekdays. Many will be in operation during the long summer evenings. With an average 50-bird course taking just over an hour to complete, there is plenty of time for a round after a day at work. Or with a few acres in an area that allows shooting, a hand or mechanical target thrower turns the area into an instant sporting clays course. There are also a growing number of elegant charity events where the actual shooting performance becomes secondary to the atmosphere and charitable purpose. These are perfect arenas for gaining experience in tournament shooting without the pressure of formal competition. Most of these events anticipate the attendance of first-time shooters and cater to them fully.
But back to the course. By the time my three companions finished up on Station One, I was ready and waiting at the second shooting platform. Station Two carried a "springing teal," that is, targets that launch vertically, like dim skyrockets. The two targets flew simultaneously, and I broke the first by sweeping the barrels through its climbing flight and pressing the trigger as the target disappeared from the vision of my right eye. Searching for the second "bird" begins just as it reaches its apex. At this point, experience, timing, judgment or a good coach behind you will direct the shot: at, below, or toward the downwind side of this almost stationary target. One almost never "aims" at the target, but instead must "lead" the clay so the shot arrives where the target is, not where it was when the shot was released. I managed to break 10 teal and maybe, just maybe, was on a roll.
Station Three said something about doves, a word that generates trepidation. A dove, like its real-life counterpart, carries connotations of doing many things, none of them twice. The targets were true to their namesake. Released from a trap (a mechanical target launcher) some 30 yards out and to the right of the shooters' position, their path crossed from right to left along a ditch lined with intermittent trees that obscured the clays from the shooters' view. The occasional interruptions were distracting, and the outcome was demoralizing. One of the pair seemed to leave as if it had been fired from a gun itself and at a much greater distance than its brother, who lumbered along and then fell from the air without reason. The second target was clearly a batue. The fast target had to be addressed first by swinging the barrels along its course and firing some three feet in front. Then the more sluggish batue could be shot as it turned its broadside. Hitting it required a lead well to the left and below. I missed the first screaming target cleanly and hit the batue. Then my mind clicked: that first target was a mini. It wasn't as far away, or as fast, as my mental computer had calculated. It was simply a glorified bottle cap, less than half the size of a real, grown-up clay target. The little targets are a mental complication. It's somewhat like having a Ping-Pong ball occasionally tossed onto the tennis court, just to see if your mind is on the game. I made it through the third station with an eight, after allowing my concentration to slip on a batue.
I eagerly approached Station Four, "the running hare," because, unlike many shooters, I can hit these. The rabbit targets are thick, heavy disks that are thrown rolling or bouncing along the ground. They are capable of bad hops, just like a baseball on uneven ground, but a cool head takes the bumps in stride, leads the uneven hops and watches the pieces fly. I was absolutely in command of the situation until I called "pull" the first time. Twenty-five yards away, from behind an old log with several other logjams in their path, something unleashed a whole husk of rabbits. My mind basically went into blind panic, forgot all it knew about shooting and shot somewhere into the midst of the bounding clays. Lost pair!
The bad news was that there really were only two rabbits that looked like a dozen. I pulled myself together for the next pair and shot with great deliberation, a method that is fatal to successful shotgunning. The first round was well behind. My head screamed concentrate, and I did, taking perfect aim on the second target as it rolled into a sandy field. It was absolutely surrounded by the impact of 300 pellets, covered in dust and bounded away unscathed. Lost pair! The second was too far away and turning its solid edge to me, making it fairly bulletproof. I won half of round three, hitting the first and repeating the long-distance error on the second shot. At the fourth pair, I was thoroughly demoralized and beginning to even dislike the Easter Bunny, but with many years of competitive-shooting experience, I began reassembling in my head. When they're beating you, stop thinking, get tough, get aggressive and look at the target. I jumped on the first rabbit I saw, hammering it only a few feet from its burrow, and made an honest miss just under the second. I won round five, pounding both hares to dust just a few feet from their house. A small revenge to compensate a sickly four on my scorecard.
The fifth station loomed out of the forest like an iron monster. The sign said High Pheasants and jolly well meant it. Here we faced a tower, not just any tower, but a giant. The red-and-white framework lifted the target trap 120 feet high. The targets were mercifully thrown as a "report" pair. That is, the second would be released on the report of the first shot being fired. The first pair came straight overhead, seemingly so high and fast as to be untouchable, and to most they were. The next pair left the tower 30 degrees to the right, with the third at the same angle to the left, followed by a right pair and a left again. I broke the first overhead and then missed seven more, feeling totally helpless, testing different leads and techniques that might put the clay in the pattern of shot.
I was shooting with a female friend who had shot this course several times before and out of desperation turned to her for advice. "How do you hit these?" I asked. "Lead them." "I know; how much?" "A boxcar!" No, she hadn't said a Volkswagen or even a Cadillac; without a stutter she had said a boxcar! The advice was sound. It would be very unlikely to miss such a target in front. Odds were better than 10 to 1 that I was shooting behind them. I called "pull" on my last chance, stroked the barrels an impossible distance in front of the black dot and then pushed them some more. When the lead seemed ridiculously long, I pressed the trigger. My mind had paused to accept the inevitable miss, watching the continued flight of the target well after the shot...when it broke. Its distance was great enough that there was an appreciable time lag between firing the shot and the pellets reaching the target. I'm sure my mouth was still open from that hit when I missed the 10th target.
This was a world-class station, difficult in the extreme. Six was an exceptional score; zero was common. Walking away from this giant, the best I could do was hope to conquer it some day, swallow my pride and shoot as well as I could for the next 50 birds. It wasn't so bad. After all, there would be other days and other courses.
