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If you think your kids have more snack attacks than you did as a child, you're right.
Compared with two decades ago, children are taking more snack breaks. This higher number of snack breaks adds up to more calories a day.
More snacking
Youths of all ages from 2 through the teen years snack more often. With 17 percent of children and adolescents obese, we can blame eating between meals for part of the trend.
Snacks play an important role in the well-being of a child. Younger children should eat three meals and two snacks a day. Healthy snacks, along with nutritious meals, help children grow strong and perform better at school. The task for parents and others who care for kids: offer healthy snacks that children like.
Those food choices should include plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, even though that might mean extra trips to the food store. The extra time and effort are worth it to help your child develop good eating habits for the long term. Also, make sure your own eating habits are nutritious. Parents who follow good eating habits themselves are more likely to have children who eat healthy.
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You'll have more luck if you let your child make choices. For example, instead of asking your child what fruit she wants, give her two choices to pick from. Then she feels like she has some control over her diet.
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Your children probably won't give up a daily soda-and-chips routine without protest. Still, the sooner you start, the easier it will be. It is much harder to change the habits of a teenager than it is to create healthy habits in a toddler. You can still be creative with the snacks you offer your children: try dried fruit, unsweetened apple sauce, frozen fruit, or fruit popsicles.


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About 100 people gathered on the Cedar Springs strip Sunday night to pay tribute to the many young victims of anti-gay bullying and harassment who've taken their own lives in recent weeks.
Turnout was surprisingly strong given that the vigil had been publicized primarily on Facebook. However, the Dallas Voice appeared to be the only media outlet present.
"A Vigil for the Lost," organized by the DFW Sisters, began in the parking lot of the Oak Lawn library, where the Sisters passed out programs, glowsticks and ribbons. The Subway store on Cedar Springs donated 200 sandwiches.
One of the Sisters was wearing a "Veil of Tears" that was laid over the back of a pickup truck in the parking lot. People were encouraged to use Sharpies to record on the veil anti-gay epithets that have been used against them. Attendees scrawled things like "Faggot," "Fucking Queer" and "God made AIDS to kill faggots." The Sisters said the Veil of Tears would be burned following the vigil.
From the library, the mourners walked silently down the north side of Cedar Springs Road, taking up more than a full block at times, to the Legacy of Love Monument at Oak Lawn Avenue. Revelers outside bars on the strip asked what the vigil was about as the marchers walked silently past.
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Guns don't kill people, bullets do. Don't ban guns, ban ammunition.
Notre Dame is not going to get close to a national title with the patsy schedule they have. Pitt, Navy, Boston College and Purdue are not the way to prepare for the big time.
Why can't you apartment robbery victims carry a gun? Get a carry permit and do what the FWPD (Fort Wayne Police Department) cannot do. (Fort Wayne Police Chief Rusty) York and (Mayor Tom) Henry are not able to protect you.
I hate to tell you liberals, but the mass ownership of guns is the only thing that can stop these whacko killers. You liberal letter writers live in a phony utopia where the government can protect every one. Average law-abiding citizens are far more responsible than you … .
Mayor Henry, you should be ashamed of yourself! Spend, spend, spend. Cutting down trees makes more sense than spending an outrageous amount in relocating the statue. Try listening to the people you represent.
On the one-month anniversary after the Newtown (Conn.) massacre, the NRA, which condemned violent video games rather than guns, released a free phone app, self-rated for ages 4 and above, in which you can shoot at coffin-shaped targets using a variety of virtual guns and rifles. Does the NRA have any self-awareness?
You bet my Social Security is an "entitlement," just like my savings account is an entitlement! The big difference is, I had a choice about contributing to my savings account. I didn't with my Social Security. Maybe the people who borrowed against Social Security should have to pay it back?
We are not a theocracy but as, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote from the Birmingham jail, the Constitution and Declaration (of Independence) express "the most sacred values of our Judeo-Christian heritage." It means living out what our Declaration calls a "firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence." America's founders shared a common belief that religion mattered for the commonwealth of the nation.
There is a great difference between want and need. The moving of Gen. Wayne is a want. The mayor spoke with some groups that want it moved … . I along with thousands of citizens of Fort Wayne are your boss, another group, who think we do not need the statue to be moved. Trim the shrubs and light it up.
Why is it that whenever the Democrats become concerned about protecting life, they want to ban firearms? Yet they are very much opposed to banning abortions, which kills more Americans than gun violence?
Here's the real issue on gun control. The citizens are more fearful of their own government tyranny than crooks and thieves!
The election is over. Let's work together to solve some of this country's problems. I am sick of Republicans vs. Democrats. Who cares? Our babies are dying in school shootings, and Congress is fighting about the right to have assault weapons. I think the word assault is pretty self explanatory. Where is common sense, decency and love for our fellow man?
Republicans, please wake up! Instead of declaring that people like Chuck Hagel, Colin Powell and Joe Scarborough must not be Republicans any more since they dare to critique the party, listen to them. If you don't, you will continue to marginalize the party until it becomes irrelevant.
New gun laws! Wow! I hope they work better than the "drug" laws. I also remember reading how well "Prohibition" worked. What a "joke!"
When felons or other people not allowed by law to obtain guns try to buy them and get flagged by a background check, why aren't they arrested? All these feel-good laws are useless if not enforced. They should be in prison, not some kid who uses pot.
What can a person do when a local business does not do what they say they can? I purchased new glasses in November 2011. The lenses keep falling out. They have been returned to the lab several times for repair, and new lenses even made, but the lenses continue to fall out. I have filed a complaint with my insurance company, the division handling the optical portion of the insurance, and now the BBB (Better Business Bureau).
We banned assault weapons and high-capacity magazines for 10 years with no effect. If it doesn't work this time, is the next step banning all guns? This president will revert to more theatrics with an adoring audience and a children-filled stage. Whatever it takes in this dumbed-down, gullible America.
Military-style rifles look menacing, but a revolver with speed loaders can kill quickly, too.
What President Obama should have said in his speech is to do all he can to keep the guns out of mentally ill people's hands.
President Obama's TV speech says we need to do everything we can to keep the guns from "criminals." Ain't that what we've been trying to do the past couple of hundred years of law passing?
Isn't it time the city did something about the inevitable flooding of the Tillman Road/Calhoun Street area? How about a permanent dike that other neighborhoods and areas have gotten?
A Pew research poll from Jan. 14 indicates a large disparity between men and women on the issue gun control, with women much more in favor of controls. Should we, as Republicans, ignore what women want altogether or maybe reach some kind of agreement we can all live with?
Mayor Henry, focus your efforts on more police and salary increases for them. Citizens are being mugged and robbed and you have time to think about moving a statue?
What good are gun-free zones? Sitting ducks come to mind.
Just when you think you've heard it all — $70 million for NASCAR track owners in the new bill to avoid the fiscal cliff. If NASCAR would cease to exist, no one would ever know. They say they needed the money to compete against theme parks. Say what?
Complaints are being made about the NRA referring to President Obama's children being safe in school because of guards. They weren't referred to by name like former president Bush's daughters were when the media picked on them. But is this any worse than Obama using victims and their families in his theatrics on national TV?
The Second Amendment's purpose is not to protect target shooters and hunters. It was written to protect all Americans from a tyrannical government. If that government has so-called "assault weapons," then I have the right to have them to protect myself against them. It's called a level playing field.
Morality is doing what's right no matter what you're told. Religion is doing what you're told, no matter what's right.
Why is it so difficult to find a good doctor in Fort Wayne? I know — go back to Michigan, but that is not the point. Finding a good, caring doctor should not be this difficult.
Mayor Tom Henry: Please leave the General Wayne statue where it is. Sit down with City Council, park commissioners and Al Moll and do the best thing. We all know that the city has the best parks and Freimann Square is outstanding and looks better than the grass lot across the street. Let the parks department cut back some of the trees and let the general stay.
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KELSEYVILLE -- The surrounding lights were turned off, and a long line of candles illuminated the front of the Mt. Konocti 76 Station, Store 24 Saturday evening.
More than 200 people were gathered, and through tears, many still laughed as they shared stories of Forrest Seagrave during his candlelight vigil.
Passing cars honked, and the words, "we'll miss you, buddy," echoed throughout the crowd at the station where Seagrave was shot by an unidentified armed robber the night before.
Seagrave, 33, was a life-long resident of Kelseyville.
"He was one of the kindest, most open and gentle people in the world," Sandy Allen said.
She and with a group of friends wore shirts with cartoons and funny phrases to honor Seagrave.
"He was such an easy-going guy who always liked to laugh," Pascal Davidson said.
Allen and Davidson said he always wanted to give people a reason to smile.
During the vigil, a table was crowded with drawings, flowers, photographs and chocolates for Seagrave.
Friends and family also brought posters they signed to pay their respects.
"He was definitely a figure in this town, that's Forrest," Davidson said. "No one had anything bad to say about him."
County Supervisor Rob Brown delivered a passionate speech to the attendees who were still in shock from the incident.
He assured the audience that the Lake County Sheriff's Office is investigating the crime, and mentioned a $10,000 reward for anyone who gave information that would lead to an arrest.
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While the suspect is still unknown, there was no doubt among the crowd that Seagrave was a well-respected man.
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MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — Skechers will once again feature Hall of Fame quarterback in its campaign for its "Relaxed Fit" footwear. Montana's spot will follow Mark Cuban's televised launch of the brand, and will be followed by Tommy Lasorda's own unique Relaxed Fit commercial in 2013, as part of a triple sport celebrity campaign for the new men's comfort footwear collection.
"In the world of professional football, there's always a lot of madness, on and off the field," said Montana. "And when you're under pressure, the best solution is always to relax and keep your cool. That's what these Relaxed Fit shoes feel like. They're so comfortable, you can feel better in them no matter what the world throws at you."
"Joe's an American legend representing a very American concept: relaxed casuals that look and feel good," said Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers. "Together with Mark Cuban and Tommy Lasorda, we're thrilled to have this 'triple threat' of sports icons telling the world about Relaxed Fit footwear."
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Every pilot works hard to maintain good records of their flight time. Besides being expensive to obtain, the FAA requires that flight time of a certain nature be logged and available for inspection, should it ever be required or questioned. The pertinent regulation gives a description of what information must be logged, but leaves the method up to the individual pilot.
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The time is now to move any breast-feeding products from the floor of the baby care aisle to eye level — as Walgreens has done here — because mom's interest in the category received two big boosts earlier this year.
First, Surgeon General Regina Benjamin in January issued a call to action to support breast-feeding, and that means more women now are more likely to look into the benefits of breast-feeding. Already 3-out-of-4 mothers in the United States start out breast-feeding, and as many as 50% of mothers return to work full-time within six months of their infant's birth. At the end of six months, breast-feeding rates fall to 43%, and only 13% of babies are exclusively breast-fed.
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Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
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"Hitting a defenseless receiver" has contributed greatly to the wussification of football.
Threw that flag from the reaction, you can't do that.
That Is a terrible call
Pulling for Baltimore these last 2 games.
They win, we get a bye
what a day for this defense!
Larry Bird and Ryan Grigson- wasting the talents of Paul George and Andrew Luck
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Big win for Pags.
Eh that record will be broken again in a couple years give it time.
We could be playing for a first round bye next week.
Guys who showed up among others
I'd like to nominate Jerrell Freeman for Defensive Player of the Week. Sack, forced fumble and 2 interceptions.
I said that this game would tell us a lot about our team. It did. This was a phenomenal performance and it shows that the improvement we've seen recently wasn't fool's gold. I've criticized Pags when I felt he deserved it, but this win today was all coaching. Great performance by his defense and I think it's pretty safe to say that he was in Pep's ear telling him to change some things on offense. It's nice to see us play a good game against a non-South team, which is something that we haven't done since the Denver game. So now we have wins against San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, and KC. Wow.
10-5 and should easily take care of the putrid Jags next week to go 11-5 for the second consecutive season. So that means that Luck will start his career at 22-10. Wow! In his rookie year, he lost his head coach to an awful illness (though certainly had a great coach in Arians), and in his second year he lost his security blanket HOF WR, as well as multiple other good offensive weapons. Yet the kid just keeps winning, winning, and winning. We will make it to the Super Bowl someday with Andrew Luck.
Brown is playing the best football of his career. Glad we passed it to T-Rich a few times. This Whalen kid looked like a BEAST today. Man, it was impressive to see him give all of that effort to get extra yards. This guy is a nice asset right now.
That's the defense that looked so solid in the first half of the season.
Great win, and overall a very impressive season. Glad to see us closing the regular season out on a high note.
Much like the San Fran game.
The Chefs had the ball 11 times. They scored a TD on their first possession. The remaining 10 KC drives ended in 5 punts, 2 INT's, 2 fumbles, and one missed FG.
And I also have to say, I've rode T Rich as hard as anyone, but I saw improvement today. He didn't kick down any doors but what I did see was him absorbing contact on several carries and falling forward, getting a yard or two after contact. Was nice to see that instead of getting stuffed and hitting the ground like a sack of potatoes.
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It's amazing what a single game can do to change the perception around a team.
I have to credit the coaching staff and players for grinding through a rough patch of play.
Great game by Pep and Pagano. Both of the running backs looked good. I thought Xavier Nixon played well at LG, or at least better than Satele and McGlynn did. Whalen is working his way towards a roster spot next year. Freeman was a beast with the forced fumble, fumble recovery, and interception.
Too bad the Ravens are entirely useless.
I couldn't see the game because of work, but we did have it on the radio and the thing that impressed me the most was the defense, KC scored that first TD quickly and after that the Colt's defense held them to that score the entire game. That impressed me the most about the game. Now if we can play that style of defense in the playoffs I am not too worried about the playoffs.
I think the defense improves when the offense can stay on the field. Whalen and Rogers are upgrades over DHB. Watching DHB on ST's today, and seeing his and his teammates reaction to that stick he got on the returner kinda told me that regardless of his drops he's a good teammate and players like him. Maybe the coaches do to and that is why they found it so hard to do what needed to be done and minimize his time at wideout? Maybe he's a hardworker. But ultimately, his presence in the offense had to lead to hesitation. Maybe with these other guys getting snaps and familiarity, and actually catching catchable balls, it's leading to the defense getting some breathers on the sideline while the offense can actually use some clock. So it's a net positive on both sides of the ball.
Whalen's YAC were impressive to see. Yeah, he got a little help but then he also didn't crumple immediately when he knew he could fight for more yards. And it was situationally in places where that needed to happen.
And the O line gave Luck time to throw. That cannot be understated.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
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Mattel has updated their mattycollector.com news page with some great news for Dark Knight and Movie Master fans. For months now, fans have been speculating the demise of this line since release dates have been bounced around a few times but it seems that the delays were a positive thing.
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You already know that initially the plan was to offer one new figure per month at MattyCollector.com. Thanks to you, loyal Dark Knight fans, sales have been so good that were feeling confident enough to increase production and also bring the line to Toys "R" Us in the spring.
The good news is that youll be able to walk into your local Toys "R" Us and find The Dark Knight figures. The even better news? Youll still be able to get them at MattyCollector.com and because of the increased production numbers, well be reducing the price to just $15 each!