In fact, there are sporting clays ranges everywhere. These are not dusty, remote outposts but are often right within the confines of major resorts specializing in golf, tennis, skiing or equestrian sports. Mildly exotic locations such as Acapulco, Maui, Vail and Casa de Campo at La Romana in the Dominican Republic (near a Consolidated Cigar factory) all feature sporting clays courses. The current National Sporting Clays Association directory lists ranges in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Most countries in Europe and the United Kingdom also have one form or another of clay target shooting. The best sources for information relating to ranges, instructors and equipment are the National Sporting Clays Association and Sporting Clays magazine. The magazine comes as part of your annual membership in NSCA, or can be had separately. This dedicated journal lists ranges, tournaments and instructors and has the advertisements that sell the toys. The NSCA headquarters address is: 5931 Roft Road, San Antonio, Texas 78253. Telephone: (800) 877-5338.
Shotgunning is a sport of kings that is accessible to almost everyone, especially cigar smokers. I have not encountered a range where cigars are not welcome. Of course, the aroma of a fired cartridge is a wondrous thing to a sporting clays aficionado, but it's made all the more so by the sweet smell of a great cigar.
Ross Seyfried is a sporting clays enthusiast who has written for various shooting journals.
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Signs of Spring - Forsythia Buds
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Saturday, March 25, 2006
Ohh I was just noticing them today, most of our neighbors are in full bloom, so beautiful! Spring has sprung!!!ReplyDelete
I just forced a bunch of these in a vase last week, and they completely brighten up the house. It's impossible to be depressed when you've got bright sunny flowers blooming in the house.ReplyDelete
Forsythia - my favorite early spring bush...unfortunately we won't be seeing them around here for probably another month.
So thanks for the glimmer of hope - the light just around the corner - winter gone at last!
It has been raining here all day. This is a lovely photo that reminds me that yes ... spring is in the air.
Thank you!
Very jelous. It's the opposite down hereReplyDelete
Why does the first few signs of Spring excite me so? This post got me all giddy! I started by herb garden yesterday - I definitely have spring on my mind!ReplyDelete
Hi Kalyn, i'm so getting behind with this WHB. Yesterday, i planted some seedlings of bak choi, Mizuna, coriander, basil and chives. With any hope and maybe a bit of luck too, they should start to come up in two to three weeks. By then i should have something to write about.
We're having a lovely weather today and yesterday too. Spring is definitely on it's way. I harvested some daffodils from the garden yesterday too.
Oh, i forgot to say, this photo is absolutely beautiful.ReplyDelete
Sounds like I am not the only one who is excited about spring. Mae,I don't know what mizuna is, can't wait to find out.ReplyDelete
Kalyn, neither do i! lol. You and me both...ReplyDelete
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Since my early days, my father always loved to talk to me about black holes, relativity, and different types of forces. It was him who fostered the curiosity that inspired me to pursue physics as a major in college and as a potential career. Seeing that careers in physics were few in the place I was born and lived in for twelve years, Lima, Peru, I moved to New York in hopes of attending an American university. Now, graduating from the Bronx High School of Science and attending MIT this fall, I look at the days my father told me about the Earth's orbit (or perhaps about near-light speed travel) with pleasure. Due to another passion, mathematics, I plan to study physics in order to discover new things, prove theorems, and do groundbreaking theoretical work. Mathematical equations can have great physical meaning! Over my next four years, I plan to explore various areas within physics and experience what real research would be like, and whether it is the right thing for me.


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Unpaid Accrington Stanley backed to bounce back by boss Beattie
7:43am Friday 11th April 2014
7:43am Friday 11th April 2014
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss James Beattie believes one more win could see his Reds side secure their Football League status for another season, as it was revealed that the squad were not paid prior to last weekend's 1-0 defeat to Northampton Town.
Beattie admits the survival task has not been aided by salary issues.
"Saturday would have been a great opportunity for us to retain our league status," Beattie said.
"We didn't manage that for one reason or another, I suppose it doesn't help when your players don't get paid before the biggest game of the season.
"That's something that I've had to speak to the lads about this week and they know that we need to do a job between now and the end of the season.
"They're all in good spirits even though they're not seeing all their money. It's always a learning curve as a manager, your education never stops.
"Things that go on at the club, it certainly keeps me busy.
"But I've just got to concentrate on the lads and everything is about them and getting results."
It is far from the first time that Stanley have seen wages paid late in recent years, such has been the hand-to-mouth existence that the club often have.
Players have now received some of their salaries ahead of tomorrow's game at York.
Stanley sit six points clear of the League Two relegation zone with only five games left to play, having been adrift at the foot of the table early in the season.
Beattie thinks one more win could be enough to confirm survival for the 16th-placed Reds, although he will be setting his sights higher than that.
"If we get one more win and results go our way we will still stay in the league," he said.
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Peter Murphy's injury-time equaliser rescued a draw in a nail-biting six-pointer when Stanley travelled to fellow relegation candidates York last April.
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"Nigel Worthington has done a great job there," Beattie said.
"He's a very nice guy, he's obviously more experienced than I am and he's always been very receptive to me and I respect him as a manager.
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Mending Henderson begins rehab assignment
MILWAUKEE -- Brewers reliever Jim Henderson began another 30-day rehabilitation assignment Thursday as he continues a comeback from a right shoulder injury.
Henderson started for rookie-level Arizona and allowed one hit in 1 1/3 scoreless innings. It began Henderson's second such stint; an earlier rehab assignment was cut short in May because of renewed discomfort in the shoulder.
"I heard it was OK, but the velocity, from what I heard -- I didn't get any numbers -- wasn't there," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "He's not a guy that's going to throw 90 and be a command guy and throw off-speed pitches. He's got to have life on his ball. And when there's life, there's velocity."
Henderson has been working out in Arizona with right-hander Tyler Thornburg, who is on the disabled list with a right elbow injury. Thornburg has begun a throwing program.
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