Heres how itll go down: The Joker as Gotham City Thug figure started out here on MattyCollector.com, and will continue to be a MattyCollector.com exclusive as long as weve got stock. The remaining six figures in the line will be available here first, one each month for the new price of $15 each. Then this spring theyll all be available at Toys "R" Us except for The Joker as Gotham City Thug. At press time, heres how the line is slated for sale here at MattyCollector.com (subject to change, as always):
ON SALE NOW: The Joker as Gotham City Thug a MattyCollector.com exclusive
December 15: Survival Suit Bruce Wayne
January 15: Harvey Dent
February 15: The Joker with Missile Launcher
March 15: Scarecrow
April 15: Batman (Night Vision)
May 17: Two-Face
You know I always try to tell you like it is. While this strategy wont work for every Mattycollector.com line, when the second-highest grossing film of all time* is behind a toy line, it gives us a unique opportunity to bump up production numbers and offer it at retail as well so even more fans can get the characters they want.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) A group of Minnesota sheriffs want to make it harder for those suffering from mental illness to obtain guns.
Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek, Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson and others are holding a news conference today to announce proposed reforms to the state's gun laws.
Among them, the sheriffs want to strengthen background checks for those who want to own guns.
They also want law enforcement to have more access to an individual's mental health records. And they want the state to address a lack of services for Minnesotans with untreated mental illness.
More details on the proposed reforms will be shared this afternoon. They have been endorsed by the Minnesota Sheriffs Association.
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69 - 53 Buckeyes. Statement game. HUGE win!
Nice job, guys!
Thad's boys just seem to keep getting better as the season rolls along.
By the way, they just defeated 2 ranked teams in the same week (TTUN and Illinois).
They'll probably move ahead of Illinois in the rankings. Nice.
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence of George Starbuck during his tenure as Director of the Iowa Writers Workshop, 1967-1971, and some earlier and later official workshop correspondence. The folder labels tend to be very specific and many contain only a few items. The folders are in a single alphabetical arrangement.
Biographical Note
George Edwin Starbuck was born June 15, 1931 in Columbus, Ohio, and grew up in Illinois and California. He was twice married and had five children. He served in the Army Military Police Corps in California and Germany, 1952-1954.
Starbuck's education includes: California Institute of Technology, 1947-1949, University of California at Berkeley, 1950-1951, and he earned a B.A. at the University of Chicago in 1957, after which he attended Harvard University for one semester. He held a Guggenheim Fellowship from 1961 to 1962, and was a fellow in residence at the American Academy in Rome (Prix de Rome of the American Academy of Arts and Letters), 1961-1963. Starbuck began publishing his poetry in 1955 in such noteable magazines as Harper's, New Yorker, Yale Review, Paris Review, and North American Review. He authored four books of poetry: Bone Thoughts (1960), White Paper (1966), Elegy in a Country Church (1975), and The Argot Merchant Disaster (1982).
Starbuck was a lecturer in Boston and New York before working in that same capacity at the University of Iowa in 1964. Starbuck's grandfather, Edwin Diller Starbuck, was a faculty member of the University of Iowa's Department of Philosophy from 1906-1930. At Iowa, George Starbuck became Assistant Professor of English in 1966, and Associate professor in 1967. He served as Director of the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop from September 1, 1967 until May 26, 1971, succeeding Paul Engle, who resigned in 1966 in order to direct the International Writing Program at Iowa. Starbuck left Iowa to head the graduate writing program at Boston University, a position he held for twenty years.
George Starbuck developed Parkinson's Disease in 1974, and died at his home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on August 15, 1996.
D. Anderson, June 2006
Related Materials
Records of the Iowa Writers' Workshop (RG 06.12.08)
The Papers of Lewis Turco contains references to George Starbuck. John Leggett succeeded Starbuck as Workshop director, and the Papers of John Leggett contain correspondence from George Starbuck.
The Organizations and Clubs Vertical Files collection of the University Archives contains two folders relating to Students for a Democratic Society, for which correspondence is found below under 'S'. Other clubs listed below, such as Asian Society, are also found in the Organizations and Clubs Vertical Files.
Faculty members for whom correspondence is listed below may also have a file in the Faculty and Staff Vertical Files. This applies to George E. Starbuck, Willard Boyd, Kurt Vonnegut, Seymour Krim, Paul Engle, John C. Gerber, and Clay Harshbarger, among others.
The Special Collections Department holds individual collections for the following correspondence entries listed below: Jose Donoso papers, Papers of Paul Engle, Papers of John C. Gerber (RG99.0062), and International Writing Program (RG06.12.09).
Further material regarding Black Sparrow Press may be found in our Private Press Ephemera Collection. Additional information about Windhover Press, also listed in correspondence below, may be found in the University of Iowa collection, Records of the Yellow Barn Press, as well as in Books at Iowa, November 1976, and the University of Iowa Center for the Book Web page.
Box Contents List
Box 1 A -- B
A [return to A-Z directory]
American Association of University Professors (A.A.U.P.)
ABC Television
Academy of American Poets
Addresses: publishers, magazines
Administration and Workshop
Financial aid, 1970 -- 1971
Amabile, George
American Friends
Andy Warhol Films, Inc.
Antioch College
Arizona, University of
Asian Society
Action Studies Program (ASP): Kleinberger, Fishman course
Aspen School
B [return to A-Z directory]
Bail Fund
Bard College
Barnes, Helen (placement)
Barnstone, Willis
Barry, John
Beaver College
Bell, Marvin
Beloit Poetry Journal
Benedict, Kennette M.
Bennington College
Berg, Stephen
Berriault, Gina
Berrigan, Ted
Berryman, John
Billings, Robert
Biographies of staff
Black Culture Symposium
Black Sparrow Press
Blackburn, Paul
Boles, Robert
Bowen, Howard
Boyd, Willard (Sandy)
Braddock, Richard
Brown, Bush
Brownstein, Oscar
Bryan, C.D.B.
Burford, William
Burnett, William
Burns, Alan
Box 2 C -- GAL
C [return to A-Z directory]
Carter, Mary
Case Western University
Cassill, Verlin
CEA Critic
Clark, Tom
Cloud, Marauder
Coe College
College Association
Columbia University: Writing
Connecticut College
Contemporary Authors
Coover, Robert
Core literature
Cornell College
Correspondence Course
Correspondence Schools of Britannica
Creeley, Robert
Crome, Nick
Cronin, Tony
Cunningham, J.V.
D [return to A-Z directory]
Departmental memos
Dana, Robert
Davis, Robert B. (Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa)
De Pauw University
de Roche, Joseph
Daily Iowan reviews and interviews, 1969 -- 1970
Dickey, James
Directory of American Scholars
Donoso, Jose
Dorne, Albert: Memorial Foundation (Mr. Reiss)
Drake University
Duncan, Robert
E [return to A-Z directory]
East Stroudsburg State College
Elliott, G.P.
Engel, Monroe
Engle, Paul
Evaluation Service: University of Iowa
F [return to A-Z directory]
Faculty: possible future staff
Feldman, Irving
Fitzgerald, Robert
Fixler, M.
Flaherty, Douglas (Oshkosh)
Fox, William Price
Franklin and Marshall College
Fraser, Kathleen
Friedman, B.J.
Fulbright lecture information
G [return to A-Z directory]
Gaines, Charles
Gallant, Mavis
Box 3 GAR -- IN
Garber, Eugene
Garrett, George
Gehman, Richard
Gerber, John
Gibson, Morgan
Giovanni, Norman di
Glanville, Brian
Goldensohn, Barry
Gould, Thomas (University of Texas)
Graduate College position paper, November 1966
Graduate College staff
Gross, Suzanne
H [return to A-Z directory]
Hall, James B. (and others)
Hamburger, Michael
Hanson, K.O.
Hanzlicek, Charles
Harcourt, Brace and World
Harding, K.G.
Harian Press
Harper, Michael
Harper and Row
Harrison, Keith
Harrison, Margaret
Harshbarger, H. Clay
Hawkes, John
Haydn, Hiram (Harcourt, Brace)
Hays, J . Bob
Hazel, Robert
Helz, Marion
Hemley, Elaine
Hoegberg, Norm
Hollo, Anselm
Honig, Edwin
Houghton Mifflin
Housing for faculty
Howren, Robert
Hufstader, Bob
Hughes, Ted
Hugo, Richard
Hunter College in the Bronx
Hutchinson, Pearse
I [return to A-Z directory]
Illinois University
Indiana University
Intermedia: William Hibbard
International Writing Program
Box 4 IO -- MERR
Iowa Arts Council
Iowa Poetry Circuit
Iowa State University
J [return to A-Z directory]
Johnson, Curt
Jones, LeRoi
Jumper, Will C.
Justice, Donald
K [return to A-Z directory]
KCRG Television
Kansas, University of
Karchmer, S. (see NW Review, University of Oregon)
Katz, Steve
Kelly, Robert
Kessler, Ed
Kiely, Benedict
King, George
Kinnell, Galway
Knoepfle, John
Knott, William
Ko Won
Koch, Kenneth
Kozol, Jonathan
Kraus, Wolfgang: A.S.L.
Kray, Elizabeth (circuits)
Krim, Seymour
Kunitz, Stanley
L [return to A-Z directory]
Lattimore, Richmond
Lavin, Mary
Lawrence University
Lazard, Naomi
Leggett, John
Levertov, Denise
Levine, Philip
Libraries in U.S.A.
Library: University of Iowa
Library of Congress
Liddy, James
Liebermann, Larry
Lies, Michael
Local readings (1969 -- 1970)
Lockhaven State College
Logan, John
Lowell, Robert
Lowenfels, Walter
Lucier, Jeff
M [return to A-Z directory]
McDowell, Frederick P.W. (CSML)
McDowell Colony
McGeorge, Pauline
McGill University, Montreal
MacMahon, Bryan
Mailer, Norman
Malanga, Gerard
Marshall, Jack
Massachusetts, University of
Massachusetts Review
Mayo, E.L. (Drake University)
Memos about fiction staff
Memos about poetry staff
Meredith, William
Merriam, Eve
Merrill, James
Box 5 MERW -- P
Merwin, W.S.
Metz, Kathryn
Mezey, Robert
M.F.A. degree
M.F.A. exam reading lists: 1969 -- 1970
Midwest Artists for Peace
Mirabelli, Eugene, Jr.
Missouri, University of
Monmouth College
Moratorium: October 15,1969
Mt. Allison College
N [return to A-Z directory]
Nabokov, Vladimir
New American Review
National Council on the Arts
National Educational TV (N.E.T.)
National Foundation on Arts and Humanities
National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (N.E.C.L.C.)
Nemerov, Howard
New Hampshire, University of
New York University
New York State University (State University of New York) Buffalo
Newman, Charles: Tri-Quarterly
Noll, Bink
Northern Arizona University
Northwest Review
0 [return to A-Z directory]
O'Connor, Philip
Offers and candidates: jobs for holders of Master of Fine Arts degrees
Ogen, Mart
Ohio University
Olson, Charles
Olson, Elder
Oneonta State University College, Oneonta, New York
Oregon State University
P [return to A-Z directory]
Palmer, David
Paz, Octavio
Pecile, Jordan
Personnel: prospective faculty
Personnel: possible future job openings
Personnel: jobs, 1970 -- 1971 (applicants and openings)
Petersen, Don (see Oneonta)
Phillips Exeter Academy
Pinsker, Sanford
Pittsburgh, University of, Press
Poetry Center
Powers, J.F., Doubleday & Co., Inc.
Publicity: staff and visitors
Publicity on Workshop
Box 6 R -- S
R [return to A-Z directory]
R.A. utilization
Random House
Ray, David
Readings of fiction: future possibilities
Readings of poetry: 1970 -- 1971
Staff poetry readings: Fall 1970
Reading possibilities: 1969 -- 1970
Reed College
Registration materials: September 1969
Henry Regnery Company (Dominick Abel)
Reich, Helen
Resistance reading: April 25, 1969
Rexroth, Kenneth
Rickey, Larry
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller proposal
Rogers, Tom
Rogin, G.
Rosenblum, Arthur
Rosenthal, William: Southwest Writers Conference
Roth, Stephen
S [return to A-Z directory]
San Francisco State
Sanes, Irvetz
Sange, Gary
Santos, Ben
Sarah Lawrence College
Sauter, V.G.
Sayre, Bob
School of Letters
Scott, H.
Shapiro, Steve
Silkin, Jon
Simon Frazer University
Skelton, Robin
small magazines
Snyder, Gary
Southern Illinois University
Sou'wester, publication of Southern Illinois University
Space Assignment
Spectrum Books
Spitzer, Alan
Stafford, Jean
Stafford, William
Starbuck, George
Starbuck, George: Executive Committee (1970)
Stewart, Sam
St. James Press
Stony Brook (State University of New York)
Stone, Robert
Stryk, Lucien
Student Activities Office
Students for a Democratic Society
Summers, Hollis
Swallow Press
Sward, Robert
Sweeney, John (Jack)
Symposium (Writers) Fall 1971
Box 7 T -- Y
T [return to A-Z directory]
Tape Lab
Tarn, Nathaniel
Tate, James
Teacher placement agencies
Teaching creative writing
Teaching placement
Tevis, Walter
Texas Union speakers program
Thompson, Mrs. Nancy Price
Toledo, University of
Trinity College: Connecticut
Tuition increase: 1969 -- 1970
U [return to A-Z directory]
University of Iowa News Service
University: general
Updike, John
United States Information Agency (U.S.I.A.)
V [return to A-Z directory]
Valparaiso University
Van Duyn, Mona
Vermont, University of
Vietnam:committees, etc.
Virginia, University of
Visiting readers: tentative
Vonnegut, Kurt
W [return to A-Z directory]
Wabash College
Wagner, Esther
Wagner, Linda
Wallace, Robert
Weiss, Ted
Wesleyan University Press
West, Ray
West Virginia State College
Western Reserve University
Western Washington State College
Weston, John
Wilbur, Richard
Will, Fred
Willcox, Donald
Williams, Jonathan
Williamsport Area Community College
Wilson, Robley C.
Windhover Press
Wisconsin, University of (Milwaukee)
Wisconsin State University, Superior
Woodburn Sound Service
Woodrow Wilson fellowships
Workshop publications: 1969 -- 1970
Workshops, other
Wright, Charles
Wright, James
Writers' Symposium: Fall 1971
WSUI: Dr. Hugh Cordier
Y [return to A-Z directory]
Yates, Richard
Young Men's Hebrew Association (Y.M.H.A.)


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In addition to deciding the next president and congressmen, Louisiana voters on Tuesday will be asked to decide a crowded ballot of, locally, various tax propositions, and statewide, a variety of questions from gun control to term limits for school boards.
Across East Baton Rouge Parish, voters are being asked to renew a 10-year, 1.23-mill property tax for mosquito control. The tax would raise approximately $4.9 million a year for the next 10 years, according to Todd Walker, director of the East Baton Rouge Parish Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control.
Some voters will be asked whether to add a 10-year, annual $100 fee on each parcel in the Broadmoor Crime Prevention and Improvement District, generating an estimated $200,000 a year, to provide security patrols. The legislation defines the district as containing the Baton Rouge subdivisions of Broadmoor, East Broadmoor, North Broadmoor Circle, Broadmoor Oaks, Broadmoor Place, Broadmoor Terrace, Oak Hill, South Broadmoor, Clarice Browning Arnold Tract and Broadmoor Estates. The district is generally bounded by Florida Boulevard to the north, Airline Highway to the west, Old Hammond Highway to the south and Sharp Road to east.
St. George Fire Protection District No. 2 asks voters to renew a 10-year, 4-mill property tax, generating an estimated $4 million a year. The St. George District is an 83-square-mile stretch of East Baton Rouge Parish south of the Baton Rouge city limits to the parish's southern border and along the West Baton Rouge Parish line to the west and the Livingston Parish line to the east. It houses eight fire stations with more than 170 employees.
Ascension Parish voters in Sales Tax District No. 2 — who are residents not living in Gonzales, Donaldsonville or Sorrento — are being asked whether to levy a half-cent sales tax for 25 years, generating an estimated $8 million a year, to build and improve roads and bridges.
Michael Songy, a consultant hired by the parish, said the focus will be on widening and intersection improvements along Airline Highway; intersection improvements along La. 22, La. 30, La. 73, La. 431 and several other key local corridor intersections; and the replacement or improvement of 10 bridges.
Livingston Parish voters are being asked to decide whether to continue to levy a parishwide 10-year, 5-mill property tax, for roads and bridges. Livingston Parish Assessor Jeff Taylor said that tax would produce about $2 million a year.
Also, the Parishwide Mosquito Abatement District has a 10-year, 3-mill property tax, generating an estimated $1.2 million a year, on the ballot.
The mosquito abatement millage is a parishwide property tax that would go into effect in January 2014 and last for 10 years. It would replace a $30-a-year tax on people and businesses with electricity service, said Jeanine Tessmer, head of the parish's mosquito abatement program.
Voters in metro New Orleans will decide on a handful of propositions Tuesday, but most of the pre-election hubbub has been generated by a proposition to renew tolls on the Crescent City Connection. That decision will be made by voters in Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes.
Crossing the bridge costs $1 or 40 cents with a toll tag.
Voters in all but two school districts statewide will decide individually whether to enact terms limits for local school board members.
Under current rules, panel members can serve indefinitely except in the Lafayette and Jefferson school districts, which already limit service.
Under Tuesday's ballot measure, voters will have the option of limiting time to 12 consecutive years.
The limitations would take effect with elections held after Jan. 1, 2014.
Voters in districts that reject the plan would allow board members to continue to serve indefinitely.
Backers say the plan would help inject new ideas into school districts.
Opponents contend voters already have the option of replacing school board members through the ballot box.
Tuesday's ballot also proposes nine amendments to the Louisiana Constitution, seeking changes on gun rights, pension revocation, property tax breaks and more.
Since it was rewritten in the mid-1970s, the state Constitution has been amended 167 times, with 239 amendments proposed.
The most attention-grabbing item on the ballot is Amendment 2, a "strict scrutiny" legal standard proposal that would require courts, when asked, to determine whether the state's gun laws demonstrate "a compelling governmental interest" and are "narrowly defined." If not, they could be thrown out as unconstitutional.
The National Rifle Association-pushed change won overwhelming legislative support during the 2012 Legislature. Supporters, including the Republican Party of Louisiana, say the change would protect gun rights regardless of who in the future is appointed to high court positions or elected to the Legislature.
Opponents include Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, the Council for a Better Louisiana, based in Baton Rouge, and the Bureau of Governmental Research, in New Orleans. They claim that more than 80 laws could come under court challenge, including those stopping possession of guns by felons and banning possession of firearms in bars, at parades, on college campuses and the like.
Amendment No. 8 would give the state Department of Economic Development another incentive to attract new businesses to Louisiana. The proposition allows for a 10-year break from most local property taxes would be expanded to include data service and distribution centers, corporate headquarters and other non-manufacturing businesses.
Amendment 1 would protect the Medicaid Trust Fund for the Elderly from being raided in tough state fiscal times to help balance the budget.
Amendment 3 would provide for additional and earlier notice of legislation proposing changes to laws governing the state retirement systems.
Amendment 4 would allow widows of veterans with 100 percent service-related disability to continue received double homestead exemption for property taxes.
Amendment 5 would allow judges to order forfeiture of retirement benefits of a public employee convicted of crimes related to their government jobs or order any fines or restitution related to the crime be paid by the employee out of those funds.
Amendment 6 would allow the city of New Iberia to offer a limited tax exemption from municipal property taxes to encourage them to go along with the annexation.
Amendment 7 would change the makeup of six major state boards whose appointments have been based on membership from each of seven congressional districts. The state now has six congressional districts.
Amendment 9 would require publishing three times, instead of two, notice and details when legislative proposals are being made to create crime prevention districts.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Seated behind a table on a makeshift stage in the bowels of Rupp Arena, Kentucky coach John Calipari gazed out across a retinue of assembled media.
Tie undone and cuffs rolled up after a 75-65 victory Jan. 15 against Tennessee, Calipari delivered a concise appraisal of the youth-laden successor to last season's national title juggernaut.
"I've coached teams that have absolutely whomped on people," he said before pausing.
The chuckles of scribes bounced off the cinder-block walls. Leaning forward on his elbows, Calipari shrugged. He frowned. Slowly, he swiveled his head to deliver a final rhetorical blow.
"This ain't one of them," he said.
For members of the Big Blue Nation and national pundits, the Wildcats (12-6, 3-2 SEC), who host LSU (10-6, 1-4) at 3 p.m. Saturday, are a curious topic. A fourth consecutive squad built on elite freshmen, UK tumbled from a No. 3 preseason ranking all the way out of the polls, had its 54-game home winning streak end and left Calipari tinkering with a brash coaching style to find desired zeal and forge trust among a disparate group of personalities.
On Monday, Calipari reiterated a logic that called for setting modest expectations in the face of preseason projections of another Final Four run led by the freshman quartet of forwards Willie Cauley-Stein and Alex Poythress, guard Archie Goodwin and center Nerlens Noel.
"What we're doing has not been done, where you're trying to take on veteran college teams with all freshmen," he said. "It takes time to get teams together. And I've got to be even more patient."
So how are the royal blue-and-white crazed masses of Big Blue Nation handling the crisis? Pretty well, actually.
"It's not as worrisome as some people make it out," said Jerry Tipton, who has covered Kentucky since 1980 for The Lexington Herald-Leader. "There's still a little bit of a honeymoon period here because they won it all last year."
The afterglow of a national title, the program's first since 1999, sates the fan base for now. The arrival of another batch of elite recruits, four of whom are ranked in the top 20 of Rivals.com's 150 rankings, also atones for six losses so far.
"Next year, the clock will start ticking again," Tipton said. "This year has already been judged and filed away."
The analysis explains why fans didn't rain down boos from the rafters after Texas A&M reeled off a 16-1 run with less than six minutes to go in an 83-71 loss Jan. 12. Or that roughly 23,000 fans applauded Aggies guard Elston Turner as he plodded to the bench after piling up 40 points.
Turner was succinct after the Aggies notched the upset, which left Kentucky 59-2 at Rupp under Calipari. Are the Wildcats talented? Absolutely. Tough enough to endure runs by veteran teams? Well, that's another matter.
"I could just tell by body language," Turner said. "There's a difference between a veteran team going on a run as opposed to younger teams going on runs."
Two days after losing to the Aggies, Calipari bluntly stated his diagnosis: a lack of "buy-in." Players need to accept roles and execute them consistently, he said. The second part is getting them to play with emotion, an act that's been harder to coax out.
"If we have to coach emotion, intensity and effort, you're not really coaching basketball," he said. "When you're concerned about how you're playing and miss shots, it's hard to chest-bump somebody."
Does the mental block stem from a sense of entitlement? Asked whether he expected to lose five times, Cauley-Stein's short reply might glean insight.
"No," Cauley-Stein said simply. "I mean, it's Kentucky."
Against Tennessee, the Wildcats displayed a trait that also nags at Calipari: an inability to close out games. Until there were three minutes left, the Volunteers had hung within three points.
"Every game is going to be a dogfight for us," Calipari said. "I can't accept this team being up 20 (points) on anybody."
His charges didn't loudly protest the assertion.
"We just kill ourselves sometimes," Poythress said. "We don't know how to demolish a team."
Fresh off losses to Notre Dame and Baylor in the nonconference season, Calipari established "Camp Cal" — three-a-day practices — to inject his team with moxie and toughness. There were running sessions at 7 a.m., and he had trainers wrap heart monitors around his players' chests to measure exertion.
"You could argue with the emotions of somebody," Tipton said of his interpretation of the move. "You couldn't argue with numbers. The heart rate is what the heart rate is, and maybe that would bring it out of guys. It was just another means, another attempt to get more out of these guys."
The purpose? Old means weren't working.
Calipari doesn't couch his pitch to the nation's best high school prospects. Coming to Lexington is not a minting process for a player to earn a multimillion dollar contract. You don't drop your bags for a year and pick them up to follow the path of top-10 NBA draft picks John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.
"We don't recruit kids and tell them that," Calipari said. "Obviously if kids have an opportunity to leave after one year, that's fine. (The point is) to come in here and know this is not for everybody. This is the ultimate challenge to play here."
That means dealing with point guard Ryan Harrow, a vaunted transfer from N.C. State, as he battled illness and he missed 17 days and four games because of a family issue in November. It's imploring freshman guard Archie Goodwin, a rangy scorer, to forgo all-too-familiar hell-bent drives to the rim and look instead for a runner or pull-up jumper and to involve his teammates.
But none of the quartet embodies Coach Cal's qualms better than Poythress, a 6-foot-9, 240-pound five-star talent out of Clarksville, Tenn. Despite averaging 12.5 points and 6.3 rebounds, Poythress is frequently the target of verbal pummeling — namely for failing to push through a physical wall or make hustle plays.
"No matter what he does," Tipton said, "Calipari is always wanting more."
During the monthlong slog of Camp Cal, Poythress' effort was a frequent topic, slowing when his heart rate hit a ceiling. His teammates cajoled him to show more joy — you play at Kentucky, was the gist.
Contrasting Poythress was Noel, who has averaged 10.7 points and 9.4 rebounds. Against the Volunteers, he posted 12 points, nine rebounds and six blocks, emerging as the long-sought face of this year's class.
Not that it caught Calipari by surprise. He saw it coming during the grueling conditioning work. In short, Noel was the foil of Poythress.
"Other guys over a month, their exertion and their heart rates never really moved," Calipari said after the Tennessee victory. "Nerlens, on the other hand, started in the same spot and just kept moving."
A week ago, Kentucky throttled Auburn 75-53 on the road, leading to questions about whether the Wildcats' once-glossy veneer had a little more grit. Now there's a larger question to mull for Kentucky after Tuesday's 59-55 loss to Alabama, one where the Wildcats' led by as many as 11 points in the first half.
"We played not to lose," Calipari said. "That's what young teams do on the road."
Saddled with six losses and an 0-6 record against the RPI top 60, could Kentucky miss the NCAA Tournament without a course correction in the SEC, the weakest power conference in the nation?
CBS Sports bracket expert Jerry Palm hasn't had the Wildcats in his 68-team field for two weeks. At Bracket Matrix, a website tracking projections, the Wildcats would likely be a No. 11 seed — one of the final teams in the field.
"They really only have two or three chances left for a marquee win," Tipton said. If you lose to one of the lesser lights, that could really hurt you in terms of your résumé. If you beat them, it's, 'So what?' "
Calipari's force of will isn't the ultimate arbiter of success. No, that falls solely on his precocious players.
"Cal's done enough things for us," Noel said.
"It's about time we take responsibility."


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Call it "Variety Wars," or just a natural business move, but the folks at Strosniders Hardware are taking over the next-door former space of Bruce Variety, which is getting ready to open in a new location across town on Woodmont Avenue. "When we lost Bruce's, the shopping center lost an icon in the community. We felt basically we need to kind of control that situation and bring on another business similar," said Stronsiders general manager Bill Hart, who hopes to open Bradley Party & Variety in early May. "I think what we'll find is, we're not going to know exactly what to carry at first but we're going to try our best and listen to customers and kind of have them help us figure out our way." Strosniders (6930 Arlington Rd.) is celebrating 60 years of business in the Bradley Shopping Center. Bruce Variety, its next-door neighbor for all of that time, closed up shop in January to the dismay of many who said they relied on the shop for arts, crafts, fabrics and quirky items you didn't know stores sold. The owners of Bruce Variety blamed a high rent for the closing of the store, which even elicited a petition from customers asking the Bradley Shopping Center owners to reconsider. Bruce Variety then announced it would be taking over the former Creative Parties Ltd. space at 8011 Woodmont Ave. with a March 1 opening. But the opening has been delayed. Meanwhile, the Strosniders group has put a banner up in Bruce Variety's former space announcing the arrival of a party store with a similar name. Renovations are ongoing inside. The news was first reported by blogger Robert Dyer. "Everything was hearsay. Nobody knew exactly what was going on," said Hart when asked if he knew Bruce Variety was reopening in a new location. "But we knew somebody was going to go in here and if it wasn't us, then it could be a competitor. So we figured it was best for us to kind of capture that opportunity." Hart envisions a store similar to Bruce Variety, focused on party goods with arts, crafts and fabrics that will compliment the hardware store. "It gives us a chance to kind of expand in some areas we know we do well with in here and there's a captive market for, but we just don't have the room," Hart said.


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Wide receiver Greg Jennings isn't the most notable former Green Bay Packer to join the NFC North rival Minnesota Vikings as a free agent. That would be his former Packers teammate, Brett Favre, who signed with the Vikings in 2009 and played two years in Minnesota.
Jennings, in an interview with Minneapolis radio station KFAN, said he got advice from Favre before making his decision to leave Green Bay to be the No. 1 receiver in Minnesota.
"I spoke with Brett probably two or three times throughout this process—a lot via text and then on the phone as well," Jennings said.
"I knew if there was one person that would shoot straight and tell me exactly what I wanted to hear and the things that I possibly didn't want to hear, it would be Brett. And so he did that for me."
Jennings agreed to a five-year, $45 million contract (including $17.8 million guaranteed) with the wideout-needy Vikings last Friday. It was more than the Packers, with plenty of receiving depth, were willing to offer to retain the 29-year-old Jennings.
If Packers fans were able to cope with Favre playing for the Vikings, they should have a much easier time adjusting to Jennings in purple and gold—as long as Green Bay stays ahead of his new team in the division standings.


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Cash to Get By Is Still Pawnshop's Stock in Trade
The New Yorkers who frequent pawnshops often want something simple: quick cash to help get by.September 14, 2007 nyregionNews
A Birkin Bag in the Box Is Worth a Lifetime of Debt
At New York Loan Company, an upscale pawnshop, clients use designer handbags like credit cards. One reason to hold on to the packaging.
August 21, 2017, Monday
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Art as Collateral in a Fickle Market
Companies that engage in art-based lending, in which paintings or sculptures are used as collateral for loans, hope to attract more collectors.
March 7, 2016, Monday
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Pawnshops Emerge as Solid Lender in Post-Austerity Spain
Cajas, or savings banks, have expanded their pawn-brokerage businesses as they seek alternative forms of funding while maintaining their social obligations.
December 26, 2015, Saturday
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Getting His Kicks: 16-Year-Old NY Teen Runs Sneaker Pawnshop
A 16-year-old sneaker-loving teen is using the footwear to get a different kind of kick — he's opened a pawnshop that uses high-end athletic shoes as collateral.
January 15, 2015, Thursday
Brazil's Middle Class Finds a Lifeline at the Pawnshop
With credit cards charging more than 240 percent interest a year, middle-class Brazilians are increasingly turning to a place where collateral is king.
December 3, 2014, Wednesday
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Feds Sue NYC Pawnbroker, Say Women There Called 'Whipping Slaves'
A New York pawn shop chain, whose owner was accused of calling female employees his "whipping slaves" and promising "to make babies with all" of them, was sued for harassment on Thursday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
July 31, 2014, Thursday
Class Field Trip Stops at a Local Pawnshop
Brian Page, a teacher in Ohio, took students in his personal finance and economics class out into the real world for lessons on high-cost lending.
May 24, 2014, Saturday
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Pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond Rescue Saves 628 Jobs
British pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond will be bought out of administration by investment fund Promethean Investments in a deal which will save the majority of its stores and 628 jobs, administrators said on Tuesday.
April 15, 2014, Tuesday
Need Cash? Own a Bentley? Take a Pawn Ticket
An increasing number of pawn businesses are catering to the wealthy, offering fast liquidity in exchange for high-end luxury items like Rolex watches and Bentley automobiles.
January 13, 2014, Monday
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As banks zero in on more affluent customers and close branches in poor areas, pawnshops are stepping into the void to offer an array of services.
August 24, 2013, Saturday
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Dental Anesthesia
Reaction to IV Numbing Agent
In Feb I recieved a shot of lidocaine in my hand to numb before having an IV inserted there. I immediatly reacted with hives from the inside of my wrist to my elbow. Can you tell me if this is an allergic reaction? I was patch tested in 1996 and told to stay away from the Caines because I had a reaction to Benzocaine. I now need dental work and my dentist does not want to treat me.
It certainly sounds like it is. It is important to understand that there is no "family" of drugs that is the "caines." Drugs like lidocaine and benzocaine have very different structures, and other drugs, like cocaine, have very different structures as well. Drugs in the amide class of local anesthetics, such as lidocaine, may produce allergy to some, but not all the drugs in the class.
I suggest you go to your dentist and have him or her give you some cartridges of local anesthetic including: mepivicaine without vasoconstrictor and articaine with epinephrine. You could then go to an allergist and have them check for sensitivity.
Likewise, if you are close to a dental school with dentist anesthesiologists on staff, they commonly test for local anesthetic allergy. These are dentists who have completed accredited anesthesiology residencies. They can provide general anesthesia if needed for your dental work in your dentist's office should you have problems with most local anesthetics. They can be found at http://www.asdahq.org/.
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Cervical cancer is cancer that starts in the cervix. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus (womb) that opens at the top of the vagina.
Recent findings and perspectives on medical research.
Cervical cancer is a cancer killer in women, but most don't get vaccinated against the virus that causes it.
Cancer - cervix
Worldwide, cervical cancer is the third most common type of cancer in women. It is much less common in the United States because of the routine use of Pap smears.
Cervical cancers start in the cells on the surface of the cervix. There are two types of cells on the surface of the cervix, squamous and columnar. Most cervical cancers are from squamous cells.
Cervical cancer usually develops slowly. It starts as a precancerous condition called dysplasia. This condition can be detected by a Pap smear and is 100% treatable. It can take years for these changes to turn into cervical cancer. Most women who are diagnosed with cervical cancer today have not had regular Pap smears or they have not followed up on abnormal Pap smear results.
Almost all cervical cancers are caused by HPV (human papilloma virus). HPV is a common virus that is spread through sexual intercourse. There are many different types (also called strains) of HPV. Some strains lead to cervical cancer. Other strains can cause genital warts. Yet others do not cause any problems at all.
A woman's sexual habits and patterns can increase her risk of developing cervical cancer. Risky sexual practices include:
Risk factors for cervical cancer include:
Most of the time, early cervical cancer has no symptoms. Symptoms that may occur include:
Cervical cancer may spread to the bladder, intestines, lungs, and liver. Often there are no problems until the cancer is advanced and has spread. Symptoms of advanced cervical cancer may include:
Precancerous changes of the cervix and cervical cancer cannot be seen with the naked eye. Special tests and tools are needed to spot such conditions.
If cervical cancer is diagnosed, the health care provider will order more tests. These help determine how far the cancer has spread. This is called staging. Tests may include:
Treatment of cervical cancer depends on:
Early cervical cancer can be cured by removing or destroying the precancerous or cancerous tissue. There are various surgical ways to do this without removing the uterus or damaging the cervix, so that a woman can still have children in the future.
Types of surgery for early cervical cancer include:
A hysterectomy (surgery to remove the uterus but not the ovaries) is not often done for cervical cancer that has not spread. It may be done in women who have repeated LEEP procedures.
Treatment for more advanced cervical cancer may include:
Radiation may be used to treat cancer that has spread beyond the cervix or cancer that has returned.
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer. Some of the drugs used for cervical cancer chemotherapy include 5-FU, cisplatin, carboplatin, ifosfamide, paclitaxel, and cyclophosphamide. Sometimes radiation and chemotherapy are used before or after surgery.In-Depth Treatment »
You can ease the stress of illness by joining a cancer support group. Sharing with others who have common experiences and problems can help you not feel alone.
How well the patient does depends on many things, including:
Precancerous conditions can be completely cured when followed up and treated properly. Most women are alive in 5 years (5-year survival rate) for cancer that has spread to the inside of the cervix walls but not outside the cervix area. The 5-year survival rate falls as the cancer spreads outside the walls of the cervix into other areas.
Call your health care provider if you:
Cervical cancer can be prevented by doing the following:
Jhingran A, Russell AH, Seiden MV et al. Cancers of the cervix, vulva, and vagina. In: Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, et al. eds. Abeloff's Clinical Oncology. 4thed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Churchill-Livingstone; 2008:chap 91.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines): Cervical cancer. Version 2.2013. Available at http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/cervical.pdf. Accessed November 16, 2012.
Noller KL. Intraepithelial neoplasia of the lower genital tract (cervix, vulva): Etiology, screening, diagnostic techniques, management. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology . 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2012:chap 28.


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Some residents near Albion, Little River and Mendocino felt a sudden jolt around 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24.
The U.S. Geological Survey website reported no activity along the Mendocino Coast, however the Southern California Earthquake Data Center reports a "micro-earthquake" of 2.1 occured five miles northeast of Navarro Head, CA 2.3 miles east of Little River Airport.
After further investigation, the USGS website has changed its parameters where earthquakes under 2.5 magnitude are not reported on the activity map, which is why it wasn't visibly reported.
We asked people on Facebook if they felt the "micro-earthquake," this is what some said:
- "We heard something here in Albion didn't really feel it, but the house made the same sort of noise as if a small quake had hit somewhere not terribly far away," said Tim Bray. "Forgot to check USGS as it was obviously a very small tremor."
- "Definitely felt it here [half] mile up Little Lake Road...a short quick jolt," said Emily Greco. "Neighbor felt it, too. At 7:01 p.m. last night."
- "We felt a strong jolt on Gordon Lane," said Bob DeCarli.
- "We felt it in Little River," said Jo Bradley.
- "I felt it on Palette Drive in Mendocino at 7:01p.m.," said Connie Christensen.
- "Felt like a big jolt here at corner of Little Lake Road and Highway 1," said Charles Reinhart.
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Looking fit, laughing often and speaking excellent English, Sammy Sosa did a webcast on Wednesday afternoon from his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Only Sosa knows why he took to the Internet to answer some softball queries from a questioner not seen during the 10 1/2-minute "interview." He was not pushing any products or trying to convince the viewers that he should have been elected to the Hall of Fame. But hey, he did get to control the content.
— Hall shutout: Writers choose not to elect Sosa, Bonds, Clemens
This might have been Sosa's way of letting the Chicago Cubs know he is ready to return to the organization in some capacity after he walked out in 2004 before the final game had ended. Such a possibility became a topic at the Cubs Convention last weekend, a celebration of past and present Cubs to which Sosa was not invited.
Give him credit for timing, anyway. On a day with little happening in the baseball world, Sosa can count on getting his thoughts relayed on the MLB Network and other baseball media outlets.
He might have gotten even better play if he had said something of note. Among the highlights:
— He would be happy if the Cubs brought him back into the organization, but don't expect him to take the first step. They have his phone number, Sosa said.
— He also would be happy if the Cubs decided to retire his No. 21. "Something I want to happen," he said. "I'm surprised it doesn't happen before."
— He believes he should make the Hall of Fame and said his "time will come." He added that he didn't want to say anything more because he didn't want to risk hurting his chances.
— Sosa says he has no plans to coach, has no opinion on Lance Armstrong and, at this time, has no plans to run for president of the Dominican Republic (hey, I didn't ask the questions). Based on what he said, he's more likely to pursue politics in his homeland than a coaching gig.
"You never know," Sosa said about running for office. "If that moment comes, I will be ready."
Judging by the lack of interest in his webcast, initially anyway, Sosa would have to do some serious campaigning to have a chance. A few hours after reaching YouTube, he had recorded only 134 views.
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A COUPLE in Winchester were stopped by police after a number of mothers complained about them getting too close to their babies.
The two were questioned on Upper Brook Street by police after shop managers said female customers had complained that the pair were being too friendly with their infants.
It is unknown which shops made the complaints about the incident last Thursday at approximately 3.15pm.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary said officers took the couple away to help with further enquiries but were not arrested over the suspicious activity.
They said: "We were called to reports of suspicious incidents early in the afternoon. We were happy no offence had been committed and so no further action was taken."
"During the checks there was an offence for immigration and the 35-year-old male was subsequently arrested."


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How can I prepare for my arrival at the hospital when I go into labor?
Well before your due date, you and your partner should prepare a bag with the items you'll need and map out the most direct route to the hospital or birth center. Find out where to park, keeping in mind that you'll be leaving your car for at least 24 hours, and find out where you should enter if you arrive after hours.
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Career Links and Resources
The Office of Career Services has created an online resource library of websites, handouts, and presentations for students and alumni to use. This page will be periodically updated, but it is not meant to be used instead of working directly with a career counselor. Please browse the links at your convenience, and contact us with any questions or to schedule an appointment.
ASU Handouts & Presentations
Choosing a Major
- What Can I Do With A Major In...: List of a wide range of majors with summaries, related job titles, skills, and professional websites.
- Career Opportunities by Major: Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major.
- What Can I Do With This Major: From the University of Tennessee.
- MyMajors.com: MyMajors.com offers interest inventories that can help you determine what major might be the right one for you, as well as a great deal of information on a variety of majors you can find a four-year institutions like Adams State College.
- Common Misperceptions about Choosing a Major: Common misperceptions about choosing a major and examples of how these misperceptions can darken your educational vision.
Career Information
- BrainTrack: The BrainTrack website offers in-depth career profiles as well as degree and wage statistics for over 300 occupations that commonly require college or university education.
- Career Descriptions: The CityTownInfo.com website has at-a-glance comparative salary information, introductory career videos, and a new Career Stories section in which people report their on-the-job experiences and provide tips and advice for others.
- The Career Project: The Career Project is a database of thousands of real people career profiles in hundreds of professions. Job seekers and students have the ability to learn the intimate details of jobs directly from the people who currently work them.
- Wetfeet : career research information.
- The Occupational Outlook Handbook: For hundreds of different types of jobs the OOH tells you training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working conditions, and more.
- Career Profiles: CareerProfiles.com offers information on thousands of different careers and occupations, including salary information and job search strategies and techniques.
- CareersInPsychology.org This website is the largest and most comprehensive online resource supporting the field of Psychology, with dozens of interviews from top psychologists in the field and thousands of articles and career guides for students pursuing a degree or employment.
- Dress for the Job You Want: Download a free copy of the book "Dress for the Job You Want" which offers guidelines for interview and workplace dress with a particular emphasis on men.
Self-Assessment Tools
- Internships.com: Internships.com features internship postings, but it also includes a variety of interest inventories in their Internship Predictor section. Most of the tools on Internships.com are provided at no cost to you, although they do have some premium services that require a paid subscription to the site.
- Descriptions of the Personality Types: Find your personality type with the Myers-Briggs.
- Internships at InternMatch: InternMatch is a free online internship site with a focus on top startup and non-profit opportunities.
- Internships.com: Internships.com lists thousands of internship opportunities across the country, as well as some other helpful tools for finding the best internship for you.
- Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities National Internship Program: The HACU National Internship Program (HNIP) recruits college students for paid summer- and semester-long internships at federal agencies and private corporations in Washington, D.C., and throughout the country. These ten- and fifteen-week internship programs give college students direct experience in a diversity of careers in the federal and corporate sectors.
- The Internship Institute: A non-profit organization working with students and employers to simplify the internship process.
- InternInc: The InternInc website provides internship information free-of-cost to students with the site's partnered companies, which include several Fortune 500 companies.
Job Search Sites
- MonsterTrak.com: MonsterTrak.com is one of the largest and most comprehensive job boards on the web for college students and recent graduates.
- Denver Jobs: Free job board for positions in the Denver area.
- Job Search USA - Colorado: This particular Job Search USA site provides a comprehensive list of entry level, intern and graduate opportunities in Colorado.
- GettingHired.com: GettingHired.com is the largest national employment and networking portal connecting job seekers with disabilities, employers committed to hiring job seekers with disabilities, agencies providing services to the disabled community, colleges and universities, and disability advocacy groups.
- EducationAmerica.net: Free job search site for Bachelor, Masters, & PhD professionals looking for career opportunities in the education sector. The site is free and gives you the ability to upload your resume.
- K-12 Jobs: Serving over a million educators per year - search for your perfect teaching or administrator position.
- USA Jobs: The official job site of the United State Federal Government.
- usajobs.gov:This college student-centered part of the larger USAJobs website, is focused on providing entry-level opportunities within the federal government for students and e-scholars. As a Hispanic-serving institution, Adams State is partnered with HACU to help all of our students, including our Hispanic students, become aware of career opportunities within the Federal government.
- SimplyHired.com: SimplyHired.com offers a comprehensive job board focused toward new college graduates, along with the ability to leverage LinkedIn and Facebook contacts, tip sheets, and blog posts.
Writing Resumes and Cover Letters
- Resume Tips: The JobHuntingAdvice.com website offers free career help on a variety of topics, including practical tips for writing a good resume.
- Purdue Online Writing Lab: Multiple examples and explanations on a variety of professional writing documents, including resumes, cover letters, and personal statements.
Volunteer Opportunities
- Idealist: Non-profit Search Engine: Idealist connects people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.
- AmeriCorps: A network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year with intensive service to meet our county's critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.
- Cross Cultural Solutions: Volunteer Abroad - work side-by-side with local people and experience another culture like never before.
- Habitat for Humanity: Nonprofit/Ecumenical Christian housing organization which seeks to eliminate poverty, housing and homelessness from the world and make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.
- Peace Corps: More than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have been invited by 138 host countries to work on issues ranging from information technology, environmental preservation, and business development. Peace Corps Volunteers continue to help countless individuals who want to build a better life for themselves, their children, and their communities.
- Teach For America: A national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity.
- Connect-123 Volunteer and Internship Programs: Connect -123 Volunteer and Internship Programs: facilitates career-related internship and service learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Shanghai, Barcelona, and Dublin in a wide range of fields including public health, medicine, education, economic development, business consulting, human rights, and journalism.
Graduate School
- GradSchools.com: A massive online directory of listings and links to grad programs in every subject and from every geographic area.
- WikiPreMed.com: The wikipremed MCAT Course was created out of a desire to improve premedical education and to help future doctors master their sciences. Everything is available without registration including a a great deal of learning materials and over 100 hours of course video.
- My GRE Tutor: A website that offers free GRE practice tests, tutorials, hundreds of practice questions, and a vocabulary tutor complete with thousands of words, all at no cost.
- Test Prep Center: Online Prep Courses for LSAT, GRE, GMAT, SAT, and more.
- Purdue Online Writing Lab: Overview of writing a personal statement for graduate school, with tips, advice, and samples.


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